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The Cultural Impresario: September 2011
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Sunday, September 25, 2011. Dylan Album Project: Self Portrait. When reviewing the album upon its release, Greil Marcus asked, “what is this shit? Vocal style and his Nashville Skyline. Vocal style. Compared to Simon and Garfunkel it’s a train wreck, but it isn’t nearly as bad as one might imagine. And gained another wave of popularity 30 years later after being featured in The Royal Tannenbaums. Notable live rendition: I Forgot More Than You’ll Ever Know – The original cover of this 1953 hit...Rhymes: l...
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The Cultural Impresario: October 2011
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Friday, October 21, 2011. Dylan Album Project: Dylan. When his contract ran out with Columbia, Dylan jumped ship to David Geffen’s new label, Asylum. As revenge, Columbia released Dylan. A collection of mostly covers used as rehearsals for New Morning. And a couple outtakes from Self Portrait. Worst song: Spanish is the Loving Tongue – If you compare this with the single version which just Dylan on piano, it becomes obvious how important a song’s arrangement is. Labels: Dylan Album Project. Best song: Kn...
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The Cultural Impresario: Dylan Album Project: Christmas In the Heart
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Saturday, December 24, 2011. Dylan Album Project: Christmas In the Heart. Christmas In the Heart. Worst song: The First Noel – Around 2:09 the voice just falls apart. Dylan doesn’t have much to begin with nowadays, and too many Christmas songs have a range that just doesn’t work for him. Labels: Dylan Album Project. Personally, I bought no presents but that could mean that the mean or greedy one is me! December 25, 2011 at 11:14 AM. I already owned up that the argument made in that bit is vague, but as f...
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The Cultural Impresario: December 2009
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Sunday, December 20, 2009. 1 Justin Wilson – Cajun Night Before Christmas. Justin Wilson was an icon of Cajun living during the 1970s. During that time he tried his hand at just about everything, penning cookbooks and recording comedy albums. He also recorded this, his cajunified version of the Night Before Christmas. 2 Bob Seger and the Last Heard – Sock It To Me Santa. 3 Bob Rivers – I Am Santa Claus. 4 Sufjan Stevens – Get Behind Me, Santa! 5 The Enchanters – Mambo Santa Mambo. The 1950s R&B outfit th...
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The Cultural Impresario: February 2010
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Sunday, February 28, 2010. Debate Topic: Old-School Hip-Hop. You always hear people talking about old school hip-hop, or sometimes the golden age of hip-hop. Do these periods overlap or are they different? What are the time periods for them? The Golden Age of Hip-Hop I'd argue started with NWA's Straight Outta Compton. And ended in the late nineties when Jay-Z came to prominence. Tuesday, February 16, 2010. How Nick Jonas moved up and down the cool meter in just one day. The next morning, I woke up to re...
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The Cultural Impresario: December 2011
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Saturday, December 31, 2011. This is the time of year I am blessed with a little time to read, so I've been plowing through Greil Marcus's Bob Dylan: Writings 1968-2010. And a bit of Whitman's Leaves of Grass. I'm about to start John Hodgman's That Is All. While reading each of those things, two passages in particular caught my eye. A bus wasn't a bus. It was an obscene red metal object that moved down the street carrying blank faces that had come from nowhere and were going absolutely nowhere.". Worst s...
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The Cultural Impresario: November 2011
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Monday, November 28, 2011. Dylan Album Project: Street Legal. After several years of frenzied musical activity, Dylan devoted 1977 to editing Renaldo and Clara. Is probably my least favorite Dylan album. All of the arrangements re lifeless. Mid tour, Dylan recorded and released Street Legal. Worst song: Is Your Love In Vain? Can you understand my pain? Rhymes: nightingale/veil; organization/elimination (1-2 from “Changing of the Guard”); making laws/ breaking of jaws (“No Time to Think&...8220;angels voi...
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The Cultural Impresario: October 2013
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013. Who's the "Wrecking Ball"? Miley Cyrus In the Now. 8221;). Lots of people focused their VMA commentary on Cyrus’s dancing and costume without giving much consideration to the song itself. In “We Can’t Stop,” the first single off of Cyrus’s forth-coming album Bangerz. The song suggests drug addiction. One lyric is “dancing with molly,” a street name for the drug extasy (si. Who drowned in just inches of bath water earlier this year. Her obituary showed cocaine in her system.
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The Cultural Impresario: Who's the "Wrecking Ball"? Miley Cyrus In the Now
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013. Who's the "Wrecking Ball"? Miley Cyrus In the Now. 8221;). Lots of people focused their VMA commentary on Cyrus’s dancing and costume without giving much consideration to the song itself. In “We Can’t Stop,” the first single off of Cyrus’s forth-coming album Bangerz. The song suggests drug addiction. One lyric is “dancing with molly,” a street name for the drug extasy (si. Who drowned in just inches of bath water earlier this year. Her obituary showed cocaine in her system.
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The Cultural Impresario: Reading
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Saturday, December 31, 2011. This is the time of year I am blessed with a little time to read, so I've been plowing through Greil Marcus's Bob Dylan: Writings 1968-2010. And a bit of Whitman's Leaves of Grass. I'm about to start John Hodgman's That Is All. While reading each of those things, two passages in particular caught my eye. A bus wasn't a bus. It was an obscene red metal object that moved down the street carrying blank faces that had come from nowhere and were going absolutely nowhere.". Dylan A...
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