"We think to much and feel to little" We have no clue what better way to start your week. This is Charlie Chaplin's speech from his film The Giant Dictator back in 1940. Not much more we can say, but turn your speakers or headphones up and listen to this amazing speech.
Some music works incredibly well in one country, but not in another. Take M83 for example. The wave made in the UK by his most recent album, Hurry Up, We're Dreaming translated as a mere ripple in his home country of France. Then there are the bands with the potential to conquer all, and that is very much the genre of band we're dealing with today. The Dø scored a number one album, an armful of accolades and huge success in their native France with their debut album, A Mouthful [...]
Indie rockers Joan of Arc will appear at the Chicago Book Expo, a pop-up bookstore in Uptown, this Saturday, Nov. 19, to perform a newly commissioned film score. The Tim Kinsella-led outfit will perform a contemporary soundtrack to the 1915 Charlie Chaplin silent film "His New Job." The performance will take place at 8 p.m. in the auditorium of St. Augustine College (1345 W. Argyle Ave.), the former site of Essanay Studios where the Chaplin film was shot. Chicago Writer's House, a co-presenter of Chicago Book Expo, commissioned the score to honor the Uptown neighborhood where [...]
This is the latest review of my all-time favorite films. The Great Dictator (1941) | DVD Blu-ray After World War I, Charlie Chaplin was the biggest film star in the world, recognizable in nearly every country as the lovable Tramp....
With Occupy Wall Street still going strong in many cities despite the violence in Oakland, I am reminded of Charlie Chaplin's speech at the end of The Great Dictator. Chaplin's Jewish barber has been mistaken for a tyrannical Dictator of...
Happy Friday folks. Don't forget to kick back this weekend. This reggae might help: From Two Sevens Clash : Culture: Get Read To Ride The Lion To Zion From Black Sounds Of Freedom : Black Uhuru: I Love King Selassie From War Ina Babylon : Max Romeo & The Upsetters: War Ina Babylon [...]
of Montreal's music is hard to define, given it changes more often than frontman Kevin Barnes' sequined and feathered outfits during a live show. One album might be heavy on the drum machine and synthesizer, while another showcases Barnes' best high-pitched Prince wail with more traditional strings and percussion. The Atlanta band boasts a prodigious [...]
This is the latest review of my all-time favorite films. Modern Times (1936) Modern Times was the final film in which Charlie Chaplin performed as the Tramp, his iconic character. While nearly all other films utilized full talking soundtracks, Chaplin...
Today is silent comedian and film actor Charlie Chaplin's 122nd birthday. In honor of that, Google rolled out a silent film tribute as their logo today. The video was created by and starred the Doodle team , unfortunately, the mustaches in the video were not real. Le sigh.
"Live On The Waterfront" is a 4 day event brought to you by The Live Entertainment Group to Stimulate and revamp your taste for our Jamaican music on April 22 – 25 2011 . This phenomenal event will feature a few genres of our Jamaican musical culture like, Roots Rocking Reggae, Dancehall and Gospel etc. Live On The Waterfront is geared towards bring back to Jamaica's event calendar a truly authentic musical showcase, with a focus on the local talent rather than foreign acts. The Representation of Jamaican music [...]
the MADONNA dressed as the CHARLIE CHAPLIN for the annual Purim party. wotyougot
This is the latest review of my all-time favorite films. City Lights (1931) | DVD City Lights was released in 1931, a few years after talking films had become popular. Charlie Chaplin wanted to make another movie starring his endearing...
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Ever since I saw Janelle Monaé on September 18th last year at Terminal 5, I've been somewhat obsessed with the video I took of her performing her cover of Charlie Chaplin's classic Smile. Even though the audio quality isn't amazing (I took the video with my iPhone), I kept coming back to it. The live performance is so beautiful that I seriously almost cried. You could call that night her homecoming - a return to the city she now calls home near the end of an amazing tour with Of Montreal. And she killed it that night - you could [...]
Here's a fun stocking stuffer. I recently bought Super Cat's great early LP, Si Boops Deh! (Techniques, 1986--not to be confused with the lesser Boops! ), which features a wonderful cartoon rendition of Cat passing out money to all of his gal friends on the back cover ("boops" being Jamaican slang for "sugar daddy"). The artwork was signed "Limonious", and when I Googled the name I found The Wilfred Limonious Archive , which is a wonderful collection of the 100+ album covers designed by Limonious that so mark the style of '80s dancehall records. On the [...]
Elouise isn't your typical pop star. There are no synthesizers in her productions-no stomping bass lines, no electronic beats, and certainly no Auto-Tune. Instead, the focus is all on the voice: Elouise is a throwback act, armed with a set of pipes comparable to the belters of yesteryear, including Judy Garland , Dusty Springfield , and Shirley Bassey . Taken under Steve Anderson 's wing (the songwriter, producer and musical director for Kylie Minogue , who also mentioned his work with Elouise months back in his interview [...]
Film-maker George Clarke posted the video below last week. In the video he shows a person wearing women's clothing although the sex of the person is undetermined) walking along the street in the background apparently talking into a mobile phone. Have a look at the video before reading the rest of the article below the video. So George also posted the video on his blog and there have been quite a few people leave comments. What do you think? Do you think it could really [...]
Working with Kylie is like working with every artist I have ever wanted to and continues to be as exciting and fresh every time we do something new. As promised, here comes part two of my interview with the sensational producer, remixer, songwriter and musical director (amongst other titles!), Mr. Steve Anderson . Go ahead and read on to learn about Anderson's unreleased electro-ballad with Britney ("Grow") and much, much more Kylie gossip (Unreleased tracks! Scrapped setlist ideas!), as well as Anderson's thoughts on remixing, the music [...]
One year to the day of his death, Janelle Monae covers Michael Jackson's version of Charlie Chaplin's 'Smile' which was said to be his favourite song. Stevie Wonder also did a version of the song. I've stuck this in the more as an annoying ad autoplays. Monae's album The Archandroid is out on July 9th. Watch the video for 'Tightrope'.
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