The Joe Vig Top 40

January and More welcome to 2012

2012-01-07T12:34:00.000-08:00

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1) MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 4: GHOST PROTOCOL

Mission Impossible 4: The Classic Spy Thriller That Out-Bonds Bond

By Joe Viglione

http://www.sabotagetimes.com/tv-film/mission-impossible-4-the-classic-spy-thriller-that-out-bonds-bond/

2)Skip Williamson on Visual Radio January 5, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPoWXl9HzyI

3) Author Frank Dello Stritto
http://openlibrary.org/books/OL3694616M/A_quaint_curious_volume_of_forgotten_lore

4) Tommy James "Nothin' To Hide" from the 1972 LP "My Head, My Bed, My Red Guitar" ...my AMG review is posted on the YouTube...excellent album!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b89LbxY7G3k

5)Deep Purple
http://www.tmrzoo.com/2012/31411

6)Canned Heat

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2012/31291

http://www.tmrzoo.com/page/2

7)David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf"

January 8, 2012 / Happy Birthday David Bowie

Review

by Joe Viglione

In 1982, David Bowie released In Bertolt Brecht's "Baal"; four years earlier, the prestigious RCA Red Seal classical label had Bowie narrating Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, and with his stint on Broadway as The Elephant Man, the artist stretched himself brilliantly. There is not enough spoken word by popular recording artists in today's world. Steven Tyler may show up on a Kerouac tribute performing one track; Grace Slick, Lou Reed, Peter Frampton, Marty Balin, and so many others have cut promotional interview discs for insiders, but it is surprising how the record industry has, for the most part, ignored this inexpensive and wonderful format to further endear artists to their fans. Jim Morrison's poetry, after all, was all that was left when Elektra published An American Prayer -- and that fans purchase low-quality bootlegs of many artists should have been a signal in the past to deliver this type of product to the marketplace. The scarcity of such projects makes Bowie's close to 30 minutes of narration that much more delightful. The Peter and the Wolf album is divided into two sides. The narration by David Bowie of public domain material originally written by Prokofiev takes up 27 minutes and eight seconds, while the second side of this green-colored vinyl LP has 17 minutes and ten seconds of Eugene Ormandy conducting Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Read more here:

http://www.allmusic.com/album/david-bowie-narrates-prokofievs-peter-and-the-wolf-r2497/review

8) LADY FRANKENSTEIN review
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-kDLKQW5r8

9)Nobodaddy 53:21
Buzzy Linhart's Free Soul Spirit Symphony

http://www.allmusic.com/album/nobodaddy-r2046728

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Nobodaddy The Musical	Berggren, Linhart	23:34
2	I Believe It Tonight	Linhart	4:29
3	Celebrate the Night	Linhart	7:27
4	It Hurts So Bad That It MustBe Love	Linhart	5:24
5	I Am So Small	Linhart	4:43
6	The Girl With The Sea Green Eyes	Linhart	1:33
7	I Might Be Wrong But I Say What I Mean	Linhart	3:07
8	Free Soul Spirit Symphony	Linhart	3:04

from the Pop Explosion site

10) THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO

By Joe Viglione

REPORTAGE | TV & Film

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo: Like Se7en In Slo-Mo

By Joe Viglione

http://www.sabotagetimes.com/tv-film/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-like-se7en-in-slo-mo/

11)Corporate Fall Guy - Arch Deal
http://www2.tbo.com/exposure/ar/659/372/2011/08/29/138087_arch_deal_05.jpg

12)The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt by Caroline Preston

13) R.I.P. John Lincoln Wright
THE EYES OF THE BEACON STREET UNION

The Eyes of The Beacon Street Union

The Beacon Street Union

The Eyes of the Beacon Street Union is a highly experimental album released around the time of the Bosstown sound. Much better than first albums from Eden's Children and Ultimate Spinach, the disc, however, lacks direction -- and cohesion. Vocalist John Lincoln Wright has the same look that he sports 23 years later on his 1991 Honky Tonk Verite CD, including his trademark cowboy hat, but the similarities between these two albums stop there. The Eyes of the Beacon Street Union is garage rock and psychedelia, and it is a trip. Where Orpheus opted for the serious pop of "Can't Find the Time," producer Wes Farrell includes a recitation by the late Tom Wilson, producer of The Velvet Underground & Nico, acting very avant-garde: "Look into the gray/look past the living streets of Boston/look finally into the eyes of Beacon Street Union." Well, Wilson did a decent job with the V.U., but he's no Crazy World of Arthur Brown screaming the immortal line "I am the god of hellfire." The band immediately dips into "My Love Is." resplendent in Robert Rhodes' (aka music attorney Robert Rosenblatt) best ? & the Mysterians keyboard sound, very cool '60s backing vocals, and guitars that are straight from the Psych Out film soundtrack. In fact, this song would have fit perfectly on that album along with the Seeds and Strawberry Alarm Clock. Read more here:

http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-eyes-of-the-beacon-street-union-r1726790/review

THE ALL MUSIC GUIDE TO ROCK

http://books.google.com/books?id=1-pH4i3jXvAC&pg=PA76&lpg=PA76&dq=sabotage+times+joe+viglione&source=bl&ots=XIeSMUCWFQ&sig=CKYO1u55jBPBP8o8cPRDGSdgfjU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7_wIT9-TNanW0QG04pi-Ag&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBzgK#v=onepage&q=sabotage%20times%20joe%20viglione&f=false

14)John Lincoln Wright - Honky Tonk Verite

Honky Tonk Verite

John Lincoln Wright & the Sour Mash Boys

Thom Owens wrote that Honky Tonk Verite is "a rip-roaring set of neo-traditional country recorded live in the studio over the course of one night." "Horizon Line" starts the CD off with a little of Ringo Starr's vocal styling from the Beatles' version of "Act Naturally" in a tune about a relationship running out of steam with no one to blame. It's a dramatic departure from the rock & roll of Wright's '60s Boston band, the Beacon Street Union; this is authentic country music that would make Olivia Newton-John or Kenny Rogers envious. The Sour Mash Boys provide a solid backup for John Lincoln Wright's focus, and "Too Many Nights on the Town" could be a wonderful Eagles crossover hit; it's even got a touch of England Dan & John Ford Coley. Sparkling guitars and a tight rhythm allow Matt Leavenworth's fiddle to shine on "The Ballad of Frank & Pearl," while it absolutely sizzles on "You Could You Would You Will" at the album's midpoint.
Read more here:
http://www.allmusic.com/album/honky-tonk-verite-r122702/review

15)THE CLOWN DIED IN MARVIN GARDENS - Beacon Street Union with John Lincoln Wright

The Clown Died in Marvin Gardens is an original statement by a Boston group which was musically superior to Eden's Children and Ultimate Spinach, but not as focused as the Remains, the Hallucinations with Peter Wolf, or the emerging J. Geils Band. Where national groups like the Peanut Butter Conspiracy may have been misguided and sputtered with no direction, vocalist John Lincoln Wright developed into a first-rate songwriter and country singer with purpose. Hearing his work on highly experimental tunes like the title track or the impressionistic "May I Light Your Cigarette?" is true culture shock. "The Clown's Overture" seems pointless, yet "Angus of Aberdeen" is inspired and a bright spot in the morass that was "the Bosstown Sound." The rave-up version of "Blue Suede Shoes" is great, the guitar funneled through effects and brimming with excitement. Joe Viglione/Rovi

Read more here:
http://music.aol.com/album/the-beacon-street-union/the-clown-died-in-marvin-gardens/1578961

16) Count Dracula - Joe Viglione recites Bela Lugosi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJNZz2seAak

17) Ray Bradbury biographer Jonathan Eller on Visual Radio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9YBlK8Sz14

18)This Way Up by Joey Molland

Joey Molland's group Badfinger was one of the great power pop bands of all time. Before the Raspberries, the Dwight Twilley Band, and other tunesmiths found the magic of energetic car radio melodies, Molland and crew led the way. This Way Up continues that work and is one of the best solo discs that ex-members of the Beatles never made. It bears repeating -- This Way Up contains the essence of what was great about those early solo Beatles albums, not surprising because Molland played on some of them. The surprise is that a sideman from those sessions has created a mini-masterpiece rivaling, and on some songs equaling, those classic and important recordings. As good as Molland's power trio is live, why it doesn't perform originals onstage the way they are presented on this disc is a mystery. Molland is an excellent guitarist, and in concert he can veer off from the hit material and rival Pat Travers. That isn't always what his audience wants -- what his audience wants are the pretty guitar lines and vocals in a song like "The Bust," a slice of the stuff that made everyone into Badfinger fans, still alive and well and current. This is a very, very excellent recording, make no mistake about that. From the opening track, "Mirrors," to the bounce of "Happy," and from the cool John Lennon-ish "This Must Be Love" to the final production, a moody and melancholy "Isn't That a Dream," 13 perfectly constructed songs by Molland do more than just carry on a tradition -- they combine to give proof that this style of music is still so very vital. Read more here:

http://www.allmusic.com/album/this-way-up-r559405/review

19)Joey Molland of Badfinger
http://www.cjay92.com/Music/Artist.aspx?id=24050

by Joe Viglione

Badfinger guitarist Joe Molland began playing piano at five or six years of age at his Liverpool home -- "of course I didn't really play it, I just kinda plunked it a bit, and I learned some chords...I can't remember how I learned those chords but I knew chords and then my brother got a guitar" he told this writer in an interview for Visual Radio-Television while at Vincent's Nightclub in Massachusetts, October 3, 2001. "I heard a record, "Blue Suede Shoes," Elvis Presley's version, and I went right in the living room and got my brother's guitar out and I went to the piano and found the notes on the piano on the guitar, and I started to teach myself to play the guitar. I was eleven years old and that's how I started to play the guitar." Molland's first band was the Assassins, "...a very good name, that's about what we did to the songs we tried to play" he jested, "we used to rehearse in a church up there, (maybe) Mystery Park, the area in Liverpool, I was born in Edgehill, a real … » Read more

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/joey-molland-p24050

20)

Forget Twilight, This Is The Greatest Vampire Film Of All-Time

By Joe Viglione

Has it been 80 years since Bela Lugosi’s hypnotic voice set the mood for the classic horror film that ushered in a wave of vampirism? A genre that has exploded in popularity as the 21st Century goes back to the era of werewolves, goblins and the multitude of creatures that dwell in the shadows. Watching Dracula again – on YouTube of all places – the film proves again its immortality, amazing on the small screen as it was on the big, silver screens in the early part of the 20th Century.

The Bram Stoker novel, ‘Dracula’, was published in 1897. It inspired a 1922 silent film, ‘Nosferatu’ – with the fiendishly frightening image of actor Max Shreck, and nine years later – what most fans of the Lugosi classic are not aware of – two parallel 1931 movies, both named ‘Dracula’, both issued by Universal, both using the same props. Read more here:

http://www.sabotagetimes.com/tv-film/forget-twilight-this-is-the-greatest-vampire-film-of-all-time/

21)Richard X Heyman

Originally released independently on Permanent Press Records, 6/21/02.

Basic Glee was recorded at Tabby Road Studio, the living room of Richard X. Heyman and his wife, Nancy Leigh. The insert photo of the artist amidst his electronics, guitar, keyboards, and cat on a chair is real "underground rock" imagery. The liners state that the basics to more than double the songs on Basic Glee's 14 tracks were "cranked out at a 24-track studio over one blistering weekend...." Heyman gives the world more of his over the top power pop on this outing, taking the majesty of a Flamin' Groovies "You Tore Me Down"-type tune and mixing it up with Roger McGuinn guitar chimes à la "Chestnut Mare," all intensified like a Beatles single sped up by George Martin -- with Heyman appearing to do it in real time. All the songs are pretty much in the three-and-a-half- to four-minute range, with only a couple straying from the formula. "Everywhere She Goes" opens up with Beach Boy vocals and Pete Townshend windmill guitar strums while "Pauline" borrows heavily from the vibe of Nick Lowe's "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding." Like Emitt Rhodes projects outside of the Merry-Go-Round and McCartney's first solo album, when artists shoulder projects of this complexity on their own, the projects are stamped indelibly and have few flavors from outside the artists' spheres. For power pop, that's not necessarily a bad thing - Read more here...

http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/4990548/a/Basic+Glee.htm

25)The Thing - Film review on Sabotage Times
With technology – and big budget dollars – stunning and artistic filmwork is easier in the 21st Century, and with another culture looking at this old classic there are some interesting elements added to what is supposed to be a “prequel”. Dutch filmmaker Matthijs van Heijningen Jr., who cut his teeth on Pepsi, Bud Light, Toyota and other such advertising, understands commercialism, and he is also hip to the Wachowski brothers throwing everything but the kitchen sink into the Matrix series. In this new Thing you’ll find elements of Invaders from Mars, Independence Day, Alien, Day of the Triffids, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Predator, certainly not what the author, John W. Campbell Jr., conceived when his1938 novella Who Goes There? was first published.

It was 13 years before James Arness played the original Thing, set in the Arctic. John Carpenter took the action to the other side of the world – Antartica – in 1982 – and that’s where it remains 29 years later.

http://www.sabotagetimes.com/tv-film/the-thing-reviewed-sequel-or-remake/

26)Chris Brown

Music Review: Christopher Brown – Characterist

by Joe Viglione November - 8 - 2011

The twelve songs on Characterist present Christopher Brown in a simple setting, his Harry Chapin-esque story songs sometimes happy, sometimes plaintive, yet always textured in pretty sounds. “Do the do over, starting now” is a simple and snappy ode to reinvention, reworking one’s perspectives in sometimes startling ways. “Not so polite” is the direction here, to ruffle feathers, talk louder and get into fights. Provocative talk for a cute ditty, indeed.

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/30166

27)STEVE HOLLY
THE RELUCTANT DOG
Journeyman drummer Steve Holley has provided some of the most solid and creative beats for Paul McCartney, Kiki Dee, Joe Cocker, Julian Lennon, and Ian Hunter over the years, and though he recorded a couple of tracks in the U.K. in January of 1980 (included here), those beats never got the opportunity to be heard backing him up until the release of The Reluctant Dog, a 13-track collection of melodies and feelings that are well worth the wait. For those put off by the manufactured pop that Phil Collins runs off the assembly line, The Reluctant Dog will provide much satisfaction.

28)

Music Review: Ball ‘n Chain “Different Strokes”

by Joe Viglione November - 1 - 2011

For fans of solid metal pop that was the mainstay of groups like Quiet Riot, Ratt and other architects of hard music, Boston veteran Joe Black and his band, Ball ‘n’ Chain, have come up with a top notch outing that begs repeated spins. When Black was bassist for Balloon (a band featuring Charlie Farren, who would go on to the Joe Perry Project), they rocked the local venues like the Club in Cambridge. Check out a 1978 video on YouTube with the boys creating a menacing neo-death metal goes prog/rock rendition of Fleetwood Mac’s “Green Manalishi”(With The Two-Pronged Crown)…deeper than Judas Priest’s take on Peter Green’s notorious song around that same time period.

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/29993

29)Iggy Pop Roadkill Rising…The Bootleg Collection 1977-2009

by Joe Viglione June - 9 - 2011

James Osterberg keeps on rolling on. I’m a firm believer in the boxed set as the medium to convey the artistry of deep-catalogue performers and this tidy four disc set does a great job of providing a glimpse for the uninitiated into how very credible Iggy is, as well as his unbelievable consistency. We are talking about 32 years of recordings which cover songs that were Stooges’ staples as well as key items from his solo repertoire.

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/25840

30)Captain America

Captain America Reviewed: A Liberty-Taking Feast For The Fanboys

They may take a few liberties with just how super he is but Captain America: The First Avenger has everything you’d want from an origin story.

Massachusetts native Chris Evans returns to Marvel Comics’ “House of Ideas” as Steve Rogers – Captain America, with a much different look than exhibited in the two films where he appeared as The Fantastic Four’s Johnny Storm. This important component of the Avengers collection, the final “prequel”, if you will, has to be at least as effective as Kenneth Branagh’s Thor: The God Of Thunder, and that it is.

Director Joe Johnston has had plenty of experience with Science Fiction, from 1989’s Honey I Shrunk the Kids to Jurassic Park III. He does an elegant job of blending cliche after cliche in Captain America: The First Avenger, a formula that has become a quite necessary merry-go-round of sorts for the variety of D.C. and Marvel superheroes launching out of the big screen. These are the spawn of the James Bond blockbuster pictures when Goldfinger was identifiable to the mainstream as Dr. Doom was to comic book fans in the pages of the Fantastic Four.

http://www.sabotagetimes.com/tv-film/captain-america-reviewed-a-liberty-taking-feast-for-the-fanboys/

Movie Reviews / Sabotage Times
http://www.sabotagetimes.com/author/joe-viglione/

31) TMR ZOO REVIEWS BY JOE VIGLIONE

http://www.tmrzoo.com/category/music/music-reviews

32) Barbara Lee George PROTECTED BY LOVE

by Joe Viglione May - 19 - 2011

Barbara Lee George’s Protected by Love is a gorgeous collection of ten songs with sterling production by bassist Even Steven Levee (long-time member of Moogy Klingman’s Freak Parade). “Unexpected Clarity” has a modern pop elegance, something Sade’ might have wanted to bring into the new millennium in a parallel universe. Track 9 has got to be my favorite – . “Call Me (All You’ve Got To Do Is Call Me)” evoking the theme of Chris Montez’s classic of the same name as well as the Beatles “Anytime At All” – it’s a terrific hook that has real staying power
http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/25063

33 DR FAITH CHRISTOPHER CROSS
Songs such as “Ride Like The Wind” had real drama and introspection and as massively popular as the three main hits from the first album were – “Sailing” and “Never Be The Same” along with “Ride Like The Wind” (“Say You’ll Be Mine” was a fourth top 20 hit from that affair as well) Christopher Cross has become a sort of an artistic asterisk in the history of popular music. AMG’s Stephen Thomas Erlewine hits in on the head noting how Cross was embraced by the industry but not the critics. Not that one has to satisfy critics but…when those reflecting on artistry across the board find a musician too bland to keep on the radar screen it is problematic.

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/26448

34) Music Review: Harriet Schock – Breakdown on Memory Lane

by Joe Viglione May - 7 - 2011

Veteran writer/singer Harriet Schock let Travis Allen produce these ten songs in the virtual world, including Schock’s own version of the terrific “You Just Don’t Get Me, Do You?” which was a Triple A radio hit for Jeannie Kendall of The Kendalls. It’s a warmer version of the song that gives the words and melody a different perspective. Seek out Kendall’s take on it as well, they both are magical. “When You Were Mine” sounds like classic Schock from her Hollywood Town days, the album on 20th Century that spawned “Ain’t No Way To Treat A Lady”, the mega hit for Helen Reddy.

Interesting that Harriet Schock was a labelmate with Genya Ravan on 20th Century Records and both have new albums in release with that independent spirit that record executive Russ Regan’s work at that storied imprint fostered.

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/24656

35) GENYA RAVAN DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN

Just as her terrific Undercover album out-Stoned The Rolling Stones in this 21st Century, Genya Ravan’s cover of Lee Michael’s chestnut, “Do You Know What I Mean” explodes from the moment it opens, giving a “Tumblin’ Dice” frosting to a magnificent melody. This rendition of a song about “steppin’ out” with the great line “14 days since I don’t know when…”is the perfect theme song for the reality TV show “Cheaters”…send your votes to Cheaters.com and tell them Genya should be the voice for their provocative tv program!

Ravan’s earthy vocals are perfect with the slammin’ drums, in the groove production and slinky guitars. Keith Richards needs to put Ron Wood on bass and hire Genya and her group to work with Mick onstage…this is the great lost Rolling Stones recording that rock & roll fans have waited for. “Haven’t loved me in 14 years” is how we feel about souped up Mick & Keith singles that aren’t getting traction on radio…that’s because Genya’s gotta be sneering on their records “He’s a dandy…and now he’s free…

In three minutes and seventeen seconds Genya Ravan sums up everything this song is about. Get it on the radio…immediately…please…

Full disclosure after you read the review. Back in 1986 I chose this Lee Michael tune when Jimmy Miller and I were producing the legendary BUDDY GUY. Miller cut the basics with Joe Perry Project drummer Joe Pet slamming away alongside Buddy’s band. I flew Genya Ravan in from New York to Warren Rhode Island to sing on that version; she, Miller and Guy ended up onstage that night for a terrific concert that should have been recorded!

“She and Bobby were stepping out…she and Bobby…you know I found out” Lee Michael emoted on his version of the Top 10 1971 hit. I wrote out lyrics with a nice Lady Mondegreen…or “misheard lyric”, “Her involvement was separate now, her involvement, you know I found out.” Genya laughed and said “too heavy for a blues song.” She was right!

While shopping the Buddy Guy album in New York, Michael Barackman, A & R man at Capitol/EMI back in the day (1986/1987), thought the choice of song was perfect for Buddy Guy.

Alas, none of the labels offered enough money for the project, Buddy’s next album becoming the Grammy winner which prompted New Kids On The Block producer Michael Jonzun to say “Everyone loves Buddy. Joe Vig was right.” That and a buck and I get a cup of coffee, but it is nice to be acknowledged by one of my heroes! And equally as nice for Aunty Genya to put this magical song back in circulation with her terrific solo rendition, 25 years after she recorded it with us in Rhode Island!

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/29392

36)Marillion Live From Cadogan Hall

by Joe Viglione March - 14 - 2011

What was once called Neo-Progressive rock is now nestling into a more accessible high-tech soft rock that has the potential to reach a wider audience willing to wrap its ears around the pretty melodies and precise musicianship. Filmed on the last night of the ‘Less is More’ acoustic tour in December 2009 at London’s Cadogan Hall, Eagle Records double CD of the audio.

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/22502

37)MATT TURK AMERICAN PRESERVATION
This is an interesting left turn for Matt Turk, a countrified modern-ish Americana album of cover tunes that cover a wide spectrum and diverse musical field. Turk’s voice lends itself well to these journeys, some obscure, some very popular at one point in time. Opening up with John Denver’s “Thank God I’m A Country Boy” gives the song authenticity that this writer felt the over-exposed John Denver lost along the way…”Lovin’ In My Baby’s Eyes” works better for me than that…and run-throughs of “Bang A Gong (Get It On)” or the sublime Rolling Stones country moment, “Sweet Virginia”.

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/22207

38)GILLEN & TURK BACKS TO THE WALL
In the tradition of Batdorf & Rodney, England Dan & John Ford Coley and Seals & Crofts these two fine songwriter/singers, Matt Turk and Fred Gillen Jr. bring their blend of Americana, folk rock and solid instrumentation to this CD episode they call Backs To The Wall. “Fall Down” has the jangling R.E.M. style that makes it highly commercial, a total contrast to the almost off-key “Takes Me Away”, almost five minutes of Velvet Underground-third album melancholy. “It Really Matters” is culled from The Grateful Dead catalog and makes the duo a perfect fit to perform in the Boston area with one of Ken Selcer’s many bands.

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/21199

39 BING COSBY RETURNS TO PARADISE ISLANDS
Collector’s Choice – along with the Bing Crosby Archive – recently issued six Bing Crosby special releases, reissuing three classic albums in the “deluxe format” along with a previously unreleased disc, a new compilation and a 2-CD set of Crosby
rarities.

Interesting that in the 1970′s and 80′s it would have been totally uncool to listen to artists like Jerry Vale, Vic Damone, Ferrante & Teicher and…Bing Crosby. But after Danny Bennett successfully resurrected his father’s career and Tony Bennettfound a new, hip audience there was the additional reinvention of “Space Age Bachelor Pad” music for the younger crowd, a format also known as “Lounge”, “Exotica” and the many mixed genres in-between. As with “Northern Soul”, a musical experience from England that brings European interest to obscure American rhythm and soul 45s (and reignites popularity back home), it is now more than OK to like the music that your great-grandparents listened to. Indeed, just listening to Bing Crosby’s Return To Paradise shows a sophistication in the recording that modern records in 2010 don’t care to embrace, despite all the advances with technology. In my opinion these classic recordings actually have more presence than what is being poured into the compact discs of 2010 – including some bylegendary rockers now going in a middle-of-the-road direction.

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2010/16799

40 LOU REED's ROCK 'n' ROLL ANIMAL LIVES
In a phone call with Marty Balin last night he told me he was very impressed with what Wolfsgang’s Vault did with his Jefferson Airplane material. They mailed him the “boxed set” with liner notes, photos and the music on a flash drive! Let’s hope for a similar event with Lou Reed’s music.

As Reed gets ready to play Sundance on Sunday, January 23, 2011, I’m revisiting his concerts, comparing three different shows on his 1973 tour…Falkonteatret (Copenhagen, Denmark) Sep 19, 1973 along with Birmingham Odeon (Birmingham, England) Oct 3, 1973 and the concert at the Apollo Theatre Glasgow (Glasgow, Scotland) Sep 24, 1973

The nine minutes and six seconds which close out the October 3rd show – a terrific version of one of his many signature tunes, “Rock & Roll” (not the Led Zeppelin song), is perfection. The entire concert is very good, though London and Lenox Massachusetts (the first stop on the tour) are still the key tapes, the A+ performances that the world has yet to hear. Bob Ezrin should be impressed when those shows finally emerge.

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/20078

TOP 50 November / December 2011

2011-12-18T11:48:00.000-08:00

TOP 50
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2011
YEAR END WRAP-UP

1)Tony Iommi IRON MAN My Journey through Heaven & Hell with Black Sabbath

Read interview: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=165621

2)PLASTIC OCEAN by Captain Charles Moore

3)Ding Dong! The Witch Is Back!: The Fifth Estate, 1964-1969

http://allmusic.com/album/ding-dong-the-witch-is-back-the-fifth-estate-1964-1969-r37505

4)Farren Butcher Inc: The Chemistry is Undeniable

by Joe Viglione May - 22 - 2011

“Hold Me Back” opens the debut cd from the pairing of Charlie Farren with Jon Butcher, a modern day Hall & Oates or Chad & Jeremy, if you will, with some gusto and double guitar power. Now it isn’t a stretch to say they totally mopped the production of the Tremeloes great rendition of Cat Steven’s “Here Comes My Baby” (1967 nugget that George Skaubitis likes as well!) …the party atmosphere also on the Beach Boys “Barbara Ann” or even Jay & The Americans’ rip of La Bamba that was “Come A Little Bit Closer”, meaning the boys are opening their disc with some fun.

The vivacious and effervescent spell is only a glimpse of what the pair have in store. “Rolling” is a jazzy kind of Pink Panther soundtrack out-take, sort of like Charlie’s own “The Livin’ Daylights” which SHOULD have been a James Bond theme. The re-working of “Deja Blue” is nice and very necessary, as are “East Coast/West Coast” (a Joe Perry Project staple, of course) and Butcher’s own “New Man”. The chemistry between these two is undeniable…and rockers with a history should consider teaming up in this fashion because when you hear “Love Story” and “Soul Mate” you’ll understand the magic that their following has enjoyed for years. “Heaven On A Railroad Train” would have been perfect with Jimi Hendrix sitting in.

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/25100

5)
Frank Dello Stritto's VAMPIRE OVER LONDON: Bela Lugosi in Britain

6 Rex Trailer and Mike Bavaro on Visual Radio #500
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWkvz19RyVI

7)Donna Halper returns to Visual Radio - our first Thursday night Visual Radio Live 7-28-11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKLFMA2M0FY

8)Tom Cooper on final Friday night Visual Radio Live
Boston band SUNDANCE 7-22-11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ5IuFX01oM

9)Susan Cattaneo Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzVY5pxe1PI

10 Jon Macey INTENTION

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcWGTnhnwNs&feature=youtu.be

http://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.php/153494465-jon-macey

Watch the first video

http://youtu.be/gcWGTnhnwNs

Review by Craig Fenton

Jon Macey “Intention”

Since the end of the 1970’s I haven’t changed my declaration and lack of excitability when it comes to musical artists from any genre unfastening their labor. There has been only a smattering of vinyl and CD releases that my ears and stomach can sanction. Jon Macey possesses the uncommonness to have satisfied an old rocker’s musical palate as part of a band and in a solitary setting.

Jon Macey is co-founder of one of the finest New England groups Fox Pass during the 1970’s. Their eclectic mix combined brilliant elements of the Beatles, underground, and Power Pop (before the term reached its embryonic stage). Fox Pass performs to this day and their last release in 2010 “Intemporel” illuminates well in any collection.

Jon’s “Intention” must have been to take the most formidable path before the CD reached fruition. Instead of seeking the comfort zone of previous successes he eyeballed another plateau on the rock and roll mountain. The fifteen tracks are outside the margins of the up-tempo 60’s and 70’s style tunes he has conceptualized during the decades of yesteryear. From the opening note to closing credits the sounds are defined by acoustic Jon or unplugged Macey.

An artist doesn’t gain endorsements for style points. A change in the compass’s direction normally spells implosion in neon. Paul Simon’s Graceland superseded greatness not because of the risk of leaving the dazzling folk-rock/singer songwriter kingdom he commanded but for the whole effect of the results.

John Macey (lead vocals, acoustic guitar, and production) with a little help from his friends, Bruce Demaree (percussion and all but the kitchen sink), Clara Kebabian (violin), Rich Lamphear (acoustic guitar), Mike Pyle (electric guitar), Tamaki Sakakibara (vocals), and Lynn Shipley (vocals and production) lead us to a comprehensive look at a mirror darkened, moldy, and cracked with memories of days hard to recapture, the agony others have caused, our own shortcomings, and reasons to persevere nevertheless.

Using influences from The Band, Bob Dylan, Joe Jackson, John Mellencamp, Willie Nile, and Graham Parker we are brought to the harshness of reality during the opening number “Trapped.” As Jon conveys the message many of us thirty and over relate to “I’m outdated”, the CD takes us on an excursion that will never be mistaken for the land of elegance.

“Pine Island” broadcasts with impeccable clarity “It's too late for a mid-life crisis, it's too soon to just close our eyes'.”

“Look Both Ways” is in the realm of the Rolling Stones “Waiting On A Friend” in structure only. Jon’s message isn’t about the impending arrival but fate, reality, and sculpturing your own story. “Criminal At Heart” may conjure sounds of Ritchie Valens performing “La Bamba” but Jon’s proclamation is “You’re a criminal at heart, playing with emotions.”

“Jefferson County, Early November” is eerie and harrowing, still with one eye open and the other exempt from the elements we go down to the bone yard. Is it the cemetery ravaged through the years or a slang term for finding old ships that have lost the will to sail?

After the initial listening you are left gulping, wanting to comprehend all facets of the journey. Is it an episode from the “Twilight Zone” or man’s continuing appalling treatment of all things living?

The production that encompasses “Intention” is stellar. You can feel the guitar pick hitting the E string. Few albums the past thirty-two years have made such an impact warranting endless return listens.

All the best,

Craig Fenton

Author-

Jefferson Airplane “Take Me To a Circus Tent”

Jefferson Starship “Have You Seen The Stars Tonite”

12) Movie Reviews / Sabotage Times
http://www.sabotagetimes.com/author/joe-viglione/

13)TEN WHEEL DRIVE BIOGRAPHY

Biography

by Joe Viglione

Ten Wheel Drive was a highly influential rock/jazz group not afraid to push the envelope while exploring various musical styles. Though musicians came and went, including the original lead vocalist, by the time the fourth album was released, the records have stood the test of time, influencing the successful Bette Midler breakthrough film The Rose, inspiring women with the drive and ambition to front their own group in a once male-dominated industry, getting sold on auction sites like Ebay to be discovered by new generations of music lovers. The original lead vocalist and founding member, Genya Ravan, spoke with AMG concerning how she formed the band: "I went to see Billy Fields, he was going to manage me. read more here:

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p20977/biography

14)Music Review: Cali P’s The Strong

by Joe Viglione November - 8 - 2011

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/30163

Cali P’s The Strong opens with an eerie Science Fiction keyboard and call-to-attention drum roll with a new millennium nod to revolution reminding one of the soul behind Thunderclap Newman’s epic “Something In The Air” which was a call-to-arms for a different time. “I’m a fighter, so I keep on fighting…defending the defending the right thing”…hooks galore make this a poppy, catchy and
also haunting escapade with images and colorful sounds that permeate the production in a way that keeps the listener’s attention moving to different areas of this record. “This is Cali P” he sings toward the end …short and sweet at three minutes and ten seconds, the way I like my music.

Promo person extraordinaire Racquel A. Reynolds tells us that The Strong is from the Inspired Studio in Kingston Jamaica and is a track from the award-winning movie The Grand Bizarre (Best movie, 2011). The song is available on ITunes.

Joe Viglione is the Chief Film Critic at TMRZoo.com. He was a film critic for Al Aronowitz’s The Blacklisted Journal, has written thousands of reviews and biographies for AllMovie.com, Allmusic.com and produces and hosts Visual Radio. Visual Radio is a fifteen year old variety show on cable TV which has interviewed John Lennon’s Uncle Charlie, Margaret Cho, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore, Felix Cavaliere, Marty Balin, Bill Press and hundreds of other personalities.

15)GALLAGHER on Visual Radio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20QmC7riojE

16)ELLIOT MURPHY
http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/30996

Elliot Murphy Sings Elliot Murphy

By Joe Viglione

Elliot Murphy, like Garland Jeffreys, continues to put his stream-of-consciousness ideas out into the universe, cyberspace being an interesting avenue for these hard-working street poets. Five of the tracks on the eponymous Elliot Murphy disc (his 35th or something around that incredible mark) are his alone, Olivier Durand co-writing four of the compositions, Iggy Strange-Dahl co-writing two. With song names like “Gone Gone Gone”, “Rock'n Roll 'N Rock'n Roll” and “Rain Rain Rain” it is almost like a Talking Heads album rife with one-word titles in triplicate…a Ramones-moment for the folk crowd?

The closing track – six minutes and eighteen seconds of “Train Kept A Rolling” has nothing to do with Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page or Aerosmith…it’s more like Ian Hunter going deep into a soul-ful mood, not soul, more introspection, and very good. However the three and a half minute “Maybe You Were Laughing” would be a great cover song FOR Ian Hunter, ….”It’s just me and my monkey, and we’re all nearly the same” sings Murphy and Mott The Hoople could have a field day with it. 11 tracks cover about forty-five minutes and its an impressive effort from a rock & roll soldier that should light up NPR and college radio, and maybe get some traction on adult alternative (does such a format still, really, exist?) with “Maybe You Were Laughing.” Here’s to the next 35…

17)

Preview: Mitch Ryder At Kowloon – June 9, 2011

by Joe Viglione June - 9 - 2011

They’re calling it Motor City Madness when Mitch Ryder and his Detroit Wheels meet James Montgomery Blues Band at 8 PM Thursday night, June 9 at 8 PM at the Kowloon – 948 Broadway (Route 1, North), Saugus, Massachusetts. This is being billed as the “Only New England appearance of the “Godfather of Blue-eyed Soul”…and I can go with that…the hits “Devil With a Blue Dress On”, “Good Golly Miss Molly”, “Sock It To Me Baby”, “Jenny Takes A Ride” and more will rock the venerable restaurant up on the hill of Route 1 North. read more here:

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/25821

18)Steven Tyler Talks Rock on Dateline Tonight with Matt Lauer

by Joe Viglione May - 16 - 2011

Anyone who didn’t think Steve Tyler and American Idol were a good match …well, think again. As Guitar Hero®: Aerosmith® was a way for the iconic Boston group to bring renewed attention to their catalog, so too is having Tyler’s star power on American Idol keeping the group front and center. Anyone who believes Tyler when he looks Matt Lauer in the eye and says “We’re fighting right now,” well…c’mon…so are Mick and Keith…and they continue to fight…right to the bank.

19)Sy Fy Channel’s The Almighty Thor vs. Thor: Hammer Of The Gods

Posted by Joe Viglione On May - 9 - 2011

James Bond creator Ian Fleming was born in May (28th) of 1906 and was 56 when he passed on in 1964, but his creation opened the door for big budget comic book hero movies. This is not one of them! The Almighty Thor is a curious concoction, broadcast on Sy Fy – a channel which is trying to redefine Sci-Fi and should have kept the spelling to how Forrest J. Ackerman originally coined it. The low-budget made-for-tv movie culled from Norse mythology (oh – don’t confuse this with Marvel Comics – the channel winks at you from the corner of its eye) is a boring two hours of bad acting, mediocre writing and a thorough waste of my time. Maybe the kids of today want as much Thor or any other comic book hero as they can get their hands on…if not, what was the point? Read the rest of this entry »
http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/24700

20)I Am Number Four: Special FX Supervisor Bill George Talks with TMRZoo.com

Posted by Joe Viglione On May - 22 - 2011 1 COMMENT

In a “Virtual Roundtable” with Industrial Light and Magic Visual Effects Supervisor, Bill George, I and other critics got to chat with Bill online for two hours on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at noon, Eastern time.

Unlike the in-person roundtable interviews with Jodie Foster and Michael Moore, I don’t know if I am (or was) #4, #5 or 007! …but here is some of the interview along with a review of the terrific DVD release of I AM NUMBER FOUR. http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/25145

21)X-MEN First Class Is The Best Of The Five X-MEN Films

Posted by Joe Viglione On June - 3 - 2011

X-MEN First Class is – arguably – the best of the five X-MEN films, thus far.

It is all that it promises, a big, expensive and glitzy summer box office smash that will delight and thrill. Superhero stories have gone beyond being adventures for comic book fans only, having plunged headfirst into the mainstream, especially the X-Men. This comic book franchise’s personalities evolved into major Marvel characters after initially finding themselves second fiddle to The Fantastic Four, somewhere between The Avengers and The Inhumans. The good news is that, despite some incidental flaws, X-Men First Class should have real staying power. Read the rest of this entry »

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/25658

22)Movie Review: The Source Code

by Joe Viglione April - 1 - 2011

Duncan Jones did a wonderful job directing and co-writing the 2009 cult-hit Moon. He returns in 2011 with a cerebral revisit to the land of agoraphobia with something that is more like the Matrix than a first glance would reveal. Using one set repeatedly takes great scriptwriting and direction, television used the idea to good effect with every comedy bit from The Honeymooners to The Golden Girls, but keeping a sci-fi audience’s attention takes real Harlan Ellison/Robert Bloch/Philip K. Dick skill and Ben Ripley does a fine job with that. The advance press notes that Jake Gyllenhaal sought out Duncan Jones and in an interview with Jones conducted in Boston on March 22nd the director had praise for – and examples of – Gyllenhaal’s expert abilities…the end result is a mind-blowing experience that will stand up to repeated spins on DVD.
http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/23412

23)Exclusive: Jodie Foster Speaks to TMRzoo.com About The Beaver

Posted by Joe Viglione On May - 6 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

Mel Gibson has made an entire career out of playing characters with borderline personality disorder. Impulsive actions, unstable moods and chaotic relationships go beyond the desperate Tom Mullen in 1996′s Ransom, the internal struggle as Justin McLeod in 1993′s The Man Without a Face, and maybe the strangest – Jerry Fletcher in 1997′s Conspiracy Theory where he’s obsessed with Erin Brockovich (ok, ok Julie Roberts) and says in a Taxi Cab “I, uh, I have some problems.” He’s really got some problems in The Beaver…and for anyone who has watched the Oz television series where the lovable psychotic Cyril O’Reily (played by Scott William Winters) wears a Beaver hand-puppet, well, director Jodie Foster takes it very much to the next level. Read the rest of this entry »

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/24610

24)The Sacred Triangle: David Bowie, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop 1971-1973 David Bowie's 65th Birthday 1-8-12

by Joe Viglione April - 19 - 2011

To those fascinated by the work of Lou Reed, Iggy Pop and David Bowie in the “golden era” of 1971-1973, this DVD is an interesting sideways look at the time through the eyes of Angie Bowie, Warhol Factory’s Billy Name, authors Victor Bockris, Davie Thompson and others. That all three men are still alive and breathing – and giving interviews – makes the Sacred Triangle a different perspective rather than the last word on how these three pioneers blended their talents. It’s especially enlightening when one gets to see and hear Thompson and Bockris, two writers who have investigated this point in time at length…Bockris with his books on Warhol and Lou Reed (entitled Transformer), Thompson who has an entire book on this very DVD titled “Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell: The Dangerous Glitter of David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed”.

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/23974

25)Vanilla Fudge Live at the Regent Theater

by Joe Viglione March - 28 - 2011

Bassist Pete Bremy joined original members Vince Martell (guitar & vocals), drummer Carmine Appice and lead singer/keyboard player Mark Stein. The theater was pretty much packed and…in a room that contains the volume, the Fudge used the dynamics of their sound to their advantage, blasting the roof off, when necessary, and bringing it down so that you could hear the proverbial pin drop. “Take Me For A Little While”, a masterpiece of pop music, was played to perfection with “Season Of The Witch”, “Eleanor Rigby” and other VF staples getting the treatment. As the group used to headline over Led Zeppellin in the early days, a killer “Dazed & Confused” with Appice sounding like he was playing on the original 1967-ish Jeff Beck Group albums (where Aynsley Dunbar did the honors…and I never understood why millions and millions of Zeppelin fans never grabbed copies of those two Beck classic which are so Yardbird-esque…but that’s a story for another day)…here was the VF/Cactus/Beck-Bogert-Appice drummer giving a clinic, not only on the John Bonham-heavy “Dazed & Confused” but with his show solo as well. The audience was all middle-aged…and people knew each other from the era (and the Boston area club scene) so the socializing was as key as the music being appreciated.

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/23212

26)Movie Review: The Eagle (of the 9th)

Posted by Joe Viglione On February - 11 - 2011 ADD COMMENTS

Director Kevin MacDonald’s follows director Domenic Sena’s Season Of The Witch by about a month, both films displaying sword fighting four years after Zack Snyder’s 300 brought the blood fests into vogue. While Season Of The Witch is an intriguing paean to the Hammer Films / American International Pictures of the 1960s (especially Roger Corman’s Edgar Allen Poe movies), The Eagle sports multiple intriguing plots that push veteran actors Donald Sutherland and Denis O’Hare way into the background, and a not-so-thinly veiled homosexual undercurrent between the master, Roman soldier Marcus Aquila (Channing Tatum) and his British slave, Esca (Jamie Bell). Telling the story set in 135 A.D. with these two enemies building a deep friendship and devotion is less blatant but (in a very quiet and subtle way) more intense than Brokeback Mountain. Perhaps because Jake Gyllenhall’s Jack Twist and Heath Ledger’s Ennis Del Mar didn’t come with Uncle Donald Sutherland purchasing one to attend to the other, Gyllenhall/Twist’s passive role couldn’t overcome Ledger/Del Mar’s self-hatred. As the hatred that Esca and Marcus have was inbred they have opportunities to overcome it. Starting with Marcus showing mercy to a slave that displayed absolutely no fear in a David vs. Goliath battle where Esca was a mere bull to be slaughtered for the pleasure of those in attendance.

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/21057

27)Borderline Eleven: Read Between The Lines

by Joe Viglione February - 14 - 2011

It’s not an earthquake in Hooksett, New Hampshire, it’s the release of a nine-song CD by the area’s favorite sons, Borderline Eleven. Outside of some acoustics, as on the final track “2 A.M.”, the group offers a non-stop onslaught of heavy guitar battling spitfire vocals of Dan Charpentier (who also plays rhythm). The riffs are inventive and the four band mates – backing vocalist/drummer Andy Mason, backing vocalist/bassist Joe Campbell and lead guitar/backing vocalist Luke Mason – do have a sound that shows the potential to blossom in a great way.

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/21195

29)Movie Review: Paul Is A Disposable Movie (Trailer)

by Joe Viglione March - 20 - 2011

A Boston band called The Machines had a 45 RPM entitled “Disposable Music”, which was a premonition of things to come…not all the music in 2011 as collector-oriented as that from just a few decades before.

And along the lines of that tune, the film Paul is a disposable movie, mildly entertaining, something to do for a day or evening, but at times so cloying with its predictable jokes that it inevitably turns into a bit of a roller coaster ride at a theme park…something to do once in a great while but not enticing enough to draw you back too soon. Like the movie trailer where the Seth Rogan-voiced alien, “Paul” resurrects a bird only to kill it again…by eating it, the jokes are sometimes unfunny or funny for just one spin.

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/22786

October Top 40 2011

2011-10-18T09:37:00.000-07:00

1)ARTHUR LENNIG THE IMMORTAL COUNT

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#2 Bela Lugosi - an essay by Joe Viglione

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/29329

#3 Sara Karloff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEOhFMy6OjQ

#10

#40 THE THING Movie prequel/remake

Hurtsmile & Genya Raven lead the pack!

2011-09-12T12:57:00.000-07:00

SEPTEMBER 2011

Watch for a more vibrant Top 40 from Joe Vig...collected writings of the host of Visual Radio! We're bringing the Top 40 into 4 different sections. If you want us to change back to the original 40 with everything scattered about, let me know

Joe Viglione
visual_radio{@}yahoo.com

CDS, VINYL etc.

1) GENYA RAVAN DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN

TRAILER

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOf3_9UZen0

LISTEN TO IT ON GENYA'S MY SPACE
http://www.myspace.com/genyaravan/music/songs/do-you-know-what-i-mean-83187686

Full disclosure after you read the review. Back in 1986 I chose this Lee Michael tune when Jimmy Miller and I were producing the legendary BUDDY GUY. Miller cut the basics with Joe Perry Project drummer Joe Pet slamming away with Buddy's band. I flew Genya in from New York to Warren Rhode Island to sing on that version, and Michael Barackman, A & R man at Capitol/EMI back in the day (1986/1987) thought the choice of song was perfect for Buddy Guy.

Alas, none of the labels offered enough money for the project, Buddy's next album becoming the Grammy winner which prompted New Kids On The Block producer Michael Jonzun to say "Everyone loves Buddy. Joe Vig was right." That and a buck and I get a cup of coffee, but it is nice to be acknowledged by one of my heroes! And equally as nice for Aunty Genya to put this magical song back in circulation with her terrific solo rendition.

2)JUST WAR THEORY (2:41)
The group: HURTSMILE

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKomK3f2dRM

Opening like a great Rolling Stones or early Alice Cooper Group track to sparkle, dazzle and grab ya with a hook, Hurtsmile's album cover (see above) looks like the lost Beach Boys album SMILE if you look at it quick.
This track is hard-hitting with Gary Cherone snarling like vintage Johnny Rotten from the Sex Pistols. Mark Cherone on guitars crackles with Dana Spellman's drums as solid as Charlie Watts and Joe Pessia's bass pounding away. This should be played every hour on WAAF. Solid.

3)Rainbow

The publicist notes that "double-disc Rainbow CD, Live In Germany, from Eagle Rock Entertainment, features Ritchie Blackmore, Dio and drummer Cozy Powell. There are those who say this is the ultimate Rainbow lineup and although they only recorded one album together (Rising), this documents their onstage majesty." Review to follow

4) ALICE COOPER WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE 2

5)DEREK & THE DOMINOES LAYLA

BONUS TRACKS

6)Janis Joplin PEARL DELUXE

Full John Till Interview on Visual Radio 54 views as of 9-12-11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uzmcuSWjOM

John Till appeared on Visual Radio for the 42nd Anniversary of WOODSTOCK on August 18, 2011.
680 views of the 8 minute YouTube clip as of September 12, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csHEwz9pKvE

7)Elliot Murphy

8)Paul Rodgers and Friends live at Montreux

9)Canned Heat Live at Montreux

10)RETURN OF THE MANTICORE DISC 1 KING CRIMSON

Disc 1 has an interesting rendition of "FIRE" - the Arthur Brown song that Carl Palmer played on.

Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Touch and Go
2. Hang on to a Dream
3. 21st Century Schizoid Man
4. Fire
5. Pictures at an Exhibition: Promenade / The Gnome / Promenade / The Sage / The Hut Of Baba Yaga / The Great Gates Of Kiev
6. I Believe in Father Christmas
7. Introductory Fanfare / Peter Gunn
8. Tiger in a Spotlight
9. Toccata
10. Trilogy
11. Tank
12. Lucky Man

FILM

3)True Grit DVD

5)FIVE MINUTES TO LIVE
Johnny Cash with Ron Howard

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054817/

Review by Frank Dello Stritto on Visual radio with Joe Vig
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LS2vRKe0a0&feature=related

6)ROCKETSHIP X-M

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocketship_X-M

Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwquG5dUh3k

Full movie, but you have to put up with the advertisement on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ9-M_pSSfY

7) Perry Mason Case of the Heartbroken Bride
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105125/

8) Captain America
http://www.sabotagetimes.com/tv-film/captain-america-reviewed-a-liberty-taking-feast-for-the-fanboys/

9)Why The Change-up Bombed: Over-The-Top Sex Jokes
http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/28043

10) Contagion Review by Joe V
http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/28688

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/28688

BOOKS

1)Becoming Ray Bradbury

Part 1 of interview with Jonathan Eller
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9YBlK8Sz14

Part 2 of interview with Eller
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmMBJbaxrYw&feature=related

2)Letters To Jackie

3)Rock Roadie

4) PASSION Erotic Writing
Rachel Kramer Bussel, editor

Bussel appeared on Visual Radio via phone on September 15, 2011

5) PASSION edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel

MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS
The Joe Vig Top 40 Bonus Tracks

1) Ian Lloyd's Stories / Social Hero live at the Cantab 9-10-11

2) John Till in the Winchester Star, TMR Zoo
Forty-two years ago on Aug. 17, 1969, Janis Joplin performed at Woodstock with her Kozmic Blues band. The guitarist onstage with Janis, John Till, went on to form the Full Tilt Boogie Band with the legendary singer, which resulted in the classic LP, "Pearl."

A year later, Joplin and Till would visit the Boston area – performing at Harvard Stadium in Cambridge, Aug. 12, 1970.

Till told the Winchester Star:

"I’ve been to Boston a few times, and always had a good time there. The final live concert that Janis ever played was at Harvard Stadium, Aug.12, 1970. Of course none of us in the band ever imagined that it would be the last time, but we had a great time while we were there!

The Stadium was jam packed and noisy that afternoon.

The band’s dressing room was a small house trailer along one side of the of the field right by the seating area.

So close we could shake hands with the people when we opened the trailer door. There were several cases of beer on ice in the trailer that we couldn’t ever have finished so we handed dozens of bottles out the door to the people.

There were a lot of thumbs up each time we did that. It was a hot day."

You can hear John Till interviewed on WinCAM's Visual Radio Live, tonight at 8 p.m, Aug. 18, 2011, talking about Woodstock and other aspects of his career.

3)3) JIMI HENDRIX WINTERLAND Disc 1

Eleven titles were released in 1987 when Ryko Distribution issued Live At Winterland from The Jimi Hendrix Experience. The potent new team of Experience Hendrix with Sony Legacy issuing a quartet of Hendrix music – an expanded edition of the venerable old lp Hendrix in The West, Murray Lerner’s Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix Live at the Isle of Wight (DVD), a DVD with every Hendrix appearance on the Dick Cavett Show and another four discs, a box set of Jimi Hendrix Live at Winterland.

This review will focus on Winterland, specifically disc 4. With 9 tracks each on discs one and two, eleven on disc three, the fourth is called the “bonus disc” which includes a revealing backstage interview from the Boston Garden (about a month after the Winterland shows) as track seven preceded by six selections: “Foxey Lady” (10/12/68), “Are You Experienced” (10/10/68), “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” 10/10/68, “Red House” (10/10/68), “Star Spangled Banner” (10/11/68) and “Purple Haze” (10/11/68). Now we purists, of course, may have preferred all three double dates (six shows in all, two each night) issued in the order as Jimi performed the titles…that concert experience times six, top to bottom, but just having the proper dates, the superb mastering, the booklet and more will have to suffice for the time being.

August 2011

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#1 RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/27556

PERRY MASON

Article on Perry Mason creator Earle Stanley Gardner who would have been 122 years of age July 17 Malden Observer, the city where Gardner was born

http://bit.ly/nNwcu7

See also

PULP INTERNATIONAL
http://www.pulpinternational.com/pulp/keyword/Erle+Stanley+Gardner.html
THRILLING DETECTIVE WEBSITE
http://www.thrillingdetective.com/trivia/gardner.html

July 2011

2011-07-13T10:10:00.000-07:00

#1 DISC FOR JULY

Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layla_and_Other_Assorted_Love_Songs My colleague Stephen Thomas Erlewine goes a little over the top on this review from ALL MUSIC.COM but...everyone's allowed one... http://allmusic.com/album/layla-and-other-assorted-love-songs-r35170/review DEEP PURPLE’S ORIGINAL 1968 LINEUP COMES ALIVE AGAIN! EAGLE TO RELEASE FIRST 3 DEEP PURPLE ALBUMS JULY 26 COMPLETE WITH RARE BONUS TRACKS, STUDIO OUTTAKES, AND MORE! 2)HUSH DEEP PURPLE 45 RPM From AllMusic.com Though Deep Purple took this title and claimed it as their own, the version by Joe South is more than brilliant, it is electric, innovative, and may have inspired more than Ritchie Blackmore's then pyschedelic metal band. READ MORE HERE: http://www.allmusic.com/song/hush-t3264154 3)THE BOOKOF TALIESYN Several months after the innovative remake of "You Keep Me Hanging On," England's answer to Vanilla Fudge, was this early version of Deep Purple, which featured vocalist Rod Evans, and bassist Nick Simper, along with mainstays Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, and Ian Paice. This, their second album, followed on the heels of "Hush," a dynamic arrangement of a Joe South tune, far removed from the flavor of one of his own hits, "Walk a Mile in My Shoes." Four months later, this album's cover of Neil Diamond's Top 25, 1967 gem "Kentucky Woman," went Top 40 for Deep Purple. Also like Vanilla Fudge, the group's own originals were creative, thought-provoking, but not nearly as interesting as their take on cover tunes. Vanilla Fudge did "Eleanor Rigby," and Deep Purple respond by going inside "We Can Work It Out" -- it falls out of nowhere after the progressive rock jam "Exposition," Ritchie Blackmore's leads zipping in between Rod Evans smooth and precise vocals. Read more here: http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-book-of-taliesyn-r5326/review 10 WITH LOVE, CHER http://www.allmusic.com/album/with-love-cher-r3779/review

May 2011 CDs / DVDs / Books / Movies

2011-05-22T06:08:00.000-07:00

"Ooh, that talk of opportunities, TV breaks and movies / Rang true, sure rang true "
Albert Hammond - "It Never Rains In California"

TOP 10 songs from CDs

1)Soul Shaker from John LaPrade's World Class Faker CD
Not the "Soul Shake" from Delaney & Bonnie, more of a party atmosphere "Shake Some Action" sequel to the Flamin' Groovies song ...totally brilliant pop.

2)Iggy Pop ROAD KILL RISING

3)"Deja Blue" Farren/Butcher Inc.
http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/25100

4)Genya Ravan Undercover

5)Christopher Cross

from the album Dr. Faith by Christopher Cross

6) Layla - Derek & The Dominoes

7)The Godz

8)Satch Kerans Riverboys

9)Lisa Burns Channeling Mary

10)Rory Gallagher Notes from San Francisco

TOP 10 DVDs
1)I Am Number Four

http://www.allrovi.com/search/movies/i+am+number+four

2)Brian Eno

The philosophy of Brian Eno - and Roxy Music - is explored in this terrific documentary. What's tremendous about this is that with all the attention that Eno, Bryan Ferry and U2 have garnered and (presumably) enjoyed, certain aspects of their careers have not been explored and made available for study. These DVD documentaries can be hit or miss, The Sacred Triangle an interesting case in point which is kind of both hit AND miss in its explanations of Lou Reed, David Bowie and Iggy Pop when their careers intersected at a pivotal point in time. The Man Who Fell To Earth, of course, is a take-off on a film which starred David Bowie, and also - slyly - gives a nod to Eno's clever ability to promote his ideas in a fashion that made them ..., well..."fashionable". Andy Warhol and Bryan Ferry's eye for what is hip was not lost on Brian Eno. The critics noting that Eno was personable and Ferry elitist also makes sense, and Eno's bringing German influences into the For Your Pleasure album.

http://www.allmusic.com/album/1971-1977-the-man-who-fell-to-earth-r2158550
http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/brian-eno-1971-1977--the-man-who-fell-to-earth-v536183

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7)The Imperial Dogs
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10)Marvin Gaye Final 24: His Final Hours

TOP 10 BOOKS

1)
2)4% Universe Richard Panek

9)Genius Of Place: The Life of Frederic Law Olmsted by Justin Martin

10)Sex, Mom, and God - How the Bible's Strange Take on Sex Led to Crazy Politics - and how I learned to Love Women (and Jesus) Anyway

Classic Book

http://www.amazon.com/Music-Man-Ertegun-Atlantic-RockNRoll/dp/0393026353/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1306550568&sr=1-7

TOP 10 MOVIES

1)Thor
2)Priest
3)The Beaver
Joe Viglione talks to Jodie Foster about The Beaver's Meredith Black and how she's the opposite of Inside Man's Madeline White http://lnk.ms/PT7S9

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CLASSIC CD REVIEW BY JOE VIGLIONE
SPRING: WIVES OF THE BEACH BOYS
http://www.allmusic.com/album/spring-r1838708/review

April 2011

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Rock Journalist Joe Vig at 3;21 on a Saturday afternoon, April 9, 2011...going to the RecordExpo tomorrow in Dedham, Massachusetts - we had a fun Visual Radio #510 with Ken Selcer and Chris Parlon discussing movies like Source Code, The Eagle, Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsys and others, taped at 5:15 PM on April 8, 2011 and aired that night at 8 PM

http://joeviglione.com/JoeVigTop40 for the MARCH listings

DOUBLE #1 IN APRIL, 2011

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR TOP 40

TWO DISCS AT #1

#1GENYA RAVAN UNDERCOVER

#1LISA BURNS CHANNELING MARY

Listen to Pretty Disillusion - it's a wonderful Supremes song that they never got to sing! Slowed down and soulful Martha & The Vandellas meets Fontella Bass ...blue-eyed girl group soul with the blues on the downbeat and the dance on the upbeat...very, very nice and shooting for #1 on the Top 40 this April 2011...Genya Ravan seems to be the major competition...stay tuned
http://www.myspace.com/lisabburns

http://www.myspace.com/rottentoofmusic

LISTEN TO PRETTY DISILLUSION HERE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHKCnf6oY38

#3) JODIE FOSTER INTERVIEW / Mel Gibson, Anton Yelchin

Watch Joe Vig in a roundtable interview with Jodie Foster here:

New Improved version of video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPU32hZUN74

The Beaver
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beaver_(film)

#4) Vanilla Fudge WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE (MVD)

http://mvdb2b.com/s/VanillaFudgeWhenTwoWorldsCollide/ABCVP123DVD

#5 Brian Eno 1971-1977 THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH DVD

Our review will be up shortly but you can read this right now
http://musictap.net/page/3/

#6 Jimi Hendrix South Saturn Delta

http://blues.about.com/b/2011/03/23/revisiting-jimis-south-saturn-delta.htm

#7 EATERVILLE NERVOUS EATERS

8) THE GODZ Please Stop Bustin' My Ball from ELEVEM CD
Listen to it here: http://www.myspace.com/originalgodz

This is the original E.S.P. recording artist from New York City, not the latter day Chicago hard rock ensemble utilizing the same name (with the same spelling!)

With a cosmic energy that seems to have been taking from the tracks of The Velvet Underground's "Train Comin' Round The Bend" (review in progress...stay tuned)

The Joe Vig Top 40 PICK TO CLICK
For the Month of April, 2011 is
THE GODZ ELEVEM

http://www.demonbeachrecords.com/articles.html

#9 IGGY POP ROADKILL RISING

10)BAND OF GYPSYS Jimi Hendrix

Sony's re-release of this classic DVD originally released in 1999

#11 Lou Reed WALK ON THE WILD SIDE LIVE

#12 RESTLESS SOUL JESSE BARISH

#13 DEVIL'S PLAYTHING Matt Richtel

#14)Barbara Lee George

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/barbaraleegeorge

#15)THE IMPERIAL DOGS LIVE! IN LONG BEACH (October 30, 1974)

Interesting recording from the day...the paleolithic era of 1974...before videos for independent bands were invented...and it rocks in all its fuzzy, hazy black and white glory. The audio is pretty darn good too as the Imperial Dogs savage Carole King, blitz through Till The End of The Day, I'm Waiting For The Man, This Ain't The Summer of Love, Rock & Roll Queen and other tunes. A 20 page color booklet of historical importance, and Phast Phreddie introducing a baker's dozen of classics. Pure Rock & Roll worth keeping on the shelf for future re-visits

16)BLACK SABBATH PARANOID Bluray

http://www.vintagerock.com/classiceye/black_sabbath_paranoid_blu_ray.aspx
This is playing on VH-1. A review from Joe V on TMRZoo.com soon!

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#19 WINCHESTER AUTHOR'S FEST
This is the second "Author's Fest" of 17 that I covered with my TV camera...didn't write this article but it gives you an idea of the event

http://winchester.patch.com/articles/authorfest-brings-writers-and-illustrators-to-winchester

#20 FOREST FLOOR SCRAWLS FROM THE UNCONCIOUS

#21 MORGAN The Sleeper Wakes

http://www.urstruly.co.uk/half-moon-bay/people/other_discs/morgan_sleeper.html

#22 Roberta Piket

#23 REVENGE OF THE KILLER B'S
http://www.answers.com/topic/revenge-of-the-killer-b-s-vol-2-1984-album-by-various-artists

#24 Moe Tucker and Jonathan Richman on Varulven Records
"I'm Sticking With You"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th1G8AqFYRc&feature=channel_video_title

Recorded in 1974 at Music Designers in Boston
Released on Varulven Records in 1980 and 1985...found someone bootlegging it on YouTube so we have to "Beat the Boots" as Zappa says.
From the forthcoming Varulven Records Story boxed set.

25)Rusty Belle

http://www.rustybelle.com
http://www.myspace.com/rustybelle
http://www.signaturesounds.com/album/full-moon-weekend-saturday

Appearing
April 30th at the Iron Horse! with their friends

Wooden Dinosaur

#26 Lisa Campbell
"I Found A Miracle In You" (Roncon Productions; not the folksinger Lisa Campbell)

#27

f r e a k

a n e r i c c a s a c c i o f i l m

http://www.freakthefilm.com/

#28 GOTHIC VAMPIRES FROM HELL: Blood, Guts and GOTH

#29 THE QUIET ARRANGEMENT

#30 JOURNEE THE INTRODUCTION E.P.

Journee's six tracks (on eMusic.com) contain the soulful rap "Good Ol Days" (track 4) and a sparse new-wave-ish "Smile". Not to be confused with the Beach Boys epic re-release (with the same title, "Smile"), this solitary guitar and dry vocal is a novel approach to the hard-luck story..."the sunshine after the rain"...catchy material that deserves a listen. Check it out on eMusic

http://www.emusic.com/album/Journee-The-Introduction-EP-MP3-Download/11612965.html

#31 Lone Wolf James VOODOO MOON

http://www.fiercehorserecords.com/news.php

#32 VARIOUS ARTISTS NU CINDERELLA 13 tracks

http://www.amazon.com/Nu-Cinderella-Explicit/dp/B001C255WI

#33 THE SACRED TRIANGLE

My review is on TMR Zoo http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/23974

for another perspective read THE PUNK VAULT.com
http://www.punkvinyl.com/2010/11/10/the-sacred-triangle-bowie-iggy-lou-1971-1973/

THE SACRED TRIANGLE: David Bowie, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop 1971-1973

By Joe Viglione

To those fascinated by the work of Lou Reed, Iggy Pop and David Bowie in the "golden era" of 1971-1973, this DVD is an interesting sideways look at the time through the eyes of Angie Bowie, Warhol Factory's Billy Name, authors Victor Bockris, Davie Thompson and others. That all three men are still alive and breathing - and giving interviews - makes the Sacred Triangle a different perspective rather than the last word on how these three pioneers blended their talents. It's especially enlightening when one gets to see and hear Thompson and Bockris, two writers who have investigated this point in time at length...Bockris with his books on Warhol and Lou Reed (entitled Transformer), Thompson who has an entire book on this very DVD titled "Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell: The Dangerous Glitter of David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed". The insight on Mainman Management is key, but there is also the glossing over of reality by the very British broadcasting narrator condensing it all into a very neat package: that Lou and Iggy needed Bowie and that Bowie exploited them. That's hardly true ...in 1976 James Osterberg (nee Iggy Stooge) the emerging Iggy Pop introduced me to Bowie at the Springfield Marriot...while we were having drinks Bowie turned to Iggy and told him not to worry, that Bowie knew the rock & roll thing. Indeed, Bowie certainly put a lot of time into Iggy playing keyboards at a Pop show at the Harvard Theater in Cambridge Mass that was packed with an crowd appreciating both artists...and Bowie being quite humble and happy to participate as a sideman along with comedian Soupy Sales' sons, Hunt & Tony Sales. It was a magical time that extended beyond 1971-1973 ...Lou Reed making his segue into the Rock & Roll Animal phase which actually put Alice Cooper (and Mitch Ryder) into the mix.

Is it a good documentary? Yes. Well put together, well directed, but with mostly a focus on David Bowie. That Mott The Hoople is mentioned (and T.Rex) gives an indication that Bowie is the centerpiece here. Not the final word but a nice addition to the pantheon of material documenting that very important period in rock history. A time certainly more interesting than what is going on today.

#34

http://www.mogmusicnetwork.com/read-up-rock-snob-the-top-20-music-books-of-all-time-20-11--25274

#35 CACTUS LIVE (MVD)

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=81599

#36) RORY GALLAGHER

from the press release
New York, NY (March 14, 2011)—Eagle Rock Entertainment is proud to announce the April 12 CD, DVD, Blu-Ray, and 2LP vinyl release of Rory Gallagher’s Irish Tour ’74, a stunning document of extraordinary blues-rock power from one of the world’s greatest guitarists of all-time. [Pre-book order date March 18, MSRP $14.98 for DVD, $13.98 for CD, $29.98 for vinyl, and $19.98 for Blu-ray]

Captured at a time when Gallagher was voted the #1 guitar player by Melody Maker Magazine, Irish Tour is a brilliant showcase of his musical prowess. Award-winning filmmaker Tony Palmer followed Gallagher around Ireland as audiences went wild night after night. The film—which enjoyed a successful run in theaters—has been beautifully restored and remastered from the original footage, and is making its Blu-Ray debut.

The two-hour DVD/Blu-Ray features nine jams—“Walk On Hot Coals,” “Tattoo’d Lady,” “Who’s That Coming,” “A Million Miles Away,” “Going To My Home Town,” “Cradle Rock,” “As The Crow Flies,” “Hands Off” and “Bullfrog Blues”—as well as bonus home movie footage from Gallagher’s Japanese tour of the same year. Also on the DVD/Blu-ray is the 1972 RTE (Irish television network) half-hour documentary “Rory Gallagher: Music Makers.” Highlights on this rare gem include “Toredown,” “Laundromat,” “Pistol Slapper Blues,” and “Don’t Know Where I’m Going.”

#37) POWER OF SOUL Jimi Hendrix Tribute compilation

http://www.jimihendrix.com/us/news/experience-hendrix-llc-and-legacy-recordings-launching-third-wave-releases-monumental-jimi-hend

#38) Christopher Cross / Dr. Faith

Track Listing:

1.) Hey Kid
2.) I’m Too Old For this
3.) When You Come Home
4.) Dreamers
5.) November
6.) Leave It To Me
7.) Doctor Faith
8.) Rescue
9.) Help Me Cry
10.) Still I Resist
11.) Poor Man’s Ecstasy
12.) Everything
13.) Prayin’13.) Prayin’

#39) MOON Directed by Duncan Jones
Moon is 97 minutes, Source Code is 94 minutes. Just to inform our readers!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1182345/
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=moon09.htm

#40 Kris Delmhorst SHOTGUN DAISY

Review by Joe Viglione on Barnes & Noble.com

If Songs for a Hurricane, Kris Delmhorst's album from 2003, was deep and thought-provoking, this fifth solo CD (excluding side projects and EPs) released five years later, Shotgun Singer, wraps up that psychological web with sound modifications that go deeper and denser. The artist seems to take liberally from George Martin's efforts on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and transfer those embellishments to the needs of a songwriter/singer in the same way that Emitt Rhodes emulated the first Paul McCartney solo LP, McCartney Read more here: http://music.barnesandnoble.com/Shotgun-Singer/Kris-Delmhorst/e/701237201221

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Watch the Rock Journalist blog
http://rockjournalistjoevig.blogspot.com/

Top 40 for MARCH / APRIL 2011 a work in Progress

2011-03-03T17:02:00.000-08:00

Top 40 for March/APRIL 2011

1)David Kubinec THE WORLD OF OZ David Kubinec's Return to The World of OZ was recorded at the Back Room Studios, East London, England, and is a delightful minimalist recording (not the style of music but the low-fi sounds), the sparse arrangements being a plus. The material is strong with the proficiency of Kubinec steering these sessions. What could have brought this very clever and unique project more notoriety would have been the addition of former rat Mick "Woody" Woodmansey and Uriah Heep's Trevor Bolder. The inclusion of the names later associated with Bowie would have reflected back on Ziggy Stardust and the fans would take a closer look. Alas, maybe for Oz Part II. This is a fine release from Kubinec and has lots of life. The personnel of Kubinec on acoustic guitar, keyboards and vocals is backed by Electric Vic Johnson on guitar, Paul Cuthbert, Malcolm Ball on drums

Soundbites: http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8249167

2)TOO LATE b/w AUSTRALIA'S AUDIOSCAM Brian Pitcher-Drums & Lead Vocals Roger Gold-Guitars & Backing Vocals Brad Wallace-Bass Guitar Ross Wedding-Additional Guitars & Backing Vocals If you're familiar with Audioscam's great Abba tribute, this is a complete 180, but equally as impressive and satisfying. "Your fast moving friends have moved along" ...excellent production work, thumping guitar and chimes...what a combination! "I really wish I could arrange it, to make you fall in love with me..." - excellent mid-60's-styled American/British pop flavors... http://www.myspace.com/audioscam

Duncan Jones Interview on Visual Radio
http://tinyurl.com/visualduncan

#3 Jake Gyllenhall in Source Code Some of the text from my interview with Duncan Jones (conducted on March 22, 2011) will be added to this site with links. Stay tuned. 30 minute interview to post on YouTube this week. SOURCE CODE http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0945513/ Here's a Jake Gyllenhaal interview in the Sunday Boston Herald March 27, 2011

#4 William Lychack The Architect of Flowers The author of this book of short stories appeared on Visual Radio Program #504 on Monday, March 21, 2011. William Lychack is a well-traveled author with an interesting way of keeping his stories connected to each other, and evolving...not an easy thing to do once they've been put into print. Pick up his first novel, The Wasp Eater, which segues into this new collection due out on March 23, 2011 on Houghton/Mifflin/Harcourt. http://www.riverrunbookstore.com/events/acclaimed-author-william-lychack-reads-from-his-collection-of-short-stories-called-the-archit

#5 Jesse Barish WHEEL KEEP TURNING

#6 Ken Elkinson MUSIC FOR COMMUTING http://allmusic.com/album/music-for-commuting-r2119888

#7 FRED GILLEN JR.

Match Against a New Moon

8)STEPHEN DAVIS THE LOST CHRONICLES OF LED ZEPPELIN'S 1975 AMERICAN TOUR

9)Marillion Live from Cadigan Hall (Eagle Vision) MARILLION Live from Cadogan Hall What was once called Neo-Progressive rock is now nestling into a more accessible high-tech soft rock that has the potential to reach a wider audience willing to wrap its ears around the pretty melodies and precise musicianship. Filmed on the last night of the 'Less is More' acoustic tour in December 2009 at London's Cadogan Hall, Eagle Records double CD of the audio. This is the Hogarth/Rothery/Trewavas version of the band - vocalist Steve Hogarth, guitarist Steve Rothery, keyboardist Mark Kelly, bassist Pete Trewavas and drummer Ian Mosley. It's a sweet and dreamy display, elements of Yes meets Pink Floyd with "The Answering Machine" towards the end of disc 2 sounding like a slowed down Jethro Tull lost track. "Out Of This World" on disc one is an epic which you can find people having fun with on YouTube (the studio track on YouTube, a terrific live version on this new outing); "Three Minute Boy" is over eight and a half minutes and would be a wonderful cover for David Bowie to toy with...Hogarth uses his best Bowie inflections from the Hunky Dory period on this...something other singers should emulate. "Easter" is not the Patti Smith title album track, this five minute track is a full minute and fifteen shorter than Smith's epic/paean/memory...the lilting guitar melding nicely with the elegant piano, the keyboards being the dominant instrument throughout this superb double disc. RadioParadise.com should have a ball with it and, as stated above, if positioned correctly, could find a home on Triple A radio and new fans for this persistent and pleasurable journey.

#10 Harlow Giles Unger

#11

12) The Quiet Arrangement (DVD) Directed and Written by David C. Snyder Guest on http://visualradiolive.blogspot.com Friday, March 25, 2011

13)Desire - Backwards Jupiter Presents Bob Dylan's DESIRE

14) Solomon Burke (birthday March 21)

The King Live at AVO Session Basel

Solomon Burke

http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-king-live-at-avo-session-basel-r1078488/review

15 THE RATS SECOND http://www.recordcollectormag.com/reviews/review-detail/5074

16 SONG Gary Lewis & The Playboys She's Just My Style Thanks to Handsome Dick Manitoba for broadcasting the song on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio, Little Steven's Underground Garage Charlie Koppelman and Don Rubin splash the name Gary Lewis on the cover of 1967's Listen album, his band the Playboys only referenced on the label of the LP. Though the singer had a couple of Top 40 hits that year, they aren't on this collection; meanwhile, Richard Oliver's liner notes ramble insipidly on an album jacket with no musician credits to speak of. The material is all culled from publisher Chardon Music, BMI, which probably stood for Charlie/Don (as in Koppelman/Rubin), with one John Sebastian and two Tim Hardin songs under Faithful Virtue Music Co., also administered through BMI. Listen is interesting because the son of Jerry Lewis actually sings better than on previous recordings -- his vocal proficiency as a frontman serving him well decades later and his chops making him one of the more consistent performers on the oldies circuit.

17)UP THE LADDER TO THE ROOF From the RIGHT ON album ...The Supremes ...why Frank Wilson is a genius producer! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v1S-ypz5a4 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_the_Ladder_to_the_Roof UP THE LADDER TO THE ROOF!

18 VANILLA FUDGE

The Beat Goes On

Vanilla Fudge

by Joe Viglione

The expanded CD release of this second Vanilla Fudge album is much more accessible than the original vinyl version because of the inclusion of a number of cover tunes, most notably Beatles songs. The revealing liner notes that Sundazed project manager Tim Livingston adds to the reissues of these Atco albums helps put this influential band in a better light. The Beat Goes On is a difficult record, especially after the explosion that was their debut. The single from their previous album, Vanilla Fudge, originally charted in the Top 100 in the U.S. in 1967. (Britain was more hip to the group.) Read more here: http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-beat-goes-on-r21011/review

19 RENAISSANCE THE VANILLA FUDGE
What made Vanilla Fudge so intriguing was how they and producer Shadow Morton mutated hit songs by stretching the tempo to slow motion so exquisite that even an overexposed song by the Supremes sounded new on the radio. The formula worked fine on covers, but despite their collective talent, the material they composed on Renaissance feels more like psychedelic meeting progressive and has less of that commercial magic. Renaissance is a concept album, produced and directed by Shadow Morton, the man who brought you the Shangri-Las and who produced the second album for the New York Dolls. With a long poem by Carl DeAngelis on the back cover and an amazing construction … » Read more http://www.allmusic.com/album/renaissance-r21014

Review

by Joe Viglione

Vanilla Fudge took a more basic stance with Rock 'n' Roll, bringing in Aerosmith's first and the Velvet Underground's last producer, Adrian Barber, to replace Shadow Morton. Guitarist Vinnie Martell sings lead on "Need Love," and it is a quagmire of rock sounds, offset by Mark Stein's "Lord in the Country." The band then goes after a good but non-hit Carole King/Gerry Goffin number, "I Can't Make It Alone." It has that vibe that made "Take Me for a Little While" so important and so timeless, but there's just something missing. This is Vanilla Fudge's trademark sound looking for a new personality. The band started in 1968 by releasing an album of seven cover tunes done Vanilla Fudge-style. Along with Cream, Jimi Hendrix, and a handful of other bands, their sound helped shape Top 40 radio in the '60s while heavily influencing Deep Purple and what that group would … » Read more

http://www.allmusic.com/album/rock-roll-r21015/review

Vanilla Fudge

Review

by Joe Viglione

Quiet Riot's producer gives Vanilla Fudge -- whom producer Shadow Morton discovered in the late '60s -- a "bang your head" onslaught of big hair drums, compressed guitar, and tired homogenization. The fun psychedelic distortion of Vinny Martell is totally stripped away -- he is relegated to rhythm guitar on one song and backing vocals on three. That is a total travesty. It is one thing to have the leader of Beck, Bogert & Appice, one Jeff Beck, funk up "My World Is Empty," even under the disguise of J. Toad (shades of George Harrison in his L'Angelo Mysterioso garb), but this version of the Supremes is so far removed from what made Vanilla Fudge so special that, really, it should be included as a bonus track on a reissue of the 1973 Epic debut … » Read more

http://www.allmusic.com/album/mystery-r51901/review

22 AMERICAN RADICAL, WOODY GUTHRIE by Will Kaufman http://www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/?p=6962

23 DEVIL'S PLAYTHING Matt Richtel

#24)MATT TURK http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/american-preservation/id363231038

25 Letters To Jackie

26 Vanilla Fudge NEAR THE BEGINNING

Near the Beginning is an excellent title for this self-produced Vanilla Fudge recording. The fourth of five albums recorded during 1967, 1968, and 1969, the band themselves worked to get closer to what made them very special. What made them special was their treatment of other people’s material. Reworking Junior Walker’s 1965 hit is interesting, especially with engineers like Tony Bongiovi and Eddie Kramer to throw ideas at. Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood went Top 30 with Some Velvet Morning, and that is more in line with the Fudge’s debut than re-assembling Motown again. The problem with Shotgun is that it is pretty much the same tempo, with their big sound and added intensity being the difference. Some Velvet Morning, on the other hand, is more Black Sabbath than Ozzie and crew covering Crow’s Evil Woman. Read more here: http://www.last.fm/music/Vanilla+Fudge/Near+the+Beginning

27 Richie Unterberger WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN

28 OZZY OSBOURNE I AM OZZY Paperback Edition

29 VANILLA FUDGE LIVE AT THE REGENT THEATER, MARCH 26, 2011

Saturday evening, March 26, 2011 Vanilla Fudge rocked the Regent Theater over on 7 Medford St., in Arlington Massachusetts, The venerable old hall which first opened in 1916 had Little Anthony & The Imperials perform there in the 1960s, but for most of the latter part of the 20th century, it was a wonderful old movie house. Now as a concert hall / movie theater there's new energy and new life in the hall...and this exquisite show only proves the importance of saving these regional theaters wherever they may be in the world. Bassist Pete Bremy joined original members Vince Martell (guitar & vocals), drummer Carmine Appice and lead singer/keyboard player Mark Stein. The theater was pretty much packed and...in a room that contains the volume, the Fudge used the dynamics of their sound to their advantage, blasting the roof off, when necessary, and bringing it down so that you could hear the proverbial pin drop. "Take Me For A Little While", a masterpiece of pop music, was played to perfection with "Season Of The Witch", "Eleanor Rigby" and other VF staples getting the treatment. As the group used to headline over Led Zeppellin in the early days, a killer "Dazed & Confused" with Appice sounding like he was playing on the original 1967-ish Jeff Beck Group albums (where Aynsley Dunbar did the honors...and I never understood why millions and millions of Zeppelin fans never grabbed copies of those two Beck classic which are so Yardbird-esque...but that's a story for another day)...here was the VF/Cactus/Beck-Bogert-Appice drummer giving a clinic, not only on the John Bonham-heavy "Dazed & Confused" but with his show solo as well. The audience was all middle-aged...and people knew each other from the era (and the Boston area club scene) so the socializing was as key as the music being appreciated. A seven minute or so "You Keep Me Hanging On" was the frosting on the cake...but in an extraordinary move, after the first encore of Vinny Martell singing "You Can't Do That" the band told the audience that on Monday night, March 28, they would be performing a truncated "You Keep Me Hanging On" (the 45 RPM version or so) on the Jimmy Fallon Show...and wanting to practice it, this audience got to hear the song twice, the long version AND the short version. What a great idea and why haven't bands done this before? Play the album-length version and the 45 version! It was terrific...and a splendid time was had by all. Mr. Martell was in touch with me in the 1980s when I was working with the late Jimmy Miller, producer of The Rolling Stones. His solo tapes were impressive back in the day, and it is good to see Vinny shouldering some of the lead vocals and guitar playing that is truly inspired. Martell is one of the most underrated guitarists in rock...come to think of it, Vanilla Fudge is one of the most under-appreciated bands of that era. George "Shadow" Morton is a genius producer and the pairing of this group with that producer was a perfect storm creating a cosmic event that was re-created to perfection at this show. I don't usually put so much emphasis on greatness in a review but have to do so here: Vanilla Fudge gave us authenticity, "the sound" and a great show. Encore.

PRODUCER SHADOW MORTON

#30 PAUL A Boston band called The Machines had a 45 RPM entitled “Disposable Music”, which was a premonition of things to come...not all the music in 2011 as collector-oriented as that from just a few decades before. And along the lines of that tune, the film Paul is a disposable movie, mildly entertaining, something to do for a day or evening, but at times so cloying with its predictable jokes that it inevitably turns into a bit of a roller coaster ride at a theme park…something to do once in a great while but not enticing enough to draw you back too soon. Like the movie trailer where the Seth Rogan-voiced alien, “Paul” resurrects a bird only to kill it again…by eating it, the jokes are sometimes unfunny or funny for just one spin. But Sigourney Weaver is always fun and the picture has some redeeming qualities, some unique aspects to the script – perhaps had Simon Pegg and Nick Frost spent more time writing Paul than starring in it there would be more substance to this exercise.Taking a hint from Galaxy Quest and initiating the action in a fan setting - Comic Con of all places - is very cool. That the writers (Peg and Frost) and the director,Greg Matolla, showed up at Comic Con 2010 to advance Paul certainly was appealing to those who religiously attend such gatherings but, alas, the film doesn’t go deep enough into what fandom craves, and that’s not to its benefit. Too smart-ass for its own good, Paul still delivers an interesting plot of an alien escaping Sigourney instead of the other way around. Not as much fun as her aforementioned Galaxy Quest and certainly no Avatar…but if you got nothing better to do… http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/22786 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdHUQtnJsyQ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1092026/

31 http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2010/09/03/entertainment/doc4c80400470073198101171.txt

33 CHEVALIER THEATER SHOULD BE THE HOME OF A PUBLIC ACCESS STATION FOR MEDFORD http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/medford/2011/03/opinion_make_room_for_medford.html

34 SCARFACE COMING TO BLU-RAY The street slang of Tony Montana is now in high def. You can hear classic lines like “Another Quaalude, and she’ll be mine again.” on the Blu-ray version of SCARFACE. Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert Loggia, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Stephen Bauer and the gang under the direction of Brian De Palma will help you memorize the lines like never before. Here’s what the new package offers: - First time on Blu-ray – newly restored high resolution, high def picture and 7.1 sound - New bonus features - Steelbook packaging with collectable art cards - 1000 of humidor gift set which is amazing ($999.99) – for the ultimate collector - Fan Art Contest Five months away! September 6th is the date of the Blu-ray release!

35 MALDEN ENTERTAINMENT HOTLINE FOR MARCH 26, 2011

George Lyons - Malden Entertainment Hotline by Joe Viglione http://tinyurl.com/applebeesmuseum Heard "Spirit In The Sky" leaving Applebees in Malden the other night. Heard "Sunny" in Bruegger's Bagels on Sunday, 3-27-11. Here's the current Malden Hotline...I'll update it for the paper this week

Malden credentials

Another fun TinyURL is tinyurl.com/maldenpersonalities, where there are 55 names listed on the Internet Movie Database starting with song and dance man Jack Albertson. He appeared in Willie Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, won an Emmy for his part in Chico & The Man, a Tony for his role on Broadway in The Subject Was Roses, and an Oscar in 1968 for that same role in the film version of the Broadway play. Born in Malden on June 16, 1907 he passed away in California in 1981. Betty Lou Keim died a year ago on January 27, 2010. She was born in Malden on September 27, 1938 and appeared in the 1958 film “Some Came Running” with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Shirley MacLaine.

36 LISA BURNS CHANNELING MARY http://mog.com/The_Time_Machine/blog/2822968

UNADORNED 37 http://www.johnlightning.com/index.php?paged=2

38)LIMITLESS with Bradley Cooper http://www.buzzfocus.com/2010/12/17/movie-trailer-limitless-starring-bradley-cooper-abbie-cornish-robert-de-niro/

#39 SCOTT KEMPNER
LOOK - I love the Dictators and this guy was their rhythm guitarist. He went on to form the Del Lords with Eric Ambel and that group at least could have been on a bill with The Dics, but Tenement Angels is not my cup of tea. Robert Gordon meets the Stray Cats not doing rockabilly but working on the best Bruce Springsteen tribute possible. Dion loves him and others pour accolades, but I would rather listen to the Del-Lords or Andy Shernoff or Richard Manitoba... Americana is cool but this album's Americana is drenched in 1980s almost-Bon Jovi production with none of the charm the Skeletons (the backing band) had on their own discs. Even the cover of "Just Like Romeo & Juliet" sounds almost-finished but not quite mixed. The elements are there, perhaps, but this disc just doesn't inspire or even make me want to listen.

#40 SCOTT BROWN I voted for Martha Coakley when I would have preferred Ed Capuano or was it Fred Capuano...oh...MIKE Capuano... Riding on a wave of Tea Party madness and the fumbling by Martha-my-dear who should've used the Beatles song and had some fun campaigning. Sheesh, I was out there at Fenway Park taping Winthrop vs. Marblehead hockey and it felt like 30 below zero on the pitcher's mound and first base bag (in the middle of winter, 2009!) but where was Martha? She could've descended in a Bowie-like spacecraft, placed the hockey puck, and got the heck out of Dodge...but, nope...she let some Cosmo centerfolder with a wife in a Digney Fignus video become Senator...Scott's probably a fun guy to have a beer with, but I drink tea with cinnamon spice anyway and do you want a Senator or a drinking buddy in a pick-up truck? The big revelation here isn't the scandal (and a friend of mine at the gym thinks Scotty boy made that one up to sell books), nope, it's that he's friends with Seth Greenberg of The Paradise. Cool. Maybe Scotty's hipper than we thought. Let's go for a drink...but, please, will Mike Capuano get on the campaign trail and get people to know his name??? I mean, do a Google on IMAGES, Scott Brown Book and a young, bare-chested Scotty is there for all the world to see. What next? Larry Flynt for Postmaster General? Hugh Hefner for Secretary of Porn! http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=609&tbs=isch:1&aq=f&aqi=&oq=&q=scott%20brown%20book

Conclusions...

Top Forty for February 2011

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1)The Eagle of the Ninth -
film with Channing Tatum and Jamie Bell

Director Kevin MacDonald’s follows director Domenic Sena’s Season Of The Witch by about a month, both films displaying sword fighting four years after Zack Snyder’s 300 brought the blood fests into vogue. While Season Of The Witch is an intriguing paean to the Hammer Films / American International Pictures of the 1960s (especially Roger Corman’s Edgar Allen Poe movies), The Eagle sports multiple intriguing plots that push veteran actors Donald Sutherland and Denis O’Hare way into the background, and a not-so-thinly veiled homosexual undercurrent between the master, Roman soldier Marcus Aquila (Channing Tatum) and his British slave, Esca (Jamie Bell). Telling the story set in 135 A.D. with these two enemies building a deep friendship and devotion is less blatant but more intense than Brokeback Mountain. Perhaps because Jake Gyllenhall’s Jack Twist and Heath Ledger’s Ennis Del Mar didn’t come with Uncle Donald Sutherland Read more here: http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/21057

#2 Birdsong At Morning ANNALS OF MY GLASS HOUSE

“Those Beautiful Words” opens up this four CD collection of remasters housed in a boxed set, an exquisite presentation of dreamy songs, elegant production work all performed and presented with a huge touch of class. “Prodigal Soul” which follows the first track is just as exhilarating with James Blunt-styled soft rock that is both mesmerizing and quite satisfying. Where Adam Ezra Group has a harder edge along these same lines, Birdsong At Morning is ultra-smooth, simply perfect Triple A music that is radio friendly and holds up well with your player on repeat.

To get a handle on what this boxed set is about one has to look at the releases and how they were issued. Six songs on Bound were released on January 1, 2009 containing 28 minutes and 17 seconds of music. October 6, 2009 saw Heavens issued, six songs covering 30 minutes Vigil (6 songs) was released on March 23, 2010 clocking in at 29 and a half minutes with the 7 song Lumens, a 29 minute album, released October 19, 2010. All releases are on the Blue Gentian Records imprint. Read more here: http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/20783

3) JEFF BECK: ROCK ‘N’ ROLL PARTY HONORING LES PAUL

HERE'S THE PRESS RELEASE! Vigione Joe review to follow!

~On DVD and Blu-ray February 22, 2011~

New York, NY (January 18, 2011)–Eagle Rock Entertainment is proud to announce the simultaneous release of Jeff Beck: Rock ‘N’ Roll Party Honoring Les Paul on DVD and Blu-ray on February 22, 2011. Filmed in high definition at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York City this past spring, this musical celebration of the great Les Paul features selections of his songs and other great rock 'n' roll tracks. [Pre-book order date January 28, MSRP $14.98 for DVD, $19.98 for Blu-ray]. Additionally, ATCO will be offering a CD of this exclusive show, featuring 20 live tracks from the evening, on the same day.

On June 9, 2010, which would have been Les Paul’s 95th birthday, Jeff Beck and a host of special guests paid homage to the musical icon at the very club where he performed every Monday night. Rockabilly songstress Imelda May and her band, led by Darrel Higham, as well as Gary US Bonds, Brian Setzer and Trombone Shorty, join Beck on many of the tracks. This collection of talent, performing in the clubs intimate setting, truly captures the spirit of Les Paul’s weekly gigs, and the DVD puts the viewer right there in the audience for a showcase of stunning musicianship and truly great songs. Spotted in the audience at this spectacular event is an amalgam of stars, such as David Bowie, Meat Loaf, Steven Van Zandt, Paul Shaffer, Kirk Hammett, and Nils Lofgren.

Rock ‘N’ Roll Party Honoring Les Paul includes the classics “Bye Bye Blues,” “Sitting On Top Of The World,” “Mockin' Bird Hill,” “Peter Gunn,” “How High The Moon,” “New Orleans,” “Walking In The Sand,” and many more! In addition to the music, the DVD contains a host of bonus features: An interview with Jeff Beck; Behind The Scenes; “At home with Jeff Beck & his guitars”; “Jeff Beck & Les Paul – Rock ‘n’ Roll Tonite” and “Les Paul & his little black box.”

A five-time Grammy-Award winner, with five more nominations under his belt for 2011, Jeff Beck will take this party on the road with Imelda May and her band for a spring tour. Dates are below.

Following the hugely successful release of Jeff Beck’s Performing This Week…Live at Ronnie Scotts DVD/Blu-ray in 2009, this DVD is not to be missed by fans of either of these true guitar icons.

Eagle Rock Entertainment is an international media production and distribution company operating across audiovisual entertainment programming. Eagle Rock Entertainment works directly alongside talent to produce the highest quality programming output covering film, general entertainment and musical performance. Eagle Rock Entertainment has offices based in London, New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Hamburg, & Paris.

#4 THE ATLANTICS LONELYHEARTS/TIRED GIRL

Review on TMRZoo.com http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/20953

The four-minute and 23 second classic included on the Rhino’/Atlantic D.I.Y. sampler was a barn-burner on Boston radio and a solid argument that had it been issued on a major label history would be different for the band that toured with Roxy Music and was a staple on the New England scene throughout the 70s and early 80s. A transition to Ball & Pivot and other spinoffs achieved certain levels of success, but if it all has to be focused into a single moment, this terrific release does it.

At 3:15 “Lonelyhearts” is eminently repeatable, you can just listen to the same tune in succession to itself and find satisfaction. Guitarist Fred Pineau has always been obsessed with Kinks riffs, inverting them, reinventing them and this nod to The Cars benefits from the understated paean to Ray Davies…but it is Pineau’s terrific solo which isolates the frenzy, splashes of rock & roll spirit that drive right back into the superb and catchy chorus. The guitar glides up under Bobby Marron’s intense notification that he can, indeed, hear your heartbeat. Engineered at the Hit Factory NYC in 1979 Great to have in this new package.

B/w Tired Girl is pretty ingenious as this is a more cat-like slinky spy novel come to life about some girl who has “been around the world” and is making a soft landing (or maybe not) with her tired boy. The late Bruce Wilkinson and Paul Caruso would both be proud, and should rest happily with this release of their important efforts. Tired Girl clocks in at 3:23…it’s on SOMETHING’S HOT and …it is

#5 THE GREAT WHITE BEAR (Book Review)
Author: Kieran Mulvaney http://www.kieranmulvaney.com/

Published by Houghton/Mifflin/Harcourt

Review by guest author Craig Fenton!

The Great White Bear

A Natural & Unnatural History Of The Polar Bear

As noteworthy as it may be to profile another human, can you imagine the complicatedness of deducing the mindset of a two thousand pound marine mammal?

Author Kieran Mulvaney’s expertise far supersedes the aptitude of penning some common and obscure facts. He sees the world through the eyes of the polar bear.

While anyone could compose from afar, Kieran sculptured his thoughts from the trenches. Churchill, Manitoba, Canada is only for the heartiest of creatures (human or other). With a myriad of days where temperatures are too far below zero to comprehend the full-time residents don’t break the one-thousand mark. Kieran took the journey and not only survived but thrived in his digesting of the life and plight of the polar bear.

Kieran’s prodigious mixture of facts and the daily existence of the polar bear fulfill the reader’s expectations. Often those that write about the ecology, the planet, and or specific creatures are pompous and condescending. Kieran makes each page discernible for the eyes. Every paragraph shows the passion and craftsmanship of an author that writes for the love and the cause and keeps the ego in the garage.

Possessing the right amount of chapters and some spellbinding photos Kieran delivers the polar bear to us without having to brave the elements.

As each tick of the clock brings the polar bear closer to extinction Kieran Mulvaney teaches us about survival and how none of us are guaranteed a spot on the planet no matter size, strength, or geographical location.

All the best,

Craig Fenton

Author: Jefferson Airplane Take Me To A Circus Tent

Jefferson Starship Have You Seen The Stars Tonite

#6 LOU REED'S ROCK 'n' ROLL ANIMAL LIVES!

In a phone call with Marty Balin last night he told me he was very impressed with what Wolfsgang’s Vault did with his Jefferson Airplane material. They mailed him the “boxed set” with liner notes, photos and the music on a flash drive! Let’s hope for a similar event with Lou Reed’s music.

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/20078

#7 STEPPENWOLF SEVEN

Steppenwolf 7

A couple of quotes from George Biondo of STEPPENWOLF received
February 6, 2011

I just wanted to let you know that I happened to find one of your really well written reviews of "Steppenwolf 7" on Music Direct while I was skimming through web sites for information....

Joe Vig review:
Steppenwolf only recorded seven discs for Dunhill Records in the short span between 1968 and 1971, six of them studio albums, and one allegedly "live" -- though there was early Sparrow material recorded in May of 1967 not released by the label until 1972. Throw in a greatest-hits package along with Columbia's reissue of yet more Sparrow recordings, and how they came up with Steppenwolf 7 for the title of this, their fifth studio recording for Dunhill, is a question for hardcore fans of the band to debate (don't even bring the movie soundtracks into this equation). Richard Podolor has taken the production reins from Gabriel Mekler, as he did with Three Dog Night, but where the producer was able to take Hoyt Axton's "Joy to the World" to number one in a notable six weeks in 1971 with the vocal trio and labelmates of this group, the author of "The Pusher," Axton, is represented here by his "Snowblind Friend," a topic not likely to get Steppenwolf chart action. And that's the dilemma with Steppenwolf 7. This is a very worthwhile Steppenwolf recording... read more here: http://www.allmusic.com/album/steppenwolf-7-r18996/review

#8 STEPPENWOLF

For Ladies Only

FROM GEORGE BIONDO
By the way Thank You so very kindly for the positive comments on "Morning Blue". That one and "In Hopes of a Garden" from "For Ladies Only, which I wrote and sang are two of my mom's favorites

Produced by Richard Podolor
Read more on AllMusic.com: http://www.allmusic.com/album/for-ladies-only-r19006/review

A very democratic brew, which is interesting but for the most part doesn't have the punch of the title track or the nugget from the Mars Bonfire solo disc, "Ride With Me." The original Sparrow guitarist's presence casts a good shadow and remains as essential to this crew as the lead singer and keyboard player. Why they didn't keep Bonfire on from day one of their journey is the mystery. This 1971 Dunhill release produced by Richard Podolor for Steppenwolf Productions, Inc. makes that point loud and clear, though the Kent Henry/Goldy McJohn instrumental "Black Pit" does tend to sound like Blues Image-meets-Steppenwolf, and proves the point made earlier. If John Kay wasn't in the mood to sing, the material works better with no voice at all. His absence from three of the ten tracks is perhaps an indication that he had his sights set on a solo career. Kent Henry and George Biondo moved on with the singer for his 1972 outing Forgotten Songs & Unsung Heroes.

#9 NO STRINGS ATTACHED

Movie Review: No Strings Attached – A Depraved Sexual Fantasyland

by Joe Viglione January - 21 - 2011

When I was back there in Catholic school – in the years before the X rating existed – the nuns would cut out the movie listing of “censored” films from a newspaper called The Pilot (which still exists today). Many of these motion pictures that back in 1966 were considered “filth” are now cherished works of art aired on broadcast television. “No Strings Attached” is not a work of art, but it somehow got an R rating when its racy audio is the most X rated soundtrack this critic has heard in his entire life. Heck, even my porno collection (a critic must be well-rounded you know) doesn’t have the vile, vulgar, disgusting use of sexual terms and flying F words that proliferate across and over the celluloid. And if the reaction of the packed house is any indication, this raunchy “chick flick” is going to appeal to the prurient interests of the teens and twenty-somethings who will indulge in this the way that the Porky’s and American Pie sagas satisfied their respective decades.

Do not allow your young daughters to see this film! (Beth G, Lou Reed's former assistant, wondered why I didn't say don't let your young sons and daughters see this film. OK, I stand corrected, Beth! Rate this one X) Read more here: http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/20004

#10 MALDEN ENTERTAINMENT HOTLINE with Matt McKay, Johnny A

Courtesy photo of Matt McKay

Who is Matt McKay?

Matt McKay lived in Malden and used to play showcases at the Channel many years ago. He founded the band Adrenalin which morphed into Extreme, played for Rick Berlin’s band in the late 80s, etc., and is still performing his solo acoustic shows, recording and will be working on an arts documentary that he will keep us posted on.

Former Boston guy who went to Los Angeles and is now back home, Jon Butcher (performer on the soundtrack music for Showtime’s Hendrix film; cable TV shows Deadwood and Star Trek: Next Generation), teamed up last year with his new musical partner, Charlie Farren. Butcher and Farren played to pretty much the same audiences in the 70s so the union is logical and highly anticipated. Their combination has resulted in a new group — Farren/Butcher Inc.

#11 Johnny A DVD

And speaking of geniuses uniting — from piano maestros to guitar legends, on Friday, Feb. 4 Malden’s own Johnny A joined the Legends of Rock ‘n’ Blues Show featuring Edgar Winter, Rick Derringer, Brad Whitford and James Montgomery at the Lynn Auditorium in Lynn. Johnny’s One November Night DVD/CD combo was recorded at Sculler’s Jazz club and is getting rave reviews on Blogcritics.org and other sites. Check out his Facebook page for upcoming shows this year.

#12 THE CAPE (New TV show)

Rugged Australian actor David Lyons is pretty much unknown in these parts, his appearance as Dr. Simon Brenner on ER’s last two seasons giving TV fans a glimpse of his talents. In The Cape he plays as cliche a superhero as you can get, as close to Batman as NBC can bring the character without a copyright infringement suit. His “cape” is made out of spider’s web, given to him by Max Malini (actor Keith David), who is – for all intents and purposes – Morpheus from The Matrix working with Neo, Lyons’ Vince Farraday/The Cape character. If you thought The Matrix took every element it could from movies and tv that came before, series “creator” Tom Wheeler thought so too. You’ll find pieces of The Terminator TV series, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Spiderman 1, 2, 3…and The Matrix, of course, all wrapped up in this serious version of the Batman TV series from the 1960s, sans Robin, of course. But there is Orwell, played by Summer Lyn Glau from, gee whiz, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles where she was a terminatrix called Cameron. You can’t get away from how the producers cleverly are picking up on the fan base built by the Terminator TV series which aired for two short seasons in 2008 and 2009, and for those who enjoyed that program, many of the atmospheric touches transfer over to this.

The Cape: Television Premiere Episode Review

Read more here: http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/19425

#13 In Memory of Hal Hebb

On August 3, 2010 we lost Bobby Hebb, co- author of a song that won a Grammy for vocalist Lou Rawls entitled “A Natural Man”, and singer/performer of a song on the Grammy winning album Night Train To Nashville, the modern pop classic “Sunny”.

Some say “Sunny” was written by Bobby Hebb for God, other reviews of the song claim it was for one particular woman, while still others reference the loss of Bobby’s older brother, Hal Hebb, on November 23, 1963, as a catalyst for one of the greatest songs in the history of popular music. On August 26, 1995, Bobby appeared on my television program, Visual Radio, and gave a clear description of how he wrote his masterpiece:

Read more here:

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2010/17151

#14 Law & Order SVU: Episode #261

In its new time spot on Wednesday nights at 10 PM, Law & Order SVU brought veteran (and Oscar-winning) actor Jeremy Irons onboard for “Mask”, episode #261, the thirteenth of this twelfth season. For the general audience which tunes in for the latest sordid tale it is the usual well-crafted sixty minutes of whodunit, a Perry Mason drama (from the detectives’ perspective, not the lawyer’s) which graphically delves into all aspects of human sexual behavior, this episode touching upon topics such as lesbianism, incest, rape, mugging, sex addiction and ethics. Have we missed anything?

For the obsessive SVU fans who post comments on the All Things Law And Order blog, well, they are looking for more bang for their buck, however, the program is still a good watch despite its mileage.

Where Irons was a terrorist, Simon Peter Gruber, in the third Die Hard film, here he is a recovered sex-addict who is now a sex therapist, Captain “Cap” Jackson. The thing that drives this critic bonkers about SVU is all the coincidences, some first lover from the past of Ann Jackson, the daughter of Irons’ character, oh just happens to be an essential part of the plot.

Read more here: http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/19578

15 THE TWIST

the twist

Parkway 1961

Review by Joe Viglione
Your Twist Party is an interesting and fun album from Chubby Checker, starting off with his classic rendition of Hank Ballard's "The Twist," and continuing with "twist"-style arrangements of popular tunes of the era. Fats Domino's "Blueberry Hill" gets the same treatment as Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" — sung "Twist around the clock" here. Picture the Ramones giving their trademark power-chord treatment to cover songs their fans could identify with, and you get the spirit at play on Your Twist Party. "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" gets a "twist" mutation, while Chubby adds some Big Bopper/Jerry Lee Lewis ad libs to Kal Mann's "Mister Twister." Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog" receives a nice modulation — and an adaption as well — "You ain't nothing but a hound dog/twistin' all the time/little sister you're a twister and you ain't no friend of mine." Mann & Appell create the "Mexican Hat Twist" out of the "Mexican Hat Dance," just as Kal Mann may have inspired the Beach Boys with his "Twistin' U.S.A." (years before the Fat Boys brought a common denominator to both camps by charting on separate occasions with Chubby and the Beach Boys ).
Read more on Flickr.com

http://www.flickr.com/photos/view-finder/2749599361/

#16 SOULIVE / BOWLIVE Live at the Brooklyn Bowl

Soulive "Bowlive" Coming to DVD - March 22

Live performance from 2010, featuring guests like

Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Rahzel, Questlove and more.

Bowlive 2 announced: March 1-5 and 8-12

In March of 2010, the members of Soulive hauled their instruments through the doors of a newly-opened warehouse-turned-music venue in Brooklyn that they would call home for the next two weeks. Eric Krasno, Alan Evans and Neal Evans called on a multitude of their closest friends and musical conspirators to join them over the next fortnight - creating an incredibly broad guest lineup that included some of the pre-eminent guitar virtuosos of our generation (Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes), some of the biggest names in hip-hop (Questlove, Rahzel), and some of the most inventive improvisational players in modern rock n' roll (Robert Randolph, Marco Benevento, Oteil & Kofi Burbridge).

The Brooklyn Bowl quickly became the mecca for these very distinct yet like-minded musicians, where they returned night after night, donning the dress code for good times (bowling shoes) and sharing famous Blue Ribbon fried chicken. The common thread that tied together all these disparate ingredients quickly became palpable -- from the transcendental heartfelt improvisations onstage to the homey & playful atmosphere provided by the bowling alley, the Soulive residency was like nothing that had come before it because all of those diverse elements fused to ultimately bring the Soul to Brooklyn Bowl.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3k3VxG9TV8

Soulive is heading back to Brooklyn Bowl (61 Wythe Avenue - Brooklyn) for Bowlive 2. The veteran soul groove outfit's acclaimed residency is set for another ten funk-infused evenings -- March 1-5 and 8-12 -- glittered with special guests every night. Doors open at 6pm, show starts at 9pm, and admission is $15 (21+). The "Bowlive" DVD will be available (for early purchase) to all who attend.

Brooklyn Bowl is a LEED certified, 16-lane, 600-capacity bowling, concert and dining destination. It occupies a former ironworks factory built in 1882 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and seamlessly blends exciting new technologies (including a custom-designed JBL Vertec sound system, stage lighting, and a nine-screen, high-definition digital video projection system) into the beautifully restored old structure. The venue features a full restaurant and menu by Blue Ribbon, the acclaimed NYC-based restaurant group.

17) KATHY BATES in HARRY'S LAW - my favorite new show!

Kathy Bates and Brittany Snow Debut Last Night In Harry’s Law

Between 1963 and 1965 there was a woman’s sexy voice declaring on television “It’s Burke’s law–h”. Burke’s Law featured Gene Barry (from the 1953 War Of The Worlds) as Amos Burke, an imaginative but not very realistic rich police captain solving crime in a Rolls Royce. Enter the highly compelling Kathy Bates forty-eight years later in David E. Kelley’s return to The Practice/Boston Legal place he’s so familiar with and a show that bears a similar title: Harry’s Law.

Kathy Bates as lawyer Harriet Korn – participating in a comedy/drama a la Boston Legal – is a brilliant casting move. Now Kelley is free to push the boundaries again because superstar Bates can overshadow the excesses. This mixing of humor and drama is risky business and, as seen with the recent Green Hornet film (debuting appropriately enough on the weekend before Harry’s Law’s first voyage), it doesn’t necessarily work. It is, as stated above, the acting of Bates which saves the day and the serious courtroom moments rise above the forced humor. Read more here: http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/19785

18) GILLEN & TURK BACKS TO THE WALL

Review by Joe Viglione

In the tradition of Batdorf & Rodney, England Dan & John Ford Coley and Seals & Crofts these two fine songwriter/singers, Matt Turk and Fred Gillen Jr. bring their blend of Americana, folk rock and solid instrumentation to this CD episode they call Backs To The Wall. "Fall Down" has the jangling R.E.M. style that makes it highly commercial, a total contrast to the almost off-key "Takes Me Away", almost five minutes of Velvet Underground-third album melancholy. "It Really Matters" is culled from The Grateful Dead catalog and makes the duo a perfect fit to perform in the Boston area with one of Ken Selcer's many bands. "Black Hills" and "Come Away With Me" have mesmerizing sounds and riveting themes..."Black Hills" right out of the C.S.N.Y. repertoire when they were stomping with "Almost Cut My Hair" and "Ohio". Real protest music. The musicianship is strong, just as you'd expect from journeyman Turk. The addition of Fred (Gillen Jr) gives Matt an opportunity to stretch out from his own solo pop to a harder-edged sometimes anst-filled style ("Come Away With Me" comes to mind in that regard). "These Nameless Streets" would be fine for a Jack Kerouac flick...or if some filmmaker wants to take the Route 66 TV series from the 1960s to the big screen. "Three" is innovative and has mandolin-like sounds with charging guitar...political issues...think George Harrison's "Within Without You" going for a wider audience. "Killing Machine" also has the R.E.M. jangle combined with protest lyrics while "This Town Is Our Song" feels like a low-key response to Simon & Garfunkel's "My Little Town", though not as maudlin yet still very melancholy (did I use that word already). A strong effort from some spirited musicians worth your listening time.

19)IGGY POP LIVE

It is tough to compete with The Stooges and Fun House when it comes to menacing rock & roll/ punk with as much ambiance as attitude. With a bootleg type feel, Live San Fran 1981 is still able to rise above the predictable with a few choice cuts to satisfy those devoted to Iggy's music. Opening with a decent "Some Weird Sin" from 1977's Lust for Life, this set is not comprehensive, and that it is so haphazard is actually a plus here. The obligatory "TV Eye" and "1969" are included, but outside of the title track to "Lust for Life," everything else will be obscure to people not acquainted with the Stooges' brand of mayhem. Read more here:

http://music.barnesandnoble.com/Live-in-San-Fran-1981/Iggy-Pop/e/22891467922

20) CONNIE ST PIERRE MOUNTAIN SPIRITS

http://www.smasheasy.com/musiccsp.html

21) Matt Turk AMERICAN PRESERVATION

This is an interesting left turn for Matt Turk, a countrified modern-ish Americana album of cover tunes that cover a wide spectrum and diverse musical field. Turk's voice lends itself well to these journeys, some obscure, some very popular at one point in time. Opening up with John Denver's "Thank God I'm A Country Boy" gives the song authenticity that this writer felt the over-exposed John Denver lost along the way..."Lovin' In My Baby's Eyes" works better for me than that...and run-throughs of "Bang A Gong (Get It On)" or the sublime Rolling Stones country moment, "Sweet Virginia". As a jamboree flash of the moment they would work fine but it is hard to improve on greatness in this setting and Turk fares much better with his stunningly beautiful reinterpretation of "I'll Follow The Sun". Not to say that anyone can improve a Beatles episode, they are all so indelibly imprinted on our minds, but his soulful stirrings are tremendous and say more about the artist and his ability to take that melody down a notch to a different place. "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" is another hard song to compete with, Matt holds his own but is more effective when he goes for it "On The Turning Away" with its masterful a capella flourishes. "America The Beautiful" gets a respectful reading while "City Of New Orleans" is also so much larger than life that it would fit into a live show more efficiently than a live-in-the-studio cd. But "Wabash Cannonball" and "Mama Don't Allow" also have big moments...the lesser known compositions the more appealing excursions - to these ears - than the popular numbers, for the most part. Still, a nice effort...commendable, really, and something Spanky McFarlane and Mark Newman would like to be on a bill with, no doubt.

22)RETURN TO THE WORLD OF OZ David Kubinec

23)Scott Kempner's Tenement Angels

REVIEW TO PRINT SOON! Here's the P.R. from GB Music

GB Music is proud to announce the release of Scott Kempner's Tenement Angels on CD & LP. Scott is a co-founder of two of the most legendary bands to emerge from New York City, The Dictators and The Del-Lords. The Vinyl is limited to 500 copies and each album comes with a free digital download and a hand signed poster. The CD & Vinyl are available on amazon.com and fine music stores everywhere.

http://www.gbmusic.com/news.php

28)Hollis Brown

29) Ken Elkinson

30) AMY GREEN UP FROM THE MIDDLE

31)

Phil Poirer IN THE MORNING Smasheasy Recors / Tourmaline Music

32) Matt Richtel / Devil's Plaything

33) Mark Farner For the People

If you take the guitar riff from Santana's "Smooth" and shake it up in a blender with Edwyn Collins sublime "A Girl Like You," the result will be one of Mark Farner's best tracks since "Bad Time," a catchy pop tune he calls "Nadean" on what could be the Grand Funk lead singer's most important solo effort in the close to 30 years that he's been making music full-time without Mel Schacher and Don Brewer. The 11 songs on For the People contain more hits than misses, though, from the beautifully Hendrixian "Cry Baby" to the elegant and post-'80s-and-into-the-new-millennium "Girl." Sure the titles have been utilized by Garnet Mimms and the Beatles, respectively, but these are originals exuding the R&B that Farner is so enamored of, along with those pop sensibilities that he's totally capable of but has kept from his audience for much too long. Read more here:
http://allmusic.com/album/for-the-people-r1031336/review

"Anywhere USA" coming to DVD on March 22

Part satire, part tragedy, part masterpiece theatre gone awry, ANYWHERE USA is a comedy of manners that defies gravity.

Starring Perla Haney-Jardine (Kill Bill)

In a trailer deposited in an unkempt pastoral glade, a woman who used to be an alternate on her high school tennis team beats her boyfriend senseless once a week. She beats him, cause, well he deserves it. It's his act of redneck contrition...

Meanwhile, an eight-year-old girl finds accidental elucidation; the sort of awakening that makes her wonder if that guy next door driving the '89 Subaru is, in fact, the guy she thinks it is....

On the other side of the tracks, over there where posh beards, Kobe beef steaks and manicured gardens go hand in hand, a man of privilege has an epiphany at the dinner table that ultimately leads to a contusion and a revelation.

Told in three subtly related segments (Penance, Loss, and Ignorance), ANYWHERE USA is a du jour portrait of one man's America inspired by and drawn from the director's own experiences as both foreigner and citizen of these United States.

Featuring a cast of mostly non-professionals and exploring passive racism, geo-political vagaries, good intentions, faith and disappointment, this deeply personal film manages to tread the lines between vulgar and humane, between absurd and tender, and finds its heart in the story segment featuring the director's own daughter and a man living in a van.

Quentin Tarantino states:

"Anywhere U.S.A. reduces every audience that sees it into a delighted, giggling mob. The talented cast of non-professionals reminds one of what the word, 'amateur' really means: to love. As silly, provocative, risky and downright loose-screwed as Mr. Haney-Jardine and his cast are, the sense that they did this movie out of love - love for the weird, love for the unsayable idea, love for the privilege of movie making - proved to be one of the most moving experiences at the Sundance Film Festival. It reminds one of the joy of sitting in an audience of strangers while everyone laughs hysterically."

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diY7FMzwqfM

Other press quotes:

"...there might just be some genius there. God help us." - Moriarty, Ain't It Cool News

"Haney-Jardine's film mixes striking still photos, text overlaid the images on the screen, a wry sense of the absurd in the everyday, the capacity to see the banal in the extraordinary, and the capacity to find the extraordinary in the everyday." - James Rocchi, Cinematical

"High Art crashes into THE DUKES OF HAZZARD...the most unusual of the dramatic competition films at this year's SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL." - Steve Ramos, indieWIRE

"The performances, cinematography, trippy score and just the flat out strange stories are worth taking the ride. " - Jason Guerrasio, eFilmmaker Magazin

Website: http://www.anywhereusathemovie.com/

WINNER: Special Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festival.
WINNER: Best Feature: Boston Underground Film Festival
WINNER: Best First Feature: Cancun Riviera Maya Film Festival
WINNER: Best USA Feature FIlm, Jacksonville Film Festival
Opening Night Film: Chicago Underground Film Festival

#35 ANDY PRATT ONE BODY

while One Body sounds like the aforementioned detour, a step to a place outside of the groove that makes this artist so fantastic, so important. So here judgment is passed -- superb sound, touching vocal work, but a message not effectively translated. When Billy Preston shouts "That's the Way God Planned It" at The Concert for Bangladesh, it brings chills. When Doris Troy joins her gospel and rock worlds together for The Rainbow Testament, it is sheer magic. When Eric Clapton sweeps you into the "Presence of the Lord," it is thrilling and compelling. "Forgive You Everything" on One Body just does not have that effect. It feels like an artist groping in the dark, searching. But then the violin of "Kadosh" comes in, and it is an amazing turn around. A slow chant with something very special: piano, violin, bass, and vocals that stir the spirit. Pratt's voice is on in this performance, an impressive dip into the soul that makes this body of work all the more puzzling. That Pratt did such a turn around from "Avenging Annie" to "Jesus the Lamb of God" is equal to Lou Reed composing a masterpiece like Berlin and then unleashing the practical joke that was Metal Machine Music. Pratt is not joking here; he is very, very serious, but the result is the same. The audience that adored his work just walks away confused.
Read more here: http://www.allmusic.com/album/one-body-r614202/review

#36) BORDERLINE ELEVEN
http://borderlineeleven.com/

Borderline Eleven performed at WinCAM on Monday, January 3, 2010. Joe Viglione interviewed the band after the taping.

BORDERLINE ELEVEN

CD Between The Lines

Review by Joe Viglione, 3:53 PM 2-12-11

It’s not an earthquake in Hooksett, New Hampshire, it’s the release of a nine-song CD by the area’s favorite sons, Borderline Eleven. Outside of some acoustics, as on the final track “2 A.M.”, the group offers a non-stop onslaught of heavy guitar battling spitfire vocals of Dan Charpentier (who also plays rhythm). The riffs are inventive and the four band mates - backing vocalist/drummer Andy Mason, backing vocalist/bassist Joe Campbell and lead guitar/backing vocalist Luke Mason - do have a sound that shows the potential to blossom in a great way.

“The Fight” is brash while “747” has nuances that cry out for stronger production. The lyrics are pretty good on this one too, and with anticipated jamming on the club scene that distinctness should be pushing through the rumblings...especially as they spend more time in the studio. The press kit says they’ve been jamming since 2005 and with six of the nine tunes coming in under the four minute mark they have the pop sensibility needed to keep that general audience which appears to have a more limited attention span clued-in on their gospel. Gospel…a word which brings up one of this critic’s pet peeves…which is, wearing Christianity on the sleeve while performing. The entire “Christian Rock” movement seems to segregate musical skills into a genre that wants to view things as “secular” and “religious”. When artists like Andy Pratt and Robin Lane (to a lesser extent) starting moving from what made them popular to a quasi-prayer fest it not only alienated their audience quickly and efficiently, My review of Andy Pratt’s One Body album on AllMusic.com says it all succinctly. When religion fuses with Rock & Roll it is more fun when it is understood but not thrown in your face. The Rolling Stones “Shine A Light” (said by producer Jimmy Miller to have been written by the late Billy Preston), even George Harrison’s extravagant-in-sound “Awaiting On You All” as opposed to being so overt with “My Sweet Lord.” I’d be more impressed if this group covered “Awaiting On You All” and toned down the religious rhetoric on the webpage…just an older critic giving a word of advice. And he said to them, “Render therefore to Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and to God the things which be God's.” It’s ok to rock for Caesar, it all belongs to God anyway…

A song like “Before You Go” will have more impact when keeping church and state separate…just one opinion, for all its worth. But what do I know? Borderline Eleven is a band with much promise and a superb effort to launch things from.

Pacific Wasteland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Osp07xQA5A

#37 LEO ALBATROSS at the #9 ALE HOUSE

Malden —

Back in November 2007 the Observer wrote about Jamie Bondar, the leader of the band Subliminal Criminal (subliminalcriminal.net) and host of an “Open Jam,” which happened every Thursday at the then-revitalized venue, No. 9 Ale House. Jeff Munro’s famous Open Mic’s were happening on Wednesdays at the same club until that established series (now in its 11th year) moved to Hugh O’Neill’s on Pleasant Street.

There’s always a passing of the baton in this industry and the bookings are now handled by Leo F. Mooney, a.k.a. Leo Albatross.

TheObserver sat down with Leo to discuss his music and what he is doing at the No. 9 Ale House, which is located at 118 Ferry St., in Malden, and can be reached at 781-321-0265.

Malden Observer: How long have you lived in Malden, Leo?

Leo: I grew up in the metro Boston area, all over. I graduated in 2006, and have lived in Malden for approximately 2 years.

MO: When did you first get interested in music?

Leo: My love for music developed with my love for writing and expression. Since my early teenage years I was exposed to rap music, with a particular inclination toward underground and experimental hip hop, including Organized Konfusion, Kool Keith, and others.

#38 FELIX CAVALIERE DESTINY

#38 DESTINY FELIX CAVALIERE

This second solo disc from the Rascals' Felix Cavaliere, 1975's Destiny, has that familiar voice wrapped up in jazz-tinged disco. It's a top-notch effort which is more musical than it was commercial and is a natural extension of Island of Real, the last Rascals album, featuring some of the players who performed on that 1972 finale. The title track has Cavaliere sounding a bit like Marty Balin of the Jefferson Airplane, and the song is first rate, despite its disco leanings. "Flip Flop" has superb guitars from Steve Kahn and Howard "Buzz" Feiten, while Feiten's horn arrangement is executed with style by Michael Brecker on tenor sax and David Sanborn on alto sax. The surprise appearance by Rascals drummer Dino Danelli is just frosting on the cake for this theme, which comes by way of Lou Christie's "The Gypsy Cried." "Never Felt Love Before" brings Cavaliere into Motown territory, and the instrumentation resembles the Isley Brothers "This Old Heart of Mine," while "You Came and Set Me Free" has flavors from Tavares' Top Ten 1975 hit "It Only Takes a Minute Girl." If Cavaliere was taking the Rascals into jazz territory on their final discs, he veers off deeper into soul and R&B-pop here. The Bobby Hebb line "Like a natural man" Cavaliere sings at the end of "You Came and Set Me Free" before going into "Love Came" -- and all these references to soul records throughout Destiny -- are hardly coincidence. Hebb released Love Games a few years before Read more on AOL: http://music.aol.com/album/destiny/26395

#39 THE DILEMMA

Keep in mind that Kevin James played Larry Valentine in the horrendous I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry. In The Dilemma, Vince Vaughn plays Ronnie Valentine to Kevin James character of Nick Brannen and what could have been a smart film about trust, honesty and human relations devolves into some kind of misguided mix of comedy and emotion. Much like Seth Rogen taking The Green Hornet to a territory where it does not belong, the two slobs that are Brannen and Valentine just can’t be taken seriously in this dark and sometimes absurd indulgence. The usually reliable Ron Howard gave us The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, Frost/Nixon and even Mel Gibson’s Ransom. All those stories had production values that made them believable. But the cringe factor rises up too many times in this movie which could have hit it out of the park with a better script and a more believable approach.

The caring Vince Vaughn in 1997’s The Locusts was needed here, but that actor took a wrong turn in 1998’s failed attempt to remake the Alfred Hitchcock classic, Psycho. Remember Vaughn’s awful job of mimicking Anthony Perkins at the conclusion of director Gus Van Sant’s folly disguised as another look at author Robert Bloch’s masterpiece, Psycho?

Read more here: http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/19623

#40 The Illusionist

I found this one disturbing. Review from TMRZoo.com to follow

Sylvain Chomet
http://www.ulike.net/Sylvain_Chomet

PREVIEW OF MARCH!

"The Quiet Arrangement" coming to DVD on March 22

A dark thriller featuring guest appearance by Chuck D of Public Enemy

HWIC Filmworks announces the company's first feature-length motion picture, The Quiet Arrangement. Written and directed by award winning short filmmaker and music video director David C. Snyder, The Quiet Arrangement features a cast of up and coming talent including singer/actor Kyle Jason (City Teacher, Dirty Shield), Rob Stone (End Game), Kevin M. Hayes, Christina Simkovich, Julian Hicks, and Joseph D. Lane. The film also features a guest appearance by legendary Hip Hop icon Chuck D of Public Enemy.

The Quiet Arrangement was filmed entirely in Pittsburgh and surrounding areas (including Youngstown, Cleveland, and Canton, Ohio).

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcldeXAti1I

Chuck D comments: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewuwfz3NEX8

SYNOPSIS:

Prominent lawyer Walter Briggs comes home to a ringing telephone. He is told by a distorted voice on the other end of the line that his wife has been kidnapped. The only way that he can get her back is to pay a ransom of money that no one else is supposed to know about.

Mr. Parks is a professional criminal who is all about the business. He is thorough and loyal and wants to keep everything as simple as possible. However, he also has some issues in his private life that threaten to derail everything that he is working on.

Detective Jack Simons has been undercover for a long time. He needs just one more bust before he can resurface and take back his life. But, just as he and his partner set everything up for a sting operation, everything goes wrong. The two cops find themselves on the short end of an escalating situation that they have no comprehension of. And then things get interesting...

Rick Fields does odd jobs for questionable people. He is defined by a terrible incident in his past that weighs on him and everything that he does. His latest gig finds him watching over the kidnapped wife of a prominent lawyer. It was supposed to be one last job so that he could get away and start his life over, but things never go according to plan.

A dark independent thriller that follows the exploits of criminals of varying stripes who are involved in a growing web of deceit and double-crosses, The Quiet Arrangement's dominant visual tone, a kind of grey wash, is not only physically ominous, but symbolically so, mirroring the foggy morality of its characters' world. Ethical ambiguity runs rampant throughout the piece, and viewers are left to their own devices when sorting-out the "bad" guys from the "good".

ABOUT HWIC Filmworks:

Based in Cleveland, Ohio, HWIC Filmworks was created by cousins John Delserone and David C. Snyder to produce independent genre films. Their relevant, edgy filmmaking style compliments their reputation for high return on investment. HWIC Filmworks looks to bring attention to talent based in the regions between Cleveland and Pittsburgh, providing creative opportunities in the motion picture industry.

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TOP 40 for JANUARY of 2011...a work in progress...

BEST RECORD OF 2010

EXILE ON MAIN STREET
THE ROLLING STONES
PRODUCED BY JIMMY MILLER

The month of May, 2010 has Mick Jagger on your TV screen…from Jimmy Kimmel to Larry King, with welcome chatter about the greatest band in the world…and the quintessential double album that is now expanded with bonus tracks…EXILE ON MAIN STREET. We’ll be reviewing the Exile On Main Street DVD in the very near future…but as I haven’t opened the “official” Universal Music promo copy download of the CD (what the heck? Can’t even hold the disc in your hands when reviewing…what’s the world coming to?) for now we’ll revisit a space in time with the man who made Exile On Main Street, the late Jimmy Miller. Jimmy Miller remembered Read more here:

http://www.tmrzoo.com/?p=11585

Lots more on this CD and the DVD reissue

Stones to Retire?
http://www.spinner.com/2010/07/26/the-rolling-stones-to-retire-after-world-tour/

2)The Green Hornet

Review on the 14th!

Opening Date: January 14, 2011

Rating: PG 13

Director: Michael Gondry

Cast: Seth Rogen, Jay Chou and Cameron Diaz, Christoph Waltz, Edward James Olmos, David Harbour and Tom Wilkinson

Synopsis:

In the 3D action-comedy The Green Hornet, Britt Reid (Seth Rogen) is the son of LA’s most prominent and respected media magnate and perfectly happy to maintain a directionless existence on the party scene – until his father (Tom Wilkinson) mysteriously dies, leaving Britt his vast media empire. Striking an unlikely friendship with one of his father’s more industrious and inventive employees, Kato (Jay Chou), they see their chance to do something meaningful for the first time in their lives: fight crime. To get close to the criminals, they come up with the perfect cover: they’ll pose as criminals themselves.

Protecting the law by breaking it, Britt becomes the vigilante The Green Hornet as he and Kato hit the streets. Using all his ingenuity and skill, Kato builds the ultimate in advanced retro weaponry, Black Beauty, an indestructible car equal parts firepower and horsepower. Rolling in a mobile fortress on wheels and striking the bad guys with Kato’s clever gadgets, The Green Hornet and Kato quickly start making a name for themselves, and with the help of Britt’s new secretary, Lenore Case (Cameron Diaz), they begin hunting down the man who controls LA’s gritty underworld: Benjamin Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz). But Chudnofsky has plans of his own: to swat down The Green Hornet once and for all.

3) TOMMY JAMES DVD

Joe V review forthcoming. For now you can read my previous reviews of Tommy's discs:
http://joevigfirstimpressions.blogspot.com/

http://tommyjamesreviews.blogspot.com/

http://www.imwan.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=68446&p=1810967

DVD: Live! At The Bitter End along with HOLD THE FIRE
1. Dragging The Line
2. Crystal Blue Persuasion
3. Say I Am
4. Sugar On Sunday
5. Gettin' Together
6. Tighter And Tighter
7. Crimson And Clover
8. Hanky Panky
9. I Think We're Alone Now
10. Mony Mony
11. Sweet Cherry Wine
12. Mirage
13. Mony Mony (Reprise)
14. Individual Song Commentary
15. Discography
16. Full Length Interviews
17. Biography

Tommy James

JV Review of HOLD THE FIRE on AllMusic.com
http://www.allmusic.com/album/hold-the-fire-r843065/review

Tommy James MySpace
http://www.myspace.com/tommyjamesmusic

4)The Jefferson Airplane RETURN TO THE MATRIX

Press Release
The Airplane returned to the club where they started, the Matrix in San Francisco, for this 103-minute show that is so chock-full of goodies for fans that is hard to know where to start! Like, for instance, the only live performance of 'Share a Little Joke' and of an *instrumental* version of 'Ice Cream Phoenix'—both songs wouldn't appear on record until 'Crown of Creation' was released seven months later! It also features the only live performance of 'Blues from an Airplane', which harkens all the way back to band's debut album. Also here: 'Somebody to Love; Young Girl Sunday Blues; She Has Funny Cars; Two Heads' (final live performance); 'Martha; Kansas City' (final live performance); 'Other Side of This Life; Today; Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon; It's No Secret; Watch Her Ride; Plastic Fantastic Lover; White Rabbit; 3/5ths of a Mile in 10 Seconds; Fat Angel', and 'The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil'. Universally acclaimed among Airplane cognoscenti as a real gem!

5)Kris Kristofferson

Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends: The Publishing Demos 1968-1972

6)SEASON OF THE WITCH

Review by Joe Viglione

Here's my posting on TMRZoo or you can read it right here:
http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/19293

A cold, cold January night in Boston for the WFNX premiere of Season of the Witch at the Regal Fenway in Boston (near Fenway Park, of course) and a packed house got to experience the kind of horror film that was common place in the 1960s and early 70s when American International Pictures put the works of Edgar Allan Poe on the big screen, a throw-back to the era of the Universal monster movies from the '30s and '40s. Director Dominic Sena (he of Kalifornia/Swordfish/Gone In 60 Seconds and Janet Jackson videos fame) pays tribute to the past masters. It's interesting how Wikipedia writers can't wait to get information on a film up before its opening and the collection of reviews there has Salon's Andrew O'Hehir referencing Corman's Poe films, thinking that Sena should have indulged Corman more and other elements less.

My perspective is that slasher thrillers have done serious damage to the genre. I Know What You Did Last Summer, A Nightmare On Elm Street and Halloween all spawned series of their own, and that probably won't happen here. This appears to be a one-off ode to multiple blood and gore genres, from Zack Snyder's cataclysmic swordfight indulgence 300 - which they could have cut and pasted for the first portion of this movie, to The Mask Of The Red Death. Beginning in the city of Villach in 1235 AD and the killing of women for "consorting with the devil", witchcraft (all spoken in 2011 English, naturally), to Nicholas Cage and Hellboy/Beauty And The Beast star Ron Perlman found 800 years later in 1332 crusading for the Catholic Church. If the Vatican had a problem with the Da Vinci Code or Angels & Demons, it surely won't be happy with this dark history being utilized for commercial purposes, but the film jumps quickly as if it is a movie version of the Quantum Leap TV show trading in the hundreds of weapons for a bit of Medieval sword and sorcery...and the Black Plague to boot. The great Christopher Lee is hardly recognizable as Cardinal D'Ambroise, from Dracula to Star Wars to this, it's good to see director Sena indulging true monster movie fans their heroes. Castles and carting the witch to a far-off monastery the stay in Wormwood Forest is a cross between the first Predator movie and The Wolfman. There are some genuinely terrifying scenes and some great atmosphere but at the end of the day this economical 98 minute adventure might not hold up to repeated viewings. Season of the Witch misses the A mark, the flaws dragging it to a B or a B+, but in this age of slasher flicks and buckets of blood, all involved get credit for giving it the good old college try. Irish actor Robert Sheehan as Kay could reprise his role to keep the Key of Solomon from falling where it doesn't belong, but don't count on it. The sacrilege, the demon-hunting, the wolf-stomping, dagger-driving fog-enshrouded mystery will probably earn its forty million dollar production costs back as the youthful audience in Boston gave it more of a thumbs up than the critics appear willing to.

OK, EVERYONE SEEMS TO GET THE ROGER CORMAN CONNECTION, from SALON.com to this interview with Nicholas Cage
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1655528/season-witch-explores-paranormal-nic-cage.jhtml

7) FRANK THE VOICE

Daily Beast on Frank Sinatra book THE VOICE
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-12-09/frank-sinatra-james-kaplans-biography/2/

8)BOB DYLAN IN AMERICA

http://www.books4bestseller.com/bob-dylan-in-america.html

9) BOB DYLAN THE ORIGINAL MONO MIXES

December 22, 2010 10:20 AM PST

You can remix Bob Dylan's 'Subterranean Homesick Blues'

by Steve Guttenberg

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-20026416-47.html

10) BORDERLINE ELEVEN
http://borderlineeleven.com/

Borderline Eleven performed at WinCAM on Monday, January 3, 2010. Joe Viglione interviewed the band after the taping.

Pacific Wasteland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Osp07xQA5A

11)The Definitive Buddy Guy

Buddy Guy

Review on AMG
http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-definitive-buddy-guy-r1512184

#1 NOVEMBER TOP 40 Disc, Instant Replay
WEST COAST SEATTLE BOY

This Boxed Set was our #1 on the Top 40 for November 2010.

http://www.musiccountdown.com/Music/Jimi-Hendrix/West-Coast-Seattle-Boy-The-Jimi-Hendrix-Anthology--4-CD--1-DVD-Collectors-Box-

12

THE CAPE (TV show)
http://www.nbc.com/the-cape/

A review by Joe Viglione

Rugged Australian actor David Lyons is pretty much unknown in these parts, his appearance as Dr. Simon Brenner on ER's last two seasons giving TV fans a glimpse of his talents. In The Cape he plays as cliche a superhero as you can get, as close to Batman as NBC can bring the character without a copyright infringement suit. His "cape" is made out of spider's web, given to him by Max Malini (actor Keith David), who is - for all intents and purposes - Morpheus from The Matrix working with Neo, Lyons' Vince Farraday/The Cape character. If you thought The Matrix took every element it could from movies and tv that came before, series "creator" Tom Wheeler thought so too. You'll find pieces of The Terminator TV series, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Spiderman 1, 2, 3...and The Matrix, of course, all wrapped up in this serious version of the Batman TV series from the 1960s, sans Robin, of course. But there is Orwell, played by Summer Lyn Glau from, gee whiz, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles where she was a terminatrix called Cameron. You can't get away from how the producers cleverly are picking up on the fan base built by the Terminator TV series which aired for two short seasons in 2008 and 2009, and for those who enjoyed that program, many of the atmospheric touches transfer over to this.

Is character development too pushy? You betcha, but Max Malini (how bad can you get with a name like that? Mad Max indeed...) is one of the better characters with his philosophical ramblings making the show a clear case of "give the people what they want".
It's a weekly Dark Knight program for television which will settle in on Monday nights starting with the repeat of "Pilot" and "Tarot" on Monday, January 10 (2 hours) and one hour programs beginning on Monday January 17th. There are no disguises, the villain who runs ARK Corporation, Peter Fleming (played by James Frain) might as well be the head of Blackwater or Gotham City's Arkham Asylum. His henchman, Chess, might as well be Scarecrow/ Dr. Jonathan Crane from Batman Begins, the masked fellow who uses drugs and psychological terror, much like Chess does in The Cape. Scales, played by Vinnie Jones, could be Harvey Two Face from Batman and/or The Kingpin from Spiderman, take your pick, the producers don't care, long as you watch. As Marvel and DC Comics had similar super heroes and super villains, NBC is quickly cashing in on the power of the comic book mystique doing so well on the big screen, hoping it translates to home viewers. It's instant replay, and it worked a couple of seasons for the 1960s Batman and for the Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles, though both series diving rather quickly. If this blatant amalgam is to take off it needs to find its own identity quickly and break some new ground. Time will tell if The Cape can find its niche.

13)BIRDSONG AT MORNING

Birdsong At Morning

http://off-centerviews.blogspot.com/2010/09/birdsong-at-morning-vigil-more-of-same.html

14)CAPTAIN BEEFHEART DVD

Captain Beefheart - Under Review is a two hour documentary film tracing the roots and history of this iconic musical legend. It features rare live and studio performances of Beefheart, interspersed with contributions from virtually all members of The Magic Band along with a panel of esteemed experts. The film also features rarely seen promo films, interview footage with Beefheart, TV clips, location shots and a host of other features. Covering his entire musical career and loaded with extra features, this is not simply the only Beefheart DVD on the commercial market, it is also the best ever film about the man and his music yet to emerge.

http://mvdb2b.com/s/CaptainBeefheartUnderReview/SIDVD500

15)Steve Buckley's WICKED GOOD TIME

This 342 page book from !T/Harper Collins came out in 2009 and contains 22 chapters and an epilogue along with notes and an index. It’s a delight for sports fans from this region who want to revel in the victories. What’s really fun are the eight pages of color photos at page 150 – Papelborn and Ortiz with the Worlds Series Trophy, a young fan meeting Jim Rice during an appearance at a local supermarket, photos of Tom Brady and Randy Moss…the Moss caption stating that the player brought a “graceful artistry to the mix”, certainly when Tom and Randy were clicking, but strange how quickly things can turn in the sports world.

Read more here:

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2011/19348

16)Good To See You Again: Live 1973 - Billion Dollar Babies Tour (Blu-ray)

Good To See You Again: Live 1973 - Billion Dollar Babies Tour (Blu-ray)
Alice Cooper
Release Date: 9/14/2010


BLU RAY

From the Press Release
Good To See You Again, Alice Cooper is one of the great lost rock films. The movie, which captures the original band lineup in the middle of the legendary 1973 Billion Dollar Babies tour, has never before been available on home video or DVD.

Shout! Factory is proud to present the original cut of the film (including skits featuring the band) which was given a very limited theatrical run—mostly at midnight screenings—in the mid-’70s+

17) JANIS JOPLIN TRUST ME!

Listen to "Trust Me", one of my favorite songs on this album, produced by the great
Paul A. Rothchild
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_%28album%29

Here's my AMG Review of the song: Songwriter Bobby Womack released this superb tune on his 1975 Safety Zone album, but in its form as the sleeper track on Janis Joplin's 1971 Pearl album, "Trust Me" emerges with great power, a performance that is Janis at her absolute best. Her voice goes from sweet in the first couple of lines to raspy when she so knowingly issues lines like "the older the grape, the sweeter the wine." Ken Pearson's organ works wonderfully alongside Bobby Womack's acoustic guitar and John Till's electric. Paul Rothchild's production work is simply amazing, choreographing this thick array of sounds and piecing them together perfectly, Brad Campbell's bass and Richard Bell's piano lines both dancing inside the changes. Listen to Clark Pierson's definite drums as the song fades out, a solid team effort recorded on September 25, 1970, just a week and a half before Janis would leave us. In a small catalog of work, "Trust Me" shows what truly gifted art Janis Joplin brought to this world. read more here: http://allmusic.com/song/trust-me-t4285668

WE INTERRUPT THIS TOP 40 BLOG FOR AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WinCAM producer of the year goes LIVE every Friday Night starting 1/14/11

VISUAL RADIO LIVE WITH JOE VIGLIONE

Pop culture found on JoeVigTop40.blogspot.com and http://Visual-Radio.net is discussed each Friday night from 8-9 PM on http://www.wincam.org

8 PM The Green Hornet movie opens on Friday 1/14 and we talk about it!

8:10 PM Friday, January 14 author Greg Prato talks about his two new books

MTV Ruled The World: The Early Years Of Music Video

and

The Eric Carr Story http://stores.lulu.com/gregprato

8:40 PM Sports Host John Byers gives us an update on the Patriots and Celtics

8:45 PM Bela Lugosi biographer Frank Dello Stritto phones in to discuss DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT which airs on the station at 9 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_look_in_the_basement

Dello Stritto/Cult Movie Press
http://www.thegraphictouch.com/cultmoviespress/about_cmp.html

EXPLORE POP CULTURE WITH AWARD-WINNING ACCESS TV PRODUCER
JOE VIGLIONE

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2010/18336

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THE BOOKS, DVDS, CDS LISTED HERE DISCUSSED LIVE
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Two New Books by author Greg Prato...

MTV Ruled The World: The Early Years Of Music Video

and

The Eric Carr Story

As the author of such books as, 'Grunge is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music,' 'Touched By Magic: The Tommy Bolin Story,' and 'A Devil on One Shoulder and an Angel on the Other: The Story of Shannon Hoon and Blind Melon,' Greg Prato has two new titles that are now available for purchase.

The first, 'MTV Ruled the World: The Early Years of Music Video,' is the first-ever book to focus solely on the channel's important building-block years, specifically from the MTV's launch to when its original group of VJs left the channel. Comprised of over 70 all-new interviews ("Weird Al" Yankovic, Daryl Hall, John Oates, Joe Elliott, Phil Collen, Rob Halford, Stewart Copeland, Rick Springfield, Jerry Casale, Geddy Lee, Ann Wilson, Chuck D, Alan Hunter, Nina Blackwood, etc.), the book is not only an eye-opening account of the early years of MTV and the stories behind its biggest videos, but also of the music industry, important music developments/events, and the "Big '80s" in general.

The second, 'The Eric Carr Story,' is the first-ever book to tell the life story of Kiss drummer Eric Carr. Comprised of all-new interviews, the book also doubles as a study of 1980's era Kiss. You'll find insight into all of Kiss' albums that featured Carr (from producers Bob Ezrin, Michael James Jackson, and Ron Nevison), as well as those closest to him (sister Loretta Caravello, girlfriend Carrie Stevens, Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick), and music-related friends (Eddie Trunk, Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy, Anthrax's Charlie Benante). Also included is one of the last-ever interviews conducted with Kiss' original manager, Bill Aucoin, and for the first time ever, Kiss fans will be able to learn what the real story line to Kiss' controversial release '(Music From) The Elder' was all about (thanks to an explanation from Ezrin).

With both the 30 year anniversary of MTV's launch (August 1, 1981) and the 20 year anniversary of Eric Carr's passing (November 24, 1991) approaching in 2011, what better way to celebrate both subjects than with all-new books? Both books are set up in an "oral history" format (in other words, you're getting the story straight from the source) and are chock-full of rarely seen (or in many cases, never-before-seen) photographs.

The MTV book is 427 pages long and priced at $24.99 (ISBN # 978-0-578-07197-8), while the Eric Carr book is 256 pages long and priced at $19.99 (ISBN # 978-0-578-07424-5). Both books will make perfect gifts this holiday season for rock music fans worldwide. For ordering information and to view samples from each book before purchasing, visit the following links...

MTV - http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/mtv-ruled-the-world-the-early-years-of-music-video/13991020

Eric Carr - http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/the-eric-carr-story/13991056

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Producer of the Year 2010
http://www.tmrzoo.com/2010/18336

WinCAM Awards/Boston Globe
http://tinyurl.com/globenorthwincam2010

New article in the Medford Transcript
http://www.wickedlocal.com/medford/news/lifestyle/x1717108012/Visual-Radio-kicks-off-14th-year-on-the-air

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BOSTON GLOBE ARTICLE: LANDING BIG NAMES:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/02/01/landing_big_names/

BOSTON GLOBE ARTICLE, PART 2, November 2008
http://tinyurl.com/globenovember2008jv < 24

18 Peter Parcek

The album opens with a five minute plus remake of a Peter Green composition from his Fleetwood Mac days, Showbiz Blues And we want people recording more early Fleetwood Mac, so Parcek Peter gets a thumbs up for doing so. The song's been covered by Gary Moore, a duet of Rory Gallagher and Green (on a 1997 disc, Rattlesnake Guitar: The Music of Peter Green - a dynamite version) and no doubt others.

"The Mathematics of Love" is a great idea for a musical composition...love is hardly math - or even something that has the possibility of being solved, like a math problem. Love, with its complexities and strange combination of emotions from both sides, makes the simplifying of it seem like misplaced faith...and a great prescription for a blues song. Parcek blasts away on a dark YouTube video of the title track which
gives the song a Hendrix "Red House" kind of fire as the singer goes into a Preacher Jack styled rap "You don't have to be a doggone Einstein, that I need you by my side"
as the plain and simple as a, b, c beat drives the point home.

Peter in MUSIC INDUSTRY TODAY

Showbiz Blues video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD4RjbqhNRs&NR=1

AMG Review by Michael G. Nastos

19 The Rats Second

Read about David Kubinec's RATS SECOND disc

20 Mark Newman

21

a collage of Goth photos

http://www.amazon.com/Gothic-Vampires-Hell-Gina-DeVettori/dp/B000NOK18Y

22 GG ALLIN

http://www.stereokiller.com/newsreviews/news.cfm?intarticleid=9644

23 BOB DYLAN TALES FROM THE GOLDEN AGE

Richie Unterberger Review
http://www.answers.com/topic/tales-from-a-golden-age-bob-dylan-1941-1966

24)Live with What You Know

Dave Rave

http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-with-what-you-know-r2095154

Read the Press Release until my review is ready. PR posted 1-9-11

The album is called LIVE WITH WHAT YOU KNOW and features an all-star cast of international musicians with members of The Trews, Plastic Heroes, Rick Andrew (The Shakers), Sonic Blue Sound Review, Mark McCarron, The Maddhatters, Gary Pig Gold and the debut of vocalist Kate MacDonald on "Silver Lines" and other artists. A complete list of credits is here:
http://www.bongobeat.com/DavRa_LivWiWh.php

Dave Rave approached this new album as a journey. Dave's original journey began at Grant Avenue studio where he began his career with Daniel Lanois at the helm. The beginning of this journey brought Dave back to Grant Avenue to work with one of its brightest lights, Amy King. The journey continued on to New Jersey where he got reacquainted with Gary Pig Gold and John Huelbig (Paul Simon). It was then on to England and the new groove of the Plastic Heroes followed by a trip to Paris to capture the wild drums of Christophe DesChamps (Celine Dion,Vince Taylor). The journey then winded its way back to Niagara Falls to producer Paul Gigliotti (Wave) and the Maddhatters, who recently played with Bruce Springsteen. Then it was off to the country where Dave was able to conduct musical experiments with The Trews, Mark Foley and producer Dave King at his studio, The Barn. Returning to New York , Dave Rave continued the journey with producer/songwriter Michael Mazzarella and the group Sonic Blue Sound Review, a group of New York pop allstars, and then headed over to Long Island to work with long time collaborator Mark McCarron. To complete the circle Dave reunited with fellow Shaker, Rick Andrew at his son, Jamie Andrew's studio.

The production of LIVE WITH WHAT YOU KNOW was directed by Lisa Millar, mastered by Paul Intson with Photography and Design by Ralph Alfonso.

Dave Rave debuted his new album with an all-star showcase at SXSW Austin, Texas, and continues to tour through the US, UK, Italy, France, Germany
and Canada. His current tour dates and other info can be found at: http://www.dave-rave.com

25) Dave Rave Anthology #1 The Hot Tunes

Dave Rave

Review

by Joe Viglione

The first of two compilations of Dave Rave music put together by producer Lisa Miller of Canada's Bullseye Records is a fascinating look into the creative mind of Dave Rave (aka Dave DesRoches). Anthology, Vol. 1 -The Hot Tunes is a complex overview of Rave's equally complex career. The 21 tracks on the first volume have a lot of great melody and performance to absorb in one sitting. "Madeline Says" is very Brit-rock and highly enjoyable, while "So Invisible" generates the same feelings with a totally different groove. Rave's ex-girlfriend Trixie A. Balm -- writer for Creem magazine who later turned back into her true self, Lauren Agnelli of the band Nervus Rex -- is … » Read more

http://www.allmusic.com/album/anthology-vol-1-the-hot-tunes-r816044/review

26)DAVE RAVE ANTHOLOGY VOL 2

Dave Rave

Review

by Joe Viglione

The seventy-one-and-a-half minutes that make up the Dave Rave Anthology, Vol. 1: The Hot Tunes are augmented by another hour-and-five-minutes on Anthology, Vol. 2: The Cool Tunes from producer Lisa Miller and Bullseye Records. It opens with "Gotta Stay True to Your Neighborhood," a brand new composition and performance followed by an unreleased cassette recording from 1975, "Jillian." The music -- then and now -- flows wonderfully together, these compilations delivering a total of 37 titles separated by brown lettering for the first volume and blue lettering for the second. The third track is a folk tune -- "Rainy Morning Song" -- also previously unreleased, recorded at a coffeehouse in May of 1979. It would be a real jolt if placed next to the Frank Sinatra staple, "The Song Is You," which Dave Rave does a credible version of … » Read more

http://www.allmusic.com/album/anthology-vol-2-the-cool-tunes-r816045/review

27) RattleSnake Guitar - The Music Of Peter Green

Just listen to the powerful Showbiz Blues by Rory Gallagher and Peter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dagtq4cFn3k&NR=1

28) JOHNNY A One Night In November

http://www.allmusic.com/album/one-november-night-cd-dvd-r1746228

29) Richard Thompson
http://richardthompson-music.com/

30)WOODIE GUTHRIE/AMERICAN RADICAL

http://www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/?p=6962

31) Don't Look IN The Basement

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_look_in_the_basement

32 Sherlock Holmes & The Secret Weapon

Frank Dello Stritto phoned in on Friday, January 7, 2011 to discuss this movie with me on the final episode of Soap Box. Starting on January 14 we will be bringing you Visual Radio Live!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_and_the_Secret_Weapon

34)TOMMY JAMES

http://www.angelair.co.uk/cd_catalogue.htm

35) GREG PRATO WHEN MTV RULED THE WORLD

http://chambersofrock.blogspot.com/2010/12/rock-news-for-saturday-4th-december.html

36) LADIES & GENTLEMEN THE ROLLING STONES

37)
Phil Collins DVD

38) Malden Observer HOTLINE

WRAP UP OF 2010 in Malden
http://www.wickedlocal.com/malden/fun/entertainment/x1728385538/As-we-wrap-up-2010-we-look-toward-2011

Hotline 2010 Wrap-up
http://tinyurl.com/hotline2010wrapup

Handy Guide to Joe Viglione's MALDEN STORIES

Hotline 2010 Wrap-up
http://tinyurl.com/hotline2010wrapup

39)THE CRAIGSLIST KILLER Made for TV movie

OK, I was going to avoid this one, but the inclusion of Boston in a made-f0r-tv movie, and Billy Baldwin pretty much reprising his fictional role as Max Kirkpatrick from FAIR GAME. Not really, but he looks like that officer 15 years later, aging more gracefully than brother Alec, that's for damn sure.

Showtime movie review
http://showmovies.org/craigslist-killer-movie-review.html

40) THE ILLUSIONIST (Review to post January 28, 2011)

December 2010

2010-12-11T00:27:00.001-08:00

Top 40 DECEMBER

As we head towards 2011 the Rock Journalist Joe Viglione blog will give insight into this Top40 as well as other topical pop culture happenings. More information chronicled on the autobiography blog and on the Visual Radio page, http://visual-radio.net

Thank you to WinCAM for awarding me the 2010 PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

I am grateful and deeply honored

Joe Viglione
Producer/Host
Visual Radio

See article:
Boston Globe

WHO’S WHAT WHERE: Winchester’s public access television, WinCAM, recently honored six individuals. Joe Viglione of Medford was recognized as producer of the year. He started in access television in 1979, and is host of “Visual Radio,’’ which is approaching its 600th episode, and “The Buzzy Linhart Show.’’ Other winners included Melodie Wing, Beyond the Call of Duty Award; Dan Holahan, Most Dedicated Youth Producer; Robert Gotham, Most Advanced Youth Producer; Lydia Mullan, Most Ambitious Youth Producer; and Dan Sheridan, Best New Member. .

#1 BACK TO THE FUTURE TRILOGY

http://www.tmrzoo.com/2010/18905

All 3 movies digitally restored in HD, all-new bonus features and a limited time only digital copy (on three discs) this gorgeous deluxe edition has everything but extensive liner notes on paper. As we go deeper into our digital world, DVDs are abandoning the traditional paper essays for everything being condensed into uniform packages that need machinery to bring you to that world. Thus, this extensive essay will be that replacement guide, will give you insight on the boxed set that you won’t find elsewhere.

As much as I’ve watched the films repeatedly there are flaws inside these diamonds, perhaps intentional flaws which help make for mass appeal while denying purists a “Citizen Kane” of fantasy films. As James Cameron was able to get his motion pictures to surpass their scripts, Avatar and Titanic generating more funds than any other films in recorded history, one wonders if director Robert Zemeckis had gone hard-core fantasy, had he took the entire project into his Contact realm, believable and thought-provoking. Alas, just as The Wizard Of Oz didn’t get the deserved sequels in the time period when Victor Fleming’s masterpiece took years to be fully appreciated, Contact also missed the opportunity to continue to tell its tale. But Back To The Future does keep on giving, especially with the bonus tracks, deleted scenes, never-before seen nuclear test site ending and so much more.

Read more here: http://www.tmrzoo.com/2010/18905

2)John Lennon LENNONYC

A Lou-reedish cover, black and white of Lennon in dark glasses, and a truly solid and enjoyable documentary including performance and interviews mixed together in a compelling and exciting way. A great quote from one of the interviewees, probably engineer Roy Cicala - "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean you are being followed"

This DVD was on television - an interesting occurrence these days as the T.A.M.I. Show and other mainstream DVDs are getting lots of play. Lennon notes that he was paranoid, the phone was tapped "People thought I was crazy; they did anyway". Yoko adds "They wanted to make it obvious so that we would get scared. They wanted to shut us up."

This DVD is tremendous and very necessary for every Lennon fan. It arrived on my doorstep FedEx on the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's passing.

3)Tommy James Three Times In Love / Hi Fi

5) VERSACE His Final Hours

We’ve said it before, these “final 24″ DVDs are ghoulish in their approach to giving biographies of deceased famous people, despite the merit each of them appears to have. The sensationalism – the exploitation – is truly over the top on the Versace story, which is quite obvious with just a glance – a figure on the back of the DVD pointing a gun at the back of the head of an alleged photo of Versace.

The dour narrator lavishes praise on Versace for allegedly “discovering the super model”, but the gloomy story combines voyeuristic indulgences into the seedy path of the serial killer and the lifestyle of the clothes designer who wasn’t a heterosexual. The gay aspect is so in-your-face to be embarrassing, there for shock value more than historical or narrative purposes. Read more here: http://www.tmrzoo.com/2010/18266

6) THE T.A.M.I. Show

MUSICAL HISTORY UNLEASHED AS THE T.A.M.I. SHOW FINDS A NEW AUDIENCE

By Joe Viglione

Director Steve Binder's 1964 film came five years before Woodstock and, though the rock & roll promotion machine had yet to get its bearings, let alone get into high gear, this early pop version of a Woodstock-type event, in all its black and white glory, could have been a road map and a perennial ...if only, if only, if only...

The T.A.M.I. Show sounds like a Murray The K. sampler album where The Shangri-Las shared a rare live track with the world. That The Rolling Stones, The Supremes, The Beach Boys, James Brown, Chuck Berry and Lesley Gore would all be on the same bill is as close as a counter-culture invasion as the parents in that time period were going to have to be concerned with. The live audience here wouldn't have to brave the dangers of Yasgur's farm, but the music presented was drawn from a number of major labels which rock historian Joseph Tortelli felt may have kept the powers that be from issuing a live album.

Tortelli also noted to this writer how Jan & Dean's 45 RPM of the theme song, "Here They Come", peaked at #50 in Cashbox magazine. The song was released on February 27, 1965 and was written by the great team of P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri. It's chock full of references to the artists at the gig including a snippet of "I Get Around", giving those clean-cut beach bums (and the term is used affectionately) Jan & Dean a chance to play The Beach Boys on their own turf.

The lack of a soundtrack album a la Woodstock certainly held the movie back, and had this gem found a life on network tv shortly after its release, it would have been a mainstay for music fans the way the Wizard Of Oz found a more substantial life off of the big screen and in the homes of millions in that other medium. Now lets look at some popularity facts. Jan & Dean had 14 hits, twelve of them coming between 1959 and 1964, Dean also singing lead on The Beach Boys "Barbara Ann" in 1966, after this film was released. The Beach Boys had a dozen hits between 1962 and 1964 while Chuck Berry had a dozen between 1958 and 1964. This information is important for the reader to get a sense of who the biggest act on this program were at the time it was filmed. James Brown did have six of his 44 Top 40 hits between 1960 and 1964, though he had yet to hit the top 10.

But the biggest acts on the show, eclipsing in sales and finding legendary status right next to James Brown and Chuck Berry - The Rolling Stones and The Supremes, were yet mere novices at this point. The Stones first two American hits, "Tell Me" and "It's All Over Now" launched in August of 1964, The Supremes were pretty much in the same boat, their "When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes" was in the Top 25 in 1963 but it wasn't until July of 1964 that they started to rack up their string of five #1 hits. Lesley Gore had three top 5 hits in 1963 - beginning with the #1 smash "It's My Party", and four more Top 40 hits in 1964...Gore was a much bigger star than the Stones and the Supremes put together at that point in time. Also key to point out is how r & b and psychedelia and British invasion and girl group were all put into the same mix...along with beach music. That would be like mixing reggae/rap and heavy metal along with euro dance today, a very distasteful thing that couldn't be duplicated in the new millennium. Well....it could be attempted but you would have niche audiences splintering off, rap and hip hop are just anathema to folk music and middle-of-the-road. The T.A.M.I. show documents a unique point in time when pop music was under one umbrella, it made it possible for Tammy Wynette to cross over from country in 1968 with "Stand By Your Man" and be played on the same radio stations as Deep Purple's "Hush" that same year. Admittedly, "Hush" was written by country singer Joe South while the follow-up hit, "Kentucky Woman" was written by Neil Diamond, but the key here that the T.A.M.I. show either took a snap-shot of or helped usher in was that when Deep Purple churned out "Smoke On The Water" five years later it would still be played on the same contemporary radio stations playing Tammy Wynette. The possibility of crossover in the 1960s was key to creating long-lasting stardom that such a thing is missing in 2010, and that the T.A.M.I. show finds a new life on DVD and on PBS is just a sign of the times, minus Petula Clark.

The two concerts from October 28 and 29, 1964 were distilled into one movie released in December of 1964 and clocking in at two hours and three minutes. It actually spawned a sequel in 1966, the T.N.T. Show, which makes its checkered history on the market and off the market a huge question mark. Just think if this got the annual play the aforementioned Wizard of Oz found, which would have been almost guaranteed given the strength of the artistry at play. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles and Marvin Gaye would become superstars, Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas and Gerry & The Pacemakers brought a totally different crowd to the table while Moulty & The Barbarians brought true street cred and wardrobe (that would be picked up down the road by those "New" barbarians, The Rolling Stones. Heck, Keith Richards joined Ron Wood's New Barbarians and one can only wonder if he didn't pick up the name watching Keith and Moulty perform in this iconic flick.

When one looks at the monster set list of 48 songs there's no doubt a double or triple album (eight songs per side) would've been a huge sensation...and would have propelled the film in the same way Monterey and Woodstock hurried into the history books, the audio putting an exclamation point on the video. An entire list of songs can be found on Answers.com http://www.answers.com/topic/the-t-a-m-i-show-1

The T.A.M.I. show is in an exquisite package from Shout! Factory with liner notes and extras that the package deserves. Moulty of The Barbarians allowed us to conduct two additional interviews on Visual Radio for the re-release, the first of which has already aired on cable tv with the second to follow soon. Moulty's inclusion on Lenny Kaye's seminal NUGGETS album and subsequent boxed set also gives The T.A.M.I. show that underground cache that makes it so very special. There's no other film from a time period so early in the dawn of rock & roll which captures so many important purveyors of such vital music and mixes it up in a way which all can enjoy...even close to fifty years after the fact.

7)THE 60's TED YATES

7)

8)Jimi Hendrix: An Illustrated Experience

9) DEBORAH SWISS

The Tin Ticket: The Heroic Journey of Australia's Convict Women

10)

Jack Phillips First Album In Ten Years, “To Whom It May Concern”

The title track of Jack Phillips first album in ten years, “To Whom It May Concern”, is reminiscent of the 1989 duet by Cher and Peter Cetera, “After All”, from the film Chances Are. Phillips earlier Revival Time release in 2000 was under the name John R. Phillips, and the new moniker comes along with his new approach.

With material more uplifting, “Winter Keeps Us Warm” is driving pop, something that – believe it or not – the Doobie Brothers and Kenny Rogers could cover… in fact, Kenny should cover it, backed up by The Doobies. Everything here is over three minutes and under five, and the authoritative handle exhibited on the opening track, “I Can’t See”, shows much promise – promise the artist fulfills on this intriguing new collection of material. read more here: http://www.tmrzoo.com/2010/18601

11)BMR Music helps nurture the sounds of the future

Malden —

In the September 16 Malden Observer, we interviewed guitarist Don Schulze, an instructor at BMR Music who said the local music school is “the best.”

Intrigued, I visited the building on Salem Street, between the locations of the Malden Animal Hospital and the 7-11.

Three rooms were buzzing with sound — but all were soundproofed. Don Schulze was in the back with a couple of guitar students; a piano teacher was in an adjoining room at an upright piano; and S. Brian Bailey, the owner, was giving a lesson in the front room.

It’s a warm and friendly atmosphere with a bulletin board and cozy front lobby where parents can wait for the students if they so choose.

Bailey is a musician in a couple of regional bands that have CDs out. Watch for a future profile of those groups in the Observer.

Malden Observer: When did you open BMR Music, Brian?

Brian Bradley: I opened BMR Music in Malden in 1996. I worked at Stearlinguard Music on Pleasant Street in Malden as a teacher in the 1990’s. Stearlinguard closed in early 1996, and that seemed like the end of a music school and store in Malden. I didn’t have any business experience, but I love Malden and I love teaching, so I opened BMR Music and gave it a shot. We’re still here 14 years later, now moved to 185 Salem St.

MO: Your website (bmrmusic-shop.com) notes that your goal is to “enrich lives through music education.” What are some of the fundamentals in place for the students?

BB: Our motto at BMR Music is, “Learn to play the music you love.” Our teaching method follows that promise: We teach students of all ages and all skill levels to play the music they love to listen to, and along the way they end up learning music theory. All of our teachers are Berklee educated musicians, so our teachers instruct our students in any aspect of music the student cares to learn — everything from basic song-playing to advanced techniques, theory, ear-training, presentation, performance, song-writing, recording, you name it. Read more here: http://www.wickedlocal.com/malden/fun/entertainment/x934180017/BMR-Music-helps-nurture-the-sounds-of-the-future

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