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• ... and now, for something completely different

  
  Bill's Comment Page — Authority: 463
  I often listen to BBC Radio3 for part of the morning and one of the first pieces of music being played there when I switched the radio on was this splendid music which I havent heard for a while, so I thought Id share it here. Enjoy!"Rhapsody in Blue" - George Gershwin- in keeping, perhaps, with this music the outside ...
  4 days ago

• Bob Dylan – Soon (by George and Ira Gershwin)

  
  too sweet for rock and roll - music birthdays blogged daily — Authority: 151
  Ira Gershwin , American lyricist (d. 1983) Tagged: American Theatre Hall of Fame, Congressional Gold Medal recipient, December 6 birthdays, Ira Gershwin, lyricist, Pulitzer Prize winner, Songwriters Hall of Fame
  1 week ago

• Reel Big Fish, sidewave announcement

  
  I'm With The Band — Authority: 133
  Let’s just say that if it weren’t for the outlandish ‘80s hair-metal rockers of Poison — and more specifically, guitarist C.C. Deville and his dangerously flamboyant licks, leads and neon-lime painted axes—legendary Orange County ska-rockers Reel Big Fish probably wouldn’t have ever existed. After being ...
  1 week ago

• ON THIS DAY IN MOVIES: GIRL CRAZY

  
  Hollywood Outbreak — Authority: 565
  On this day in 1943, M-G-M released GIRL CRAZY. Directed by BUSBY BERKELEY and NORMAN TAUROG, this is one of the ‘greats’ in the M-G-M musical catalog. JUDY GARLAND and MICKEY ROONEY star in this ‘rich boy falls for college dean’s daughter’ story that’s held together by the songs of GEORGE and IRA ...
  1 week ago

• hollywood-vs-nyc

  
  Et Cetera: Publick and Privat Curiosities — Authority: 131
  It’s Violent War: Hollywood Triumphantly Annihilates New York City! Hollywood vs. New York is a fantastic 3-min. short film put together by Goodie Bag . The film shows four decades of celluloid New York City annihilation distilled into one montage, stirringly set to the sounds of, what else, George ...
  2 weeks ago

• Four decades of New York City destruction in Hollywood films

  
  Doobybrain.com — Authority: 616
  Set to the tune of “Rhapsody in Blue” by George Gershwin. [ via ]
  2 weeks ago

• The end of …

  
  Tama Leaver dot Net — Authority: 460
  After Tony Abbott won the #spill , ensuring Australia will continue doing nothing about Climate Change in the immediate future, it would be fair to say that December has not begun on a peachy note.  This effort from the Goodie Bag showing the Hollywood penchant for destroying New York seems to fit the day ...
  2 weeks ago

• Rhapsody in Destruction

  
  Red Tory v.3.0 — Authority: 477
  A brilliant montage of New York being annihilated on film over the last 40 years set to Gershwin’s iconic jazz concerto.
  2 weeks ago

• Sunday Classics: Just for fun -- American treasures

  
  DownWithTyranny! — Authority: 609
  Gershwins Rhapsody in Blue was always a Leonard Bernstein specialty. This is Part 1 of a 1976 performance plays and conducts the London Symphony; Part 2 is here . (The luscious "big tune" finally emerges at 3:03 of Part 2.) by Ken No grand propositions to prove this week. Just some deliciously wonderful music, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Sunday Classics preview: Yes, George Gershwin surely did have rhythm

  
  DownWithTyranny! — Authority: 609
  Its only 33 seconds worth, but if those 33 seconds of "I Got Rhythm" dont lift you out of your chair, I dont know what will. (The 1943 date on the clip seems dubious, since Gershwin died, alas, in July 1937, two and a half months short of his 39th birthday.) by Ken You bet weve got Gershwin in tomorrows "American ...
  2 weeks ago

• Review - Girl Crazy at Encores

  
  Everything I Know I Learned From Musicals — Authority: 115
  As I was waiting to be shown to my seat at Girl Crazy , the first of the Encores concerts at City Center this season, I overheard a conversation behind me. Man: "Oh, look at all the empty seats up in the balcony." Woman: "Thats because this show isnt very popular. They really should do more popular shows." ...
  2 weeks ago

• Song within a Song Mix

  
  Music For Kids Who Can't Read Good: both challenging and delicious — Authority: 505
  While it’s fairly common for artists to perform a cover every once in a while, it’s much rarer (and more interesting) for a band to incorporate a cover into one of their own songs. The “song within a song” is cool for a number of reasons. It’s much harder to pull off then just sampling the track in your ...
  2 weeks ago

• BROWSING FOR A TERRIFIC MOVIE? CHECK OUT THESE EXCELLENT MOVIE COMMENTARY

  
  Affiliate Marketing — Authority: 450
  Never before has it been so excellent to be a movie connoisseur. Back in the day the only way that you could even view a motion picture was to visit the movie theater. Later on, videos came out and you could get a video at the store but the film that you wanted may have been out-of-stock and you still had to wait
  2 weeks ago

• Swing singer who performed for Brad Pitt and George Clooney working as stripper

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 969
  Victoria Hart the swing singer who achieved fame after performing for Brad Pitt and George Clooney is working as a stripper.
  3 weeks ago

• Tune Tuesday: Disney to celebrate the performing arts in 2010

  
  JimHillMedia.com — Authority: 509
  Jim Hill shares some of the domain names that The Walt Disney Company has recently registered. Which hint at some new events that are currently in the works for the theme parks ...( read more )
  3 weeks ago

• The CRU Hacking Song (With Apologies To George And Ira Gershwin)

  
  The Unbearable Nakedness of CLIMATE CHANGE — Authority: 579
  (And no…I am not going to leave my day job)   It ain’t necessarily soIt ain’t necessarily soIt ain’t necessarily soThe t’ings dat yo’ li’bleTo read in de IPCC,It ain’t necessarily so.Li’l CO2 was small, but oh my !Li’l CO2 was small, but oh my !He fought Big Solar InfluenceWho lay down an’ ...
  3 weeks ago

• Theater Review | Girl Crazy: Home on the Range and on the Stage

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 903
  “Girl Crazy,” the Gershwin musical from 1930 about a handful of wiseacre New Yorkers plopped down in the Wild West, opens this year’s Encores! series of concert musicals at City Center.
  3 weeks ago

• Paul McCartney Awarded The U.S. Gershwin Prize

  
  Rock on the Streets - Music News — Authority: 435
  Paul McCartney will be awarded with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song by the U.S. Library of Congress . The former Beatle will be only the third person to receive the honer when he is presented with the ward at a special all-star tribute concert set for sometime in 2010. In a press conference on Monday ...
  3 weeks ago

• Paul McCartney Wins Gershwin Prize

  
  andPOP.com — Authority: 146
  Paul McCartney will receive the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, reports CBC. The former Beatle, 67, is the third person to receive the honour for songwriting, administered by the U.S. Library of Congress. “It is hard to think of another performer and composer who has had a more indelible and transformative effect ...
  3 weeks ago

• Paul McCartney to be Awarded the Gershwin Prize For Popular Music in 2010

  
  The Silver Tongue — Authority: 145
  Former Beatle, Paul McCartney will receive the Gershwin Prize For Popular Music, which is awarded by the US Library Of Congress, in the spring of 2010. McCartney will be the third musician to receive the prize. An all-star tribute concert to honor McCartney will take place around the same time the award is presented  ...
  3 weeks ago

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