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> <channel><title>California Literary Review &#187; Music</title> <atom:link href="http://calitreview.com/category/topics/music/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://calitreview.com</link> <description>An arts and culture magazine.</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:12:32 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Oscars 2012: Slighted Soundtracks And Fantasy Scores</title><link>http://calitreview.com/23483</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/23483#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:54:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Academy Awards]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Angelo Badalamenti]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Atticus Ross]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Barry Adamson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chemical Brothers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cliff Martinez]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Lynch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drive]]></category> <category><![CDATA[films of 2011]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hanna]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Howard Shore]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Williams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie score]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie soundtrack]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie soundtracks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[original score Oscar]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Oscars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trent Reznor]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=23483</guid> <description><![CDATA[Acting, directing, and writing awards are the most popular targets for discussion, but there were more very creative folks left off the roll this year. Two aggressively original outsiders are out in the rain, peeping in at the Best Original Score category without so much as an acknowledgment.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/23483/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Book Review: Verdi and/or Wagner: Two Men, Two Worlds, Two Centuries by Peter Conrad</title><link>http://calitreview.com/21921</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/21921#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:00:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ed Voves</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Biography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Non-Fiction Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[classical music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Giuseppe Verdi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nineteenth century]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Richard Wagner]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=21921</guid> <description><![CDATA[Perhaps, the best way of approaching Conrad’s book is to regard it primarily as a meditation on creativity. As with opera itself, where passion and empathy lead, intellectual appreciation will follow. The key insight of this fine book is easy enough to grasp. In an age of strutting nationalism, both Verdi and Wagner gave the world music that ultimately transcends the limits of borders or political ideology, regardless of how subsequent regimes used it.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/21921/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Mark Kozelek: On Tour Film Review</title><link>http://calitreview.com/21719</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/21719#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:38:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ben Caro</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog-Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[acoustic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[concert]]></category> <category><![CDATA[concert review]]></category> <category><![CDATA[films]]></category> <category><![CDATA[folk music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie documentary]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=21719</guid> <description><![CDATA[Mark Kozelek is the immensely talented lead singer and writer for Sun Kil Moon, and before that, the Red House Painters, one of the leading bands of the sadcore movement in the 90s. When Kozelek tours, he tours alone, just his nylon string guitar and mournful, weary voice. His large fan base in Europe often [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/21719/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Music Review: New York Philharmonic, “John Williams: A Night at the Movies”</title><link>http://calitreview.com/21344</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/21344#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:32:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Lucy Butcher</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Performing Arts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[classical music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New York Philharmonic]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=21344</guid> <description><![CDATA[Judging by the audience’s response, the final item listed on the program was what many had come for: Williams’s title theme from <em>Star Wars</em>, one of the most well-known compositions in the modern music repertoire. There were a couple of encores, including the theme from <em>Indiana Jones</em> and the “Imperial March,” or Darth Vadar’s theme, from <em>Star Wars</em>, which drew cheers from fans and a standing ovation.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/21344/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Music Review: New York Philharmonic, “Alan Gilbert Conducts Bach, Berg, and Brahms”</title><link>http://calitreview.com/20869</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/20869#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:20:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Lucy Butcher</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Performing Arts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[classical music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New York Philharmonic]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=20869</guid> <description><![CDATA[Taking the second violin part, Gilbert, who has previously played in the Philharmonic’s chamber music concerts, proved himself to be as much an accomplished instrumentalist as a conductor, though he quipped, in a video interview published on the Philharmonic’s Website, “I certainly don’t intend to try to take the city by storm as a violinist.”]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/20869/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>San Francisco Opera: Heart of a Soldier</title><link>http://calitreview.com/19971</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/19971#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:52:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Geri Jeter</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Performing Arts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Heart of a Soldier]]></category> <category><![CDATA[San Francisco Opera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[World Trade Center]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=19971</guid> <description><![CDATA[For its world premiere of <em>Heart of a Soldier</em> at San Francisco Opera, the creators chose to concentrate on the personal story of Morgan Stanley's security head Rick Rescorla, whose actions led over 2,700 World Trade Center South Tower workers to safety, only to lose his own life when he reentered the building to search for stragglers. The opera focuses on his journey from childhood in Cornwall, England, to his role in the tragic events on 9/11. An exploration of a life that culminated in those heroic actions is a story worth examining.
Unfortunately, it was poorly told.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/19971/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Why Buddha Would Go to Indie Rock Concerts</title><link>http://calitreview.com/19834</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/19834#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:52:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ben Caro</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog-Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Buddhism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[concert]]></category> <category><![CDATA[indie rock]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=19834</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; At my 17th birthday dinner at a place that played live music, the host sat me and my family behind a wall. We couldn’t see the band; we could barely hear the muffled tones and applause. I was not 18, and in Northern Virginia, this made it difficult to see any interesting music live. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/19834/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Turn of the Screw at Glyndebourne, Live Streamed via The Guardian</title><link>http://calitreview.com/19509</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/19509#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:02:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jem Bloomfield</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog-Theater]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Glyndebourne]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Turn of the Screw]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=19509</guid> <description><![CDATA[Glyndebourne: one of the names in the British calendar.  Up there with Wimbledon, Henley and other occasions which involve large quantities of strawberries being consumed in extremely specific clothing.  With the added attraction of some of the best opera in the world.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/19509/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Baloji: Nowhere and Everywhere</title><link>http://calitreview.com/18716</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/18716#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:23:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Charlie Coffeen</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Belgium]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blog-Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Baloji]]></category> <category><![CDATA[soukous]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=18716</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#8220;Over there I don&#8217;t feel totally Conogolese, and here, I don&#8217;t particularly feel Belgian,&#8221; says Baloji, a Congolese/Belgian musician who recently released his second album, Kinshasha Succursale. The story of Africa&#8217;s Congo is a long and troubled one, outlined in terrifying honesty by Adam Hochschild in King Leopold&#8217;s Ghost (yes, that&#8217;s suggested reading). In short, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/18716/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Turntable.fm Plays Well With Others</title><link>http://calitreview.com/18002</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/18002#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:35:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ben Caro</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog-Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Grooveshark]]></category> <category><![CDATA[internet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[website]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=18002</guid> <description><![CDATA[When a music playing site catches the eye of the law, you know it’s got to be good. Turntable.fm is constructed for those who love the sound of their own iTunes libraries and can’t bear listening to Pandora or their perfectly made Grooveshark playlist one more time without others listening as well. In it, users [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/18002/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Concert Review: The Mountain Goats Celebrate Survival and Success in L.A.</title><link>http://calitreview.com/17918</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/17918#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 21:38:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ben Caro</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog-Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[concert review]]></category> <category><![CDATA[indie rock]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mountain goats]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=17918</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; It’s good to be young, but let’s not kid ourselves It’s better to pass on through those years and come out the other side. -You Were Cool The El Rey Theater on Wilshire Blvd. in L.A. was the kind of large, ornate venue that you’d expect chamber music to be coursing through. The walls [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/17918/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>James Blake in Chicago: Sold-Out and Silent</title><link>http://calitreview.com/17601</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/17601#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:12:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Charlie Coffeen</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog-Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chicago]]></category> <category><![CDATA[electronic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[james blake]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lincoln hall]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=17601</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; I was late to the must-attend show in Chicago of 2011&#8230;and I&#8217;m better for it. James Blake went on stage around 10:00, I arrived close to 10:10, and before opening the heavy doors to the concert hall floor, I heard no indication that there was anyone inside. If I had arrived on time, I [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/17601/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>You Can Never Leave: L.A. Burnout Mixes</title><link>http://calitreview.com/17487</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/17487#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:43:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ben Caro</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog-Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[60s]]></category> <category><![CDATA[70s]]></category> <category><![CDATA[acoustic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[burnout]]></category> <category><![CDATA[l.a.]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mix]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=17487</guid> <description><![CDATA[What do you do when you get tired of the place you live in? When you can’t stand the idea of heading down road that gets you to your house one more time? When you’d rather just take a right for once. Do you move? Do you give up?  Let’s say you’re in Demascus, Maryland. Then I’d say yes. I’d say yes, get out of there. Find another Safeway to forage in. Find another lawn to mow. But you can’t leave Los Angeles. You’ve learned that from the Eagles.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/17487/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Welcome to When You See Sparks, CLR&#8217;s New Music Blog</title><link>http://calitreview.com/16253</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/16253#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 20:51:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Paul Comstock</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Blog-Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=16253</guid> <description><![CDATA[We are pleased to announce the start of CLR&#8217;s new music blog. Ben Caro, a Los Angeles based writer, and Charlie Coffeen, a professional musician from Chicago, will be keeping you informed about all areas of the music world &#8212; concerts, albums, up-and-coming artists, as well as Charlie&#8217;s insights into life on the road and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/16253/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Opera Review: Anna Nicole at the Royal Opera House, London</title><link>http://calitreview.com/14426</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/14426#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:26:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jem Bloomfield</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opera]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Performing Arts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Royal Opera House]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=14426</guid> <description><![CDATA[Anna Nicole zipped herself up in a bodybag, surrounded by a crowd of camera-headed creatures which had been stalking her all the way through the second act, peering at her and sorting through piles of rubbish on the stage. The sudden blackout at the end produced a pause, then elated applause.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/14426/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Great Music Videos Valentine&#8217;s Edition: &#8220;Days Go By&#8221; by Dirty Vegas</title><link>http://calitreview.com/14156</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/14156#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:02:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Julia Rhodes</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Television]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Byron McIntyre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dirty Vegas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Garland Spencer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Great Music Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Leigh Marling]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MTV]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rob Legatt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Valentine's Day]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=14156</guid> <description><![CDATA[Happy arbitrary and consumerist holiday from CLR and The Fourth Wall! Richard Phillips&#8217;s album artwork is lovely. Dirty Vegas were basically a few-dance-hits-wonder, but if your one massive hit comes with a video like &#8220;Days Go By,&#8221; you win at awesome. Ten years ago, &#8220;Days Go By&#8221; soared onto pop radio and MTV&#8217;s after-school hit [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/14156/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Weekly Listicle: No, We CAN&#8217;T Feel The Love Tonight!</title><link>http://calitreview.com/14049</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/14049#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 20:46:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Children's Literature]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Television]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[animated musicals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dr. seuss]]></category> <category><![CDATA[elton john]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gnomeo and juliet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mary poppins]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie songs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies animation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies children]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies children's]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies family]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies musical]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the muppets]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=14049</guid> <description><![CDATA[This week, Julia Rhodes and I (Dan Fields) recall a bygone era, when entertainment for kids - specifically the musical accompaniment - got as much attention and thought as anything produced for an adult audience. It's not meant strictly to pick on Elton John, but he seems an appropriate figurehead for the rather bland trends in children's movie music today. This is not your typical twentysomething anti-Disney rant. It is a cry of nostalgic woe, and includes a number of selections from pre-downhill-slide Disney. Please enjoy, and remember some songs you might like to track down and show your own kids.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/14049/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Tom Russell: American Primitive Man</title><link>http://calitreview.com/13088</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/13088#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:00:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Art]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Biography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Performing Arts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Westerns]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Writers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[country music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cowboy music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[folk music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ian Tyson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iris DeMent]]></category> <category><![CDATA[live music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marty Robbins]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ramblin' Jack Elliott]]></category> <category><![CDATA[recording artist]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Texas music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tom Russell]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=13088</guid> <description><![CDATA[Every Tom Russell song has something to say about the human heart. In each voice he invokes there are universal echoes of love, doubt, weakness, fear, restlessness and faith. The figure of the wanderer – whether soldier, cowboy, nomad, pioneer, outcast or pilgrim – passes again and again through his work.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/13088/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Movie Time Nostalgia, Part 4: We Are All Children Of Paradise</title><link>http://calitreview.com/12538</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/12538#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 10:00:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Classics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[France]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Literary Themes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Children Of Paradise]]></category> <category><![CDATA[classic French film]]></category> <category><![CDATA[French film]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jacques Prevert]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marcel Carne]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies french]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies nostalgia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pantomime]]></category> <category><![CDATA[theatre]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=12538</guid> <description><![CDATA[A movie can do a lot of things to an audience. It may move them, amuse them, disgust them, terrify them, or in all too many cases bore them. One thing only a handful of films can do is inspire wonder. Every once in a while, a winning combination of writer, director, designers, composers and cast meet in perfect harmony. Such, I feel, is the case of Marcel Carné's 1945 epic romance, <em>Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise)</em>.
]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/12538/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Book Review: The Music Instinct by Philip Ball</title><link>http://calitreview.com/11311</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/11311#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:14:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ed Voves</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Non-Fiction Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Philip Ball]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Music Instinct]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=11311</guid> <description><![CDATA[The amount of factual detail and insights that Ball brings to the themes under discussion is impressive in the extreme. On just one page, in the chapter dealing with rhythm, he weaves relevant examples ranging from Gyorgy Ligeti's composition used in the film <em>2001: A Space Odyssey</em>, Karlheinz Stockhausen's electronic work, <em>Kontakte</em>, Samuel Barber's <em>Adagio for Strings</em>, Chinese zither music and songs by Australian Aborigines that are accompanied by the clicking of rhythm sticks. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/11311/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Book Review: Chords of Strength by David Archuleta</title><link>http://calitreview.com/10081</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/10081#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:41:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ryan Van Cleave</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Biography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Non-Fiction Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[American Idol]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Archuleta]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=10081</guid> <description><![CDATA[It's no surprise that David has musical talent in his DNA. His father is a jazz trumpet player, his mother is a gifted singer, his grandmother sang in TV commercials and acted in a few movies (and was known in Utah as "the little lady with the big voice") and his grandfather sang in a barbershop quartet. Talk about stacking the genetic deck!]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/10081/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>23</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Art Review: Kurt, at the Seattle Art Museum, Explores Kurt Cobain&#8217;s Influence on Contemporary Artists</title><link>http://calitreview.com/9311</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/9311#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 14:31:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Laura Haertel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Art & Design]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Grunge rock]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kurt Cobain]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nirvana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rock and Roll]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Seattle Art Museum]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=9311</guid> <description><![CDATA[Nearby, Jeffry Mitchell’s portrait as Kurt is arguably the hidden gem of the exhibit. <em>Self-Portrait as Kurt Cobain in the Style of Jay Steensma</em> features a skull wearing a blond wig amongst a thickly painted sea of grey. (Steensma was a “mystic” artist famous for his paintings of grey, Northwestern landscapes).]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/9311/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Book Review: Where the Dark and the Light Folks Meet: Race and the Mythology, Politics, and Business of Jazz by Randall Sandke</title><link>http://calitreview.com/9101</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/9101#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 14:12:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Lida</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[African American]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Non-Fiction Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Art Pepper]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Art Tatum]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Artie Shaw]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Benny Goodman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charlie Parker]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Coleman Hawkins]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Duke Ellington]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Earl Hines]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ella Fitzgerald]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fats Waller]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jazz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Coltrane]]></category> <category><![CDATA[louis armstrong]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wynton Marsalis]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=9101</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sandke offers no critical commentary about this piece of advice that was given Armstrong after he left New Orleans: “When you go up north, be sure and get yourself a white man that will put his hand on your shoulder and say, ‘This is my nigger.’” Nor does he state that there was anything objectionable about black musicians being allowed to play in Storyville brothels and cabarets, but never to be customers. The same went for “black and tan” nightspots like New York’s Cotton Club, where blacks made music and waited tables, while “tan, tall and terrific” showgirls entertained the exclusively white clientele.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/9101/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Book Review: The Songs of Hollywood by Philip Furia and Laurie Patterson</title><link>http://calitreview.com/8991</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/8991#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 14:00:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ed Voves</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Non-Fiction Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arthur Freed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fred Astaire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gary Cooper]]></category> <category><![CDATA[George Gershwin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ginger Rogers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Judy Garland]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie musical]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=8991</guid> <description><![CDATA[For the next few years, Hollywood musicals, climaxing in <em>42nd Street</em> (1933), would be "backstage" pictures. Songs would be delivered in scenes depicting stage rehearsals, with aspiring singers and hard-bitten producers battling against the odds to "put on a show." It was fun while it lasted - and big profits for the film studios. But after a few years, audiences grew tired of predictable scenarios of theatrical angst and happy "all singing, all dancing finales."]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/8991/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Book Review: Tammy Wynette: Tragic Country Queen by Jimmy McDonough</title><link>http://calitreview.com/8476</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/8476#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:21:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>David Lida</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Biography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Non-Fiction Reviews]]></category> <category><![CDATA[country music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tammy Wynette]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=8476</guid> <description><![CDATA[In the Nashville of the 1960s, songs were typically recorded in an hour or less and mistakes were kept in because they made the sound more “human.” Fussing over them any longer than that was considered “burning the beans.” After concerts, fees were paid in cash in shopping bags. In the course of recounting Wynette’s life, McDonough describes a cast of characters that no novelist could have invented without being accused of stretching the borders of believability.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/8476/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Movie Review: The Runaways</title><link>http://calitreview.com/8364</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/8364#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 16:03:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Julia Rhodes</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies & TV]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dakota Fanning]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Floria Sigismondi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Joan Jett]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kristen Stewart]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie biopic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie chick flick]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie drama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rock and Roll]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=8364</guid> <description><![CDATA[“It’s not about women’s lib, kitties, it’s about women’s libido!” manager Kim Fowley (Michael Shannon) screams to his young charges. The same could be said about the movie itself. It commences with blood when Currie (Dakota Fanning) gets her first period, and snowballs from there, touching on every aspect of sexual awakening—female sexual awakening, to be precise. Self-gratification and experimentation with both women and men occurs in the film, building an undercurrent of sexual energy that seems to buffet the band as they rise to international stardom. Coming-of-age stories for girls rarely touch so explicitly on feminine libido, and it’s a welcome change.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/8364/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Great Music Videos #2: &#8220;Thriller&#8221; (dir. John Landis)</title><link>http://calitreview.com/7933</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/7933#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:38:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Julia Rhodes</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thrillers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[1950s]]></category> <category><![CDATA[1980s]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Great Music Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[horror film]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Landis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Michael Jackson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rick Baker]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thriller]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=7933</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jackson as a zombie in &#8220;Thriller&#8221; William Bibbiani noted in the Great Music Videos #1 post that music videos are effectively commercials. They’re produced to sell copies of albums, to “sell” a musician to the public, or at the very least to boost (paid) MP3 downloads. Michael Jackson’s video for “Thriller” straddles the line between [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/7933/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Johnny Depp, Nick Cave cover &#8220;I Put a Spell on You&#8221; for Haiti Relief</title><link>http://calitreview.com/7136</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/7136#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:28:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Julia Rhodes</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Haiti Relief]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Johnny Depp]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nick Cave]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Youtube]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=7136</guid> <description><![CDATA[In the 80s, there was &#8220;We Are the World,&#8221; a recording and video jam-packed with celebrities to benefit famine relief in Africa. This year&#8217;s remake of &#8220;We Are the World&#8221; was made to help victims of the earthquake in Haiti. The song is a cringe-worthy, Autotune-filled mess, but I hope it helps raise awareness and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/7136/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Nicole Atkins: Femme Noir</title><link>http://calitreview.com/5175</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/5175#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:52:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Elinor Teele</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Performing Arts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pop music]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=5175</guid> <description><![CDATA[She’s been called the female Roy Orbison, a psychedelic metalhead who grew up listening to Elvis and Patsy Cline. She adores Robert Plant and Led Zeppelin, does covers of Patti Smith and reminds listeners of Dusty Springfield. She has a voice like gray autumn skies and a fondness for nightmares. Classify Nicole Atkins at your peril.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/5175/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> <enclosure
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