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Archive for June 12th, 2009

Connecting the World Through Music

Friday, June 12th, 2009

Watch The Mixtress with 7 minutes of your time. What a crisp little film about a great and needed operation for indie musicians. This is the kind of film we will see more and more of and I am so pleased to help bring these films to a wide audience via SnagFilms. Watch this over the weekend. It is short, smart and essential with great characters and great stories. Enjoy.

Elvis has Left the Building

Friday, June 12th, 2009
Click here to see Elvis Costello: the one that I remember; the one who I watched play in small clubs all around New England and NYC during the 70’s. Elvis was angry. He was smart. He was a fantastic song writer and lyricist.
 
In the 80’s and 90’s, he morphed into a showman, a crooner, a Tony Bennett of our generation. But he still rocked. He was relevant.
 
Now he is a TV talk show host, a husband and a commentator on world events. He isn’t angry anymore.
 
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