For over a week now, Tom Waits fans have been waiting with bated breath for the surprise that was to drop on August 7. Starting on July 31st, a picture went up on his site, which was simply: Speculation over the ‘net was rampant. Was it a tour?! Maybe a newly-recorded album with the celebrities he’d put together to […]
Archive for the ‘Music’ Category
All Hell Broke Luce
Posted: 8th August 2012 by Dion in Music, Music Review, NewsTags: Alcatraz, Bad As Me, Flea, Hell Broke Luce, Kathleen Brennan, Keith Richards, Matt Mahurin, Tom Waits
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The Aural Adventure Is Just Beginning
Posted: 19th June 2012 by J. Marcus in Music, Music Review, UncategorizedTags: Alexander Courage, Fred Steiner, Jerry Goldsmith, Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Last week La La Land Records released its 3-disc CD soundtrack to Star Trek: The Motion Picture. All I can say is, “it’s about time!”
Music Preview: Rush’s Clockwork Angels
Posted: 23rd May 2012 by Brian in Music, Music ReviewTags: Alex Lifeson, Clockwork Angels, Geddy Lee, Kevin J. Anderson, Neil Peart, Nick Raskulinecz, Rush
When a band is well into the fifth decade of its career, with its members pushing sixty years of age, they’re usually relegated to the nostalgia circuit—you know, playing sold-out shows to aging baby boomers at outdoor concerts with one or two other “retro” acts, and coasting on the success of the back-catalog. If such […]
Film Score Appreciation – James Horner
Posted: 21st May 2012 by J. Marcus in Film, Music, Music ReviewTags: *batteries not included, A Beautiful Mind, Aliens, Apollo 13, Battle Beyond the Stars, Bicentennial Man, Braveheart, Cocoon, Cocoon: The Return, Die Hard, Honey, I Shrunk The Kids, James Horner, Jerry Goldsmith, Krull, Project X, Sneakers, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Mask of Zorro, The Perfect Storm, The Rocketeer, Titanic
I was recently discussing my feelings about composer James Horner with a friend on Facebook. If the name is unfamiliar to you, I guarantee that his music is familiar. He has scored films for over 30 years and won two Oscars® (both for his work on Titanic). In addition to his accolades, Mr. Horner has also […]
Podwit Profile: Jackie Gleason
Posted: 18th May 2012 by Dion in Celebrities, Music, Podwit ProfileTags: Bobby Hatchett, Frank Sinatra, Jackie Gleason
Here at the Podwits, we try our best to bring our interests to you, the reader (and listener), while trying to then attach our spin on the subject, and perhaps shed light on something our audience might not have been aware of. Today’s subject is a profile on a man who, unless you’ve lived under a […]
The Passing Of a Legend: MCA Dead at 47
Posted: 5th May 2012 by Dion in Music, News, ObituariesTags: Adam Yauch, MCA, The Beastie Boys
Adam Yauch—better known to the world as MCA, one-third of the hugely influential hip-hop group the Beastie Boys—died early Friday morning in his native New York City. He’d been battling cancer in his salivary gland since being diagnosed in 2009.
Revealing the Identity of “The Phantom” in One of the Most Notorious After-Death Jim Morrison Conspiracies
Posted: 25th April 2012 by Dion in History, Music, Music ReviewTags: Iggy Pop, Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger, The Doors, The Phantom, The Phantom's Divine Comedy Part 1
It was back in 1997 in the now-defunct “Record Explosion”, a record store chain in New York City that had a large amount of hard to find music and bootleg material, that I first came across one of the weirdest albums of the 1970’s: Phantom’s Divine Comedy, Part 1. This album may ring a bell for […]
Michael Jackson’s Catalog is Hacked!
Posted: 7th March 2012 by Dion in Music, News, TechnologyTags: Michael Jackson, SONY Music
Who’s Bad? No, we’re not talking about whatever Beatles rights his estate still retains. According to the The Daily Mail, hackers on the web have broken into SONY Music servers, and stolen the superstar’s entire back catalog of unreleased music, worth -wait for it- $250 million!
I Wanna Be Free…
Posted: 4th March 2012 by Tiberius in Celebrities, History, Music, News, Obituaries, TelevisionTags: Davy Jones, Mike Nesmith, The Brady Bunch, The Monkees
The death of Davy Jones on February 29th, 2012 really hit me hard…
40th Anniversary of L.A. Woman
Posted: 4th March 2012 by Dion in Music, Music ReviewTags: 1971, Jim Morrison, L.A. Woman, Morrison Hotel, The Doors
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of one of the most iconic albums of all time, the Doors have released a special edition of their final exit, unknowingly their last work together as a band, L.A. Woman. It is a two-disc edition, featuring the original album with never-before released alternate takes and two newly-discovered jams caught […]