“Graceland” — 25th Anniversary Re-Release

Posted on June 3, 2012 at 8:00 am

Paul Simon’s brilliant song and album of the year Grammy-winning Graceland album celebrates its 25th anniversary next week with a re-release that includes bonus tracks and a new documentary by Joe Berlinger (Paradise Lost, Metallica – Some Kind of Monster) that covers the controversy about the making of the album.  Back in 1987, Simon traveled to South Africa to work with local musicians at a time when the racist apartheid laws had led to widespread boycotts.  Berlinger’s film includes commentary by anti-apartheid activists and a thoughtful consideration of the role of art in addressing political issues and lingering questions of the line between cultural cross-pollination and appropriation or exploitation.

 

 

 

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Grateful Dead Night at the Movies

Posted on April 7, 2012 at 8:00 am

Deadheads, get ready to have your world rocked!  On April 19, Grateful Dead Second Annual Meet-Up At The Movies 2012 will take audiences on a flashback trip to the summer of ‘89 for a one-night in-theater concert event. Recorded July 18, 1989, at the Alpine Valley Music Theatre, this never-before-seen concert is directly from the Grateful Dead vault. This iconic concert, featuring Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Brent Mydland, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, was recorded the night after the Dead’s legendary Downhill from Here performance in East Troy, Wis. Dead Heads in attendance will experience the two-and-a-half hour concert in its entirety, including fan favorites, as well as a rare split of “Sugar Magnolia,” “Dear Mr. Fantasy,” and “Hey Jude Medley.” Before the start of the concert, movie theater audiences will also be treated to a slideshow of rare photos of the band by Jim Anderson and John Cantamessa, along with a previously unreleased live track recorded in Hartford, Conn. in July of 1974. Additionally, before the show time, Fathom will feature a handful of the top submissions from the recent Dead Covers Project, which encouraged fans to upload videos of their covers of Dead tracks to Dead.net. This is the second annual Grateful Dead fan meet-up following last year’s successful event, which sold out in several locations across the U.S.

Tickets for Grateful Dead Second Annual Meet-Up At The Movies 2012 are available at participating theater box offices and online at www.FathomEvents.com. For a complete list of theater locations and prices, visit the NCM Fathom Events website (theaters and participants are subject to change).

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Giveaway: Soundtrack CDs from ‘Joyful Noise’

Giveaway: Soundtrack CDs from ‘Joyful Noise’

Posted on January 10, 2012 at 3:28 pm

I have five copies of the fabulous soundtrack from the wonderful “Joyful Noise” to give away, including three sensational new songs written by Dolly Parton and gorgeous versions of “The Man in the Mirror” and “Maybe I’m Amazed.”

Send me an email at moviemom@moviemom.com with “Joyful Noise” in the subject line and tell me your favorite gospel or Queen Latifah or Dolly Parton song.  Don’t forget your address!  I’ll pick five winners at random on January 15.  Good luck!

Not Enough – Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah
2. Man In The Mirror – Keke Palmer
3. Maybe I’m Amazed – Jeremy Jordan and Keke Palmer
4. In Love – Kirk Franklin
5. Fix Me, Jesus – Queen Latifah
6. From Here To The Moon And Back – Dolly Parton, Kris Kristofferson and Jeremy Jordan
7. I’m Yours – Keke Palmer and DeQuina Moore
8. Mighty High – Karen Peck
9. That’s The Way God Planned It – Ivan Kelley feat. Our Lady of Perpetual Tears Choir
10. Higher Medley – Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Jeremy Jordan, Andy Karl, Angela Grovey, DeQuina Moore
11. He’s Everything – Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Jeremy Jordan, Andy Karl and DeQuina Moore
12. Joyful Noise Suite – Mervyn Warren
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Britney Turns 30

Posted on December 2, 2011 at 11:33 am

Happy 30th birthday, Britney Spears, and I hope the next decade is less volatile than the last.  Remember when she was a Mouseketeer?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDOPN_5w0u0

And remember this?

It is good to see her find some stability and return to performing, and I look forward to seeing where her new confidence takes her.

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