Pretty Productive Day

Watched/Re-watched three films today...

I had not seen "Mad Max 2: Road Warrior" since seeing it originally in the theaters in Las Vegas circa 1982. After similarly re-watching Mad Max 1 in San Diego last month, I felt like I needed to finish what I started ("Beyond the Thunderdome" is on deck, of course). Even better than I remembered considering what a turd this guy turned into the past 10 years. M.Youth drummer Sal A. Mander should dress as Bruce Spence for Halloween. Notable is Brian May's Chase Theme (the Australian composer, not to be confused with the Queen guitarist):



After receiving Mr. T connoisseur Dion's blessing, I proceeded to watch Joel Schumacher's second directed film "D.C. Cab" for the first time. First credited film for Bill Maher and Paul Rodriguez although everyone knows the real reason for watching this film is Mr. "I Pity The Fool" T who surprisingly had a relatively minor role compared to Gary Busey and Adam Baldwin of "My Bodyguard" fame. Giorgio Moroder scored this sucka!



I always assumed that 80's Tucson band Naked Prey (post-Green on Red, pre-Calexico/Giant Sand) was named after the 1966 Cornel Wilde film so I finally watched it. Didn't realize it was filmed in South Africa with a primarily South African cast and soundtrack (which features Nguni tribal songs specifically recorded for the film). Relates to Road Warrior because the aforementioned turd supposedly ripped parts of this one off for his "Apocalypto" which I refuse to independently confirm.

Brini Maxwell Curates Morricone Youth on 4/24/11

Ben Sander is the creator of Brini Maxwell – the “prototypical, prefeminist 1960’s homemaker”* host of The Brini Maxwell Show for the Style network.  Inspired by a divine thrift shop purchase of 1950's nesting bowls, Ben first began sharing his vintage/classic know-how as Brini with other Manhattanites in 1998 through the cable access television show of the same name.  With an emphasis on uncompromising fabulousness, the show quickly garnered a devoted fan base and Ben established himself as the “go-to-girl” on vintage fashion and mid-century modern treasures. His book Brini Maxwell’s Guide to Gracious Living was released in the fall of ’05. He’s worked with National Public Radio on a series of audio podcasts and has produced a series of video podcast featuring segments from his original cable access show as well as new material, which can be seen at www.BriniMaxwell.com

In addition to his television show, Sander has also shared his wealth of knowledge and love of the late 50's, 60's and early 70's in numerous media interviews, which have included Conan O’Brien, CNN, MSNBC, ABC's World News Now, E! Entertainment Television and The Learning Channel.  He also speaks at colleges and universities, conferences and conventions and moderated the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum’s panel on Authenticity in Design.

Ben Sander/Brini Maxwell will be in the studio with your host Gray Dolores to curate two hours of soundtracks and related discussions on East Village Radio this Sun. April 24, 2011 from 2-4 pm ET! 
Tune in live or check the archives here!

Morricone Youth (The Band) Returns to Rubulad Fri 4/15

R.I.P. Sidney Lumet (June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011)

Sidney Lumet, director of over 70 films and television series including the classic "Dog Day Afternoon," "Serpico," "Network" and "The Verdict," died early Saturday afternoon in his home in Manhattan at the age of 86 from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.  Although Lumet received an Academy Award nomination for his very first feature film "12 Angry Men" and went on to receive 9 more nominations for best director and screenplay, he criminally was never awarded an Oscar for any particular film.  In 2005, he was finally granted an honorary Oscar.

Although known for his gritty New York films, Lumet was born in Philadelphia to a Polish-born actor and began his career as a director with Off-Broadway productions.  After gaining valuable experience in theater, he transitioned into the new medium of television in 1950 working as an assistant to friend and then-director Yul Brynner.  His ability to work quickly while shooting carried over to his film career.  Referred to as an actor's director, he went on to direct the who's who of great actors including Henry Fonda, Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren, Sean Connery, Al Pacino, Omar Sharif, Katherine Hepburn, Richard Burton, Vanessa Redgrave, Joanne Woodward, John Cazale, Dustin Hoffman and Robert Duvall.  Similarly, Lumet worked with the vanguard of old and new composers including Alex North, Quincy Jones, Kenyon Hopkins, Andre Previn, Mikis Theorodakis, John Barry, Michel Legrand, Johnny Mandel, Howard Shore and Carter Burwell.  He directed his last film in 2007, "Before The Devil Knows You're Dead" starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney and Marisa Tomei.

Please join us on Morricone Youth this Sunday, April 10th at 2 pm ET when your host Devon E. Levins will honor Mr. Lumet and his incredible films by dedicating the entire two hours to music from his works.

Listen on EVR Here!

Devon E. Levins

Morricone Youth

Sundays 2:00pm-4:00pm ET

Morricone Youth Set at Hank's Saloon March 4, 2011

Marc Ribot played New School Film Noir Festival

Sex! Trash! Violence! Marc Ribot, noted American guitarist and composer explores the border between classic noir film scores of the 40s thru 60s, and the 80s no-wave bands who worshipped them. Material will include re-arrangements of Henry Mancini (Touch of Evil), Andre Previn (Scene of the Crime), Roy Budd (Get Carter) on the one hand and the Lounge Lizards, Rootless Cosmopolitans, and new noir by the artist on the other.

The New School Arts Festival Presents Noir

Friday thru Friday, April 1–8

The New School Arts Festival is a first—a cultural showcase reflecting the artistic and intellectual energy of the entire university. Each festival will explore a single theme by presenting works from genres with an artistic home at The New School, including design, drama, film, literature, music, and critical theory.  Each festival will feature renowned guest artists and theorists, discussion of contemporary criticism, and original work created by New School students and presented at festival events all around campus.

The theme of our first arts festival is Noir, a cinematic style of shadowy expressiveness that had its heyday in the 1930s and 1940s.  Coined by a French critic in 1946, the term film noir refers to movies depicting a morally ambiguous world of cynical private eyes, lonely gangsters, and femme fatales.  Since then, the influence of noir has been felt in areas ranging from fashion design to fine art, graphic art to fiction, suggesting the alienation and disorientation of modernism through stark silhouettes, sexual frankness, stylized emotion, and the absence of sentimentality.  Join The New School community in an exploration of noir in a festival of iconic films, hard-boiled storytelling, graphic art, and illustration inspired by this uniquely 20th century style. 

The event features renowned artists and critics Frances McDormand, Todd Haynes, Marc Ribot, Guy Maddin, Mary Gaitskill, Robert Pinsky, Greil Marcus, Luc Sante, Terry Teachout, Paul Moravec, Frank Bidart, Molly Haskell, Ben Katchor and more, as well as new works created by the New School community.

Michel Legrand

Will be playing all Michel Legrand soundtracks this afternoon on East Village Radio in honor of seeing him perform his last night of a one week's stand at the Blue Note in New York City thanks to Ingrid getting me into the show this evening.  Now if we can only find a way to convince him to come onto the show live! 

3/27/11: Lucky Ghost (aka Seth Berkowitz) Guests

Lucky Ghost (aka Seth Berkowitz) will be a guest on the show this weekend Sunday, March 27, 2011 (2-4 pm ET), talking about his new LP "Sex Griddle" and spinning some of his favorite soundtrack music.

  

Seth Berkowitz, the singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist behind Lucky Ghost honed his approach as singer and frontman for the bombastic NYC rock outfit Conquistador, followed by the do-it-yourself experimentation of his first solo project, Aaron Hill & The Crimson Guard (where he served as both Mr. Hill as well as the Guard). What emerged was a distinctive voice - synthesizing prog, the sparkling sadness of 80's pop, chugging guitar rock and the slippery craft and lyrical aplomb of British singer-songwriters.

Always in evidence is the quality of songwriting and wide array of influences, realized live on stage with the help of guitarists Jed Livingston (The Couriers) & Mike Quoma (Balthrop, Alabama), drummer Chris Miller (Conquistador) and keyboardist Dave Stone (The Insteps).

"Seth Berkowitz gently prods commonly used genres and musical styles - There`s a brilliantly comical stance with grey and sentimental overtones... Sex Griddle is a Pop-fest, the layered synth hooks and bright bass lines are more than a quick fix to the quintessential three minute Pop song - Defined and danceable, the story unfolds." -Mojophenia

"Basically what we’re getting here is excellent power pop from a genuinely great songwriter. It becomes clear quite soon that he is one of the few contemporary artists that have the rare gift to write songs that are impossible to forget. Lucky Ghost have a pop sensibility not unlike that of the Cars back in the late Seventies and early Eighties, but tweak it just so that it makes sense for the new millennium." -Disagreement.net

http://luckyghost.com/
http://www.myspace.com/sethberkowitz
http://www.facebook.com/luckyghostnyc

March 20, 2011: Just the Hits

Sundays 2 - 4 PM ET

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 Morricone Youth

Soundtrack music from the first talking picture onwards. If it was written to accompany images on a screen, we'll play it. Popcorn optional. 

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Artist              Track               Album              Label

John Barry

Human Jungle (Alt. Version)

Human Jungle

Columbia

Mar 20

Ennio Morricone	Titoli	Slalom	Dagored	Mar 20
Carlo Montez	Go Go Mobil	Nymphomania Vol. 1	Sexy Hexy	Mar 20

Fabio Frizzi/Franco Bixio/Vince Tempera	M34	Sella D'argento	Digitmovies	Mar 20
Ray Martin	I Spy	Thunderball and Other Thriller Music	RCA	Mar 20

Luis Bacalov	La Bambolona	La Bambolona	Verita Note	Mar 20
Nino Rota	The Awards	Toby Dammit Dammit	El Records	Mar 20

Earle Hagen	Main Title	The New Interns	Colpix	Mar 20
Ennio Morricone	Gli Intoccabili	Gli Intoccabili	EM	Mar 20

Alfred Waitzmann	Fuga dall' Isola	La Ragazza dalla Pelle di Corallo	Easy Tempo	Mar 20
Vladimir Cosma	Chewing-Gum Attack	Les Aventures De Rabbi Jacob	London	Mar 20

Johnny Pearson	Mini Motoring	KPM 1076 - Speed & Excitement	KPM	Mar 20
Guido and Maurizio De Angelis	Sequence 5	Milano Trema: La Polizia Vuole Giustizia	Digitmovies	Mar 20

Brigitte Bardot/Francois De Roubaix	Ecoute Le Temps	Saint-Tropez	Vole	Mar 20
The Flamingos	I Only Have Eyes For You	Flamingo Serenade	End	Mar 20

Rita Pavone/Ennio Morricone	Il Milo Domani	Chet Is Back	RCA/Victor	Mar 20
Paul Anka	Il Tuo Compleanno	A Casa Nostra	RCA	Mar 20

Tokyo Nagaremono	Drifter Love Theme-Theme Reprise	Tokyo Drifter	DVD	Mar 20
The San Diego Music Awards	No Way In Hell	The SDMAs	Unreleased Demo	Mar 20

John Cameron	The Competitors	KPM 1131 - The Trendsetters	KPM	Mar 20
Sammy Hagar	Winner Takes It All	Over The Top	Columbia	Mar 20

Danna - DeVotchKa	The Winner Is	Little Miss Sunshine	Lakeshore	Mar 20
Carter Burwell	Nightmare in the Trophy Room	Millers Crossing	20th Century Fox	Mar 20

Charles Gerhardt/Alfred Newman	Airport (Main Title)	Captain From Castile: Class Film Scores of Alfred Newman	RCA	Mar 20
Guido E Maurizio De Angelis	Blue Song	Milano Trema: La Polizia Vuole Giustizia	Digitmovies	Mar 20

Paul Williams	The Hell of It	Phantom of the Paradise	A&M	Mar 20
Bruce Hornsby And The Noisemakers	Invisible	World's Greatest Dad	Verve	Mar 20

James Murphy	People	Greenberg	DFA	Mar 20
Francois De Roubaix	La Frite Equatoriale	Chut	Mantra	Mar 20

Akira Ifukube	Prayer for Peace	Godzilla, King of Monsters	Futureland	Mar 20
Stelvio Cipriani	Un Uomo Programmato	Sono Stato Un Agente Cia	Beat	Mar 20

Piero Umiliani	Tarantellaccia	Tra Scienza e Fantascienza	Omicron	Mar 20
Max Avery Lichtenstsein	Pumpkin	Tarnation	DVD	Mar 20

Ennio Morricone

I Deboli Pagano

La Violenza: Quinto Potere

Cometa

Mar 2

Second Skin Documentary now out on DVD

Second Skin is a 2008 American documentary film that follows the lives of seven people as they delve in to the world of MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games). The film was directed by Juan Carlos Piñeiro Escoriaza and produced by Victor Piñeiro Escoriaza and Peter Brauer.

Second Skin premiered to positive reviews and sold-out crowds at the South by Southwest film festival in 2008. It become the No. 1 movie on online streaming site Hulu.com, before completing a limited theatrical run. The film was released on DVD August 25th, 2009.

Second Skin examines people whose lives have been transformed by virtual worlds in online games such as World of Warcraft, Everquest, Everquest II and Second Life. The documentary follows a group of online gamers whose lives are intensely woven together inside and outside the virtual worlds, a couple whose lives have changed since meeting online, and an avid player whose life spins out of control due to his addiction to playing MMOs. It also presents disabled players who have been given voice and mobility in the virtual world and explores the controversial world of Chinese gold farming and presents astonishing facts about online gaming.

The film follows three distinct stories involving seven people:

* Heather Cowan, an EverQuest II player that lives in Florida;
* Kevin Keel, an EverQuest II player from Texas that develops an in-game relationship with Heather that moves from an online status to a physical relationship;
* Matt Ellsworth and Chris Mitchell, housemates in Fort Wayne, Indiana who play World of Warcraft and other MMOs for over 40 hours a week;
* Anthony Cronin, a housemate with Matt and Chris whose life changes by getting married;
* Andy Belford, a World of Warcraft player (who moved to Ft. Wayne from California to be closer to Anthony, Matt, and Chris) and his wife Karalee, and the changes in their lives after Karalee becomes pregnant;
* Dan Bustard, a World of Warcraft player whose addiction to the game cost him his relationship, his business, his health and his home. He connects with OLGA (Online Gamers Anonymous) during his attempt to kick the addiction to gaming.

Other players, doctors, and the founder of OLGA appear.


with music by Morricone Youth
http://www.secondskinfilm.com/store