tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89195587069808480922024-03-14T11:50:07.917-07:00The Dirty Lowdown... books and music, news and reviews.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343193422030740142noreply@blogger.comBlogger433125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919558706980848092.post-22867107599342589512013-08-05T22:09:00.001-07:002013-08-05T22:09:14.529-07:00Music Review: ‘Mosaic’ by Jann Klose<div class="wlWriterHeaderFooter" style="float:none; margin:0px; padding:4px 0px 4px 0px;"><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=http://the-dirty-lowdown.blogspot.com/2013/08/music-review-mosaic-by-jann-klose.html" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; width:130px; height:80px"></iframe></div><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-umNGL67Fpls/UgCE3rUw_nI/AAAAAAAAGWU/xwQ4wIP-Utg/s1600-h/JannKloseMosaicCover-1000-220x2203.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="JannKloseMosaicCover-1000-220x220" border="0" alt="JannKloseMosaicCover-1000-220x220" align="right" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-4CqIlPAXCl0/UgCE4bn1MMI/AAAAAAAAGWc/wJHmgx-Hfwc/JannKloseMosaicCover-1000-220x220_th.jpg?imgmax=800" width="245" height="245"></a> <p>There are not many positive things you can say about an, eight month now, battle with cancer. But there are a few. For one, I renewed dormant relationships with distant family members. Another was the overwhelming support from the creative community of authors, musicians, publishers and record companies. It seemed like a day didn’t pass without boxes or stacks of envelopes containing books and CDs wasn’t delivered to my various hospital rooms and always accompanied with a note telling me that written reviews weren’t expected and that they only wanted wanted me to be surrounded by the things I loved. Well, reviews may not have been expected, but damn it, I’m a writer and now that I am convalescing at the VA Hospital in Vancouver, WA. and have a very quiet and comfortable place to write from – and the doctors and nurses aren’t poking me with something every hour – I have started going through those boxes and envelopes and making note of the treasures inside and writing about them.</p> <p>One such envelope came from my doppelganger-in-musical-tastes friend, Anne Leighton, and out of it came the photo of an artist I hadn’t heard of, but the one-sheet fell out and there was a paragraph staring at me with a familiar name. Gary Lucas. For the uninitiated, Gary Lucas was probably the original “guitar shredder”. A guitar prodigy who cut his teeth in the early ‘80s transposing Captain Beefheart’s music to the guitar prompting one critic to opine, "Gary Lucas apparently grew extra fingers in order to negotiate his way through it". Having had a thirty plus year friendship with a couple of Magic Band members and heard Lucas play innumerable times, my interest in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DEO5OSW/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00DEO5OSW&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Mosaic</i></a><img style="border-bottom-style: none !important; margin: 0px; border-left-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important" border="0" alt="" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00DEO5OSW" width="1" height="1"> by <a href="http://jannklose.com/" target="_blank">Jann Klose</a> rose by about 1000%. </p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-XyopmXuEAP8/UgCE6gMmdHI/AAAAAAAAGWk/b31wmLnMVA0/s1600-h/Greetings-From-Tim-Buckley2.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Greetings From Tim Buckley" border="0" alt="Greetings From Tim Buckley" align="left" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-08_P2LtQnyM/UgCE7NmoMQI/AAAAAAAAGWs/YSo_Wz6eYRg/Greetings-From-Tim-Buckley_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="188" height="269"></a></p> <p>So, I unfolded the one-sheet and read from the beginning. But before I could do that, there was another photo that poked me in the eye. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CXVRE58/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00CXVRE58&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Greetings from Tim Buckley</i></a><img style="border-bottom-style: none !important; margin: 0px; border-left-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important" border="0" alt="" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00CXVRE58" width="1" height="1"> is a film I had read about that is due for release this summer in select theaters with the DVD scheduled for release sometime in the near future. In my teenage years (and still to this day for that matter) I was a huge folk music fan starting with Bob Dylan, of course, and working my way through Dave Van Ronk, Bob Gibson, Pete Seeger and eventually to Tim Buckley who before his untimely death seemed poised on taking folk music to new realms incorporating psychedelia, funk, soul, avant-garde and jazz in his repertoire. But over the years, the Tim Buckley albums seemed to get pushed to the back shelves to gather dust. Until just recently.</p> <p>I was sent a book called, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1451657846/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1451657846&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20" kwvisibility="true"><em>The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of "Hallelujah"</em></a><em><img style="border-bottom-style: none !important; margin: 0px; border-left-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1451657846" width="1" height="1" kwvisibility="true"></em> which is a book about a Leonard Cohen song which was made popular by Tim Buckley’s son, Jeff. I reviewed the book here back on July 4th, if you’d care to look it up. So, naturally, I drug out the Tim Buckley albums and dusted them off and since I had run across the notice of the movie being made in my research for the Cohen review, I re-familiarized myself with his music. I was starting to feel like I was an actor in <em>Six Degrees of Separation.</em> Needless to say, I put the CD in the music system and sat back to give it a listen. </p> <p>The first thing that hits you is Jann Klose vocal talent. There are certain voices you’ll run across in pop-rock music over the years that just reach out and grab you. Burton Cummings of The Guess Who, David Clayton-Thomas of Blood Sweat, And Tears, Adam Lambert are a few that come immediately to mind. Voices that contain the ability to convey raw emotion and possess a vocal beauty that isn’t usually associated with rock singers. Jann Klose has such a voice. In range, in tone, in inflexion it is an instrument that delivers musical hues as well as verbal communication. </p> <div style="padding-bottom: 10px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; display: inline; float: right; padding-top: 10px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:2bd99e76-9461-47f8-a18c-578a8fb79f4c" class="wlWriterSmartContent"><div><object width="560" height="315"><param name="movie" value="//www.youtube.com/v/8dlwEMUonSI?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="//www.youtube.com/v/8dlwEMUonSI?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></div><div style="width:560px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">“Still” by Jann Klose song featured on the album “Mosaic” June 2013</div></div>It’s obvious from the first track, “Make It Better” , why Klose was chosen to lend his voice to the soundtrack for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CXVRE58/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00CXVRE58&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Greetings from Tim Buckley</i></a>. Buckley had a voice like that and it was obvious you had to have someone with vocal mastery to cover his songs. But on exploring deeper into the album you’ll also discover that the songs aren’t just vehicles for a great voice, a voice that “could sing the telephone book” as Public Radio’s Barb Heller put it. These songs are filled with soul, with emotion, both personal and in delivering stories on topical subjects. They also run the gambit from some tasty reggae styling's to street, calypso, classic rock, punk rock and folk, just to mention a few. The album is well named, being a Mosaic of popular-rock styles and paying tribute to Klose’ influences. As the tracks played, I heard shades of Paul Simon, was reminded of Bruce Hornsby, Dan Folgelberg, the prog-rock bands Asia and Renaissance (which isn’t surprising since he has collaborated with members of the group and has a professional relationship with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Haslam">Annie Haslam</a>), there’s even some Pink Floyd – minus the bombast and the flying pig - but there is no single ‘pigeon hole’ he fits in, no defining genre or era that rules them all, so to speak. Instead, it’s his style, his experiences, views,thoughts and emotions that come through to the listener in his songwriting, guitar work, gorgeous vocals and over all performance. And he wrote all but one song on the album (“Know What’s Right” was co-written with producer David Bendeth). That one song is the hauntingly beautiful Tim Buckley song delivered in a near Benedictine chant-like a cappella rendition of “Song To The Siren”. <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Nby8-EkBXAM/UgCE8FADEYI/AAAAAAAAGW0/9OlC2w4G2Ds/s1600-h/Jann-Klose33.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Jann Klose3" border="0" alt="Jann Klose3" align="left" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-9O1phPIzUqI/UgCE9BoNf1I/AAAAAAAAGW8/rHVOmEWbkhM/Jann-Klose3_thumb1.png?imgmax=800" width="301" height="241"></a>As much as the album features many different genres, it never feels like a “sampler” or a resume or a search for Klose’ musical identity. Instead it feels like a fully formed amalgamation, the forming of a artist from the many rhythmic, lyrical and musical tools that he has been exposed to and then melding them into a brand new whole with that torch of a voice. It didn’t hurt that in support of this ‘mosaic’ is Jann’s band, The Edukators. The Edukator’s are Chris Marolf on bass and banjo, Rob Mitzner and Patrick Carmichaelmon the skins, Lars Potteiger on various keyboards and accordion and Leah Potteiger on violin. Florian Opahle, who has played with Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson and Greg Lake of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Crimson">King Crimson</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson,_Lake_%26_Palmer">Emerson, Lake & Palmer</a>, contributes some sweet guitar parts as does David Bendeth. <a href="http://tiaroper.com/" target="_blank">Tia Roper</a> adds some chamber pop/ Baroque Rock flavored flute work on “The Kite” accompanied by Megan Marolf (Roger Waters, Phillip Glass) on oboe. The production work was left to the ever capable Grammy Winner James Frazee who has produced Esperanza Spalding, Blondie, and My Morning Jacket. David Bendeth coproduced and besides the lyrics written with Klose on “Know What’s Right” his production resume sports the names Paramore, Bruce Hornsby and Elvis Presley. Along with mastering by double Grammy-winner Warren Russell-Smith, they made of <em>Mosaic </em>an intelligent, soulful, melodic and stunning piece of ear candy.</p> <p> </p> <p><font color="#9e7c7c" size="5" face="Viner Hand ITC">The Dirty Lowdown</font></p> <p><b>Copyright © 2013 Robert Carraher All Rights Reserved</b> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343193422030740142noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919558706980848092.post-3591402416243715722013-08-04T09:56:00.001-07:002013-08-04T09:56:24.927-07:00EP Review: ‘13’ by Paige Shannon<div class="wlWriterHeaderFooter" style="float:none; margin:0px; padding:4px 0px 4px 0px;"><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=http://the-dirty-lowdown.blogspot.com/2013/08/ep-review-13-by-paige-shannon.html" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; width:130px; height:80px"></iframe></div><p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-7zlvzST3oTc/Uf6HsN1ikQI/AAAAAAAAGV4/NHXuu5E7ls8/s1600-h/Folder3.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Folder" border="0" alt="Folder" align="left" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-tVS1-2sLTx0/Uf6HswD-lII/AAAAAAAAGWA/8YuRbh_oZiA/Folder_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="238" height="238"></a>I can’t help but remember back to the late ‘60s and early ‘70s when artists like Judy Collins, Laura Nyro, Carol King and especially Joni Mitchell brought a whole different look and set of songs to rock and pop music. Until that point in the ‘60s female artists were of the Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane) and Janis Joplin mode. They were about talent but they were also in your face. They were flash. Then came the singer-songwriters. They let their talent, and the song speak for them. They didn’t dress provocatively, they didn’t jump around the stage or molest the mic. Instead they sang a song from the heart and captured audiences through their art.</p> <p>When it was suggested I give <a href="http://paigeshannon.com/" target="_blank">Paige Shannon’s</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00D23KSL8/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00D23KSL8&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20" target="blank"><i>13 - EP</i></a><img style="border-bottom-style: none !important; margin: 0px; border-left-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important" border="0" alt="" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00D23KSL8" width="1" height="1"> a listen, and when I finally did, those marvelous singer/songwriters immediately came to mind. A time when substance won out over image. When songs were delivered with emotion. With heart and with soul. With an honesty that transcended mini skirts and whatever passes for glamour at the moment.</p> <p>It was also a music that ignored fads and that’s what impressed me about Paige Shannon who, by the way, lists Joni Mitchell among her favorite musicians, she’s young but her appeal has nothing to do with fads. She also lists among her interests Martin Guitars, Urban Outfitters, good poetry, and cats. </p> <p>The EP is Paige’s first professional recording and it opens with an original; “Memory Is The Enemy”. Right away you hear the range in her voice. Musically and emotionally. She harnesses both to deliver a signature tune whose poetic verses speak to her depth and future as a songwriter. The other songs on the EP are penned by Paige as well. She also plays twelve and six string guitar, a little uke and in one or two places the banjo. Besides that expressive voice, she has a future as a musician. The album is all that is lovable about the singer-songwriter era, but it is also thoroughly modern. On YouTube you can find her doing covers of Nina Nesbitt's "Noserings and Shoestrings", so besides that Joni Mitchell influence, she also has more modern muses hiding in her MP3 player. </p> <p>For a refreshing little bit of ear candy that has nothing to do with the MTV glamour shots and a whole lot to do with a talented songstress delivering honest and appealing music, pick this one up. And you’ll want to bookmark her web site and watch the news papers around L.A. where she lives and has already performed at Hard Rock and other venues to enthusiastic crowds. </p> <p><font color="#9e7c7c" size="5" face="Viner Hand ITC">The Dirty Lowdown</font></p> <p><b>Copyright © 2013 Robert Carraher All Rights Reserved</b> "First published on <a href="http://blogcritics.org/music-review-paige-shannon-13/">Blogcritics</a>." Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343193422030740142noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919558706980848092.post-91475956772432302552013-07-28T22:49:00.001-07:002013-07-28T22:49:39.498-07:00Book Review: ‘Easy Prey’ by Douglas Watkinson<div class="wlWriterHeaderFooter" style="float:none; margin:0px; padding:4px 0px 4px 0px;"><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=http://the-dirty-lowdown.blogspot.com/2013/07/book-review-easy-prey-by-douglas.html" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; width:130px; height:80px"></iframe></div><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-aqd1CaWRk_o/UfYCZa4lBmI/AAAAAAAAGUw/oF0LOXxXWKE/s1600-h/Easy-Prey7.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Easy Prey" border="0" alt="Easy Prey" align="left" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-pBE6vDkUxl4/UfYCaFaHNaI/AAAAAAAAGU4/qo01hpnTquY/Easy-Prey_thumb5.jpg?imgmax=800" width="217" height="330"></a> Before you get too comfortable or too far into this book review, grab something to write with and write on. Now write down, <a href="http://douglaswatkinson.com/" target="_blank">Douglas Watkinson</a> – Nathan Hawk Mysteries. You are not going to want to forget those names. <p>Douglas Watkinson has spent most of his adult life as a TV Screenwriter for British television. His fellow countrymen will recognize his work on shows such as <i>Heartbeat</i>, <i>Midsomer Murders</i>, <i>Kavanagh QC</i>, <i>Emmerdale Farm</i> and <i>Poirot</i> among others. A few years ago he turned his hand to prose. He pinned his first book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1780036426/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1780036426&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20" target="_blank"><i>Haggard Hawk</i></a><img style="border-bottom-style: none !important; margin: 0px; border-left-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important" border="0" alt="" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1780036426" width="1" height="1"> under the pseudonym Marcus Barr. “Don’t ask me why” he says. “I never got used to Marcus so I dumped him and went back to Douglas Watkinson for the second book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1780036086/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1780036086&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20" target="_blank"><i>Easy Prey (Nathan Hawk Mystery)</i></a><img style="border-bottom-style: none !important; margin: 0px; border-left-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important" border="0" alt="" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1780036086" width="1" height="1">.”</p> <blockquote> <h5 align="center">“I clicked my fingers and missed my catch. The glass fell to the floor and smashed. The place went quiet. Such is the power of oncoming violence that his customers knew something was brewing and it wasn't just the coffee. Roberto turned to appeal to the onlookers. None of them really wanted to help. None of them really wanted to be there anymore.”</h5></blockquote> <p>Watkinson’s Nathan Hawk is a recently and forcibly retired cop. He’s got anger management issues and a host of methods for dealing with them, but they won’t stay down on the farm no matter how hard he tries.The ex-head of a Murder Squad with impeccable credentials for hunting down and ferreting out killers – he solved 35 murders and brought the killers to justice during his career - , he survived a bad marriage, and his wife is now deceased. He’s got a heart to rent and has met a doctor in the village where he has retired to that may or may not be willing to take out a long term lease. He has a fathers worries about his children who have flown the nest. Theoretically. They are all mostly grown and scattered to the four winds, making their own way – in many worrisome ways – in the world. Mostly, he has too much time on his hand, time to worry about things that he’d rather ignore or let find their own way. He has thrown himself into rehabilitating his small country cottage and into gardening and into mastering his anger control issues in many conventional and eccentric ways, and to sending money to his children who find the damnedest ways to spend it. But, no matter how retired he is, no matter how often the local authorities tell him to stay away, murders keep popping up and he can’t help himself from becoming involved. <p>Teresa Stillman is the remarkably well adjusted daughter of a local barrister. She has found success as a landscape architect restoring old English gardens and in designing new and beautiful Japanese gardens. And she is having romantic thoughts for Tom Gibson, a helper she had first hired and then started falling for. Tom is a hard worker and seems to have found himself, in the quiet work of gardening. Teresa has never supplied her father with the worrisome things that all children put their parents through. Until now. </p> <p>Teresa goes missing, along with a £7000 deposit, after meeting a mysterious potential client. The police, who aren’t keen on pursuing the matter anyhow, run into nothing but dead ends. The local constable postulates that she has finally spread her wings and run off somewhere to sow her wild oats. They can find no evidence of a crime, and put the matter to rest. But her father, John Stillman can’t let her go that easy. After many years of devoting his time to rising to the top of his profession as a prosecuting barrister, and not paying attention to his only daughter, she sill seemed so devoted to him and such a ‘good girl’ he can’t believe that she would just run off and wants nothing to do with him. He knows in his heart that she is out there and just needs someone to find her and bring her home. </p> <p>He turns to Nathan Hawk, who at first turns down the job because his policeman’s experience tells him that Teresa must be dead and by finding her he would only be robbing John Stillman of his hope. Hawk is just back from a Los Angles vacation where all of his children were for once gathered in the same place. His daughter, Ellie – 19 going on 20 and with plenty of baggage to worry a father, most of it boy baggage – who Hawk expects is going to drop out of her expensive Parisian school, where she has lived alone for the past year, accompanies him home.</p> <p>He comes to suspect that Ellie is into drugs, though even his policemen's nose must admit he has no real evidence beyond the fact that she has ‘probably’ smoked pot and after she borrows £20 quid from him. Twice. Nevertheless, he goes snooping one night and comes to believe that she is into hard drugs, possibly even heroin. When Ellie finds out, a fight pursues and Ellie takes off and doesn’t come home that night. Hawk lets his mind wander down the most treacherous road of possibilities, some involving the scruffy Yank she had befriended on the plane home. Hawk is on the verge of calling the authorities and reporting her missing when she shows back up. This little scare, the real life worry and fear he has for his daughter makes him empathize with John Stillman and the hell he is going through with his missing daughter. Ellie was gone for 24 hours. Teresa Stillman ahs been missing for 3 months. He decides to search for Teresa, but on the understanding that he fully expects to only discover a dead body.</p> <p>He quickly discovers many clues that the local police never uncovered. First, Tom Gibson has a record from his youth for boosting cars, and did a little time. He also is living in a tent on a neglected field. Next, Teresa’s last client, who she designed the Japanese garden for, is a well respected art dealer, but on further investigation it turns out that he was sent to prison on a fraud charge by Teresa’s father, John, years earlier. But the search for the last client she was going to meet,Richard Crane, the night she disappears is a dead end. He apparently does not exist, and though Tom and the last client are not totally above board, they seem to have no real motive for murder. Hawk feels certain that Teresa is dead and that the illusive Richard Crane is, if not the culprit, then the key to finding her. </p> <p>One thing that bothers Hawk is a motive for doing harm to Teresa. The obvious is a revenge, but if it’s to be revenge, then why isn’t the killer gloating? And with no other missing young girls, the crime doesn’t feel like a serial killer. Just as Hawk has run out of leads to pursue, he is warned off the case by the local police and anonymous phone calls start to come in, one apparently from the illusive Richard Crane. Eventually Hawk comes to believe that Teresa may have been a mistake. She wasn’t the intended victim, but if that is the case, then who was and what is the motive? Eventually the investigation leads Hawk to the Scottish highland where he is in an apparent race to save the real target of this killer and in a chase reminiscent of John Buchanan’s <em>39 Steps, </em>Hawk is pitted against a determined killer and factions of the authorities that want him to quit looking and let nature take its course.</p> <p align="left"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-1ojbS7DRtSE/UfYCa-oqpSI/AAAAAAAAGVA/FfoUEqYDDfM/s1600-h/doug2.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="doug" border="0" alt="doug" align="left" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FgWauFdZ0A4/UfYCbQtTQAI/AAAAAAAAGVI/IPMR3JWEu84/doug_thumb.png?imgmax=800" width="216" height="296"></a>Watkinson has written a first-class mystery/revenge thriller with a beautifully paced plot that at once begs the reader to race down the path where the clues lead and to slow down and savor it for the warmth and beauty of the prose and the setting. It examines the realm of murder, crime, revenge and society in an almost languid fashion and with a laconic style that begs the reader to think, to get involved . Hawk is a loveable yet damaged man, he’s psychologically complex and wryly witty, yet hard as nails and deadly serious when he is on a killers trail. But at home, he’s a soft touch, where his children and those he cares for, and what he sees as justice, are are concerned. Hawk is the perfect blend of the British cozy and the hardboiled, dark detective. And there are just enough quirks in his personality to take him to realms that detectives just never acknowledge let a love visit.</p> <p align="left">Hawk is such a wonderfully drawn character that he moves to the head of the class to stand next to Ian Rankin’s John Rebus or any of the other great contemporary detectives to be found in British crime fiction. He doesn’t muscle aside these other great character so much as wander up to stand next to them, like he has been expected all along, but was running late, probably lingered too long over a glass of wine at the pub. Hawk is more approachable for the American reader, for, though he is thoroughly English, his voice is more international and the reader won’t get bogged down in trying to translate English to English. I know one thing. I won’t be missing the next novel by even a day of its release. Further, Watkins prose are smooth and powerful as a vintage Jaguar shifting through the gears and running up the revs. There are no stops and starts, there are no hesitations, just from opening to closing an engaging, finely told story that is wholly original yet pays homage to the classics of both literature and the genre.</p> <p align="left"> </p> <p><font color="#9e7c7c" size="5" face="Viner Hand ITC">The Dirty Lowdown</font></p>"First published on <a href="http://blogcritics.org/book-review-easy-prey-by-douglas-watkinson/">Blogcritics</a>." <p><b>Copyright © 2013 Robert Carraher All Rights Reserved</b> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343193422030740142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919558706980848092.post-25282567631355303602013-07-20T22:26:00.001-07:002013-07-20T22:26:38.114-07:00Book Review: “Hour Of The Rat” by Lisa Brackmann<div class="wlWriterHeaderFooter" style="float:none; margin:0px; padding:4px 0px 4px 0px;"><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=http://the-dirty-lowdown.blogspot.com/2013/07/book-review-hour-of-rat-by-lisa.html" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; width:130px; height:80px"></iframe></div><p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-eXSRZeo1DoM/UetxAtaUsYI/AAAAAAAAGUI/IgUJmlx5cLk/s1600-h/hour-of-the-rat2.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="hour of the rat" border="0" alt="hour of the rat" align="left" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-vHcy0SgfzbI/UetxBUeekVI/AAAAAAAAGUQ/WqNREY0HHW8/hour-of-the-rat_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="216" height="316"></a>Lisa Brackmann’s new novel, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616952342/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1616952342&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Hour of the Rat</i></a><img style="border-bottom-style: none !important; margin: 0px; border-left-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important" border="0" alt="" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1616952342" width="1" height="1"> promised to be a very good international crime thriller and it lives up to that billing very well. The second in what promises to be a very important series, bringing back Ellie Cooper from her electrifying debut, 2010’s <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ANYFMQ0/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00ANYFMQ0&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Rock Paper Tiger</i></a><img style="border-bottom-style: none !important; margin: 0px; border-left-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important" border="0" alt="" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00ANYFMQ0" width="1" height="1">, and what an encore performance it is.</p> <p>Ellie McEnroe is an Iraqi war vet, constantly reminded of the wound she suffered to her leg and haunted by her experiences in the war. Having followed her now ex-husband ,a one time army interrogator , Trey, to China she finds herself a drift. From her marriage, from her country and from “normal” people. Adding to her on-the-edge psyche is her mother, a born again Christian despite her serial bad relationships with seemingly every man she meets. Ellie is now, though thoroughly unqualified, working as an artists agent for her one time love interest Lao Zhang, whose work is viewed as subversive by the Chinese government. </p> <p align="left">Seeking a bit or release from her chaotic life she decides to do a favor for a fellow wounded Iraqi vet, Dog Turner. Dog’ brother, Jason is a politically active left winger whose politics seems more driven by his hormones than any idealism but he has gone missing in picturesque Yangshuo, a famous tourist destination. Before she can begin her quest to find Jason, Ellie is asked to “have tea”, a euphemism for come in for questioning, with a Pompadoured Chinese Bureaucrat who works for The Domestic Security Directorate. The DSD’s motto translates to something like “Leniency for those who confess. Severity for those who refuse” They are interested in Ellie’s relationship with Lao Zhang. Why he would employ an American who has no training in art to sell his paintings and if perhaps she holds this position of employment because she works for the American government. More importantly, Pompadour wants to talk with Lao Zhang. Ellie has a clandestine way to contact Lao, through a secret and massive interactive online game that is more a place for dissidents to meet and exchange intelligence than an actual game. Ellie explains that she doesn’t speak with Lao often, and only then by email. This doesn’t satisfy the DSD but they choose to watch her instead of throw her in jail.</p> <p align="left">Finally free to travel in search of the illusive Jason, Ellie finds her mother has insinuated herself into the trip, so when Ellie adjusts her mind, stocks her supply of pain killers, and accepts the journey as a sort of mother-daughter get away, she is less than pleased to find out her mother is bringing along her latest flame, “that nice Mr. Zhou next door”. But where Ellie held out little hope of locating Jason, when she peruses the few leads that Dog could give her, she finds herself pulled into a world where the DSD is following her, her ex-husband and his new love, “that bitch, Lily Ping.”keep showing up in the out of the way places she travels to, and she keeps getting emails and phone calls from a secretive Chinese billionaire art collector bent on acquiring Lao Zhangs work even though Ellie has received instructions to take his work off the market. </p> <p align="left">Ellie’s Percocet and beer fueled search for Jason leads her through back alleys for secretive meetings, dumpling shops, the art world and virtual reality eventually taking her to some of China’s most beautiful a surreal landscapes. Ellie’s search uncovers a very secretive and dangerous biotech company that might just be involved in genetically altering food crops. Pitted against this conglomerate are people that know or knew Jason and are involved in eco-terrorism. The many characters she meets are entertaining and through them the many facets of the country that is China are revealed. We meet shop girls, factory workers Uigar dissidents, and the quirky people that populate the Chinese art world…and don’t forget the cats.. She’ll make you feel like you are walking the densely populated streets, eating in the small shops and trying to find cold beer.</p> <p align="left">If Brackmann had stopped there, we would have one of the best thrillers of the year. She manages to weave so many topical subjects and culturally revealing snap shots of the real China into the story, and never lets the detail bog it down. The many quirky characters are brought to life on the page with a realism that few writers can obtain. The sense of place, both in the fantastical locales and in the dirty mean streets , the subversive online game -which is more virtual reality hangout than game -, and the Chinese art world make the reader feel like they have been here before. The egotistic and threatening government officials feel like government functionaries the world over. And Ellie herself, a strong women, yet vulnerable. Flawed yet moral and with a sense of loyalty, is a character the reader will fall in love with, like that slightly wild younger sibling. And without preaching, she brings to the readers mind the damage our recent wars can do to the people that fight them and the sense of alienation they are often left with. In short, Brackmann has used all the writers tools effortlessly and flawlessly. She has told a story that both entertains and educates, and the plot, with its many facets, its many characters is still easy to follow and get hooked on. But she doesn’t stop there.</p> <p align="left">Since the days of Raymond Chandler and on the pages where he invented the hardboiled world of Philip Marlowe and the dark and seedy characters on both sides of the law that he encountered, the noir/hardboiled/detective story has always been dialog-centric. Whether that dialog has been snappy repartee between characters or the inner dialog as the protagonist struggles with their own morals or the pieces of a puzzle. Chandler was fond of saying that he only captured the language of the common man. Most critic think he took that hard bitten and cynical prose of the street and made it poetry. Regardless, the hardboiled dialog, both darkly humorous and threateningly dangerous has become the trademark of the genre. </p> <p align="left">Many authors have tried to capture it, reinvent it as their own and parodied it to where it became more caricature than character. Most modern and hugely successful authors that write in the spirit of Chandler for the past twenty or thirty years avoid it; Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch, Lawrence Block’s Matthew Scudder, Walter Mosley's EZ Rawlins weren’t smart mouthed, quick with a line characters, their street wise style was displayed through their inner dialogue and the dark side of their own personas. James Ellroy developed a style and a language that was a mix of police vernacular and jazz-drug patios that is uniquely his own, but doesn’t even pay homage to the ghost of Philip Marlowe. But nobody has updated it. Taken those Chandleresque phrases and brought them into the twenty-first century with any success. Until now.</p> <p align="left">What those who ended up with parodies of Philip Marlowe and Sam Spade forgot was Chandler’s dialog was the real speech of the man on the street. The common man.What Brackmann has done with the dialog in <em>Hour Of The Rat </em>and <em>Rock, Paper, Tiger</em> before it is to take the modern language of the common man – or woman in this case, and make of it a modern, twenty-first century hardboiled dialog. When Ellie is being questioned by the authorities her answers are both sass and jive. But they aren’t lifted from some 1940s “B” movie They are, however, the responses a modern, hard bitten woman such as Iraqi war vet Ellie might respond with. When she runs up against tough street thugs or reluctant witnesses the dialog is both in your face and street slang. In short, Brackmann has topped off a perfect, darkly humorous, hip novel and gone one better by writing dialog that is Chandleresque yet thug modern. She has set the bar high for anyone wishing to write at the top of their game in the noir genre. </p> <p align="left">When Ellie is showing Jason’s photo around to doormen at night clubs and a guy hits on her and invites her for a drink later on. ‘ “Maybe,” I say, and smile back, because he helped me and he’s sort of cute, in a slouchy, borderline-delinquent kind of way.’ It could be Chandler writing in <em>The High Window, “</em>A check girl in peach-bloom Chinese pajamas came over to take my hat and disapprove of my clothes. She had eyes like strange sins<em>.”</em> </p> <p align="left">When Ellie reflects on her loss of faith and thinks, “When people talk about how your faith gets tested, they always say that trials make your faith stronger. What they don’t say is that sometimes faith just dissolves like desert sand between your fingers.” I am reminded of a scene from <em>The Little Sister </em>where Marlowe “…" put the duster away folded with the dust in it, leaned back and just sat, not smoking, not even thinking. I was a blank man. I had no face, no meaning, no personality, hardly a name. I didn't want to eat. I didn't even want a drink. I was the page from yesterday's calendar crumpled at the bottom of the waste basket." </p> <p align="left">It’s a realism that mirrors life. Yet the book is full of wry humor, just like life. It’s introspective in places, and wildly entertaining in others. Just like life. Brackmann has pulled off a wonderful piece of work that will be quoted, cited and reread for all of its nuances for a long time to come.</p> <p><a href="http://www.lisabrackmann.com/" target="_blank"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Lisa Brackmann" border="0" alt="Lisa Brackmann" align="right" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-8NO933EObv8/UetxCC5_zFI/AAAAAAAAGUY/f-IyjIpHekI/Lisa-Brackmann2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="205" height="300">Lisa Brackmann</a> has worked as an executive in the Hollywood film industry, been politically active in a presidential election and been a singer/songwriter/bass player with an L.A. Rock Band. She has spent considerable time in China, where she experienced first hand all the different faces of modern China and uses those experiences to paint the background of her novels. Her debut novel, <em>Rock, Paper, Tiger</em> made several “Best of 2010″ lists, including Amazon’s Top 100 Novels and Top 10 Mystery/Thrillers, and was nominated for the Strand Magazine Critics Award for Best First Novel. Her second novel, <em>Getaway</em>, won the Los Angeles Book Festival Grand Prize and was nominated for the T. Jefferson Parker SCIBA award. </p> <p><font color="#9e7c7c" size="5" face="Viner Hand ITC">The Dirty Lowdown</font></p> <p><b>Copyright © 2013 Robert Carraher All Rights Reserved</b> <p> "First published on <a href="http://blogcritics.org/book-review-hour-of-the-rat-by-lisa-brackmann/">Blogcritics</a>." <p><strong></strong> <ul> <li><b>Hardcover:</b> 371 pages <b>Publisher:</b> <a href="http://www.sohopress.com/soho-crime/" target="_blank">Soho Crime</a>; First Edition edition (June 18, 2013) <b>Language:</b> English <li><b>ISBN-10:</b> 1616952342 <b>ISBN-13:</b> 978-1616952341 </li></ul> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343193422030740142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919558706980848092.post-10926529182719149452013-07-13T21:38:00.000-07:002013-07-14T10:21:07.338-07:00Book News: On Tour With Tim Hallinan~ Seattle Bound<div class="wlWriterHeaderFooter" style="float:none; margin:0px; padding:4px 0px 4px 0px;"><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=http://the-dirty-lowdown.blogspot.com/2013/07/book-news-on-tour-with-tim-hallinan.html" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; width:130px; height:80px"></iframe></div><h4 align="left">Edgar Nominee Tim Hallinan, Whose Junior Bender Novels Were Just Optioned To Lionsgate (the creators of <em>MadMen</em>, <em>Anger Management</em>, and the Emmy Award Winning <em>Weeds</em> plus the blockbuster <em>The Hunger Games</em> franchise, the Bruce Willis vehicle <em>RED2 </em>and the chilling genre film <em>You’re Next)</em> Will Be Signing <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616952806/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1616952806&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>The Fame Thief (Junior Bender #3)</i></a><img style="border-top-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; margin: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1616952806" width="1" height="1"> at <a href="http://www.seattlemystery.com/event/timothy-hallinan-signs-fame-thief" target="_blank">Seattle Mystery Bookshop</a>, at 12pm Tuesday July 16. Don’t Miss It!</h4> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-r9yXm_4KQmE/UeLd73gJFtI/AAAAAAAAGSY/T-xrutwzDnI/s1600-h/Tim%252520Hallinan%25255B12%25255D.jpg"><img title="Tim Hallinan" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 10px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Tim Hallinan" align="left" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-7r-oD_hWctU/UeLd88GAO5I/AAAAAAAAGSg/3LtBFoVOPSQ/Tim%252520Hallinan_thumb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="236" height="325"></a></p> <p>I first met 2011 Edgar Nominee <a href="http://www.timothyhallinan.com/index.html" target="_blank">Tim Hallinan</a> through friends from southern California, on Facebook, three or four years ago. I was in the process of reinventing myself as a writer after my nearly 40 year career in technology came crashing to the ground with the aid of an auto immune disease that was slowly taking my eye sight and wearing at my body. I was buying books at the Dollar Store to read and review. Funds were low. Tim was going through changes of his own at the time, but of course I didn’t know this. After around ten critically received novels that only sold moderately he had an idea for a new series of stories. “I started to hear the voice that led me into to the Junior Bender series while I was writing <em>Breathing Water</em>, the third Poke Rafferty novel. I let it tell me a short story about a crook and his hamster and then shut it out until I'd finished <em>Breathing Water</em>. Then I sat down and wore my fingers out for six weeks, and when I got up, I had written <em>Crashed</em>.” Tim says. The problem was his publisher didn’t like the story and showed even less interest in a potential series. </p> <p>So he fulfilled his contract with that publisher and decided to self publish, in eBook only, what would turn into <em>The Junior Bender</em> series. But self publishing is a difficult path to follow to success. Especially for an author who is used to a traditional publisher doing all the grunt work; Getting the book into stores. Promoting the book through press releases, book tours and more importantly getting it read and reviewed by print and online reviewers. This is where I come in. It turns out that Tim was friends with the same crowd who had befriended me back in the 1980s in the Antelope Valley, north of Los Angles. These friends were aware of my struggle to reinvent myself as a writer of book reviews and they also had the skinny on Tim’s foray into self publishing. It was only natural that they would suggest we get together. <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-cimesmzBbOc/UeLd9dJqe2I/AAAAAAAAGSo/y8uXKjVL6dw/s1600-h/Bender%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="Bender" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 10px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Bender" align="right" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-cbaDq_lD7v4/UeLd-N592SI/AAAAAAAAGSw/xa4ueHXP3Fk/Bender_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="303" height="230"></a>After a short email conversation, Tim sent me <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616952792/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1616952792&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Little Elvises</i></a><img style="border-top-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; margin: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1616952792" width="1" height="1">, the second book in the series. I found the book hilarious, extremely well written and what was almost more impressive at the time, beautifully laid out, professionally edited and professionally presented which wasn’t always the case in 2011 when the eBook phenomenon was just getting launched. I <a href="http://the-dirty-lowdown.blogspot.com/2011/09/book-review-little-elvises-by-timothy.html" target="_blank">wrote a review</a> in which I compared the book to Johnathan Latimer’s William Crane and called it cynically funny as Donald Westlake’s John Dortmunder stories. Apparently a lot of other book reviewers found Junior Bender equally praise worthy. The <em>Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel </em>said, “Think of him as a detective for delinquents, a fixer for felons.” New York Times Best Selling author, Julia Spencer-Fleming said, “If Carl Hiaasen and Donald Westlake had a literary love child he would be Timothy Hallinan.”</p> <p>It was about this time, and powered by such rave reviews, that <a href="http://www.sohopress.com/book-search/?title_subtitle_auth_isbn=Timothy%20Hallinan" target="_blank">Soho Press</a> came on the scene. They not only loved the Junior Bender books, but they picked up on Tim’s latest entry into the Poke Rafferty series, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616952555/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1616952555&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>The Fear Artist (Poke Rafferty)</i></a><img style="border-top-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; margin: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1616952555" width="1" height="1">. <em>The Fear Artist </em>is Tim at the height of his craft. It is noir perfected. The book crosses over from a first class international thriller in to the realms of literature. I was lucky enough to get to <a href="http://the-dirty-lowdown.blogspot.com/2012/08/book-review-fear-artist-by-timothy.html" target="_blank">write a review</a> for the book last August and I had to agree with Ken Bruen (who would dare disagree with the Irish master of noir fiction?) who said, "John Burdett writes about Bangkok. Tim Hallinan is Bangkok.” </p> <p>For the release of <em>The Fame Thief,</em> Tim’ publisher, <a href="http://www.sohopress.com/book-search/?title_subtitle_auth_isbn=Timothy%20Hallinan" target="_blank">Soho Crime</a> pulled out all the stops. Advertising in major media markets, radio spots, advance review copies were made available and they have sent him on a national tour. But what’s more, it can now be revealed that his wonderful series that was turned down by a major publisher not only has received the support of Soho, his fans new and old, and book shops across the country but <a href="http://www.lionsgate.com/" target="_blank">Lionsgate</a>, the creator of some of the best shows on TV – <em>Madmen, Anger Management</em>, and the Emmy Award Winning <em>Weeds </em>not to mention the company that brought you the worldwide blockbuster <em>The Hunger Games</em> franchise, the Bruce Willis vehicle <em>RED2 </em>and the chilling genre film like <em>You’re Next </em>has bought the film and television rights to the Junior Bender series. </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-LNyNnK3IPtM/UeLd-rWnBhI/AAAAAAAAGS4/kwewyGX7QV4/s1600-h/fearartist-250x377%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img title="fearartist-250x377" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 10px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="fearartist-250x377" align="left" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-viAFv0fF7fs/UeLd_WqSnII/AAAAAAAAGTA/IDCXhVd034g/fearartist-250x377_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="236" height="346"></a>Taking a short break on his nation-wide tour promoting <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616952806/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1616952806&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>The Fame Thief (Junior Bender #3)</i></a><img style="border-top-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; margin: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1616952806" width="1" height="1"> Tim will be stopping in Portland, Oregon on Monday but there are no book events planned here. His plane lands at PDX at 1:30 and he is grabbing a cab to the Vancouver VA Medical Center, where I have been recovering from cancer surgery. From there we’ll jump back in the cab and find a quiet local eatery to finally meet in person and let me pick his brain about Junior Bender and his future escapades as well as the sixth Poke Rafferty novel which is in rewrite status I am told. After our lunch, Tim will drop me back off at the hospital and jump an early evening flight to Seattle. On Tuesday Tim will be signing <em>The Fame Thief </em>at Seattle’s premier mystery book store, appropriately called, <a href="http://www.seattlemystery.com/event/timothy-hallinan-signs-fame-thief" target="_blank">Seattle Mystery Bookshop</a>, at 12pm. The store is located at 117 Cherry St. in Seattle, WA call (206) 587-5737 for further details or just show up and met this exciting author. His recent success is not due to being an overnight sensation but through hard work, deft craftsmen ship, the support of a great publisher and that quick witted, smart mouthed oddball, Junior Bender who is one of the most refreshing characters to steal into the pages of a book in a very long time. On Thursday, July 18th, Tim will be in Houston, TX for a discussion with Julia Heaberlin at Murder by the Book (6:30pm, 2342 Bissonnet St., Houston, TX 77005 (713) 524-8597) and then he’ll be heading north to Austin, TX to Noir at the Bar Austin and on Saturday, July 20 he’ll be appearing with with Marcia Clark & Josh Stallings, presented by MysteryPeople, Opal Divine's Penn Field at 7pm the address is 3601 S. Congress Ave. Austin, TX 73301 (512) 707-0237. </p> <p>Then he finally gets to head home to L.A., but not before a quick stop on Saturday July 27, 2pm at Book ‘Em 1118 Mission St.South Pasadena, CA 91030 (626) 799-9600. If you miss any of the appearances then be sure to pick up the book or better yet all three books in the series. Junior Bender is bound to be the topic of conversation amongst book lovers and crime fiction fans for a long, long time.</p> <p><br> </p><b></b> <p><font color="#9e7c7c" size="5" face="Viner Hand ITC">The Dirty Lowdown</font> </p>"First published on <a href="http://blogcritics.org/on-tour-with-tim-hallinan-20-years-to-become-an-over-night-sensation/">Blogcritics</a>." <p><b>Copyright © 2013 Robert Carraher All Rights Reserved</b> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343193422030740142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919558706980848092.post-5660951536939816802013-07-04T13:36:00.001-07:002013-07-04T13:36:52.752-07:00Book Review: “The Holy or the Broken - Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley & the Unlikely Ascent of ‘Hallelujah’ “ By Alan Light<div class="wlWriterHeaderFooter" style="float:none; margin:0px; padding:4px 0px 4px 0px;"><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=http://the-dirty-lowdown.blogspot.com/2013/07/book-review-holy-or-broken-leonard.html" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; width:130px; height:80px"></iframe></div> <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-WFxfNIP0lc4/UdXczhrybxI/AAAAAAAAGOQ/CAB37ZG-aBY/s1600-h/holyorbroken4.jpg"><img title="holyorbroken" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 10px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="holyorbroken" align="left" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-rf3SRz_9s8c/UdXc0XmvZ3I/AAAAAAAAGOY/ruAyeMbXfKU/holyorbroken_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="216" height="328"></a> <p>Frank Zappa said that writing about music is like dancing about architecture. To an extent that is a very true statement. Taking a piece of art that was expressed in one medium and trying to explain; examine it in another medium can be a daunting task. But in the hands of a knowledgeable and dedicated craftsman such as Alan Light it expands on the beauty of the subject piece. Alan Light is one of the foremost music journalists working today and has written a fascinating account of the making, remaking and unlikely popularization of one of the most played and recorded songs in recorded history. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1451657846/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1451657846&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><em>The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of "Hallelujah"</em></a><em><img style="border-top-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; margin: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1451657846" width="1" height="1"> </em> takes an in-depth look at the song and attempts to define its universal appeal. Today, it is one of the most covered rock songs in history, covered by literally hundreds of artists including U2, Bon Jovi, Justin Timberlake, Celine Dion, and Willie Nelson to name just a few. The song has been sung by numerous American Idol contestants, opera stars and punk bands. Decades after its creation it climbed into the Top Ten throughout Europe and Scandinavia. In 2008, different versions simultaneously held the number one and two positions on the UK Singles Chart, with Cohen’s original climbing into the Top 40 at the same time. Light focuses on, perhaps, the three most iconic interpretations of the song, Jeff Buckley, Rufus Wainwright and Leonard Cohen’s original delivery while at the same time, through interviews and discussions, examining the interpretations of the many other artists who have covered the song. From Bob Dylan to Bono and with input from other non-musical artists such as Salman Rushdie. </p> <p>To get an idea of how many people have performed and listened to this song, you simply need go to YouTube. When you count up the number of times the song has been watched on the site by the various artists and in its numerous interpretations you’ll find that the total is well into the hundreds of millions.Yet, when Cohen presented his record company with the album, <em>Various Positions</em> in 1984, which included the song “Hallelujah” they turned the album down. What’s more they hated the song. In fact the record company thought so little of the song that it didn’t even make Leonard Cohen’s <em>Greatest Hits.</em> This song, which tortured Cohen for years in the writing, seemingly written to be forgotten some how broke through the judgment of the ‘suits’ to become one of the most recorded songs in music history. Alan Light delves into this Phoenix like rise from obscurity and explores the universal appeal of the song. The way it touches millions of listeners and how it was interpreted by so many important artists. Not all of them musicians. <p>Leonard Cohen, the singer-song writer, poet and novelist, is one of the most enigmatic and fascinating personages of the late ‘60s. Never having the goal of being a pop music super star, he has somehow retained an audience across four decades of music-making. With the exception of Bob Dylan and maybe Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen , in terms of influence, still captures the attention of critics and younger musicians more firmly than any other musical figure from the 1960s who is still working. </p> <div id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:ba8e8c36-6c9f-4d6d-81c3-8f28efa76730" class="wlWriterSmartContent" style="float: right; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px; padding-left: 10px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 10px"><div id="94e5a560-9cae-4bcf-a2e0-d877ab8a852d" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3Fkuq5Lf0Q" target="_new"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-dJjuYfYx03k/UdXc1FSe8VI/AAAAAAAAGPA/3jZuKtO9qMo/video9fd17badccc4%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('94e5a560-9cae-4bcf-a2e0-d877ab8a852d'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/a3Fkuq5Lf0Q?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/a3Fkuq5Lf0Q?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:420px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">“Halleujah” Original Studio Version</div></div> <p>Among the accolades this reclusive troubadour has garnered over the years are to win the Canadian Juno Award, Cohen has been inducted into the American <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a> and both the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Music_Hall_of_Fame">Canadian Music Hall of Fame</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Songwriters_Hall_of_Fame">Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame</a>. He is also a Companion of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Canada">Order of Canada</a>, the nation's highest civilian honor. In 2011 Cohen received a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_Asturias_Award">Prince of Asturias Award</a> for literature. </p> <blockquote> <p><em>He was rowed down from the north in a leather skiff manned by a crew of trolls. His fur cape was caked with candle wax, his brow stained blue by wine - though the latter was seldom noticed due to the fox mask he wore at-all times. A quill in his teeth, a solitary teardrop a-squirm in his palm, he was the young poet prince of Montreal, handsome, immaculate, searching for sturdier doors to nail his poignant verses on.</em></p></blockquote> <p>Cohen published his first poems in 1954 after a stellar scholastic career. His first published book of poetry, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061173754/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0061173754&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Let Us Compare Mythologies</i></a><img style="border-top-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; margin: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0061173754" width="1" height="1"> was published in 1956. That was followed by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008XM6R3Q/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B008XM6R3Q&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>The Spice-Box Of Earth</i></a><img style="border-top-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; margin: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B008XM6R3Q" width="1" height="1"> in 1961. Cohen continued to write poetry and fiction throughout much of the 1960s and preferred to live in quasi-reclusive circumstances after he bought a house on Hydra, a Greek island in the Saronic Gulf. </p> <blockquote> <p><em>In Manhattan, grit drifted into his ink bottle. In Vienna, his spice box exploded. On the Greek island of Hydra, Orpheus came to him at dawn astride a transparent donkey and restrung his cheap guitar. From that moment on, he shamelessly and willingly exposed himself to the contagion of music. To the secretly religious curiosity of the traveler was added the openly foolhardy dignity of the troubadour. By the time he returned to America, songs were working in him like bees in an attic. Connoisseurs developed cravings for his nocturnal honey, despite the fact that hearts were occasionally stung. – Tom Robbins introduction speech for Leonard Cohen at The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame </em></p></blockquote> <div id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:f3990e36-387a-48f7-bce1-7579e41766a5" class="wlWriterSmartContent" style="float: left; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px; padding-left: 10px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 10px"><div id="2baf4138-6348-468a-84e2-5e2a270e06d7" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIF4_Sm-rgQ" target="_new"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-brgIN56w_Zw/UdXc1g0gRHI/AAAAAAAAGPI/bSNKsh-0Xyg/videoa652a98aa89d%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('2baf4138-6348-468a-84e2-5e2a270e06d7'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/WIF4_Sm-rgQ?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/WIF4_Sm-rgQ?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:420px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">“Hallelujah” Jeff Buckley</div></div>By 1967, disappointed with his lack of financial success as a writer, Cohen moved to the United States and pursued a career as a folk music singer-songwriter. During the 1960s, he hung out on the fringe of Andy Warhol's "Factory" crowd. His song "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_(Leonard_Cohen_song)">Suzanne</a>" became a hit for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Collins">Judy Collins</a> and was for many years his most covered song. After performing at a few folk festivals, he came to the attention of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Records">Columbia Records</a> representative <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_H._Hammond">John H. Hammond</a> who signed Cohen to a record deal. <p>Between 1967 and 1984 Columbia was to release some half dozen Leonard Cohen albums, most to outstanding critical acclaim, if not financial success. His music astounded the luminaries of the day and crossed generations from Bob Dylan to Kurt Cobain who once sang “Give me a Leonard Cohen afterworld / so I can sigh eternally,” in tribute to the only songwriter , many believe, who belongs in a class with Bob Dylan. <p>Yet for nearly ten years after the release of the album, and the song, it gained limited exposure with a few scattered covers versions filling up albums for a disparate list of artists. Then in 1994 Jeff Buckley performed the song on his album <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00136JPB0/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00136JPB0&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Grace</i></a><img style="border-top-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; margin: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00136JPB0" width="1" height="1">. The album served as a pivot point for the song’s popularity. But even that presentation took a number of years to catch on with the listening public. </p> <p>Only then did the songs universal appeal become clear to artists and the public. And everybody had their own idea of what the song meant. </p> <p>On the surface the song touches on the biblical stories of David and Samson, however the song is far from a pious hymn </p> <div id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:e3a68e5f-df7a-4b95-9550-9c18b5e4e81d" class="wlWriterSmartContent" style="float: right; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px"><div><object width="420" height="315"><param name="movie" value="//www.youtube.com/v/PBo-n_17XU0?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="//www.youtube.com/v/PBo-n_17XU0?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></div></div>offering such charged language as “I remember when I moved in you/ and the holy dove was moving too.” Yet, the single word chorus brings the focus back to the hymnlike chant of “hallelujah,” to contrast with the romantic. As Light says in the forward to the book, “..(it) raises an eternal pop music dilemma: are people really paying attention to all the words, and does it matter.” <p>Perhaps Salman Rushdie, no stranger to the near mythical power of words to transcend their dictionary meaning, said it best: (it’s) joyous and despondent, a celebration and a lament, a juxtaposition of dark Old Testament imagery with an irresistibly uplifting chorus, “Hallelujah” is an open-ended meditation on love and faith.” </p> <p>Singer songwriter Brandi Carlile refers to the song as “the greatest song ever written,” and goes on to say that it provided her with the key to reconcile her Christian Faith and her homosexuality. “To me, it really outlines how people tend to misconstrue religion versus faith, she said. “I felt that this song was, in a real pure, realistic way, describing what ‘hallelujah’ actually is. ‘it’s not a cry that you hear at night/ It’s not somebody that’s seen the light’ – ‘hallelujah is not something that you shout out on Sunday in a happy voice; it’s something that happens in a way that’s cold and broken and lonely.” </p> <p>Bon Jovi siad, “it’s got sexuality in the song right away, the chorus is like the climax the rest is foreplay.” But for Rabi Ruth Gan Kagan, who includes the song in the Yom Kippur service at the Nava Tehila congregation in Jerusalem, “it’s a hymn of the heretic, a <em>piyut </em>[liturgical poem] of a modern, doubtful person<em>.”</em> Justin Timberlake described the song to Light this way," “For some, it’s this ability of “Hallelujah” to contain multitudes, to embrace contradictions, that gives it such power.”</p> <p>And it is that power that Light explores in detail throughout the book. He examines not only how the song was seemingly resurrected from a spurned album, what it means to so many artists, themselves not unfamiliar with the power of song. He charts it’s performance history, which surely lent to the songs acceptance and it’s ability to appeal not only to a wide variety of musicians in and endless list of genre, but it’s ability to touch so many different audiences among the listening public.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ANFjv2-ym-M/UdXc2A0nSrI/AAAAAAAAGOw/h3J6r9MnCL0/s1600-h/AlanLight01_sm3.jpg"><img title="AlanLight01_sm" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 10px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="AlanLight01_sm" align="left" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-TgNK5YKLl4Y/UdXc2_QYmtI/AAAAAAAAGO4/a3C4tEzwVQI/AlanLight01_sm_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="216" height="324"></a>Light has an ability to look at this song from so many different perspectives and this book doesn’t leave any of those fascets unexplored. Yet, it’s not so steeped in musical terms, literary examination, nor irreverent or whimsical interviews with various artists that it loses the readers interest. Indeed, the readers will find themselves reading and wanting to listen to the song at the same time. You’ll have YouTube open, bios of the various artists, references to Light’s other work, and lyric’s on display in a webpage. Light will suck you into his thesis on this song which has been called <em>I Ching </em>of songwriting. Yet you don’t have to be a musicologist to follow along. Cohen himself said the song represents absolute surrender in a situation you cannot fix or dominate, that sometimes it means saying, “I don’t fucking know what’s going on, but it can still be beautiful.” That was the power Jeff Buckley’s version, had over a nation after the events of 9/11 when it was applied as a balm to grieving nation and again when it was a point of national pride when it served as the opening statement a the Olympic ceremonies of the 2010 games in Vancouver, Canada.</p> <p>Cohens lyrics have always had a strikingly evocative and literary appeal. There is something of the French <em>chansonnier</em> in his style. Yet something that plays around with cabaret. The brooding, dark imagery, but with a knowing and humorous smile. All of that comes together in “Hallelujah” and Light, calling on his time as a fact checker with <em>Rolling Stone </em>in the late ‘80s used all that knowledge, all that experience in pulling this book together, yet the reader isn’t left feeling like it is an exhaustive book, but a labor of love.</p> <p> </p> <p><em></em> </p> <p><em></em></p> <p><font color="#9e7c7c" size="5" face="Viner Hand ITC">The Dirty Lowdown</font></p> <p><b>Copyright © 2013 Robert Carraher All Rights Reserved</b> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343193422030740142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919558706980848092.post-54371071182300316922013-06-20T23:54:00.001-07:002013-06-20T23:54:46.985-07:00Lisa Brackmann Signs “HOUR OF THE RAT” + Timothy Hallinan Discusses “The Fear Artist”<div class="wlWriterHeaderFooter" style="float:none; margin:0px; padding:4px 0px 4px 0px;"><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=http://the-dirty-lowdown.blogspot.com/2013/06/lisa-brackmann-signs-hour-of-rat.html" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; width:130px; height:80px"></iframe></div><h4><b><u>Saturday, June 22<sup>nd </sup>2:00 pm at Mysterious Galaxy and , 6:00 p.m. – </u></b><b><u>Lisa Brackmann</u></b><b><u> </u></b><b><u>& Timothy Hallinan at Mystery Ink </u></b></h4> <h4> <a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-51YV69Na0SM/UcP4owhwREI/AAAAAAAAGMM/xizmtSbfwkI/s1600-h/Lisa%252520Brackmann%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lisa Brackmann" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 10px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Lisa Brackmann" align="left" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-9YAYXACHovM/UcP4pZd1WEI/AAAAAAAAGMU/eQebrYyJ8iY/Lisa%252520Brackmann_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="133" height="194"></a>Mysterious Galaxy<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Tl723kpLrqc/UcP4p2FaBpI/AAAAAAAAGMc/3R-KwV_Q9zI/s1600-h/tim-writing%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="tim-writing" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 10px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="tim-writing" align="right" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-mcr4uOtpUjw/UcP4qTKtrdI/AAAAAAAAGMk/P6iS1nQBCW0/tim-writing_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="135" height="190"></a></h4> <p align="center">7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. #302, </p> <p align="center">San Diego, California </p> <p align="center">+</p> <h6 align="center"><font size="3">Mystery Ink Bookstore</font></h6> <h6 align="center"><b> <font size="3">8907 Warner Ave. #135<br> Huntington Beach, CA 92647<br> (714) 960-4000</font></b><i><i></i></i></h6> <h6><font size="3">Join us for wine and cheese with Lisa Brackmann (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616952342/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1616952342&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Hour of the Rat</i></a><img style="border-top-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; margin: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1616952342" width="1" height="1"> ) & Timothy Hallinan (THE FEAR ARTIST, LITTLE ELVISES AND CRASHED)</font></h6> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-AMf3QdPNpa0/UcP4rLKSO7I/AAAAAAAAGMs/o-2EZx_rHQg/s1600-h/Lisa%252520B%252520Books%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lisa B Books" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 10px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Lisa B Books" align="left" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Dn-YTtCE-K4/UcP4rvUUncI/AAAAAAAAGM0/DxoPGVlPM8E/Lisa%252520B%252520Books_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="201" height="201"></a>Lisa Brackman’s new novel, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616952342/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1616952342&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Hour of the Rat</i></a><img style="border-top-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; margin: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1616952342" width="1" height="1"> is bound to make a lot of waves in the mystery field. It is a marvelous modernization on the hardboiled genre and you’ll be able to read my full review. I was hooked when I read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616952407/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1616952407&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Getaway</i></a><img style="border-top-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; margin: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1616952407" width="1" height="1"> last June and gave it a <a href="http://the-dirty-lowdown.blogspot.com/2012/06/book-review-getaway-by-lisa-brackmann.html" target="_blank">Five Star review</a> where I praised her for telling the story in gritty prose, using all the black keys to set a noirish mood across the bright, sunny beaches of Vallarta.</p> <p>In Brackmann’s , <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616952342/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1616952342&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Hour of the Rat</i></a><img style="border-top-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; margin: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1616952342" width="1" height="1">, she revisits Iraq War vet Ellie McEnroe, from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005X4J2UC/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B005X4J2UC&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Rock Paper Tiger</i></a><img style="border-top-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; margin: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B005X4J2UC" width="1" height="1"> who now has a pretty good life in Beijing, representing the work of controversial dissident Chinese artist Zhang Jianli, even though Zhang’s mysterious disappearance has her in the sights of the Chinese authorities. Then an old Army buddy’s brother disappears and Ellie agrees to try to find him. At worst, she figures she’ll have a few days of fun, but Ellie soon realizes that she’s stumbled into a dangerous conspiracy that may or may not involve a sinister biotech company, eco-terrorists, and an art-obsessed Chinese billionaire - one that will take her on a wild chase through some of China’s most beautiful places. <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-yw41kvIvtEA/UcP4sBI2uYI/AAAAAAAAGM8/yc5lLNk5gbo/s1600-h/fearartist-250x377%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="fearartist-250x377" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: right; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 10px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="fearartist-250x377" align="right" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-OWazVmyJcko/UcP4si13GYI/AAAAAAAAGNE/ZjhmNdqBN_c/fearartist-250x377_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="166" height="250"></a> <p>Timothy Hallinan will be discussing and signing his fifth Poke Rafferty thriller novel, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616952555/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1616952555&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>The Fear Artist (Poke Rafferty)</i></a><img style="border-top-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; margin: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1616952555" width="1" height="1"> , (starred reviews from three different publishing trades). I reviewed <br>the book back <a href="http://the-dirty-lowdown.blogspot.com/2012/08/book-review-fear-artist-by-timothy.html" target="_blank">last August</a> and was absolutely blown away. Tim has taken the thriller into the realm of literature. Here’s what I had to say back then; “Hallinan not only writes a relentless-as-the-rain paced thriller, sprinkled with an off beat, cynical humor, but the poignant emotional sides of the characters and the intelligent and beautiful plot and story telling soak the reader’s heart to the skin.”</p> <p> Now married to the former “queen” of the Patpong bars, Rose, with whom he's adopted a daughter off the sidewalks, Miaow, Rafferty has found family life quite an adventure after moving to Bangkok. But after an accidental collision with a man who dies in his arms, he is on the run from the police and secret service who want to know what the man said to him before he died. It soon becomes apparent that he's been caught on the margins of the war on terror, and that his opponent is a virtuoso artist whose medium is fear. </p> <p>Two of the most exciting thriller writers working today, Lisa Brackmann and Tim Hallinan never disappoint. If you are within driving distance on June 22 of San Diego, you’ll want to attend one or both of these events.</p> <p><font color="#9e7c7c" size="4" face="Viner Hand ITC">The Dirty Lowdown</font></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343193422030740142noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919558706980848092.post-87434983740375130122013-06-19T18:02:00.001-07:002013-06-19T18:02:55.173-07:00July 10th Tickets on Sale! Daniel Bennett CD Release at Metropolitan Room in Manhattan!<div class="wlWriterHeaderFooter" style="float:none; margin:0px; padding:4px 0px 4px 0px;"><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=http://the-dirty-lowdown.blogspot.com/2013/06/july-10th-tickets-on-sale-daniel.html" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; width:130px; height:80px"></iframe></div><p align="left"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Cp00JkhADKc/UcJUs7HmLaI/AAAAAAAAGLk/z3wSBELaEXo/s1600-h/clockhead%252520goes%252520to%252520camp%252520daniel%252520bennett%25255B2%25255D.png"><img title="clockhead goes to camp daniel bennett" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 10px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="clockhead goes to camp daniel bennett" align="left" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-VEbYY_DhHHU/UcJUtuTs6GI/AAAAAAAAGLs/zgELMX8bq08/clockhead%252520goes%252520to%252520camp%252520daniel%252520bennett_thumb.png?imgmax=800" width="216" height="213"></a> <div style="line-height: normal" align="left">Daniel Bennett, the marvelously original sax/flute/clarinet player, whose album <a style="line-height: 1.4" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004VMXAH8/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thedirlow-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B004VMXAH8"><em>Peace & Stability Among Bears</em></a><em style="line-height: 1.4"><img style="border-top-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; margin: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B004VMXAH8&camp=217145&creative=399373" width="1" height="1"></em> we reviewed in November, 2011 is set to release a new CD, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CMRLH6K/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00CMRLH6K&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Clockhead Goes to Camp</i></a><img style="border-top-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; margin: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00CMRLH6K" width="1" height="1"> on Wednesday, July 10th. The release party will be in the Metropolitan Room in Manhattan. Daniel Bennett, along with his group breath a fresh air into jazz drawing inspiration from folk music and then presenting it in a minimalist ensemble that, despite the avoidance of excess, still manages to explore complex musical ideas and themes. The result is a marvelously hypnotic musical trip that will speak to the jazz enthusiast as well as the casual listener. I haven’t heard the new album yet, but knowing Bennett’s knack for writing irresistible hooks on the alto, flute or clarinet, which are also daring musically in the use of polyphony and complex drum rhythms and interplay with the other pieces, it’s bound to be a fun piece of work. Get your tickets early, and if you can’t attend in person, well pick up the CD for a treat.</div> <div id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:0f3a1b11-33c0-4c63-9848-f2f93fad506d" class="wlWriterSmartContent" style="float: right; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px"><div id="7d82d2dc-f055-45e2-997d-a83b5dc96cab" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNGFDnrHCng" target="_new"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Lu7BwXSH_fg/UcJUuJk7wuI/AAAAAAAAGL8/vuRMIPfHNZ0/videoce34100d4110%25255B17%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('7d82d2dc-f055-45e2-997d-a83b5dc96cab'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/zNGFDnrHCng?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/zNGFDnrHCng?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:560px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">Daniel Bennett Group “Clockhead Goes To Camp” July 10, 2013</div></div> <div style="line-height: normal" align="left">The new album which continues the theme of folk/jazz/trance make for a marvelously hypnotic musical trip that will speak to the jazz enthusiast as well as the casual listener. </div> <div style="line-height: normal" align="left"> </div> <div style="line-height: normal" align="left">Accompanying Bennett will be </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma"><font color="#ffffff">Mark Cocheo - Guitar<br>Peter Brendler - Bass<br>Tyson Stubelek - Drums<br><i>Special guest poets: Rimas Uzgiris & Britt Melewski</i></font></font></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma"><font color="#ffffff"><em>Check it out. get the CD.</em></font></font></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span> </p> <div style="line-height: normal" align="right"> </div> <div style="line-height: normal" align="center"> <table class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-top: medium none; border-right: medium none; background: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-bottom: medium none; text-align: left; border-left: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid #767373 .75pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" border="1"> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes"> <td style="border-top: #767373 1pt solid; border-right: #767373 1pt solid; border-bottom: medium none; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-top: 0in; padding-left: 0in; border-left: #767373 1pt solid; padding-right: 0in; mso-border-top-alt: solid #767373 .75pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #767373 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #767373 .75pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><img id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://content.bandzoogle.com/users/danielbennett/images/members_mail_header/20129.jpg?69" width="600"></span></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"> <td style="border-top: medium none; border-right: #767373 1pt solid; border-bottom: medium none; padding-bottom: 7.5pt; padding-top: 7.5pt; padding-left: 7.5pt; border-left: #767373 1pt solid; padding-right: 7.5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #767373 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid #767373 .75pt" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Tahoma"><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size: 9pt">I hope you are well! The Daniel Bennett Group is releasing our new CD, <b><i>Clockhead Goes to Camp</i></b>, on <b>WEDNESDAY, JULY 10th</b> at the Metropolitan Room in Manhattan.<br><br>I know that folks love to wait until the last-minute to buy tickets, but we really need you to order in advance! It's greatly appreciated!</font><br><br></font></font></span><b><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma"><font style="font-size: 18pt">ADVANCE TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE ($10):</font></font><font style="font-size: 18pt"><br></font></span></b><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><a href="http://danielbennett.net/l/ll5bx9/10398670;http:/metropolitanroom.com/show.cfm?id=98390" target="_new"><span style="color: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 18pt" color="#1155cc"><u>http://metropolitanroom.com/<wbr></wbr>show.cfm?id=98390</u></font></font></span></a></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Tahoma"><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size: 18pt">Wednesday, July 10th</font><br></font></font></span></b><b><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Tahoma"><font style="font-size: 13.5pt" color="#000000">Daniel Bennett Group <br>NYC CD Release Concert</font></font></span></b><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Tahoma"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">Metropolitan Room</font></font></span><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma">34 West 22nd St </font></span><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma">New York, NY 10010</font></span><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma">9:30pm (Doors open at 9pm)<br><br>Featuring:<br>Daniel Bennett - Alto Saxophone/Flute/Piccolo<br>Mark Cocheo - Guitar<br>Peter Brendler - Bass<br>Tyson Stubelek - Drums<br><i>Special guest poets: Rimas Uzgiris & Britt Melewski</i><br><br>"<b><i>Clockhead Goes to Camp</i></b> might be the first genuine musical equivalent to a Wes Anderson Film." - Tyran Grillo (Between Sound & Space - ECM Reviews and Beyond!)</font></span><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000"> </font></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: ; 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border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 20px 10px 10px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Decadance" align="left" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ybaXuRfWFVw/UYPAxFc3HkI/AAAAAAAAGJI/Ous5GyOVpUg/Decadance_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" width="162" height="244"></a></p> <p> </p> <p>A couple time per decade, someone publishes an adult novel that becomes the talk of the book lovers world. In 2011, E.L. James published <em>50 Shades Of Grey, </em>then quickly capitalized on the success by churning out two more books to make it a trilogy.</p> <p>As successful as these ‘erotic books” turned out to be, they also picked up as much criticism from readers and authors as being badly written. A lot of this criticism was without a doubt jealousy for the success this relatively unknown author received. But, in truth, a lot of this criticism was justified. The characters themselves were beyond belief. They not only asked (begged?) the reader to suspend belief, but were amateurish and one dimensional. The plot is full of holes, and even the sex was over the top…and not in any good way. As one reviewer put it, the entire story seemed drawn from a couple of teenaged girls naughty dreams.</p> <p>Naturally, readers and authors alike wondered how well they could write this type of story – erotica - if they applied even a modicum of true craft to the subject. A natural to tackle this challenge is New York Times Best Selling author, <a href="http://www.ericjeromedickey.com/" target="_blank">Eric Jerome Dickey</a>. Dickey is no stranger to writing hot, steamy sex scenes into his novels, but he is also a master craftsman, possessing, as if part of his DNA, an ability to craft a novel in practically any genre. Early in his career he was labeled the king of the relationship novel. Later on attempts were made to tag him as a master of “urban” fiction (whatever that is). He has written successfully in the Noir field (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0064XA76E/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0064XA76E&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Tempted by Trouble</i></a><img style="border-top-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; margin: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0064XA76E" width="1" height="1"> ), Romantic Thriller (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451219279/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0451219279&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Chasing Destiny</i></a><img style="border-top-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; margin: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0451219279" width="1" height="1"> ), Thrillers (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451222741/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0451222741&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Gideon Series</i></a><img style="border-top-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; margin: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0451222741" width="1" height="1"> ) and a whole host of other genres. </p> <p>For what should be the hands down erotic novel of the year, in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525953833/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0525953833&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Decadence</i></a><img style="border-top-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; margin: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0525953833" width="1" height="1"> and it’s ebook only prequel, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AR2RZR2/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00AR2RZR2&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>The Education of Nia Simone Bijou (E-INITIAL)</i></a><img style="border-top-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; margin: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00AR2RZR2" width="1" height="1"> Dickey has revived the main characters from 2008s <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525950451/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0525950451&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Pleasure</i></a><img style="border-top-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; margin: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0525950451" width="1" height="1">. <em>Decadence </em>takes place four years after the events of <em>Pleasure. </em>Nia is now a successful author who presents a staid persona to her adoring public, but behind the scenes she is expanding on her quest for sensual pleasure. Nia, a self described book worm, had her sexual awakening in college with her first love, Chris Eidos Alleyne, but when Chris dumped Nia for Nia’s roommate and best friend Nia was heartbroken and embarked on a number of sexual affairs. Now determined to learn more about life, about herself and about her humanness and to broaden and discover her own limits she joins an exclusive adult club, Decadence. </p> <p>Nia is a flawed character, as most humans are. She is sexually hungry for a former lover, Prada, but Prada wants her exclusively an Nia is not ready for an exclusive relationship. She is also drawn in a more romantic way to a man she had a one night stand with, Bret. Bret and Nia have become very good friends but have not repeated that night of sexual bliss and exploration. And Nia feels that Bret is not an ideal mate. He is divorced, and has custody of his two children and besides Bret is a soldier and wouldn’t fit in to Nia’s upper crust world. </p> <div id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:17797ba0-9904-495d-b57d-43e15d5fd79b" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float: right; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 10px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px"><div id="2000167c-94dc-42f8-b9e1-8e567bf168d2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mHrnNXREWo" target="_new"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Pti4VellPVk/UYPb1vN6tnI/AAAAAAAAGKE/zaEXNzL8RXU/videode38c02601cb%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('2000167c-94dc-42f8-b9e1-8e567bf168d2'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/2mHrnNXREWo?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/2mHrnNXREWo?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:560px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">Eric Jerome Dickey “Decadence”</div></div> <p>Perhaps more than all of that, Nia is also in search of her muse and her literary identity. She has become a successful writer since she left college but most of that financial success has come as a screenwriter in Hollywood, and Nia is not sure she wishes to live in that plastic world with its manufactured celebrity.</p> <p>What Dickey brings to the erotic novel is the same artistry he brings to his novels in other genre; his characters are full blooded people, they pop from the pages as real as your neighbor, your lover, your fantasies. He also builds a story that is complete in everyway, at once familiar yet original. He imparts a sense of place that will make the scenes play like film in the readers mind and the pace is just perfect. Even the sex scenes, and there are plenty, are some of the best in literature; modern or classic.</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525953833/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0525953833&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Decadence</i></a> is a novel of a young, talented and beautiful woman's journey of self-discovery, sexual awakening and artistic genesis. In the hands of one of the best story tellers working today, it’s more than an erotic novel and possesses, as does Nia, the ability to cross many lines and blur the borders of genre.</p> <p> </p> <ul> <li><font size="1"><b>Hardcover:</b> 368 pages <b>Publisher:</b> Dutton Adult (April 23, 2013) <b>Language:</b> English <b>ISBN-10:</b> 0525953833 </font><font size="1"><b>ISBN-13:</b> 978-0525953838</font> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p>Article first published as <a href="http://blogcritics.org/books/article/book-review-decadence-by-eric-jerome/">Book Review: <i>Decadence</i> by Eric Jerome Dickey</a> on Blogcritics.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://the-dirty-lowdown.blogspot.com/"><font size="4" face="Viner Hand ITC">The Dirty Lowdown</font></a> <p><b>Copyright © 2013 Robert Carraher All Rights Reserved</b></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343193422030740142noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919558706980848092.post-2811341396654702542013-05-03T06:55:00.001-07:002013-05-03T06:56:22.782-07:00Book Review: “Decadence” by Eric Jerome Dickey<div class="wlWriterHeaderFooter" style="float:none; margin:0px; padding:4px 0px 4px 0px;"><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=http://the-dirty-lowdown.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-decadence-by-eric-jerome.html" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; width:130px; height:80px"></iframe></div><p>A couple time per decade, someone publishes an adult novel that becomes the talk of the book lovers world. In 2011, E.L. James published <em>50 Shades Of Grey, </em>then quickly capitalized on the success by churning out two more books to make it a trilogy.<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-nlScAIYum7Y/UYPAWJQhw6I/AAAAAAAAGJA/LFbDO6bOk28/Decadance6.jpg?imgmax=800"><img title="Decadance" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: left; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 20px 10px 10px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Decadance" align="left" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ybaXuRfWFVw/UYPAxFc3HkI/AAAAAAAAGJI/Ous5GyOVpUg/Decadance_thumb4.jpg?imgmax=800" width="162" height="244"></a></p> <p>As successful as these ‘erotic books” turned out to be, they also picked up as much criticism from readers and authors as being badly written. A lot of this criticism was without a doubt jealousy for the success this relatively unknown author received. But, in truth, a lot of this criticism was justified. The characters themselves were beyond belief. They not only asked (begged?) the reader to suspend belief, but were amateurish and one dimensional. The plot is full of holes, and even the sex was over the top…and not in any good way. As one reviewer put it, the entire story seemed drawn from a couple of teenaged girls naughty dreams.</p> <p>Naturally, readers and authors alike wondered how well they could write this type of story – erotica - if they applied even a modicum of true craft to the subject. A natural to tackle this challenge is New York Times Best Selling author, <a href="http://www.ericjeromedickey.com/" target="_blank">Eric Jerome Dickey</a>. Dickey is no stranger to writing hot, steamy sex scenes into his novels, but he is also a master craftsman, possessing, as if part of his DNA, an ability to craft a novel in practically any genre. Early in his career he was labeled the king of the relationship novel. Later on attempts were made to tag him as a master of “urban” fiction (whatever that is). He has written successfully in the Noir field (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0064XA76E/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0064XA76E&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Tempted by Trouble</i></a><img style="border-top-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; margin: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0064XA76E" width="1" height="1"> ), Romantic Thriller (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451219279/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0451219279&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Chasing Destiny</i></a><img style="border-top-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; margin: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0451219279" width="1" height="1"> ), Thrillers (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451222741/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0451222741&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Gideon Series</i></a><img style="border-top-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; margin: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0451222741" width="1" height="1"> ) and a whole host of other genres. </p> <p>For what should be the hands down erotic novel of the year, in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525953833/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0525953833&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Decadence</i></a><img style="border-top-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; margin: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0525953833" width="1" height="1"> and it’s ebook only prequel, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AR2RZR2/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00AR2RZR2&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>The Education of Nia Simone Bijou (E-INITIAL)</i></a><img style="border-top-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; margin: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00AR2RZR2" width="1" height="1"> Dickey has revived the main characters from 2008s <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525950451/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0525950451&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Pleasure</i></a><img style="border-top-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; margin: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0525950451" width="1" height="1">. <em>Decadence </em>takes place four years after the events of <em>Pleasure. </em>Nia is now a successful author who presents a staid persona to her adoring public, but behind the scenes she is expanding on her quest for sensual pleasure. Nia, a self described book worm, had her sexual awakening in college with her first love, Chris Eidos Alleyne, but when Chris dumped Nia for Nia’s roommate and best friend Nia was heartbroken and embarked on a number of sexual affairs. Now determined to learn more about life, about herself and about her humanness and to broaden and discover her own limits she joins an exclusive adult club, Decadence. </p> <p>Nia is a flawed character, as most humans are. She is sexually hungry for a former lover, Prada, but Prada wants her exclusively an Nia is not ready for an exclusive relationship. She is also drawn in a more romantic way to a man she had a one night stand with, Bret. Bret and Nia have become very good friends but have not repeated that night of sexual bliss and exploration. And Nia feels that Bret is not an ideal mate. He is divorced, and has custody of his two children and besides Bret is a soldier and wouldn’t fit in to Nia’s upper crust world. </p> <div id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:17797ba0-9904-495d-b57d-43e15d5fd79b" class="wlWriterSmartContent" style="float: right; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 10px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px"><div id="783bb940-ad30-45b5-8e33-4c298500fd03" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mHrnNXREWo" target="_new"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-tJHyBqKv73A/UYPB1IEAc5I/AAAAAAAAGJk/ELqPwig9L74/videode38c02601cb%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('783bb940-ad30-45b5-8e33-4c298500fd03'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/2mHrnNXREWo?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/2mHrnNXREWo?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:560px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">Eric Jerome Dickey “Decadence”</div></div> <p>Perhaps more than all of that, Nia is also in search of her muse and her literary identity. She has become a successful writer since she left college but most of that financial success has come as a screenwriter in Hollywood, and Nia is not sure she wishes to live in that plastic world with its manufactured celebrity.</p> <p>What Dickey brings to the erotic novel is the same artistry he brings to his novels in other genre; his characters are full blooded people, they pop from the pages as real as your neighbor, your lover, your fantasies. He also builds a story that is complete in everyway, at once familiar yet original. He imparts a sense of place that will make the scenes play like film in the readers mind and the pace is just perfect. Even the sex scenes, and there are plenty, are some of the best in literature; modern or classic.</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525953833/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0525953833&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Decadence</i></a> is a novel of a young, talented and beautiful woman's journey of self-discovery, sexual awakening and artistic genesis. In the hands of one of the best story tellers working today, it’s more than an erotic novel and possesses, as does Nia, the ability to cross many lines and blur the borders of genre.</p> <p> </p> <ul> <li><font size="1"><b>Hardcover:</b> 368 pages <b>Publisher:</b> Dutton Adult (April 23, 2013) <b>Language:</b> English <b>ISBN-10:</b> 0525953833 </font><font size="1"><b>ISBN-13:</b> 978-0525953838</font> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p>Article first published as <a href="http://blogcritics.org/books/article/book-review-decadence-by-eric-jerome/">Book Review: <i>Decadence</i> by Eric Jerome Dickey</a> on Blogcritics.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://the-dirty-lowdown.blogspot.com/"><font size="4" face="Viner Hand ITC">The Dirty Lowdown</font></a> <p><b>Copyright © 2013 Robert Carraher All Rights Reserved</b></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343193422030740142noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919558706980848092.post-69387145652573101312013-04-23T07:05:00.001-07:002013-04-23T07:11:46.586-07:00Ben Sidran CD Release Show "Don't Cry For No Hipster"<div class="wlWriterHeaderFooter" style="float:none; margin:0px; padding:4px 0px 4px 0px;"><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=http://the-dirty-lowdown.blogspot.com/2013/04/ben-sidran-cd-release-show-cry-for-no.html" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; width:130px; height:80px"></iframe></div><div style="line-height: normal" align="center"> <table class="MsoNormalTable" style="text-align: left; mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="560" border="0"> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes"> <td style="background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-top: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 19.5pt" color="#0063a7"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-LQGjHOK5DcI/UXaWnIYLIOI/AAAAAAAAGH8/fOVDFZcGYT8/s1600-h/Dont-Cry-For-No-Hipster-Cover_162_162_55_c1%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Dont-Cry-For-No-Hipster-Cover_162_162_55_c1" style="border-left-width: 0px; 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border-bottom-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; margin: 0px" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00BTACQA2" width="1" height="1"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 19.5pt" color="#0063a7">Ben Sidran CD Release Show<br>"Don't Cry For No Hipster" <br> </font></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 19.5pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 19.5pt" color="#0063a7">Wed., Apr. 24th <br>7:30 & 9:30 PM<br>@ </font></font><font style="font-size: 19.5pt"><a href="http://jazzbash.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3186fe64133adb244b1010be2&id=3d4a2bfaef&e=f54b9515e3" target="_blank"><span style="color: ; text-decoration: ; text-underline: none"><font color="#0063a7" face="Georgia">The Jazz Standard</font></span></a><br></font><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 19.5pt" color="#0063a7">116 E 27th St btw Park & Lex<br>New York, NY 10016 <br>212-576-2232</font></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 19.5pt" color="#0063a7">Featuring<br> </font></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 19.5pt" color="#0063a7">Ben Sidran: piano & vocals</font></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 19.5pt" color="#0063a7">Leo Sidran: drums</font></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 19.5pt" color="#0063a7">Tim Luntzel:bass</font></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 19.5pt" color="#0063a7">Will Bernard: guitar</font></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 19.5pt" color="#0063a7">John Ellis: saxophone</font></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 19.5pt" color="#0063a7">Moses Patrou: percussion</font></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 19.5pt" color="#0063a7"> </font></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 19.5pt" color="#0063a7">New CD<br></font></font><font style="font-size: 19.5pt"><a href="http://jazzbash.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3186fe64133adb244b1010be2&id=eab41734c4&e=f54b9515e3" target="_blank"><span style="color: ; text-decoration: ; text-underline: none"><font color="#0063a7" face="Georgia">Ben Sidran</font></span></a><br><font color="#0063a7" face="Georgia">"</font><a href="http://jazzbash.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3186fe64133adb244b1010be2&id=212c7e295c&e=f54b9515e3" target="_blank"><span style="color: ; text-decoration: ; text-underline: none"><font color="#0063a7" face="Georgia">Don't Cry For No Hipster</font></span></a><font color="#0063a7" face="Georgia">"<br>(</font><a href="http://jazzbash.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3186fe64133adb244b1010be2&id=07c3ae6292&e=f54b9515e3" target="_blank"><span style="color: ; text-decoration: ; text-underline: none"><font color="#0063a7" face="Georgia">Nardis Music</font></span></a><font color="#0063a7" face="Georgia">)<br>Street Date April 2, 2013<br><br></font><a href="http://jazzbash.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3186fe64133adb244b1010be2&id=9841edb5dd&e=f54b9515e3"><span style="color: ; text-decoration: ; text-underline: none"><font color="#0063a7" face="Georgia"><img id="_x0000_i1025" style="border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; height: 553px; border-bottom-style: none; outline-width: medium; border-right-style: none; outline-style: none; display: block; outline-color: invert; width: 629px" border="0" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/3186fe64133adb244b1010be2/images/Sidran_Don_t_Cry005.gif" width="629" height="553"></font></span></a><br></font><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 19.5pt" color="#0063a7">Featuring</font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 19.5pt" color="#0063a7"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 19.5pt" color="#0063a7">Ben Sidran – vocals, piano, Wurlitzer<br>Leo Sidran – drums<br>Moses Patrou - percussion<br>Tim Luntzel – bass </font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 19.5pt" color="#0063a7">Orlando le Fleming – bass<br>Will Bernard – guitar<br>John Ellis – tenor saxophone<br>Mark Shim – tenor saxophone</font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 19.5pt" color="#0063a7">Trixie Waterbed – backing vocals</font></font></span><span style="font-family: ; color: "><a href="http://jazzbash.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=3186fe64133adb244b1010be2&id=0f7b82b266&e=f54b9515e3"><span style="color: ; text-decoration: ; text-underline: none"><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 19.5pt" color="#0063a7"> <br><br>Produced by: Leo Sidran<br>(CD is available from anywhere CDs are sold.)<br> </font></font></span></a></span><span style="font-family: ; color: "></span></p> <div id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:36eae93b-a529-4dbe-ad16-e3a371747355" class="wlWriterSmartContent" style="float: none; 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padding-bottom: 0in; padding-top: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in" height="15" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 11.25pt"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><img id="_x0000_i1026" style="border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; outline-width: medium; border-right-style: none; outline-style: none; display: block; outline-color: invert" border="0" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/ed2bb300fea83c2c0a2d158c6/images/shem.gif" width="1" height="1"></span></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <td style="background: white; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-top: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: 18pt"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; line-height: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span><a href="http://jazzbash.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3186fe64133adb244b1010be2&id=8198696851&e=f54b9515e3"><img style="border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; height: 226px; border-bottom-style: none; outline-width: medium; border-right-style: none; outline-style: none; display: block; outline-color: invert; width: 340px" border="0" align="right" src="http://gallery.mailchimp.com/3186fe64133adb244b1010be2/images/2012_paris_portrait_640_426_s712869.jpg" width="340" height="226"></a><span style="font-family: ; color: ; line-height: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes"></span><span style="font-family: ; color: ; line-height: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10.5pt" color="#000000">“One must approach the hip experience with a lifetime of preparation” writes Ben Sidran in the liner notes to Don’t Cry For No Hipster. If ever there was an example of an artist who lives the song he sings, Sidran is that example, and he has indeed approached his latest recording with a lifetime of preparation. Hipster is his 35th solo record, and on this one, he delivers twelve new original songs.<br><br>The contemporary concept of the Hipster, the counter-cultural, progressive pickler, self-styled “cat on the corner wearing the hat so small it makes his head look big” (as Sidran says), is largely associated with Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Sidran, who identifies himself with an earlier wave of Hipsters – those associated with bebop, philosophy and good smoke – decided to visit the epicenter of the current zeitgeist for the recording. He and his son, Leo, who played drums and produced the project, assembled a cadre of Brooklyn characters to record at The Bunker Studio in Williamsburg. The musicians, Tim Luntzel, Will Bernard, John Ellis, Orlando le Fleming, Mark Shim, and Moses Patrou, came to the music with a fresh enthusiasm and a classic sense of deep groove. <br><br>Ben Sidran is widely recognized as the host of National Public Radio’s landmark jazz series “Jazz Alive”, which received a Peabody Award, and as the host of VH-1 television’s “New Visions” series, which received the Ace Award for best music series. A pianist, producer, singer and composer, he has recorded thirty-five solo albums, including the Grammy nominated Concert for Garcia Lorca, and produced recordings for such noted artists as Van Morrison, Diana Ross, Michael Franks, Rickie Lee Jones, Mose Allison and Steve Miller (with whom he co-wrote the hit song “Space Cowboy”). He is the composer of the soundtrack for the acclaimed film “Hoop Dreams,” and scored the documentary “Vietnam: Long Time Coming,” which won both the Aspen Film Festival audience award and an Emmy. Sidran has authored two books on the subject of jazz, Black Talk, a cultural history of the music, and Talking Jazz, a series of conversations with inspirational musicians. He holds a PhD. in American Studies from Sussex University, Brighton, England, but has studiously avoided the academic life, preferring instead to spend his time performing, producing and writing. His latest works include the memoir, A Life in the Music and the groundbreaking text There Was a Fire: Jews, Music and the American Dream, along with the recordings Dylan Different and Don’t Cry For No Hipster. <br><br>“The singer and pianist Ben Sidran has released what is indeed a masterpiece.”<br>— Serge Truffaut, Le Devoir, Montreal</font></font></span><font style="font-size: 10.5pt"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; line-height: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><br><br></span></font><span style="font-family: ; color: ; line-height: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10.5pt" color="#000000"> <strong><span style="font-family: ">Artist: </span></strong>BEN SIDRAN<br><strong><span style="font-family: ">Title: </span></strong>DON’T CRY FOR NO HIPSTER<br><strong><span style="font-family: ">Label: </span></strong>NARDIS MUSIC<br><strong><span style="font-family: ">UPC Code: </span></strong>7 89925 00030 2<br><strong><span style="font-family: ">Release Date: </span></strong>April 2, 2013<br><br><strong><span style="font-family: ">Track listing, track times and composer:</span></strong><br>1. <strong><span style="font-family: ">Back Nine </span></strong>4:35 (B. Sidran & L. Sidran / Bulldog Music)<br>2. <strong><span style="font-family: ">Brand New Music </span></strong>3:27 (B. Sidran / Bulldog Music)<br>3. <strong><span style="font-family: ">Don’t Cry For No Hipster </span></strong>4:59 (B. Sidran / Bulldog Music)<br>4. <strong><span style="font-family: ">At Least We Got To The Race </span></strong>3:05 (B. Sidran / Bulldog Music)<br>5. <strong><span style="font-family: ">Can We Talk </span></strong>5:30 (B. Sidran & L. Sidran / Bulldog Music) <br>6. <strong><span style="font-family: ">In The Beginning </span></strong>2:35 (B. Sidran / Bulldog Music)<br>7. <strong><span style="font-family: ">It Don’t Get No Better </span></strong>3:41 (B. Sidran & L. Sidran / Bulldog Music) <br>8. <strong><span style="font-family: ">Dying Anyway </span></strong>4:14 (B. Sidran / Bulldog Music)<br>9. <strong><span style="font-family: ">Private Guy </span></strong>4:03 (B. Sidran / Bulldog Music)<br>10. <strong><span style="font-family: ">Reflections </span></strong>4:23 (Thelonious Monk / Thelonious Music Corp.)<br>11. <strong><span style="font-family: ">Take A Little Hit </span></strong>3:02 (B. Sidran / Bulldog Music)<br>12. <strong><span style="font-family: ">Sixteen Tons </span></strong>3:37 (M. Travis / Merle’s Girls Music)<br>13. <strong><span style="font-family: ">Rich Interior Life </span></strong>2:45 (B. Sidran & L. Sidran / Bulldog Music)<br>14. <strong><span style="font-family: ">Hooglin’ </span></strong>4:39 (B. Sidran / Bulldog Music)<br><br><strong><span style="font-family: ">Recording Date + Location: </span></strong>July, 2012 Brooklyn, New York<br><br><strong><span style="font-family: ">Artist Home Market: </span></strong>US </font></font></span><span style="font-family: ; color: ; line-height: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal" align="center"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p> <div style="line-height: normal" align="center"> <table class="MsoNormalTable" style="text-align: left; mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="550" border="0"> <tbody> <tr style="height: 0.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <td style="background: #333333; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-top: 0in; padding-left: 0in; 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mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-no-proof: yes"></span><span style="font-family: ; color: ; line-height: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 18pt"><span style="font-family: ; color: ; line-height: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 9pt" color="#555555"> </font></font></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; line-height: 18pt"><strong><u><span style="font-family: ; color: ; line-height: 20pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 13.5pt" color="#cccccc">Check Out Ben's New Book</font></font></span></u></strong><span style="font-family: ; color: ; line-height: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span class="simple-ital"><b><i><span style="font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; 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Get your signed first edition now for a chance to win. – <font face="Viner Hand ITC">The Dirty Lowdown</font></font></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"> <td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: black 6pt solid; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; border-top: medium none; border-right: black 6pt solid; padding-top: 0in" valign="top"> <div align="center"> <table style="text-align: left; border-collapse: collapse; background: #f8ecdc; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600"> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <td style="padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in" valign="top"> <table style="border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; 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mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-table-lspace: 2.25pt; mso-table-rspace: 2.25pt; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-table-left: left" class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" align="left"> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <td style="padding-bottom: 6.75pt; padding-left: 13.5pt; padding-right: 13.5pt; padding-top: 6.75pt" valign="top"> <p style="line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="line-height: 20pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Helvetica"><font style="font-size: 13.5pt" color="#000000">"Transcendently, seductively, irresistibly French."</font></font></span></strong><b><span style="line-height: 20pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 13.5pt"><br></font><strong><span style="font-family: "><font face="Helvetica"><font style="font-size: 13.5pt" color="#000000">—Alan Furst</font></font></span></strong></span></b><span style="line-height: 16pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 12pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 16pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><br></span><strong><span style="line-height: 16pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"><font style="font-size: 10.5pt">New York, January 30, 2013</font></font></span></strong><font style="font-size: 10.5pt"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="line-height: 16pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#000000">—What are you doing October 15 to 22, 2013? Want to tour Paris with mystery writer <strong><span style="font-family: ">Cara Black</span></strong>? If you preorder the limited Signed Parisian Edition of her next Aimée Leduc mystery, <strong><span style="font-family: ">MURDER BELOW MONTPARNASSE (March 5, 2013), </span></strong>you just might get that chance. <strong><span style="font-family: ">Soho Press</span></strong> has partnered with San Francisco based <strong><span style="font-family: ">Tea Garden Travel LLC</span></strong> to offer an exciting sweepstakes in association with the bestselling series. Interested fans can access entry forms inside the limited, signed first edition of the physical book, in the ebook edition, and for free at participating libraries and bookstores. Fans can also enter to win at any of Cara Black’s official tour events around the country. The list of stores, libraries and events can be found on </font><span style="font-family: "><a href="http://www.parisisformurder.com"><span><font color="#0000ff"><u>www.parisisformurder.com</u></font></span></a></span><font color="#000000">.<br><br>“Cara’s devoted readers have been traveling with her to Paris since <em><span style="font-family: ">Murder in the Marais</span></em> came out in 1999,” says <strong><span style="font-family: ">Bronwen Hruska</span></strong>, the Publisher of Soho Press. “We thought it was about time to send someone for real. I wish everyone luck—the trip is going to be fantastic.”<br><br>One lucky winner will stalk the same streets, shop the same designer thrift stores and tour the same museums as Cara’s stylish Parisian P.I., the incomparable Aimée Leduc. Bestselling author Cara Black will serve as tour guide. (International intrigue and murder not included.)<br><br>What you <em><span style="font-family: ">will</span></em> get: economy airfare, accommodations and a Tea Garden Travel-organized guided tour of Cara Black’s Paris. The winner will join Cara Black, a representative from Tea Garden Travel and 15 fellow travelers for a one-of-a-kind travel experience. For specific details of the prize and eligibility for the “Win a Killer Trip to Paris” sweepstakes, please consult the Official Contest Rules, which can be found on </font></span><span style="line-height: 16pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><a style="word-wrap: break-word !important" href="http://SohoPress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e4c524003dc39360b21652cfb&id=d5a0fb068b&e=099bff14bf"><span style="color: "><u><font color="#000000">www.parisisformurder.com</font></u></span></a></span></font></font><font face="Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size: 10.5pt"><span style="line-height: 16pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">. Valid entry forms must be received during the official sweepstakes period, which runs from March 5, 2013 to April 30, 2013.<br><br>The winner of the Soho Press “Win a Killer a Killer Trip to Paris” sweepstakes will be announced on May 15<sup>th</sup> on the contest website </span><span style="line-height: 16pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><a style="word-wrap: break-word !important" href="http://SohoPress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e4c524003dc39360b21652cfb&id=a2cb98190d&e=099bff14bf"><span style="color: "><u>www.parisisformurder.com</u></span></a></span></font><span style="line-height: 16pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 10.5pt">.</font></span></font></font><span style="line-height: 16pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font color="#d2232a"><font face="Helvetica"><strong><span style="line-height: 20pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 13.5pt">To request a copy of the signed Parisian Edition of</font></span></strong><font style="font-size: 13.5pt"><em><b><span style="line-height: 20pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> Murder Below Montparnasse </span></b></em><strong><span style="line-height: 20pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">or for more information about the sweepstakes</span></strong></font></font></font><span style="line-height: 20pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 13.5pt"><font face="Helvetica"><font color="#000000">:<br><strong><span style="font-family: ">Contact Paul Oliver</span></strong> | <strong><span style="font-family: ">Director of Marketing and Publicity</span></strong></font><br></font><a style="word-wrap: break-word !important" href="mailto:poliver@sohopress.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: "><font color="#eb4102" face="Helvetica"><u>poliver@sohopress.com</u></font></span></a></font><font face="Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size: 13.5pt"> | </font><strong><span style="font-family: "><font style="font-size: 13.5pt">212-260-1900</font></span></strong></font></font></span><span style="line-height: 16pt; 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mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hide: all"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p> <table style="border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <td style="padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in" valign="top"> <table style="border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-table-lspace: 2.25pt; mso-table-rspace: 2.25pt; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-table-left: left" class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" align="left"> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <td style="padding-bottom: 6.75pt; padding-left: 13.5pt; padding-right: 13.5pt; padding-top: 6.75pt" valign="top"> <p style="line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="line-height: 20pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Helvetica"><font style="font-size: 13.5pt" color="#000000">At a Glance: Win a Killer Trip to Paris with Cara Black</font></font></span></strong><span style="line-height: 16pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 16pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><br></span><strong><u><span style="line-height: 16pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"><font style="font-size: 10.5pt">The Sweepstakes Prize</font></font></span></u></strong><font style="font-size: 10.5pt"><span style="line-height: 16pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><br><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica">A trip to Paris with author Cara Black and fifteen other fans to tour the City of Lights as it appears in Black’s bestselling Aimée Leduc series.<br><br><strong><u><span style="font-family: ">Ways to Enter</span></u></strong><br>a. Preorder or purchase a copy of the “Signed Parisian Edition” of MURDER BELOW MONTPARNASSE which contains an entry ticket as well as specially commissioned map of Aimée’s Paris endpapers and the author’s signature. This special “Signed Parisian Edition” is limited to the first printing, so we’re recommending fans preorder.<br><br>b. Attend an “Official Cara Black Event” and receive an entry form from the author herself.<br><br>c. Visit a “Participating” bookstore or library and receive an entry form there.<br><br>d. Order the digital edition of MURDER BELOW MONTPARNASSE during the official sweepstakes period and find instructions at the back of the book.<br><br>e. Locations of “Official Cara Black Events” and “Officially Participating Bookstores” can be found on the sweepstakes website: </font></span><span style="line-height: 16pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><a style="word-wrap: break-word !important" href="http://SohoPress.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=e4c524003dc39360b21652cfb&id=8e2b3169c8&e=099bff14bf"><span style="color: "><u><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica">www.parisisformurder.com</font></u></span></a></span><font color="#000000"><font face="Helvetica"><span style="line-height: 16pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">.<br><br><strong><u><span style="font-family: ">Official Rules & Information</span></u></strong><br>Can be found at </span><span style="line-height: 16pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><a style="word-wrap: break-word !important" href="http://SohoPress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e4c524003dc39360b21652cfb&id=830ac77022&e=099bff14bf"><span style="color: "><u>www.parisisformurder.com</u></span></a></span></font></font></font><font face="Helvetica"><font style="font-size: 10.5pt"><span style="line-height: 16pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#000000">.<br><br><strong><u><span style="font-family: ">The Sweepstakes Period</span></u></strong><br>March 5<sup>th</sup> 2013 to April 30<sup>th</sup> 2013. The winner will be announced on May 15<sup>th</sup>.<br><br><strong><u><span style="font-family: ">The Trip</span></u></strong><br>Takes place October 15<sup>th</sup>, 2013 through October 22<sup>nd</sup>, 2013. The trip is being planned and run (there will be an agent running the tour itself) by Tea Garden Travel.</font></span></font><span style="line-height: 16pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 10.5pt" color="#505050"> </font></span></font></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="display: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hide: all"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p> <table style="border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <td style="padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in" valign="top"> <table style="border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-table-lspace: 2.25pt; mso-table-rspace: 2.25pt; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-table-left: left" class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" align="left"> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <td style="padding-bottom: 6.75pt; padding-left: 13.5pt; padding-right: 13.5pt; padding-top: 6.75pt" valign="top"> <p style="line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="line-height: 16pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"><font style="font-size: 10.5pt">About Cara Black</font></font></span></strong><font style="font-size: 10.5pt"><span style="line-height: 16pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><br><br><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica">Cara Black is the author of thirteen books in the bestselling Aimée Leduc series, including <em><span style="font-family: ">Murder in the Marais</span></em> and <em><span style="font-family: ">Murder at the Lanterne Rouge</span></em>. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and son and visits Paris frequently.</font></span></font><span style="line-height: 16pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Helvetica"><font style="font-size: 10.5pt" color="#505050"> </font></font></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="display: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hide: all"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p> <table style="border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <td style="padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in" valign="top"> <table style="border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in; mso-table-lspace: 2.25pt; mso-table-rspace: 2.25pt; mso-table-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-table-left: left" class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" align="left"> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <td style="padding-bottom: 6.75pt; padding-left: 13.5pt; padding-right: 13.5pt; padding-top: 6.75pt" valign="top"> <p style="line-height: 18pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font color="#d2232a"><font face="Helvetica"><strong><span style="line-height: 20pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 13.5pt">To request a copy of the signed Parisian Edition of</font></span></strong><font style="font-size: 13.5pt"><em><b><span style="line-height: 20pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> Murder Below Montparnasse </span></b></em><strong><span style="line-height: 20pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">or for more information about the sweepstakes</span></strong></font></font></font><span style="line-height: 20pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font style="font-size: 13.5pt"><font face="Helvetica"><font color="#000000">:<br><strong><span style="font-family: ">Contact Paul Oliver</span></strong> | <strong><span style="font-family: ">Director of Marketing and Publicity</span></strong></font><br></font><a style="word-wrap: break-word !important" href="mailto:poliver@sohopress.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: "><font color="#eb4102" face="Helvetica"><u>poliver@sohopress.com</u></font></span></a></font><font face="Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size: 13.5pt"> | </font><strong><span style="font-family: "><font style="font-size: 13.5pt">212-260-1900</font></span></strong></font></font></span><span style="line-height: 16pt; font-family: ; color: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3; 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Benn<div class="wlWriterHeaderFooter" style="float:none; margin:0px; padding:4px 0px 4px 0px;"><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=http://the-dirty-lowdown.blogspot.com/2012/12/book-reviewdeaths-door-billy-boyle-wwii.html" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; width:450px; height:80px"></iframe></div><p>Many would argue that the Mystery is the most challenging form of genre fiction to write and write well. Not only is the author required to employ all the usual craft of writing an entertaining story; interesting plot, passable prose, character development, a riveting sense of place, but also a puzzle for the reader, and a puzzle that, as Raymond Chandler put it, “ The solution, once revealed, must seem to have been inevitable.” It helps, too, if the author can work into the story topics that are pertinent socially. Hammett did it by centering his stories on the corruption of small and large town politics. The modern master Walter Mosley does it by drawing scenes that depict the disadvantages that minorities face in daily life, and he does it while never seeming to preach.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-3LN6ZxuFekg/UNuVkbaWPEI/AAAAAAAAGEs/D81kBOgiGrw/s1600-h/Deaths-Door4.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Deaths Door" border="0" alt="Deaths Door" align="left" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-8OrG9XtIF8o/UNuVkxKlu-I/AAAAAAAAGE0/sxYuuV7RhIA/Deaths-Door_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="171" height="256"></a></p> <p>If the mystery is the most challenging form of genre fiction, then historical fiction must be a close second. In historical fiction the challenge is first an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the era, the characters and the events of the time the author uses to center his story upon. On first glance it may look easy. But it never is. With historical fiction the writer must assume that the reader is more than a little familiar with the actual history, therefore playing loose with the facts, events and characters is rarely allowed. </p> <p><a href="http://www.jamesrbenn.com/" target="_blank">James R. Benn</a> has managed to not only write a first rate mystery, but also convey very accurately an era from history. Benn’s Billy Boyle mysteries are always entertaining, filled with riveting characters, and beautifully plotted stories. Boyle and his supporting cast of characters are finely drawn and period correct and his dialog is often humorous. Billy Boyle is a Boston police detective turned Allied intelligence agent during World War II. He is distantly related to General Eisenhower and, as his name would suggest, is an old time Boston Irish cop.</p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616951850/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thedirlow-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1616951850"><i>Death's Door (Billy Boyle World War II Mystery)</i></a><img style="border-bottom-style: none !important; margin: 0px; border-left-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1616951850" width="1" height="1"> is the seventh mystery in Benn’s historical series (after <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616951621/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thedirlow-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1616951621"><i>A Mortal Terror</i> </a><img style="border-bottom-style: none !important; margin: 0px; border-left-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1616951621" width="1" height="1"> ). Boyle and Kaz, his Polish partner who is a count in exile, are ordered to Rome to investigate the death of an American monsignor in the neutral Vatican. The <em>Death’s Door </em>of the title is one of the five entrances to Saint Peter's Basilica. Wild Bill Donovan, head of the OSS, who would go on to found the CIA after the war, has assigned Boyle to the case. The fact that Vatican city sits in Nazi occupied Rome, and that Vatican City is a neutral state is only one obstacle that Boyle and Kaz must overcome. <p>At the time the story takes place, early 1944, the allied armies are bogged down in southern Italy and it is from there that Boyle and Kaz are smuggled into Rome and the Vatican disguised as priests. They are assisted by Lt. John Hamilton, the real-life pseudonym of the actor and author <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_Hayden" target="_blank">Sterling Hayden</a>. That Hayden/Hamilton actually worked for Wild Bill Donovan and the OSS and later the CIA is only one of the marvelous historical facts that Benn peppers the story in. Hayden in actuality spent part of his undercover service sailing with supplies from Italy to Yugoslav partisans and parachuting into fascist Croatia so including him as the ships master smuggling Boyle into Rome was a great touch. </p> <p>When Boyle accepts the assignment,he has ulterior motives. His lover, Diana Seaton, a British spy has been captured by the Nazis and is being held in Rome. If that isn’t distraction enough, once in the Vatican he must navigate the various political factions of the Catholic church – though neutral, there were staunch supporters of the Nazis as well as pro-allied factions – and he also finds that the Vatican is full of escaped POWs and other refugees from the German occupation including Jews, Gypsies, and British diplomats. Further, he must walk a fine line in maintaining the Vatican's neutrality lest the Nazis be given an excuse to invade.</p> <div style="padding-bottom: 10px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; display: inline; float: left; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:a35d7e2d-d0ec-451e-b0fb-b4733f7d4730" class="wlWriterSmartContent"><div id="ac20723c-0491-4ebc-a1ae-d40af53d4b35" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYmvSvXT25s" target="_new"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ti0dpul9u00/UNuVlVkDUVI/AAAAAAAAGHI/MJ_1l2YkpvA/video7028226bb170%25255B23%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('ac20723c-0491-4ebc-a1ae-d40af53d4b35'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"448\" height=\"252\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/FYmvSvXT25s?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/FYmvSvXT25s?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"448\" height=\"252\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:448px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">“Death’s Door” Audiobook sample.</div></div> <p>Today most people assume that Vatican City has been an independent state for a millennium or more. In fact, it only became a separate entity from Italy in 1929. To give the reader an idea of just how small Vatican City is, it encompasses around 110 acres. In St. Peter’s Square, the border consists of a white line painted on the ground. According to the Lateran Treaty, certain properties of the Holy See that are located in Italian territory, most notably Castel Gandolfo and the major basilicas, enjoy extraterritorial status similar to that of foreign embassies.These properties, scattered all over Rome and Italy, house essential offices and institutions necessary to the character and mission of the Holy See. Castel Gandolfo and the named basilicas are patrolled internally by police agents of Vatican City State and not by Italian police. During WWII the fragile neutrality of The Vatican must be understood to under take any kind of understanding – and lay to rest some misconceptions of Pope Pius XII and the rest of the church – of the times and events. The threat of invasion, first by the Mussolini fascists, then by the Nazis was very real. The Pope did feel that The Vatican must remain strictly neutral. Unfortunately, he was often neutral by omission by not condemning the atrocities taking place in Europe. The killing of 1.8 million Catholic Poles or for that matter, the killing of another million by the Soviets either. As Benn points out in the Authors Notes, when he did speak out, the language was so circuitous as to be robbed of any real meaning. Because of these facts, history, or at least ‘popular history’ often paints Pius XII as a collaborator when a closer look actually acquits him of complicity in these crimes.</p> <p>Some key historical characters that Benn makes use of in the novel are Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty who is one of Billy Boyle’s main contacts in the Vatican. O’Flaherty had set up an organization to hide an estimated 4,000 escaped POW’s and Jews, along with Italian antifascists. It is estimated that he also hid some 5,000 Roman Jews inside the Vatican and in church properties, including the Popes summer residence; Castel Gondolfo. Working along side the real-life O’Flaherty was Monsignor Monti who worked tirelessly to aid, feed and hide refuges. At the direction of Pius XII, he organized the <em>Pontificia Commissione di Assistenza</em> with the express purpose of assisting the refuges<em>. </em>In 1963 Monsignor Monti would become Pope Paul VI. These actions, as well as many others acquit the Pope, who in reality had very few options to remaining silent and still protecting the Vatican’s neutrality. Any invasion of the Vatican would have the immediate effect of turning over these refuges to Germans as well as removing any protection from all Catholics in reach of the Nazis. </p> <p>Also key to the plot is Boyle joining forces with a Colonel Erich Remke of the German Abwehr (military intelligence) to communicate to the allies that the Abwehr were plotting the assassination of Hitler and they just wanted assurances that the allies wouldn’t take advantage of the resulting power vacuum to invade, but allow for an ordered surrender. Remke is fictional, but the plot against Hitler is very real and they did try and communicate this to the allies using the Vatican and Pope Pius. </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-e9GzPAyjolQ/UNuVmL107pI/AAAAAAAAGFE/1ZuVMEwXa-Y/s1600-h/James-R-Benn3.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="James R Benn" border="0" alt="James R Benn" align="right" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-LX9tlaKJats/UNuVndWiGZI/AAAAAAAAGFM/2a0ui_QIbXM/James-R-Benn_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="170" height="240"></a>Benn’s research is admirable and the expert way in which he uses this historical data to tell a riveting story is brilliant. The story has the feel of an old time adventure story, and Benn’s marvelous dialog bring the characters to life. If this is your first taste of James R. Benn and Billy Boyle, then I dare you not to read the other six novels. Historical Mysteries just don’t get any better than this.</p> <p>Benn lives in Hadlyme, Connecticut, with his wife Deborah Mandel, a psychotherapist who offers many insights into the motivations of his characters. He’s a graduate of the University of Connecticut and a member of the <a href="http://mysterywriters.org/" target="_blank">Mystery Writers of America</a>, and the <a href="http://www.authorsguild.org/" target="_blank">Author's Guild</a>. </p> <p> </p> <p>Article first published as <a href="http://blogcritics.org/books/article/book-review-deaths-door-a-billy/">Book Review: <i>Death’s Door: A Billy Boyle WWII Mystery</i> by James R. Benn</a> on Blogcritics.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://the-dirty-lowdown.blogspot.com/"><font size="4" face="Viner Hand ITC">The Dirty Lowdown</font></a> <p><b>Copyright © 2012 Robert Carraher All Rights Reserved</b></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343193422030740142noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919558706980848092.post-77075154422492752482012-11-14T09:09:00.001-08:002012-11-14T09:09:30.855-08:00Album Review: “Reggae Golden Jubilee”<div class="wlWriterHeaderFooter" style="float:none; margin:0px; padding:4px 0px 4px 0px;"><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=http://the-dirty-lowdown.blogspot.com/2012/11/album-review-reggae-golden-jubilee.html" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; width:450px; height:80px"></iframe></div><p>First came <em>ska, </em>that wonderful marriage of Caribbean mento, calypso, jazz and R&B characterized by a walking bass line accented with rhythms on the upbeat. In the early 1960s, ska was the dominant music genre of Jamaica and found wide recognition in British mod bands. <em>Ska</em> morphed into <em>Rocksteady </em>around 1966 made popular by vocal harmony groups such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gaylads">The Gaylads</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toots_%26_the_Maytals">The Maytals</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paragons">The Paragons</a>. Johnny Nash, the American soul singer had an international smash hit in 1968 with "Hold Me Tight".</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-uzu2qbY6PoM/UKPQGeYKRsI/AAAAAAAAGAU/lULsLHXLLNA/s1600-h/Reggae-Golden-Jubilee5.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Reggae Golden Jubilee" border="0" alt="Reggae Golden Jubilee" align="left" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-GcySp0ObeKE/UKPQHTpakCI/AAAAAAAAGAc/fAKOFqleO9g/Reggae-Golden-Jubilee_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800" width="170" height="304"></a></p> <p><i>Reggae</i> as a musical term first appeared in print with the 1968 rocksteady hit "Do the Reggay" by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toots_%26_the_Maytals">The Maytals</a>. While owing obvious debts to both ska and rocksteady, reggae, the music itself, was faster than rocksteady, but tighter and more complex than ska. Reggae is most easily recognized by the rhythmic accents on the off-beat, usually played by guitar or piano (or both), known as the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ska_stroke">skank</a></i>. This pattern accents the second and fourth beat in each bar (or the "and"s of each beat depending on how the music is counted) and combines with the drums emphasis on beat three to create a unique feel and sense of phrasing in contrast to most other popular genres focus on beat one, the "downbeat". </p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:d3fdee55-09f5-4558-a106-e207bf5fae7f" class="wlWriterSmartContent"><div id="88c485f9-4f91-4050-8b3e-c257b33f840e" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQZOFE2SoRA" target="_new"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-VaJvmYwYLZU/UKPQH_nZ4HI/AAAAAAAAGB0/2cG_f9mMdU0/video2b45a8df1103%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('88c485f9-4f91-4050-8b3e-c257b33f840e'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/xQZOFE2SoRA?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/xQZOFE2SoRA?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:420px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">“Easy Snappin’” Theo Beckford</div></div>This slower tempo and the use of syncopated, melodic bass lines that differentiates reggae from other music make it a music form that is totally original, yet familiar in sound. As Edward Seaga, the Jamaican prime minister said, “Jamaican popular music demonstrated a triumph of creativity by borrowing nothing to build something.” <p>The word “Reggae” itself is open to a few interpretations. Reggae artist Derrick Morgan stated: “We didn't like the name rock steady, so I tried a different version of 'Fat Man'. It changed the beat again, it used the organ to creep. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Lee">Bunny Lee</a>, the producer, liked that. He created the sound with the organ and the rhythm guitar. It sounded like 'reggae, reggae' and that name just took off. </p> <div style="padding-bottom: 10px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; display: inline; float: left; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:815e755c-dc98-4c27-b8b0-748dc4a6602f" class="wlWriterSmartContent"><div id="d382dbd8-f166-4800-bcb5-7e563eaa4700" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUQvDdRIz6I" target="_new"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-0Ae6twQLfdM/UKPQIfF1ybI/AAAAAAAAGB4/WyWsCtkb2ZE/videob36022a461e6%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('d382dbd8-f166-4800-bcb5-7e563eaa4700'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/eUQvDdRIz6I?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/eUQvDdRIz6I?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:420px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">“Independent Jamaica” by Lord Creator</div></div>Reggae historian Steve Barrow credits Clancy Eccles of The Dynamites<strong> </strong>with altering the Jamaican patois word <i>streggae</i> (loose woman) into <i>reggae</i>. However, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toots_Hibbert">Toots Hibbert</a> said, “There's a word we used to use in Jamaica called 'streggae'. If a gal is walking and the guys look at her and say 'Man, she's streggae' it means she don't dress well, she look raggedy. The girls would say that about the men too. This one morning me and my two friends were playing and I said, 'OK man, let's do the reggay.' It was just something that came out of my mouth. So we just start singing 'Do the reggay, do the reggay' and created a beat. People tell me later that we had given the sound its name. Before that people had called it blue-beat and all kind of other things. And no reference would be complete without consulting Bob Marley, who claimed that the word <i>reggae</i> came from a Spanish term for "the king's music". The liner notes of <i>To the King</i>, a compilation of Christian gospel reggae, suggest that the word <i>reggae</i> was derived from the Latin <i>regi</i> meaning "to the king". <p>Whatever the origins of the word, the music has significantly shaped the political, social and economic DNA of Jamaica. As 2012 marks the island's 50th year of independence, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0096HQFYI/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0096HQFYI&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Reggae Golden Jubilee: Origins Of Jamaican Music</i></a><img style="border-bottom-style: none !important; margin: 0px; border-left-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0096HQFYI" width="1" height="1"> is one of the most definitive collections ever compiled. </p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:45165fd0-928b-42b6-845b-538f1a566163" class="wlWriterSmartContent"><div id="0e431ca5-938a-4bd1-89f5-63c6f82463c7" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBRN2diqJEs" target="_new"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-n_V13h0qE14/UKPQIq2bNsI/AAAAAAAAGB8/IEbnHgvb8_E/videobce4e834e021%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('0e431ca5-938a-4bd1-89f5-63c6f82463c7'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/dBRN2diqJEs?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/dBRN2diqJEs?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:420px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">“Rock Steady” by Alton Ellis</div></div><a href="http://www.vprecords.com/" target="_blank">VP Records</a> has assembled extensive liner notes, Deluxe Packaging & 100 of the Island's Most Celebrated Hits From Peter Tosh, Jimmy Cliff, Bob Marley, Yellowman, Shaggy, Buju Banton, Sean Paul and so many more. Whats more, each song was hand picked by Edward Seaga, who is the longest serving member of Jamaica's Parliament and the only surviving member of the legislature that drafted Jamaica's Constitution in 1962. He has hand picked 100 of the most significant songs to emerge from the country to celebrate the island's half-century turn of liberation. As a former record company owner and producer, Mr. Seaga was a major pioneering force in the birth and development of the Jamaican music industry, especially the ska movement in the 1960s. <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; display: inline; float: left; padding-top: 10px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:ddf124b6-6f28-40d5-81b0-7584b558be79" class="wlWriterSmartContent"><div id="a5a30428-fc34-40aa-a124-801736bf7f3f" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7mTquynckM" target="_new"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-7B0Mm3-u-Zw/UKPQJBZeHCI/AAAAAAAAGCA/r_yo6fjI2t4/video958f9b07730f%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('a5a30428-fc34-40aa-a124-801736bf7f3f'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/U7mTquynckM?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/U7mTquynckM?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:420px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">“It’s Alright” Bob Marley & The Wailers (1970)</div></div> <p>To accompany the music, Seaga has written extensive liner notes and track-by-track notations in the box set's 64-page booklet. The commemorative 6" x 12" songbook package also includes iconic photographs from Jamaica's<br>first fifty years, a preface from VP Records President Christopher Chin and a foreword from radio personality Dermot Hussey and reggae historian John Masouri. <p>There are songs here that you’ll probably remember. There are songs here you SHOULD remember and there are a lot of songs that even the ardent music collector will hear for the first time. Pick it up, you won’t regret it, mon. <p>Here’s the track listings: <p> <p>Disc One<br>1. Easy Snapping (Original Version) -- Theophilus Beckford<br>2. Dumplings -- Byron Lee & The Dragonaires<br>3. Manny Oh -- Higgs & Wilson<br>4. Oh Carolina -- The Folkes Brothers<br>5. They Got To Go -- Prince Buster<br>6. Independent Jamaica -- Lord Creator<br>7. Black Head Chinaman -- Price Buster </p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:9cdf53a5-d531-41f6-b3a2-61fe9c87902e" class="wlWriterSmartContent"><div id="23eacaff-85fe-4884-a23e-2b984881dccb" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5JHGi0awgc" target="_new"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-01aFj5UgBZo/UKPQJvDFqMI/AAAAAAAAGCE/8ypVFDf0xDk/video1b9e1a9051cd%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('23eacaff-85fe-4884-a23e-2b984881dccb'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/r5JHGi0awgc?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/r5JHGi0awgc?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:420px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">“Israelites” Desmond Dekker 1969</div></div><br>8. Blazing Fire -- Derrick Morgan<br>9. Wash Wash -- Prince Buster<br>10. Sammy Dead -- Eric 'Monty' Morris<br>11. My Boy Lollipop -- Millie Smalls<br>12. Carry Go Bring Come -- Justin Hinds & The Dominoes<br>13. Occupation -- Don Drummond & The Skatalites<br>14. Little Did You Know - The Techniques<br>15. Dancing Mood -- Delroy Wilson<br>16. Rough And Tough -- Stranger Cole<br>17. Take It Easy -- Hopeton Lewis<br>18. Every Night -- Chuck & Joe White<br>19. Rock Steady -- Alton Ellis<br>20. Tougher Than Tough (Rudie In Court) -- Derrick Morgan with<br>Desmond Dekker & The Aces<br>21. No More Heartaches -- The Beltones<br>22. The Tide Is High -- The Paragons<br>23. Trench Town Rock -- Bob Marley & The Wailers<br>24. Israelites (a.k.a. Poor Me Israelites) -- Desmond Dekker & The Aces<br>25. Sweet And Dandy -- The Maytals<br>26. Everything Crash -- The Ethiopians<br>27. Satta Massa Gana -- The Abyssinians<br>28. Fire Corner -- King Stitt<br>29. Java Dub -- Impact All Stars<br>30. Hypocrite -- The Heptones <div style="padding-bottom: 10px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; display: inline; float: left; padding-top: 10px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:e027fb42-f966-4c53-999d-603dd75b9c4b" class="wlWriterSmartContent"><div id="37e8d1ce-50c0-465f-9d60-f993a0db337a" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mWNi7u9OLY" target="_new"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-4C13LB0Uvb8/UKPQKHTLpzI/AAAAAAAAGCI/eBKHSufAwvU/videof7244b80eb73%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('37e8d1ce-50c0-465f-9d60-f993a0db337a'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/-mWNi7u9OLY?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/-mWNi7u9OLY?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:420px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">“Marcus Garvey” by Winston 'Burning Spear' Rodney</div></div>Disc 2<br>31. Wear You To The Ball -- U- Roy & The Paragons<br>32. Cherry Oh Baby -- Eric Donaldson<br>33. 54-46 Was My Number (Stick It Up Mister) -- Toots & The Maytals<br>34. Them A Fi Get A Beatin' -- Peter Tosh<br>35. Many Rivers To Cross -- Jimmy Cliff<br>36. The Sun Shines For Me -- Bob Andy<br>37. Marcus Garvey -- Winston 'Burning Spear' Rodney<br>38. Fade Away -- Junior Byles<br>39. Lady With The Star Light -- Ken Boothe<br>40. Right Time -- Mighty Diamonds<br>41. Police And Thieves -- Junior Murvin<br>42. Ram Goat Liver -- Pluto Shervington<br>43. We De People/ The Power And The Glory -- Ernie Smith<br>44. Two Sevens Clash -- Culture<br>45. It's Alright -- Bob Marley<br>46. Forward Ever -- Jacob Miller <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:63489ed2-6915-45c0-8e0a-f96a19c80f64" class="wlWriterSmartContent"><div id="90f327c0-9034-4dcf-a184-c338f0ac97ee" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cixhhZ7dlcI" target="_new"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Jxo-4YXG7kQ/UKPQKT_dFtI/AAAAAAAAGCM/OH47WqiXfJ0/video81e408ab8a6a%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('90f327c0-9034-4dcf-a184-c338f0ac97ee'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/cixhhZ7dlcI?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/cixhhZ7dlcI?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:420px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">“Push Comes To Shove” Freddie McGregor</div></div><br>47. My Number One -- Gregory Isaacs<br>48. Money In My Pocket -- Dennis Brown<br>49. Kaya -- Bob Marley<br>50. Rub-A-Dub Style -- Michigan & Smiley<br>51. Uptown Top Ranking -- Althea & Donna<br>52. Land Of My Birth -- Eric Donaldson<br>53. Silly Games -- Janet Kay<br>54. Someone Loves You Honey -- June 'J.C.' Lodge<br>55. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner -- Black Uhuru<br>56. Arlene -- General Echo <div style="padding-bottom: 10px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; display: inline; float: left; padding-top: 10px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:2a54216f-72e2-4a7e-a0e5-16aadf31c7ca" class="wlWriterSmartContent"><div id="d7102d98-00e2-43d2-a39b-a6e468a30e9d" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy1YF54rZZM" target="_new"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Kip66Q0OvIM/UKPQKzffp4I/AAAAAAAAGCQ/3KbsSdkGY_0/video8163cbb30746%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('d7102d98-00e2-43d2-a39b-a6e468a30e9d'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/Hy1YF54rZZM?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/Hy1YF54rZZM?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:420px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">“You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)” Dawn Penn</div></div> <p>Disc 3</p> <p>57. Over Me -- Yellowman<br>58. One Two -- Sister Nancy<br>59. Pass The Dutchie -- Musical Youth<br>60. I'm Getting Married In The Morning -- Yellowman<br>61. Try Jah Love -- Third World<br>62. Push Comes To Shove -- Freddie McGregor<br>63. Love Has Found Its Way -- Dennis Brown<br>64. Cottage In Negril -- Tyrone Taylor<br>65. Every Time A Ear De Soun' -- Mutabaruka<br>66. Electric Boogie -- Marcia Griffiths<br>67. Under Me Sleng Teng -- Wayne Smith<br>68. Greetings -- Half Pint<br>69. No Way Better Than Yard -- Admiral Bailey<br>70. Wild World -- Maxi Priest<br>71. Cover Me -- Tinga Stewart & Ninjaman<br>72. Wild Gilbert -- Lovindeer<br>73. Pocomania Day -- Lovindeer & Chalice </p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:6a97b28e-ef8c-4275-b2d9-5e3ab365f834" class="wlWriterSmartContent"><div id="c3ca9fe3-ccdc-42f2-993a-b03af3586dec" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4ZWD_0VRK8" target="_new"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2WgvaOkfwxE/UKPQLGq1bwI/AAAAAAAAGCU/lJoMAEOLL8I/video99dc6543fd6f%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('c3ca9fe3-ccdc-42f2-993a-b03af3586dec'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/S4ZWD_0VRK8?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/S4ZWD_0VRK8?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:420px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">“Wild World” by Maxi Priest</div></div><br>74. Good Thing Going -- Sugar Minott<br>75. One Blood -- Junior Reid<br>76. Twice My Age -- Shabba Ranks & Krystal<br>77. Hello Africa -- Garnett Silk<br>78. Murder She Wrote -- Chaka Demus & Pliers <p>Disc 4<br>79. Putting Up A Resistance -- Beres Hammond<br>80. You Don't Love Me (No, No, No) -- Dawn Penn<br>81. Murderer -- Buju Banton<br>82. Tour -- Capleton<br>83. Lord Give Me Strength -- Luciano<br>84. Untold Stories -- Buju Banton<br>85. Fed Up -- Rodney ' Bounty Killer' Price<br>86. Sycamore Tree -- Lady Saw<br>87. Black Woman & Child -- Sizzla<br>88. Who Am I (Sim Simma) -- Beenie Man</p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; display: inline; float: left; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:a5181bb8-deb4-4d0a-ab65-657a826cfd8a" class="wlWriterSmartContent"><div id="4f008562-d130-4255-9a23-77cd64f70eec" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SaHeKqkC6c" target="_new"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ZzL_mARotf4/UKPQMLRFO8I/AAAAAAAAGCY/gGdwjJ8owTY/video2bd967a90f98%25255B12%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('4f008562-d130-4255-9a23-77cd64f70eec'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/4SaHeKqkC6c?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/4SaHeKqkC6c?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:420px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">“Black Woman And Child” by Sizzla</div></div> <p>89. Down By The River -- Morgan Heritage<br>90. Virtuous Woman -- Warrior King<br>91. Gimme The Light -- Sean Paul<br>92. Pon De River, Pon De Bank -- Elephant Man<br>93. Welcome To Jamrock -- Damian 'Jr. Gong' Marley<br>94. She's Royal -- Tarrus Riley<br>95. True Reflections -- Jah Cure<br>96. Roots -- Etana<br>97. Boombastic -- Shaggy<br>98. Lioness On The Rise -- Queen Ifrica<br>99. On The Rock -- Mavado<br>100. The Harder They Come -- Jimmy Cliff</p> <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="400"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="400"> <ul> <li><font size="1"><b>Audio CD</b> (November 6, 2012) </font><font size="1"><b>Original Release Date:</b> 2012 </font> <li><font size="1"><b>Number of Discs:</b> 4 </font><font size="1"><b>Format:</b> </font><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=cd_format_pop?ie=UTF8&docId=570000"><font size="1">Box set</font></a> <font size="1"><b>Label:</b> <a href="http://www.vprecords.com/" target="_blank">V.P. Records</a> </font> <li><font size="1"><b>ASIN:</b> B0096HQFYI </font></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="http://the-dirty-lowdown.blogspot.com/"><font size="4" face="Viner Hand ITC">The Dirty Lowdown</font></a> <p><b>Copyright © 2012 Robert Carraher All Rights Reserved</b></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343193422030740142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919558706980848092.post-31352405813562340412012-11-13T16:06:00.001-08:002012-11-13T16:06:30.257-08:00Book Review: “Black Crow White Lie” by Candi Sary<div class="wlWriterHeaderFooter" style="float:none; margin:0px; padding:4px 0px 4px 0px;"><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=http://the-dirty-lowdown.blogspot.com/2012/11/book-review-black-crow-white-lie-by.html" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; width:450px; height:80px"></iframe></div><p><a href="http://www.candisary.com/" target="_blank">Candi Sary’s</a> debut novel, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193408137X/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=193408137X&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Black Crow White Lie</i></a><img style="border-bottom-style: none !important; margin: 0px; border-left-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=193408137X" width="1" height="1">, is a kind of metaphysical coming of age novel that doesn’t require a belief in the metaphysical, super natural or any other new age philosophy. Its beauty, much like Richard Bach’s early works; <em>Jonathan Livingston Seagull, A Bridge Across Forever, Illusions, </em>is in its revealing the universal strength and self-confidence to be found in the human spirit. </p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-C4bzhMwxRU0/UKLgcNFrawI/AAAAAAAAF-Q/Ye5ewrHKnTg/s1600-h/Black%252520Crow%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Black Crow" border="0" alt="Black Crow" align="left" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-wvBeCRO9hmE/UKLgeIBtMkI/AAAAAAAAF-Y/br9PIrbugzk/Black%252520Crow_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="170" height="240"></a></p> <p>Told with the simple prose and narration of a thirteen year old, street smart boy – though that sounds a paradox, it is an apt description of Carson Calley and perhaps all of us – there is at once a naiveté and a native wisdom that is endearing and admirable. It’s to Sary’s credit that she draws characters who seem to stand way over the mainstream line, yet are readily identifiable and easy to empathize with. The author has penned an emotionally stirring tale of heartbreak, growth and acceptance that bodes well for her future.</p> <p>Carson Calley is a young boy, entering his teen years, living a nonconventional life. He and his mother, ‘Juliette Bravo’ as she has legally changed her name to, live in a series of Hollywood motels. This is not the Hollywood of glamour, but the Hollywood of seedy characters, seedy bars and seedy motels. His mother makes her living telling fortunes. She spends her nights in bars and drinks too much and leaves Carson to raise himself. But she tells Carson stories and helps him understand just how special he is. </p> <p>“<em>We were Indians – California Indians. This pale skin was once native brown. And these legs of yours were once big and strong so that you could run after deer and shoot them with your arrows, and then bring the meat back to me. You were destined to be a great medicine man, the great healer who would take away all the pain and disease of our people.</em></p> <p>And now that their spirits are reunited, she tells Carson, he is once again destined to be the great healer of this generation. But for the time being, the only healing he does is to cure his mothers hangovers. When he puts his hand near her head he can feel the tiny stars emanate from his hands and they heel her in a way that he doesn’t fully understand. He doesn’t remember the first time he used the stars, but as his mother tells him, he just knew he had them in him. </p> <p>Carson was ten when his mother first told him the above story, and though he sometimes wishes that he and his mother had a more conventional life, it is easier for him to accept and appreciate his life the way it is knowing the stories and knowing his destiny is to be a great healer, someone super special. In almost all other ways, Carson is just a normal boy. He’s skinny and a bit nerdy and takes a lot of bullying for this fact, along with his second hand cloths, his not having a father, the stories he relates about his life, told to him by his mother. He’s also got anger problems. When frustrated, he oft time breaks things, strikes out violently but he figures this must be the downside to his healing gift. He makes do with the flamboyant and funky people of Hollywood in place of a family. One of his favorite haunts is The House Of Freaks, a tattoo shop run by a scary-cool guy named Faris with a bald, but tattooed head, in fact every inch of Faris except his face is covered in tattoos. Faris listens with a practiced ear to Carson’s stories about his life, his mother and even his growing crush on Rose Lewis – the bitchiest girl in fourth grade. Faris becomes a father figure to Carson giving quiet advice and guiding him through Hollywood life. His other best friend is Casper, a tall, lanky albino that runs a head shop.</p> <p>One day, after learning that Casper is deaf in one ear, the result of an odd encounter with a bush while high on mushrooms, Carson calls the stars from his hands and heals Casper. Casper is amazed and offers the use of a room in his head shop for Carson to heal people as a business. At first Carson is reluctant and doesn’t have faith in himself, but after healing colic in a baby that Rose is baby sitting for, Carson’s confidence grows and he goes into business with Casper. He eventually tells his mom and she encourages him to use his gift. She also hires another healer to guide Carson in the ways of healing. Pretty soon, Carson has a huge underground following and a Hollywood starlet comes to him and is healed from cancer and his reputation grows to the extent that he wants to save the money to visit his fathers grave in Washington D.C.</p> <p>His mother has told him stories of his father too. Not only does he have the blood of his mother, a psychic in his veins, but his father was a great military hero and was a super spy for the government. He was such a finely trained killer that he could sit perfectly still for hours until a crow would land near him, taken in by his perfect stillness. Then his father would swiftly grab the crow and wring its neck before you could hardly see him move. As Carson learns the power and extent of his healing gift he dreams of going to Washington D.C. to the Cemetery Of Heroes and raising his father from the dead so that he can bring him back to Hollywood and have a normal life. </p> <p>As Carson matures, he begins to think that all may not be as he thinks. He starts to see his mother as an alcoholic, instead of a tortured soul. She spends more and more time away from him and the motel rooms, and more time with her boy friend, Jackson. When she is hospitalized after a long drinking binge and Carson tries to heal her, and Faris doubts the truth, Carson’s confidence is further shaken.Then, after witnessing some of her fortunetelling he begins to think she is not always honest with her clients and that, perhaps, she makes things up to please them. When, to celebrate his thirteenth birthday, he gets a tattoo of a black crow on his arm, to honor his dead heroic father, and his mother doesn’t even notice his disillusionment grows deeper. </p> <p>As his confidence is further shaken, and he begins to doubt that he even has a healing gift Carson sets out on a journey of discovery. To ultimately find the truth among the white lies. To see if he really is a special human being. He’ll also have to confront and ultimately atone for his anger and destructive actions.</p> <p>What Candi Sary has penned in a short 160 pages is a modern parable. It lays bare the souls needs to find itself unique, it explores love even when lies exist and most of all, as Carson matures and grows, it shows us that inside of us all can exist a tiny seed, a gift that makes us special if only we’ll believe in it and let it take root.</p> <p><a href="http://www.candisary.com/" target="_blank"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Candi Sary" border="0" alt="Candi Sary" align="right" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Osm83rZ_A0w/UKLgfvV1B3I/AAAAAAAAF-g/-cKmfIZ8u_8/Candi%252520Sary%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="145" height="240">Candi Sary</a> is a graduate of UC Irvine and grew up in San Pedro, California. She’s been a finalist in several writing competitions and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193408137X/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=193408137X&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Black Crow White Lie</i></a><img style="border-bottom-style: none !important; margin: 0px; border-left-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=193408137X" width="1" height="1"> was a top finalist in the 2009 <a href="http://www.wordsandmusic.org/competition.html" target="_blank">William Faulkner – William Wisdom Writing Competition</a> and a semi finalist for 2010 in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. This is her first novel, published by <a href="http://www.casperianbooks.com/" target="_blank">Casperian Books</a>, and independent publisher out of Sacramento, Calif. who specialize in genre, main-stream, literary and experimental works.</p> <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="400"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="400"> <ul> <li><font size="1"><b>Paperback:</b> 162 pages </font><font size="1"><b>Publisher:</b> <a href="http://www.casperianbooks.com/" target="_blank">Casperian Books LLC</a> (October 1, 2012) </font> <li><font size="1"><b>Language:</b> English </font><font size="1"><b>ISBN-10:</b> 193408137X </font><font size="1"><b>ISBN-13:</b> 978-1934081372 </font></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table> <p> </p> <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"> <p>Article first published as <a href="http://blogcritics.org/books/article/book-review-black-crow-white-lie1/">Book Review: <i>Black Crow White Lie</i> by Candi Sary</a> on Blogcritics.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="http://the-dirty-lowdown.blogspot.com/"><font size="4" face="Viner Hand ITC">The Dirty Lowdown</font></a> <p><b>Copyright © 2012 Robert Carraher All Rights Reserved</b></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343193422030740142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919558706980848092.post-37988227780262689522012-11-08T18:17:00.001-08:002012-11-08T18:17:22.300-08:00JACK JOHNSON SUPPORTS RELIEF & RECOVERY EFFORTS FOR HURRICANE SANDY<div class="wlWriterHeaderFooter" style="float:none; margin:0px; padding:4px 0px 4px 0px;"><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=http://the-dirty-lowdown.blogspot.com/2012/11/jack-johnson-supports-relief-recovery.html" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; width:450px; height:80px"></iframe></div><div style="line-height: normal" align="center"> <table style="text-align: left; mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600"> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <td style="padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><a title="Jack Johnson Music" href="http://t.opsp.in/c0Nk7" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: ; text-underline: none"><img id="_x0000_i1025" border="0" alt="Jack Johnson Mailing List" src="http://social.jackjohnsonmusic.com/newsletter/header2012.png"></span></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="display: none; mso-hide: all"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p> <div style="line-height: normal" align="center"> <table style="text-align: left; background: white; mso-cellspacing: 0in; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600"> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <td style="padding-bottom: 15pt; padding-left: 15pt; padding-right: 15pt; padding-top: 15pt"> <h3 style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in" align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Helvetica"><font style="font-size: 10.5pt" color="#000000">JACK JOHNSON SUPPORTS RELIEF & RECOVERY EFFORTS FOR HURRICANE SANDY</font></font></span></h3> <p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in" align="center"><img id="_x0000_i1026" border="0" alt="data-cke-saved-src=" src="http://social.jackjohnsonmusic.com/hurricane.jpg" width="649" height="363" alohajack.png?? albumArt uploads images.jackjohnsonmusic.com http:><i><span><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size: 7.5pt">Hurricane Sandy Images - Courtesy of </font></font><font style="font-size: 7.5pt"><a href="http://t.opsp.in/i0OHS" alias="spin_email_url_1"><font color="#0000ff"><u>Danny Clinch</u></font></a><font color="#000000"> and </font><a href="http://t.opsp.in/i0OHT" alias="spin_email_url_2"><font color="#0000ff"><u>WavesforWater.org</u></font></a></font></span></i><font style="font-size: 7.5pt"><br><br></font><i><span><font style="font-size: 7.5pt" color="#000000">After years of touring and surfing along the East Coast, I have made so many great friends. It is heartbreaking to see the images and hear their stories. I just made donations to help recover and relief efforts for Hurricane Sandy. Below is a list of groups you can support. If you can't donate money, you can donate food, supplies or your time. Our East Coast family, friends and neighbors need our help.<br><br>Aloha- Jack</font></span></i></p> <p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Helvetica"><font style="font-size: 10.5pt" color="#000000">In the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy, <b>Jack Johnson</b> announces his support of immediate relief and long-term recovery efforts in the affected areas. Throughout the East Coast, tens of thousands are displaced from their homes and over 600,000 people are still without power as the relief efforts continue.</font></font></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in"><span style="font-family: "><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"><font style="font-size: 10.5pt">Jack has donated to six organizations working hard to provide food, water, medicine and on-the-ground support for thousands affected by the largest Atlantic hurricane on record. Donations will be distributed among the </font></font><font style="font-size: 10.5pt"><a href="http://t.opsp.in/j0OKJ" alias="spin_email_url_3"><font color="#0000ff" face="Helvetica"><u>Food Bank for New York City</u></font></a><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica">, the </font><a href="http://t.opsp.in/j0OKK" alias="spin_email_url_4"><font color="#0000ff" face="Helvetica"><u>Community FoodBank of New Jersey</u></font></a><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica">, </font><a href="http://t.opsp.in/g0OK5" alias="spin_email_url_5"><font color="#0000ff" face="Helvetica"><u>Save the Children</u></font></a><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica">, </font><a href="http://t.opsp.in/a0NTB" alias="spin_email_url_6"><font color="#0000ff" face="Helvetica"><u>Waves for Water</u></font></a><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica">, </font><a href="http://t.opsp.in/c0Nk8" alias="spin_email_url_7"><font color="#0000ff" face="Helvetica"><u>GlobalGiving</u></font></a><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica"> and </font><a href="http://t.opsp.in/h0OMI" alias="spin_email_url_8"><font color="#0000ff" face="Helvetica"><u>Direct Relief International</u></font></a><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica">. These organizations are responding quickly to the immediate needs of those affected but are still in need of funds to support their vital relief and ongoing recovery efforts.<br><br>The announcement of Jack’s donation is timely, as a strong winter storm hit the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast this week, bringing heavy rain, high winds, and snow, affecting areas already impacted by Hurricane Sandy and complicating recovery efforts. To help combat the cold weather, Jack is also shipping 3000 warm sweatshirts and thermal shirts from his merchandise warehouse to the non-profit organization </font><a href="http://t.opsp.in/i0OHU" alias="spin_email_url_9"><font color="#0000ff" face="Helvetica"><u>Waves for Water</u></font></a></font><font face="Helvetica"><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size: 10.5pt"> for distribution to coastal communities on the East Coast.<br><br>Jack is encouraging others to support relief & recovery efforts in any way they can. He is asking people to consider donating food, supplies, time or money to organizations working on the ground in local communities.<br><br>See below for a list of organizations to support.<br><br></font><b><i><font style="font-size: 10.5pt">More on How You Can Help Hurricane Sandy Relief and Recovery Efforts</font></i></b></font></font></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Helvetica"><font style="font-size: 10.5pt" color="#000000">Donate Food and Supplies –</font></font></span></p> <ul style="line-height: normal; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 30pt" type="disc"> <li style="text-indent: 0pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "><a href="http://t.opsp.in/f0OOl" alias="spin_email_url_10"><font color="#0000ff" face="Helvetica"><u><font style="font-size: 10.5pt">You Give Goods</font></u></font></a><font face="Helvetica"><font style="font-size: 10.5pt" color="#000000">: Support an existing food drive or create your own, and purchase needed goods easily online.</font></font></span></li> <li style="text-indent: 0pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "><a href="http://t.opsp.in/d0Nd0" alias="spin_email_url_11"><font color="#0000ff" face="Helvetica"><u><font style="font-size: 10.5pt">Food Bank for New York City</font></u></font></a><font face="Helvetica"><font style="font-size: 10.5pt" color="#000000">: Accepting food and donations to distribute critical food supplies to soup kitchens, food pantries, and senior centers. Collecting non-perishable food donations, such as cereal, canned fruits and vegetables, peanut butter and water.</font></font></span></li> <li style="text-indent: 0pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "><a href="http://t.opsp.in/a0NTD" alias="spin_email_url_12"><font color="#0000ff" face="Helvetica"><u><font style="font-size: 10.5pt">Community FoodBank of New Jersey</font></u></font></a><font face="Helvetica"><font style="font-size: 10.5pt" color="#000000">: Sends ready-to-eat meals and water to shelters in the areas affected by the hurricane. In addition to monetary support, it is accepting donations of canned tuna, peanut butter, granola bars, diapers, and baby food.</font></font></span></li> <li style="text-indent: 0pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "><a href="http://t.opsp.in/e0NeI" alias="spin_email_url_13"><font color="#0000ff" face="Helvetica"><u><font style="font-size: 10.5pt">Occupy Sandy Relief</font></u></font></a><font face="Helvetica"><font style="font-size: 10.5pt" color="#000000">: A coordinated relief effort dedicated to implementing aid and establishing hubs for neighborhood resource distribution in affected areas.</font></font></span></li></ul> <p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in"><span style="font-family: "><br><font face="Helvetica"><font style="font-size: 10.5pt" color="#000000">Donate Time –</font></font></span></p> <ul style="line-height: normal; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 30pt" type="disc"> <li style="text-indent: 0pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "><a href="http://t.opsp.in/e0NeJ" alias="spin_email_url_14"><font color="#0000ff" face="Helvetica"><u><font style="font-size: 10.5pt">HandsOn Network</font></u></font></a><font face="Helvetica"><font style="font-size: 10.5pt" color="#000000">: An expansive database of organizations with which you can volunteer to aid in the rescue and relief of communities in the Northeastern US.</font></font></span></li> <li style="text-indent: 0pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "><a href="http://t.opsp.in/n0NGt" alias="spin_email_url_15"><font color="#0000ff" face="Helvetica"><u><font style="font-size: 10.5pt">NYC Service</font></u></font></a><font face="Helvetica"><font style="font-size: 10.5pt" color="#000000">: An organization that can match you with organizations in New York City that are assisting with the relief efforts.</font></font></span></li> <li style="text-indent: 0pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "><a href="http://t.opsp.in/a0NTE" alias="spin_email_url_16"><font color="#0000ff" face="Helvetica"><u><font style="font-size: 10.5pt">Jersey Cares</font></u></font></a><font face="Helvetica"><font style="font-size: 10.5pt" color="#000000">: Register to help in the coming weeks as projects request volunteers. Water, blankets and non-perishable food will likely be requested in the days to come.</font></font></span></li></ul> <p style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in"><span style="font-family: "><br><font face="Helvetica"><font style="font-size: 10.5pt" color="#000000">Donate Money –</font></font></span></p> <ul style="line-height: normal; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 30pt" type="disc"> <li style="text-indent: 0pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "><a href="http://t.opsp.in/e0NeK" alias="spin_email_url_17"><font color="#0000ff" face="Helvetica"><u><font style="font-size: 10.5pt">Save the Children</font></u></font></a><font face="Helvetica"><font style="font-size: 10.5pt" color="#000000"> - Hurricane Sandy Children in Emergency Fund: Distributing hygiene kits, warm clothing, blankets, baby cribs, and baby food. The organization also sets up “child-friendly” areas in the shelters where kids can play and recover from emotional distress. Text HURRICANE to 20222 to donate $10 to Hurricane Sandy Relief.</font></font></span></li> <li style="text-indent: 0pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "><a href="http://t.opsp.in/c0Nk9" alias="spin_email_url_18"><font color="#0000ff" face="Helvetica"><u><font style="font-size: 10.5pt">Waves for Water</font></u></font></a><font face="Helvetica"><font style="font-size: 10.5pt" color="#000000"> - Hurricane Sandy Relief Initiative: Organizing and mobilizing a strategic response initiative for the victims of Hurricane Sandy from first responder assistance to rubble removal and ultimately the rebuilding efforts.</font></font></span></li> <li style="text-indent: 0pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "><a href="http://t.opsp.in/f0OOm" alias="spin_email_url_19"><font color="#0000ff" face="Helvetica"><u><font style="font-size: 10.5pt">GlobalGiving</font></u></font></a><font face="Helvetica"><font style="font-size: 10.5pt" color="#000000"> - Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund: Supporting disaster recovery and relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in the Caribbean islands and the US. 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margin:0px; padding:4px 0px 4px 0px;"><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=http://the-dirty-lowdown.blogspot.com/2012/11/mud-morganfield-set-to-appear-on-bbc.html" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; width:450px; height:80px"></iframe></div><p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Mistral"><font style="font-size: 28pt" color="#cccccc">Mark Pucci Media</font></font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: "><font color="#cccccc">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: "><font color="#cccccc">November 7, 2012</font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: "><font color="#000000"><font color="#cccccc">Contact: Mark Pucci (770) 804-9555 /</font> </font><a href="mailto:mpmedia@bellsouth.net"><font color="#0000ff"><u>mpmedia@bellsouth.net</u></font></a></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-wm--BdCyii4/UJxQbMLSCrI/AAAAAAAAF8U/6GsOyz8dl0M/s1600-h/clip_image002%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="clip_image002" border="0" hspace="12" alt="clip_image002" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-SrndqLfdeAU/UJxQcavXFiI/AAAAAAAAF8Y/TKgS2CuX4H8/clip_image002_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="178" height="178"></a><span style="color: "></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><u><span style="color: "><span style="text-decoration: "><font color="#000000"> </font></span></span></u></b></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><u><span style="color: "><span style="text-decoration: "><font color="#000000"> </font></span></span></u></b></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><u><span style="color: "><font style="font-size: 16pt" color="#ffffff">Mud Morganfield Set to Appear on BBC Two’s Acclaimed Music TV Series, “Later with Jools Holland,” Airing in the UK on November 20 and 23</font><i></i></span></u></b></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><i><u><span style="color: "><span style="text-decoration: "><font color="#ffffff"> </font></span></span></u></i></b></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: "><font color="#ffffff"> </font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: "><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#ffffff">LONDON, UK – Severn Records artist Mud Morganfield continues to make a big splash “across the pond” in England with the announcement that he’ll appear on BBC Two’s flagship music TV program, “Later with Jools Holland,” airing in the UK on Tuesday November 20 and Friday 23.</font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: "><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#ffffff"> </font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="ecxusercontent"><span style="color: "><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#ffffff">The invitation to play on the long-running TV show came from the host, himself, acclaimed pianist Jools Holland, who caught Mud's performance at the London Blues Festival in June and offered him the slot after seeing Morganfield play. Holland also joined Mud and his band onstage at the Festival for a fantastic rendition of Mud’s legendary father's signature song, “Got My Mojo Working.” </font></span></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="ecxusercontent"><span style="color: "><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#ffffff"> </font></span></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#ffffff"><span><font style="font-size: 11pt">“I am ever so grateful for the blessing,” said Mud Morganfield about being on the TV show. “Here I find myself again in a great moment of my life. I am thrilled and overwhelmed, to say the least, to appear on the <span class="yshortcuts">Jools Holland</span> show. This is what an artist lives for: awards, write-ups in magazines, being on stage with great people and having fun in the blues. To add to all these great things, I represent the blues that my farther passed down to me. I thank Mr. Holland </font></span><span style="color: ; mso-ansi-language: en-gb" lang="EN-GB"><font style="font-size: 11pt">and everyone else who made this happen.”</font></span></font></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="ecxusercontent"><span style="color: "><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#ffffff"> </font></span></span><span></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="ecxusercontent"><span style="color: "><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#ffffff">The BBC Two TV appearance is part of Mud Morganfield’s upcoming UK shows this month that will feature him backed by some of England’s top blues talent: West Weston - harp, Ronni Buysack-Boysen - guitar, Ian Jennings - double bass, Mike Hellier - drums and Eric Ranzoni - keyboards. His nine-date UK tour starts on the 22nd November at the Swindon Arts Centre and continues across England until the 1st December. </font></span></span><span></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="ecxusercontent"><span style="color: "><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#ffffff"> </font></span></span><span></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#ffffff"><span class="ecxusercontent"><span style="color: "><font style="font-size: 11pt">Mud’s UK tour also comes at a time when he’ll be the subject of an upcoming cover feature in the December/January issue of well-respected British magazine, <b><i>Blues Matters</i></b>, due out the end of November. He’ll be joined in that cover feature by the son of another blues icon, John Lee Hooker, Jr. The <b><i>Blues Matters </i></b>cover story can be previewed </font></span></span><span><font style="font-size: 11pt"> <a title="http://www.bluesmatters.com/blog/arise-sons-of-giants/" href="http://www.bluesmatters.com/blog/arise-sons-of-giants/"><u>here</u></a>.</font></span><span class="ecxusercontent"><span style="color: "></span></span></font></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="ecxusercontent"><span style="color: "><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#ffffff"> </font></span></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#ffffff"><span style="color: "><font style="font-size: 11pt">Morganfield continues to be on a major roll since the March, 2012, release of his new album for Severn Records, <b><i>Son of the Seventh Son, </i></b>which recently<b><i> </i></b>was one of the big winners at the <b>Fifth Annual Blues Blast Music Awards</b>, getting the nod for “Traditional Blues CD of the Year” and also winning the “Sean Costello Rising Star Award” in recognition of his achievements this year. It’s the latest accolade for the blues singer, who also recently appeared on the cover of <b><i>Living Blues </i></b>magazine and was invited onstage to sing with TV actor-cum-bluesman Hugh Laurie (“House”) for his show at Chicago’s Park West nightclub.</font><b><i><font style="font-size: 11pt"> </font></i></b></span><b><i></i></b></font></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color: "><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#ffffff"> </font></span></i></b></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#ffffff"><b><i><span><font style="font-size: 11pt">Son of the Seventh Son</font></span></i></b><span><font style="font-size: 11pt"> is the Severn Records label debut from Larry “Mud” Morganfield, son of the legendary Muddy Waters. Severn Records is distributed nationally by City Hall Records. Recorded in Chicago and produced by Bob Corritore, <b><i>Son of the Seventh Son </i></b>features Mud Morganfield’s earthy, soulful vocals backed by a cadre of blues all-stars, including Kenny Smith on drums, Rick Kreher and Billy Flynn on guitar, Barrelhouse Chuck on keyboards, E.G. McDaniel on bass, and Harmonica Hines and Bob Corritore on harp. </font></span></font></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#ffffff"> </font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#ffffff">Chicago-based Mud Morganfield is the eldest son of the blues icon and bears a striking vocal and physical resemblance to his illustrious father. He has toured all over the world spreading the gospel of blues just like his daddy did and continues to support the release of his new album with tour dates both in the U.S. and internationally, as well.</font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#ffffff"> </font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><span><font style="font-size: 11pt"><font color="#ffffff">To download a hi-res color photo of Mud Morganfield taken at the Great British R&B Festival in 2011 (photo credit: Alan White),</font> click on this link:</font></span></font><font color="#cccccc"> <span><a title="Mud Morganfield at Great British R&B Festival" href="http://www.markpuccimedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Great-British-RB-Fest.-Photo-by-Alan-White.jpg" target="_blank"><span style="color: "><font style="font-size: 11pt"><u>http://www.markpuccimedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Great-British-RB-Fest.-Photo-by-Alan-White.jpg</u></font></span></a></span></font></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font color="#cccccc"><font style="font-size: 11pt"> </font><b><i><font style="font-size: 11pt"> </font></i></b></font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 4.5pt 0in 7.5pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><font color="#cccccc"><font style="font-size: 11pt">For more information on Mud Morganfield, visit </font><font style="font-size: 11pt"><a href="http://www.mudmorganfieldsite.com/"><u>http://www.mudmorganfieldsite.com/</u></a> and <a href="http://www.severnrecords.com/"><u>www.severnrecords.com</u></a>. </font></font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="ecxusercontent"><span style="color: "><font color="#cccccc"> </font></span></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="ecxusercontent"><span style="color: "><font color="#cccccc"><font style="font-size: 11pt">More info on Mud and the UK band here: </font><font style="font-size: 11pt"><a title="http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/mud_morganfield_muddy_waters_jr.htm" href="http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/mud_morganfield_muddy_waters_jr.htm" target="_blank"><u>http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/mud_morganfield_muddy_waters_jr.htm</u></a> .</font></font></span></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="ecxusercontent"><span style="color: "><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#cccccc"> </font></span></span><span></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt" class="MsoNormal"><span class="ecxusercontent"><span style="color: "><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#cccccc">More info on “Later with Jools Holland” program: </font><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006ml0l"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#cccccc"><u>http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006ml0l</u></font></a></span><span style="color: "></span></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: "><br><font color="#cccccc"><b><font style="font-size: 11pt">UK</font></b><b><font style="font-size: 11pt"> TOUR</font><strong><font style="font-size: 11pt"> DATES</font></strong></b></font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#cccccc"><span style="color: "><font style="font-size: 11pt">Thursday, 22/11/2012, <b>Swindon Arts Centre, </b>Swindon </font><font style="font-size: 11pt"><a href="http://www.swindon.gov.uk/artscentre"><u>http://www.swindon.gov.uk/artscentre</u></a> </font></span><span></span></font></p> <p style="line-height: normal; 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Yeah."</span></em><span style="font-family: "> -<strong><span style="font-family: "> Wynton Marsalis</span></strong></span></font></font></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font color="#000000"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font face="Century Gothic"><font color="#000000"><em><span style="font-family: ">"I've never heard a singer of her generation who has such a command of styles ranging from Bessie Smith to Betty Carter. To have an artist with such a handle on jazz vocabulary while being extremely expressive and soulful, that's very rare."</span></em><span style="font-family: "> - <strong><span style="font-family: ">Aaron Diehl</span></strong></span></font></font></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000"> </font></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">Mack Avenue Records is proud to announce the signing of <b>Cécile McLorin Salvant</b>, winner of the 2010 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition. The announcement comes as the 23-year-old prepares for her debut album in 2013, titled <strong><i><span style="font-family: ">Woman Child</span></i></strong>.</font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">"Recording for Mack Avenue has been a truly wonderful experience," reflects Salvant. "As a young artist, I have found the support and encouragement that is paramount in this stage of my development."</font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">Al Pryor, Mack Avenue Record's Executive Vice President of A&R, said, "Cécile has the preternatural ability to delve deeply into the core of a song and then serve it up to an audience. Calling on the vocal techniques of Ella, Sarah and Betty Carter, together with the intelligence of Billie Holiday's phrasing and the wisdom of Bessie Smith's lyricism, she heralds a new generation of female jazz vocalists. We are thrilled to partner with Cécile as she adds the vocation of recording artist to her journey as a jazz singer and performing artist who will undoubtedly contribute to the legacy of those artists who came before her."</font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">Salvant was born and raised in Miami, Florida of a French mother and a Haitian father. She began classical piano studies at age five, and began singing in the Miami Choral Society at age eight. Early on, she developed an interest in classical voice, began studying with private instructors, and later with Edward Walker, vocal teacher at the University of Miami.</font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">In 2007, Salvant moved to Aix-en-Provence, France, to study law as well as classical and baroque voice at the Darius Milhaud Conservatory. It was in Aix-en-Provence, with reedist and teacher Jean-François Bonnel, that she began learning about improvisation, instrumental and vocal repertoire ranging from the 1910s on, and sang with her first band. In 2009, after a series of concerts in Paris, she recorded her first project <i>Cécile </i>(self-released), with Jean-François Bonnel's Paris Quintet. A year later, she won the Thelonious Monk Competition in Washington D.C., judged by Patti Austin, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Kurt Elling, Al Jarreau and Dianne Reeves.</font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "><font color="#000000" face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 10pt">With performance experience in Europe as well as the United States, Salvant has been accompanied by renowned musicians such as Jean-Francois Bonnel, Rodney Whitaker, Aaron Diehl, Dan Nimmer, Sadao Watanabe, Jacky Terrasson (with a noted collaboration on his latest album, <i>Gouache</i>), Archie Shepp, and Jonathan Batiste, among others. She has performed at numerous festivals, including Jazz à Vienne, Ascona, Whitley Bay, Montauban, Foix, the Spoleto Jazz Festival, and the Detroit Jazz Festival; with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in New York's Rose Hall and Chicago's Symphony Center; and with her own band at the Kennedy Center. Additionally, for the second consecutive year, her sole voice can be heard backing the </font></font><font style="font-size: 10pt"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001saW931lhrBUhu7g-WwykaJtmHhC4YGI_I-GgyXcOTlNsJA8CanJxnxzkel9bpXG5lrBW0mpR2dZxmO_Wjo759Vq4-sPIkjmjrv4APR6u_lpstFZofmOamA4h6KvRiXSG4SK2cnSfuhn66WBBr-jwJ8Ute8rJCUH8" shape="rect" target="_blank" track="on" linktype="1"><font color="#0000ff" face="Century Gothic"><u>CHANEL® "Chance" ad campaign</u></font></a></font><font face="Century Gothic"><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size: 10pt">.</font><b><font style="font-size: 10pt"> </font></b></font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">On her forthcoming album, <strong><i><span style="font-family: ">Woman Child</span></i></strong>, Salvant continues her approach in performing unique interpretations of unknown and scarcely recorded jazz and blues compositions (with a theatrical execution). The project features label mates Aaron Diehl and Rodney Whitaker (Diehl's Mack Avenue debut is set for February 19 release) as well as Herlin Riley and James Chirillo. The project is slated for mid-2013 release (exact time frame to be announced). </font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><font face="Century Gothic"><font color="#000000"><b><u><span style="font-family: ">Upcoming Cécile McLorin Salvant Appearances:</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: "><font style="font-size: 10pt"> </font></span></b></font></font><span style="font-family: "></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><b><span style="font-family: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000"> </font></font></span></b><span style="font-family: "></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><font face="Century Gothic"><font color="#000000"><b><span style="font-family: "><font style="font-size: 10pt">November 16</font></span></b><span style="font-family: "><font style="font-size: 10pt"> / Ritz Kinam - w/Aaron Diehl / </font><b><font style="font-size: 10pt">Petion-Ville, Haiti</font></b></span></font></font></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; 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padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px" bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top" align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-top: 3px" valign="top"> <div align="center"></div> <div> <div><span style="font-family: "><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#000000">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</font></font></span></div> <div><span style="font-family: "><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#000000">November 7, 2012</font></font></span></div></div> <div> </div> <div align="center"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://cdn.e2ma.net/userdata/1400488/images/e1352161522.jpg" width="648" height="288"></div> <div> <div> <div> <div><span style="font-family: "><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 8pt" color="#000000">photo at left by Barbara K</font></font></span></div> <div></div></div> <div align="center"><span style="font-family: "><span style="color: "><strong><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 16pt" color="#c23c5a">JAMES McMURTRY AUCTION </font></font></strong></span></span></div> <div align="center"><span style="font-family: "><span style="color: "><strong><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 16pt" color="#c23c5a">TO BENEFIT HURRICANE RELIEF</font></font></strong></span><strong><br></strong><span><strong><em><br></em></strong></span></span></div> <div align="center"><span style="font-family: ; color: "><strong><em><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#8d3c9a">Proceeds from Ebay Auction will be donated to the American Red Cross</font></font></em></strong></span></div> <div align="center"></div> <div align="left"><span style="font-family: "><font color="#000000" face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 11pt">HOUSTON, Texas — The </font></font><font style="font-size: 11pt"><a href="http://e2.ma/click/qocod/i6472d/e7qa7" rel="James McMurtry"><font color="#0066cc" face="Georgia"><u>James McMurtry</u></font></a></font><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#000000"> band definitely got into the Halloween spirit at their regular midnight show at Continental Club last Wednesday. The band members dressed up in full costume as the cast of <em>The Wizard of Oz</em> (James donning a plaid dress and ruby slippers in his portrayal of Dorothy). </font></font></span><br><br></div> <div align="left"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#000000">Now, to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy, McMurtry is auctioning off his ruby slippers, which he personally hand-painted and autographed. Proceeds will be donated directly to the American Red Cross Hurricane Relief Fund at the end of the auction (Nov. 15, 2013) to help our friends and family get back on their feet. </font></font></span></div> <div align="left"></div> <div align="left"><span style="font-family: "><a href="http://e2.ma/click/qocod/i6472d/uzra7" rel="Click here "><font color="#0066cc" face="Georgia"><u><font style="font-size: 11pt">Click here </font></u></font></a><font style="font-size: 11pt"><font color="#000000" face="Georgia">to bid now! </font></font></span><font style="font-size: 11pt"><br><br></font><span style="font-family: "><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#000000">The James McMurtry team encourages everyone to contribute directly to help hurricane victims across the coastline through the next weeks and months of rebuilding and recovery. </font></font></span></div> <div align="left"></div> <div align="left"><span style="font-family: "><a href="http://e2.ma/click/qocod/i6472d/qkta7" rel=" Click here"><font color="#0066cc" face="Georgia"><u><font style="font-size: 11pt">Click here</font></u></font></a><font style="font-size: 11pt"><font color="#000000" face="Georgia"> to donate now.</font></font></span><font style="font-size: 11pt"><br><br></font><span style="font-family: "><font face="Georgia"><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size: 11pt"><strong>James McMurtry is currently on tour (with The Gourds as noted):</strong></font><strong><font style="font-size: 11pt"> </font></strong></font></font></span></div> <div align="left"><font face="Georgia"><span style="font-family: "><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#000000">Wed., Nov. 7 <strong>LAWRENCE, KS </strong>The Bottleneck (w/ The Gourds)</font></span><font style="font-size: 11pt"><br><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family: ">Thurs., Nov. 8 <strong>ST. LOUIS, MO </strong>Blueberry Hill</span><br><span style="font-family: ">Fri., Nov. 9 <strong>CHICAGO, IL </strong>Park West (w/ The Gourds)</span><br><span style="font-family: ">Sat., Nov. 10, <strong>MINNEAPOLIS, MN </strong>Cedar Cultural Center (w/ The Gourds)</span><br><span style="font-family: ">Sun., Nov. 11 <strong>MILWAUKEE, WI </strong>Shank Hall (w/ The Gourds)</span><br><span style="font-family: ">Tues., Nov. 13 <strong>BLOOMINGTON, IN </strong>The Bishop</span><br><span style="font-family: ">Wed., Nov. 14 <strong>COVINGTON, KY </strong>Southgate House Revival</span><br><span style="font-family: ">Thurs., Nov. 15 <strong>LEXINGTON, KY </strong>Natasha's</span><br><span style="font-family: ">Fri., Nov. 16 <strong>SPRINGFIELD, MO </strong>The Outland</span><br></font></font><span style="font-family: "><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#000000">Sat., Nov. 17 <strong>FORT SMITH, AR </strong>Second Street Live</font></span></font></div> <div align="left"></div> <div align="left"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#000000">McMurtry will return the studio later this year to record a new album for 2013. </font><strong></strong></font></span></div> <div align="left"><span style="font-family: "><strong></strong></span></div> <div align="left"><span style="font-family: "><span style="text-decoration: "><a href="http://e2.ma/click/qocod/i6472d/6cua7" rel="httpwww.jamesmcmurtry.com"><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#0066cc"><u>http://www.jamesmcmurtry.com</u></font></font></a></span></span></div> <div align="left"><span style="font-family: "><strong></strong></span></div> <div align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#000000"># # #</font></font></span></div> <div align="left"><span style="font-family: "><strong><br><font color="#000000" face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 11pt">For more information, please contact </font></font><font style="font-size: 11pt"><a href="http://e2.ma/click/qocod/i6472d/m5ua7" rel="Conqueroo"><font color="#0066cc" face="Georgia"><u>Conqueroo</u></font></a><font color="#000000" face="Georgia">:<br></font></font></strong><font style="font-size: 11pt"><font color="#000000" face="Georgia">Cary Baker • (323) 656-1600 • </font><a href="mailto:cary@conqueroo.com?subject=" rel="cary@conqueroo.com"><font color="#0066cc" face="Georgia"><u>cary@conqueroo.com</u></font></a></font><strong><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#000000"> </font></font></strong></span></div> <div align="left"></div></div></div> <div> </div> <div align="center"></div> <div></div> <div> </div> <div align="center"></div> <div></div> <div> </div> <div align="center"></div> <div></div> <div> </div> <div align="center"></div> <div></div> <div> </div> <div align="center"></div> <div></div> <div> </div> <div align="center"></div> <div></div> <div> </div> <div align="center"></div> <div></div> <div> </div> <div align="center"></div> <div></div> <div align="center"></div> <div></div> <div align="center"></div> <div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td> <td bgcolor="#000000" valign="top" width="37" align="left"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343193422030740142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919558706980848092.post-3230648062798510592012-11-07T23:03:00.001-08:002012-11-07T23:03:30.195-08:00HURRICANE SANDY JAZZ BENEFIT CONCERT - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2012 9PM-2AM AT LE POISSON ROUGE<div class="wlWriterHeaderFooter" style="float:none; 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color: "></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><b><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font color="#ffffff" face="Century Gothic">MOTÉMA MUSIC AND DL MEDIA</font></span></b><span style="font-family: ; color: "></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#ffffff"> </font></font></span></b></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><b><span style="font-family: ; color: "><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001inv4FTosGgib_-woqYdc0xQObRFwpcdFSD0UTaPEVmNE9hznlKZeh8a3-Wj_ArmAtXg5eW7OK0juCqVc_bQ2vNzuIsYJzzm4Pi2zZIVKepa0NA5T26QEQrLIQpDsSHGn" shape="rect" target="_blank" track="on" linktype="1"><font face="Century Gothic"><u><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#ffffff">Truth Revolution Records</font></u></font></a></span></b><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font style="font-size: 10pt"><font color="#ffffff" face="Century Gothic">, <b><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001inv4FTosGggrF-0t9vlZQAfRLBxCsEHsottwnVvPwgX2sa834EvE70VCMZ2kt0A2ubPZZ7aEQW3qlGgoio9SriLHaChzgUofnkNLQxWgCnHRbCYwxY7QgrJUWhHvrxkS3dpNv6K4VDZ2YgS7zGyv2VjYuIxR7G6f" shape="rect" target="_blank" track="on" linktype="1"><u>Revive Music Group</u></a></b>, </font><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001inv4FTosGggTuPm8pY_2KGftlO7BQNRmo60RToZrWeKiOjKIq80FK3LNxrEisZZaw25XNBSG2P8IoiTQ54b0ZWsqdvcxZ3ceQdTw9JqFDS474NnDeMX-rw==" shape="rect" target="_blank" track="on" linktype="1"><b><font color="#ffffff" face="Century Gothic"><u>Motéma Music</u></font></b></a></font><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#ffffff"> and <strong><span style="font-family: "><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001inv4FTosGghD5lnfF4WYtB-S2055t6kKMCbn1LRZ0-tiXs7Lg1VIUlFH3d3K2CvwjW0_8zCRVSWwY9kfWYzVk7s7-QxaMgHFwYnHkr7e9yWtipewQDY81A==" shape="rect" target="_blank" track="on" linktype="1"><u>DL Media</u></a></span></strong> are proud to join forces to bring the jazz community together for one night to raise much needed funds for the victims of <b>Hurricane Sandy</b> in the outer boroughs. The concert is being sponsored by the <b><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001inv4FTosGgg3IbkRQhbIiFhqQIuycn8qQPbDPAUV8-6m0csoXt4EwS4AflaVf9RifN0quDzCBG2QY1yoEV7OqhjBwqiLKmalr51H-dbKy2HKtxwWd2HH-EXMTaNgNUEa" shape="rect" target="_blank" track="on" linktype="1"><u>Jazz Foundation of America</u></a></b> to offer support to the many jazz musicians that have been directly affected. Please join us at <b>Le Poisson Rouge</b> (158 Bleeker St., between Sullivan & 5th Ave.) this <b>Thursday, November 8, 2012</b> from <b>9PM to 2AM</b> where a number of musicians from the New York community and beyond, including <b>David Weiss & Point of Departure</b>, <b>Julian Lage</b>, <b>Gregory Hutchinson</b>, <b>Jesse Fischer</b>, <b>Philip Dizack</b>, <b>Manner Effect</b>, <b>Richie Barshay</b> and many others, will come together in an evening filled with music that will inspire and touch many to give generously for Hurricane Sandy victims. </font></font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#ffffff"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#ffffff">The support from the jazz community was overwhelming and collectively these organizations have <b>set out to raise $100,000</b> both in person and online via a live video feed provided by Le Poisson Rouge. Viewers who are not able to participate in person will be able to call in and donate in real time as well as make donations online. <b>The suggested donation for this event starts at $20, with 100% of the contributions going directly to the fund</b>. For those who double their donation and above will also receive a digital download of the event. </font></font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#ffffff"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#ffffff">Since the recovery has only begun, this evening will serve as a catalyst for ongoing donations. These organizations are also using this opportunity to partner with corporations and local businesses to match donations dollar for dollar. The outpour of support from the five New York boroughs to the affected community is unprecedented. Coming together for a night of music and solidarity is another way to provide more assistance to those in need.</font></font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#ffffff"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#ffffff">Musicians and music appreciators alike are welcome to join a very special jam session immediately following the performances. Again, the suggested donation for this event starts at $20 and for those who double their donation and above will also receive a digital download of the event. Live video streaming will be available online for those not able to be with us in person.</font></font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#ffffff"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#ffffff"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#ffffff">Hurricane Sandy Jazz Benefit Concert</font></font></span></strong><span style="font-family: ; color: "></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#a5a5a5">at Le Poisson Rouge - Thursday, November 8</font></font></span></strong><span style="font-family: ; color: "></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#a5a5a5">Performances from 9PM to 2AM</font></font></span></strong><span style="font-family: ; color: "></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#a5a5a5"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white" align="center"><em><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#a5a5a5">$20 suggested donation at the door.</font></font></span></em><span style="font-family: ; color: "></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white" align="center"><em><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#a5a5a5">Walk up and future donations can be made to</font></font></span></em><span style="font-family: ; color: "></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white" align="center"><em><span style="font-family: ; color: "><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001inv4FTosGgg3IbkRQhbIiFhqQIuycn8qQPbDPAUV8-6m0csoXt4EwS4AflaVf9RifN0quDzCBG2QY1yoEV7OqhjBwqiLKmalr51H-dbKy2HKtxwWd2HH-EXMTaNgNUEa" shape="rect" target="_blank" track="on" linktype="1"><font face="Century Gothic"><u><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#a5a5a5">Jazz Foundation of America</font></u></font></a><font style="font-size: 10pt"><font color="#a5a5a5" face="Century Gothic">'s "Hurricane Sandy Fund"</font></font></span></em><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#a5a5a5"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Century Gothic"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#a5a5a5"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; 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mso-cellspacing: 1.5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184" class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="394"> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes"> <td style="padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt" width="350"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><img id="_x0000_i1026" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.237" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs042/1101796412389/img/237.png" width="264" height="328"></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <td style="padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><em><b><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 9pt" color="#000000">Photo Credit: Steve Korn</font></font></span></b></em><b><span style="font-family: ; color: "></span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 14pt" color="#000000">Thursday, November 15th @ 7:30pm</font></font></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 14pt" color="#000000">One Show Only</font></font></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><b><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 14pt" color="#000000"> </font></font></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><strong><span style="font-family: "><font style="font-size: 10pt">PDX Jazz</font></span></strong><span style="font-family: "><font style="font-size: 10pt">, the presenting organization of the <strong><span style="font-family: ">Portland Jazz Festival </span></strong>in partnership with the <strong><span style="font-family: ">Mission Theater</span></strong>, along with <strong><span style="font-family: ">The Crystal Hotel</span></strong> and our media sponsor <strong><span style="font-family: ">KMHD Radio</span></strong>, announces guitarist <strong><span style="font-family: ">Dan Balmer</span></strong>, featuring special guests organist <strong><span style="font-family: ">George Mitchell</span></strong>, bassist<strong><span style="font-family: "> Andrea Niemiec, </span></strong>and drummer <strong><span style="font-family: ">Mel Brown</span></strong>, as part of the continuing <strong><span style="font-family: ">PDX Jazz @ The Mission Theater</span></strong> series on <strong><span style="font-family: ">Thursday, November 15 @ 7:30PM</span></strong>. Balmer will showcase a special <strong><span style="font-family: ">For Portland Only</span></strong> performance, "<strong><span style="font-family: ">Far Wes - A Tribute to Wes Montgomery"</span></strong>, in honor of the late jazz guitar innovator, who was known for his smooth, thumb-picked sound and cited by the likes of Pat Metheny, Lee Ritenour, and Jimi Hendrix as an influence.</font></span></font></font><span style="font-family: "></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">"To me, Wes was the ultimate jazz guitarist. He never sounded like he was playing licks, but instead, was presenting the pure melodies that were flowing through him," says Balmer. "When you watch him play, he, like all truly great artists, made it look effortless, as if he is simply channeling pure truth from a higher place." The quartet will be performing tunes including "Four on Six", "West Coast Blues", "Goin Out of my Head", "When a Man Loves a Woman", "Airegin", "Road Song", and "Once I Loved." </font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000"> </font></font></span></p> <div align="center"> <table style="text-align: left; mso-cellspacing: 1.5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184" class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="310"> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes"> <td style="padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt" width="310"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001DL5XvbwvZvSNkAMnknHTT9d-ir_n4N4ovlJEhBp3H4NGHzxw2_26gt1P1lZ0N__jolG11E_GMdZ3GT97UvkaHB7OaWHleXr3RXUNsRG2YsXaEiAd6CZUHI2yCqgdf6ubDAlufxanPibg8yE_0Sl5bg==" shape="rect" target="_blank" track="on"><span style="text-decoration: ; text-underline: none"><img id="_x0000_i1027" border="0" hspace="5" alt="Dan Balmer at La Plata Jazz Festival" vspace="5" src="https://thumbnail.constantcontact.com/remoting/v1/vthumb/YOUTUBE/a8c1f8a1f61c4a86bc5fed7d22e8e388" width="300" height="225"></span></a><font color="#000000"> </font></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <td style="padding-bottom: 0.75pt; padding-left: 0.75pt; padding-right: 0.75pt; padding-top: 0.75pt"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">Dan Balmer at La Plata Jazz Festival</font></font></span></strong><span style="font-family: ; color: "></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000"> </font></font></span><span style="font-family: "></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#000000">PDX Jazz @ The Mission Theater Presents</font></font></span></strong><span style="font-family: "></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#000000">For Portland Only: Dan Balmer</font></font></span></strong><span style="font-family: "></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#000000">"Far Wes - A Tribute to Wes Montgomery"</font></font></span></strong><span style="font-family: "></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#000000">Thursday, November 15th @ 7:30pm</font></font></span></strong><span style="font-family: "></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><em><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">Dan Balmer - Guitar</font></font></span></em><span style="font-family: "></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><em><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">George Mitchell - Organ</font></font></span></em><span style="font-family: "></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><em><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">Andrea Niemiec - Bass </font></font></span></em><span style="font-family: "></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><em><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">Mel Brown - Drums</font></font></span></em><span style="font-family: "></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">UPCOMING PDX JAZZ @ THE MISSION THEATER</font></font></span></strong><span style="font-family: "></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">Thursday, December 13 · George Colligan</font></font></span></strong><span style="font-family: "></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">"Hands On! - A Tribute to Herbie Hancock and McCoy Tyner"</font></font></span></strong><span style="font-family: "></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size: 10pt">All Seats $15 - Show @ 7:30PM</font><strong><span style="font-family: "><font style="font-size: 10pt"> </font></span></strong></font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><em><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">George Colligan - Piano</font></font></span></em><span style="font-family: "></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><em><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">David Valdez - Alto Saxophone</font></font></span></em><span style="font-family: "></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><em><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">Nicole Glover - 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Violin</font></font></span></em><span style="font-family: "></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><em><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">Bill Frisell - Guitar</font></font></span></em><span style="font-family: "></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><em><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">Brian Blade - Drums </font></font></span></em><span style="font-family: "></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">The Mission Theater</font></font></span></strong><span style="font-family: "></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">1624 N.W. Glisan, Portland, OR</font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">(503) 223-4527</font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">Ticketing Info:</font></font></span></strong><span style="font-family: "></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">Tickets for shows ticketed by Cascade Tickets may be purchased at the Crystal box office or other McMenamins outlets (Bagdad Theater, Edgefield, East 19th St. Café in Eugene). At these locations the convenience charge is only $1. You can order by phone at 1-800-514-ETIX, or by clicking the "Buy Tickets" link located at the event listing on the McMenamins schedules.</font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">Tickets are $15 advance/day of show.</font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">* Reserved seating is available for PDX Jazz members</font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><em><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">$2 Discount Trivia Question: What are the names of Wes Montgomery's</font></font></span></em><span style="font-family: "></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><em><span style="font-family: "><font style="font-size: 10pt">two brothers, and what city does the Montgomery family hail from?</font></span></em><span style="font-family: "><font style="font-size: 10pt"> </font></span></font></font></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">Located within walking distance of the Mission Theater,</font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">McMenamins Crystal Hotel & Ballroom is ideal for concert-goers</font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt">For more info about McMenamins Hotel & Ballroom, visit: </font></font><font style="font-size: 10pt"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001DL5XvbwvZvQH2sPoOqLP0eXPoFUNFUhLDAjasV168PsBBjEPNb3WsoOVxH47toOCGREzxhvME4D2o12mlg5IpADqTDSXKkNlOHhsxwMK4gDhYnJNsKqXqg==" shape="rect" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><u>www.McMenamins.com</u></font></a></font><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000">For more information, contact</font></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt">Don Lucoff @ </font></font><a href="mailto:dlucoff@pdxjazz.com" shape="rect" target="_blank" linktype="2"><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#0000ff"><u>dlucoff@pdxjazz.com</u></font></font></a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><font color="#000000"><i> </i><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt"> </font></font></span></font></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Arial"><font style="font-size: 10pt" color="#000000"> </font></font><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001DL5XvbwvZvTSi2cX6bsk_5rZz0SXX_nQV3Y1VaZ63KpgQJeId471UaL2nAHEWYEvqkfCpkNVkuAyb8a4V5mrj_N6YzQFjCNoKufexo6kPL2rYAuengKL2g6DA-ZkT8rUInJyrPCkKX0=" shape="rect" target="_blank" track="on" linktype="facebook"><span style="text-decoration: ; 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width:450px; height:80px"></iframe></div><p>NOMINEES SERGIO DALMA, LILA DOWNS (WITH TOTO LA MOMPOSINA AND CELSO PINA),<br>JESSE & JOY, VICTOR MANUELLE, GERARDO ORTIZ, PITBULL, MICHEL TELO, AND<br>3BALLMTY ARE THE FIRST PERFORMERS ANNOUNCED FOR THE XIII ANNUAL LATIN<br>GRAMMY AWARDS <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-oSv41cQEcZM/UJa7l9PwpfI/AAAAAAAAF4o/zk61bAeoMxw/s1600-h/untitled%25255B4%25255D.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="untitled" border="0" alt="untitled" align="right" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-4yXMAKqETQU/UJa7mZh-BdI/AAAAAAAAF4w/zl_TxyuX3jc/untitled_thumb%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="230" height="308"></a> <p align="center">CRISTIAN DE LA FUENTE AND LUCERO <p align="center">TO ONCE AGAIN CO-HOST THE BIGGEST NIGHT IN LATIN MUSIC <p>The Latin Music Industry's Premier Event Takes Place at the Mandalay Bay<br>Events Center in Las Vegas and Airs Live on the Univision Network Nov. 15 <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-LLvJFEetP9g/UJa7m9OcdiI/AAAAAAAAF44/fjioRWX0wzg/s1600-h/LuceroCristianOct23%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="LuceroCristianOct23" border="0" alt="LuceroCristianOct23" align="left" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-UMGYaMwWaCo/UJa7nC0LLVI/AAAAAAAAF5A/JSZorhZPjfo/LuceroCristianOct23_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="178"></a> <p>MIAMI (Oct. 25, 2012) - Current nominees Sergio Dalma, Lila Downs (with Tot />La Momposina and Celso Pi Jesse & Joy, Victor Manuelle, Gerardo Ortiz, Pitbull, Michel Telnd 3BallMTY are the first performers announced for the XIII Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards (#LatinGrammy) telecast, it was announced today by The Latin Recording Academy. Actors CristiᮠDe La Fuente and Lucero once again will co-host the Latin music industry's premier event. The biggest night in Latin music is set for Nov. 15 at the Mandalay<br>Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and will air live on the Univision Network<br>(<a href="http://www.univision.com">www.univision.com</a>) from 8 -- 11 p.m. ET/PT (7 p.m. Central). For updates and<br>breaking news, please visit <a href="http://www.latingrammy.com">www.latingrammy.com</a> as well as The Latin Recording Academy's social networks on Twitter and Facebook: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/latingrammys">www.twitter.com/latingrammys</a> (@LatinGRAMMYs) and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/latingrammys">www.facebook.com/latingrammys</a>. <p>Latin GRAMMY-winning duo Jesse & Joy have five nods: Record Of The Year and<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-jBoIzLfqYXI/UJa7noLdIdI/AAAAAAAAF5I/BQhfI9hxfI0/s1600-h/Jesse-y-Joy-Corre%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Jesse-y-Joy-Corre" border="0" alt="Jesse-y-Joy-Corre" align="right" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-uuGxmH01o-I/UJa7oUX6oAI/AAAAAAAAF5Q/6u3F8pa-_no/Jesse-y-Joy-Corre_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="143"></a><br>Song Of The Year for "Corre!"; Album Of The Year and Best Contemporary Pop<br>Vocal Album for Con Qui鮠Se Queda El Perro?; and Best Short Form Music<br>Video for "Me Voy." <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-i4yPAIw5_YU/UJa7o3WWlcI/AAAAAAAAF5U/VNsOlpdUYvU/s1600-h/sergio-dalma--644x362%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="sergio-dalma--644x362" border="0" alt="sergio-dalma--644x362" align="left" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-SPfZ8ANUaaE/UJa7p_6PM0I/AAAAAAAAF5g/95PQcqT17tU/sergio-dalma--644x362_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="139"></a>Sergio Dalma is nominated in the Best Pop Traditional Vocal Album category<br>for VDalma II. <p>Latin GRAMMY winner Lila Downs has a Best Folk Album nomination for Pecados<br>Y Milagros. <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-914EiGl2Pik/UJa7qUlB_3I/AAAAAAAAF5o/uUF_AOm6nKc/s1600-h/lila_downs__cuadrada_0%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="lila_downs__cuadrada_0" border="0" alt="lila_downs__cuadrada_0" align="right" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-gpx8J53R7bg/UJa7q7-vJRI/AAAAAAAAF5w/1OUCeMZgcEM/lila_downs__cuadrada_0_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="190" height="190"></a> <p>Victor Manuelle garnered a Best Salsa Album nomination for Busco Un Pueblo. <p>Gerardo Ortiz drew a nomination for Best Nortelbum for Entre Dios Y El<br>Diablo. <p>Pitbull (Armando P鲥z) is up for Best Urban Song with "Crazy People." <p>Michel Tels a nod for Best Sertaneja Music Album for Na Balada. <p>3BallMTY earned a Best New Artist nomination. <p>The XIII Latin GRAMMY Awards will be supported on radio via Univision Radio (the official Spanish-language radio network of the Latin GRAMMY Awards), and highlighted on the Internet at <a href="http://www.latingrammy.com">www.latingrammy.com</a> and <a href="http://www.univisionmusica.com">www.univisionmusica.com</a>, including video interviews and photos, an extensive archive of past shows, a live blog, and dedicated forums for fans to share their excitement leading up to the live broadcast. Additionally, the telecast will be distributed internationally to more than 100 countries. <hr> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-dnVz9Yq9nbM/UJa9AKLSTWI/AAAAAAAAF54/A93VkK-tmvI/s1600-h/musica-grammy-151x102-street-parties-logo%25255B8%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="musica-grammy-151x102-street-parties-logo" border="0" alt="musica-grammy-151x102-street-parties-logo" align="left" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-e_PdBKeh4uw/UJa9A2aDjeI/AAAAAAAAF6A/wQGjT7tsNNc/musica-grammy-151x102-street-parties-logo_thumb%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="172" height="116"></a>LOS ACTUALMENTE NOMINADOS SERGIO DALMA, LILA DOWNS (CON TOTO LA MOMPOSINA Y<br>CELSO PINA), JESSE & JOY, VICTOR MANUELLE, GERARDO ORTIZ, PITBULL, MICHEL<br>TELO, Y 3BALLMTY SERAN LOS PRIMEROS ARTISTAS ANUNCIADOS PARA LA XIII ENTREGA ANUAL DEL LATIN GRAMMY <p>CRISTIAN DE LA FUENTE Y LUCERO conducirAn <p>lA noche MAS IMPORTANTE de la mUsica latina <p>El Evento Premier de la Msica Latina se Transmitirᠥl 15 de Noviembre<br>Desde el Mandalay Bay Events Center de Las Vegas y Ser᠔rasmitido en Vivo<br>Por La Cadena Univision <p>MIAMI (25 de octubre del 2012) - Los actualmente nominados Sergio Dalma,<br>Lila Downs (con Tot Momposina y Celso Pi Jesse & Joy, Victor<br>Manuelle, Gerardo Ortiz, Pitbull, Michel Tel 3BallMTY serᮠlos primeros<br>artistas anunciados que participarᮠen la celebracie la XIII Entrega<br>Anual del Latin GRAMMY (#LatinGrammy) segn lo anunciy La Academia<br>Latina de la Grabaci Los actores Cristiᮠde la Fuente y Lucero<br>conducirᮠel evento premier de la msica latina. La noche m᳠importante de<br>la msica latina se llevarᠡ cabo el 15 de noviembre en el Mandalay Bay<br>Events Center de Las Vegas, y serᠴransmitida en vivo por la cadena<br>Univision (<a href="http://www.univision.com">www.univision.com</a>) entre las 8 -- 11 p.m. ET/PT (7 p.m. Central).<br>Para acceder noticias de ltimo momento y contenido exclusivo, por favor<br>visite <a href="http://www.latingrammy.com">www.latingrammy.com</a> y nete a las redes sociales de La Academia<br>Latina de la Grabacin Twitter y Facebook: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/latingrammys">www.twitter.com/latingrammys</a><br>(@LatinGRAMMYs) y <a href="http://www.facebook.com/latingrammys">www.facebook.com/latingrammys</a>. <p>Los ganadores del Latin GRAMMY Jesse & Joy tienen 5 nominaciones: Grabacir />del A Canciel Aor "Corre!"; Album del A Mejor Album Vocal<br>Pop Contemporᮥo por Con Qui鮠Se Queda El Perro?; y Mejor Video Musical<br>Versiorta por "Me Voy." <p>Sergio Dalma estᠮominado en la categorMejor Album Vocal Pop Tradicional<br>por VDalma II. <p>La ganadora del Latin GRAMMY Lila Downs estᠮominada en la categorMejor<br>Album Folclo por Pecados Y Milagros. <p>Victor Manuelle cuenta una nominaciara Mejor Album de Salsa por Busco Un<br>Pueblo. <p>Gerardo Ortiz tiene una nominaciara Mejor Album de Msica Norteor<br>Entre Dios Y El Diablo. <p>Pitbull (Armando P鲥z) estᠥntre los nominados con Mejor Cancirbana<br>por "Crazy People." <p>Michel Teltᠮominado en la categorMejor Album de Msica Sertaneja<br>por Na Balada. <p>3BallMTY cuentan con una nominacior Mejor Nuevo Artista. <p>La XIII Entrega Anual del Latin GRAMMY serᠤifundida por radio a trav鳠de<br>Univision Radio (la cadena oficial de radio en espade los Latin GRAMMYs)<br>se destacarᮠmomentos estelares a trav鳠de la red en <a href="http://www.latingrammy.com">www.latingrammy.com</a>;<br>asomo en <a href="http://www.univisionmusica.com">www.univisionmusica.com</a>, incluyendo entrevistas en vo y<br>fotograf, un amplio archivo de espectᣵlos anteriores, un blog en vivo,<br>y foros especializados para que los aficionados puedan compartir su emocir />que conduce a la transmisiel espectᣵlo en vivo. Ademᳬ el espectᣵlo<br>serᠤistribuido internacionalmente a m᳠de 100 pas. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343193422030740142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919558706980848092.post-10179955764671969212012-11-03T09:54:00.001-07:002012-11-03T09:55:07.710-07:00Album Review: “MR. BLUE SKY--THE VERY BEST OF ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA”<div class="wlWriterHeaderFooter" style="float:none; margin:0px; padding:4px 0px 4px 0px;"><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=http://the-dirty-lowdown.blogspot.com/2012/11/album-review-mr-blue-sky-very-best-of.html" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; width:450px; height:80px"></iframe></div><p><b>Electric Light Orchestra</b> (<b>ELO</b>) have one of the most interesting pedigrees in rock & pop music. Originally formed as almost a side project of the band The Move, by Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne, who had both emerged from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Idle_Race">The Idle Race</a>, with Lynne following Roy Woods as lead vocalist and guitarist and then joining him in The Move. The Move were a very successful English rock band scoring nine Top 20 UK singles in five years, but were among the most popular British bands not to find any success in the United States. The Move could best be described as a Psychedelic Rock Band.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-VpKloKiksxQ/UJVMSvN3QtI/AAAAAAAAF1c/19WLILW9xVk/s1600-h/ELO-mbs-COVER3.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="ELO mbs COVER" border="0" alt="ELO mbs COVER" align="left" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Btf0k7K0SZI/UJVMTzWyQPI/AAAAAAAAF1k/NSesTNr--tk/ELO-mbs-COVER_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" height="223"></a><sup></sup></p> <p>The group evolved from several mid 1960s Birmingham based groups, including Carl Wayne and the Vikings, the Nightriders and the Mayfair Set. The group's name referred to the move various members of these bands made to form the group. Originally lead by bassist-vocalist Chris "Ace" Kefford, for most of their career The Move was led by guitarist, singer and songwriter Roy Wood. He composed all the group's UK singles and, from 1968, also sang lead vocals on many songs, although Carl Wayne was the main lead singer up to 1970. In the late 1960s, Roy Wood had an idea to form a new band that would use classical instruments; violins, cellos, string basses, horns and woodwinds to give their music a classical sound, taking rock music in the direction "that The Beatles had left off. Jeff Lynne, who had taken over frontman duties from Wood in The Idle Race was excited by the concept. In January 1970, when <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Wayne">Carl Wayne</a> left The </p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="200"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="200"> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008OJ291W/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B008OJ291W&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Mr Blue Sky: The Very Best</i></a><img style="border-bottom-style: none !important; margin: 0px; border-left-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B008OJ291W" width="1" height="1"> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p align="left">Move, Lynne accepted Wood's second invitation to join the band on the condition that they focus their energy on the new project. </p> <div style="padding-bottom: 10px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:fdd20714-6d74-47d5-a3ea-646cd4ede278" class="wlWriterSmartContent"><div id="96769f45-8f7a-4dca-a8e5-6e4674da63e9" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hpNEpb1OWg" target="_new"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-t6m1QQzHYQ0/UJVMUQrUP5I/AAAAAAAAF2k/7NIMqQL_0dw/videoabba2afd7604%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('96769f45-8f7a-4dca-a8e5-6e4674da63e9'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/5hpNEpb1OWg?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/5hpNEpb1OWg?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:420px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">“When Alice Comes Back to the Farm” The Move w/Roy Wood & Jeff Lynne</div></div>On 12 July 1970, when Wood added multiple cellos to a Lynne-penned song intended to be a Move B-side, the new concept became a reality and "10538 Overture" became the first Electric Light Orchestra song. To help finance the fledgling band, two more Move albums were released during the lengthy ELO recordings. The resulting debut album <i>The Electric Light Orchestra</i> was released in 1971 - (It was released in the United States in 1972 as <i>No Answer</i>, the name being chosen because a record company secretary had tried to ring the UK company and get the name of the album — since they were unable to contact them they left a note saying "No Answer") ."10538 Overture" became a UK top-ten hit. Lynne, Wood and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bev_Bevan">Bev Bevan</a> were the founding members of Electric Light Orchestra. They were joined by Bill Hunt (horns, keyboards) and Steve Woolam (violin) on the debut album. <div style="padding-bottom: 10px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; display: inline; float: left; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:d3abe616-4565-41d7-b186-bd1fd5e10c49" class="wlWriterSmartContent"><div id="508ffa46-8a56-411c-8f68-fe4d4aee883f" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqgH3RNc1z4" target="_new"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-oYIlloF60fA/UJVMUqKUQII/AAAAAAAAF2o/Tc1VcnEFb7w/video4ad326d420b6%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('508ffa46-8a56-411c-8f68-fe4d4aee883f'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/FqgH3RNc1z4?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/FqgH3RNc1z4?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:420px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">!0538 Overture 1971</div></div> <p>Despite the seemingly great success of the new concept, tensions soon surfaced between Wood and Lynne due to problems with management. During the recordings for the band's second LP, Wood left the band taking cellist McDowell and horn/keyboard player Hunt with him to form Wizzard. Despite predictions from the music press that the band would fold without Wood, who had been the driving force behind the creation of ELO, Lynne stepped up to lead the band, with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bev_Bevan">Bev Bevan</a> remaining on drums, joined by Gibson on violin, Richard Tandy now playing the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moog_synthesiser">Moog synthesizer</a> in place of Hunt, Mike de Albuquerque on bass and vocals, and Mike Edwards and Colin Walker on cellos.</p> <p>The new line-up performed at the 1972 Reading Festival. Barcus Berry pick-ups, now sported by the band's string trio, allowed them to have proper amplification on stage for their instruments, which had previously been all but drowned out by all the sound of the other electrified instruments. The band released their second album, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003W77SBC/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B003W77SBC&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Elo 2</i></a><img style="border-bottom-style: none !important; margin: 0px; border-left-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B003W77SBC" width="1" height="1"> in 1973, which produced their first US chart single, a hugely elaborate version of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Berry">Chuck Berry</a> classic "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roll_Over_Beethoven#Electric_Light_Orchestra">Roll Over Beethoven</a>". ELO also made their first appearance on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Bandstand">American Bandstand</a>. After some personnel changes, which would continue for the life of the band, with on Lynne remaining, they released their third album , <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003W77SBW/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B003W77SBW&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>On the Third Day</i></a><img style="border-bottom-style: none !important; margin: 0px; border-left-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B003W77SBW" width="1" height="1"> , in late 1973, with the American version featuring the popular single "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Showdown_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_song)">Showdown</a>."</p> <div style="padding-bottom: 10px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:bcae9b53-07d9-4cc7-be13-0853beb00507" class="wlWriterSmartContent"><div id="0ee0b686-9b55-4ef8-ba85-eef8461c60f2" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwT5N68sm80" target="_new"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-qd8Tm6cdTQg/UJVMVcA4B-I/AAAAAAAAF2s/GHEWyrygK8M/videod069cb0c6f55%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('0ee0b686-9b55-4ef8-ba85-eef8461c60f2'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/SwT5N68sm80?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/SwT5N68sm80?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:420px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">“Show Down” Original Version 1973</div></div> <p>For the band's fourth album, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005KHET/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00005KHET&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Eldorado, A Symphony</i></a><img style="border-bottom-style: none !important; margin: 0px; border-left-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00005KHET" width="1" height="1"> , a concept album about a daydreamer, Lynne stopped overdubbing strings and hired an orchestra and choir instead. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Clark">Louis Clark</a> joined the band as string arranger.The first single of the album, "Can't Get It Out of My Head", became their first US Billboard charts Top 10 hit, and <i>Eldorado, A Symphony</i> became ELO's first gold album.</p> <p>After the release of <i>Eldorado</i>, there yet more personnel changes, but the line-up stabilized as the band took to a decidedly more accessible sound. ELO had become successful in the United States at this point and the group was a star attraction on the stadium and arena circuit, as well as regularly appearing on <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Midnight_Special_(TV_series)">The Midnight Special</a></i> (1973, 1975, 1976 & 1977) more than any other band in that show's history with four appearances. </p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F8O4E0/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000F8O4E0&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Face the Music</i></a><img style="border-bottom-style: none !important; margin: 0px; border-left-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000F8O4E0" width="1" height="1"> was released in 1975, producing the hit singles "Evil Woman" and "Strange Magic". The opening instrumental "Fire On High", with its mix of strings and blazing acoustic guitars, saw heavy exposure as background music on CBS Sports Spectacular montages, though most viewers had no idea of the song's origins. The group toured extensively through the spring of 1976 promoting the album in the US, playing 68 shows in 76 days. It was on the American tour that ELO first debuted their use of coloured lasers. Despite the recognition and success they enjoyed in the States, they were still largely ignored in the United Kingdom until their sixth album, the platinum selling A New World Record, hit the top ten there in 1976. It contained the hit singles "Living' Thing", "Telephone Line", "Rockaria!" and "Do Ya", a rerecording of a Move song. </p> <div style="padding-bottom: 10px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; display: inline; float: left; padding-top: 10px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:1969bb96-0f79-43e4-b3b1-a80b70198f49" class="wlWriterSmartContent"><div id="9bba7e89-05b7-4efa-b0f5-c8bb0a07d155" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8sr74iCjyA" target="_new"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-GbfbaXEBX7M/UJVMVvyhnPI/AAAAAAAAF2w/K-iczILB0bA/videofc900fa1bbfc%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('9bba7e89-05b7-4efa-b0f5-c8bb0a07d155'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/J8sr74iCjyA?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/J8sr74iCjyA?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:560px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">“Evil Woman” Live</div></div> <p>Next up was the multi-platinum selling double album <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000025DV/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0000025DV&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Out of the Blue</i></a><img style="border-bottom-style: none !important; margin: 0px; border-left-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0000025DV" width="1" height="1"> , in 1977. <i>Out of the Blue</i> featured the singles "Turn to Stone", "Sweet Talkin' Woman", "Mr. Blue Sky", and "Wild West Hero", each becoming a hit in the United Kingdom.</p> <p>After the nine-month, 92-date world tour, with an enormous set and a hugely expensive space ship stage with fog machines and a laser display billed as <i>The Big Night</i> and were their largest to date, with 80,000 people seeing them at Cleveland Stadium. <i>The Big Night</i> went on to become the highest-grossing live concert tour in music history up to that point. </p> <p>Next on the agenda was the multi-platinum album <i>Discovery</i> (or "Disco? Very!", as fans refer to it), which included their biggest hit to date, "Don't Bring Me Down", "Shine a Little Love", "Last Train to London", "Confusion" and "The Diary of Horace Wimp". Although the album sold very well, many fans derided it because of the heavy disco sound. Still, Electric Light Orchestra finished 1979 as the biggest selling act in the United Kingdom. ELO had reached the peak of their stardom, selling millions of albums and singles, and even inspiring a parody/tribute song on the Randy Newman album <i>Born Again</i>, titled "The Story of a Rock and Roll Band".</p> <p>In 1980 Jeff Lynne was asked to write for the soundtrack of the musical film <i>Xanadu</i>, with the other half written by John Farrar and performed by the film's star Olivia Newton-John. The movie performed poorly at the box office, but the soundtrack did exceptionally well, eventually going double platinum. In 1981 ELO's sound changed again with the science fiction concept album <em>Time</em> which returned the band to their progressive rock roots. <em>Time</em> was the last ELO studio album to date to be certified platinum in the United Kingdom. <i>Secret Messages</i> in 1983 was meant to be a double album, but CBS nixed the idea and the band didn’t tour behind it, citing that drummer Bevan was now playing drums for Black Sabbath and that bassist Kelly Groucutt had left the band. Lynne, Bevan and Tandy returned to the studio in 1985 as a three-piece to fulfill their contractual obligation for one last ELO album…at least for the 20th century, <i>Balance of Power</i>, released early in 1986. </p> <p>Lynne's comeback with ELO began in 2000 with the release of a retrospective box set, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashback_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_album)">Flashback</a></i>, containing three CDs of remastered tracks and a handful of out-takes and unfinished works, most notably a new version of ELO's only UK number one hit "Xanadu". <p>In 2001 <i>Zoom,</i> ELO's first album since 1986, was released. Though billed and marketed as an ELO album, the only returning member other than Lynne was Tandy, who performed on one track. <i>Zoom</i> took on a more organic sound, with less emphasis on strings and electronic effects. Guest musicians included former Beatles Ringo Starr and George Harrison. Upon completion of the album Lynne reformed the band with completely new members and announced that ELO would tour again.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008OJ291W/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B008OJ291W&linkCode=as2&tag=thedirlow-20"><i>Mr Blue Sky: The Very Best</i></a><img style="border-bottom-style: none !important; margin: 0px; border-left-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thedirlow-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B008OJ291W" width="1" height="1"> was released on 8 October and what makes the album unique is that Lynne, who is also a great producer, rerecorded the tunes and the release coincides with Lynne’s solo album, <em><a href="http://the-dirty-lowdown.blogspot.com/2012/11/album-review-long-wave-by-jeff-lynne.html" target="_blank">Long Wave</a>. </em></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 10px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:1c1c653c-baab-460f-bff3-b5fcf7074c49" class="wlWriterSmartContent"><div id="8e33175c-2c0e-4dce-be96-5024b61328d5" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mouD6cg-REU" target="_new"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-iAioG5frgis/UJVMWKmudlI/AAAAAAAAF20/NHZEDB34ZFw/video1dd7da2c667d%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('8e33175c-2c0e-4dce-be96-5024b61328d5'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/mouD6cg-REU?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/mouD6cg-REU?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:560px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">“Mr. Blue Sky” From Mr. Blue Sky–The Very Best Of ELO 2012</div></div> <blockquote> <p><em>"It all comes down to what you truly love doing, and what I love doing is<br>overdubbing and making new sounds out of things that are sometimes quite<br>ordinary on their own, but when you put them together, they make something<br>new--or something that sounds new. Just discovering things like that<br>musically is a pleasure." --JEFF LYNNE, 2012</em></p></blockquote> <p><em>Jeff Lynne h</em>as artfully revisited and re-recorded--at his home studio in Los Angeles--the greatest hits of Electric Light Orchestra, actually improving on some of the most classic and beloved recordings ever.The album is a powerful testament to Lynne's enduring artistry and his singular desire to get things right once and for all. Featuring such classics as "Evil Woman, "Don't Bring Me Down," "Livin' Thing" and "Mr, Blue Sky," the result is, in effect, a kind of showdown between JEFF LYNNE today and his extremely illustrious past, and thanks to improved technology and recording artistry, LYNNE somehow comes out on top again. It's a fresh chance to hear these extraordinary songs sounding sharper and clearer than the old versions.</p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; display: inline; float: left; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:a89712eb-4509-47ee-9608-4d274fa39e5b" class="wlWriterSmartContent"><div id="9932def3-5b37-4e7e-8058-19a7fab1063d" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmMXcWOaNVw" target="_new"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-dLzhJuEhSD8/UJVMWedCqvI/AAAAAAAAF24/UGpYyiaHwrU/video2b0330abeb4b%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('9932def3-5b37-4e7e-8058-19a7fab1063d'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/HmMXcWOaNVw?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/HmMXcWOaNVw?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:560px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">Mr. Blue Sky–The Very Best Of ELO 2012</div></div> <p>As good as the originals were, or are still, the remixes are astounding After 40 years it is as if the tunes are reimagined and the technology remakes the tunes and makes them feel complete. </p> <p>"There was a big reason I wanted to re-record these ELO songs," says Lynne. "When I listen to the old versions they don't sound the way I thought they did when I first wrote and recorded them. I wanted to use the experience I've gained producing records ever since and have a completely new try at<br>them. I'm not saying the old versions aren't good; I like them very much. We were doing our best, but experience and technology also play a big a big part, and these new ones sound much more solid and tight." The album includes a never-before-heard bonus track, "The Point Of No Return," and a very special version of "10538 Overture" that's a nod to ELO's 40th anniversary.</p> <div style="padding-bottom: 10px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; padding-top: 10px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:9dcc4082-f5b0-4d00-a96f-a79f5130ebc3" class="wlWriterSmartContent"><div id="715f7ce5-bac9-4e7a-97a1-7288faafa17e" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AS7moM035Y" target="_new"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-T882mgu0Wx4/UJVMXGGulLI/AAAAAAAAF28/79SrV_OZGyE/video50768118fc53%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('715f7ce5-bac9-4e7a-97a1-7288faafa17e'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/8AS7moM035Y?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/8AS7moM035Y?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:560px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">“Point Of No Return” never-before-heard bonus track only on Mr. Blue Sky–The Very Best Of ELO 2012</div></div> <p>The songs that Jeff Lynne wrote and sang--and the recordings that he so expertly arranged and produced for ELO--have endured beautifully and are perhaps even more beloved today than they were back in the Seventies and Eighties. By any standard whatsoever, ELO is one of the most remarkable<br>success stories in rock history. Consider just the facts: ELO has sold over 50 million records worldwide, and continues to be a remarkably popular.</p> <p>Between 1972 and 1986, Lynne wrote and produced 26 Top Forty hits in the United Kingdom, and 20 Top Forty hits in the United States, including 20 Top Twenty smashes in the UK and 15 Top Twenty smashes in the U.S. <p>Outside of the success of ELO, Lynne has led a remarkable career that has found him taking the lessons learned leading ELO and using them to help produce and collaborate with many of the greatest musical artists of all time, including a number of Lynne's all-time heroes including Roy Orbison, Del Shannon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and remarkably, even the Beatles themselves, as well as contemporaries like Tom Petty and Joe Walsh, whose new album Analog Man Lynne recently helped produce. Together with Harrison, Orbison, Petty and Bob Dylan, Lynne was, of course, a member of the Grammy award-winning Traveling Wilburys--a super group like no other. "I've been in love with music since I was probably just five years old,"<br>says LYNNE. I was made for music then--and I still am today." <p> </p> <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" width="400"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" width="400"> <ul> <li><font size="1"><b>Audio CD</b> (October 9, 2012) </font><font size="1"><b>Original Release Date:</b> 2012 </font> <li><font size="1"><b>Number of Discs:</b> 1 </font><font size="1"><b>Label:</b> FRONTIERS </font><font size="1"><b>ASIN:</b> B008OJ291W </font> <li><font size="1"><b>In-Print Editions:</b> </font><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Blue-Sky-Very-Best/dp/B008O80S6Q/ref=mb_oe_a"><font size="1">Audio CD</font></a><font size="1"> | </font><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Blue-Sky-Very-Of/dp/B008OJ2994/ref=mb_oe_l"><font size="1">Vinyl</font></a><font size="1"> | </font><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Blue-Sky-Electric-Orchestra/dp/B009FREK3W/ref=mb_oe_o"><font size="1">MP3 Music</font></a></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="http://the-dirty-lowdown.blogspot.com/"><font face="Viner Hand ITC">The Dirty Lowdown</font></a> <p><b>Copyright © 2012 Robert Carraher All Rights Reserved</b> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343193422030740142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919558706980848092.post-68269022998133614382012-11-02T17:53:00.001-07:002012-11-02T17:58:03.583-07:00Jerry Garcia and Prince (with 94 East) Royalty Auctions at SongVest<div class="wlWriterHeaderFooter" style="float:none; margin:0px; padding:4px 0px 4px 0px;"><iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=http://the-dirty-lowdown.blogspot.com/2012/11/jerry-garcia-and-prince-with-94-east.html" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; width:450px; height:80px"></iframe></div><p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family: "><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 14pt" color="#cccccc">JERRY GARCIA AND PRINCE WITH 94 EAST</font></font></span></b></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family: "><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 14pt" color="#000000"><font color="#cccccc">ROYALTY RIGHTS UP AT AUCTION</font> </font></font></span></b></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#000000"> </font></font></span></b></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#000000"> <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-d1oam0wg0-Q/UJRsE95tvUI/AAAAAAAAFzc/DPsebXSr9e0/s1600-h/Princes%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Princes" border="0" alt="Princes" align="right" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-DACM_vXyUEo/UJRsFt1t4LI/AAAAAAAAFzk/Cu_9feF5hO8/Princes_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="240"></a></font></font></span></b></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Georgia"><font color="#cccccc"><b><span style="font-family: "><font style="font-size: 11pt">LOS ANGELES, CA</font></span></b><span style="font-family: "><font style="font-size: 11pt">: <b>SongVest</b> launches two blockbuster auctions today - the music of <b>Jerry Garcia </b>and<b> Prince (with 94 East). </b>Passion meets opportunity now that fans can own a revenue-producing piece of musical history by sharing in the royalties of their favorite songs. SongVest’s auctions with featured memorabilia are one of a kind and a rare find for the music loving investor. </font></span></font></font></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Georgia"><font color="#cccccc"><span style="font-family: "><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-KoIPY7AUHyI/UJRrEGJ_yyI/AAAAAAAAFy0/oL-w-ceA6eU/s1600-h/Garcia-Saunders3.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="Garcia Saunders" border="0" alt="Garcia Saunders" align="left" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hmthnMxJeqI/UJRrEyc6YlI/AAAAAAAAFy8/KnC6og0tAeE/Garcia-Saunders_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="240"></a></span></font></font></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "><font color="#cccccc" face="Georgia"> </font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#cccccc">The <b>bonus packed Jerry Garcia/Merl Saunders’ SongVest auction</b> celebrates the recent release of the highly anticipated “Keystone Companions” recordings. This is an opportunity to own 33% of the complete catalog of Saunders’ studio albums. Included in this set is the Keystone Live Recordings Collection which contains the entire body of work from the influential Jerry Garcia/Merl Saunders 25-year musical partnership. Saunder’s catalog also features his numerous collaborations with The Grateful Dead, David Grisman, Bonnie Raitt and many others. Also offered in this auction are the future royalties from 200+ previously unreleased masters of Jerry Garcia-Merl Saunders live shows as well as the future royalty rights to the very popular "Legion of Mary" and "Jerry Garcia Band: Live at Berkeley 1973 and 1974" recordings. </font></font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoHeader"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#cccccc"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#cccccc">As a bonus, the highest bidder will received tickets to a private tribute concert of the Keystone Companions collection by Merl Saunders’ son, Tony Saunders, and Keystone Revisited. In addition, the lucky buyer will get a professional platinum record plaque that showcases ownership of the catalog. To view this auction please go to: </font></font></span><a href="http://www.songvest.com/category/362/Rock/listings/316/Garcia-and-Saunders-Catalog.html"><font face="Calibri"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#cccccc"><u>http://www.songvest.com/category/362/Rock/listings/316/Garcia-and-Saunders-Catalog.html</u></font></font></a><span style="font-family: ; color: "></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 10px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; padding-top: 10px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:5478cf2a-e63e-4d8a-abfe-e1d970a6ac81" class="wlWriterSmartContent"><div id="0a7908ef-7680-407d-83d2-921a361473a5" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BSwbhZFBkA" target="_new"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-EEeABdqta8Q/UJRrFtI6iLI/AAAAAAAAFzs/QhFYTh7nb80/video0a6313355ed3%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('0a7908ef-7680-407d-83d2-921a361473a5'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/9BSwbhZFBkA?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/9BSwbhZFBkA?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:560px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">Jerry Garcia & Merle Saunders “Positively 4th Street”</div></div><span style="font-family: "><font color="#cccccc"><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 11pt"></font></font></font></span> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "><font color="#cccccc"><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 11pt">The exclusive auction of <b>PRINCE’s</b> first-ever professional recording on guitar starts today at </font></font><font style="font-size: 11pt"><a href="http://www.SongVest.com"><font face="Georgia"><u>www.SongVest.com</u></font></a><font face="Georgia">. This event offers the original 2” recording master (and the safety copy) with the original separated tracks of <b>Prince </b>performing at age 17<b> </b>with Pepé Willie and the <i>94 East</i> band on “The Cookhouse Five” album. This special auction offers the rare opportunity for ownership of the copyright as well as the legal rights to market and promote the recording. This 1975 album is slice of history – recorded at Cookhouse Studios in Minneapolis; this is the beginning of a remarkable career where <b>Prince</b> began to define the Minneapolis Sound! To view this auction please go to: </font></font></font></span><a href="http://www.songvest.com/category/362/Rock/listings/317/Prince-(feat-94-East).html"><font face="Calibri"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#cccccc"><u>http://www.songvest.com/category/362/Rock/listings/317/Prince-(feat-94-East).html</u></font></font></a><span style="font-family: "></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; display: inline; float: left; padding-top: 10px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:a1964ee9-7612-4b82-bb9c-916e8c62b8dd" class="wlWriterSmartContent"><div id="491eccbb-d47b-4ac8-ac62-d3af410270fa" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f2445xfsGo" target="_new"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-bW5DD5oUifM/UJRrFzCkqVI/AAAAAAAAFzw/f85Rvazq0h4/video79de61feda23%25255B8%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('491eccbb-d47b-4ac8-ac62-d3af410270fa'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/1f2445xfsGo?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/1f2445xfsGo?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:420px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">Prince 94 East</div></div><font face="Georgia"><font color="#cccccc"><b><span style="font-family: "><font style="font-size: 11pt">SongVest </font></span></b><span style="font-family: "><font style="font-size: 11pt">(<a href="http://www.SongVest.com"><u>www.SongVest.com</u></a>),<b> </b>a subsidiary of <b>The Royalty Exchange </b>(<a href="http://www.theRoyaltyExchange.com"><u>www.theRoyaltyExchange.com</u></a>),<b> </b>is the world’s first auction site allowing anyone to own a piece of the royalty rights to songs as memorabilia. SongVest has previously had auction royalty rights to songs recorded by Earth Wind & Fire, Aerosmith, Jon Bon Jovi, Ozzy Osbourne, Snoop Dogg, Carrie Underwood, The Monkees and many others. The unmatched success of the SongVest and The Royalty Exchange’s secure, transparent and efficient auctions confirms that untapped and unlimited opportunities exist in the royalty arena for both investors and sellers.</font></span></font></font> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#cccccc"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font face="Georgia"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#cccccc"> </font></font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><i><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font face="Georgia"><font color="#cccccc"><font style="font-size: 11pt">To participate in these exceptional auctions go directly to the links below!</font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt"> </font></b></font></font></span></i></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "><font color="#cccccc" face="Times"> </font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><a href="http://www.songvest.com/category/362/Rock/listings/317/Prince-(feat-94-East).html"><font face="Calibri"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#cccccc"><u>http://www.songvest.com/category/362/Rock/listings/317/Prince-(feat-94-East).html</u></font></font></a></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font face="Calibri"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#cccccc"> </font></font></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><a href="http://www.songvest.com/category/362/Rock/listings/316/Garcia-and-Saunders-Catalog.html"><font face="Calibri"><font style="font-size: 11pt" color="#cccccc"><u>http://www.songvest.com/category/362/Rock/listings/316/Garcia-and-Saunders-Catalog.html</u></font></font></a><span style="font-family: ; color: "></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoHeader" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font color="#cccccc" face="Georgia"> </font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoHeader"><span style="font-family: ; color: "><font color="#cccccc" face="Georgia"> </font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoHeader" align="center"><span style="font-family: "><font color="#cccccc" face="Georgia">For more information please contact Lisa Nauful at Jensen Communications - </font><a href="mailto:lisa@jensencom.com/"><font color="#cccccc" face="Georgia"><u>lisa@jensencom.com/</u></font></a><font color="#cccccc" face="Georgia"> 805.473.3205</font></span></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07343193422030740142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919558706980848092.post-2655794741101377652012-11-02T17:22:00.001-07:002012-11-02T17:22:16.496-07:00Encore Performance of LED ZEPPELIN: CELEBRATION DAY by Popular Demand<div class="wlWriterHeaderFooter" style="float:none; 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margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Arial Black"><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size: 14pt"> <font color="#809ec2">ENCORE SCREENINGS FOR </font></font></font><i><font style="font-size: 14pt" color="#809ec2">LED ZEPPELIN: CELEBRATION DAY</font></i></font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Arial Black"><font style="font-size: 14pt" color="#809ec2">ARE BEING ADDED FOLLOWING THE HUGE DEMAND</font></font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Arial Black"><font style="font-size: 14pt" color="#809ec2">BY FANS FOR MORE SCREENINGS</font></font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; 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margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#4f81bd" face="Arial"> </font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#4f81bd" face="Arial"> </font><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Yq9CqIKV4UY/UJRjmt3YIpI/AAAAAAAAFv8/cB2H0gFihUQ/s1600-h/clip_image0033.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="clip_image003" border="0" alt="clip_image003" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-BAwtdaHbYQM/UJRjnTEdEoI/AAAAAAAAFwE/3dKzubfYjl8/clip_image003_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="232"></a></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"> </font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Arial Black"><font style="font-size: 14pt" color="#4f81bd">THE BAND’S WEBSITE HAS RECEIVED OVER 1.7 MILLIONS HITS</font></font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Arial Black"><font style="font-size: 14pt" color="#4f81bd">IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS</font></font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#4f81bd" face="Arial"> </font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#4f81bd" face="Arial">Led Zeppelin’s website has been getting 100,000 hits a day from fans - 46,000 searches for local show times and 4,000 requests - to bring the band’s historic 2007 reunion concert at London’s O2 Arena to a screen near them</font></span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 10px; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; width: 640px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 10px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:da4baef1-b623-4581-bb1f-cca8dde8fae9" class="wlWriterSmartContent"><div id="9cdffc44-3d08-4069-8724-818089549067" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iGxjV2Sxbc" target="_new"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-6V05tvi1Cy8/UJRjn1TeSkI/AAAAAAAAFw8/dNQb6iEBWPM/video24e898d68065%25255B20%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('9cdffc44-3d08-4069-8724-818089549067'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/9iGxjV2Sxbc?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/9iGxjV2Sxbc?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:640px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">London Press Confrence</div></div> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#4f81bd" face="Arial"> </font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#cccccc"><font face="Arial"><i><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">(Los Angeles) </span></i><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Following the worldwide success of <b>LED ZEPPELIN: CELEBRATION DAY</b>, the cinema concert event which presented live footage of the band’s 2007 reunion concert at London’s O2 Arena, there has been an enormous response from fans – 1.7 million fans have visited the fan’s website. The film was screened in 15,000 cinemas around the world for a strictly limited engagement on Wednesday, October 17, 2012. Fans who were unable to attend the original tribute concert for Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun in 2007, when more than 20 million fans applied for the 18,000 available tickets in a worldwide lottery, finally had the opportunity to see it as if they had front row tickets. The film earned $2 million in a single night and was a phenomenal success.</span></font></font></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; display: inline; float: left; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:e6ddce1b-8095-4a91-bd12-3c7560f7ac17" class="wlWriterSmartContent"><div id="e3b7e9b9-7c50-4179-b353-69a036ce8dfd" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbusDxLekPQ" target="_new"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-o2C6WDBV_6k/UJRjoOwb6lI/AAAAAAAAFxA/bUkLHjAgv6E/video0ec44743020e%25255B20%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('e3b7e9b9-7c50-4179-b353-69a036ce8dfd'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/VbusDxLekPQ?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/VbusDxLekPQ?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:640px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">Celebration Day Trailer</div></div> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial"> </font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#cccccc"><font face="Arial"><b><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Omniverse Vision</span></b><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">, the UK-based distribution company that released <b>Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day</b>, a two-hour-plus tour de force of the band’s signature blues-infused rock ‘n’ roll, has been working with online marketing specialist <b>Distrify</b> to track the response from fans online via an interactive platform on the <b>Led Zeppelin</b> website. With 100,000 hits a day, including 46,000 searches for show times and 4,000 requests for local screenings, <b>Distrify</b> has been able to compile the information needed for <b>Omniverse Vision</b> executives to agree to schedule encore performances in select markets to meet the demands of <b>Led Zeppelin</b>’s fans. There has been overwhelming interest in additional screenings from the U.S., the UK, Japan, Brazil, Canada, Italy, Germany, France, Mexico and Australia.</span></font></font></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 10px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; display: inline; float: left; padding-top: 10px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:55232208-b417-4431-b8f5-4122025821fd" class="wlWriterSmartContent"><div id="ea639fd8-db40-40f0-8881-8be10a86ab3c" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khf8hw14Mwg&feature=youtu.be" target="_new"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-IxSvoD6owp0/UJRjorHU7hI/AAAAAAAAFxE/3Riw6QVeGl4/video45ef6f67ce29%25255B20%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('ea639fd8-db40-40f0-8881-8be10a86ab3c'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"448\" height=\"252\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/Khf8hw14Mwg?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/Khf8hw14Mwg?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"448\" height=\"252\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:448px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">“Black Dog”–Led Zeppelin (Celebration Day)</div></div> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#cccccc"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></font><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Arial"></font></span></font> </p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial"> </font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial">For younger fans, this film may be the first time that they will see founding members John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, along with Jason Bonham, son of the late <b>Led Zeppelin</b> drummer John Bonham, together on stage. For older fans, this might be their last chance to see these iconic rockers perform 16 songs from their iconic catalogue. The band made it all too clear in press conferences announcing <b>Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day</b> that there were no plans for a reunion tour. The set list for the cinema concert event includes:</font></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial"></font></span> </p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial"> </font></span></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: right; padding-top: 15px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:508463c4-2056-46bf-91fe-8e75e855b76c" class="wlWriterSmartContent"><div id="3a20af7d-e2a7-40be-95bb-b3e64287e3b1" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD-MdiUm1_Y" target="_new"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-w68JwmJQweg/UJRjpHWM0pI/AAAAAAAAFxI/-_E8HSB6X-g/videocb6aa2da3a73%25255B16%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('3a20af7d-e2a7-40be-95bb-b3e64287e3b1'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/PD-MdiUm1_Y?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/PD-MdiUm1_Y?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:560px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">“Kashmir” Led Zeppelin (Celebration Day)</div></div> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial">1. Good Times Bad Times</font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial">2. Ramble On</font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial">3. Black Dog</font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial">4. In My Time Of Dying</font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial">5. For Your Life</font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial">6. Trampled Under Foot</font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial">7. Nobody’s Fault But Mine</font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial">8. No Quarter</font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial">9. Since I’ve Been Loving You</font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial">10. Dazed And Confused</font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial">11. Stairway To Heaven</font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial">12. The Song Remains The Same</font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial">13. Misty Mountain Hop</font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial">14. Kashmir</font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial">15. Whole Lotta Love</font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial">16. Rock And Roll</font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial"> </font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#cccccc"><font face="Arial"><b><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day</span></b><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> will be presented in high definition with surround sound in movie theatres for an encore performance on Tuesday, November 13. Tickets are limited. For a list of theatres and show times, please refer to the <a href="http://GorgeousPR.ens-mail2.net/qewwaxahemuanaeswaoahqqqh/click.php"><u>Led Zeppelin website</u></a>.</span></font><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></font></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#4f81bd" face="Arial"> </font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#cccccc"><font face="Arial"><b><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day</span></b><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> will then be available in multiple video and audio formats on November 19, 2012 from Swan Song/Atlantic Records.</span></font><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></font></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial"> </font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial">Led Zeppelin has also been selected as one of the recipients of the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors. The band is set to receive the Honors at the annual gala on December 2, 2012 in Washington, DC.</font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial"> </font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial"> </font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><i><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial">"It’s just four guys playing their heart out, as Jimmy Page attested during today’s press conference:</font></span></i><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><i><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial">'In every rehearsal leading up to (the reunion concert), Jason [Bonham] really played his heart out.</font></span></i><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><i><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial">We all played our hearts out, to be honest.'"</font></span></i><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font color="#cccccc"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Arial">-- <b>VH1.com</b></font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></font></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial"> </font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><i><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial">“The viewer is witness to full-on Led Zep sonic fury. Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones’ performances, combined with Jason Bonham’s powerhouse drumming,</font></span></i><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><i><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial">just leap from the screen. Stellar 14-camera cinematography takes you onstage with the band, so every glance, wink and nod gives witness to their chemistry as the set unfolds.</font></span></i><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><i><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial">This is a film that needs to be seriously watched, digested and enjoyed over and over again. Younger fans</font></span></i><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><i><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial">that weren’t alive when the group was in its prime can see and experience what a magnificent band Led Zeppelin actually was.”</font></span></i><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font color="#cccccc"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Arial">-- <b>UltimateClassicRock.com</b></font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></font></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#4f81bd" face="Arial"> </font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial">Use this link to access <b>5 video clips</b> from the </font><a href="http://GorgeousPR.ens-mail2.net/qeqeaxahemuapaeswaoahqqqh/click.php"><font face="Arial"><u><font color="#cccccc"><b>New York Press Conference</b>:</font></u></font></a></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial"> </font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#cccccc"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Arial">1. <b>Getting Back Together</b> - <i>Robert Plant talks about the effort it took in 2007 and the difficulties getting back together would entail</i></font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></font></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#cccccc"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Arial">2. <b>Atlantic Records</b> - <i>Robert Plant talks about the thrill of being signed to Atlantic Records</i></font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></font></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#cccccc"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Arial">3. <b>Set List</b> - <i>Jimmy Page talks about putting together the set list for the reunion show</i></font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></font></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#cccccc"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Arial">4. <b>The Feeling</b> - <i>John Paul Jones talks about the feeling of playing together again and regaining their chemistry as a band</i></font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></font></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#cccccc"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font face="Arial">5. <b>Super Bowl</b> - <i>the band addresses the rumor of their plans to play the Super Bowl halftime show</i></font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></font></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial"> </font></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family: ; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><a href="http://GorgeousPR.ens-mail2.net/qeqmagahemuazaeswaoahqqqh/click.php"><b><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial"><u>www.ledzeppelin.com</u></font></b></a><b><font color="#cccccc" face="Arial"> </font></b></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></p> <p style="line-height: normal; 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