THE VELVET UNDERGROUND – VELVET REDUX LIVE MCMXCIII (2006) Starring Lou Reed, John Cale, Moe Tucker and Sterling Morrison. Directed by Declan Lowney. Distributed by Sire/Rhino Home Video. 83 minutes. Not Rated. Everyone knows the legend of the Velvet Underground, a brainy group of beatnik New York musicians who were championed by pop artist Andy … Continue reading
Category Archives: Rock & Roll
Rosanne Cash – Black Cadillac (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
Rosanne Cash – Black Cadillac (Capitol) The past few years, since the release of Rosanne Cash’s last album Rules of Travel, have been hard ones for the singer. Not only did she lose her legendary father (Johnny Cash died in September 2003), but she also lost her mother (Vivian Liberto Cash Distin), her beloved step-mother (June Carter … Continue reading
Live 8 (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)
Live 8 (Capitol Records-2005) The television coverage for the massive Live 8 concerts on MTV and VH1 was awful. It was all about the personalities, not the music. This was supposed to the most important concert experience of the decade, and yet very little of the performance footage actually ended up on screen. The viewer … Continue reading
Tristan Prettyman Rides the Crest
Tristan Prettyman Rides the Crest by Jay S. Jacobs Tristan Prettyman would rather be surfing. Not that she doesn’t love her current career as a singer/songwriter, but she might just be talked into chucking it all for a guaranteed endless supply of great waves. She has been on the beach since she was a little … Continue reading
Rick Springfield – The Day After Yesterday (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
Rick Springfield – The Day After Yesterday (Goner/IKE) Jessie’s Girl is probably a grandma now and the Working Class Dog is approaching retirement, but Rick Springfield keeps on keepin’ on. Springfield’s new album is called The Day After Yesterday, which was oddly also the name of Paul Giamatti’s unpublished manuscript in the movie Sideways. I don’t know if there is … Continue reading
Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina – Checkin’ In
Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina Checkin’ In by Jay S. Jacobs The band came to be in the early 70s and was made up of two distinctly talented parts. Jim Messina was a respected producer and former member of the acclaimed groups Poco and the Buffalo Springfield. Kenny Loggins was a new kid on the … Continue reading
Liz Phair – Exile From Indieville
liz phair exile from indieville by jay s. jacobs Okay, indie snobs, lay off of Liz Phair already, would ya? Yes, I know she was your poster girl back in 1993 when she released the rightfully celebrated alt-rock album Exile in Guyville, a lo-fi celebration of classic riffs and low life. Here was a cute alt chick that … Continue reading
The Dick Cavett Show – John & Yoko Collection (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
The Dick Cavett Show John & Yoko Collection (Shout! Factory-2005) It’s 1971 and John Lennon is now thirtysomething. His life, finally, is getting interesting. Always on the cutting edge, this time he is on the verge of getting his peacenik ass thrown out of the United States, and not just because he is inflicting Yoko … Continue reading
Our Lady Peace – In Complicated Times
OUR LADY PEACE IN COMPLICATED TIMES BY JAY S. JACOBS It’s not a religious reference. Honest. They know, they know, the name Our Lady Peace sounds like it could be a designation for a Christian rock band. It could, however, that’s not what it’s all about at all. “I think people sometimes get fooled by … Continue reading
The Ed Sullivan Show – The Beatles Episodes (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
The Ed Sullivan Show Four Complete Historic Episodes featuring the Beatles (SOFA Entertainment-2003) Ironically, the Beatles’ impact on modern popular culture has been diluted and diminished thanks to the very thing they themselves hath wrought: their successors, wanna-be’s and imitators, wearing us down with forty years of excessive noise. These trashy new neighbors have brought … Continue reading