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
Category Archives: Singers
Elijah Wood, Liev Schreiber and Eugene Hutz Illuminate Us
Elijah Wood, Liev Schreiber and Eugene Hutz Illuminate Us by Jay S. Jacobs Everything Is Illuminated is the debut writing and directing project by respected New York-based actor Liev Schreiber (The Manchurian Candidate, Scream, Kate and Leopold.) The film is based on a portion of the fanciful and yet disturbing best-selling novel of the same name by Jonathan Safran … Continue reading
Bryan Adams – This Side of Paradise
Bryan Adams This Side of Paradise by Deborah Wagner Copyright ©2005 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: August 10, 2005. Since 1980, a voice has consistently come blasting across the airways. The voice is strong, raspy and unmistakably Bryan Adams. This Canadian born singer/songwriter has proven time and again that he can rock and roll with … Continue reading
Michael McDonald – The Ultimate Collection (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
Michael McDonald – The Ultimate Collection (Warner Brothers/Rhino) It makes perfect sense, somehow, that the cover of this album has a near black and white closeup of Michael McDonald. The only color that really grabs you in the shockingly limpid blue pool of the singer’s eyes (and I type that with a staunch record of heterosexuality, to … Continue reading
Mint Condition – As Good as New
MINT CONDITION AS GOOD AS NEW BY ABRAHAM KURANGA Fear not! There has been a Mint Condition sighting. The multi-talented band is made up of lead singer/drummer, Stokley Williams, guitarist O’Dell (né Homer O’Dell), Ricky Kinchen on lead guitar and bass, keyboardist Larry Waddell and saxophonist/keyboardist Jeffery Allen. Known for their break-out hit, “(Breaking My Heart) Pretty Brown Eyes,” from … Continue reading
Carole King – The Living Room Tour (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
Carole King – The Living Room Tour (Sanctuary) Living room shows are a phenomenon in the folk-music world where groups of fans put together money to hire folk singers to do personal concerts for small audiences in people’s homes. It’s a charming, old-fashioned idea and a fantastic way to get to see an artist in a … Continue reading
Courtney Jaye – Can’t Behave
courtney jaye can’t behave by jay s. jacobs The road beckons and Courtney Jaye can’t help but follow. On the path to hopefully becoming a rock star, she has lived all over the United States, having residences in Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Hawaii, Flagstaff, Athens, and Austin. This wanderlust fuels her muse and feeds her music, and she … Continue reading
Eagles – Farewell I Tour: Live in Melbourne (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)
EAGLES – FAREWELL I TOUR: LIVE IN MELBOURNE (2005) Starring Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit, Steuart Smith, Will Hollis, Greg Smith, Billy Armstrong, Chris Mosert, Al Garth, Scott Crago, Michael Thompson and David Wild. Directed by Carol Dodd. Distributed by Warner Strategic Marketing. minutes. Not Rated. It seems like the Eagles … Continue reading
Tom Wopat – State of Bliss
TOM WOPAT STATE OF BLISS By Ronald Sklar Tom Wopat had the nerve to forge a solid show business career that boldly defied the odds. Born and raised among seven other siblings on a dairy farm in rural Wisconsin, he is now – you’ll never guess — a veteran Broadway actor and singer who has played … Continue reading
Live Aid (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)
Live Aid (Warner Strategic Marketing-2004) It’s been said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. There is no better example of this than the agonizingly sixteen-hour-long Live Aid broadcast on July 13, 1985 (now available on DVD). The official excuse for the concert was to raise money to feed the starving people … Continue reading