"Hero" definitely plays to Cook's brand, a concession that Archuletta probably made (to his credit) in the face of his presumably inevitable victory. My first thought was oh you go, Cookie, hitting those high notes even when it fits more naturally in Archuletta's range. And my second thought was that Archie was really, really trying to look natural ( Read more... )

Dear Randy, please stop with the "singing the phonebook" schtick. More irritation after the jump.

I guess what really bothers me is that David Archuletta has no place in contemporary music.  His voice and his temperment are better suited to musical theater. He wants to sing nice clean songs about hope and happy ever afters, neither of which is ( Read more... )

His stated debt to "The River," Jean Renoir's film about Indian village life, and his use of music from the films of Satyajit Ray represent both an earnest tribute to those filmmakers and an admission of his own limitations. They were great directors because they extended the capacity of the art form to comprehend the world that exists. He is an ( Read more... )

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So this is my favorite of his movies, totally recommended. The whole thing is... pretty much like the trailer ( Read more... )

To me, they all sound the same. But this one has been produced with so much polish, such attention to detail, that it disrupts my ability to even enjoy them. I'm too busy marveling at the sheer mass of iconography being used to attract the younger version of me ( Read more... )

184 tracks, 11.9 hours. Getting there.
Recently added: George Benson. Researching others.

Apparently sending out a stream of this playlist is verboten. iTunes used to allow it, if you were willing to install and set up an SSH tunnel on the receiving end, but then took that functionality away later. I looked into using Shoutcast but relaying it ( Read more... )

1 day, 132 songs, 8.3 hours. Consider the surface scratched.

P.S. If anyone can hook me up with Olivia Newton John's cover of "Have You Never Been Mellow," you would get mad props and gratitude from yours truly. It doesn't appear to exist anymore, and it's crucial. Anonymous donations of said track would be handled discretely.

(Our Love) Don't Throw ( Read more... )

at the Softie Awards. Anyone can, and it's fun.

http://www.softiescentral.typepad.com/softie_awards/

and Cake.