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My dream girl and Woody Allen favorite Scarlett Johansson is back in the forefront of musical conversation. The gorgeous blonde has released a seven song iTunes only EP not-so-creatively titled Live Sessions. The downloadable disc features five songs off her recent debut CD of Tom Waits’ covers Anywhere I Lay My Head, as well as two renditions of other people’s work ... read more |
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Four years ago to date, Alanis Morissette released her sixth studio album, So-Called Chaos, to mixed reviews and a hum-drum chart debut. Two years before that Under Rug Swept produced Morissette’s first album that she wrote herself following a nine-month journal writers block ... read more |
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Scarlett’s take on the song is obviously more produced than the original, with choir backing vocals and Johansson’s throaty, husky voice dominating the arrangement. Tom Waits fans may accuse her version of sounding more “bored” or controlled than the original, but in Scarlett’s favor, it’s hard to be less controlled than ol’ Tom ... read more |
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Johansson’s label has given us a quick peek at six tracks of the album, which sounds somewhat like a dark, eloquent soundtrack, or a new, experimental art band that would open for the Polyphonic Spree. Johansson’s husky voice lays over instrumental work by various musicians of note, including fuzzy-headed wrecking ball Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I can give that a “yeah” ... read more |
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Since this column has been hibernating longer than Rip Van Winkle (5), I’ll give ya’ll a brief rundown of how things work. Like Glenn Close (6) after seeing an excited and injured soldier in The World According To Garp, I’ll slide in all the biggest music-related stories of the last week and thrust until happy endings are achieved for all ... read more |
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The music industry is filled with lots of wild-haired bozos. My job is to write articles about them. Then, I must scroll through hundreds of possible pictures of the aforementioned wild-haired bozos to find the perfect snapshot to accompany the news story. I’m a bit of a jokester; so, usually, I find a particularly goofy image. Not for this article. Nope ... read more |
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William is checking into a hotel, and a large crowd has gathered to wait for David Bowie. He emerges, covering his face, and an incredibly young Nick Swardson (think Grandma’s Boy) screams, “It’s Bowie!” at the top of his lungs. That’s how I feel every time someone puts on “Rebel Rebel” or “Changes” or “Fame.” It’s Bowie! ... read more |
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Oh, Scarlett Johansson, how I love thee, let me count the ways. You are truly a starlet of beauty, a fresh face among the numerous actresses defined by fake tans and like totally ridiculous vocabulary choice. I even read somewhere that you enrich your life by listening to music that includes The Velvet Underground and Miles Davis ... read more |
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