With their scorching cover of "Baby, Please Don't Go," Sons of Anarchy house band the Forest Rangers add to the storied lineage of a ubiquitous blues standard. Their no-frills version is set to appear in the seventh season's fourth episode, "Poor Little Lambs," which airs on Tuesday, September 30th.
SoA music supervisor Bob Thiele says this straightforward, guitar-heavy approach is exactly what the Forest Rangers had in mind. "This one ain't rocket science," he tells Rolling Stone, calling the track "a straight-up, balls-out version of the blues classic made famous by Muddy Waters.
SoA music supervisor Bob Thiele says this straightforward, guitar-heavy approach is exactly what the Forest Rangers had in mind. "This one ain't rocket science," he tells Rolling Stone, calling the track "a straight-up, balls-out version of the blues classic made famous by Muddy Waters.
- 9/29/2014
- Rollingstone.com
Cracker's David Lowery issued an apology yesterday to Neil Young after bandmate Johnny Hickman slammed Young for his stance about music piracy.
In a Huffington Post article Monday, Young was quoted comparing the piracy of music to being the new version of radio.
"It doesn't affect me because I look at the internet as the new radio," he said. "I look at the radio as gone... Piracy is the new radio. That's how music gets around... That's the radio. If you really want to hear it, let's make it available, let them hear it, let them hear the 95 percent of it."
Young's comments were taken from the D: Dive Into Media conference he appeared at this past January.
According to Jambands.com, Hickman took to the band's Twitter account to take it to Young.
"Fuck you Neil Young, I love most of your music (some of it sucks ass) that...
In a Huffington Post article Monday, Young was quoted comparing the piracy of music to being the new version of radio.
"It doesn't affect me because I look at the internet as the new radio," he said. "I look at the radio as gone... Piracy is the new radio. That's how music gets around... That's the radio. If you really want to hear it, let's make it available, let them hear it, let them hear the 95 percent of it."
Young's comments were taken from the D: Dive Into Media conference he appeared at this past January.
According to Jambands.com, Hickman took to the band's Twitter account to take it to Young.
"Fuck you Neil Young, I love most of your music (some of it sucks ass) that...
- 9/19/2012
- by The Huffington Post Canada
- Huffington Post
In case you hadn't heard, the Academy Awards are on ABC this Sunday. Regardless of what you think of the nominees, it is clear that the film business is at a crossroads. Fewer people went to the movies in 2011 than any year since Al Gore invented the internet; our nation's multiplexes are in the throes of an epidemic called sequelitis; and the Academy could barely settle on a host for Sunday's Oscars.
But this week, my focus is on the most vulnerable members of the Academy: The Actors. Actors have more at stake than anyone at this annual bacchanalia -- their faces are the most recognizable and their personas are most associated with the success or failure of a film. And, even more perplexing and daunting: winning an Oscar may actually be more hazardous to an acting career than losing. Winning an Oscar puts more of a microscope on an actor than dating Leonardo DiCaprio.
But this week, my focus is on the most vulnerable members of the Academy: The Actors. Actors have more at stake than anyone at this annual bacchanalia -- their faces are the most recognizable and their personas are most associated with the success or failure of a film. And, even more perplexing and daunting: winning an Oscar may actually be more hazardous to an acting career than losing. Winning an Oscar puts more of a microscope on an actor than dating Leonardo DiCaprio.
- 2/22/2012
- by Evan Shapiro
- Aol TV.
Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.
How can so many TV DVDs be released on one day and still there isn't one that I want to buy? The only one of the below sets that I might be interested in getting would be Simon & Simon. And that's only because it's one 80s action drama that I never got into for some reason but feel I should catch up on. But there's plenty of stuff for fans of every type of show, from Sons of Anarchy to The Smurfs.
The Beast - Season 1 Cracker - The Complete Series Dexter - Season 3 Dirty Sexy Money - Season 2 Eli Stone - Season 2 Everybody Hates Chris - Season 4 Continue reading New TV on DVD releases this week
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How can so many TV DVDs be released on one day and still there isn't one that I want to buy? The only one of the below sets that I might be interested in getting would be Simon & Simon. And that's only because it's one 80s action drama that I never got into for some reason but feel I should catch up on. But there's plenty of stuff for fans of every type of show, from Sons of Anarchy to The Smurfs.
The Beast - Season 1 Cracker - The Complete Series Dexter - Season 3 Dirty Sexy Money - Season 2 Eli Stone - Season 2 Everybody Hates Chris - Season 4 Continue reading New TV on DVD releases this week
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- 8/17/2009
- by Bob Sassone
- Aol TV.
Consistently good band carries the torch of The Clash
I vividly remember the first time I heard a Cracker song on college radio. I didn’t know that David Lowery had a new band, but there was no mistaking the Camper Van Beethoven frontman’s voice when he started singing, “Happy Birthday to Me.” But instead of Eastern-influenced violins, Johnny Hickman’s blue-collar-rock guitar gave muscle to Lowery’s biting lyrics. Fifteen years later, Lowery’s voice hasn’t lost his trademark sneer and Hickman hasn’t abandoned his sweet classic-rock wankery. The songs on the ironically titled Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey have been updated to cover Fallujah, coding Perl and Kabul Gate, but the band is still doing its countrified best to carry The Clash’s torch with three power chords and a cynical take on the truth. The new album’s “Eurotrash Girl” is...
I vividly remember the first time I heard a Cracker song on college radio. I didn’t know that David Lowery had a new band, but there was no mistaking the Camper Van Beethoven frontman’s voice when he started singing, “Happy Birthday to Me.” But instead of Eastern-influenced violins, Johnny Hickman’s blue-collar-rock guitar gave muscle to Lowery’s biting lyrics. Fifteen years later, Lowery’s voice hasn’t lost his trademark sneer and Hickman hasn’t abandoned his sweet classic-rock wankery. The songs on the ironically titled Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey have been updated to cover Fallujah, coding Perl and Kabul Gate, but the band is still doing its countrified best to carry The Clash’s torch with three power chords and a cynical take on the truth. The new album’s “Eurotrash Girl” is...
- 5/12/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
Excessively moody and mired in muddy storytelling overall, writer-director Eric Drilling's feature debut is based on his play of the same name about two brothers caught in the stormy aftermath of patricide, committed by the eldest against their violent sire.
"River Red" stars Tom Everett Scott ("An American Werewolf in Paris") as insecure, repressed Dave Holden, a New Hampshire guy going nowhere who becomes a killer and masked bandit to protect his younger Brother Tom (David Moscow). But starting with the shaky performances, Drilling's downer drama is not memorably involving, and boxoffice potential for the Castle Hill limited release is light.
Scott is appropriately sweaty and nervous, with an unruly crop of hair and twitchy body -- he might have made a good Norman Bates. His character is able to instantly concoct a plan to have minor Tom serve the time for Dave's impulsive fatal stabbing of their punching pop (Denis O'Hare).
But after that fateful event, given a "second chance," Dave is apparently rendered dumb by his guilt and paranoia. While Tom has a bumpy ride in the pokey, Dave hits the sauce and holds up gas stations to pay off a stack of bills left by Dad. He has enough cash to also date a nice girl (Cara Buono), who doesn't suspect he's turning into his own worse nightmare.
Tom gets the picture soon enough when he's released (after years?) and sees what a cold, self-destructive thing Dave has become. Meanwhile, it's hard to believe Dave could get away with his cover story of a rich relative leaving a large inheritance.
While it strives to be a probing character study, "River Red" is all but swamped by Drilling's fudging on details, while the filmmaker relies far too much on Johnny Hickman's oppressive score to underline every portentous moment and simmering emotion.
RIVER RED
Castle Hill
Drilling Films in association with
Miller Entertainment and Frontier Films
Writer-director: Eric Drilling
Producers: Eric Drilling, Stephen Schlueter, Avram Ludwig, Tom Everett Scott, Tischa Gomez
Executive producers: David Miller, Gary Kauffman
Director of photography: Stephen Schlueter
Production designer: Roshelle Berliner
Editor: Paul Streicher
Costume designer: Cindy Evans
Music: Johnny Hickman
Casting: Gabriella Leff
Color/stereo
Cast:
Dave Holden: Tom Everett Scott
Tom Holden: David Moscow
Rachel: Cara Buono
Father: Denis O'Hare
Billy: David Lowery
Frankie: Michael Kelly
Judge Perkins: Leo Burmester
Running time -- 104 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
"River Red" stars Tom Everett Scott ("An American Werewolf in Paris") as insecure, repressed Dave Holden, a New Hampshire guy going nowhere who becomes a killer and masked bandit to protect his younger Brother Tom (David Moscow). But starting with the shaky performances, Drilling's downer drama is not memorably involving, and boxoffice potential for the Castle Hill limited release is light.
Scott is appropriately sweaty and nervous, with an unruly crop of hair and twitchy body -- he might have made a good Norman Bates. His character is able to instantly concoct a plan to have minor Tom serve the time for Dave's impulsive fatal stabbing of their punching pop (Denis O'Hare).
But after that fateful event, given a "second chance," Dave is apparently rendered dumb by his guilt and paranoia. While Tom has a bumpy ride in the pokey, Dave hits the sauce and holds up gas stations to pay off a stack of bills left by Dad. He has enough cash to also date a nice girl (Cara Buono), who doesn't suspect he's turning into his own worse nightmare.
Tom gets the picture soon enough when he's released (after years?) and sees what a cold, self-destructive thing Dave has become. Meanwhile, it's hard to believe Dave could get away with his cover story of a rich relative leaving a large inheritance.
While it strives to be a probing character study, "River Red" is all but swamped by Drilling's fudging on details, while the filmmaker relies far too much on Johnny Hickman's oppressive score to underline every portentous moment and simmering emotion.
RIVER RED
Castle Hill
Drilling Films in association with
Miller Entertainment and Frontier Films
Writer-director: Eric Drilling
Producers: Eric Drilling, Stephen Schlueter, Avram Ludwig, Tom Everett Scott, Tischa Gomez
Executive producers: David Miller, Gary Kauffman
Director of photography: Stephen Schlueter
Production designer: Roshelle Berliner
Editor: Paul Streicher
Costume designer: Cindy Evans
Music: Johnny Hickman
Casting: Gabriella Leff
Color/stereo
Cast:
Dave Holden: Tom Everett Scott
Tom Holden: David Moscow
Rachel: Cara Buono
Father: Denis O'Hare
Billy: David Lowery
Frankie: Michael Kelly
Judge Perkins: Leo Burmester
Running time -- 104 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
- 11/23/1998
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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