Monthly Archives: October 2010

Playlist 10-15-10

By Roger Catlin | Published: October 15, 2010

Salutes to some soul men who died this week — Solomon Burke and General Johnson of the Chairman of the Board. A taste of Conan O’Brien’s musical album (in lieu of ads for his impending talk show), new stuff from Isobel Campbll & Mark Lanegan, Mark Ronson and especially The Love Language (in lieu of [...]

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Live ’30 Rock’ Plays Like a Long ‘SNL’ Sketch

By Roger Catlin | Published: October 14, 2010

It was a noble experiment “30 Rock “ attempted Thursday – putting on its show live.  Other sitcoms have attempted the same over the years, most recently by “Will & Grace.” But Tina Fey’s Emmy winning show is usually so dense and precise to the second, it was immediately jarring to see all the loose [...]

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Chilean Miner Rescue: Something Better Coming from the Earth

By Roger Catlin | Published: October 14, 2010

The wonderful television of trapped miners in Chile emerging unscathed from their hole after 70 days, thanks to technology and government perseverance, is a once in a lifetime type things. Thirty three lives that  faced certain death emerging to embrace life and their wives and the president of the country who stood by to personally [...]

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Playlist 10-8-10

By Roger Catlin | Published: October 8, 2010

A few things leftover from last night’s “The Promise: The Making of Darkness at the Edge of Town,” new live stuff from Leonard Cohen and scattered other bands. And then a big 70th birthday salute to John Lennon, first with covers of his solo material and then a lot of Beatles songs in which he [...]

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Where are Today’s Daniel Ellsbergs?

By Roger Catlin | Published: October 3, 2010

In the nearly 40 years since Daniel Ellsberg released the Pentagon Papers, exposing how the U.S. got involved in the Vietnam War at a time when the country was still deep in the Southeastern Asian morass, he’s found few others who have gone the same route. Not many people have been sufficiently inspired by his [...]

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Obama On Dylan: No Cheesin’

By Roger Catlin | Published: October 3, 2010

“Here’s what I love about Dylan,” Barack Obama tells Rolling Stone magazine in the current issue. “He was exactly as you’d expect he would be.” That is to say, for an East Wing concert on music from the Civil Rights era, “He wouldn’t come to the rehearsal,” Obama says. “Usually, all these guys are practicing [...]

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Playlist 10-1-10

By Roger Catlin | Published: October 2, 2010

Methodically went through all of the recently released names of nominees for this year’s inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, from Joe Tex to Chic. All except Bon Jovi (this radio show has standards). Also some more new stuff from John Legend & The Roots, Superchunk, Blonde Redhead and such, and heralding [...]

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That Terrible New Whale Logo

By Roger Catlin | Published: October 1, 2010

The terrible new logo for Hartford’s minor league hockey team at least puts to rest those old feelings that got stirred up once Howard Baldwin started talking about bringing back the Whalers to town. It’s too good to be true. Like vaudeville returning or the Beatles reuniting. Can the late great Hartford Whalers actually be [...]

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