Monthly Archives: November 2010

Playlist and Podcast for 11-26-10

By Roger Catlin | Published: November 27, 2010

Was reminded of the Thanksgiving 1976 “Last Waltz” farewell concert by The Band, featuring a lot of guest artists. So played a lot of that, along with some of the Dylan songs he played in concert last week. Also some new Concretes, Tricky, Decemberists, and Jim Chad & Sherry among others. Here follows the set [...]

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When George Met Gerald: Harrison, Ford

By Roger Catlin | Published: November 27, 2010

When PBS got a couple of White House photographers to talk about the special that premiered Wednesday, ““National Geographic Television presents The President’s Photographer:  50 Years in the Oval Office,” naturally the subject of celebrity meetings came up. The Nixon photographer wasn’t there to talk about Elvis’ bizarre meeting, but David Kennerly from the Ford [...]

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Yoko’s Housing Choices

By Roger Catlin | Published: November 27, 2010

It will be 30 years ago Dec. 8 when John Lennon was gunned down in the lobby of his New York apartment on Central Park West, The Dakota, where his widow still lives. “People say, ‘Why are you still living at the Dakota?’” Yoko Ono told reporters at the TV Critics press tour last summer. [...]

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Bob Dylan Rolls into Amherst

By Roger Catlin | Published: November 20, 2010

Of the artists flooding the market with unreleased, remastered or otherwise boxed up old material, only one of them is on the road, as he has been for 30 years or so, playing live on the road. None of what Bob Dylan plays on the road has anything to do with the latest product in [...]

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Playlist 11-19-10

By Roger Catlin | Published: November 20, 2010

I was just reading about “Caledonia Soul Music,” when I found I owned it on a Van Morrison bootleg. Didn’t know it skipped, though. Sorry. Sampled the “new” albums by Bruce Springsteen and John Lennon, a new single from The Decemberists, albums from The Old 97′s, Norah Jones and a Ben Folds/Nick Hornsby collaboration. Just [...]

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Playlist 11-12-10

By Roger Catlin | Published: November 13, 2010

A 65th birthday salute to Neil Young, using his least popular tunes. A scratchy signature song from Hartford native Sophie Tucker, a bunch of Smokey Robinson in honor of his show at the casino this Saturday, new stuff from Kings of Leon, The Greenhornes and others. Here’s what I played on the radio this week:

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Bristol Palin’s Success Conspiracy

By Roger Catlin | Published: November 11, 2010

She’s been one of the worst dancers of this or any season, but Bristol Palin has still made her way to the “Dancing with the Stars” final four. This week was another one where a contestant was sent home despite having a higher score from judges. While judges early in the season may have been [...]

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A Nature World of Slo-Mo

By Roger Catlin | Published: November 8, 2010

As satisfying as these big new sweeping HD nature series on cable are, one thing that gets to me is how often they slow the action down so often, to better capture and extend the grandeur. Great. It looks smashing. But does it give a very good idea of how fast these animals really travel [...]

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Playlist 11-5-10

By Roger Catlin | Published: November 5, 2010

Started with a salute to the late Gregory Isaac, turned to some newly released rarities from Jimi Hendrix, added some dance music, an acoustic segment led by Peter Case, who played campus Wednesday, and played some Emmylou Harris and Bob Mould in advance of their live shows in the region next week. Threw in some [...]

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From ‘Carrier’ to ‘Circus’

By Roger Catlin | Published: November 4, 2010

The last time Maro Chermayeff and Jeff Dupre produced a long-form documentary for PBS, it was about life on an aircraft carrier. But what’s different about “Circus” from the 2008 “Carrier” is the wide variet of colorful personalites. Also, Chermayeff said at press tour, “Circus performers are tougher than pilots. I never thought that was [...]

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