Comments for ROGER CATLIN

Comment on Do the Grammys Really Take Care of Their Own? by Dan Mason

Dan Mason — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:22:46 +0000

http://bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2012/02/14/music-industry-family-then-artists-need-better-care/dFgp3voHHT3KGNrHviD9KK/story.html

Actions speak louder than words.

Comment on Do the Grammys Really Take Care of Their Own? by Thomas

Thomas — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:42:45 +0000

How DARE Bruce Springsteen ask if people are alive when his longtime saxophone sidekick is dead!

With the Big Man having E Street shuffled loose this mortal coil, the Boss should go racing in the streets of sensitivity, never again to reference the breathing status of anyone, let alone potentially invoke sideways memories of unblemished pop goddess Whitney Houston, who deserves nothing so much as to have angel wings painted upon her every photo as a reminder of how purely she was revered throughout her life.

As recently as three days ago, America – no, the world – fawned constantly upon Whitney for her sweetness and perfection, and the idea that a man so terrible as Springsteen might despoil her in the wake of these uninterrupted decades of reverence by her adoring public warrants – nay, DEMANDS – that he be chastised with critical sories from wire services and websites for his folly.

Crack is wack.

Comment on Facebook Sells Me Out by Androooooooooooooooo

Androooooooooooooooo — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:08:28 +0000

I stopped to think at how quickly you went from a guy with a typewriter to a blogging, twittering, facebooking, social media hound. Maybe I’m wrong, but I think that all started when the Courant assigned you a blog. It was fun to watch you get as into it as you did. Catlin the tweeter. For me, a lot of the fun was I had my first (and to this date only) blog that I could regularly check. You made me part of the digital information realm.

You know I have never done any of those things. No blog, no tweeting, facebook-phobia, etc. I guess as these different outlets become sell outs for big business it has affected me very little, but I am sympathetic of how it has affected you a lot.

Sadly, it has proved wrong to think these online institutions work for the greater good.

Comment on Monday TV: ‘Smash’ and NBC’s ‘Super Monday’ Push by URL

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Comment on ‘X Factor’ Cast X-ed Out by Homepage

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Comment on Sunday TV: Patience for Good ‘Luck,’ SAG Awards by las artes

las artes — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:28:37 +0000

Well, well, I guess it’s never too late for idiocy on a reality-television show. If the promos are to be believed (and they should be), we’ve got some old-fashioned drunken destruction on the horizon in tonight’s episode. I won’t tip my TUF hand any more than to say you’ll want to see the ruckus.

Comment on Tuesday TV: Florida Results, ‘Glee’ Does Jackson by Phil

Phil — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:25:27 +0000

Good afternoon Roger,

Have you or will you be doing a column on Super Bowl halftime alternatives? I would love to see that.

Phil

Comment on Also on Sunday: Championships and Auditions by URL

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Comment on Coping with Failure at NBC by Adam

Adam — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:52:14 +0000

The problem with Prime Suspect was that it was just another cop show with the title of Prime Suspect. The title came with baggage and none of the issues raised in the original Prime Suspect were addressed in the US version. Why not start with a clean slate and simply develop another cop show with a different title?

Comment on Tommy Ardolino (1955-2012): NRBQ Drummer, Musicologist, Pussycat by Jim Chap

Jim Chap — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:13:20 +0000

Great tribute to the only drummer to get Earl Palmer’s seal of approval.
Just a few things. He was 1 year older than stated and his meow ( sorry Roger:)
was a universal greeting. He had recently let it go.
When my daughter was younger he would call up and they would meow for 20 minutes while talking ‘cat’. Tommy was a true innocent who wasn’t down with modern technology but he knew every record made. It was uncanny. We went through a bag OG vintage 45′s from my basement. He knew the b side of every one. His feel on drums can never be duplicated. We called it ‘the wobble’. Not straight, not swing.
This is a huge loss for the music community. Both his musicality and his musicology are irreplaceable Thanks Roger. A nice tribute to an under appreciated genius.