BoyMeetsGirl Music Blog

The Grammy Museum in Los Angeles hosted the West Coast premiere of “Reel to Reel: The Greatest Ears In Town”, a documentary following Arif Mardin’s illustrious life and career.

Though he was largely unknown to folks outside the music community, his contributions helped form the bedrock of pop culture in the 60’s, and into the 00’s. Odds are that sometime today, you’ll tap your toe to a song Arif nurtured to fruition!!

Find out for yourself, see the documentary. Probably available mid-Summer’10.

We had fun recently, doing an interview with Russell Trunk, Editor in Chief of ExclusiveMagazine.com-

(thank you Russell!)

-you can find our interview and many more, here:

EXCLUSIVEMAGAZINE.COM

CHECK THIS OUT!! It’s a remix on a Deniece Williams/Thom Bell song called “Silly”…
I’m enjoying hearing this lovely song all new again!

“Stop Makin A Fool of Me, Oh Love, Silly of Me” by Rell/iRONIQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Td5Du85oM4

What do you think of this? I love it!

Seattle’s Light Rail

If someone is “gracious to boot”,
Are they unusually respectful
To footwear??

-Burma Shave

I WAY enjoyed trapeze and music together; did Pink lip sync, and does it really matter?(Geo: it doesn’t!) (Shannon interjects: LOVED the Pink performance…how does she sing upside down and spinning w/o all the usual mortal consequences??!!) (Geo: well, exactly my point- me thinks she sang it prior to her ascent, that little minx!)

BUT THAT’S ALL JUST A LOAD a’CRAP!!!
Truth be known, we use the tools available to be creators, and it has been this way with TV since at least the 1950s-60s with the advent of musical variety shows. I found a great website that explains a bit about the history of television and entertainment programming.

Museum Of Broadcast Communications

Here’s an excerpt:

“Video deejay” programming provided another economical means of filling airtime…by the end of 1950 video deejays were firmly established in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles as well as secondary markets like San Francisco, Miami, Louisville, Philadelphia, Detroit and Cleveland (where pioneering rock and roll deejay Alan Freed held forth late at night on WXEZ-TV). Video deejay programs combined LIP-SYNCH performances, dancers, games, sketches, stunts and film shorts.

So our progression to here, began back there! Ain’t it always so…Burma Shave.
Geo

I enjoyed Bono’s twist on Top Ten Lists. Particularly his Intellectual Property bit.

OP-ED GUEST COLUMNIST
Ten for the Next Ten
By BONO
Published: January 3, 2010
It is time for a Top 10 list that looks into the future, highlighting the ideas with the potential to change the world.

Year ends, begins
Opinions flying in all directions. Predictions on health, and wealth, and catastrophe…
Who are we?

Leaving one decade
Standing before another,
We all saw and felt something
From a quadrillion vistas
Through a zillion pairs of eyes
Inside a myriad of hearts and minds
As it’s always been

Can there be such a thing as
one mind?
It’s the real celebration, our diversity-
And ability to adapt and to listen.

To an extraordinary life-Burma Shave!
George

Hi all! Our friend Dean Pitchford, amazing songwriter (Footloose anyone?) and children’s book author (The Big One-Oh, Captain Nobody), wrote to tell George and me about this singing/video sensation. Give it a listen…it’s playful and innovative. Here’s Dean’s message below, along with the link.

It was this past summer when I first saw videos of a young Yale student named Sam Tsui who, with a video producer friend, has been creating these astonishing a capella mash-ups on youtube… singing every part himself. His story has begun to gain celebrity and he recently (in late September) did the Bonnie Hunt song and sang your song. I think you’ll agree: his musical chops are extraordinary. And your song sounds as fresh and plaintive and celebratory as ever! Here’s the link:

YouTube – EXCLUSIVE FULL SONG: Sam Tsui “I Want To Dance With Somebody” – THE BONNIE HUNT SHOW

Happy Holidays!!

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Check out LK Potts and his latest CD Close To Home!
Potts and I had a great time collaborating on this album…Larry’s stories stay with you
like a good book. I’m proud of the result and I hope you get a chance to hear it…well,
go right this minute to his website and enjoy Close To Home.

http://www.larrypottsmusic.com/