Tag Archives: barbara streisand

outside the box

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry: when you look at endless piles of old used records like i do, every so often you find a real oddball treasure like this. it’s an Lp by a band called “the lowdown”. they seemed to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged american graphic design, art chantry, barbara streisand, DIY music punk era, graphic design, LP cover design, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marc Fischer, neil diamond, Quintron band, The lowdown band | Leave a comment

entertainer

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Dave

It is very doubtful that Marvin Hamlisch would have agreed with the premise put forth by Theodor Adorno that …”from the middle of the nineteenth century on, good music had renounced commercialism altogether.” It was clearly more craft than art. … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Alfred Newman, barbara streisand, Irving Berlin, Maimonides on music, Maimonides philosopher, Marvin Hamlisch, Marvin Hamlisch A Chorus Line, Marvin Hamlisch Scott Joplin, Marvin Hamlisch The Sting, Theodor Adorno | Leave a comment

the way they were: 1/2 and half

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Dave

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.”- John Lennon Can the liberation of consciousness be considered freedom? And, is the central act of liberation that of the imagination? Yoko Ono’s posting on-line of the documentary … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Music/Composition/Performance | Tagged Andrew Potter, barbara streisand, bed peace the film, clay perry, david medalla, derek taylor the beatles, dick gregory bed peace, elliot mintz, John Lennon, joseph heath, Robert Redford, The Beatles, the way we were redford, timothy leary bed peace, Yoko Ono | Leave a comment

semi-detached from the lost generation

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Dave

“Among democratic nations each generation is a new people.” —Alexis de Tocqueville. They were the children of the lost generation.The “Lost Generation” moniker was invented by Gertrude Stein and popularized by Ernest Hemingway; it became popular during the age wars … Continue reading →