Tag Archives: Irving Berlin

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

meatloaf musicals

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Dave

Caught a drift of the old album Bat Out of Hell by Meatloaf wafting out of a cafe yesterday, and tried to think of why it could have been so popular, and how it seemed to defy easy classification at … Continue reading →

Posted in Shake Your Hips | Tagged Aaron Copland, American musicals, Annie Get Your Gun, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, jim steinman, Oklahoma musical, Phil Spector, rogers and hammerstein | Leave a comment

attention mister trouble

Posted on December 25, 2011 by Dave

….Maybe its just the funny animal humor that never seems to die; the idealization of the animal world into the realm of human properties. Like LOL cats. Or in this case, the colorful art and brisk pacing that defined the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged chaplin silent films, fritz the cat, great american songbook, Irving Berlin, izzy klein, izzy klein mighty mouse, jerome kern, john grierson, Lewis Carroll, LOL Cats, mighty mouse, nedor publishing, paul terry, Ralph Bakshi, rogers and hart, Schoenberg, Sergei Eisenstein, terrytoons paul terry, walt disney studios, walter trier | Leave a comment

THE PATTER ON YOUR OLD TIN HAT

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Dave

The Bugle sings: “Go to sleep! Go to sleep! Slumber well where the shells screamed and fell. Let your rifles rest on the muddy floor, You will not need them any more. Danger’s past; Now at last, Go to sleep.” … Continue reading →