Brave Combo's New Album Another Successful Notch In An Enduring, Storied Career

18.05.12

Brave Combo’s resume sounds as impossible as it is impressive.  They have twenty five studio releases, not including international projects.  They have won two Grammys and been nominated for four others.  They were David Byrne’s wedding band.  They have been ripped off by Bob Dylan and made an album with Tiny Tim.  They composed the theme to ESPN’s Bowling Night.  In addition to Dylan and Byrne, they count Matt Groening, John Goodman, Bruce Willis, Drew Carey, NPR’s Terry Gross and, predictably, Weird Al Yankovic among their fans.  They played at club show at CBGB’s the night before they played a ballroom dancing event at theLincolnCenter.  They have marched in the Macy’s Day Parade and led cha-cha lines out of Club Dada and downElm Street.  They are virtuosos of accordion, experts of woodwinds, punk-rocking, cha-cha-cha-ing, improvising madmen and women.  There has never been and will never be a band like the Brave Combo.

Source: D Magazine

Blu-ray Review: Camelot (1967)

18.05.12

For a guy with a BFA and, now, an MFA in acting, one might expect that I’ve spent a great deal of time with movie musicals, but that just hasn’t been the case. Aside from Singin’ in the Rain and South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut , I find that musicals simply work better on stage where I am more willing to suspend disbelief. Surprisingly, though, Camelot – the 1967 film adaptation of the Lerner and Loewe Broadway musical – rises above many of its awkward moments by creating three incredible characters that the audience cares about, catchy songs, and beautiful set pieces.

Lerner and Loewe’s Camelot first opened on Broadway in 1960, four years after their smash hit My Fair Lady took Broadway by storm. Camelot , though not as successful as My Fair Lady , ran for 873 performances, and won four Tony Awards (compared to the 2,717 performances and seven Tony Awards that My Fair Lady managed). The film adaptation,

Source: Inside Pulse