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Before the Beatles, Producer George Martin Recorded an Electronic Music Single: Now Limited Edition Available

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Before the Beatles, Producer George Martin Recorded an Electronic Music Single: Now Limited Edition Available

Before he worked with the Beatles, their famed producer George Martin had his own little recording career.

In 1962 he released a instrumental single he composed that was an early experiment in electronic music. The two songs are quite beautiful and full of melodies. Are we surprised? This man was under appreciated genius.

Now dublab is releasing 2 limited editions of the single using the name Martin recorded under, Ray Cathode. Here’s the link. Beatles fans will want one of these things. I know I do!

Monkees in the Mix: Micky Dolenz Releasing Album of Mike Nesmith Songs Including Linda Ronstadt’s “Different Drum”

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Monkees in the Mix: Micky Dolenz Releasing Album of Mike Nesmith Songs Including Linda Ronstadt’s “Different Drum”

Two days ago, Micky Dolenz celebrated a birthday. Happy birthday, Micky!

And now we get the news that the once and always Monkee is releasing his first new album in nine years. And all the songs are by his pal of more than 50 years, fellow Monkee Mike Nesmith.

“Dolenz Sings Nesmith” is produced by Mike’s son, Christian, and includes a cover of a song you may not realize Mike wrote: Linda Ronstadt’s “Different Drum.”

The cover, at left, reminds me a little of the famous “Nilsson Sings Newman” album from the 70s when Harry Nilsson had a collection of Randy Newman songs.

Micky confirms it in the album’s press release. He says he got the idea for the album a long time ago. As Micky says “I think I first mentioned it to Nez years ago, I don’t know where the idea came from, maybe from my friend Harry Nilsson and his Nilsson Sings Newman album. I thought to myself, ‘Wow, Dolenz Sings Nesmith’”. The new album, which was recorded between September 2020 and February 2021, features songs written throughout Nesmith’s long career, including many from the critically acclaimed Michael Nesmith & The First National Band albums, as well as a few Monkees deep cuts. And who better to produce the album than Nesmith’s son, Christian Nesmith, who has done an incredible job in coming up with fresh and completely new arrangements for all of the songs.

The album comes to us on May 21st from 7A Records.

Happy Birthday, Micky! You just keep getting younger and younger!

 

 

One Direction’s Ex, Zayn Malik Announces: “F*** the Grammys” Because He Wasn’t Nominated, But He Wasn’t Eligible Either

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One Direction’s Ex, Zayn Malik Announces: “F*** the Grammys” Because He Wasn’t Nominated, But He Wasn’t Eligible Either

Former One Direction singer Zayn Malik is upset he wasn’t nominated for a Grammy Award. He’s so mad that he told them on Twitter to “F” off in so many words. He wrote on Twitter yesterday: “Fuck the grammys and everyone associated. Unless you shake hands and send gifts, there’s no nomination considerations. Next year I’ll send you a basket of confectionary.”

The problem is that eligibility for this Sunday’s Grammys was cut off last September 30th, 2020. Zayn’s album, “Nobody is Listening,” was released two just months ago, in January of THIS YEAR, 2021. So it was months and months late. His prior album, “Icarus Falls,” was released in 2018, two years before this session’s deadline.

Also, both albums sold around 2 copies and were very, very bad.

Seven hours after his first Tweet, Zayn was chastened to follow up with this observation: “My tweet was not personal or about eligibility but was about the need for inclusion and the lack of transparency of the nomination process and the space that creates and allows favoritism, racism, and netwokring [sic] politics to influence the voting process”

Got that? It’s racism and “netwokring” that prevented his nominations. How about making a good album and releasing it on time? That might be the answer.

Poor Zayn. Does he have a manager? Does he take advice from anyone? He seems to be his own worst enemy. No one can be this clueless.

A Real Soap Opera: ABC’s “General Hospital” Kills off an Unpopular Character, But Actor Roger Howarth Will Stay

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A Real Soap Opera: ABC’s “General Hospital” Kills off an Unpopular Character, But Actor Roger Howarth Will Stay

Franco, a one time rapist and bad guy, is no longer alive on “General Hospital.”

On Tuesday, the ABC soap killed off the unpopular character– unpopular among the show’s other characters as well with fans– by shooting him in the heart. Actor Roger Howarth, who’s played the part since 2013, was seen in a pool of realistic blood.

Immediately Twitter lit up with worries that Howarth, who’s been on ABC soaps since 1993, had been fired.

I immediately checked with a couple of insiders who told me, “He’s coming back as another character.”

Indeed, Howarth told Soap Opera Digest later in the day, that Franco was gone but he wasn’t leaving. He’ll be back after a short break.

He said, “I’m really excited. I have great faith in the people who think of these things. I’ve been in good hands so far.”

Howarth played the character of Todd Manning for years on “One Life to Live.” When that show was cancelled, he moved Manning to “General Hospital.” But then, in a soap twist, ABC sold the online rights to “OLTL” to Prospect Park Productions, and Howarth was recast on “GH” as Franco, a psycho artist originally played by James Franco. (Long story there, not worth retelling.)

But Franco carried a lot of baggage. He’d been a rapist, a scoundrel, plotted someone else’s rape, and was despised by the people of Port Charles. Whoever Howarth returns as has to be more popular, and a relief, I would think, for the actor.

HBO’s “Allen vs. Farrow” Doc Mini Series Continues To Drop in Ratings as Viewers Tune Out One Sided Melodrama

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HBO’s “Allen vs. Farrow” Doc Mini Series Continues To Drop in Ratings as Viewers Tune Out One Sided Melodrama

HBO’s “Allen v. Farrow” dropped again in its third week.

The disingenuous, one sided screed against Woody Allen drew 321,000 viewers Sunday at 9pm. Of those people, 40,000 were in the key demo.

That was down from 333,000 the second week, and 50,000 in the key demo.

There’s been a decline in interest every week since the series, made by Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering, began three weeks ago. This week’s episode should show even fewer viewers as it has no revelations or invented facts to present. The fourth episode is just Ronan Farrow crabbing about Woody Allen’s former publicist, and others kvetching about nothing.

Indeed, Dick and Ziering have run out of steam. Since they refused to make a balanced film, or entertain any other ideas, or explore Mia Farrow’s crazy, suicidal, criminal family, they have nothing left to say.

HBO is taking a bath with this series. Just a few months ago, they had Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant pulling a million viewers in for “The Undoing.” Now they’ve squandered this valuable real estate on junk.

The real meanness here is what should be discussed: how Mia Farrow turned Dylan into a professional victim for the rest of her life, how Mia hates Soon Yi enough to try and destroy her as well as Woody, and their college age daughters. Mia has no love for any of these people. She’s just wallowed in spite for almost 30 years.

And before HBO tries to get Polk Awards or whatever for this series, they may want to explain to all those blue ribbon panels how they left out of the discussion Ronan Farrow’s deal with them to make documentaries. No transparency.

 

Oscars Watch: 2021 Directors Guild Nominations include Nomadland, Minari, Chicago 7

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Oscars Watch: 2021 Directors Guild Nominations include Nomadland, Minari, Chicago 7

DGA nominees are for Nomadland, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Minari, Mank, and Promising Young Woman.

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM FOR 2020

Lee Isaac Chung
Minari
(A24)
Unit Production Manager: Dylan Brodie
First Assistant Director: Jeff Dubray
Second Assistant Director: Ann Laudick
Second Second Assistant Director: Stephen J. Hanan

Emerald Fennell
Promising Young Woman
(Focus Features)
Unit Production Manager: Reena Magsarili Raasch
First Assistant Director: Michael T. Meador
Second Assistant Director: Alexander Armero
Second Second Assistant Director: Anthony Manzo

David Fincher
Mank
(Netflix)
Unit Production Manager: Allen Kupetsky
First Assistant Director: Richard Goodwin
Second Assistant Director: Samantha McGrady
Second Second Assistant Director: Matt McKinnon
Additional Second Assistant Directors: Jeff Goodell, John Stern, George Williams III

Aaron Sorkin
The Trial of the Chicago 7
(Netflix; DreamWorks Pictures)
Unit Production Managers: Charles Miller, Stuart M. Besser, Jonathan Shoemaker
First Assistant Director: Joseph P. Reidy
Second Assistant Director: Rachel Jaros
Second Second Assistant Director: Justin Bischoff
Location Managers: Dennis Voskov, Nick Rafferty (Chicago Unit)

Chloé Zhao
Nomadland
(Searchlight Pictures)
Unit Production Manager: Mary Kerrigan
First Assistant Director: Mary Kerrigan

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT OF A FIRST-TIME FEATURE FILM DIRECTOR FOR 2020

Radha Blank
The Forty-Year-Old Version
(Netflix)
Unit Production Manager: James Price
First Assistant Director: Michael L. Walker
Second Assistant Director: Kenyon Noble
Second Second Assistant Director: Jonathan Santos
Location Managers: Katarina Dedicova, Tim Stacker

Fernando Frías de la Parra
I’m No Longer Here
(Netflix)
Production Managers: Martín Pérez Valle, Assia Fratz (New York Unit)
First Assistant Director: Carlos Suazo
Second Assistant Directors: Alí Santiago, Alex Burstein (New York Unit)
Second Second Assistant Directors: Karen Alcázar, Anthony James Faure (New York Unit)

Regina King
One Night in Miami
(Amazon Studios)
Unit Production Manager: Paul O. Davis
First Assistant Director: Mark Anthony Little
Second Assistant Director: Kevin O’Neil

Darius Marder
Sound of Metal
(Amazon Studios)
Unit Production Manager: Amy Greene
First Assistant Director: Matthew Vose Campbell

Florian Zeller
The Father
(Sony Pictures Classics)
First Assistant Director: George Every
Second Assistant Director: Jamie D. Allen

Sunday Ratings: “The Walking Dead” Dies a Little More Loses Another 500K Viewers

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Sunday Ratings: “The Walking Dead” Dies a Little More Loses Another 500K Viewers

“The Walking Dead” used to be scary. But now it’s their numbers that are spooking everyone.

Sunday night the show fell by 500,000 viewers to 2,259,000. The prior week was 2.7 million and already in peril.

The combination of Oprah with the royals, the NBA All Star game, Critics Choice Awards, and doing the dishes made “The Walking Dead” squeal and evaporate like a dead zombie. I am so sorry.

The All Star game scored 4,665,000 million and certainly grabbed cable viewers. Oprah did the rest.

That’s also the lowest number ever for “The Walking Dead,” whose interest seems to be gone. Are they still making spin offs and standalone movies? Hmmmm…..

British Oscars aka BAFTA Nominees Snub 2 Leading British Actresses and Potential Oscar Nominees: Carey Mulligan and Olivia Colman

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British Oscars aka BAFTA Nominees Snub 2 Leading British Actresses and Potential Oscar Nominees: Carey Mulligan and Olivia Colman

BAFTA Nominations are going on right now. Last year, BAFTA was accused of not having enough diversity. So this year. the list is extremely multicultural. Many of the names won’t be known to Americans. The BAFTAs are given out on April 11th. Notably snubbed here is David Fincher’s “Mank.” Netflix poured all their resources into this black and white homage to old Hollywood, but so far SAG and other groups have skipped it.

The other huge snub is Carey Mulligan for Best Actress in Promising Young Woman. She’s British! And a top Oscar candidate. Yikes! Also omitted is Olivia Colman, British, for “The Father.”

BEST PICTURE
THE FATHER
THE MAURITANIAN
NOMADLAND
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7

BEST ACTRESS
Bukky Bakray – Rocks
Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Wunmi Mosaku – His House
Alfre Woodard – Clemency

BEST ACTOR
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Adarsh Gourav – The White Tiger
Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Mads Mikkelsen – Another Round
Tahar Rahim – The Mauritanian

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah
Barry Keoghan – Calm With Horses
Alan Kim – Minari
Leslie Odom Jr – One Night in Miami…
Clarke Peters – Da 5 Bloods
Paul Raci – Sound of MetaL

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Niamh Algar – Calm With Horses
Kosar Ali – Rocks
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Dominique Fishback – Judas and the Black Messiah
Ashley Madekwe – County Lines
Yuh-Jung Youn – Minari

FULL LIST COMING…

Carly Simon’s Hit Song “Coming Around Again” Inspires Martha’s Vineyard-Based Rom Com “With a Very Carly Simon Vibe”

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Carly Simon’s Hit Song “Coming Around Again” Inspires Martha’s Vineyard-Based Rom Com “With a Very Carly Simon Vibe”

Remember when there was a movie called “The Kids Are Alright”? Great film but we wondered if they were using the Who song as its theme. They weren’t.

Today Deadline.com reported on a new project that caught my eye called “Coming Around Again.” That was a hit song from 1986 from the movie “Heartburn” written and sung by Carly Simon. It’s pretty famous. Also Carly Simon is closely associated with Martha’s Vineyard, where she’s lived for most of her life, sung about it, recorded concerts there, and so on.

So this description is a little dicey: Deadline says that “Coming Around Again” “focuses on a middle aged divorcee who rekindles a relationship with an old flame while vacationing on Martha’s Vineyard.”

Veteran producer Carla Hacken is producing from a script by Lawrence Michael Levine, all coming from Jason Blum’s Blumhouse.

I emailed Hacken if she’d contacted Simon yet. She said she hasn’t but plans on using the song in the movie (if she can secure the rights, of course). In an email she wrote: Sophia and Larry definitely named it after that song! and of course when we go make the movie we will want to get the song. the whole setting is very, very carly simon vibe!”

Here’s Carly performing “Coming Around Again” on Martha’s Vineyard:

Bruno Mars, Anderson.Paak’s SilkSonic Jokingly Ask to Be Added to Grammys, Adele, Beyonce in the Wings

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Bruno Mars, Anderson.Paak’s SilkSonic Jokingly Ask to Be Added to Grammys, Adele, Beyonce in the Wings

This is cute. Bruno Mars and Anderson.Paak posted a help wanted Tweet to get themselves onto the Grammy Awards this Sunday. They’ve got a great number 1 single right now called “Leave the Door Open.” I’ve no doubt they will be appearing as their new group, SilkSonic.

Adele and Beyonce are in the wings, so to speak. I told you in December they’d be on the show. I still feel they will be on CBS this Sunday at 8pm. Adele won’t perform, but she would be the right person to present Album of the Year. Beyonce might win. She was nominated for six awards even though she had no new record out.

Stay tuned…

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