Coming Up: New album by reunited Specials - "Encore"
A new LP featuring most of the original 1970s lineup of punk/ska band the Specials is due out Feb. 1.
The double album includes one disk of new material and a second of classics performed live.
The new tracks include:
‘Black Skinned Blue-Eyed Boys’
‘B.L.M.’
‘Vote For Me’
‘The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum’
‘Breaking Point’
‘Blam Blam Fever’
‘10 Commandments’
‘Embarrassed By You’
‘The Life And Times (Of A Man Called Depression)’
‘We Sell Hope’.
Order from Amazon now.
So long, veteran comic Bob Einstein
Bob Einstein, best-known for his appearances as "Super Dave" and Marty Funkheiser on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and as Officer Judy on the Smothers Brothers show, died today at age 76. You can read an obituary here.
Einstein first made his name as a writer. His career dates to the 1960s, when he won his first Emmy as part of the writing team for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, whose staff also included Steve Martin. Einstein, who also appeared on the show, went on to earn Emmy noms as a writer for The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour in 1972 and 1974 and two more for writing on Dick Van Dyke’s mid-’70s series Van Dyke and Company. Einstein won his other Emmy as a producer for the series, sharing the 1977 award for Outstanding Comedy Series.
... Perhaps his greatest stunt, however, was having a case against him nearly make it to the U.S. Supreme Court. A Polish group objected to an appearance on The Dick Cavett Show in 1972, when Einstein posed as the president of a fake Polish Defamation League and told a series of offensive jokes. Four years later, the high court refused to hear the case, denying the request for an on-air rebuttal.
Einstein first made his name as a writer. His career dates to the 1960s, when he won his first Emmy as part of the writing team for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, whose staff also included Steve Martin. Einstein, who also appeared on the show, went on to earn Emmy noms as a writer for The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour in 1972 and 1974 and two more for writing on Dick Van Dyke’s mid-’70s series Van Dyke and Company. Einstein won his other Emmy as a producer for the series, sharing the 1977 award for Outstanding Comedy Series.
... Perhaps his greatest stunt, however, was having a case against him nearly make it to the U.S. Supreme Court. A Polish group objected to an appearance on The Dick Cavett Show in 1972, when Einstein posed as the president of a fake Polish Defamation League and told a series of offensive jokes. Four years later, the high court refused to hear the case, denying the request for an on-air rebuttal.
So long, Dean Ford - lead singer of Marmalade
Dean Ford, singer of 1960s British pop band Marmalade, died at age 72 today. The BBC has an obituary here.
Marmalade chalked up several hits in the late 1960s, including the excellent "I've Seen the Rain," "Reflections of My Life" and a number 1 version of the Beatles' "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da."
Marmalade chalked up several hits in the late 1960s, including the excellent "I've Seen the Rain," "Reflections of My Life" and a number 1 version of the Beatles' "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da."
Video Find: Sly & The Family Stone perform "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again)"
I haven't been a mouse elf in ages.
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