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Deadly Unserious.(Sound recording review)
Randy Newman once defined success as a songwriter as the absence of a big decline: it's not that you have to get better as you get older so much as that you have to avoid getting worse. By that standard, Loudon Wainwright III is a huge success. On "Strange Weirdos" (Concord), which is nominally the soundtrack to the film "Knocked Up" but pretty much plays like a new solo record, Wainwright is as good as he's ever been. Almost forty years into his recording career, he has not only retained his sharpness of wit but has also learned to cut with greater skill.
"Strange Weirdos" has ten new Wainwright songs, rounded out with a new version of his "Lullaby," from 1973, two evocative instrumentals by Joe Henry (who also served as co-producer), and a cover of Peter Blegvad's "Daughter." The opener, "Grey in L.A.," is a jaunty ode in which Wainwright tweaks the city for its oppressive good weather, name-drops the eco-warrior Laurie David and the uber-producer Brad Grey, and adds just enough resignation and regret to counter his (considerable) cleverness. But it's "You Can't Fail Me Now," the second ...
- A NOTE ON PETER BLEGVAD.
- Magazine article from: Chicago Review MARTIN, WILLIAM June 22, 1999 700+ words
The American artist Peter Blegvad was born in New York City in 1951 and now lives in London...talking about Blegvad's songwriting, put it this way: "Peter Blegvad's work contains some of the most oblique and poetic wordplay...
- dr. huelsenbeck's mentale heilmethode.
- Magazine article from: Artforum International Marcus, Greill March 1, 1993 700+ words
Peter Blegvad, Roman Bunka, Holger Czukay, Raymond Federman, John Greaves, John...and interviews by Huelsenbeck himself, adn especially with American Peter Blegvad's rendition of the old Dada hit "Ende der Welt," which is here...
- Get "Knocked Up" Early on Ruckus.
- Press release article from: Business Wire May 18, 2007 700+ words
...download of the movie soundtrack, "Strange Weirdos: Music From and Inspired By The Film...Wainwright performing songs from "Strange Weirdos" at http://www.ruckus.com...June 1 in theaters everywhere. The "Strange Weirdos" soundtrack, from Concord Records...
- Going on being useful.(Stiff: The Curious Lives Of Human Cadavers)(The Phantom...
- Magazine article from: Spectator Dalrymple, Theodore July 12, 2003 700+ words
...sometimes passes these days, at least in certain circles, for intellection. The worst example of this is the piece by Peter Blegvad, ominously described as 'an artist, writer and performer'. He writes of all the objects in the exhibition that have...
- Now's time to Raise Your Voice.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire June 1, 2005 700+ words
...12 and celebrates the voice in all its forms. It includes two newly commissioned pieces, including one by sound sculptor Peter Blegvad, choral singing, poetry and drama workshops. Ian said: "One distinct thing about Barnsley is our voice: the way we...
- [0] You can't keep a good band down.
- Magazine article from: Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri June 1, 2000 700+ words
...Japan), their first album in 18 years. German Dagmar Krause sang, Briton Anthony Moore played keyboards and American Peter Blegvad played guitar in a two-hour performance comprising more than 20 tunes from old and new releases, including ballads, tango...
- You can't keep a good band down.
- Magazine article from: Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri June 1, 2000 700+ words
...Japan), their first album in 18 years. German Dagmar Krause sang, Briton Anthony Moore played keyboards and American Peter Blegvad played guitar in a two-hour performance comprising more than 20 tunes from old and new releases, including ballads, tango...
- Selling Comics Online.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Publishers Weekly WOLK, DOUGLAS June 25, 2001 700+ words
...pages devoted to each series, so customers can find every volume. Recent releases that are doing well at Amazon include Peter Blegvad's way-out-of-left-field Leviathan and the translated Akira manga series from Dark Horse, and Littleton is looking...
- Loudon Tapping His Own History.
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire February 27, 2009 700+ words
...producer Joe Henry the lion's share of the credit for the idea. Henry also produced Wainwright's last album, 2007's "Strange Weirdos," a collection of songs written for the film "Knocked Up." "Joe is a fan of my earlier work," Wainwright says...
- San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Shay Quillen column: Pop music: Irreverent...
- Newspaper article from: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA) September 6, 2007 700+ words
...fluke novelty hit from 1972, or you only know his work through son Rufus' cover of his "One Man Guy," his new album "Strange Weirdos" is a good place to catch up. The subtitle is "Music From and Inspired by the Film 'Knocked Up' "; few of the songs...
