Yesterday's Apple post included news that Randy Newman closed the Macworld keynote address with a bit of "You've Got A Friend In Me." Which is true enough, but before he got to the Toy Story fluff, Randy felt he had... CONTINUE READING RANDY NEWMAN'S TOTALLY APPROPRIATE, POLITICAL MACWORLD PERFORMANCE»
Posted on January 16, 2008 in (14 comments)
Tags: Apple | Randy Newman
Earlier today, Steve Jobs dictated to the world the probably unnecessary but exceedingly cool shit they'd find themselves helplessly, hungrily forking over their cash for this year. The annual Macworld conference got under way this morning, Engadget reporting folks took... CONTINUE READING MACWORLD BRINGS LYRICS TO IPHONES, MACBOOK AIR TO THE BREATHLESS MASSES»
Posted on January 15, 2008 in , (16 comments)
Tags: Apple | iPhone | Randy Newman | Yael Naim
Since we've been in a TV state of mind of late we're gonna just put it out there: Weeds has jumped the shark (yeah we're bringing the phrase back) ... BUT the Malvina Reynolds covers are always intriguing. And the... CONTINUE READING THE SHINS, MAN MAN DO WEEDS»
Posted on July 9, 2007 in (5 comments)
Tags: Linkin Park | Man Man | Persephone's Bees | Randy Newman | Rob Thomas | Silversun Pickups | The Shins | Weeds
Last month, the Academy's perennial nominee Randy Newman saw "a slightly expurgated version" of the lyrics to his new song "A Few Words In Defense Of Our Country" run as an an op-ed piece in the New York Times. A... CONTINUE READING RANDY NEWMAN TAKES ON THE ADMINISTRATION»
Posted on February 6, 2007 in (18 comments)
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This morning, The Academy announced its nominations for the 79th Annual Oscars and, much to the surprise of nobody, Randy Newman got a nomination! Not to slag on Randy, he's obvs got this film scoring thing down, but our initial... CONTINUE READING THE ACADEMY WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE RANDY NEWMAN ... AGAIN»
Posted on January 23, 2007 (13 comments)
Tags: Academy Awards | Randy Newman