Ok. For all you people who wonder whether that new William Shatner album is any good, I've got a little treat for you. Check out the song below and immediately go out and buy the album. Right-click-save-as this link to enjoy Shatner's "Has Been."...
I first discovered the joys of Brian Dewan during the week of the election, when I kept seeing this strange show on Manhattan public access. It featured a musician in a red K-Mart jacket singing old political songs while alternating playing the music on the accordion and a zither (?). That I didn't even know what instrument he was playing intrigued me. And then there were these nutty watercolor backgrounds superimposed behind him. And always a stone-face, even when he sang a song about electing Alfred E. Newman for president. Eventually I got out a VHS and recorded half the show, which I have split into songs for your listening pleasure. If you like these, Mr. Dewan has two albums out there that I completely recommend, with total awe. (click each photo for videos) Yankee Doodle Dandy Buckle Down with Nixon Charlie on the MTA Jimmy Carter Says Yes Vote for Newman...
To the strains of Maurice Jarre's spiraling carnival-waltz score, Alida Valli drives through the French countryside just outside of Paris. In the back seat is a figure slumped over, face obscured by a hat. Valli pulls over to the side of the road and drags the body out of the car. Dressed in a man's raincoat and nothing else, the corpse's legs become just a little too visible for comfort as Valli, her own black vinyl raincoat glistening in the moonlight, rolls the dead girl into the Seine....
