Wednesday Video Spotlight: Billy Bragg returning to play centennial edition of Okemah’s Woody Guthrie Folk Festival in July
OKEMAH – After an absence of 14 years, Billy Bragg is returning to Oklahoma for a performance at the 15th Annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival, which this year is celebrating Woody Guthrie’s 100th birthday.
Bragg was a headliner at the concert played on Guthrie’s birthday at the inaugural WoodyFest in 1998.
A chance meeting with Nora Guthrie in 1992, when Nora was in the process of setting up her father’s archive and looking for ways to expand his musical legacy, resulted in Bragg being invited to collaborate with unrecorded Woody Guthrie lyrics. When Bragg decided he needed a band to help with the project, the collaboration grew to include Jeff Tweedy and Wilco.
In the summer of 1997, when both acts were in New York City, they met with Nora Guthrie to choose lyrics to put to music. Later the ensemble spent time in Chicago and Dublin where, at recording sessions attended by Nora, more than 50 songs (lyrics by Woody Guthrie; music by Bragg and Tweedy) were recorded and the album “Mermaid Avenue” – released in 1998 – was born.
“Mermaid Avenue, Vol. 2″ was released in 2000. Just in time for Woody’s centennial celebration, “Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions” was released on April 21. The three-disc set includes the original two volumes of “Mermaid Avenue” (the second re-mastered), a third volume with 17 previously unreleased recordings from the 1997 recording sessions; the 1999 film “Man in the Sand,” which documents the recording sessions; and a 48-page booklet that includes new liner notes by Nora Guthrie, lyrics, archival photographs, and sketches by Woody Guthrie.
Bragg will perform at the Pastures of Plenty at Okemah’s WoodyFest on Thursday, July 12.
Arlo Guthrie is also returning to the festival this year to help celebrate his father’s 100th birthday. The solo acoustic show – the only ticketed event of the festival – will open the festival on Wednesday, July 11 and will take place in the newly-renovated Crystal Theater in downtown Okemah. Cost of tickets for the concert is $30 for general admission seats and $50 for a limited number of Gold Circle seats. Gold Circle seats include a post-concert reception at the Brick Street Café, three blocks east of the Crystal.
Tickets for the 8 p.m. July 11 show go on sale at 10 a.m. June 1 and can be purchased via PayPal on the festival website at www.woodyguthrie.com.
Making her festival debut this year is Emmy-award winner Melanie, whose candle-lit standing ovation at Woodstock was followed closely by her legendary appearance before 400,000 at England’s Isle of Wight Festival and two top 10 U.K. albums. Her most recent release, “Ever Since You Never Heard of Me,” was released in 2010.
Also making his festival debut is John McCutcheon. Regarded as a master of the hammered dulcimer, McCutcheon just released “This Land: Woody Guthrie’s America,” an album of Woody Guthrie covers featuring Willie Nelson, Kathy Mattea and others.
A third artist making her WoodyFest debut is Carolyn Hester, noted folksinger from the 1960s Greenwich Village folk scene who appeared on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post on May 30, 1964. Hester is known for her angelic voice and her repertoire of traditional English ballads mixed with an original selection of contemporary folk. She has recorded more than 15 albums in her 50 years of performing. Her latest release, “We Dream Forever,” was released in 2010.
Additional artists scheduled to perform include Judy Collins, Jimmy LaFave, Ellis Paul, Sam Baker, Okemah’s John Fullbright, Joel Rafael, Butch Hancock, the Red Dirt Rangers, Michael Fracasso, the Burns Sisters, Larry Long, Gretchen Peters, Kevin & Dustin Welch, Ronny Cox and more.
The 15th annual festival takes place July 11-15 in Okemah – Guthrie’s hometown – located 70 miles east of Oklahoma City. Founded in 1998 by the Woody Guthrie Coalition, the festival, which celebrates the life and musical legacy of one of America’s greatest folk music songwriters and troubadoursm is a free four-day family-friendly event. The festival includes indoor and outdoor concerts, special activities for children, open mics, poetry readings, community outreach activities, food and craft booths, and, an annual highlight, the Sunday hootenanny.
The Woody Guthrie Folk Festival, supported by a grant from the Oklahoma Arts Council, attracts attendees from around the world.
For information, go to www.woodyguthrie.com.
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Wednesday Video Spotlight: Guitar Center and Slash team up for contest to give unsigned bands a chance to open for the guitarist
Guitar Center – the world’s largest music retailer – and legendary guitarist Slash have teamed up to offer an opportunity to 20 unsigned American bands. By submitting an original song at www.GCOnstage.com, bands can enter for the chance to open for Slash on his upcoming fall tour, supporting his new album, “Apocalyptic Love,” out May 22, featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators.
In the fourth installment of Guitar Center On-Stage, 20 bands hand-selected as Slash’s opening acts will perform at stops on the tour closest to their hometown. At the closing of the tour, one of the opening bands will be named by Slash as the grand prize winner of Guitar Center On-Stage.
Oklahoma City is one of the markets that is part of this year’s Guitar Center On-Stage.
Not only will the 20 selected bands be opening for one of the world’s greatest guitarists, but they also will be receiving a tour support prize pack that includes gear from Ernie Ball, Zoom, Dunlop, Monster Cable, Pro-Mark and Converse. The top performing band on the tour, as selected by Slash, will be named the grand prize winner and take home $10,000 in guitars from Gibson and Epiphone, a $5,000 shopping spree at Guitar Center and much more.
How to Enter: Through June 30, unsigned bands across the United States are invited to submit their unique music track at www.GCOnstage.com. The 20 bands handpicked by Slash will be announced in August.
Guitar Center On-Stage: Slash Grand Prize Winner to Receive:
- $10k in guitars from Gibson and Epiphone
- A $5k shopping spree at Guitar Center
- New gear and products from Ernie Ball, Zoom, Dunlop, Monster Cable, Pro-Mark, Orange County Drums and Percussion, and Converse.
“I’m a strong believer that the best way to get your music heard is to get out there and play shows,” said Slash in the contest announcement. “There are tons of talented bands that simply don’t have the resources to go on tour, so I’m stoked to be able to host them on my tour and at the same time introduce my fans to great, undiscovered artists.”
The 20 chosen opening acts will each perform in one of the following markets:
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Austin, Texas
Chicago
Cleveland, Ohio
Dallas
Denver, Colo.
Detroit, Mich.
Houston, Texas
Indianapolis, Ind.
Kansas City, Mo.
Nashville, Tenn.
New York
Norfolk, Va.
Oklahoma City
Philadelphia
Phoenix, Ariz.
San Francisco
Sayreville, N.J.
Washington, D.C.
Guitar Center On-Stage exemplifies Guitar Center’s ongoing commitment to developing unique programming that provides musicians with the opportunity and exposure to further their success. Previous editions of Guitar Center On-Stage featured Janes Addiction, Mötley Crüe and KISS, with Mötley Crüe’s winning band, The Last Vegas, going on to win iTunes critics’ 2009 “Rock Single of the Year” with their hit single “I’m Bad.”
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Wednesday Video Spotlight: “The Avengers” crosses $700 million in less than 2 weeks; sequel announced
The numbers just keep getting better for “The Avengers.”
On Monday, the Marvel superhero movie had its record-setting $200.3 million opening weekend boosted to $207.4 million.
Soon after, the super-blockbuster crossed the $700 million mark with its worldwide gross, blasting pass the milestone in less than two weeks, one of the best showings of all time, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Plus, the film is one of the best-reviewed of the year, rating 93 percent fresh on review aggregator RottenTomatoes.com.
With all those eye-popping numbers, it was no surprise when Disney CEO Bob Iger officially announced Tuesday that there will be an “Avengers 2.”
Repeating previous announcements made by Marvel Studios, Iger said a third “Iron Man” and a second “Thor” are scheduled for 2013 and a sequel to “Captain America: The First Avenger” is in the works for 2014. He gave no timeline for an “Avengers” sequel, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The CEO also said that there are “Avengers”-based attractions in the works for some of Disney’s theme parks, reported the trade publication.
In an act of absolute classiness, “Avengers” writer-director Joss Whedon posted today on his website http://whedonesque.com a long letter thanking his devoted fans for supporting him through thick and thin, according to the trade publication. (The website was down Wednesday night.)
“People have told me that this matters, that my life is about to change,” Whedon writes. “I am sure that is true. And change is good — change is exciting. I think — not to jinx it — that I may finally be recognized at Comiccon. Imagine!”
“What doesn’t change is anything that matters. What doesn’t change is that I’ve had the smartest, most loyal, most passionate, most articulate group of — I’m not even gonna say fans. I’m going with ‘peeps’ — that any cult oddity such as my bad self could have dreamt of,” he adds. “When almost no one was watching, when people probably should have STOPPED watching, I’ve had three constants: my family and friends, my collaborators (often the same), and y’all.”
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Ticket prices announced for Carrie Underwood’s Oklahoma City and Tulsa shows
Ticket prices were announced today for Carrie Underwood’s home state shows.
The Checotah native will play Oct. 25 at Oklahoma City’s Chesapeake Energy Arena. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday and have been priced at $45, $55 and $65, plus applicable fees.
Oklahoma City tickets will be available at Chesapeake Energy Arena box office, area Homeland stores, by phone at (800) 745-3000 and online through Ticketmaster.com
For more information, go to www.chesapeakeenergy.com.
The 2005 “American Idol” winner will perform Nov. 21 at Tulsa’s BOK Center. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. May 18 and have been priced at $46, $56 and $66.
Tulsa tickets will be available online at www.bokcenter.com, at Arby’s Box Office, at all Tickets.com outlets or by calling (866) 7-BOKCTR.
Underwood’s home state shows are part of “The Blown Away Tour,” in support of her fourth studio album.
“Blown Away,” makes history today by debuting at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart, making her only the second country artist in the 47-year history of the chart to have each of her first four albums debut at No. 1, according to a news release.
With more than 267,000 albums sold – according to the announcement from Underwood’s publicist, which cites Nielsen SoundScan – “Blown Away” debuts at No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart making the Checotah native only the second country artist in history to have three consecutive albums debut at No. 1.
In addition to holding the No. 1 spot on both the country and all-genre album sales charts, “Blown Away” also holds the No. 1 spot in digital sales, with more than 107,000 copies sold, making “Blown Away” country’s best-selling digital album debut since 2010.
“Good Girl,” the feisty lead single from “Blown Away,” has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of more than 500,000 digital singles, according to RIAA.com. The song is currently Top 10 and climbing on the country airplay charts.
To read my recent Carrie Underwood feature, click here. To read my review of “Blown Away,” click here.
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Carrie Underwood’s “Blown Away” debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 and country charts
Oklahoma country music superstar Carrie Underwood’s fourth album, “Blown Away,” makes history today by debuting at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart, making her only the second country artist in the 47-year history of the chart to have each of her first four albums debut at No. 1, according to a news release.
With more than 267,000 albums sold – according to the announcement from Underwood’s publicist, which cites Nielsen SoundScan – “Blown Away” debuts at No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart making the Checotah native only the second country artist in history to have three consecutive albums debut at No. 1.
In addition to holding the No. 1 spot on both the country and all-genre album sales charts, “Blown Away” also holds the No. 1 spot in digital sales, with more than 107,000 copies sold, making “Blown Away” country’s best-selling digital album debut since 2010.
“Good Girl,” the feisty lead single from “Blown Away,” has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of more than 500,000 digital singles, according to RIAA.com. The song is currently Top 10 and climbing on the country airplay charts.
Since releasing “Some Hearts” in 2005, the 2005 “American Idol” winner has sold more than 14 million albums with “Some Hearts,” 2007’s “Carnival Ride” and 2009’s “Play On,” making her the best-selling “Idol” in the United States, according to the release. She’s amassed 14 No. 1 singles, six of which she co-wrote, and became the first country artist in history and the only “Idol” winner ever to achieve 10 No. 1 singles from their first two albums.
She is a five-time Grammy winner, a two-time Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year, a three-time Country Music Association and ACM Female Vocalist winner, and a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
Underwood currently leads the nominations for the upcoming CMT Music Awards with five. The fan-voted awards will be handed out June 6 in Nashville, Tenn. To vote, go to www.CMT.com.
The Oklahoma native will embark in fall on a new North American tour that will include two Oklahoma stops: “The Blown Away Tour” will include an Oct. 25 stop at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Tickets for her Oklahoma City show will go on sale Friday, according to a representative from the venue. Prices are $45, $55 and $65. For more information, go to www.chesapeakearena.com.
The singer-songwriter then will return to Oklahoma to play Nov. 21 at Tulsa’s BOK Center. Tickets will go on sale May 18, according to a venue spokeswoman. Ticket prices are $46, $56 and $66. For more information, go to www.bokcenter.com.
To read my recent Carrie Underwood feature, click here. To read my review of “Blown Away,” click here.
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Interview: Pat Green gets back under covers with “Songs We Wish We’d Written II,” plays CD release show tonight at the Wormy Dog
From Wednesday’s Life section of The Oklahoman. To read my early review of “Songs We Wish We’d Written II,” click here.
Pat Green gets back to the covers
The Texas country music star just debuted his new album “Songs We Wish We’d Written II” and will play a CD release show Wednesday (tonight) at the Wormy Dog Saloon.
Pat Green is spending the summer spreading the word about his sequel.
The Texas troubadour hasn’t gone Hollywood, but he does dabble in pop and rock along with country on “Songs We Wish We’d Written II.” The new album is the follow-up to his well-received 2001 covers collection “Songs We Wish We’d Written,” which paid homage to the music of Waylon Jennings, Billy Joe Shaver and Steve Winwood, among others.
“I figure if every 10 years I put out an album of everybody else’s stuff, that can be fun,” Green said in a phone interview last fall. “Man, we got in there with all the usual suspects: Jack Ingram and Cory Morrow and Walt Wilkins and a bunch of my friends and just had a good time.”
Green will play a CD release show at 8 p.m. Wednesday (tonight) at the Wormy Dog Saloon. Admission is $15, which includes a copy of the new album, and the Texas country star will be signing CDs after the show.
Released Tuesday, the album marks the former RCA/BNA recording artist’s first on Sugar Hill Records, a sister label to Vanguard, one of the longest-running indies in America.
“It’s just a more independent record label that kind of lets the artists do what they want to do,” Green said.
“This idea and this particular covers album, it was a just-for-the-hell of it kind of thing and it turned out to be a lot of fun the first go-around. And we had some really good success with it so we’re gonna do it again. If it works the first time, don’t break it.”
While he partnered with Morrow for the first “Songs We Wish We’d Written,” Green took on the sequel as a solo project. But he got several guest stars to perform on the follow-up and reunited with Morrow for one track, a faithful rendition of Lyle Lovett’s “If I Had a Boat.”
Not surprisingly, Green’s new covers collection pays tribute to many of his fellow Lone Star State songsmiths: He opens the album with Joe Ely’s “All Just to Get to You,” gets toes tapping with Jon Randall’s “Austin” and makes earnest romance with Liz Rose’s and Wilkins’ “If It Weren’t for You.”
After all, Green is considered one of the sub-genre’s top artists. The Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter received the Decade Award from the Texas Music Chart as the most played artist on Texas country radio from 2000-2010, and many young stars on the scene cite him as an influence.
“I sometimes worry and think they should set their sights higher than me,” he said wryly. “But I’m sure thankful that I’ve had the opportunity in life to be at least in the front portion of the line as it comes to a brand of music. I think that I happened to be kind of getting onto the scene just about the same time that the scene was really starting to pop.” So that really helped my life out and … if it rubs off on other people or helps other people get here to the same place, I think that’s fantastic.”
“There’s nothing bad about this job except for missing home every now and then,” added the married father of two. “We get to just sit around and make stuff up and sing about it and then get back on the tour bus and do it again tomorrow night. This is a great, great thing to do for a living, and then to inspire other people to do the same thing, wow, what a treat.”
Green’s own musical influences range far outside the borders of Texas and country. The 40-year-old was raised in a blended family of nine children, so he grew up listening to a bit of everything, from ‘80s pop and country to Motown and classical. That eclecticism is reflected on his latest album.
His smooth Texas twang mingles with layers of piano and strings to deliver a countrified version of Tom Petty’s, and Ingram helps him convert Todd Snider’s raucous rocker “I Am Too” into a rowdy boot-stomper. Green and Collective Soul frontman Ed Roland strip down the Georgia band’s 1995 smash “The World I Know” into a soulful duet with just a few subtle country flourishes.
“That song was a big fun song for us in the ‘90s, and I got to know Ed through some charity work that we did. And I was like, ‘I’ll put it on the record if you’ll sing with me,’ and he said yes,” Green said.
Despite his enthusiasm for covering songs he wishes he’d written, Green hopes to get into the studio this year to make an album that focuses on songs he actually wrote.
“The writing process is never-ending,” he said. “There’s probably 20 songs right now that I feel comfortable are good enough to go on any record. You just gotta whittle ‘em down, and … it’s kind of like putting together an outfit to wear. You don’t wanna wear plaid and stripes.”
IN CONCERT
Pat Green album release show
When: 8 p.m. Wednesday (tonight). Doors open at 6 p.m.
Where: Wormy Dog Saloon, 311 E Sheridan.
Admission: $15, which includes a copy of his new album “Songs We Wish We’d Written II.”
Information: www.wormydog.com.
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What to do in Oklahoma on May 9, 2012: Hear Shinedown at the Diamond Ballroom
Shinedown
Today’s featured event:
Hear Shinedown and special guests Emphatic at 7:30 tonight at the Diamond Ballroom, 8001 S Eastern Ave.
For more information, go to www.diamondballroom.net.
For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.
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RIP Maurice Sendak
Maurice Sendak in 1981 (AP file)
Maurice Sendak, the acclaimed author and illustrator best remembered for his iconic children’s book “Where the Wild Things Are,” died today. He was 83.
The Brooklyn, N.Y., native died in a hospital in Danbury, Conn., at age 83, four days after suffering a stroke, according to the Associated Press.
He revolutionized children’s books by treating children as people instead of idealizing childhood.
“I like interesting people and kids are really interesting people,” he explained to the Associated Press last fall. “And if you didn’t paint them in little blue, pink and yellow, it’s even more interesting.”
His signature book, “Where the Wild Things Are,” centered on a misbehaving boy named Max who escapes to a fantasy world where he becomes king of the monsters, the drawings of which he based on his relatives. Filmmaker Spike Jonze adapted the book into a hit 2009 film.
“From their earliest years children live on familiar terms with disrupting emotions — fear and anxiety are an intrinsic part of their everyday lives, they continually cope with frustrations as best they can,” he said upon receiving the Caldecott Medal in 1964 for “Where the Wild Things Are.” “And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming wild things.”
He also received the Hans Christian Andersen award in 1970 and a Laura Ingalls Wilder medal in 1983. President Bill Clinton awarded Sendak a National Medal of the Arts in 1996 and in 2009 President Obama read “Where the Wild Things Are” for the Easter Egg Roll, according to the AP.
Sendak’s books sold millions of copies; his other titles included “Chicken Soup With Rice,” ”One was Johnny,” ”Pierre,” ”Outside Over There” and “Brundibar,” a folk tale about two children who need to earn enough money to buy milk for their sick mother.
But some communities tried to have his books banned, particularly the 1971 dreamtime tale “In The Night Kitchen,” which featured a brief glimpse of a boy’s genitals, leading to calls for the book to be removed from library shelves.
Besides illustrating his own work, he also provided drawings for Else Holmelund Minarik’s series “Little Bear,” George MacDonald’s “The Light Princess” and adaptations of E.T.A. Hoffman’s “The Nutcracker” and the Brothers Grimm’s “King Grisly-Beard.” According to the AP, the most recent book that he wrote and illustrated was “Bumble-Ardy,” a naughty pig party which came out in 2011, based on an old animated skit he worked up for “Sesame Street.”
He also endorsed — against his best judgment, he said — Stephen Colbert’s “I am a Pole (And So Can You!)”, a children’s story calculated to offend the master that was published Tuesday.
“His art gave us a fantastical but unromanticized reminder of what childhood truly felt like,” Colbert said in a statement. “We are all honored to have been briefly invited into his world.”
Sendak also created costumes for ballets and staged operas, including the Czech opera “Brundibar,” which in 2003 he put on paper with his close friend, Pulitzer-winning playwright Tony Kushner. He designed sets for several productions at New York City Opera and he wrote the libretto for composer Oliver Knussen’s opera adaptation of “Where the Wild Things Are,” which premiered at Brussels’ Theatre de la Monnaie in 1980 as “Max et les Maximontres.” A revised final version debuted in 1984 in London, according to the AP.
He designed the Pacific Northwest Ballet’s “Nutcracker” production that later became a movie shown on television, and he served as producer of various animated TV series based on his illustrations, including “Seven Little Monsters,” ”George and Martha” and “Little Bear.” He collaborated with Carole King on the musical “Really Rosie.”
To read more of his AP obit, click here.
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RIP George “Goober” Lindsey
George Lindsey in 1984 (AP file)
George Lindsey, who made a TV career as a grinning service station attendant named Goober on “The Andy Griffith Show” and “Hee Haw,” died Sunday morning after a brief illness. He was 83.
Lindsey was the beanie-wearing Goober on “The Andy Griffith Show” from 1964 to 1968 and its successor, “Mayberry RFD,” from 1968 to 1971. He played the same jovial character on “Hee Haw” from 1971 until it went out of production in 1993, reports the Associated Press.
He joined “The Andy Griffith Show” in 1964 when Jim Nabors, who played Gomer Pyle, left the series. Goober Pyle, who had been mentioned on the show as Gomer’s cousin, replaced him.
In a statement released through the funeral home, Griffith said, “George Lindsey was my friend. I had great respect for his talent and his human spirit. In recent years, we spoke often by telephone. Our last conversation was a few days ago … I am happy to say that as we found ourselves in our eighties, we were not afraid to say, ‘I love you.’ That was the last thing George and I had to say to each other. ‘I love you.’”
His other TV credits included roles on “MASH,” ”The Wonderful World of Disney,” ”CHIPs,” ”The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour,” ”The Real McCoys,” ”Rifleman,” ”The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,” ”Twilight Zone” and “Love American Style.” Early in his career, he even shot Matt Dillon on “Gunsmoke,” according to the AP.
The Alabama movie had movie roles, too, appearing in “Cannonball Run II” and “Take This Job and Shove It.” His voice was used in animated Walt Disney features including “The Aristocats,” ”The Rescuers” and “Robin Hood.”
To read more of Lindsey’s AP obit, click here.
Country music humorist Ray Stevens released this statement about Lindsey’s passing:
“George Lindsey was an excellent actor and comedian as well as a great humanitarian and my good friend. He will be missed by millions and especially by me and the other members of a little group he was a part of that we call the ‘Nashville Breakfast Club.’ We had breakfast together every Saturday morning for years. I remember once when it was Goober’s turn to pick up the check, he studied it carefully for a long time and then asked ‘Who had the jelly?’”
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New releases for May 8, 2012: Albums from John Fullbright and Turnpike Troubadours
A pair of excellent Oklahoma performers with Okemah ties released new albums today.
Singer-songwriter John Fullbright, an Okemah native, dropped his debut album “From the Ground Up.” To read The Oklahoman Entertainment Editor Gene Triplett’s recent interview with Fullbright, click here.
And Okemah-based red dirt band Turnpike Troubadours, for which Fullbright used to play, released their third album, “Goodbye Normal Street.” To read my interview with frontman Evan Felker, click here.
Also, Texas country star Pat Green dropped today his second covers album “Songs We Wish We’d Written II.” He will play a CD release show Wednesday at the Wormy Dog; look for my interview with Green Wednesday.
Here is a list of the week’s new CDs, DVDs and books, at Amazon.com, VideoETA.com and BarnesandNoble.com:
CDs
John Fullbright, “From the Ground Up.”
Turnpike Troubadours, “Goodbye Normal Street.”
Pat Green, “Songs We Wish We’d Written II.”
Silversun Pickups, “Neck of the Woods.”
Keane, “Strangeland.”
Glenn Frey, “After Hours.”
Barenaked Ladies, “Stop Us If You’ve Heard This One Before!”
Rita Wilson, “AM/FM.”
Mary Mary, “Go Get It.”
Liza Minnelli, “Legends of Broadway: Liza Minnelli Live at Winter Garden.”
Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett, “The CBS Television Specials.”
Dee Snider, “Dee Does Broadway.”
Danny Elfman, “Dark Shadows: Original Score.”
DVDs
The Big C: The Complete Second Season
Chuck: The Complete Fifth and Final Season
Fantasy Island: The Compete Second Season
Mother’s Day
Playback
Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie
Underworld: Awakening
The Vow
Books
I Am a Pole (And So Can You!)by Stephen Colbert
11th Hour (Women’s Murder Club Series #11) by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
The Road to Grace (Walk Series #3)by Richard Paul Evans
Home by Toni Morrison
The Family Corleone by Ed Falco, Mario Puzo
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