Ennio Morricone Conducts
Ennio Morricone conducts and soprano Susanna Rigacci solos on themes from three Sergio Leone Westerns: Once Upon A Time In The West, A Fistful of Dynamite and The Good, The Bad, The Ugly–including, “The Ecstasy of Gold.”
A Song of Determination
“The Wong Fei-Hung Theme,” aka, “A Man of Determination,” might be the best known Chinese song outside the Chinese-speaking world. Here it is, in Cantonese, as the opening to Once Upon a Time in China, in George Lam Chi-Cheung’s music video and as karaoke for George Lam fans […]
Fun with Mad Men’s Jon Hamm
Lexcorp needs a bailout and a yeti needs a lift.
Robot Opera!
Robots are replacing human tenors and divas. It is Robot Opera and the robot apocalypse is nigh!
Incredibox!
Incredibox: Play the hipsters! In English or Francais!
RIP, Jane Russell
Actress Jane Russell has died at 89. She starred in films and television in every genre from noirs (Macao with Robert Mitchum) to musicals (Gentleman Prefer Blondes with Marilyn Monroe) to Westerns (The Outlaw). KPBS and The New Yorker have tributes.
The Cultural Gutter 