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Re: praise the lord!(of the rings)
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Memphis Embraces Its Own Gritty Soul
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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 00:10:02 -0800 (PST)
From: Arriva Dorellik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: praise the lord!(of the rings)
Whereas I mistyped a number. No one is innocent,
then, as various Inquisitions and/or Sex Pistols
asserted. And so, to quote the Venerable Townsend,
"You're all forgiven" (A - D) ...
--- Steven Hawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would definitly be in favor of any sort of Jerry
> Goldsmiths' tweaked out orchestrations. I error the
> spelling of a heavy metal band and merely suggest
> that old world fantasy may not necessarily be
> where 'it's at' and everyone gets goofy! Well, most
> all literary critics slammed J.R. during the
> original press release times of the books, it
> was only the through the enthusiasm of geek power
> that they ever propelled in popularity.(not unlike
> 'Braveheart') But hey, i'm not a lit critic, so who
> cares! Wheres Pablo anyway?
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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 02:34:50 -0800 (PST)
From: Arriva Dorellik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Memphis Embraces Its Own Gritty Soul
>From Emily Yellin, "Memphis Embraces Its Own Gritty
Soul," New York Times, Monday, January 7th, 2002 ...
MEMPHIS, Jan. 6 � The new Peabody Place mall in the
heart of downtown here at first seems
indistinguishable from the masses of shopping centers
that have sprung up in tourist districts all over the
country. But somewhere along the way from the Gap to
Victoria's Secret to Starbucks, shoppers with sharp
ears can hear a difference.
Instead of the usual canned music, Peabody Place pipes
in home-grown, original recordings, like the earthy
soul music classic "Green Onions," which filled the
air one recent afternoon. That song is one of many
recorded just a few miles away at Stax Records in the
1960's by the hometown band Booker T. and the MG's,
and its being played in one of the city's newest
showcases suggests its nascent pride in a largely
overlooked part of its cultural heritage: Memphis soul
music.
Al Green, Otis Redding and Isaac Hayes are just a few
of the artists who recorded this raw, stirring sound
here on the Stax and Hi Records labels during the 60's
and early 70's. Memphis's soul music rivaled Detroit's
more polished pop-oriented Motown sound.
"Memphis music is grittier than Motown," said Mr.
Hayes, a co-writer of songs like "Soul Man" and "Hold
On! I'm Comin' " and writer of "Theme From `Shaft,' "
for which he won both Grammy and Academy Awards. "It's
closer to where blues began. It's down-home soul
music, born out of blues and gospel."
[...]
The most ambitious example of that new recognition can
be found in Soulsville, a $20 million redevelopment
project under way on the site of the old Stax
recording studios near downtown. It includes a museum
of soul music and a music academy for children, now
under construction, and there are plans for a
performing arts center....
[...]
"Years later, it's not just about Elvis," Mr. Nelson
said. "There is a rich heritage in R&B in Memphis that
we can now celebrate."
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/07/arts/music/07SOUL.html
Just thought y'all might be interested, is all ...
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