As Brett Ratner’s Hercules wallows in the steroid-spill of yet another summer blockbuster season, it’s an opportune time to think about the nature of myth. Sure, the classic image of […]
Category: Allen Toussaint
Allen Toussaint :: BBC Documentary (2006)
Ahhh, mann. The good Richard Swift recently turned us on to the following 2006 BBC documentary on one of my all-time heroes of any trade – New Orleans’ Allen Toussaint . Ride your pony… […]
Allen Toussaint :: Poor Boy Got To Move / Go Back Home
In 1965, Allen Toussaint recorded this 45 for the New Orleans label, Alon Records -“Poor Boy, Got to Move” b/w “Go Back Home.” Two gorgeous cuts of down-tempo soul, the […]
Piano Players Rarely Ever Play Together (1982)
Big kudos to the folks at Cinefamily , who have taken over L.A.’s Silent Movie Theater , bringing a tasteful, eclectic batch of films, of every genre and era, to the city. Last night […]