George
Barris was the Hollywood Car King, and his creations are every bit as
legendary as the stars who drove them on film and television.
His
iconic customizations included transforming a 1955 Lincoln Futura
concept car into the famed Batmobile of 1960s TV sensation Batman
and modifying a 1982 Pontiac Trans Am into the Knight Industries Two
Thousand (KITT) from the hit 1980s series Knight Rider.
Due
to the high-profile nature of his work, Barris can be counted among
the most famous and successful car designers in the world.
--Raj
Manoharan
Sunday, November 8, 2015
Music – Alone in the Universe by Jeff Lynne’s ELO Due November 13, 2015
Alone
in the Universe, the first new original
studio album by Jeff Lynne’s Electric Light Orchestra since Zoom
in 2001, is scheduled to be released on Friday, November 13, 2015.
This is also Lynne’s first new release since his solo cover album Long Wave and his rerecording of ELO’s greatest hits, Mr. Blue Sky, both from 2012.
It remains to be seen if Lynne performs all the instruments on the new release, as he has on several of his albums, or whether he’s accompanied by other musicians such as veteran ELO keyboardist Richard Tandy, with whom Lynne reunited for an ELO concert in London’s Hyde Park in 2014.
--Raj Manoharan
This is also Lynne’s first new release since his solo cover album Long Wave and his rerecording of ELO’s greatest hits, Mr. Blue Sky, both from 2012.
It remains to be seen if Lynne performs all the instruments on the new release, as he has on several of his albums, or whether he’s accompanied by other musicians such as veteran ELO keyboardist Richard Tandy, with whom Lynne reunited for an ELO concert in London’s Hyde Park in 2014.
--Raj Manoharan
Music – Infinitia Box Set and The Ocean Single Edition by Michael Nesmith Now Available
Michael
Nesmith’s new release The Ocean completes the
singer-songwriter’s Infinitia book-and-soundtrack trilogy,
which includes The Prison (1974) and The Garden (1994).
The Ocean is available both by itself as a single edition (consisting of one book, one CD with vocals, and one CD without vocals) and as part of the Infinitia box set containing The Prison and The Garden.
All can be ordered directly from Nesmith’s Web site, www.videoranch.com.
--Raj Manoharan
The Ocean is available both by itself as a single edition (consisting of one book, one CD with vocals, and one CD without vocals) and as part of the Infinitia box set containing The Prison and The Garden.
All can be ordered directly from Nesmith’s Web site, www.videoranch.com.
--Raj Manoharan
Sunday, November 1, 2015
Personal Playlist – The Best of Paul Speer: 1984-2013
If
you like the Police and solo guitar work of Andy Summers, you’ll
definitely dig the six-string sounds of guitarist Paul Speer.
The two musicians share a passion for jazz/rock fusion, with Summers concentrating more on jazz and Speer focusing more on rock.
I have put together what I think is a comprehensive and ear-catching retrospective of Speer’s work that will appeal equally to newcomers and long-time fans. All of these tracks are available on www.paulspeer.com and come from his solo albums and his albums with Queensryche drummer Scott Rockenfield and British musician Paul Lawler (flutes, keyboards, percussion).
And now I present to you my Personal Playlist of The Best of Paul Speer: 1984-2013. Enjoy!
Allegro / Terra Vista / Allegro Con Brio / Adagio Dolente / Murder or Self Defense / Hi Strung / River of No Return / Carved in Stone / Prelude Oculus / Tuscan Sunset / Denali / Ganges / Accelerator (Rock Mix) / PowerGlide
--Raj Manoharan
The two musicians share a passion for jazz/rock fusion, with Summers concentrating more on jazz and Speer focusing more on rock.
I have put together what I think is a comprehensive and ear-catching retrospective of Speer’s work that will appeal equally to newcomers and long-time fans. All of these tracks are available on www.paulspeer.com and come from his solo albums and his albums with Queensryche drummer Scott Rockenfield and British musician Paul Lawler (flutes, keyboards, percussion).
And now I present to you my Personal Playlist of The Best of Paul Speer: 1984-2013. Enjoy!
Allegro / Terra Vista / Allegro Con Brio / Adagio Dolente / Murder or Self Defense / Hi Strung / River of No Return / Carved in Stone / Prelude Oculus / Tuscan Sunset / Denali / Ganges / Accelerator (Rock Mix) / PowerGlide
--Raj Manoharan
Personal Playlist – The Best of Andy Summers: 1989-2015
If
you’re not familiar with the music of Andy Summers beyond his
tenure as the guitarist for The Police, now is as good a time as any
to get acquainted with his solo work, especially as we approach his
73rd birthday, literally at the end of the year (New
Year’s Eve, to be exact).
I have compiled tracks that I feel are the most representative of his solo career. Summers has two retrospective albums to his name, but each covers separate and vastly different periods of his career. My collection features music spanning 26 years, all the way from 1989’s The Golden Wire to 2015’s Metal Dog.
My criteria for these selections included that they showcase Summers’ guitar playing first and foremost, spotlight the brilliance and complexity of his compositions (“Green Chimneys” and Reincarnation of a Lovebird” are covers of Summers’ idols Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus, respectively), and share a cohesion of sound even while being independently unique.
And now I present to you my Personal Playlist of The Best of Andy Summers: 1989-2015. Enjoy!
Blues for Snake / Passion of the Shadow / Somewhere in the West / Low Flying Doves / The Somnambulist / Green Chimneys / Reincarnation of a Lovebird / Now I’m Free / Harmonograph
--Raj Manoharan
I have compiled tracks that I feel are the most representative of his solo career. Summers has two retrospective albums to his name, but each covers separate and vastly different periods of his career. My collection features music spanning 26 years, all the way from 1989’s The Golden Wire to 2015’s Metal Dog.
My criteria for these selections included that they showcase Summers’ guitar playing first and foremost, spotlight the brilliance and complexity of his compositions (“Green Chimneys” and Reincarnation of a Lovebird” are covers of Summers’ idols Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus, respectively), and share a cohesion of sound even while being independently unique.
And now I present to you my Personal Playlist of The Best of Andy Summers: 1989-2015. Enjoy!
Blues for Snake / Passion of the Shadow / Somewhere in the West / Low Flying Doves / The Somnambulist / Green Chimneys / Reincarnation of a Lovebird / Now I’m Free / Harmonograph
--Raj Manoharan
Glen Campbell Forever!
In
the last few months, I’ve reacquainted myself with the iconic
figure and awesome singing talent that is Glen Campbell.
If you’re not a fan of or you’re not familiar with Campbell, you need to get the following five albums and listen to them in the following order:
Greatest Hits (2009) / Meet Glen Campbell / Ghost on the Canvas / See You There / Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me Soundtrack
These albums in this order present a good overview of his entire solo career, from his heyday in the 1960s and 1970s, to his graceful and elegant winding down over the last seven years.
Although Campbell is often inaccurately pigeonholed as a country singer, take it from someone who is not at all a fan of country music – Campbell is one of the greatest singers of all time, in any and regardless of genre.
--Raj Manoharan
If you’re not a fan of or you’re not familiar with Campbell, you need to get the following five albums and listen to them in the following order:
Greatest Hits (2009) / Meet Glen Campbell / Ghost on the Canvas / See You There / Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me Soundtrack
These albums in this order present a good overview of his entire solo career, from his heyday in the 1960s and 1970s, to his graceful and elegant winding down over the last seven years.
Although Campbell is often inaccurately pigeonholed as a country singer, take it from someone who is not at all a fan of country music – Campbell is one of the greatest singers of all time, in any and regardless of genre.
--Raj Manoharan
RajMan’s 2015-2016 TV Viewing Schedule
Sunday:
Bar Rescue (Spike) /
Bob’s Burgers (Fox) / The Simpsons (Fox) /
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox) /
Family Guy (Fox)
Weeknights: CHiPs (Me TV)
Monday: Supergirl (CBS)
Tuesday: The Flash (CW)
Wednesday: Criminal Minds (CBS)
Thursday: Sleepy Hollow (Fox)
Friday: Hawaii Five-0 (CBS)
Saturday: Good Times (TV One) / Sanford & Son (TV One) / Adventures of Superman (Me TV) / Batman (Me TV) / Wonder Woman (Me TV) / Star Trek (Me TV) / Svengoolie (Me TV)
--Raj Manoharan
Weeknights: CHiPs (Me TV)
Monday: Supergirl (CBS)
Tuesday: The Flash (CW)
Wednesday: Criminal Minds (CBS)
Thursday: Sleepy Hollow (Fox)
Friday: Hawaii Five-0 (CBS)
Saturday: Good Times (TV One) / Sanford & Son (TV One) / Adventures of Superman (Me TV) / Batman (Me TV) / Wonder Woman (Me TV) / Star Trek (Me TV) / Svengoolie (Me TV)
--Raj Manoharan
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