#John McDermott

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John McDermott

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When I was a kid and really got into online music for the first time, my mom was worried because she’d been reading a bunch of articles about how Death Metal and stuff influences your kids and she came to me all subtle like and said, “Can I hear what you’re listening to sweetie?” So I unplugged my earphones and it my mom was treated to the loud stylings of John McDermott singing “Scotland the Brave”. My mom just... had this look on her face like she was comprehending some cosmic irony and just was like “Okay, go on honey” and never asked to hear my music again.

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Album Review and Movie Review: Jimi Hendrix "Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision"

Guess what? There's a new Jimi Hendrix release! Since beginning this blog, I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing loads of Hendrix albums including the posthumous album Both Sides of the Sky, the 50th anniversary Deluxe Edition of Electric Ladyland, the 50th anniversary re-release of his live album Band of Gypsys, his live box set Songs for Groovy Children: The Fillmore East Concerts, the live album and movie Live in Maui, 2021’s Record Store Day release Paris ‘67, 2022’s Los Angeles Forum: April 26, 1969 and last year's Hollywood Bowl: August 18, 1967. There's a Mad Magazine joke that Hendrix released only 3 studio albums in his lifetime and there's been over 360 since he died. That's highly exaggerated, but the joke is that there's been a ton of releases since he died in 1970. This week sees the deluxe box set release Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision from Legacy Recordings. Included in it is the documentary film of the same name.

Deluxe Box Set review

box set

Hendrix's big legacy beyond his music and his influence could be Electric Lady Studios in NYC. He commissioned the recording studio which opened in August 1970. This box set is made up of 39 tracks recorded between June and August 1970 by the new Jimi Hendrix Experience of Billy Cox on bass and Mitch Mitchell on drums. Sadly Hendrix died on September 18, 1970 and never got to see the legendary studio it went on to become. So these recordings represent him performing in his dream studio. Much of the recordings are alt versions, early takes and different mixes. But there are some previously unreleased gems in here like "Further Up the Road" (to clarify a previously unreleased version).

Bottom line: the music here is fantastic and this album is probably better than the vast majority of albums released this decade. But I think it's to the point now where I just want a little more. Instead of different mixes, unearthed live, and newly released demos, I am now hoping we'll someday get an unearthed recording that is music never released before and it wow's us all because it's new and it's amazing. That is my desire with new Hendrix releases, but the reality is we're getting what little was left and in many of those cases it's songs we have heard before. The music itself is great and it's made all the more special by the fact that it was recorded just before he died. But I hope for not just previously unreleased but previously unheard.

3.5 out of 5 stars

Blu-ray documentary review

movie poster

Last month there were a number of screenings at indie cinemas across the country of the documentary Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision directed by John McDermott, who directed the Grammy-nominated Live In Maui. The focus in this doc is the trajectory of the recording studio itself, going from an abandoned nightclub into a state of the art recording studio. It shows Hendrix's vision and desire for his own recording studio and they talk to many of the key players involved with the studio. Interviewees include recording engineer Eddie Kramer, Billy Cox, and Steve Winwood. There's a ton of archival footage interspersed as well.

me in front of Electric Lady Studios in 2019

Bottom line: I went into this doc with a real enthusiasm because I as I was getting into music as a teen visiting NYC with my Dad, I used to love going to the West Village and shop at stores like It's Only Rock And Roll, Revolver Records or The Postermat. Right there on West 8th Street is the studio. One time I went to the studio in the hopes I might be able to get a tour, but on the speaker at the front door someone said they don't do tours, it was by appointment only. I think this doc was interesting, but it focused primarily on Hendrix's vision for it. I think there could've been a more comprehensive doc if they had shown how the studio has lasted and is still there today. So many classic albums from Stevie Wonder, Kiss, Led Zeppelin, John Lennon, David Bowie, AC/DC, The Clash, Weezer, U2, Lana Del Rey, Beyonce and even last year's Rolling Stones' album Hackney Diamonds (my #1 Album of 2023) have been recorded there. At 90 min. I felt like it could've been a little longer and gotten further musician insight. It was good, but only scratched the surface!

3 out of 5 stars

For info on Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision

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Jefferson, listening to a woman sing “Sonny’s Dream”:

Sonny, don't go away, I am here all alone

And your daddy's a sailor who never comes home

… “then why did you marry him?!?!”

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Soldiers and Skeleton by John R. McDermott

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The last episode of the original run of Quantum Leap aired on May 5, 1993. Almost everyone in the episode appeared in previous episodes or reference previously mentioned characters. In theory, Sam lept into himself in August 8, 1953 in a mining town, but it appeared he had actually lept into some kind of limbo possibly meeting God. It was implied that Sam was the one controlling his leaps. Sam went on to alter Al's life. A title card at the end revealed that Sam never returned home again. ("Mirror Image", Quantum Leap, TV Event)

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The FBIs: Global Crossover Event 2023

FBI: Most Wanted • 4.16

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He Who Gets Slapped (1924) Victor Sjöström

August 24th 2024

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Marc Cohn - Ghost train

Music

Music Video

Artist

Marc Cohn

Composer

Marc Cohn

Lyricist

Marc Cohn

Produced

Marc Cohn Ben Wisch

Credit

Marc Cohn – Lead vocals, electric piano, backing vocals John Leventhal – Guitars, bass, six-string bass, Drum programming, shaker Kenny White – Backing vocals Dennis McDermott – Drums Bashiri Johnson – Percussion Frank Floyd – Backing vocals Milt Grayson – Backing vocals Frank Simms – Backing vocals

Released

February 12 1991

Streaming

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I love actors from countries with small film and tv industries because youre like "yes I recognise you from this low budget drama, this crime show, this comedy and this surprisingly famous award winning film." canadian actors are also great because they're all legally required to be in cw shows and horror films that were only shot in canada for tax purposes

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Films Watched in 2023:

38. He Who Gets Slapped (1924) - Dir.  Victor Sjöström

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Crowdfunding Spotlight: Multiverse of Mystery – Holmes & Watson in every universe, every incarnation, all at once!

The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers, who know a thing or two about adaptations, is currently seeking support on Kickstarter for a Sherlock Holmes short story project, Multiverse of Mystery

The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers, who know a thing or two about adaptations, is currently seeking support on Kickstarter for a Sherlock Holmes short story project, Multiverse of Mystery. While this project is text fiction, do check out the list of creators involved, some of whom I’ve worked with recently during my editorship of Star Trek Explorer, such as Keith R.A.…

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5 gennaio … ricordiamo …

5 gennaio … ricordiamo … #semprevivineiricordi #nomidaricordare #personaggiimportanti #perfettamentechic

2023: Earl Boen, attore e doppiatore statunitense. Principalmente noto per aver interpretato il dottor Peter Silberman nella saga di Terminator fu altresì noto come doppiatore di vari personaggi animati. Nel 1970 sposò l’attrice Carole Kean. È morto a causa di un tumore ai polmoni, diagnosticatogli pochi mesi prima. (n.1941) 2022: Kim Mi-soo, attrice e modella sudcoreana, star della serie Disney+…

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MET 2022/2023: THE HOURS (FLEMING-O'HARA-DiDONATO-KETELSEN;NÉZET-SÉGUIN, McDERMOTT)

MET 2022/2023: THE HOURS (FLEMING-O’HARA-DiDONATO-KETELSEN;NÉZET-SÉGUIN, McDERMOTT)

El MET de New York, fidel al seu projecte artístic d’oferir cada temporada títols contemporanis de compositors nord-americans estrena aquesta temporada The Hours, una òpera en dos actes amb música de Kevin Puts (1972, Saint Louis, Missouri) i llibret de Greg Pierce, basat en la novel·la del mateix títol de Michael Cunningham i de la que posteriorment es va fer una notable adaptació…

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Who wants to be the Flyboy to my Billy