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The Big Carnival (Ace In The Hole)

Mark Evanier's News">http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2007_01_21.html#012795">News From ME points us to Wednesday's TCM broadcast of Billy Wilder's The Big Carnival. Why should you care? It's about as cynical a meditation on media manipulation as you're likely to see—and it is rarely shown. Paramount hated it (and its floppo status) so much that it deducted its Big Carnival losses from Wilder's Stalag 17 profits.

Southside Johnny Still Has it

Over at Living In Stereo, Steve Messick argues that Southside Johnny has been making the records of his career over the last six years. Forced to tour without his legendary Southside Jukes largish band, Johnny and guitarist Bobby Bandiera have stripped down his R&B sound to its blues skeleton, Messick says.

Remembering Michael Brecker

This video is making the rounds of the internets. It's a good way to remember a player who got far less respect than he deserved.

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