Clearing out the notebook
• It has been 13 months since I had a liver transplant that saved my life. As a result, I am interested in articles, websites or anything else that features transplant information or stories. One of the items that grabbed my attention was Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ public discussion of his liver transplant. The transplant, and the serious health issues that led up to it, is common knowledge now. In addition, Jobs has acknowledged the transplant. But his comments this past week are a little more revealing. For details.
• Last week I wrote about “The T.A.M.I. Show” and James Brown’s performance in the film. The Los Angeles Times had the same take as I did: “You can witness the moment when pop culture spun off its axis with James Brown’s incendiary performance.” In the same column, I spoke about it being one of the last performances before Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson suffered a nervous breakdown, stopped touring with the band and then retreated to the studio to create “Pet Sounds.” The album is one of popular music’s great pieces of work. In the column, I called it “remarkably intimate.” The outstanding So Well Remembered internet site has an interesting discussion about “Pet Sounds.” For details.
• Paul Westerberg, founding member and lead singer and chief songwriter of The Replacements, writes a terrific Alex Chilton elegy in the March 21 New York Times. It contains a fairly humorous joke at the end, but it only makes sense if you know that one of Westerberg’s best known songs is about Alex Chilton, and it’s called “Alex Chilton.” For details.
• The Adios Lounge website, one of my favorites and a venue for the the insightful thoughts of writer Lance Davis, contains an intriguing audio documentary about Lone Justice. The former Los Angeles band featured Maria McKee, whose powerful singing combines the range of Linda Ronstadt (but thankfully lacks the loopy melodrama) with the skillful story-telling skills and phrasing nuance of Dusty Springfield. For details.
• Jimmy Fallon has announced that May 10 to May 14 will be a week-long tribute to the reissue of the Rolling Stones’ classic 1972 “Exile on Main Street” album. Each night, a different artist will cover a Stones’ song. Fallon says Mick Jagger and Keith Richards will be among the guests that week. For details.
• Seth Grahame-Smith discusses his new book, “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” in a funny interview with writer Eric Spitznagel on the Vanity Fair magazine’s website. For details.
• The internet site Killed By Death Records pays tribute to the Redd Kross EP from 1980, back when they still were known as Red Cross. It includes details about the record as well as some lively discussion about the band in the comments section. For details.
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