Archive for the ‘Five Star Rating’ Category

Aug
25/10
LAURIE ANDERSON SPENDS ANOTHER DAY IN AMERICA AT WORLD CAFÉ LIVE (OR JUST FORWARD MY MAIL TO WORLD CAFÉ LIVE, PHILADELPHIA)
Last Updated on Thursday, 26 August 2010 07:25
Written by Jeff Boule
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

If you attended or read about the Adrian Belew Painting With Guitar show at the World Café Live July 1st, you saw or read about posters for the Laurie Anderson Another Day In America show.  (more…)

Aug
25/10
ISN’T IT TIME YOU HAD SOME FUNKY KNIGHTS?
Last Updated on Thursday, 26 August 2010 07:25
Written by Jeff Boule
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Every once in a while you gotta take a leap of faith.  Just give something a listen to that may not be up your alley.  For me, that leap of faith was The Funky Knights.  I have some R&B appreciation in my background.  One of the slickest produced artists I remember (and just plain old liked) was the late Luther Vandross.  His albums were always clean, tight and had that smooth sheen.

I have to say, The Funky Knights come awfully close.  At least when it comes to the instrument production.

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Aug
07/10
LAURIE ANDERSON RETURNS BY BRINGING SOMETHING FANS HAVE LONG WANTED; “UNITED STATES PART FIVE” WITH HER NEW ALBUM HOMELAND
Last Updated on Saturday, 7 August 2010 07:15
Written by Jeff Boule
Saturday, August 7th, 2010

You’re reading a review.

About someone you’ve never heard of.

But…

You should know her.

You should know her work.

You should know her work is.

You should know her work is for… YOU!

She is a performance artist, music, dance, theater, comedy, drama, love, hate, technology…  She is a political activist.  But I don’t go near politics and I don’t go near music artists when they sit between their wives and ex-wives.

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Aug
04/10
Jul
12/10
Album review: Laurie Anderson’s ‘Homeland’
Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 July 2010 07:22
Written by Jeff from Scottidesign.com
Monday, July 12th, 2010

Only Laurie Anderson, the violin-playing poet laureate of American estrangement, could make an industrial-tinged club banger that dives into the following topics with clear-eyed passion, anguish and humor: (more…)

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Jul
05/10
Jun
14/10
JEFF BERLIN SETS SOME HIGH STANDARDS, HITS SOME LOW NOTES, AND TALKS IT UP WITH JEFF BOULE!
Last Updated on Sunday, 27 June 2010 06:13
Written by Jeff Boule
Monday, June 14th, 2010

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May
16/10
DANGER DANGER, WILL ROBINSON! BOULE REVIEWS BELEW’S “e”! DANGER, DANGER!!!
Last Updated on Sunday, 16 May 2010 06:54
Written by Jeff Boule
Sunday, May 16th, 2010

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