Posted by Joel Weiss on May. 10, 2009, at 10:54 pm
I wasn’t really sure what to expect going into Friday’s concert at Mahaffey Theater featuring an un-costumed, un-amplified-to-11 Christopher Guest , Michael McKean , and Harry Shearer . Maybe I was thinking too hard about it? After all, when you go see a band, they play their songs. When you go see a comedian, he does his material. With Guest, McKean, and Shearer, reality lay in between — a hilarious, two-hour multimedia jaunt down memory lane complete with stories, clips, and songs predominantly from two classic film satires about seemingly disparate genres of music. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Leilani Polk on Apr. 27, 2009, at 12:21 pm
A weekly bulletin on musical guests playing late night TV; set your TIVOs or DVRs.
The Late Show with David Letterman , CBS
Monday, April 27: The All-American Rejects
Tuesday, April 28: Dolly Parton
Wednesday, April 29: Manchester Orchestra
Friday, May 1: Bat for Lashes (pictured)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , NBC
Monday, April 27: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Tuesday, April 28: Country Bones
Wednesday, April 29: Zac Brown Band
Thursday, April 30: Starsailor
Friday, May 1: Ziggy Marley
Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson , CBS
Wednesday, April 29: Antony and the Johnsons Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Leilani Polk on Mar. 23, 2009, at 12:06 am
A weekly bulletin on musical guests playing the five-nights-a-week late night talk shows (and SNL); set your TIVOs or DVRs.
The Late Show with David Letterman , CBS
Monday, March 23: Bloc Party (pictured)
Tuesday, March 24: White Lies
Wednesday, March 25: Jesse Harris with Norah Jones
Thursday, March 26: U2 (rerun, March 6)
Friday, March 27: Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt (rerun, Feb. 4)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , NBC
Monday, March 23: Playing For Change
Tuesday, March 24: PJ Harvey and John Parish
Wednesday, March 25: Prince
Thursday, March 26: Prince
Friday, March 27: Prince Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: All American Rejects , Ben Harper & Relentless 7 , Bloc Party , Blue October , Chicago , Chris Cornell , Craig Ferguson , David Letterman , Gabriella Cilmi , Iglu & Hartly , Jay Leno , Jesse Harris , Jessie Harris Norah Jones , Jimmy Kimmel Live , John Hiatt , John Parish , John Rich , jonas brothers , Keri Hilson Lil Wayne , Last Call with Carson Daly , Late Late Show , Late Night guests , Late Night Music , Late Night with Jimmy Fallon , Late Show guests , Lyle-Lovett , Melanie Fiona , Morrissey , N.E.R.D. , Norah Jones , pj harvey , Playing For Change , Prince , Ra Ra Riot , Saturday-Night-Live , talk show guests , talk show music , The Damned , The Late Show , The Tonight Show , U2 , White Lies Posted in Late Night Music , TV | No Comments »
Posted by Stephen Hammill on Mar. 6, 2009, at 5:25 pm
Neko Case appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno this week to perform “People Gotta Lot of Nerve” off her new album, Middle Cyclone , out now.
Here’s the video:
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Posted by Leilani Polk on Mar. 2, 2009, at 12:00 am
A regular weekly bulletin on musical guests playing the five-nights-a-week late night talk shows (and SNL); set your TIVOs or DVRs.
The Late Show with David Letterman , CBS
Monday, March 2-Friday, March 6: U2 (pictured, and yes, they are the musical guest every night this week)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , NBC
Monday, March 2: The Fray
Tuesday, March 3: Bettye Lavette
Wednesday, March 4: Neko Case
Thursday, March 5: Tom Jones
Friday, March 6: Papa Roach
Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson , CBS
Thursday, March 5: Andrew Bird
Friday, March 6: M. Ward
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon , NBC
(Fallon takes the O’Brien torch with The Roots serving as his house band and kicks off his first week with a pretty fatty schedule of A-list guests and performers )
Monday, March 2: Justin Timberlake , Van Morrison
Tuesday, March 3: Jon Bon Jovi , Santogold
Wednesday, March 4: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Thursday, March 5: Ludacris Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Andrew Bird , Bettye Lavette , Carson Daly , Charles Hamilton , Clap-Your-Hands-Say-Yeah , Craig Ferguson , Crooked X , Jay Leno , Jimmy Kimmel Live , Jon Bon Jovi , Justin Timberlake Van Morrison , Late Night Music , late night television , Late Show with David Letterman , Lil-Wayne , Little Boots , Ludacris , M. Ward , Melanie Fiona , NASA , Neko Case , New Kids on the Block , Oren Lavie , Papa Roach , Raphael Saadiq , Robert Francis , robyn , Santogold , The Fray , The Tonight Show , The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , tom jones , U2 on Letterman U2 Posted in Late Night Music , TV | No Comments »