BearManor Media News — music

  Author and music historian Harvey Kubernik returns to KPFK-FM (90.7) on Friday May 15th at 2:30 pm (PST) to discuss his 21st book, "Screen Gems: Pop Music Documentaries & Rock and Roll TV Scenes" on         Pacifica Performance Showcase Harvey's half interview with host Donna Walker will be broadcast Friday, May 15th at 2:30 pm (PST) and part of the radio station's 2026 fund drive. Listen globally at:     https://tunein.com/radio/KPFK---Pacifica-Performance-Showcase-p3772995/       PACIFICA PERFORMANCE SHOWCASE, arts & culture to enlighten, enliven and educate with host Donna Walker, covers the best in film, theatre, music, and the arts. ...

  Q&A with Brian Gari, author of We Bombed In New London The Inside Story of the Broadway Musical Late Nite Comic  1. Where did you come up with that title?I recalled a play entitled We Bombed In New Haven and since my show started out in New London Connecticut and did not get the best reviews, I thought my title might be a funny parody. 2. Was the show based on a true story?Not entirely. I had a long relationship with a ballet dancer and wrote a lot of songs about her. I had also spent years in the...

Every Picture Tells A Story: Harvey Kubernik's 'Screen Gems' Tracking Angle contributor Harvey Kubernik's latest book proves "dancing about architecture" - or moving pictures - isn't so bad Rule number one: every documentary has an angle.   I’ve experienced how a “rock doc” can rewrite its subject’s history. In the twilight of the COVID-19 pandemic, Peter Jackson’s radical re-edit (his angle) of Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s Let It Be footage swept a touch-starved Beatles fanbase. The joy! The memes! Glyn Johns’s fabulous outfits! Jackson’s presentation of the Get Back project fundamentally changed the narrative of the Beatles’ January 1969 sessions.   There's something lost in writing this...