Young@Heart is a British-made documentary profiling The Young@Heart Chorus of Massachusetts, a choir of elderly men and women who cover songs by groups like The Ramones, Sonic Youth, The Bee Gees, Talking Heads, and The Clash. It’s funny and it’s sad and it’s wonderful. And it’s the best film I’ve seen in ages!
Entries from April 2008
April 12, 2008
Young@Heart
April 10, 2008
Subliminal Oprah
How do you get Oprah to “endorse” a product that she may never have heard of? Via subliminal advertising, of course!
April 5, 2008
The Mike Wallace Interview (1957-1958)
Several installments of “The Mike Wallace Interview” from 1957 and 1958 are now available for viewing online. Two of the subjects interviewed are Bennett Cerf, president of Random House and What’s My Line panelist, and Glenn McCarthy, famed Texas oil wildcatter.
April 1, 2008
508 Park Avenue: Robert Johnson Sang Here
In June of 1937 Robert Johnson recorded several tracks at 508 Park Avenue in Dallas, Texas. What’s happened to the building 71 years later? Why doesn’t Dallas care?
