Current musical obsessions of VJ Darrell Gordon, DJ Ken Wong, and Reader listings coordinator Salem Collo-Julin
Tag: Berry Gordy
Posted inFilm
Movie Tuesday: Movies directed by and/or starring musicians
Five films with turns in front of and behind the camera by Frank Zappa, Prince, Diana Ross, and more.
Posted inBlogs
How Jake Austen found the lost Jackson Five demo
A great piece of detective work uncovered a great piece of Chicago music history.
Posted inFilm
The Wrecking Crew reveals the faces behind the hits
A long-gestating documentary looks at the session players who created the west-coast sound.
Posted inArts & Culture
Sting’s new musical, The Last Ship, carries a cargo of foolishness
Sting’s Broadway-bound musical The Last Ship is ludicrous but enjoyable.
Posted inMusic
The Jackson Find
This was supposed to be the story of the Jackson Five’s first single, cut in Chicago in 1967. But while he was writing it, Jake Austen picked up a trail leading to a tape nobody knew existed: the earliest known studio recording of Michael Jackson and his brothers.
Posted inBlogs
Subtext always ruins everything for me
Why I can’t watch even Michael Jackson’s memorial service without feeling a creeping sense of exploitation.