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Andrew Loog Oldham
He obviously loves the sound of his own voice but luckily Andrew Loog Oldham usually has something interesting to say. The former Rolling Stones manager is back on the airwaves with a one-hour weekly show, From the Road, broadcast over the Internet globally on London’s Resonance FM. The first show June 2 had Oldham in fine form starting off with a track from his own “band” the Andrew Loog Oldham Orchestra before going into an extended riff on the significance of Dion's "stoop doo-wop stuff" and playing a couple of his tracks “Drip Drop” and “Ruby Baby” that were recorded with Leiber and Stoller. "There were certain percussion things that young English bands generally couldn't get. And the two things they couldn't get for me were the stoop doo-wop stuff and New Orleans. They got Chicago. They got Detroit. Philadelphia, well, Philadelphia was up for grabs. It's like Birmingham, isn't it? ... But Dion was a guy who was in charge of his life."
Oldham (who splits his time between Bogotá, Colombia and Vancouver, British Columbia) is an absolute goldmine of pop culture, not only as someone who was there but also as a critical voice of how it all plays out. Each show (like its earlier incarnation on Little Steven’s Underground Garage Sirius XM Radio Ch. 21) finds Oldham talking the talk in between his own selection of tracks from the last 60 years or so. The first Resonance show playlist included Tommy James and the Shondells, Bowie, Billie Paul, Chris Farlow (produced by Mick Jagger), “Angie” from the Stones, Laurie Anderson and closing with a demo version of Depeche Mode’s “Personal Jesus” followed by Johnny Cash’s take on the song. Genius.
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Globe Sports Euro 2016
The Globe and Mail has sent their sports columnist Cathal Kelly to Paris to cover Euro 2016. Read his dispatches here: bit.ly/1YuHIp0 including the brilliant “Cristiano Ronaldo has it all, but he remains a failure” written after his performance against Iceland earlier this week.
OFF THE CUFF PLAYLIST TOP 10
Louise Burns “Pharaoh” (first single from upcoming album):
http://bit.ly/1Yp7gUy
Nardwuar vs. Levitation Vancouver:
http://bit.ly/21kyefr
Akira Kurosawa “Throne of Blood” trailer:
http://bit.ly/1B02NZi
Throne of Blood screening at Pacific Cinémathèque, tonight at 6:30 p.m. as part of Shakespear 400 retrospective
Jessy Lanza - “You Never Show Your Love” featuring DJ Spinn, Taso:
http://bit.ly/1GobQsE
Jessy Lanza - “It Means I Love You” from Oh No:
http://bit.ly/1PBqdez
Jessy Lanza at the Alexander Gastown on Tuesday, June 21
Mustang movie trailer:
http://bit.ly/1rorSPL
Mustang screening at Vancity Theatre, June 21 at 6:30 p.m.
Lloyd Cole - Full performance live on KEXP:
http://bit.ly/1UOkwzk
Lloyd Cole at the Rio Theatre on Saturday, June 18
Andrew Loog Oldham – From the Road:
bit.ly/1Ulm9Vm
Cathal Kelly at Globe Sports covering Euro 2016:
bit.ly/1YuHIp0
Tedeschi Trucks Band “Anyhow” live in the studio:
http://bit.ly/1Vhxcl6
Tedeschi Trucks Band performing live at the QE Theatre on June 28 as part of the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival
Escondido - “When Will I Be Loved” (Everly Brothers) Paste Covers From the Cloud:
http://bit.ly/1UEihfj
