Back in December of 2009, Tom Ford appeared on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross. Ford was an extremely interesting interview, touching upon the choices he made when writing, directing and designing his debut film The Single Man. Even more…
WNYC's Sara Fishko covers the fascinating tale of New York's first fashion week. In the audio is an over-the-phone chat with the amazing and hilarious Polly Mellen, who was the Creative Director of Allure when I worked for Garren in…
I've been wanting to do this for a long time. Actually, I've already done it. Years ago, I invested a great deal of time in digitizing all my CDs in high-resolution mp3 format (320 kbps), with the intention of holding…
We've all heard it. It's in Star Wars, Raiders of The Lost Ark, and even in A Star is Born with Judy Garland. It was originally recorded by an unknown performer for a 1951 Gary Cooper film called Distant Drums,…
In no particular order... Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe They still do it for me. I had this on regular rotation on my iPhone during my bike rides along the Hudson River bike path. Favorite tracks: 'In Chains'…
The platform at 59th Street Uptown 1 train was filled with the most beautiful music from an extraordinary cellist tonight. The piece I heard him play was classical (I didn't recognize it), and the cellist got applause from everyone on…
I think I’ve heard the famous melody and chorus of “Leaving on a Jet Plane” a million times in my life. It’s one of those songs that has become so interwoven into the quotable and hackneyed American pop songbook that it has been stripped of the impact it might have had at its introduction. The very title has become a lighthearted quip one might make at the approach of pending air travel.
From an broadcast of WNYC’s Soundcheck on April 16, 2009…
After years of charging 99 cents across the board, digital music stores are implementing a three-tiered price structure for songs. iTunes is charging $17 or more for “passes” to exclusive content from Depeche Mode and the Fray.