Musings on the byways of popular culture
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Obituary
One of my favourite actors has died aged 89 – Alan Arkin.He perked up just about every movie he was in.
He was a brilliant Yossarian in Catch-22. Also a cop in Freebie and the Bean, and a villain terrorising Audrey Hepburn in Wait Until Dark, and most recently the agent in The Kominsky Method.
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I seem to have got on a mailing list which is suggesting I attend the “Bonnaroo” festival, which is in Tennessee so it’s a little impractical…
But they did send a link to a free 38 track download sampler which I’m just downloading now.
It includes “Pedestrian At Best” from Courtney Barnett, which makes it worthwhile on it’s own if you haven’t heard that yet, but also has other AW-friendly acts such as Hurray For The Riff Raff, Rhiannon Giddens and Brandi Carlile, along with Run The Jewels, The Do, Glass Animals and a load of stuff I don’t recognise.
Though – based on nothing more than their names – I am intrigued by “The Earls Of Leicester” (guess where I live?) and “Trampled By Turtles”.
http://noisetrade.com/bonnaroonoisetradesampler/bonnaroo-mixtape-2015
