Win The Smothers Brothers Best of Season 3 on DVD! Smothers Brothers, The Smothers Brothers. Stacked with comedy and music and censorship struggles, their show was groundbreaking. And the DVD release that covers the best of their third season isn't so bad, either. Time-Life has released a four-disc set of goodness, which includes not just shows, and uncensored material that was never broadcast. I think this is a sweet set. And I'm pleased to tell you that I have five copies of this sweet set that I am more than willing to hurl at you-if you win. And to win.

DVD Review: Pete Seeger'The Power of Song? Pete Seeger: The Power of Song purchase this DVD (Amazon) You need to see this movie. He's happily existed on the outskirts of the pop culture landscape for the last few decades, but Pete Seeger's influence is still deeply felt ? and .his music still resonates. Jim Brown's excellent 2007 documentary, now reaching DVD for the first time, offers a wonderfully comprehensive overview of Seeger's long career without sacrificing focus or momentum; even without prior knowledge of Seeger's recorded. concert.

No Labor Involved It's Labor Day. No one's reading blogs today. Time to be lazy and post a bunch of stuff from YouTube and elsewhere.Watch the entire full length documentary Who Killed the Electric Car? right here.A sad Sesame Street moment.It's only water, part 1HERE.Lightening it up a bit, this video from the Smothers Brothers Show, or a reasonable facsimile, of the classic Mason Williams song:*Still thinking about Isaac Hayes. And so was the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.Ode To Joy. Smothers Brothers tickets.

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour live, By: Will Harris Given how long they've been performing, it sometimes feels as though the Smothers Brothers have always been around, but they actually ended up taking an unexpected (and undesired) break in 1969 when their CBS variety show'The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour? caused so much controversy that the brothers were unceremoniously fired by the network. Not cancelled. FIRED. After many years of waiting, the show is finally making its DVD debut courtesy of the fine folks at Time-Life.

Numerology: Song 54, Where Are You? Smothers Brothers concert tickets, A fame mosaic from Studio 54's heyday If you look closely at Studio 54?s iconic white-on-black ?54? logo, the 5?clearly the masculine of the two numerals?seems to be subtly humping the 4. And the salacious, Disco Era connotations of 54 don't end there: Xenon, a popular but less legendary nightclub from the same period, took its name from the element whose atomic number just happens to be 54. Coincidence? Possibly, or perhaps it was a deliberate but subliminal nod toward the biggest thing.

The Most Controversial Televised Music Performances Ever Most bands treat a televised music performance with a due amount of respect and reverence. They'll take the stage, banter with whoever the host is, and play whatever single they're trying to promote at the time. Other than colossal mistakes that haunt them for the rest of their lives, there's not much room for improvisation of spontaneity. However, occasionally a band comes along who refuses to subscribe to the theory that televised music performances must be done in a traditional sense. music.

The Originals Vol. 1 Inspired by a propitious confluence of a long discussion about cover versions we didn't know where covers and a generous correspondent whom we'll know as RH e-mailing me a bunch of rare originals of better known covers, we are now at the cusp of what will be a longish series. Any Major Notebook now includes two pages worth of almost 100 shortlisted songs that in their original form are lesser known than later versions. In some cases that reputation is entirely subjective. There will be people. Tickets.

Paul Newman's Takes A Final Lap at Lime Rock Smothers Brothers tour tickets, Well, this was sad, but known news. Paul Newman, who has been privately suffering from lung cancer for the past few months has taken a final lap at Lime Rock Park, a place where he has had many racing successes. I've casually known Mr. Newman for a while now, bumping into him on occasion in Champ Car paddocks when I was working for various racing entities. He was always nice, always seemed to have a moment for the dual race/movie fans that would come up for an autograph every 90 second.

Asking the musical question. Brian posted today asking what band/music had a profound influence on your politics and art during your formative years. This video was made in 1968 on an episode of the Smothers Brothers. The summer of 1968 had a profound influence on all politics when the Democratic Convention turned into a street riot as protesters were beaten and arrested. We were all glued to the television coverage of those events. That year Humphrey lost, Nixon won and it took 6 more years and how many lives. Smothers Brothers ticket broker.

100 Years of LBJ Tickets for Smothers Brothers, The Dallas Morning News notes that today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th president of the United States. There will be several events in Texas commemorating LBJ's birthday, including: AT THE RANCHThe late president's two daughters and others will celebrate his birthday at the LBJ Ranch near Stonewall. LBJ's working office at the ranch, which was the Texas White House from 1963 to 1969, will be open for tours.AT THE LIBRARYA party ? open to the public .