The Slums Off Hollywood Boulevard
Blog URL http://slumshollywood.blogspot.com/
Located Los Angeles, California USA
Tags music, indie, rock, powerpop, punk, metal, film, reviews, Hollywood
Reviews of indie & retro music and films, plus interviews with quirky artists and other creative people. And the occasional wacky tale about life in the Hollywood flatlands.
Latest Blog Posts
- Who Are These Jon and Kate People and Why Are They Following Me Around? on Nov 2, 2009 in reality shows Vanna Nadya Suleman Octomom White Jon Gosselin
Another sign of the apocalypse occurred recently when it was revealed Octomom Nadya Suleman and annoying media whore Jon Gosselin were in talks to do a new reality show together. At best, the Octomoms and Jon Gosselins of the world should be minor ce...
- Book Review-Fat Guys Shouldn't Be Dancin' at Halftime on Oct 30, 2009 in Ron Santo Ditka WWF Chicago sports roller derby sportscasters Chet Coppock Luvabulls Chicago Bears
I know, I know. Why are you reviewing a book by a Chicago sports guy on an entertainment blog called The Slums Off Hollywood Boulevard? I was born & raised in Chitown, and before I hit puberty and discovered rock 'n'roll, I was a grade school tom...
- Book Review: I, Doll: Life and Death with the New York Dolls by Arthur "Killer" Kane on Oct 23, 2009 in Barbara Kane David Johansen New York Dolls Johnny Thunders Arthur KIller Kane Lech Kolwalski Mercer Arts Center Billy Murcia
It’s hard to believe the New York Dolls remained an obscure but highly coveted rock curiosity for almost three decades. If you listen to the seismic activity in the New York Dolls camp since the surviving members reunited, the amount of media cover...
- Music Review: The Essential Janis Ian on Oct 9, 2009 in folk rock Between the Lines At SEventeen soft rock Janis Ian singer-songwriter
Singer/songwriter Janis Ian, best known for her 1975 hit “At Seventeen” began her career as a child prodigy. For the next 40 years, her songs dealt with everything from domestic abuse, coming out as a lesbian, the Holocaust, teenage alienation an...
- Lady Gaga - The Real Deal on Oct 7, 2009 in Saturday Night Live Lady Gaga Lady Starlight
I usually don’t pay much attention to the “musicians” at the top of the Billboard charts nowadays since, well, most of ‘em ain’t musicians but lukewarm retreads from American Idol or Sing Your Ass off or one of those brain dead but h...
- Music DVD Review-Anita O'Day:The Life of a Jazz Singer on Sep 23, 2009 in The Life of a Jazz Singer Gene Krupa Verve recording artists female jazz vocalists Stan Kenton
Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, and Ella Fitzgerald have outlasted all other female jazz singers in the pantheon of musical consciousness. Ella was famous for her scat singing. Billie had heartache down, exhibiting intense pain and longing in her deliv...
- DVD Review: Bad Ronald on Sep 23, 2009 in 1970s horror movies Scott Jacoby Dabney Coleman Bad Ronald made for TV movie Kim Hunter
In the 1970s, particularly the halcyon years 1971-1975, many made-for-TV movies attained mythical status among kids and teenagers. The grindcore salaciousness of drive-in movies couldn’t be replicated on the small screen, so a blood- and boob-free...
