| The
Crossing - March 2010
Spring is here and the time
is right for dancing in the streets, so the paraphrase goes.
The Hurt Locker was
the big winner last night, winning both best Picture and best Director.
(Kathryn Bigelow.) It IS already available on DVD/Blu-ray, in case you
missed it, having been released in January. Some movies that were also
big winners, such as Crazy Heart which won for best Actor in Jeff
Bridges and Avatar which won various technical awards are both doing
well in theaters, so it'll be just a little while longer before a DVD/Blu-ray
release date is announced for both of them. Supposedly, Avatar will
be out in late April, but if it's still grossing millions you can bet that
it will be pushed back. It is currently the biggest grossing film of all-time.
Other big winners such as Precious and The Blind Side will
be out this month.
40 years later, one of the
greatest guitarists ever, Jimi Hendrix will have his estate cleaned out
and vacuumed with the release of Valleys of Neptune on March 9th,
an album of rarities and alternate recordings. Also, Jimi's studio albums
will get the Deluxe treatment each with a DVD. Other Hendrix releases shall
see the light of day throughout the year.
The month kicks off with
the rollicking sounds of New York City's greatest Irish led bar band,
Larry Kirwan and Black 47 and winds down with a Steven Page-less Toronto
outfit known as The Barenaked Ladies.
Great movies, great music,
what else do you want? This is The Crossing for March of 2010. Get rockin'!
Or, at least get some popcorn and get Avataring. Yes, it's a word. No it's
not. It could be in the Na'vi language? Gotcha! So, that's what Ben Stiller,
all dressed in blue and with a tail, was saying at the Oscars! (P.S. If
you have not seen Avatar yet and you want to know what all the hoopla is
about, be sure to see it in groundbreaking, awesome 3D. This is not the
3D of yesteryear, but a whole new breakthrough in the 3D process using
specially designed 3D cameras. Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland
is in theaters now using this same 3D. You can't beat this! Get used to
it, because it's gonna become very common. Quidditch. Anyone?)
Recently released and not
mentioned in last edition:
* Matthew Ryan - Dear Lover
* Jason Falkner - I'm OK,
You're OK
* Local Natives - Gorilla
Manor
* Mumford & Sons - Sigh
No More
* Joe Pug - Messenger
* Charlotte Gainsbourg -
IRM
* Ben Sollee & Daniel
Martin Moore - Dear Companion
* Findlay Brown - Love Will
Find You
* Vedera - Stages
* Grada - Natural Angle
* The Appleseed Cast - Sagarmatha
* Fireflight - For Those
Who Wait
* Marley's Ghost - Ghost
Town
* The Holmes Brothers -
Feed My Soul
* Pete Anderson - Even Things
Up
* Nell Robinson - Loango
* Rocky Votolato - True
Devotion
* Charlotte Park Rangers
- S/T
* My Dinosaur Life - S/T
* Pylon - Chomp (Reissue.)
* The Wishing Tree - Ostara
(Steve Rothery of Marillion solo project.)
* Steve Dawson of Dolly
Varden - I Will Miss the Trumpets and the Drums
* Steven Page - A Singer
Must Die (Covers; ex-Barenaked Ladies singer.)
* Rounder Records 40th Anniversary
Concert
+ Andrew McMahon - Dear
Jack (Singer of Jack's Mannequin chronicling his battle with leukemia.)
+ Joe Satriani - I Just
Wanna Rock: Live in Paris (CD/DVD.)
3/2
* Black 47 - Bankers and
Gangsters
* Lifehouse - Smoke &
Mirrors
* Little Boots - Hands
* John Hiatt - The Open
Road
* Flogging Molly - Live
at the Greek Theater (2 CD's/1 DVD.)
* The Whigs - In the Dark
* Rogue Wave - Permalight
* Athlete - Black Swan
* Dust from 1,000 Years
- Marble Memo
* Owen Pallett - Heartland
* Ruby Suns - Fight Softly
* A Weather - Everyday Balloons
* Shooter Jennings - Black
Ribbons (Spoken word parts by Stephen King.)
* Altan - 25th Anniversary
Celebration
+ Five Iron Frenzy - The
Rise and Fall of... (2 DVD's.)
+ Where the Wild Things
Are
+ Ponyo
+ 2012
+ The Private Lives of Pippa
Lee
+ The Beaches of Agnes
+ Clash of the Titans (Blu-ray.)
+ The Neverending Story
(Blu-ray.)
3/9
* Jimi Hendrix - Valleys
of Neptune (Unreleased final sessions) and four Deluxe reissues.
* Amy MacDonald A
Curious Thing
* Patty Larkin - 25 (2 CD's;
many guests.)
* Giant - Promise Land
* Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
* Serj Tankian - Elect the
Dead: Symphony
* Frightened Rabbit - Winter
of Mixed Drinks
* The Bundles - S/T
* Aloha - Home Acres
* Besnard Lakes - Besnard
Lakes are the Roaring Night
* Alberta Cross - The Broken
Side of Time
* The Method Actors - This
Is Still It
* Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
- The Brutalist Bricks
* Miles Kurosky - The Desert
of Shallow Effects
* Black Rebel Motorcycle
Club - Beat the Devil's Tattoo
* Ben Harper - Live from
the Montreal International Jazz Festival
* Julie Fowlis - Uam
* Josh Rouse - El Turrista
* Broken Bells - S/T
* White Hinterland - Kairos
* Sanctus Real - Pieces
of a Real Heart
* Liars - Sisterhood
* Acrassicauda - Only the
Dead See the End of the War (EP; Iraqi metal band seen in the revealing
documentary `Heavy Metal in Baghdad'.)
* Pavement - Quarantine
the Past: Best of and a few reissues
+ Jimi Hendrix - Live at
Woodstock (Blu-ray.)
+ The Chieftains & Ry
Cooder - San Patricio (CD/DVD.)
+ The Mavericks - Live at
Royal Albert Hall
+ Precious
+ Up In The Air
+ Capitalism: A Love Story
+ The Stoning of Soraya
M.
+ Planet 51
+ Old Dogs
+ The Kids are Alright (Blu-ray.)
3/16
* The Drive By Truckers -
The Big To-Do
* Flobots - Survival Story
* The White Stripes - Under
Great White Northern Lights: Live (CD/DVD.)
* Graham Parker - Imaginary
Television
* Gin Wigmore - Holy Smoke
* Brad Mehldau - Highway
Rider
* The Dropkick Murphys -
Live on Landsdowne, Boston, MA
* Aiden - Live in Chicago
(CD/DVD.)
* Standard Fare - The Novelle
Beat
* Trampled By Turtles -
Palomino
* Streetlight Manifesto
- 99 Songs of a Revolution
* Neon Trees - Habits
* Polar Bear - Peepers
* Sean Hayes - Run Wolves
Run
* Meredith Andrews - As
Long As It Takes
* Locksley - Be In Love
* Uriah Heep - Celebration
* Armored Saint - La Raza
* Fates Warning - Parallels
(2 CD/ 1 DVD Deluxe reissue.)
+ The Princess and the Frog
+ Broken Embraces
+ Ninja Assassin
+ Astroboy
+ Bandslam
+ Armored
+ The Fourth Kind
+ Did You Hear About the
Morgans?
3/20
+ The Twillight Saga: New
Moon
3/23
* She & Him - Volume
Two
* Joe Bonamassa - Black
Rock
* Mose Allison w/Joe Henry
- Way of the World
* Bright Eyes & Neva
Dinova - One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels
* Sonya Kitchell - Convict
of Conviction EP
* Dillinger Escape Plan
- Option Paralysis
* Jonsi Birgisson - Go
* Goldfrapp - Head First
* Brian Howe - Circus Bar
* Sleeping With Sirens -
With Ears to See and Eyes to Hear
* Sanctuary - Refuge Denied/Into
the Mirror Black (reissues.)
* The Scorpions - Sting
in the Tail
* The Runaways soundtrack
* The Arc Angels - Living
in a Dream (2 CD's/ 1 DVD.)
* Chuck Berry - Complete
Chess Recordings: 1969-1974 (4 CD's.)
* The Who - Live Greatest
Hits
* Elvis Presley - On Stage:
Legacy Edition (2 CD's.)
+ The T.A.M.I. Show
+ Jeff Healey - Beautiful
Noise
+ The Blind Side
+ The Fantastic Mr. Fox
+ The Men Who Stare at Goats
+ Brothers
+ Toy Story 1 & 2 (Blu-ray.)
+ The African Queen (Blu-ray.)
3/30
* Edwin McCain - Best of
* The Barenaked Ladies -
All in Good Time
* Black Francis aka Frank
Black - Nonstoperotik
* Amy Grant - Somewhere
Down the Road
* Angus & Julia Stone
- Down the Way
* Melissa Auf Der Maur -
Out of Our Minds
* The Annuals - Sweet Sister
* Paper Tongues - S/T
* Nick Cave - a few reissues
* ZZ Top - The Roots of
ZZ Top: Moving Sidewalks & American Blues
+ Sherlock Holmes
+ An Education
+ The Baader Meinholf Complex
+ Alvin & the Chipmunks:
the Squeakquel
+ Alice in Wonderland (1951
animated Disney film.)
+ Under the Sea: IMAX-3D
4/6
* The BoDeans - Mr. Sad Clown
* Jakob Dylan - Women and
Country
* Peter Wolf - Midnight
Souvenirs
* Martin Sexton - Sugarcoating
* David Byrne and Fatboy
Slim - Here Lies Love
* Dr. Dog - Shame, Shame
* Civil Twilight - S/T
* Hypernova - Through the
Chaos
* Black Prairie - Feast
of the Hunter's Moon
* Slash - S/T (many guest
vocalists.)
* Jeff Healey - Last Call
* The Classic Crime - Vagabonds
* Codeine Velvet Club -
S/T
* The Doves - Best of (2
CD's/1 DVD.)
* The Cure - Disintegration
(20th anniversary edition.)
* Duran Duran - a few Deluxe
editions
+ Cocoon (Blu-ray.)
+ The Natural (Blu-ray.)
+ A Nightmare on Elm Street
(Blu-ray.)
4/13
* Natalie Merchant - Leave
Your Sleep (2 CD's; Nursery Rhymes, Lullabys & Poetry; many guests.)
* Jeff Beck - Emotion &
Commotion
* MGMT - Congratulations
* Carrie Rodriguez - Love
& Circumstance
* Freelance Whales - Weathervanes
* Matt Pond PA - The Dark
Leaves
* Taproot - Plead the 5th
* Helloween - Unarmed: Rerecorded
Best of
* Coheed & Cambria -
Year of the Black Rainbow
* Willie Nelson - Country
Music
* Steve Vai - Where the
Other Wild Things Are
+ Pirate Radio
+ 2010 Vancouver Winter
Olympics Highlights
+ Apollo 13 (Blu-ray.)
4/20
* Shelby Lynne - Tears, Lies
& Alibis
* Apples in Stereo - Travellers
in Space and Time
* The Break - Church of
the Open Sky (3 Midnight Oil members and 1 Violent Femmes member; Peter
Garrett not included.)
* Sevendust - Cold Day Memory
* Ozomatli - Fire Away
* Everest - On Approach
* Taylor Hawkins & Coattail
Riders - Red Light Fever
* Roky Erickson & Okkervil
River - True Love Cast Out All Evil
* Painted Hills - S/T
* Caribou - Swim
* Ratt - Infestation (former
Quiet Riot guitarist Carlos Cavazo joins three of the five original Ratt
members including vocalist Stephen Pearcy.)
* AC/DC - Iron Man 2 soundtrack
* Jane Krakowski - Live
at Feinstein's at the Regency
* Rufus Wainwright - All
Days are Nights: Songs for Lulu
* Jonny Lang - Live at the
Ryman
* 4Troops - S/T
* Poco - Live at Columbia
Studios, 1971
+ The Lovely Bones
+ The Young Victoria
+ Summer Hours
+ The Horse Boy
+ Minority Report (Blu-ray.)
4/27
* Mary Chapin Carpenter -
Age of Miracles
* Melissa Etheridge - Fearless
Love
* Peter Frampton - Thank
You Mr. Churchill
* Tesla - Alive in Europe
* Bullet for My Valentine
- Fever
* Mouth of the Architect
- The Violence Beneath
* Courtney Love - Nobody's
Daughter (I bet her Mom is surprised.)
+ It's Complicated
+ The Imaginarium of Doctor
Parnassus
+ Five Minutes of Heaven
+ The White Ribbon
+ Georgia O'Keeffe
+ Elizabeth (Blu-ray.)
5/4
* Asia - Omega
* The Hold Steady - Heaven
is Whenever
* Josh Ritter - So Runs
the World Away
* The New Pornographers
- Together
* Broken Social Scene -
TBA
* Tonic - S/T
* Courtyard Hounds - S/T
(Emily Robison & Martie Maguire of the Dixie Chicks.)
+ Leap Year
+ Saving Private Ryan (Blu-ray.)
5/11
* Tokyo Police Club - Champ
* UNKLE - Where Did the
Night Fall
* Crash Test Dummies - Ooh
La La
* James Taylor & Carole
King - Troubadour Reunion (CD/DVD.)
+ Daybreakers
+ Rock `N Roll High School
(Blu-ray.)
5/18
* The Deftones - Diamond
Eyes
* Far - At Night We Live
* The Rolling Stones - Exile
on Mainstreet (Deluxe edition.)
+ The Messenger
+ Walkabout (Blu-ray.)
LYRICS of the MONTH:
Put a ribbon round my
neck and call me a libertine
I will sing you songs
of dreams I used to dream
I will sail away on seas
of silver and gold
Until I reach my home.
Give me a guitar and I'll
be your troubadour
Your strolling minstrel
12th century door to door
I don't know anymore,
if that feeling is past will is last
How can you be sure?
And how do I know if you're
feeling the same as me?
And how do I know if
that's the only place you want to be?
Give me a stage and I'll
be your rock and roll queen
Your 20th century cover
of a magazine
Rolling Stone here I
come, watch out everyone I'm singing my song.
Give me a festival and
I'll be your Glastonbury star
The lights are shining
everyone knows who you are
Singing songs about dreams
about hopes about schemes
ooooh, they just came
true.
And how do I know if you're
feeling the same as me?
And how do I know if
that's the only place you want to be?
And if you want it to
then there's nothing left to do
Lets start a band, lets
start a band, lets start a band, lets start a band.
Amy MacDonald, the song "Let's
Start a Band" off of the album This is the Life released in 2007.
Happy Spring!!!
See you in April!
Chris Barlow
cbcrossing@yahoo.com
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