Ethan Hawke On 'Clive'; National Grammar Day; That Was A Hit!?!
Monday, March 04, 2013
Ethan Hawke performs music from the play Clive in the Soundcheck studio.
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In this episode: Ethan Hawke directs and stars as the rock star lead in the off-Broadway production of Clive. He joins us with the show’s writer, Jonathan Marc Sherman, to talk about their modernized adaptation of the 1918 play Baal. Plus, Hawke sings a few selections from the play.
Also: Happy National Grammar Day! To celebrate the occasion, we diagram and dissect some of music’s least grammatically correct lyrics with “Grammar Girl” Mignon Fogerty and Soundcheck regular Faith Salie.
And: Our series That Was a Hit!?! continues with a look back at the 1974 chart topper “The Streak.”
Lie Lady Lie: National Grammar Day and Music
Recently, our regular contributor Faith Salie took to the Soundcheck blog to air her grievances about bad grammar in music. From Paula Cole to Eric Clapton to Leonard Cohen, it turns out that musicians can be rather careless when it comes to grammatical rules and their song lyrics. We talk with Faith, as well as Mignon Fogerty -- founder of the Grammar Girl website and podcast -- about examples of poor grammar in music. Plus, our listeners chime in with their favorite... er, least favorite... examples as well.
Ethan Hawke Plays Amoral '90s Rock Star In 'Clive'
Ethan Hawke directs and plays the rock star lead in the off-Broadway production of Clive.
That Was a Hit!?!: Ray Stevens, 'The Streak'
The latest installment in our That Was A Hit?!? series about improbable hits looks back (with our hands covering our eyes) at Ray Stevens' 1974 chart-topper, "The Streak."
Gig Alert: The Deer Tracks
Swedish electro-pop band The Deer Tracks plays Glasslands Monday night. Download the track "Lazarus"
Check Ahead: Palmyra Delran, 'You Are What You Absorb'
The founder of '90s garage-pop band the Friggs releases a solo album and talks about bad-for-you crushes. Stream You Are What You Absorb in full.
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