Meet the men behind the amazing visual effects of DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. Senior Special Effects Supervisor Joe Letteri and Special Effects Supervisor Dan Lemmon talk to Paul Salfen in this interview about the summer blockbuster. Sports Plus is the newest entertainment show From the producers and writers of the popular Drew Pearson Show. Sports Plus Music, Movies, … [Read more...]
BLOOD BROTHERS: DORAN INGRHAM DRAWS FROM HIS PAST IN ACTION BOOK SERIES
Actor/Writer Doran Ingrham talks with Fabrizio about his book "BLOOD BROTHERS," part of an action series based on some of Doran's real-life experiences from his time as a "Risk Management Specialist." Written with Ken Farmer and Buck Steinke, this powerful adventure chronicles the adventures of the semi-fictional Mark Ingram. Follow … [Read more...]
ZZ Top at THE BACKYARD
PHOTOS by Kathleene Cochrane for Kathleene's Compass. Kathleene is a music industry insider, a music supervisor, manager, and film producer. She is also the wife of Canadian rocker/humanitarian Tom Cochrane. Kathleene's Compass is a featured section of AMFM Magazine. (Austin, TX) Smokin' hot off the success of their first studio album in 9 years (LaFutura) that “little ol’ … [Read more...]
LA VIDA BOHEME INTERVIEW – Let’s Talk About Jackson Pollock, shall we?
La Vida Boheme took the stage at ACL and played to a packed, enthralled multi-national crowd of 20 to 30 somethings. Their energetic set was punctuated by stylistic driving beats that took the audience away to Venezuela’s burgeoning expressionist art scene. Last year, La Vida Boheme received a GRAMMY nomination and two Latin Grammy nominations for their debut album, which … [Read more...]
ACL is LIVE
"Dry The River" is one to watch. They took the stage at 2 pm today and broke the sound barriers between folk and punk. PREDICTION: You will be seeing them on much larger stages very shortly. If you can't make it to the festival, you can watch live streaming coverage directly from ACL's official site, click HERE. Technology. Ain't it great. FRIDAY … [Read more...]
WILLIE NELSON’S 1st ANNUAL CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT “CUT N’ PUTT”
(Photo by AMFM: L - R: Willie Nelson, Lucas Nelson, Ray Benson) Willie Nelson celebrated the re-opening of his Texas Hill Country 9-hole golf course to the public on June 30 by hosting the 1st Annual Celebrity Golf Tournament at the Pedernales Cut N Putt Golf Club in Briarcliff, Texas. There was an all-day concert featuring Paula Nelson, Sonny Throckmorton, Folk Uke, … [Read more...]
Shawn Pander New Video “WHAT A BEAUTIFUL LIFE”
Shawn Pander's new CD “Notes From Hoover Street” is out and the song "What a Beautiful Life" is getting airplay. Written on a shaky dining room table in his Hoover St. apartment in Los Angeles, Notes From Hoover Street reads like a collection of short stories, a series of impressions that represent the beginning of a new chapter in the Houston based singer/songwriter’s life. … [Read more...]
SOUTH AUSTIN BREWERY
Fabrizio takes us to meet Jordan Weeks and Chris Oglesby of South Austin Brewery, and sample some of Austin's newest homegrown brew. They are located at 415 East Saint Elmo, Unit 1D, Austin TX 78745. From downtown, go south on Congress past Ben White 71/290, turn left onto East Saint Elmo Road approximately 1/2 mile, the brewery is directly south across the street from Music … [Read more...]
JACK INGRAM – ADVICE FOR MUSICIANS
Jack Ingram and Hayes Carll headlined the Grounded In Music event at the Gibson Guitar showroom. You can read more about the event on Now Playing Austin's blog by Christine Lucas. Grounded in Music is the brainchild of Joe Stallone, a top entertainment Lawyer and civil litigator. He serves as a Governor of the Texas chapter of the Recording Academy (Grammys,) and worked on the … [Read more...]
GRAYDON AND KYLE OF “SHIT GIRLS SAY”
Kathleene Cochrane for The Compass I recently had the opportunity to sit down with two of my favorite people (actually three if you count "her") and chat about "Shit Girls Say," the out of the box smash youtube and twitter sensation. At the time of this meeting the three episodes of "Shit Girls Say" had already … [Read more...]
Tales From the Texas Hill Country – Jimmy Davis
Donnie Price leads us to the venerated Picker's Circle in Luckenbach, Texas. Every Sunday some of the best singer songwriters in the Hill Country gather together to play and learn from each other in this celebrated little town which is roughly 50 miles (80 km) north of San Antonio and 69 miles (111 km) west of Austin. It was purchased by Hondo Crouch, rancher and Texas … [Read more...]
UCB’s FREAK DANCE
Stefano Fabrizio Darold interviews co-directors Matt Besser and Neil Mahoney for Freak Dance, a dance musical parody in the vein of Electric Boogaloo, Step Up, Dirty Dancing, You Got Served and every other dance movie ever made. The sexy and wealthy Cocolonia runs away to must escape her repressive mother (Amy Pohler) and learn to street dance with the help of Funky Bunch … [Read more...]
6 MONTH RULE – Interview with Director and Cast
Stefano Fabrizio Darold Interviews Blayne Weaver, the writer, director and star of 6 month Rule, a dramedy about a man who invents a set of rules for dating in order to avoid relationship commitment. Starring: Blayne Weaver, Martin Starr, Natalie Morales, Patrick J. Adams, Vanessa Branch, John Michael Higgins, Dave Foley … [Read more...]
Tales From the Texas Hill Country – Fredericksburg
The Adventure Continues! Donnie Price leads us astray with his friends in the hill country. We start out at Hondo's in Fredricksburg, and then journey on to Luckenbach to the picker's circle. The entire town of Luckenbach was bought by Hondo Crouch, a very interesting fella, in the '60s. From his Bio: CROUCH, JOHN RUSSELL (1916-1976). John Russell (Hondo) Crouch, humorist, … [Read more...]
Shawn Pander Ponders Pandora
Shawn Pander, who learned to play guitar from a homeless man he befriended near his father's used-car lot talks to AMFM about his latest project and Pandora too. What's that you say? Who is Shawn Pander? Shawn won the Grand Prize in the folk category for the John Lennon Songwriting Contest. He's also had a A 30-minute documentary, BEHIND THE LYRICS, which aired on National … [Read more...]
