Showing posts with label search results. Show all posts
Showing posts with label search results. Show all posts

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Review Search Results

Every few
months,
I check
Google to
see where
my re-
views
(and oth-
er ephem-
era) are ending up. Here are some of the more interesting results.

Cinema Cinema:
AndMoreAgain review of Exile Baby

Cinema of the World:
Seattle Film Blog review of Skin, Skin

DVD Beaver:
Amazon review of Food, Inc.

Fandango:
Amazon review of This Is It

Hot Splice:
Seattle Film Blog photo of director Barry Jenkins

Magnolia:
Humpday thanks

Reel Black:
Amazon review of Music Is the Weapon

Reverb Nation:
AndMoreAgain review
of The End of Suffering

Rivercoast Film:
Amazon review of American Meth

The Spiritualized Forums:
Wire interview with Loop's Robert Hampson

TracyMorgan.net:
Amazon review of Totally Awesome

Endnote: Images from Barry Jenkins's Medicine
for Melancholy and Lynn Shelton's Humpday,
among my favorite films of the year (full list here).

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Lost and Found...by Way of Google

Every few months, I check Google to see where my reviews are ending up. Here are some of the more interesting results.

Blazing Blades:
Ice Network preview of Pop Star on Ice

Film Fanatic:
Seattle Film Blog review

Harsh on Your Mellow:
Seattle Film Blog interview with Barry Jenkins

Kinemastik:
Amazon review of Fela - Music Is the Weapon

Larry's Corner:
Amazon review of Shivaree - Who's Got Trouble

Mixpod:
Amazon review of Ben Folds - Supersunnyspeedgraphic

Nashville Scene:
Amazon review of The Sidney Poitier Collection

Rock Paper Scissors:
AndMoreAgain reviews of Melvin Gibbs' Elevated
Entity - Ancients Speak and Burnt Sugar the Ark-
estra Chamber - Making Love to the Dark Ages


Seattle Fine Arts Examiner:
Seattle Film Blog report on Lynn Shelton's Humpday

Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys:
AndMoreAgain review of Casualty Menagerie

[They refer to me as an "eminent music blogger."]

Endnote: In addition, a Seattle Sound quote appears
in the press kit for D+'s What Is Doubt For: "These 15
tracks may qualify as 'shambling'—an irresistibly over-
used term when it comes to indie rock—but there's e-
nough charm, sincerity, and insight throughout On
Purpose to smooth over the rough patches." I'm
also name-checked at Steady Diet of Film and
Women in Film and in the following Wikipe-
Johnny Weir image from

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Where in the World Is... Part Two


Every few months, I check Google to see where my reviews are ending up. Here are some of the more interesting results.

Bach Movies:
Amazon review of The Anniversary Party

[My first Amazon theatrical review.]

Belinda Carlisle:
Amazon review of Voilà

Doomed to Be Stoned in a Sludge Swamp:
AMG review of the Screaming Trees - Buzz Factory

Eschatone Records:
AndMoreAgain review of Brian Dewan - Words of Wisdom

HellHorror.com:
Amazon review of Crónicas

Knowledge:
Amazon review of Style Wars

[This review is all over the net, which thrills me, as it means a
lot of people are discovering and re-discovering this b-boy gem.]

Last.fm:
AMG biography of Benjamin Biolay

Memphis Music:
AMG review of Monsieur Jeffrey Evans - I've Lived a Rich Life

MSN Music:
AMG review of Love - Love Live

Queer Theory:
Amazon review of A&E Biography - Sal Mineo

Scott Walker - 30 Century Man:
Link to my Resonance interview with Stephen Kijak

The Seattle Times:
Article about Microsft's queue announcer program

[My job from 1992-98; I also recorded all phone support messages.]

Super70s.com:
Amazon review of The Honeymoon Killers

Syracuse.com:
AndMoreAgain review of Jesse Dee - Bittersweet Batch

[They refer to me as an "internet pop culture blogger." Hey! I'll take it.]

Zune.net:
AMG review of Mike Johnson - What Would You Do?

[They also feature my Buzz Factory review, among others.]

Endnote: In addition, in the months before David Hudson
left GreenCine—he's now at IFC.com—he linked to the follow-
ing reviews, interviews, and other ephemera: Duplass Brothers interview, 2008 film list, Day of Wrath, A Colt Is My Passport,
i.e. "Billed as a noir, the film feels more like a thriller with Left
Bank overtones; more Albert Camus than Jean-Luc Godard,"
and Matt Wolf's debut, i.e. "There's nothing overtly strange about
[Arthur Russell's] music, except it's ethereal without entering the
more recognizable realms of psychedelia or new age (and intimate
without qualifying as conventional singer/songwriter fare). It's
accessible, in other words, but not commercial. And there you
have it: the kiss of death. You also have the makings of a cult
artist, and that's where Wild Combination begins..."

I'm also name-checked in the following thread at The Stran-
ger's Line Out. It's weird when you're reading a blog and all of
a sudden you stumble across your own name. Happily, no one
said anything unkind. Sadly, some of the chatter is inaccurate,
i.e. a couple of people seem to think I'm a regular contribut-
or to The Seattle Weekly. I'm not. Image from Fatlace.

Saturday, July 12, 2008

State of Play: Tracking My Reviews

Every few
months,
I check
Google
to see
where
my re-
views
(and oth-
er pieces)
are ending up. Here are some of the more interesting results.

Bibliochat
Amazon review of Born Into Brothels

Bohemian Aesthetic:
Amazon review of Sara Bareilles - Little Voice

Mininova:
Amazon review of David Ford - I Sincerely
Apologize for All the Trouble I've Caused


[I also reviewed his new disc for KEXP; it's pretty similar.]

Out and About Vancouver:
Amazon review of No Country for Old Men

Running Rooster:
Amazon review of H.R. Pufnstuf

Salt Lake Public Library:
Amazon review of State of Play

[Soon to be a major mo-
tion picture...that will not
surpass the miniseries.]


Seattle Film and Music Office:
Kathy Fennessy at SIFFBlog recently had the opportunity to visit the set of Lynn Shelton's new feature Humpday, which stars Joshua Leonard (The Blair Witch Project) and Mark Duplass (co-director of Baghead) in a story of "male bonding taken too far."

Stupid and Contagious:
Amazon review of the Kills - No Wow

Style Wars:
Amazon review of Style Wars

Sylvia Juncosa:
AMG review of Various Artists - Away from the Pulsebeat

Endnote: GreenCine Daily linked to my pieces on Funny Games,
David Gordon Green, and Hal Ashby, while Prost Amerika cross-
posted my reviews of La Chinoise, Shotgun Stories, and The
Saga of Anatahan
and my Sound interview with Alexis Ferris.

The NWFF also linked to my Ashby tribute, my Humpday
report
, and my Shotgun Stories review. Also, click here
for a photo from a NWFF panel ("Critics Critiqued") in
which Jay Kuehner, Charles Mudede, and I participated.

Images from The Medium Is Not Enough (John Simm,
State of Play) and Digital Entertainment News (Simm
as the reporter; David Morrissey as the politician).

Monday, February 11, 2008

Colossal Search Results

Every few months, I check Google to see where my re-
views (and other pieces) are ending up. Here are some of
the more interesting results.

Allen Moyle:
Amazon review of
New Waterford Girl

AOL Music:
AMG review of Joy Division - The First Peel Session

Awesome 80s:
Amazon review of Who's the Boss?

[They also feature my Golden Girls review.]

The Cirque Tribune:
Amazon review of Cirque du Soleil - Solstrom

Flixster:
Amazon review of Underground

About the film, this kind gentleman adds:
I'm in agreement with the great Kathleen C. Fennessy when I say

that Underground isn't for the faint of heart. It's loud, it's long and
it's sad. I might also add that it will wear on you and leave you feel-
ing tired and depleted. It's an exercise for the mind and a test of your
mettle. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll want to go take a nap afterwards.

The High Hat:
Siffblog review of
Colossal Youth

Kono Tiki Island:
AMG review of the
Scientists - Weird Love

[Note that the above authors take a couple of statements to
task. They're fairly respectful, so I've got no problem with it.
Dissent only bothers me when a writer is rude or dismissive.]

SupermanTV.net:
Amazon review of Lois & Clark - The Complete Third Season

Wikipedia:
AMG review of Various Artists - Deep Six

And lastly:
Mention in Rebels on the Air: An Alternative History of Radio in America

[Last year, I was also interviewed by music writer Greg Prato for his upcoming oral history of grunge, and last week, I was asked to contribute to a Spanish book about independent rock and the cinema.]

Endnote: For some reason, GreenCine's David Hudson has-
n't linked to any of my reviews for awhile now, but here's a shout-
out from a few months ago: "Nowadays, some consider Baby Doll
a classic, others a disappointment or even an embarrassment,"
writes Kathy Fennesy at the Siffblog. "To me, it's none of those
things. Rather, it plays more like parody—self-parody (specif-
ically of Kazan's previous Williams adaptation, A Streetcar
Named Desire
), Tennessee Williams in general (his first
script combines two one-act plays), the Actors Studio
(from which the core trio originates), and the
Deep South (though the cast denies it)."

And here are a couple of citations at Hot Splice: "Long? Maybe.
But boring? Only if your heart is cold,"
and "Kathy Fennessy at
Siffblog gives a little preview of this weekend's Skin, Skin screen-
ing in our Sisu Cinema: Nine from The Finnish New Wave series."

If it weren't for these sorts of mentions, few people would even know Seattle Film Blog exists, so thanks to Hudson and the fine folks at the NWFF for bringing some new readers our way.

Images: Pedro shirt pic from the archives (a similar one
graces the cover of Cinema Scope, issue #27). "Costa Cab-
al" photo taken by E. Steven Fried. Pictured: director Rob-
inson Devor, writer Charles Mudede, Cinema Scope editor
Mark Peranson, and NWFF executive director Michael Sei-
werath (those are my fingers in the lower left-hand corner).

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Don't Look Back...at My Reviews

Every few months, I check
Google to see where my re-
views (and other pieces) are ending up. Here are some of
the more interesting results.



Billboard:
AMG reviews of Lloyd Price - Lawdy Miss
Clawdy
and the Incredible String Band - U

Cheater Pint:
AndMoreAgain review of Cheater Pint - Dark Side of the Pint

Don't Look Back:
AMG review of Scientists - Blood Red River

We Heart Music:
AMG bio of the All Girl Summer Fun Band

The Imagination Movers:
Amazon review of the Imagination Movers - Stir It Up

Legacy Recordings:
AMG review of Alejandro Amenábar -
The Others
[original soundtrack]

Palm Pictures:
Amazon review of The Work of Director Stéphane Sednaoui

RoyaList Online:
Amazon review of Marie Antoinette

SoundClick:
Amazon review of Hinder - Extreme Behavior

The Washington Post:
Amazon review of Second Generation

Endnote: Yes, I can now say I've been "published" in Bill-
board
and The Washington Post! No doubt they have a lic-
ensing agreement with Amazon—but still. It is what it is.

Also here's a shout-out from Hot Splice, "Kathy Fennessy has posted an interesting reaction to Bruce Weber’s Let's Get Lost
over at Seattle Film Blog. I must admit, I didn’t know Weber was most recently known for his photography of Abercrombie & Fitch models. Though the cinematography for Let's Get Lost is cred-
ited to Jeff Preiss, I’ll surely be considering the juxtaposition
of Chet Baker’s jazz milieu with that of the modern fashion scene when I see the film next week." In addition, The National Soc-
iety of Film Critics
continues to highlight my Amazon reviews,
like the cult-astic Over the Edge (Matt Dillon's first film).

Don't Look Back image (Pennebaker shoots Dylan) from The Sacramento Bee. Click here for I'm Not There review. In the film, Todd Haynes recreates scenes from the documentary. He also recreates scenes from Murray Lerner's Festival. (Click here for my Seattle Film Blog review.) In Haynes' version of events, Newport is rechristened "The New England Jazz and Folk Festival." For those who can't get enough Newport-era Dylan, Lerner has just issued The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival. Click here for more information.

Monday, October 01, 2007

Top of the World, Ma!

Top of the World, Ma!

Every few months, I check Google to see where my reviews (and other pieces) are ending up. Here are some of the more interesting results.


Bit Torrent:
AMG review of Little Wings – Look at What the Light Did

Blog for America:
Amazon review of Hacking Democracy

BlueBeat:
AMG bio of Keren Ann

Doors Left Open:
Amazon review of the Decemberists - The Crane Wife

The Official John Densmore Forum:
Amazon review of Ciao, Manhattan!

MTV.com:
AMG bio of Keren Ann
This bio is getting a lot of play (see previous search results).

Music Eldorado:
AMG review of OP8 - Slush

Seven Generational
Ruminations:
Amazon review of Crude Awakening

TV Shows on DVD:
Amazon review of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman – Volume 1
So, where's Volume 2 already?

WLS, 890AM - Chicago's Talk Station:
Amazon review of Broken English

And lastly:

All Music Guide to the Blues, Country, and Hip-hop:
I'm listed as a contributor to all three books.
That was news to me (I wrote for the AMG between 2001-2003).

Endnote: Hot Splice, the NWFF Blog, has linked to my reviews before. In a recent post, publicist Ryan Davis introduces You're Gonna Miss Me with, "There’s also this knowledgeable, with less crazy-rock-star-rise-and-fall hang up, response to the film at Seattle Film Blog—published last week, but I’m just getting around to linking to it now." I get another shout-out here. Also, The Seattle Weekly's Hannah Levin calls me a "kick-ass blogger" in this entry (and speaking of Miranda July, I defend her in this Slog comment). Pictures from Google Images.

Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Knockin' Around the Net...with Google

Every few months, I check Google to see where my reviews and other pieces are ending up. Here are some of the more interesting results.

American Shopper - 
The Movie:
Link to my Stranger review

Tom Cruise - Free Falling:
Amazon review of The Outsiders - The Complete Novel

The Evening Class:
Link to my Seattle Film Blog review of
Two or Three Things I Know About Her


Hot Splice, the NWFF Blog:
Link to my Seattle Film Blog review of
Two or Three Things I Know About Her

[I'm dubbed a "buzz kill," but in context, it's true!]

The Huffington Post:
Link to my Seattle Film Blog interview with John Scheinfeld

Mess Up the Mess:
Link to my blog review of their CD

["Kathy Fennessy likes our album."]

Picture This! Entertainment:
Reference to my Stranger
review of Eternal Summer

Portland Jewish Cinematheque:
Amazon review of Dirty Dancing

Windows Media:
AMG review of Keren Ann - La Biographie de Luka Philipsen

YouTube - Girl Trouble ("My Hometown"):
Excerpt from my AMG bio on the band

Note: Keren Ann and Eternal Summer pics from Google Images.

Sunday, February 18, 2007

The Treasures of the Internet

Every few months, I search Google to see where my reviews are ending up. Here are some of the more interesting results.

Answers.com: AMG review of Craig Armstrong - The Quiet American

Cartype: Amazon review of Who Killed the Electric Car? 

GreenCine: "It's hard to be objective when a film features all my favorite stuff," writes Kathy Fennessy at Seattle Film Blog. "The Treasures of Long Gone John concerns art, music and cats. Mostly, it concerns Long Gone John, founder of inimitable indie label Sympathy for the Record Industry." 

It's My Heart: Amazon review of Something the Lord Made 

K Blog - All About Kieslowski: Seattle Film Blog review of the Krzysztof Kieslowski retrospective

The Kuepper Files: Kathy Fennessy has made an interview with Ed via email and put it up on her blog. Well worth a read! Go on, go there! Many thanks, Kathy! 

Killer Movies: Amazon review of Duran Duran - Live From London 

Per & Marie - Roxette News: Amazon review of Roxette - A Collection of Roxette Hits 

Rotten Tomatoes: Film.com review of The Doom Generation 

The Willowz Blog: AndMoreAgain review of the Willowz - Chautauqua 

Also, I got a shout-out in the 1/11 Northwest Film Forum Digest: Some late breaking news - We're going to have a special guest at the Friday Jan 12, 7pm screening of 51 BIRCH STREET. Director Doug Block thought it would be a good idea to have his cousin, David Vogel show up to add another perspective on life at 51 Birch St. 51 BIRCH ST is an amazing first-person documentary about Block's own parents, but with resonance for anyone who's ever had parents. Guess that's most of us, isn't it? Local writer Kathy Fennessy wrote a nice little piece on it. Check it out here. Tix are available here.  

Endnote: Images from the archives: Long Gone John, Krzysztof Kieslowski, and Doug and Mina Block. If you're not familiar with early Kieslowski, I suggest starting with 1979's Camera Buff featuring actor/director Jerzy Stuhr (Three Colors: White).

Sunday, December 03, 2006

Who's Zoomin' Who

Every few months, I search Google to see where my reviews are ending up. Here are some of the more interesting results.

***** 

Award Annals: Amazon review of Underground 

Bluebeat.com AMG bio of Keren Ann 

Calls to Nothing: Amazon review of Aimee Mann - One More Drifter in the Snow 

The Conscious Movie Network: Amazon review of Who Killed the Electric Car?

Greencine: Seattle Film Blog reviews of Tales of the Rat Fink, the Northwest Film Forum's Peter Whitehead retrospective, The Bridesmaid, Mutual Appreciation, and a profile of Robinson Devor

*****

"Mutual Appreciation is the indie rock version of the feature film," writes Kathy Fennessy, who even reaches for the perfect analogy at Seattle Film Blog. 

"Forget Mr Ed, forget Equus. Seattle director Robinson Devor's upcoming documentary concerns what has become known locally as the Enumclaw Horse Case. Scheduled for release by THINKfilm sometime in 2007, Zoo (formerly In the Forest There is Every Kind of Bird) draws inspiration from the poor unfortunate - part of a tight-knit ring - who died in 2005 from injuries sustained after engaging in carnal relations with said creature." And now, it'll be screening at Sundance. Kathy Fennessy: "The Cinema of Robinson Devor: From Girl Watchers to Horse Fanciers."

***** 

Le Bonheur: Amazon review of The Magic Sun 

The Oscar Site: Amazon review of Dirty Dancing 

The Things I Want: Amazon review of Dashboard Confessional - Dusk and Summer 

Tom Waits for No Man: Amazon review of The Outsiders - The Complete Novel 

Veterans Today: Amazon review of Baghdad ER  
  
Images of David Hockney and Peter Whitehead from Northwest Film Forum. Funny Ha Ha is Andrew Bujalski's first feature. Completed in 2001, it wasn't released until 2005. Follow-up Mutual Apprecia-
tion opens at NWFF 12/8. Bujalski will be at the Fri and Sat screenings.

Sunday, October 08, 2006

The View From Google

Every few months, I search Google using my name, in its dual permutations (Kathy vs. Kathleen), to see where my reviews
are ending up. Here are some of the more interesting results.

*****

Bloodshot Records:
AndMoreAgain review of Paul Burch - East to West

CultureSpace:
Reference to my Amazon review of the Kills - No Wow:

The film's soundtrack [The Beat That My Heart Skipped] also bears
a mixed sense of quietude and tension. The baroque melodies Tom [Romain Duris] is trying to master become abrasive in his impatient hands. But it's the song "Monkey 23," performed by the punk-blues duo the Kills (my favorite band of the moment), that is perhaps most fitting. The song appears twice; first, during a scene in which Tom drives through Paris at night, and, again, during the closing credits. As with Tom, and the film itself, an emotional volatility lies just beneath the surface of "Monkey 23". That's symptomatic of all of The Kills' music; indebted to P. J. Harvey and The Velvet Underground, The Kills employ a minimalist, gritty aesthetic, accessible melodies, and emotionally open lyrics. Or, as Kathleen Fennessy wrote in an Amazon editorial review of the band's second album, "The Kills come on like a post-punk version of Robert Mitchum in The Night of the Hunter--with 'hate' tattooed on one hand, 'love' on the other."

Democratic Underground:
Amazon review of Baghdad ER

GreenCine:
Links to my Seattle Film Blog 
interviews with Keith Fulton,
Lynn Shelton (including my
original We Go Way Back review), and Michel Gondry.

[I love you, GreenCine.]

Insound:
AMG Review of Consonant - Love and Affliction

Jazziz Radio:
Amazon review of Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself

The Jim Henson Company:
Amazon review of Fraggle Rock - The Complete Second Season

[I think Gondry would dig Fraggle Rock--and the
Henson Company did produce a French version...]

Little Radio Blogzine:
Amazon review of the Fiery Furnaces - EP

Pandora:
AMG bio of Keren Ann

The Treadaway Brothers:
AndMoreAgain interview with Keith Fulton

[Harry and Luke Treadaway, AKA the Bang-Bang, above left.]

Velvet Monkeys MySpace Page:
AMG bio of the band

Endnote: Movie stills (Eternal Sunshine and Brothers of the Head) from previous posts, Kills Polaroids from their official website. Thanks to Bill for bringing the GreenCine Daily references to my attention. It proves that there are at least three people reading Seattle Film Blog: me, Bill, and GreenCine's David Hudson.

Saturday, July 22, 2006

Where in the World is... Part One

Carmen Sandiego? Matt
Lauer? No, me. Here are
some of the more interesting
sites on which I've found my
reviews and other ephemera.

*****

Analogue Haven:
Amazon reviews of The Director's Series, Vols. 4-6

[The typos are their addition.]

AustinMusic.com:
Amazon review of Various Artists -
Austin City Limits Music Festival 2005

Canine Equipment Outfitters:
Amazon review of My Family and Other Animals

CD Baby:
(Over-long) AMG bio of Dennis Driscoll

Facets of Religion:
Amazon review of Luther

GreenCine:
Reference to my Seattle Film Blog review of Brigitte et Brigitte:

Somewhat related is Kathy Fennessy's Siffblog entry on Sam Fuller and Luc Moullet, in which Cahiers has a cameo.

[Thanks to Bill for bringing this to my attention.]

Metroblogging Seattle:
Seattle Film Blog list of release dates

Secondspin.com:
AMG review of The 13th Floor Elevators - Live

Starpulse.com:
AMG review of Nicolai Dunger - Tranquil Isolation

Endnote: I had the good fortune to interview Michel Gondry while in town with The Science of Sleep, which opens on 9/22/06. We also chatted about the underlooked Dave Chappelle's Block Party, among other projects, like his Director's Series DVD. He was very happy with the way that turned out and looks forward to doing another. Incidentally, when I asked if he was a fan of Serge Gainsbourg (he cast Serge's daughter, Charlotte, in Science), he replied, "In my home, the two Gods were Serge Gainsbourg and Duke Ellington." He also described Charlotte as "magical." Images from the IMDb (that's Gael García Bernal on the drums).

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Around the Way Girl

James Brown may
have invented funk, but
Sly Stone perfected it.
--Jason Ankeny,
All Music Guide

A few weeks ago, I picked up Sly & the Family Stone's Whole New Thing, which features a hypnotic number called "Trip to Your Heart." Granted, I bought the album mostly for "Underdog," covered so persuasively by the Dirtbombs on Ultraglide in Black, but "Trip" is just as good (if not better). It's also a big part of LL Cool J's "Mama Said Knock You Out," i.e. he borrowed the ascending "Ah-ah-ah-ah" from Stone. The goopy "Around the Way Girl," on the other hand, is my least favorite LL song, but seemed like an ideal subject line for this post.

So, here's what I found when I searched Google using my full name: 90, 200 hits for Kathleen C. Fennessy, 23,800 hits for Kathy Fennessy. Though my on-line reviews are continuing to proliferate, my web presence has been shrinking for awhile now.

I find the phenomenon more fascinating than distressing.
Maybe some of the old sites have disappeared, maybe some
of the duplicate entries have been deleted. I have no explanation, really; just a variety of vague theories. Anyway, I do this every other month or so to see where my reviews are ending up...

The Bear
AMG review of The Screaming Trees - Buzz Factory

The Circle:
Amazon reviews of Style Wars and The
Freshest Kids - A History of the B-Boy


Filmbug:
Amazon reviews of La Petite Lili and Solomon & Gaenor

Hot 103:
AMG review of Pussy Galore - Dial 'M' for Motherfucker

Iceberg Radio:
AMG bio of Hammerhead and review of Bar-
bara Manning - One Perfect Green Blanket


Indie-Music.com:
Amazon review of Jewel - Goodbye Alice in Wonderland

[When did Jewel, Atlantic recording artist, become "indie"?]

PoetryConnection.net:
Amazon review of Police Woman - The Complete First Season

Secondspin.com:
Siffblog preview of The NWFF Presents Super Hits, Vol. 10

[Excerpt concerning short film "Foster Island."]

VH1 Shop:
AMG reviews of Lloyd Price - Lawdy Miss Claw-
dy
and Thee Headcoatees - Sisters of Suave

Wikipedia:
Amazon review of Life and Debt

Note: Image from the official Sly & the Family Stone website. Copyright © 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. All Rights Reserved. LEGACY and the "L Legacy" logo are register-
ed trademarks of SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.

Sunday, April 30, 2006

An Idle Threat...to Stop Googling

 In February, I threatened to stop running Google on my name every other month, but I haven't been able to stop.

What can I say? I'm addicted. Even if the results look the same every time. Why do I do it? To assuage my ego, naturally. Whether it shows or not, I put a fair amount of work into my reviews, and I'd hate to think no one's reading them.

However illusory, Google makes me feel as if my efforts haven't gone unnoticed. So here are the latest stats: 194,000 hits for my full name, 30,600 hits for the short version (lately the former has been growing, while the latter has been shrinking). These are some of the more interesting sites.

Air America:
Amazon review of Nada Surf - The Weight Is a Gift

Answers.com:
AMG review of Lida Husik - Bozo

Bickett Gallery:
Amazon review of Style Wars

Chicago Pride:
Amazon review of Latter Days

Iceberg Radio:
AMG bio of Mr. Airplane Man

[Contacted the duo to confirm a few details--nice folks!]

Listal:
Amazon review of House, M.D.

Metacritic:
Amazon review of Huff - The Complete First Season

The Stranger:
Tablet review of Lushy - S/T

Tribe.net:
Amazon review of The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder - Punk & New Wave

[Tom Kipp used the excerpt with Kim Fowley in his fine Pop Studies Conference paper on the thin weird duke's OutrageousI had no idea this "Plan Nine From Outer Space" of albums was
the source for Sonic Youth's sublime "Bubblegum."]

Twist & Shout:
Amazon review of New York Doll

Note: Images from the AMG, Creem online (it lives!), and
Julian Cope's Head Heritage, which features a fun review.

Sunday, February 12, 2006

This Must Be the Place: The View From Google

Home is where I want to be

Pick me up and turn me round.
-- Talking Heads,
"This Must Be the Place"


*****

Every other month I take a trip over to Google to see where my reviews are ending up. Some of the more interesting sites are listed below. This time my full name garnered 110,000 hits (Kathy Fennessy garnered 29,200). This may be the last time I post my findings as these lists all look the same. Clearly, I need to start doing different kinds of writing to start showing up in different kinds of search results!

Answers.com:
Over-long AMG bio of Scientists

Bibliochat:
Amazon review of Born Into Brothels

The Big Cartoon Database:
Amazon review of Tales From Avonlea - Comp First Season

Fashiontribes.com:
Amazon review of Morrissey - Who Put the M in Manchester?

[A Beth Ditto favorite! According to a recent Stranger
interview, she plays it daily. For inspiration, natch.]

liveDaily/Ticketmaster:
AMG review of Giant Sand - Cover Magazine

Monsters & Critics:
Amazon review of Da Ali G Show - The Complete First Season

NFC (Nirvana Fan Club) Board:
AMG review of The Beasts of Bourbon - The Axeman's Jazz

[Featuring Kim Salmon of the Scientists.]

StaticBeats:
Amazon review of Scratch

TSADP (Texas Students Against the Death Penalty):
Amazon review of Redemption - The Stan "Tookie" Williams Story

[I'm proud to be associated with this site. They also feature
Jeff Shannon's reviews of Capote and Dead Man Walking.]

In my heart is a place called swampland
Nine parts water, one part sand.
--Scientists, "Swampland"


*****

Scientists image from the AMG (photo by Tony Harrison). Talking Heads lyrics from Lyrics Freak and Scientists lyrics from Gullbuy.

Thursday, December 01, 2005

Search Me! In Which I Search for My Name

It's funny, but I've always hated that phrase: "Search me!" Maybe it's because I'm just too literal-minded—no doubt about it, actually, I know I am. So what would you find if you were to really search me? Well, I'll tell you.

Aside from the usual stuff (keys, checks, change, etc.), you'd find a tube of M.A.C. lip gloss in "Nico" (a nice iridescent mauve), a sample-sized vial of Jo Malone Honeysuckle and Jasmine cologne, and a tin of Altoids gum in (artificially flavored) cinnamon. And what does this tell you about me? Not much, I'm afraid, and that's what I've always hated most about the expression, i.e. Search me...and you won't find anything of consequence. (I'd like to think otherwise!)

So anyway, every few months I take a trip over to Google to see where my reviews are ending up. This month when I searched using my full name, I got 42,600 hits (when I searched using Kathy Fennessy, I got 16,900; I may go by Kathy, but rarely write using that name). As I've mentioned before, the vast majority are duplicate entries, although I have written hundreds of reviews over the past few years (but definitely not thousands).

Not counting purely commercial sites, here are some of the more interesting ones I came across this time around. Incidentally, they're all Amazon reviews. I swear I do write for other publications on occasion—just not as often as I'd like.

Awesome80s.com:
Amazon review of Who's the Boss

Clown Ministry:
Amazon review of The Incredible Mr. Limpet

GreenCine:
Amazon review of Pete and Pete - Season One

iq451:
Amazon reviews of the Slits - Cut and Spoon - Gimme Fiction

Mischa Barton News:
Amazon review of Frankie and Hazel

Movie Tome:
Amazon review of Something the Lord Made

[I find sister site, TV Tome, particularly helpful for research.]

National Society of Film Critics:
Amazon reviews of Happy Endings and Crónicas

[Ah, but I wish I qualified for membership!
There are only 55 writers in the NSFC.]


Poe News:
Amazon reviews of the third and
fourth seasons of Curb Your Enthusiasm

Reggae.com:
Amazon reviews of Rebel Music - The Bob Marley Story
and Roots Rock Reggae - Inside the Jamaican Music Scene

[At Amazon, I'm the designated hitter when it comes to reggae reviews. This month, I reviewed Bob Marley and the Wailers - Live at the Rainbow, which is packaged with the estate-approved documentary Caribbean Nights. As with the Slits, I just can't get enough of Bob Marley. That said, Rebel Music is the more honest film as it deals head-on with his infidelities and other issues that the BBC doc elides.]

Wing Chun Archives:
Amazon reviews of House, M.D. and Veronica Mars

[This appears to be some kind of martial arts site.]

Image: Amazon (back cover of the Slits album Cut).  

Sunday, October 16, 2005

Every Which A-way: Review Reproductions

With apologies to the Coasters, if you go searchin' Google using my full name, Kathleen C. Fennessy, you'll get approximately 49,800 hits (Kathy Fennessy nets 13,800).

Don't be impressed; the vast majority are duplicates of reviews originally written for the All Music Guide, Amazon, and Tablet. Every few months, I check to see where they're ending up and these are some of the more interesting sites I encountered when I checked this month.

Incidentally, most of my Amazon reviews are automatically shared with/licensed to Amazon.co.uk and linked to the IMDb, whereas a lot of my AMG reviews/biographies are automatically shared with ARTISTdirect, eMusic, mp3.com, and Yahoo! Music, so I'm not counting those sorts of instances.

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The Dirtbombs:
Link to Tablet interview with Mick Collins


[This barely qualifies as I brought it to the attention of the webmistress; it's still cool to be mentioned on a Dirtbombs site.]

Girl Trouble:

Link to AMG biography of Girl Trouble

The Golden Girls Online:
Amazon reviews of The Golden Girls -

The Complete First and Second Seasons

K Records:
AMG biography of the All Girl Summer Fun Band

Metacritic.com:
Link to Amazon review of Veronica Mars -

The Complete First Season

Harry Nilsson Web Pages:
Amazon review of Around the Bend

[The movie features the Nilsson track "Daddy's Song."]

The Scoundrelles:
AMG review of Various Artists - The Sympathetic Sounds of London (Sympathy for the Record Industry)

Theremin.info:
Amazon review of Eric Clapton - Back Home (Warner Bros)

[There's a lot of Billy Preston's Hammond B3 on Back Home, but I didn't notice any Theremin. Meanwhile, I'm currently listening to Jack Nitzsche's closing theme to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (from Hearing is Believing)--the Theremin is unmistakable.]

Wikipedia:
Link to AMG biography of Visqueen


[Is Wikipedia one of the coolest sites on the Web or what?]

Other sites: Always on the Run (AMG biography of
Kathryn Williams), DavidByrne.com (Amazon review
of Ilé Ayé), Lushy.com (Tablet review of Lushy), PasteMusic.com
(AMG biography of Keren Ann), Queery.com (Amazon review
of Will & Grace - The Complete Fourth Season), and WOXY.com
(Amazon review of the Directors Label, Volumes 4-7).

Postscript: Image of Keren Ann from the AMG. So, has anyone else ever noticed the resemblance between her and Charlotte Gainsbourg? Maybe it's because both are part-French, part-Russian. Speaking of which, here's a quote from the Sunday Times ("The Unfairest of Them All") on the concept of jolie laide ("pretty-ugly"), "Today's version of an iconic jolie laide is the French actress Charlotte Gainsbourg, whose complex gamine charm has pedigreed status: her mother is the actress Jane Birkin, and her father is the weltschmerz-ridden crooner Serge Gainsbourg, who actually penned a song with the title 'Jolie Laide.'"