Veteran singer-songwriter, Loudon Wainwright III has had a career stretching four decades. His songs are full of dark humor, inventive word play and witty observations about relationships. Shout! Factory Records is set to issue the five-disc “40 Odd Years” box set on May 3.
Judd Apatow, is alongtime fan of Wainwright’s work and is serving as a co-producer of the project and he wrote the introduction to the 87 tracks on four CDs. Rolling Stone contributing editor David Wild has written an essay as part of the 40-page book included with the set.
Wainwright was cast as a TV dad in Apatow's TV comedy Undeclared for Fox. The director also had him score the music for his film Knocked Up.
The set's fifth disc is a DVD that features more than three hours of video of various performances. Wainwright is the father of Rufus and Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche, who...
Judd Apatow, is alongtime fan of Wainwright’s work and is serving as a co-producer of the project and he wrote the introduction to the 87 tracks on four CDs. Rolling Stone contributing editor David Wild has written an essay as part of the 40-page book included with the set.
Wainwright was cast as a TV dad in Apatow's TV comedy Undeclared for Fox. The director also had him score the music for his film Knocked Up.
The set's fifth disc is a DVD that features more than three hours of video of various performances. Wainwright is the father of Rufus and Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche, who...
- 2/16/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
Are you generous? Do you like to laugh? Does this make you cry? Of course it does. Well good news. On August 29, at 7:00pm, you can combat all of these problems at “Friends with a Benefit,” a one-night-only comedy and music extravaganza at New York City’s Town Hall, which will help raise money for the American Bird Conservancy, helping the poor birds devastated by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Let’s not sneeze at the line-up: Rachel Maddow (host, MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show) in conversation with Ira Glass (host, Ipr’s This American Life) and featuring comedians: Mike Birbiglia Eugene Mirman Rob Lathan Jamie Kilstein Livia Scott Ann Carr Stephanie March Oh, and also Michelle Collins. Yes, this is my official Town Hall debut, and I will probably wear a dress of equal or greater elegance to pay my respects. Music by: Lucy Wainwright Roche,...
- 8/16/2010
- by Michelle Collins
- BestWeekEver
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