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Tuesday, November 06, 2018
Chris Isaak Goes to a Record Store
I've always liked this guy, but this is particularly charming.
And I've said it before, but I'll say it again. Why the fuck wasn't Isaak...
...ever cast in a bio-pic about jazz great Chet Baker?
Yes, he definitely has charisma beyond music. As for the Chet Baker bio pic, I think "Let's Get Lost" pretty much took the wind out of those sails. A great documentary. I used to listen to Chet's "last concert" endlessly. It drove home the lesson that is not about the technical execution of music, but delivery of the emotion. Such a great and fucked up musician.
You could do a lot worse than watching Isaak's early 2000s Showtime series, The Chris Isaak Show.
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ReplyDeleteYes, he definitely has charisma beyond music. As for the Chet Baker bio pic, I think "Let's Get Lost" pretty much took the wind out of those sails. A great documentary. I used to listen to Chet's "last concert" endlessly. It drove home the lesson that is not about the technical execution of music, but delivery of the emotion. Such a great and fucked up musician.
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