When Amy Winehouse opens her mouth, a smoke-ground voice pours out, suggesting an image of someone with more age, wisdom and worldliness than her little frame could hold. So how do you illustrate those songs, those magnificent pieces of blues-pop on her album Back to Black Obviously by hiring David LaChapelle, the photographer responsible for flashy, neon celeb portraits and Gwen Stefani music videos. In the new video for Tears Dry on Their Own , the peppiest breakup song out there, Winehouse walks through Hollywood, cutting through its pimps, prostitutes and preachers without a glance in their direction.
She's all big hair, drab dress, rocky vocals and wandering mind. It's awfully simple for a LaChapelle piece, but in that last moment, when she cups her head in her hand in a seedy motel, you can see everything she was singing. That's the image you were expecting.
Check out the video at It's All About, the blog. The Women Writers Conference, based at the University of Kentucky, is back, under new management, in a new season, with what looks like a smaller, more streamlined approach. The keynote speaker will be Sally Jenkins, a Washington Post reporter and author of eight books, including It's Not About the Bike (Putnam Adult, $24.
95) with Lance Armstrong, and her new book, (Doubleday, $24.95), about a Native American football team in the early 20th century. The conference will be Sept.
28 and 29. Tuning in to silence: If you clicked on your favorite Internet radio station this week, you probably heard something new, a far cry from the usual programming variety. That'd be silence.
Several major Internet radio stations went quiet this week, protesting the fee increases to play songs starting July 15. Some say the increases will close some operations, leaving you with exactly what you heard this week: nothing. To learn more about the protest organizers' point of view, check out www.
savenetradio.org. To learn why some think Webcasters should pay up, visit www.
sound exchange.com. Reach Jamie Gumbrecht at (859) 231-3238 or 1-800-950-6397, Ext.
When Amy Winehouse opens her mouth, a smoke-ground voice pours out, suggesting an image of someone with more age, wisdom and worldliness than her little frame could hold.
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