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George Gershwin's early years were the heyday of ragtime and the blues, of barroom and bordello "perfessers" in spats and hats, of Tin Pan Alley song pluggers and sidewalk player pianos, whose invisible hands held passersby enthralled with their fascinatin' rhythms. So young George was only doing what came naturally when, at age 18, he sat down to cut a piano roll of his first published song, a frisky ditty called When You Want 'Em, You Can't Get 'Em, When You've Got 'Em, You Don't Want...
That was the first of some 130 rolls Gershwin made between 1916 and 1927, mostly of his own music. For decades the Gershwin piano rolls have largely been forgotten, known only to a handful of collectors who possessed both the rolls and the pianos upon which they could be played. Now, thanks to the enterprise of Gershwin scholar Artis Wodehouse, everyone can enjoy them: Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano Rolls (Elektra/Nonesuch) is an extraordinary, ebullient CD collection of 12 Gershwin tunes, including the famous Rhapsody in Blue...
...sing, on the CD-ROM Virtual Graceland. Due out this summer, the Crunch Media disk allows users to roam freely through Presley's haunted mansion, room by room, in 360 degrees shots. Wander into the TV room and play Elvis' hits on his personal phonograph. Noodle on Elvis' piano, strum his guitar, open drawers by clicking on them. Just don't try peeking into Elvis' medicine chest; the bathroom is not open to the public...
...York Film Critics Circle named Steven Spielberg's Holocaust epic Schindler's List Best Picture but somewhat perversely gave New Zealand-born Jane Campion the award for Best Director for The Piano. The Los Angeles Film Critics Association likewise divided its Best Picture and Best Director awards between the two. For its part, the National Board of Review named Schindler Best Picture but cited Martin Scorsese as Best Director for The Age of Innocence...
...appropriate thing for him to do. After all, he did receive a phone call from a Ms. Campion during the interview. Could this be the same Ms. Campion who is garnering critical acclaim for directing this season's art-house blockbuster and Cannes' Palme d'Or winner "The Piano?" Regardless, Jones will star in the soon-to-be-released, now-being-edited "Natural Born Killers," also directed and written by Oliver Stone. The film is a satire about "a young pair of serial killers struggling to get a start in life." Later projects include starring in the film adaptation...