CIAO AMORE! AMADO MIA

It's been said that ever since we got back from Italy, I've been stuck in a tranche of Italian music.

I admit finding myself saying "grazia" instead of merely "thank you," but I reconverted all my euros (except the coins) and have tipped my toe into the editing of more than 5GB of digital images.

And here I am. Listening to Italian love songs I don't understand.

Home sweet home – I see I have jumped the shark, amado mia, what shall we do now? Love me forever, it has already begun.



This band, Pink Martini, sings this ballad Amado Mia on Ciao Amore!
and the above video matches it with the old Glenn Ford - Rita Hayworth film, Gilda, with the same song.

You don't have to like that kind of music to get swept into it.

Anyway, it turns out Pink Martini will be performing at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center on March 11, 2008. It would give you a chance to enjoy their eclectic sound.

Pink Martini
7:30 pm
Prudential Hall
The music of this 12-piece ensemble has been compared to a romantic Hollywood musical of the 1940s or 1950s – but with a global perspective that’s decidedly modern.

I first heard this song on a compilation CD I bought at Starbucks. I do recommend the disk, but be forewarned, there's a lot of music you will not be able to stop yourself from singing along with - whether you know what you're saying, or not.

Various Artists, Ciao Amore!

The tunes on Ciao Amore are for lovers, baby. Feel the smoke in your eyes. Hear the rhythm of your beating heart. Sense the Bella Notte weave its magic spell of enchantment around you on a long drifting note. Now come dance ... or call for another cappuccino. That's amore.


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Arlo Guthrie's ... 40th Anniversary

A fine time was had by all last night at Arlo Guthrie's Alice's Restaurant Massacree 40th Anniversary show the NJ Performing Arts Center in Newark, N.J.

As you may have gathered from glimpses of Arlo's performances, half the fun of his show are the chats and digressions leading up to and away from the songs.

Guthrie told us of a scraggly visitor who came to his home, when the 13-year-old Arlo saw him, he invited him in and found he was looking for his father, Woody. The scrawny stranger visited Woody in the hospital and soon was rewriting folk music history. Arlo then thought he'd go visit his dad too, and well, maybe end up like that visitor fellow Bob Dylan.

Arlo, who compared songwriting to fishing, said he admired Dylan's song writing. He went so far as to suggest that Dylan throw the little ones back ... maybe for Arlo to catch.

Of course, I can't do justice to such a story teller. You should have been there. Or maybe you can catch him on the City of New Orleans Tour next month. It'll be a hoot.

Set list (approx.)

Ridin' Down the Canyon
Mr.Tambourine Man
House of the Rising Sun
My Darkest Hour
(Helluva Farewell - Hawaian instrumental)
Coming Into Los Angeles
The Last Train - (written & sung by Gordon Titcomb)
Alice's Restaurant
ENC: City of New Orleans (Steve Goodman)
ENC: My Peace (by Woody Guthrie)

Surprise opening act: Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion
Opening act: The Mammals

Souvenir T-shirt

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The Mammals

Alice's High Seats

There are plenty of seats left to celebrate the next-to-last performance on the 40th Anniversary tour of Alice's Restaurant by Arlo Guthrie and friends.

Like I said before, the show is Friday evening at the NJ Performing Arts Center, in downtown Newark. There's convenient city parking (hardly free) across the street at Military Park parking garage.

And, anyway, what were you going to be doing this Friday night anyway?

Look for me. I'll be the guy humming along ... but never clapping.

This is posted as a public service message for all you folkies out there. Heck, I don't even get a free glass of wine at intermission out of the deal! But that's okay. I'm looking forward to a real good time singing them real old songs.

"Somebody tall must have put out the light 'cause it got real dark outside ..."
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The last show of the 40th Annniversary Alice's Restaurant tour is on Saturday in New York City.

Read Jay Lustig's story in the Tuesday's The Star-Ledger, while it's available free online.

Arlo Guthrie's Web Site