Author Archives: Corey Blake

About Corey Blake

Corey Blake does things on the Internet, and sometimes even in real life. As a comic book pundit, advocate and educator, he regularly contributes to the Comic Book Resources blog Robot 6 and runs the web-magazine The Comics Observer, which provides a variety of perspectives on the comic book art form and industry. He also advises for the award-winning documentary and comics advocacy movement Dig Comics, and is a recurring member of the podcast Part-Time Fanboy. As a comedic performer/actor, Corey has been seen in online web-series such as The Jeff Lewis 5-Minute Comedy Hour (Best Web Comedy-Episodic, Clicker.com), The Starmind Record (Best Direction and Editing, LA Web Series), and Poopdog Entertainment’s Mayer for Mayor (Funny or Die featured video). He is a founding member of the improv comedy group The You Convention, a house team at The Improv Space. See http://www.coreyblake.com for more.

Carole King, trail blazer, added to line-up of Alicia Keys’ Black Ball event

Posted on September 26, 2012

Carole King and Beyoncé will be joining Oprah Winfrey, Beninese singer Angélique Kidjo, and rock group Alabama Shakes in the line-up for the annual Black Ball event put on by Alicia Keys to support her charity Keep a Child Alive, according … Continue reading →

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Ryad Kerbouz remembers Legends of Laurel Canyon

Posted on September 25, 2012

Singer/songwriter Ryad Kerbouz is providing music for the upcoming Eye on L.A. special Legends of Laurel Canyon airing Saturday, Oct. 13th on ABC7 from 8:30-9:30 pm. Here’s a music video of his original song “Legends of Laurel Canyon” on his … Continue reading →

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Carole King to host Natural Women, Natural Leaders Panel

Posted on September 25, 2012

Southern New Hampshire University announced that Carole King will be the host for a panel of New Hampshire’s political and corporate leaders this Saturday, September 29th, at 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Southern New Hampshire University’s Dining Center Banquet … Continue reading →

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Just how badly did Warner Bros Records screw over James Taylor?

Posted on September 24, 2012

Digital Music News took a dive into the legal papers filed by James Taylor’s attorneys, and have broken down the 52 ways Warner Bros. screwed over James Taylor. What’s interesting to note is that the first audit was given to … Continue reading →

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Girls Like Us casting heating up

Posted on September 24, 2012

Variety reports (but a subscription is needed, so The Huffington Post and IndieWire come to the rescue) on the progress of the feature film adaptation of Sheila Weller’s triple biography Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon – … Continue reading →

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Cat Stevens’ “Wild World” covered on NBC’s The Voice

Posted on September 20, 2012

Tuesday night’s episode of NBC’s talent contest-style show “The Voice” included a performance of the Cat Stevens song “Wild World” performed by grad student Collin McLoughlin. His rendition won over three of the four judges during a blind audition. Judge … Continue reading →

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Jackson Browne to celebrate Woody Guthrie’s 100th birthday on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Posted on September 19, 2012

Jackson Browne will appear on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on October 11 to celebrate the 100th birthday of Woody Guthrie, according to the Dallas Morning News. He will perform “You Know the Night” from last year’s Notes of Hope, … Continue reading →

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Jackson Browne donates to end death penalty in California

Posted on September 18, 2012

The Mercury News reports that Jackson Browne is among the donors backing Proposition 34 here in California, which would eliminate the death penalty in the state. Other high priced backers are actor Ed Asner, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, Yahoo CEO … Continue reading →

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Carly Simon’s “Nobody Does It Better” voted 2nd best Bond song

Posted on September 17, 2012

BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Radio 2 listeners voted for the best James Bond theme song in a poll as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the super-spy. A quarter of all votes went to the 1973 theme … Continue reading →

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James Taylor sues Warner Bros. Records for $2m over digital download royalties

Posted on September 17, 2012

The Hollywood Reporter revealed quite the exclusive on Friday: James Taylor is suing Warner Bros. Records for just under $2 million over discrepancies in money owed him for a number of categories but most significantly over digital downloads. Variety also … Continue reading →

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