Lyric Stash

Songs with sting: Randy Newman coming to performing arts center (The Pantagraph)
After a career that began at age 18 some 46 years ago, there probably aren?t a lot of items left on Randy Newman?s ?to-do? list. But performing in Central Illinois, we?re happy to report, is one of them. Or so we hope.

Randy Newman, 'Harps and Angels' (Nonesuch) (Spin)
He's still way too fond of show-tune orchestration, and then there's the tossed-off corny stuff, but the orneriness of Newman's now-64-year-old wit makes George Carlin seem like Dane Cook. The narrator of the New Orleans?style title track learns nothing from a near-death experience, cheekily promotes "Korean Parents," welcomes gaps in his memory ("Potholes"), and turns Jackson Browne into a ...

Driver, 18, sentenced to 5 years in fatal DUI (The Norwich Bulletin)
Randy Newman, 18, was drunk on the night of Jan. 30, 2007 ? three times the legal limit ? when his Ford Ranger swerved into the northbound lane of Route 32 in Montville and hit a car driven by MaryLou McMullen, police reports show.

Newman, Applegate up for 'Inspiring' award (UPI)
NEW YORK, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Late Hollywood screen icon Paul Newman is among those shortlisted for Beliefnet.com's 8th annual Most Inspiring Person of the Year award.

Newman, Applegate up for 'Inspiring' award (Moldova.org)
Late Hollywood screen icon Paul Newman is among those shortlisted for Beliefnet.com's 8th annual Most Inspiring Person of the Year award. The online community for inspiration and multi-faith spirituality said its nominations are a yearly recognition by its readers and editors of noteworthy humanitarian actions that inspire and encourage us all to live better lives.From now until Dec. 5, visitors ...