Tom Fudge: It's not unusual for songwriters to write about their own lives. And Greg Laswell's latest CD, called Through Toledo, is a break-up album. Many of the songs were inspired by the feelings he had after his wife left him.
Love and romance is a preoccupation for many art forms. Movies, like music, are often driven by stories of the thrills and disappointments of romance. Scott Marks is the Film Critic for the Gay and Lesbian Times. And he's a regular guest on our film club of the air. We go to him now with an essay about the good and the bad of romantic film dialogue.
Guests
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Greg Laswell
is a San Diego-based musician, songwriter and producer. His latest album is called
Through Toledo.
- Scott Marks , film critic from the Gay and Lesbian Times and a regular guest on the KPBS Film Club of the Air
-
Daniel Jones
editor of the Modern Love column in the
New York Times
. A new book featuring essays from the column has just come out. It's called
Modern Love: 50 True and Extraordinary Tales of Desire, Deceit and Devotion
.
Music Clip 1: Sing Teresa Says by Greg Laswell, Live in Studio (2007)
Music Break 1: Amazed by Greg Laswell, from the album Through Toledo (2006)
Music Clip 2: High and Low by Greg Laswell, Live in Studio (2007)
Music Clip 3: Do What I Can by Greg Laswell, Live in Studio (2007)
Music Break 2: Come Undone by Greg Laswell, from the album Through Toledo (2006)
End Music:
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
by Greg Laswell, from the single
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
(2007)
