On this day in television history - Justified (2011):

Justified

Season 2. Episode 2.

Episode entitled: The Life Inside.

Released February 16, 2011.

Directed by Jon Avnet.

Written by Graham Yost, Benjamin Cavell and VJ Boyd.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea, Walton Goggins, Linda Gehringer, Jeremy Davies, Margo Martindale, Kaitlyn Dever, Brad William Henke, Sarah Jones, James Jordan, Kai Lennox, Chris Mulkey, William Ragsdale, Christie Lynn Smith, David Sullivan, Joseph Lyle Taylor, Raymond J. Barry, Heather Fox, Leif Gantvoort, Vanessa Alameda, Paul Edney, Jes Macallan.

On this day in television history – James Ellroy's L.A.: City of Demons: The Dark Side of Hollywood (2011):

James Ellroy's L.A.: City of Demons

Documentary.
Season 1. Episode 5.
Episode entitled: The Dark Side of Hollywood.
Released: February 16, 2011.
Series directors: Brian Coughlin, Gabe Torres, Brian Coughlin and Robert Kirk.

Cast:

James Ellroy, Peter Nikkos, Ryan Beard, Sarah Delpizzo, Emma Green, Jarred Kjack, Nicollé Lewis, Melissa Marino, Rob Nelson, Ian Scott Rudolph, Franklin Ruehl.

On this day in music history - New Year's Eve Concert 2010, by Renée Fleming ... (2011):

New Year's Eve Concert 2010

Album by Renée Fleming, Christopher Maltman, Christian Thielemann and Staatskapelle Dresden

released February 15, 2011.

Recorded December 31, 2010.

Track list:

Introduction: Ladies and gentlemen; Ball music; Performance song: O Vaterland... There go I went to Maxim; Final 1: Women's Choice... O come, oh come, you ball sirens; Gold and Silber, Waltz, Op. 79; The Merry Widow (excerpts); Introduction, Dance and Vilja-Lied: I beg you to linger here now... There lived a Vilya; Marching septet: How women are treated?... Yes, the study of women is difficult; Game Scene and dance duet; Duet and Romance: My Friend, Reason... Like a Rosebud; Final 2: To the wedding, beautiful woman... There were two King's children; Entr'acte and Interlude; Dance scene; Chanson and reminiscence: Yes, it is we, the grisettes; Duet: Lips are silent; Final song: Yes, that The study of women is difficult; I feel pretty; The Land of Smiles; Yours is my whole heart; On the Elbe, Waltz, Op. 477.

On this day in television history - Justified (2011):

Justified

Season 2. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: The Moonshine War.

Released February 9, 2011.

Directed by Adam Arkin.

Written by Graham Yost, Elmore Leonard, Benjamin Cavell and VJ Boyd.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea, Walton Goggins, Margo Martindale, Jeremy Davies, Alexandra Barreto, Jordi Caballero, Matt Craven, Kaitlyn Dever, Brad William Henke, Chris Mulkey, Joseph Lyle Taylor, Billy Miller, Peter Murnik, Mark Irvingsen, John Kelly, Michelle Dunker, Reggie Jordan, Omar Avila, M.C. Gainey.

On this day in television history – James Ellroy's L.A.: City of Demons: Dames and Delinquents (2011):

James Ellroy's L.A.: City of Demons

Documentary.
Season 1. Episode 4.
Episode entitled: Dames and Delinquents.
Released: February 9, 2011.
Series directors: Brian Coughlin, Gabe Torres, Brian Coughlin and Robert Kirk.

Cast:

James Ellroy, Anna Bazarkina, Deanna Morris.

On this day in television history – James Ellroy's L.A.: City of Demons: L.A. Serial Killers (2011):

James Ellroy's L.A.: City of Demons

Documentary.
Season 1.
Episode 3.
Episode entitled: L.A. Serial Killers.
Released: February 2, 2011.
Series directors: Brian Coughlin, Gabe Torres, Brian Coughlin and Robert Kirk.

Cast:

James Ellroy, Shaun Gerardo, Tiffany Turner, Ryan Beard, Kenneth Bianchi, Roger W. Boren, Pamela Bozanich, Angelo Buono Jr., Saul Faerstein, Jared Jacobs, Ted Jonas, Phil LaMarr, Glynn Martin, Danny McCluskey, Martin T. Orne, Eliana Saenz, Mitchell Salberg, Frank Salerno.

On this day in television history – James Ellroy's L.A.: City of Demons: The Scandal Rags (2011):

James Ellroy's L.A.: City of Demons

Documentary.
Season 1. Episode 2.
Episode entitled: The Scandal Rags.
Released: January 26, 2011.
Series directors: Brian Coughlin, Gabe Torres, Brian Coughlin and Robert Kirk.

Cast:

James Ellroy, Jennifer Baute, Samuel Garza Bernstein, Cheryl Crane, Jarred Kjack, Phil LaMarr, Jerry Penacoli, Henry Scott, Lana Turner, Mike Walker.

On this day in television history – James Ellroy's L.A.: City of Demons: Dead Women Own Me (2011):

James Ellroy's L.A.: City of Demons

Documentary.
Season 1.
Episode 1.
Episode entitled: Dead Women Own Me.
Released: January 19, 2011.
Series directors: Brian Coughlin, Gabe Torres, Brian Coughlin and Robert Kirk.

Cast:

James Ellroy, Jennifer Baute, Caroline Burt, Sarah Delpizzo, Frank C. Girardot, Stephanie Gorman, Helen Knode, Phil LaMarr, Glynn Martin, Elizabeth Short, William Stoner, Zoey Taylor.

Recommended reading - Fright Night on Channel 9 (2011):

Fright Night on Channel 9

Saturday Night Horror Films on New York's WOR-TV, 1973-1987

By James Arena.

Published by McFarland & Company.

Published 2011.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0786466782

ISBN-13: 978-0786466788

Description:

"If you're a horror fan, regardless of whether or not you had access to WOR, you should give Fright Night on Channel 9 a look. It will bring back a lot of memories and a smile to your face." – This Old Haunted House.

"Irresistible" – Video Watchdog (Issue #167).

"...a mouthwatering history of New York City's WOR-TV...will be a magical trip down memory lane" – Scary Monsters Magazine.

"In his friendly and warm (and sometimes delightfully humorous) writing style, Arena tells the inside story of one of New York TV's most fondly recalled one-stop for a wide variety of genre flicks...a must...there is a story to be told here, and Arena was born to write it...highly recommended...indispensable" – DVD Drive-in.

From 1973 to 1987, Fright Night was a fixture of the late Saturday evening schedule on independent New York television station WOR-TV, Channel 9. A genre fan's nightmare come true, the modestly produced showcase featured horror films both classic and obscure, from Universal and RKO golden oldies such as Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman, King Kong and Dracula's Daughter to lesser-known delights, including Wild Women of Wongo, The Living Coffin and Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things. Fright Night suffered no delusions of grandeur and never claimed to be anything more than what it was: great entertainment on a Saturday night. This thorough and affectionate tribute to Fright Night's glory days includes a complete listing (and critiques) of all films shown on the series, as well as discussion of WOR-TV's other horror movie programs from the 1970s and 1980s. Details of how the program was developed over 16 years are revealed in depth. Also featured are interviews with the major surviving players, including Fright Night creator Lawrence P. Casey and cult film producer Samuel M. Sherman (Brain of Blood).

On this day in music history: Play, by Roxanne Potvin (2011):

Play

Album by Roxanne Potvin,

released January 2, 2011.

Track list:

Barricades; You Told Me; Let Me Go; Born to Win; Coral Reef Fishes; Magic Rainbows; Dis-Moi Que Tu M'aimes; Pretty Girls; Donnes Ton Mal; Seashells; I'm Too Sexy; Keep Your Head.

On this day in music history - Imaginaerum, by Nightwish (2011):

Imaginaerum

Album by Nightwish,

released November 30, 2011.

Track list:

Taikatalvi; Storytime; Ghost River; Slow, Love, Slow; I Want My Tears Back; Scaretale; Arabesque; Turn Loose the Mermaids; Rest Calm; The Crow, the Owl and the Dove; Last Ride of the Day; Song of Myself I. "From a Dusty Bookshelf" II. "All That Great Heart Lying Still" III. "Piano Black" IV. "Love"; Imaginaerum.

On this day in music history - Heavy as a Feather, by Kathryn Kaye (2011):

Heavy as a Feather

Album by Kathryn Kaye,

released November 30, 2011.

Track list:

Mountain Laurel; Meadow Morning; An Empty Street in Prague; Wind in the Tall Autumn Grass; So Much Sky; Earth; Summer Afternoon; How Deep, How Simple; Dusk at Rockhouse Creek; Heavy As a Feather; One Last Quiet Breath.

On this day in music history - In The Wake, by Ann Sweeten (2011):

In The Wake

Album by Ann Sweeten,

released November 28, 2011.

Track list:

Was It Yesterday?; Falling Leaves; Metamorphosis; Love Remembered; A Chance for Goodbye; In the Wake; On Wings of Light; Out of Embers; The Abyss; October Sky; Now, and Again.

Recommended reading - American Short Fiction (2011):

American Short Fiction

Edited by Jill Meyers.

Short story anthology.

Paperback.

First published FALL 2011.

Vol. 14. Issue 53.

Published by American Short Fiction, Inc.

Front cover photograph: Roberta Bayley, Deborah Harry Chris Stein New York Subway 1976.

Contents: Editors Note. Signs, by Bess Winter; The Duck of Your Life, by Katherine Valentine Jaeger; Crook, by Amanda Goldblatt; Pilgrim Life, by Taylor Antrim; Rodgers and Hart, by Sam Allingham; Signifier, by Susan Steinberg; Paradeability, by Bret Anthony Johnston; Contributors.

On this day in music history - Winter Poem, by Secret Garden (2011):

Winter Poem

Album by Secret Garden,

released November 11, 2011.

Track list:

Make a Wish; Song for a New Beginning; The Dream; Frozen in Time; Anticipation; Fionnnuala’s Cookie Jar; Mary’s Lament; Song at the End of the Day; Lament for a Frozen Flower; Powered By Nature; Suite.

On this day in music history - Sanctuary II: Earth, by Sherry Finzer (2011):

Sanctuary II: Earth

Album by Sherry Finzer,
released October 26, 2011.
Track list:

Earth; Dream Flight; Tranquil Waters; Woodlands; At Dawn’s First Light; Redwoods.

On this day in music history - Still Moving, by Kathy Raimey (2011):

Still Moving

Album by Kathy Raimey,

released October 11, 2011.

Track List:

Tilt 23.5; Indigo Visions; A Call to Hearts; Mockingbird Electric; Still Moving; Still Life; Moon Steps; Mockingbird Electric; Mockingbird Jam; First Day.

On this day in movie history - The Thing (2011):

The Thing

directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.,

written by Eric Heisserer,

based on the novella Frozen Hell aka Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr.,

was released in the United States on October 10, 2011.
The prequel to The Thing (1982), directed by John Carpenter.
Music by Marco Beltrami.

Cast:

Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Paul Braunstein, Trond Espen Seim, Kim Bubbs, Jørgen Langhelle, Jan Gunnar Røise, Stig Henrik Hoff, Kristofer Hivju, Jo Adrian Haavind, Carsten Bjørnlund, Jonathan Lloyd Walker, Ole Martin Aune Nilsen, Michael Brown.

On this day in music history - Someone Like Me, by Sherry Finzer (2011):

Someone Like Me

Album by Sherry Finzer,

released October 1, 2011.

Track list:

Moves Like Jagger; Firework; Payphone; Someone Like You; Marry Me; Give Your Heart a Break; Call Me Maybe; Breathe; Raise Your Glass; Only Girl; What Makes You Beautiful; Someone Like You (Bonus Track).

On this day in music history - Peace Meal, by Carolyn Wonderland (2011):

Peace Meal

Album by Carolyn Wonderland,

released September 27, 2011.

Track list:

What Good Can Drinkin’ Do; Victory of Flying; Only God Knows When; St. Marks; Golden Stairs; Dust My Broom; I Can Tell; Usurper; No Exception; Meet Me in the Morning; Two Trains; Shine on.