By: Jacob Elyachar It was 4:00 p.m. when I arrived at Starlight Theatre for one of Kansas City’s largest summer concert series: Mix 93.3’s Red, White & Boom. There were hundreds of fans wearing homemade t-shirts and carried signs that showed support for several of the acts including Ariana Grande, Emblem3 and headliner Carly Rae […]
The 10 Best Covers of the Star Spangled Banner
July 4, 2013 By
By: Jacob Elyachar Happy Birthday America! As our nation celebrates our 237th birthday with barbeques, pool parties and fireworks, Jake’s Take hopes that everyone listens to the Star Spangled Banner sometime today. If you need to find a cover to listen to, there are thousands of covers to select from, but these 10 live performances […]
The 10 Best Covers of “America the Beautiful”
July 3, 2013 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Happy 238th Birthday, America!!!!!!!! In honor of our country’s birthday, Jake’s Take presents for your viewing pleasure…The 10 Best Covers of “America the Beautiful.” Barbra Streisand (1982) Our tribute to the Katherine Lee Bates and Samuel A. Ward hymn begins with the one and only Barbra Streisand. The Hollywood legend delivered […]
Jacob’s Eye On…Mix 93.3’s Red, White & Boom 2013
July 3, 2013 By
By: Jacob Elyachar Hundreds of music lovers will travel to Starlight Theatre on July 5 for one of Kansas City’s biggest concerts. Popular radio station Mix 93.3 will have another edition of their epic concert: Red, White and Boom. A few days before the event, on-air personality Dave-O told me that this event is not […]
AGT continues auditions in Chicago and San Antonio
July 2, 2013 By
By: Jacob Elyachar America’s Got Talent’s Season Eight auditions are almost over! For the past couple of weeks, Howard Stern, Heidi Klum, Mel B and Howie Mandel have been searching the country for the best in undiscovered talent. Tonight, their search nearly concludes as hopefuls have one more chance to audition for the quartet. Want […]
Food Network Star goes live for Independence Day!
June 30, 2013 By
By: Jacob Elyachar Food Network Star is the place for culinary lovers can become celebrity chefs! So far this season, four chefs have had their dreams of becoming the next Alton Brown, Bobby Flay and Giada De Laurentiis come crashing down on them. Eight chefs have been able to impress the trio so far…. but […]
Jacob’s Movie Reviews….The Heat
June 30, 2013 By
By: Jacob Elyachar Lucille Ball & Vivian Vance. Carol Burnett & Vicki Lawrence. Geena Davis & Susan Sarandon. All three duos have made generations laugh and smile at their antics on television and on the Silver Screen. Now the 2010s have their own duo that has an abundance of chemistry and can make audiences laugh […]
A Conversation with Ryan & Ashleigh Di Lello: Part Two
June 27, 2013 By
By: Jacob Elyachar Four years ago, ballroom dancer Ryan Di Lello was on pins and needles waiting to see if his wife, Ashleigh, was going to join him on the sixth season of So You Think You Can Dance. They made it through the Salt Lake City auditions, deep into the show’s Vegas Week and […]
Jacob’s Comic Reviews-Week of June 24, 2013
June 26, 2013 By
By: Jacob Elyachar I love comic books! Every once in a while, I pick up several titles from both DC Comics and Marvel Comics. This edition, I examine the latest issues of All New X-Men, Guardians of the Galaxy, Justice League, Justice League of America and Wolverine & the X-Men! Plus, I look at the […]
The 2013 AGT auditions continue!
June 25, 2013 By
By: Jacob Elyachar Throughout the past three weeks, AGT judges Howard Stern, Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel and Mel B have looked for the best-undiscovered talent in the country. Read on to find out, if they find any talent to join the overpopulated hopefuls in Las Vegas… The show returned to the Big Apple to continue […]
