“The Fall Guy” is swinging into theaters this weekend, as are the indie masterpieces “I Saw the TV Glow” and “Evil Does Not Exist.” Fortunately, a handful of fun and intriguing titles are also hitting digital platforms, including a dynamic documentary about a rock ‘n’ roll linchpin.
The contender to watch this week: “Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg”
No, this isn’t a “Hunger Games” sequel. Anita Pallenberg was an actress, a New York It Girl, and a denizen of Andy Warhol’s Factory, but she is best known as an associate of the Rolling Stones. She dated founder Brian Jones and, later, guitarist Keith Richards, with whom she had three children. Some people have called her the band’s muse. Pallenberg’s life was not always as glamorous as it sounds, though, and directors Alexis Bloom and Svetlana Zill mine her highs and lows for a compelling...
The contender to watch this week: “Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg”
No, this isn’t a “Hunger Games” sequel. Anita Pallenberg was an actress, a New York It Girl, and a denizen of Andy Warhol’s Factory, but she is best known as an associate of the Rolling Stones. She dated founder Brian Jones and, later, guitarist Keith Richards, with whom she had three children. Some people have called her the band’s muse. Pallenberg’s life was not always as glamorous as it sounds, though, and directors Alexis Bloom and Svetlana Zill mine her highs and lows for a compelling...
- 5/4/2024
- by Matthew Jacobs
- Gold Derby
Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg (Alexis Bloom and Svetlana Zill)
You can’t always get what you want, unless you are a Rolling Stones fan hungering for documentary deep-dives into the band’s storied history. Indeed, it is spectacularly serendipitous that Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg arrives just a few months after The Stones and Brian Jones. The latter doc, from Nick Broomfield, centered on Jones, the band’s founder and leader until Mick Jagger and Keith Richards snatched that mantle. Catching Fire and The Stones and Brian Jones cover much of the same ground, use some of the same archival footage, and even feature the same anecdotes from delightful Tin Drum director Volker Schlöndorff. The films are...
Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg (Alexis Bloom and Svetlana Zill)
You can’t always get what you want, unless you are a Rolling Stones fan hungering for documentary deep-dives into the band’s storied history. Indeed, it is spectacularly serendipitous that Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg arrives just a few months after The Stones and Brian Jones. The latter doc, from Nick Broomfield, centered on Jones, the band’s founder and leader until Mick Jagger and Keith Richards snatched that mantle. Catching Fire and The Stones and Brian Jones cover much of the same ground, use some of the same archival footage, and even feature the same anecdotes from delightful Tin Drum director Volker Schlöndorff. The films are...
- 5/3/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
You can’t always get what you want, unless you are a Rolling Stones fan hungering for documentary deep-dives into the band’s storied history. Indeed, it is spectacularly serendipitous that Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg arrives just a few months after The Stones and Brian Jones. The latter doc, from Nick Broomfield, centered on Jones, the band’s founder and leader until Mick Jagger and Keith Richards snatched that mantle. Catching Fire and The Stones and Brian Jones cover much of the same ground, use some of the same archival footage, and even feature the same anecdotes from delightful Tin Drum director Volker Schlöndorff. The films are even released by the same distributor, Magnolia.
Catching Fire and Brian Jones should, of course, be judged on their own merits, yet it’s impossible not to consider them in-tandem. The perspectives are obviously quite different, as are––to some degree––heroes and villains.
Catching Fire and Brian Jones should, of course, be judged on their own merits, yet it’s impossible not to consider them in-tandem. The perspectives are obviously quite different, as are––to some degree––heroes and villains.
- 5/2/2024
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
Magnolia Pictures has released a trailer ahead of the May 3 release of “Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg,” about the legendary muse to the Rolling Stones. Scarlett Johansson provides the voice for Pallenberg, based on the words of her unpublished memoir. Pallenberg’s children, Marlon and Angela Richards, and their father, Keith Richards are also included in the docu.
Alexis Bloom and Svetlana Zill direct the portrait of the rock ‘n’ roll actor, muse and mother who was called an “evil seductress” and accused of trying to break up the Rolling Stones.
The documentary screened at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, with critic Owen Gleiberman describing Pallenberg as the “beautiful and imperious scenester of the ’60s and ’70s, Hollywood actress and icon of scruffy-chic rock royalty, partner of Keith Richards, muse to several of the other Rolling Stones.”
The review continues, “In addition to Pallenberg’s memoir, the...
Alexis Bloom and Svetlana Zill direct the portrait of the rock ‘n’ roll actor, muse and mother who was called an “evil seductress” and accused of trying to break up the Rolling Stones.
The documentary screened at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, with critic Owen Gleiberman describing Pallenberg as the “beautiful and imperious scenester of the ’60s and ’70s, Hollywood actress and icon of scruffy-chic rock royalty, partner of Keith Richards, muse to several of the other Rolling Stones.”
The review continues, “In addition to Pallenberg’s memoir, the...
- 3/28/2024
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
A 17-title buying spree from Scandinavian and Baltic distributor NonStop Entertainment includes deals for Mati Diop’s Berlinale Golden Bear winner Dahomey, and Aaron Schimberg’s Sundance title A Different Man.
Diop’s documentary Dahomey tells the story of 26 royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey (located within present-day Benin in Africa) that were returned to Benin after being held in a French museum. Films du Losange handles sales.
Sold by A24, Schimberg’s A Different Man stars Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve and Adam Pearson in the story of a man with neurofibromatosis, who undergoes surgery for a new start...
Diop’s documentary Dahomey tells the story of 26 royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey (located within present-day Benin in Africa) that were returned to Benin after being held in a French museum. Films du Losange handles sales.
Sold by A24, Schimberg’s A Different Man stars Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve and Adam Pearson in the story of a man with neurofibromatosis, who undergoes surgery for a new start...
- 3/28/2024
- ScreenDaily
The best classic rock artists influence other classic rock artists. For example, The Beatles’ “I Am the Walrus” inspired one of Donovan’s songs. Donovan also revealed that a member of Led Zeppelin was a fan of his drumming.
The Beatles’ ‘I Am the Walrus’ inspired Donovan to make up a word for 1 of his songs
If you thought the lyrics of The Beatles’ “I Am the Walrus” had odd lyrics, just listen to Donovan’s “Barabajagal.” It’s so nonsensical it uses fake words. The BBC reports the word “barabajagal” was derived from the line “Goo goo g’joob” from “I Am the Walrus.”
During a 2016 interview with Best Classic Bands, Donovan discussed his heavier songs, such as “Barabajagal,” “Atlantis,” and “Hurdy Gurdy Man.” “I’m not really Buddy Holly or The Everly Brothers and I’m not really Elvis, and I’m not rhythm and blues, like Brian Jones,...
The Beatles’ ‘I Am the Walrus’ inspired Donovan to make up a word for 1 of his songs
If you thought the lyrics of The Beatles’ “I Am the Walrus” had odd lyrics, just listen to Donovan’s “Barabajagal.” It’s so nonsensical it uses fake words. The BBC reports the word “barabajagal” was derived from the line “Goo goo g’joob” from “I Am the Walrus.”
During a 2016 interview with Best Classic Bands, Donovan discussed his heavier songs, such as “Barabajagal,” “Atlantis,” and “Hurdy Gurdy Man.” “I’m not really Buddy Holly or The Everly Brothers and I’m not really Elvis, and I’m not rhythm and blues, like Brian Jones,...
- 3/25/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Nearly 250 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the British have pulled off a stunning coup against the United States: They’ve booked Morgan Wallen to play London’s Hyde Park on Independence Day.
The country superstar will headline the one-night-only gig on July 4, with additional supporting acts to be announced soon. Tickets for the concert will go on sale March 13.
Since the late Sixties, Hyde Park has hosted an array of massive and fabled concerts: Pink Floyd were the first rock band ever to perform there in...
The country superstar will headline the one-night-only gig on July 4, with additional supporting acts to be announced soon. Tickets for the concert will go on sale March 13.
Since the late Sixties, Hyde Park has hosted an array of massive and fabled concerts: Pink Floyd were the first rock band ever to perform there in...
- 3/8/2024
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
‘Dig! Xx’ Review: Ondi Timoner’s Outstanding 2004 Rock Doc Is Back For More – Sundance Film Festival
At the height of its failure, every day was Altamont for the Brian Jonestown Massacre, the San Francisco outfit founded in 1990 by Anton Newcombe, the Klaus Kinski of psychedelic rock. Just in time for this 20th anniversary overhaul of Ondi Timoner’s breakthrough documentary, the Bjm were back in the news as recently as November 2023, when the first night of an Australian tour ended in a riot. That the riot was confined to the stage, and played out in front of a dumbfounded audience, is Dig! Xx in a nutshell, a welcome return for a film that no less an authority than Dave Grohl calls, in a specially filmed new intro, “the greatest rock ’n’ roll documentary of all time.”
It helps to have a working knowledge of the two bands it features — the Bjm and Portland alt-rockers The Dandy Warhols — but Dig! Xx works on a meta level too,...
It helps to have a working knowledge of the two bands it features — the Bjm and Portland alt-rockers The Dandy Warhols — but Dig! Xx works on a meta level too,...
- 1/24/2024
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
The Beatles and Nirvana are two of the most acclaimed and essential rock bands ever. Ringo Starr revealed what he thought when he first heard Nirvana and his opinion of Kurt Cobain in particular. In the same vein, Cobain named his favorite Beatle.
Ringo Starr said Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain ‘had so much emotion’ and was deeply sincere
In a 2019 Rolling Stone article, Ringo and Nirvana’s Dave Grohl interviewed each other. Ringo revealed what he thought the first time he heard Nirvana. “Absolutely great, and the man himself [Kurt Cobain] had so much emotion,” he said. “That’s what I loved. I’m an emotional guy.”
Ringo emphasized the sincerity of Cobain. “No one can doubt Nirvana, ever,” he said. “And who knew he’d end up where he ended up. I don’t think anyone who listened to music with any courage could doubt him, ’cause he was courageous.”
Ringo...
Ringo Starr said Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain ‘had so much emotion’ and was deeply sincere
In a 2019 Rolling Stone article, Ringo and Nirvana’s Dave Grohl interviewed each other. Ringo revealed what he thought the first time he heard Nirvana. “Absolutely great, and the man himself [Kurt Cobain] had so much emotion,” he said. “That’s what I loved. I’m an emotional guy.”
Ringo emphasized the sincerity of Cobain. “No one can doubt Nirvana, ever,” he said. “And who knew he’d end up where he ended up. I don’t think anyone who listened to music with any courage could doubt him, ’cause he was courageous.”
Ringo...
- 1/12/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
You may recognize the name of filmmaker Nick Broomfield as he has helmed some incredibly thought-provoking and provocative documentaries on several icons of pop culture such as Kurt Cobain, Whitney Houston and Tupac Shakur to name a few. Broomfield has now added another name to that list with his latest documentary feature “The Stones and Brian Jones”.
When thinking about The Rolling Stone’s the first names to come to mind are Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, however there is one founding member of the band that was crucial to developing their signature sound and that was Brian Jones. Many causal fans of the band are not familiar with Jones and his impact on the formation of one of the greatest rock n’ roll bands of all time.
Jones was the individual who placed an advertisement in “Jazz Times” looking for fellow musicians to audition for a band back in...
When thinking about The Rolling Stone’s the first names to come to mind are Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, however there is one founding member of the band that was crucial to developing their signature sound and that was Brian Jones. Many causal fans of the band are not familiar with Jones and his impact on the formation of one of the greatest rock n’ roll bands of all time.
Jones was the individual who placed an advertisement in “Jazz Times” looking for fellow musicians to audition for a band back in...
- 11/24/2023
- by Kristyn Clarke
- Age of the Nerd
Nineteen sixty-eight has to be considered the apex of psychedelic sexploitation romps, with the release of Candy, adapted from Mason Hoffenberg and Terry Southern’s satirical reworking of Voltaire’s Candide, and Roger Vadim’s Barbarella, based on Jean-Claude Forest’s comic, and partially scripted by Southern (alongside an armada of other credited writers). Both employ a rambling, shaggy-dog structure as an excuse to flagrantly foreground softcore sexual hijinks tinged with a pungent whiff of social commentary, albeit the latter aspect may be easier to discern in Candy’s perverse daisy chain of events.
Southern’s contributions to the Dino De Laurentiis-produced Barbarella can be detected in some of its wittier lines (“A good many dramatic situations begin with screaming!”) and sly pokes at the persistence of class-consciousness. Aside from Southern, the two films are linked by the presence of Anita Pallenberg, style icon and muse of the Rolling...
Southern’s contributions to the Dino De Laurentiis-produced Barbarella can be detected in some of its wittier lines (“A good many dramatic situations begin with screaming!”) and sly pokes at the persistence of class-consciousness. Aside from Southern, the two films are linked by the presence of Anita Pallenberg, style icon and muse of the Rolling...
- 11/21/2023
- by Budd Wilkins
- Slant Magazine
For the third week in a row, a new awards contender is premiering on Netflix. Like “Nyad” and “The Killer,” whether the streaming debut du jour can make a big dent in the Oscar race is unclear. Fortunately, the SAG strike is over, which means all of these films’ lead stars can hit the trail to give them much-needed promotional boosts.
The contender to stream this week: “Rustin“
Colman Domingo stands a good chance of collecting his first Oscar nomination thanks to George C. Wolfe‘s biopic about Bayard Rustin, an associate of Martin Luther King Jr. who played a key role in the civil rights movement. Rustin never got the limelight the way some of the era’s other organizers did, partly because he was openly gay. Domingo is excellent in the film, showcasing an erudite wit that’s at once grave and humorous. He’s joined by an A-list cast including Chris Rock,...
The contender to stream this week: “Rustin“
Colman Domingo stands a good chance of collecting his first Oscar nomination thanks to George C. Wolfe‘s biopic about Bayard Rustin, an associate of Martin Luther King Jr. who played a key role in the civil rights movement. Rustin never got the limelight the way some of the era’s other organizers did, partly because he was openly gay. Domingo is excellent in the film, showcasing an erudite wit that’s at once grave and humorous. He’s joined by an A-list cast including Chris Rock,...
- 11/18/2023
- by Matthew Jacobs
- Gold Derby
It’s a cool indie weekend when the new album by André 3000, New Blue Sun, has morphed into a “cinematic listening experience.” Variance Films is putting the experience, directed by Terence Nance, into three theaters in NYC (IFC Center), LA (Cinepolis Inglewood) and Atlanta (Tara).
Right now, it’s just those locations but after this weekend, “We will see what happens, where the wind takes us,” said Variance CEO Dylan Marchetti. “I swear, I wanted to make a ‘visual album’ but this is literally the way the wind blew me this time,” André has said.
Asked what’s is on the screen, Marchetti said, “Vibes.”
New Blue Sun, out today, is André’s debut solo album, his first full-length LP since his group Outkast released its last record 17 years ago. He described it as “an entirely instrumental album centered around woodwinds; a celebratory piece of work in the form of a living,...
Right now, it’s just those locations but after this weekend, “We will see what happens, where the wind takes us,” said Variance CEO Dylan Marchetti. “I swear, I wanted to make a ‘visual album’ but this is literally the way the wind blew me this time,” André has said.
Asked what’s is on the screen, Marchetti said, “Vibes.”
New Blue Sun, out today, is André’s debut solo album, his first full-length LP since his group Outkast released its last record 17 years ago. He described it as “an entirely instrumental album centered around woodwinds; a celebratory piece of work in the form of a living,...
- 11/18/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
If you’re a fan of The Rolling Stones, you’re probably familiar with the life of Brian Jones, one of the founding members who would go on to depart the band before they really reached their pinnacle. Jones’ story is, sadly, very similar to many rock geniuses of that era, a life consumed by fame, drugs, and all the other temptations, ending in the only way it could. Now, decades later, Jones gets the spotlight in the new documentary, “The Stones and Brian Jones.”
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With “The Stones and Brian Jones” hitting theaters this week, we’re thrilled to give our readers an exclusive look at a clip from the documentary.
Continue reading ‘The Stones And Brian Jones’ Exclusive Clip: Nick Broomfield’s Doc Tells The Story Of One Of The Rolling Stones’ Founding Members at The Playlist.
- 11/15/2023
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Eve Hewson is one of the most talented and beautiful actresses working in the film industry. The Irish actress began her career with a 2005 short film titled Lost and Found, and after that she made her feature debut with the 2008 film The 27 Club. Hewson’s first major role was in the 2011 drama film This Must Be It and recently she starred in Apple TV+’s musical drama film Flora and Son. So, if you love Hewson’s performances here are the 10 best movies and shows starring Eve Hewson that should be on your watchlist.
10. Behind Her Eyes (Netflix) Credit – Netflix
Synopsis: Simona Brown plays Louise, a single mother who has an affair with her psychiatrist boss David (Tom Bateman). Her life takes a strange turn when she later befriends his wife Adele (Eve Hewson), and she finds herself caught in a web of secrets and lies where nothing is what it seems.
10. Behind Her Eyes (Netflix) Credit – Netflix
Synopsis: Simona Brown plays Louise, a single mother who has an affair with her psychiatrist boss David (Tom Bateman). Her life takes a strange turn when she later befriends his wife Adele (Eve Hewson), and she finds herself caught in a web of secrets and lies where nothing is what it seems.
- 11/14/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Nick Broomfield’s The Stones and Brian Jones brims with piercing insights. Its subject is the musical virtuoso and gifted multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones, the founder and original leader of the Rolling Stones, whose tumultuous, drug-fueled personal life got in the way of his prodigious talent and led to an early death at the age of 27. Relying heavily on eyewitness accounts from those who knew Jones, Broomfield creates a portrait that, rather than lionizing the troubled musician by seeking to reevaluate his life and legacy, presents a tragic tale of a deeply flawed and insecure individual who became a casualty of his own excess.
The film’s approach to recounting Jones’s story is deceptively simple. Over reams of archival footage—which include everything from home movies of Jones as a child to parties with the pre-famous Rolling Stones—Broomfield incorporates audio snippets of testimonies from Jones’s friends, lovers, and colleagues.
The film’s approach to recounting Jones’s story is deceptively simple. Over reams of archival footage—which include everything from home movies of Jones as a child to parties with the pre-famous Rolling Stones—Broomfield incorporates audio snippets of testimonies from Jones’s friends, lovers, and colleagues.
- 11/12/2023
- by Wes Greene
- Slant Magazine
Rockism, in case you don’t know the term, is the school of thought that holds the noisy “purity” of rock ‘n’ roll to be morally and aesthetically superior to the “corruption” of pop. There are numerous iconic examples of rockism. It was there in the postpunk ’80s hipsters who found the Replacements and Joy Division to be superior to Michael Jackson or Madonna. It was there in the rock-crit establishment of the mid-2000s mounting its collective attack on Coldplay. And it was there, just last week, in The New York Times when Jeff Tweedy, the leader of Wilco, printed an excerpt from his new book in which he apologized, in a “My name is Jeff, and I’m a rockist” sort of way, for having trashed Abba’s “Dancing Queen” in his indie youth; what he now realizes, only 47 years after it was released, is that it’s a great song.
- 11/10/2023
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Magnolia Pictures will release The Stones And Brian Jones in theaters across the country for a Special One Night Only event, Tomorrow, November 7, 2023
Available Everywhere on November 17, 2023!
You can find a full list of participating theaters here!
About the film:
Featuring revealing interviews with all the main players and unseen archive released for the first time, The Stones and Brian Jones explores the creative musical genius of Jones, key to the success of the band, and uncovers how the founder of what became the greatest rock’n’roll band in the world was left behind in the shadows of history.
93 Minutes...
Available Everywhere on November 17, 2023!
You can find a full list of participating theaters here!
About the film:
Featuring revealing interviews with all the main players and unseen archive released for the first time, The Stones and Brian Jones explores the creative musical genius of Jones, key to the success of the band, and uncovers how the founder of what became the greatest rock’n’roll band in the world was left behind in the shadows of history.
93 Minutes...
- 11/7/2023
- by Kristyn Clarke
- Age of the Nerd
It might or might not be true, as Nick Broomfield declares in his new feature documentary, that “most people today” haven’t heard of Brian Jones. If it’s true of most young music fans, then a) yikes and b) The Stones and Brian Jones is here to bridge the generation gap. The Magnolia release, which is receiving a one-night theatrical showcase 10 days before its Nov. 17 general release, joins an ever-expanding pack of doc portraits exploring boomer musicians who led the rock revolution of the ’60s and ’70s.
Broomfield’s earlier takes on pop culture giants — among them Kurt Cobain, Whitney Houston, Leonard Cohen and Biggie and Tupac — have ranged from basic to divisive to lurid. In this case, taking a deep dive into public and private archives, he emerges with a surprisingly poignant study of the Rolling Stones co-founder, a middle-class kid who rebelled against his upbringing, found his...
Broomfield’s earlier takes on pop culture giants — among them Kurt Cobain, Whitney Houston, Leonard Cohen and Biggie and Tupac — have ranged from basic to divisive to lurid. In this case, taking a deep dive into public and private archives, he emerges with a surprisingly poignant study of the Rolling Stones co-founder, a middle-class kid who rebelled against his upbringing, found his...
- 11/6/2023
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ask Bill Wyman what people should expect from The Stones and Brian Jones, documentarian Nick Broomfield’s new film about the late, doomed founder of the band, and he’s pretty straightforward about it: “The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but!”
That may be a slight exaggeration, but there’s no denying that the documentary, for which the former Rolling Stones bass player was a “historical consultant,” delves into the highs (laterally and figuratively) and lows of the man who started the Stones but never lived past the Sixties.
That may be a slight exaggeration, but there’s no denying that the documentary, for which the former Rolling Stones bass player was a “historical consultant,” delves into the highs (laterally and figuratively) and lows of the man who started the Stones but never lived past the Sixties.
- 11/4/2023
- by David Browne
- Rollingstone.com
In the weeks before the release of The Stones and Brian Jones, Nick Broomfield’s documentary about the first casualty of the Rolling Stones’ rise to prominence, the band released its 24th (in the UK; 26th in the US) studio album. And as part of the release of Hackney Diamonds, the band’s first studio release in seven years, the Stones’ PR machine went into overdrive. Mick Jagger and Keith Richard made the rounds and, among other topics, often touched on the death of longtime drummer Charlie Watts and its impact on the band. These interviews have tended to be fascinating affairs; such is the state of things when members of rock royalty hit the promotion trail.
One name that was barely mentioned is Brian Jones. That is not altogether surprising; even though Jones was the band’s founder and its first leader, he died more than 50 years ago. But...
One name that was barely mentioned is Brian Jones. That is not altogether surprising; even though Jones was the band’s founder and its first leader, he died more than 50 years ago. But...
- 11/2/2023
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Anonymous Content, Red Bull Studios and Rise Films have partnered to produce new documentary feature The Balloonists following Swiss explorer Bertrand Piccard and English balloonist Brian Jones. BAFTA and Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker John Dower has come aboard to direct the project and Anonymous Content’s AC Independent will oversee sales.
The Balloonists follows the unlikely duo of Swiss explorer Piccard and British flying instructor Jones who, in 1999, took on the world’s leading aeronauts and ultra-rich adventurers in a race to become the first people to fly nonstop around the world in a hot air balloon. Many in the aviation community believed this to be an impossible feat, after years of failed attempts by balloonists from across the globe. More than most racing sports, ballooning is subject to the capricious whims of nature. An aeronaut must learn to accept the unexpected and respect their position in the hierarchy of the natural world,...
The Balloonists follows the unlikely duo of Swiss explorer Piccard and British flying instructor Jones who, in 1999, took on the world’s leading aeronauts and ultra-rich adventurers in a race to become the first people to fly nonstop around the world in a hot air balloon. Many in the aviation community believed this to be an impossible feat, after years of failed attempts by balloonists from across the globe. More than most racing sports, ballooning is subject to the capricious whims of nature. An aeronaut must learn to accept the unexpected and respect their position in the hierarchy of the natural world,...
- 11/1/2023
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
The Untold Story Of A Lost Classic: What Ever Happened To Gram Parsons’ Sci-Fi Film ‘Saturation 70’?
In the late 1960s, Gram Parsons, fresh from leaving The Byrds and becoming close pals with the Rolling Stones, signed on to star in a sci-fi film, Saturation 70.
Directed by Anthony Foutz, who worked with the likes of Orson Welles and Richard Lyford and was the son of a very early Walt Disney exec, the film was shot across Joshua Tree and Los Angeles.
But Saturation 70, which also featured the work of Douglas Trumbull, the pioneering special effects wizard behind 2001: A Space Odyssey and Blade Runner, was never finished, and the footage subsequently vanished.
But a new book tells the wild story of a possible lost classic.
Chris Campion, who rediscovered the film while working on a book about The Mamas & The Papas, is putting together Saturation 70: A Vision Past of the Future Foretold, raising money via Kickstarter for the project with a view to publish next spring via Wolf+Salmon.
Directed by Anthony Foutz, who worked with the likes of Orson Welles and Richard Lyford and was the son of a very early Walt Disney exec, the film was shot across Joshua Tree and Los Angeles.
But Saturation 70, which also featured the work of Douglas Trumbull, the pioneering special effects wizard behind 2001: A Space Odyssey and Blade Runner, was never finished, and the footage subsequently vanished.
But a new book tells the wild story of a possible lost classic.
Chris Campion, who rediscovered the film while working on a book about The Mamas & The Papas, is putting together Saturation 70: A Vision Past of the Future Foretold, raising money via Kickstarter for the project with a view to publish next spring via Wolf+Salmon.
- 10/26/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The Rolling Stones are back with Hackney Diamonds, their first new album of original material in 18 years. Listen to the project below via Apple Music or Spotify.
Produced by Andrew Watt, Hackney Diamonds was recorded across studios in Los Angeles, London, Bahamas, and New York City. It marks the Stones’ first new record since the 2016 blues covers LP Blue & Lonesome (and first original full-length since 2005’s A Bigger Bang), and the band promoted it accordingly: they posted a snippet of album cut “Angry” to a rage-inducing website that wouldn’t load properly.
Hackney Diamonds also features the Lady Gaga and Stevie Wonder-featuring Song of the Week “Sweet Sounds of Heaven,” as well as contributions from late drummer Charlie Watts, former bassist Bill Wyman, and Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.
Outside of his new album, Mick Jagger has made recent headlines by contemplating a posthumous Rolling Stones tour, and hinting...
Produced by Andrew Watt, Hackney Diamonds was recorded across studios in Los Angeles, London, Bahamas, and New York City. It marks the Stones’ first new record since the 2016 blues covers LP Blue & Lonesome (and first original full-length since 2005’s A Bigger Bang), and the band promoted it accordingly: they posted a snippet of album cut “Angry” to a rage-inducing website that wouldn’t load properly.
Hackney Diamonds also features the Lady Gaga and Stevie Wonder-featuring Song of the Week “Sweet Sounds of Heaven,” as well as contributions from late drummer Charlie Watts, former bassist Bill Wyman, and Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.
Outside of his new album, Mick Jagger has made recent headlines by contemplating a posthumous Rolling Stones tour, and hinting...
- 10/20/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
It’s often said of the 1960s that “if you can remember it, you weren’t really there”. Here, Anita Pallenberg, a woman who absolutely personifies the swaggering, love-drenched freedom of a certain facet of sixties art and culture, proves that to be, once and for all, quite astonishing bollocks. Before her death in 2017, Pallenberg – an era-defining model and actress who, as the ex-girlfriend of Keith Richards and Brian Jones (and briefly the lover of Mick Jagger) is often described as the unofficial “sixth Rolling Stone” – wrote her memoirs. They form the basis of this remarkable intimate documentary, navigating the shifting fortunes of her life with admirable authenticity.
Those memoirs are narrated here by “an actress” with some husky-voiced depth that will feel fairly familiar. It should —it’s Scarlet Johansson, though the film makes a point of not distracting us with that fact until the credits roll. She does...
Those memoirs are narrated here by “an actress” with some husky-voiced depth that will feel fairly familiar. It should —it’s Scarlet Johansson, though the film makes a point of not distracting us with that fact until the credits roll. She does...
- 10/16/2023
- by Marc Burrows
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
As a founding member of The Rolling Stones, Brian Jones was fundamental in developing the sound of one of the greatest bands in rock history through less than a decade of their run. In 1969, Jones was found in his swimming pool — the victim of “death by misadventure” — becoming one of the first modern members of the infamous 27 Club. Now, as the Stones surpass their 60th anniversary, a documentary titled The Stones and Brian Jones is looking to give Brian Jones his proper due.
Directed by Nick Broomfield, who documented everyone from Tupac and Biggie to Sarah Palin and Aileen Wuornos, The Stones and Brian Jones looks to be just the sort of strong picture and analysis that we’ve come to expect from the director.
The Stones and Brian Jones’ synopsis, as per Magnolia Pictures: “Featuring revealing interviews with all the main players and unseen archive released for the first time,...
Directed by Nick Broomfield, who documented everyone from Tupac and Biggie to Sarah Palin and Aileen Wuornos, The Stones and Brian Jones looks to be just the sort of strong picture and analysis that we’ve come to expect from the director.
The Stones and Brian Jones’ synopsis, as per Magnolia Pictures: “Featuring revealing interviews with all the main players and unseen archive released for the first time,...
- 10/12/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
If there was a Mount Rushmore of rock bands, there’s no doubt The Rolling Stones would be chosen. They are one of the most famous musical acts to ever exist. But even still, there are probably generations of folks who know The Rolling Stones but aren’t familiar with the name Brian Jones. Thankfully, “The Stones & Brian Jones” is here to rectify that.
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- 10/10/2023
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
"He had all the girls, and he had all the fan mail." Magnolia Pictures has revealed the official trailer for a documentary film called The Stones and Brian Jones, another fascinating music history doc joining the many others in the past few years. From acclaimed doc filmmaker Nick Broomfield, who last directed My Father and Me and Last Man Standing. The film focuses on music mastermind Brian Jones - the founder, rhythm/lead guitarist, and original leader of the Rolling Stones when it was founded in 1962. Featuring revealing interviews with all the main players and unseen archival footage being released for the first time, The Stones and Brian Jones explores the creative musical genius of Brian Jones, and it also uncovers how the founder of what became the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world was left behind in the shadows of history. This looks like it might be...
- 10/10/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Magnolia Pictures has shared the official trailer for The Stones and Brian Jones. The upcoming documentary, directed by Nick Broomfield, will screen in theaters one night only on November 7th before it comes to digital November 17th.
With interviews and newly-unearthed archival footage, The Stones and Brian Jones documents how a 19-year-old Brian Jones formed The Rolling Stones and subsequently changed the course of rock history. And even just from the few scenes in the trailer, it’s clear how Jones was motivated by his own love of the art: “What were you doing before you joined?” an interviewer asks him about the band, to which he politely responds: “Well, just sort of bummin’ around waiting for something to happen, really.”
According to the film’s official logline: “The Stones and Brian Jones explores the creative musical genius of Jones, key to the success of the band, and uncovers how...
With interviews and newly-unearthed archival footage, The Stones and Brian Jones documents how a 19-year-old Brian Jones formed The Rolling Stones and subsequently changed the course of rock history. And even just from the few scenes in the trailer, it’s clear how Jones was motivated by his own love of the art: “What were you doing before you joined?” an interviewer asks him about the band, to which he politely responds: “Well, just sort of bummin’ around waiting for something to happen, really.”
According to the film’s official logline: “The Stones and Brian Jones explores the creative musical genius of Jones, key to the success of the band, and uncovers how...
- 10/10/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
Magnolia Pictures has shared the official trailer for The Stones and Brian Jones. The upcoming documentary, directed by Nick Broomfield, will screen in theaters one night only on November 7th before it comes to digital November 17th.
With interviews and newly-unearthed archival footage, The Stones and Brian Jones documents how a 19-year-old Brian Jones formed The Rolling Stones and subsequently changed the course of rock history. And even just from the few scenes in the trailer, it’s clear how Jones was motivated by his own love of the art: “What were you doing before you joined?” an interviewer asks him about the band, to which he politely responds: “Well, just sort of bummin’ around waiting for something to happen, really.”
According to the film’s official logline: “The Stones and Brian Jones explores the creative musical genius of Jones, key to the success of the band, and uncovers how...
With interviews and newly-unearthed archival footage, The Stones and Brian Jones documents how a 19-year-old Brian Jones formed The Rolling Stones and subsequently changed the course of rock history. And even just from the few scenes in the trailer, it’s clear how Jones was motivated by his own love of the art: “What were you doing before you joined?” an interviewer asks him about the band, to which he politely responds: “Well, just sort of bummin’ around waiting for something to happen, really.”
According to the film’s official logline: “The Stones and Brian Jones explores the creative musical genius of Jones, key to the success of the band, and uncovers how...
- 10/10/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Film News
According to this very publication, the Rolling Stones’ new album Hackney Diamonds is the best the English rockers have sounded “in about half a century,” so there’s no better time for the new documentary The Stones and Brian Jones to hit theaters (and VOD).
When documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield was just 14, he had a chance encounter with Rolling Stones co-founder (and original ringleader) Brian Jones on a train. Six years later, after being kicked out of the rock group, the drugged-out guitarist was found lifeless at the bottom of...
When documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield was just 14, he had a chance encounter with Rolling Stones co-founder (and original ringleader) Brian Jones on a train. Six years later, after being kicked out of the rock group, the drugged-out guitarist was found lifeless at the bottom of...
- 10/10/2023
- by Marlow Stern
- Rollingstone.com
The arrest of Duane “Keefe D” Davis, a former Southside Crips gang leader, in the murder of Tupac Shakur on Sept. 29, over 27 years after the legendary rapper’s killing in Las Vegas, sent shockwaves across the world. For over a decade, Keefe D had confessed that he’d ordered the murder, was in the car that pulled up next to the BMW carrying Tupac, and that his nephew Orlando Anderson, a fellow Crip who’d gotten into a scrap with Tupac hours earlier at the MGM Grand Hotel, had fired...
- 10/5/2023
- by Marlow Stern
- Rollingstone.com
Donyale Luna: Supermodel director Nailah Jefferson with Anne-Katrin Titze on Beyoncé’s 2018 Vogue cover, shot by Tyler Mitchell: “It was the first Vogue cover that had ever been shot by a Black photographer.”
“My name is Luna, I come from the moon” is how Donyale Luna used to introduce herself. It looks as though the memory of the supermodel’s brief, brimful life had gone back up to the heavens with her for decades. Nailah Jefferson’s insightful and revealing documentary ameliorates this and celebrates an extraordinary woman’s journey. William Klein’s 1966 fashion film Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo?, Federico Fellini’s Satyricon, a Vogue cover and one for Harper’s Bazaar, collaborations with Richard Avedon and David Bailey (interviewed here), images that show her with Salvador Dali and Groucho Marx, relationships with The Rolling Stone’s Brian Jones and Klaus Kinski, Andy Warhol bondings, and and and...
“My name is Luna, I come from the moon” is how Donyale Luna used to introduce herself. It looks as though the memory of the supermodel’s brief, brimful life had gone back up to the heavens with her for decades. Nailah Jefferson’s insightful and revealing documentary ameliorates this and celebrates an extraordinary woman’s journey. William Klein’s 1966 fashion film Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo?, Federico Fellini’s Satyricon, a Vogue cover and one for Harper’s Bazaar, collaborations with Richard Avedon and David Bailey (interviewed here), images that show her with Salvador Dali and Groucho Marx, relationships with The Rolling Stone’s Brian Jones and Klaus Kinski, Andy Warhol bondings, and and and...
- 9/14/2023
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Keith Richards rose to fame with The Rolling Stones just as The Beatles began to dominate the world. In trying to establish The Rolling Stones as a successful rock band, Richards and his bandmates knew they had to reject the Beatle image. Richards shared how trying to avoid similarities to The Beatles was good for the band.
Keith Richards said The Rolling Stones didn’t want to be like The Beatles
The Rolling Stones began working with Andrew Loog Oldham as their manager. Oldham had previously worked with The Beatles’ manager, Brian Epstein, and had helped the band establish their image. When he began working with the Stones, he wanted them to adopt a similar image. They were not interested.
“We were the dynamite, Andy Oldham the detonator,” Richards wrote in his book Life. “The irony is that Oldham, at the start, the great architect of the Stones’ public persona,...
Keith Richards said The Rolling Stones didn’t want to be like The Beatles
The Rolling Stones began working with Andrew Loog Oldham as their manager. Oldham had previously worked with The Beatles’ manager, Brian Epstein, and had helped the band establish their image. When he began working with the Stones, he wanted them to adopt a similar image. They were not interested.
“We were the dynamite, Andy Oldham the detonator,” Richards wrote in his book Life. “The irony is that Oldham, at the start, the great architect of the Stones’ public persona,...
- 9/5/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Beatles had no peers when they were at the peak of their powers. Still, The Rolling Stones came close, with some help from John Lennon, whose throwaway song became their first hit. The bands cultivated different images — proper and respectful gentlemen vs. streetwise rebels — but The Beatles and Rolling Stones were exactly alike in one major way in the 1960s.
The band members personalities made The Beatles and Rolling Stones almost the same
Few (if any) classic rock fans would confuse the music the Beatles and Stones made, especially in each band’s early days. The Fab Four channeled their shared love of early rock ‘n’ roll and R&b into easily digestible pop hits. The Stones’ passion for blues came through on their first albums, where they covered Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Rufus Thomas, and Chuck Berry.
The differences extended beyond the music. The professionally-dressed Beatles were jealous of The Rolling Stones’ clothes.
The band members personalities made The Beatles and Rolling Stones almost the same
Few (if any) classic rock fans would confuse the music the Beatles and Stones made, especially in each band’s early days. The Fab Four channeled their shared love of early rock ‘n’ roll and R&b into easily digestible pop hits. The Stones’ passion for blues came through on their first albums, where they covered Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Rufus Thomas, and Chuck Berry.
The differences extended beyond the music. The professionally-dressed Beatles were jealous of The Rolling Stones’ clothes.
- 7/30/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Music is incredibly subjective. What sounds fantastic to one person might not resonate with someone else. The Rolling Stones are no exception. The band saw several albums reach No. 1 on the charts, but some listeners favor the more obscure. Like Frank Zappa, who once said he felt the Stones’ Between the Buttons was better than The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Frank Zappa liked The Rolling Stones’ album ‘Between the Buttons’ better than ‘Sgt. Pepper’
Zappa was never one for floating in the mainstream. Whether it was his music, opinions, or the names of his children (especially Moon Unit and Dweezil), the individualistic guitarist marched to the beat of his own drum.
So it shouldn’t be surprising that Zappa once said he preferred The Rolling Stones’ 1967 album Between the Buttons to The Beatles’ magnum opus, Sgt. Pepper, from later that year. His opinion probably shocked Mick Jagger,...
Frank Zappa liked The Rolling Stones’ album ‘Between the Buttons’ better than ‘Sgt. Pepper’
Zappa was never one for floating in the mainstream. Whether it was his music, opinions, or the names of his children (especially Moon Unit and Dweezil), the individualistic guitarist marched to the beat of his own drum.
So it shouldn’t be surprising that Zappa once said he preferred The Rolling Stones’ 1967 album Between the Buttons to The Beatles’ magnum opus, Sgt. Pepper, from later that year. His opinion probably shocked Mick Jagger,...
- 7/25/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Beatles and The Rolling Stones waved off rumors of a feud between the bands, but John Lennon once terrified Brian Jones for his own amusement. Lennon and Jones were friendly, with the former considering Jones an incredible musician. Their relationship meant that Jones was fair game for Lennon’s pranks. Once, Lennon convinced a terrified Jones that the police were going to arrest him.
John Lennon made Brian Jones think the police were after him
When Lennon bought a car, he made a number of modifications, adding a record player, a custom horn that played “Lilli Marlene” when honked, and a microphone attached to speaker systems in the front wheel wells. With the speakers, Lennon could communicate with the outside world, talking to pedestrians or playing the sound of trains and airplanes to confuse people.
He also used the microphone to terrify his friends and acquaintances. If he happened...
John Lennon made Brian Jones think the police were after him
When Lennon bought a car, he made a number of modifications, adding a record player, a custom horn that played “Lilli Marlene” when honked, and a microphone attached to speaker systems in the front wheel wells. With the speakers, Lennon could communicate with the outside world, talking to pedestrians or playing the sound of trains and airplanes to confuse people.
He also used the microphone to terrify his friends and acquaintances. If he happened...
- 7/24/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Rolling Stones have existed for six decades, yet the women who influenced the members and their music have been largely overlooked and under-appreciated. But with her new book Parachute Women: Marianne Faithfull, Marsha Hunt, Bianca Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, and the Women Behind the Rolling Stones, Elizabeth Winder is attempting to change that. In an excerpt below, Winder details the moment Anita Pallenberg’s path crossed with the band — and how she transformed them from “schoolboys” to stars.
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September 14, 1965, Munich, Circus Krone Bau. You could tell she was different from the other Stones groupies,...
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September 14, 1965, Munich, Circus Krone Bau. You could tell she was different from the other Stones groupies,...
- 7/24/2023
- by Elizabeth Winder
- Rollingstone.com
The Beatles spent hours in recording sessions, and they had pent-up energy when they got out. They found it fun to speed around in their cars, racing and using microphones to call out to one another. While this was entertaining to the musicians, it was less so for the residents of the towns they drove through.
The Beatles raced cars through villages after recording sessions
Once John Lennon got a driver’s license, he outfitted his Rolls-Royce with oversized ashtrays, a record player, a custom horn, and a microphone system with speakers in the wheel wells. He used the microphone frequently.
“You could ask people to cross the road a bit faster which scared the daylights out of them,” Beatles associate Tony King said, per Rolling Stone.
Lennon encouraged his bandmates to race him in their cars. The Beatles did this after recording sessions, despite the fact that it was often past midnight.
The Beatles raced cars through villages after recording sessions
Once John Lennon got a driver’s license, he outfitted his Rolls-Royce with oversized ashtrays, a record player, a custom horn, and a microphone system with speakers in the wheel wells. He used the microphone frequently.
“You could ask people to cross the road a bit faster which scared the daylights out of them,” Beatles associate Tony King said, per Rolling Stone.
Lennon encouraged his bandmates to race him in their cars. The Beatles did this after recording sessions, despite the fact that it was often past midnight.
- 7/21/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Beatles created one of their best albums with Revolver. The record many fans consider the first psychedelic album is an essential starting point for new fans, according to Ringo Starr. The drummer sang “Yellow Submarine,” and though it might not be the best Beatles song, it’s the one that saw John Lennon save someone’s job while they recorded it.
John Lennon stopped someone from getting fired while making The Beatles’ song ‘Yellow Submarine’
The Beatles really never lived sober lifestyles. Booze and pills were frequently part of their routine during early marathon performances in Hamburg, Germany. They used recreational drugs more frequently after getting high with and pranked by Bob Dylan in 1964. That trend continued for years for each member of the Fab Four.
That included when they recorded “Yellow Submarine” in the middle of 1966.
Lennon and a host of friends — Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Marianne Faithfull,...
John Lennon stopped someone from getting fired while making The Beatles’ song ‘Yellow Submarine’
The Beatles really never lived sober lifestyles. Booze and pills were frequently part of their routine during early marathon performances in Hamburg, Germany. They used recreational drugs more frequently after getting high with and pranked by Bob Dylan in 1964. That trend continued for years for each member of the Fab Four.
That included when they recorded “Yellow Submarine” in the middle of 1966.
Lennon and a host of friends — Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Marianne Faithfull,...
- 7/3/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Beatles and Rolling Stones were two of the biggest classic rock bands ever. The way some people remember it, the two groups shared an intense rivalry. But did they really? John Lennon’s throwaway song he gave to the Stones became their first hit, after all. Members of both bands downplayed any friction, but Marianne Faithfull sensed a one-sided rivalry between Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger that Macca didn’t even see.
‘Paul McCartney was oblivious’ to his rivalry with Mick Jagger
McCartney once downplayed any rivalry between The Beatles and Rolling Stones, saying the press manufactured it. History backed up his claim.
The Stones, specifically Jagger and Brian Jones, performed on three Beatles songs. Jones played on “Yellow Submarine” and “You Know My Name (Look Up the Number),” while Jagger’s indeterminate vocals appeared on “Baby You’re a Rich Man.” Meanwhile, two Rolling Stones songs included The Beatles.
‘Paul McCartney was oblivious’ to his rivalry with Mick Jagger
McCartney once downplayed any rivalry between The Beatles and Rolling Stones, saying the press manufactured it. History backed up his claim.
The Stones, specifically Jagger and Brian Jones, performed on three Beatles songs. Jones played on “Yellow Submarine” and “You Know My Name (Look Up the Number),” while Jagger’s indeterminate vocals appeared on “Baby You’re a Rich Man.” Meanwhile, two Rolling Stones songs included The Beatles.
- 6/30/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Jimmy Page and George Harrison were two of the most famous guitar players ever, but few music fans would confuse them. Page’s blistering solos, folk- and blues-based style, and layered riffs as Led Zeppelin’s lone guitarist stood in contrast to George’s more pop-oriented style. Yet they both enjoyed The Black Crowes’ music and shared a passion for Eastern music. Page bragged about owning a sitar before George, though Zep’s founder admitted Harrison played it much better.
Jimmy Page bragged about owning a sitar before George Harrison but admitted The Beatles’ guitarist played it better
Harrison and The Beatles went to India in early 1968, but he had already used a sitar on several Fab Four songs. He played the instrument on “Norwegian Wood (“This Bird Has Flown),” “Love You To,” and “Within You Without You.”
Still, George wasn’t the only English guitarist interested in Eastern sounds.
Jimmy Page bragged about owning a sitar before George Harrison but admitted The Beatles’ guitarist played it better
Harrison and The Beatles went to India in early 1968, but he had already used a sitar on several Fab Four songs. He played the instrument on “Norwegian Wood (“This Bird Has Flown),” “Love You To,” and “Within You Without You.”
Still, George wasn’t the only English guitarist interested in Eastern sounds.
- 6/24/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Paul McCartney said many of his contemporaries used heroin, but he feels grateful that he never did. Throughout the 1960s, many musicians experimented with drugs. The Beatles were no different, writing whole albums inspired by their marijuana and LSD use. McCartney knew people who used heroin, including his own bandmate, but he never tried the drug. Looking back, he said he feels relieved he never used it.
Paul McCartney | Frank Tewkesbury/Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Paul McCartney said he learned about heroin through The Rolling Stones’ Brian Jones
One of the first people McCartney knew who used heroin was The Rolling Stones’ Brian Jones.
“Brian was a nervous guy, very shy, quite serious and maybe into drugs a little more than he should have been, because he used to shake a bit,” McCartney said in The Beatles Anthology. “He was lovely, though. We knew he was on heroin.
Paul McCartney | Frank Tewkesbury/Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Paul McCartney said he learned about heroin through The Rolling Stones’ Brian Jones
One of the first people McCartney knew who used heroin was The Rolling Stones’ Brian Jones.
“Brian was a nervous guy, very shy, quite serious and maybe into drugs a little more than he should have been, because he used to shake a bit,” McCartney said in The Beatles Anthology. “He was lovely, though. We knew he was on heroin.
- 6/12/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
One of the most unusual collaborations in the history of classic rock is Alice Cooper’s “Billion Dollar Babies,” which is a duet with Donovan. It was Cooper’s idea for the two to work together. Subsequently, Donovan had to learn to sing in a new style to record “Billion Dollar Babies.”
Donovan | John Pratt / Stringer Donovan felt Alice Cooper’s ‘Billion Dollar Babies’ sounded like The Rolling Stones
During a 2016 interview with Songfacts, Donovan was asked why he duetted with Cooper on “Billion Dollar Babies.” “I’m not shy of trying any genre,” he said. “That particular session, I was at Morgan Studios in London, and I just happened to be there when Alice was downstairs.
“He came up to say ‘Hello,’ and then he invited me to listen to what he was doing,” he said. “He was particularly doing this song called ‘Billion Dollar Babies,’ and he said,...
Donovan | John Pratt / Stringer Donovan felt Alice Cooper’s ‘Billion Dollar Babies’ sounded like The Rolling Stones
During a 2016 interview with Songfacts, Donovan was asked why he duetted with Cooper on “Billion Dollar Babies.” “I’m not shy of trying any genre,” he said. “That particular session, I was at Morgan Studios in London, and I just happened to be there when Alice was downstairs.
“He came up to say ‘Hello,’ and then he invited me to listen to what he was doing,” he said. “He was particularly doing this song called ‘Billion Dollar Babies,’ and he said,...
- 6/5/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
What’s the darkest moment you’ve ever seen in a rock ‘n’ roll documentary? Up until now, I’d have said the answer was obvious: the sequence in “Gimme Shelter” where Meredith Hunter, in his lime-green suit, rushes the stage at Altamont with a gun in his hand and gets stabbed in the back, half a dozen times, by a member of the Hell’s Angels. For pure heart of darkness, what could top that? But I’ve just seen “Catching Fire” (formerly titled “Anita”), Svetlana Zill and Alexis Bloom’s very good documentary about Anita Pallenberg — beautiful and imperious scenester of the ’60s and ’70s, Hollywood actress and icon of scruffy-chic rock royalty, partner of Keith Richards, muse to several of the other Rolling Stones. And there’s a moment in it that made me suck in my breath in shock and horror as much as “Gimme Shelter” does.
- 5/31/2023
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Keith Richards and Bob Dylan have had their problems in the past, but they appreciated each other musically. Dylan has spoken highly of The Rolling Stones, and Richards acknowledged how influential Dylan was. He said that Dylan changed the world of songwriting and managed to express himself beautifully, all without having a particularly good singing voice.
Bob Dylan and Keith Richards | Richard E. Aaron/Redferns Keith Richards said Bob Dylan didn’t have a good voice, but an influential one
Richards said that while writing with Mick Jagger, they occasionally decided to go forward with lyrics if it seemed like Paul McCartney and John Lennon would have written something similar.
“The fact that you could get that kind of tasty bite into the lyrics by mixing in contemporary stories or headlines or just what appeared to be mundane daily narrative was so far away from pop music and also from Cole Porter or Hoagy Carmichael,...
Bob Dylan and Keith Richards | Richard E. Aaron/Redferns Keith Richards said Bob Dylan didn’t have a good voice, but an influential one
Richards said that while writing with Mick Jagger, they occasionally decided to go forward with lyrics if it seemed like Paul McCartney and John Lennon would have written something similar.
“The fact that you could get that kind of tasty bite into the lyrics by mixing in contemporary stories or headlines or just what appeared to be mundane daily narrative was so far away from pop music and also from Cole Porter or Hoagy Carmichael,...
- 5/26/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Updated with new title of documentary Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg: Were it not for a chance encounter with the Rolling Stones in 1965, we might remember Anita Pallenberg as an exceptional actress and stunning model. Instead, her life was to be defined largely in relation to her ties with the “greatest rock n’ roll band in the world.”
In the documentary Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg, which premiered earlier this week at the Cannes Film Festival (under the abbreviated title Anita), the radiant and compelling Pallenberg finally gets her due as a creative force in her own right, a woman of alluring beauty, intelligence, dysfunction, addiction, and yes, an important figure in the world of the Stones at their apex.
Directors Alexis Bloom (L) & Svetlana Zill
Alexis Bloom and Svetlana Zill directed the documentary, which begins with grainy archive of a gorgeous Pallenberg outdoors in a park-like setting,...
In the documentary Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg, which premiered earlier this week at the Cannes Film Festival (under the abbreviated title Anita), the radiant and compelling Pallenberg finally gets her due as a creative force in her own right, a woman of alluring beauty, intelligence, dysfunction, addiction, and yes, an important figure in the world of the Stones at their apex.
Directors Alexis Bloom (L) & Svetlana Zill
Alexis Bloom and Svetlana Zill directed the documentary, which begins with grainy archive of a gorgeous Pallenberg outdoors in a park-like setting,...
- 5/25/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to The Stones and Brian Jones, a documentary about the “lost creative genius” who launched – and named – The Rolling Stones.
Acclaimed filmmaker Nick Broomfield directed the documentary, which Magnolia plans to release in theaters later this year.
“Featuring revealing interviews with all the main players and unseen archive released for the first time, The Stones and Brian Jones explores the creative musical genius of Jones, the key to the success of the band,” a release about the film notes, “and uncovers how the founder of what became the greatest rock’n’roll band in the world was left behind in the shadows of history.”
The Rolling Stones in London, May 4, 1963. L-r: Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts.
Jones assembled the Stones in 1962 as a blues-infused unit, playing rhythm and lead guitar alongside Keith Richards,...
Acclaimed filmmaker Nick Broomfield directed the documentary, which Magnolia plans to release in theaters later this year.
“Featuring revealing interviews with all the main players and unseen archive released for the first time, The Stones and Brian Jones explores the creative musical genius of Jones, the key to the success of the band,” a release about the film notes, “and uncovers how the founder of what became the greatest rock’n’roll band in the world was left behind in the shadows of history.”
The Rolling Stones in London, May 4, 1963. L-r: Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts.
Jones assembled the Stones in 1962 as a blues-infused unit, playing rhythm and lead guitar alongside Keith Richards,...
- 5/10/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
There’s no doubt The Rolling Stones are an influential band. The decades-long career, iconic songs, and list of No. 1 albums attest to that fact. In an interesting twist, the Stones basically covered two Mick Jagger and Keith Richards songs after the duo gave them to Marianne Faithfull.
(l-r) Rolling Stones members Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman, and Charlie Watts | King Collection/Avalon/Getty Images The Rolling Stones covered 2 Mick Jagger and Keith Richards songs — ‘As Tears Go By’ and ‘Sister Morphine’
Richards and Jagger needed time to develop as songwriters. It’s one of the reasons The Rolling Stones leaned heavily on cover songs early in their career.
Mick and Keith gave away the song that became their first top-10 hit as songwriters, but that secret success seemed to give them confidence in their craft. It also wasn’t the last time they let another artist...
(l-r) Rolling Stones members Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman, and Charlie Watts | King Collection/Avalon/Getty Images The Rolling Stones covered 2 Mick Jagger and Keith Richards songs — ‘As Tears Go By’ and ‘Sister Morphine’
Richards and Jagger needed time to develop as songwriters. It’s one of the reasons The Rolling Stones leaned heavily on cover songs early in their career.
Mick and Keith gave away the song that became their first top-10 hit as songwriters, but that secret success seemed to give them confidence in their craft. It also wasn’t the last time they let another artist...
- 5/6/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Jimmy Page didn’t need long to become a standout guitarist. He was an ace session player long before joining the Yardbirds or forming Led Zeppelin. He said his guitar playing improved even more thanks to Led Zeppelin. Yet when he began working on the Lucifer Rising soundtrack, Page gave up playing his guitar altogether, and it made sense.
Jimmy Page | Michael Putland/Getty Images Jimmy Page gave up playing guitar in favor of Eastern instruments on his long-lost album
Filmmaker Kenneth Anger started working on his film Lucifer Rising long before he met Page. Yet the guitarist agreed to compose music for the movie soon after their first encounter in 1972. Both artists had a shared interest in the occult and author Aleister Crowley.
However, Page expressly avoided using guitars in his soundtrack for the movie, Page told Light & Shade: Conversations With Jimmy Page author Brad Tolinski:
“I employed...
Jimmy Page | Michael Putland/Getty Images Jimmy Page gave up playing guitar in favor of Eastern instruments on his long-lost album
Filmmaker Kenneth Anger started working on his film Lucifer Rising long before he met Page. Yet the guitarist agreed to compose music for the movie soon after their first encounter in 1972. Both artists had a shared interest in the occult and author Aleister Crowley.
However, Page expressly avoided using guitars in his soundtrack for the movie, Page told Light & Shade: Conversations With Jimmy Page author Brad Tolinski:
“I employed...
- 5/5/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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