“The Greatest Night in Pop” is The Greatest Documentary About Collective Creation . The Greatest Night in Pop (Netflix, 2024) directed by Bao Nguyen, is a spectacular riveting colorful fun documentary about the behind-the-scenes making of We Are The World in 1985 with footage of everybody who was involved. This is not only one of […]
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The Greatest Night in Pop movie review
February 10th, 2024 · 20 Comments · Movies, Music
Tags: Al Jarreau·Bill Clinton·Billy Joel·Bob Dylan·Darryl Hall·Diana Ross·Harry Belafonte·Huey Lewis·Jane Fonda·Kenny Loggins·Lionel Richie·Michael Jackson·Paul Simon·Quincy Jones·Steve Perry
Taylor Swift, the Grateful Dead and The Beat Generation
November 30th, 2023 · 28 Comments · Grateful Dead, Kerouac and The Beats, Music
. Why this Deadhead Beatnik Beatlemaniac loves Pop’s Princess I’ve been into Taylor Swift since a New York Times profile in 2008 talked about her confessional songwriting and use of social media — at the time, MySpace. (!) Her second album Fearless was set to come out (and would go on to win Album […]
Tags: Allen Ginsberg·Beyonce·Bob Dylan·Dave Grohl·Deadheads·Grateful Dead·Greta Gerwig·Jack Kerouac·Jerry Garcia·Joe Biden·John Lennon·Margot Robbie·Paul McCartney·Robert Hunter·Saturday Night Live·Swifties·Taylor Swift·The Beat Generation·The Beatles·TIFF
Imaginestock
September 18th, 2023 · 12 Comments · Merry Pranksters, Music, Real-life Adventure Tales
Imaginestock . photo by Christy Worsoe . Imagine, if you will, a place where music and love fill the air, and every person works for free to build a utopian kingdom. Imagine a secret island hideaway whose location is only shared to people who’ve earned an invitation by a lifetime of good deeds. Imagine a […]
Tags: Bill Graham·Bob Marley·Dr. Seuss·Grateful Dead·Jerry Garcia·John Lennon·Max Yasgur·The Beatles·Woodstock
Central Continental Cowpokes & Friends Reunion, Winnipeg, August 22, 2023
August 28th, 2023 · 4 Comments · Music
Poster by Frank McTruck — who did ‘Pokes posters in the ’70s . The Central Continental Cowpokes — Winnipeg Folk Festival, 1977 Laney Hunt, Rick McGhee, Sue Hodgson, Bill Hodgson, Andy Roblin . Sadly, regular Cowpoke drummer, mandolin player and singer Brian Ridd was in Europe this month, but he was ably filled in […]
Tags: Andrew Roblin·Central Continental Cowpokes·The Belgian Legion·Will Hodgson
The Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa
April 30th, 2023 · 5 Comments · Music, Real-life Adventure Tales
The Setting: The new Bob Center is in Tulsa Oklahoma because the Woody Guthrie Center is there, and because both were paid for by the OK billionaire philanthropist George Kaiser. Tulsa is remarkably like the midwestern town of Winnipeg I grew up in — flat farmland, low-rise, about a half-million people — and both with […]
Tags: Barack Obama·Bob Dylan·George Harrison·Jack Kerouac·Lenny Bruce·Neil Young·Oklahoma·Pete Seeger·Ralph Gleason·Tom Wilson·Tulsa·Woody Guthrie
Revival69 — Documentary Review about John Lennon’s Toronto Concert in 1969
December 31st, 2022 · 14 Comments · Movies, Music
Revival Revived Klaus Voormann’s drawing of the 1969 plane trip The most important musical event that ever occurred in Canada — and one of the most important concerts in history — took place at a university football stadium in downtown Toronto in 1969. It’s true! London had The Beatles’ farewell on the rooftop, […]
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The Chad Allan Story
April 30th, 2022 · 33 Comments · Music, Poetry, Real-life Adventure Tales
The Chad Allan Story . With Chad Allan’s passing at age 80 on Nov 21st, 2023, the CBC called and we did this rockin fun playful jamming live radio interview that you wanna hear — https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-367-the-weekend-morning-show-manitoba/clip/16027369-chad-allen-drops-writes-song-winnipeg-teen…in-1977. Or they also wrote it up as a story you can read here — although my full account follows […]
Tags: Bob McMullin·Burton Cummings·Chad Allan·Enid Hassett·Jim Kale·Randy Bachman·River Heights·songwriting·The Guess Who·Winnipeg
Beatles post Get Back Lessons and Reflections
January 30th, 2022 · 3 Comments · Movies, Music
Some reflections on The Beatles post Peter Jackson’s masterpiece, and some fun facts picked up along the way . . . It was so much the blending of the four compatible yet different personalities that was key to their creativity and longevity. And that there were four different individuals for people to identify with and […]
Tags: Albert Maysles·Alice Cooper·Billy Preston·Brian Epstein·Derek Taylor·Elvis Costello·George Harrison·George Martin·Jack Kerouac·Jerry Garcia·John Lennon·Malcolm Gladwell·Maysles brothers·Paul McCartney·Peter Jackson·Ringo Starr·Robert Frank·The Beatles Get Back·The Grateful Dead·Tommy Hilfiger·Will Hodgson
The Beatles: Get Back — Time-Coded and Annotated
December 28th, 2021 · 67 Comments · Movies, Music
The Beatles: Get Back Time-Coded and Annotated . Some of the characters beyond the Fab Five: (And yes, it’s five — because in this doc The Beatles become a quintet. 😉) Peter Jackson — the cinematic master behind this entire production Jabez Olssen — Peter Jackson’s super-skilled right-hand-man editor – never seen on screen, but […]
Tags: Alan Parsons·Apple Studios·Billy Preston·Bob Smeaton·Denis O'Dell·documentary films·Ethan Russell·George Harrison·George Martin·Get Back·Glyn Johns·Jabez Olssen·John Lennon·Let It Be·Mal Evans·Neil Aspinall·Paul McCartney·Peter Jackson·Ringo Starr·The Beatles·Twickenham·Yoko Ono
The Beatles, The Beats & The Beard
August 31st, 2021 · 31 Comments · Kerouac and The Beats, Music
. The Rule of Three — Comedians live by it. Hockey players call it a hat trick. Children learn about three blind mice, Goldilocks and the three bears, and how genies always grant three wishes. The Constitution gave us the trio of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Christians talk of the Holy Trinity. […]
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