Renowned Poet, Author, Actress and Director dies at 86.
May her soul and her spirit forever soar.
A remarkable Renaissance woman who is hailed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature. Credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning more than fifty years.
Classic Rock Meets Classic Film. Groove for the weekend!
Listening to Pink Floyd‘s “The Darkside of the Moon” sync up with “The Wizard of Oz” blew up my belief that it was just an “urban legend“. A few years back – and I don’t think we need to get into the number – my daughter had me cue up “Wizard of OZ”, put on Pink Floyd’s “Darkside of the Moon.” And holy crap! It worked.
Here’s a twist: “2001: A Space Odyssey” with Pink Floyd. Some mind-blowing fun for the weekend. Enjoy!
What an inspired idea Beatles manager Brian Epstein had to introduce the world to John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in the 1964 film “A Hard Day’s Night”. Naturals for the camera, the lads stole our hearts and delivered a funny, nonstop scream fest! Paul’s “grandfather” (“villain, a real mixer” 🙂 (Wilfrid Brambell) practically stole the show ascending from under the stage during the middle of a number!
The film never gets old and always lifts my spirits and brings a smile with thoughts and memories of a glorious time gone by.
Streets of Fire starring Michael Pare and Diane Lane is my favorite “Rock n Roll Fable!”
In a town existing somewhere between the 50’s and the 80’s, this rock n roll love story revolves around the kidnapping of hometown girl turned star, Ellen Aim. Kidnapped by gang leader Raven Shaddock during her concert performance, her ex-soldier boyfriend Tom Cody arrives in town on a mission to rescue Ellen from The Bombers (Raven’s gang). Let the adventure begin!
I fantasized being Ellen Aim. Cool rock chick jammin on stage and driving the crowd wild! Oh yeah!
And how cool was that opening number? “Nowhere Fast”. “You and me we’re going nowhere slowly. And we gotta get away from the past. There’s nothing wrong with going nowhere baby. But we should be going nowhere fast”.
And I love, love, loved The Sorels! An early 60’s style group in need of a break and discovered by Ellen’s manager, Billy Fish. Absolutely fantastic! They had the moves, the energy, so effervescent!!
Stoney Jackson dancer in Michael Jackson’s”Beat It” video
Robert Townsend director of Hollywood Shuffle 1987
(if you haven’t seen it you should really check it out!)
Mykelti Williamson played Bubba in Forest Gump
“If I Can Dream About You” – Recorded by Dan Hartman
And the final number, “Tonight is What It Means to be Young” still gives me goosebumps. Her heartbreak, his tortured soul at having to go. If that isn’t a theatrical climax, then I don’t know what is.
Born Norma Jean Mortenson on June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles, CA, Marilyn Monroe is often cited as both a pop and cultural icon. The quintessential American sex symbol.
Open up the confessional of guilty pleasures cause this film is mine. Obsessed since I was a kid, I totally related to the “younger generation” running things and not the “old cats” who always mess things up in this country. “Thirty and out” was my mantra. “Old fat cats” only in the game for their own personal gain. Yeah, I was a bit of a rebel. (or so my sister’s always say:)
And don’t get me started on Christopher Jones. Love him, and his hair? It was awesome! Jones had that whole brooding, tortured vibe like Marlon Brando and James Dean. The Christopher Jones character Max Frost was a pop star millionaire who gets “turned on” to the 60’s political scene and decides to exercise his views on free love, youth is the majority, women have rights and ultimately runs for President of the United States. And it only gets better from there!
Max Frost sayings: “Troops”, “Babies”, “14 or Fight.”
The Music
The soundtrack is the backdrop for the politics. Max and The Troopers deal with current issues of the time (’67). Voting age: “14 or Fight”.”If I can fight I can vote”. Ageism: If you’re 50 does that make you more competent? The 25 and under age group is the majority. “We have the power”. Women’s rights: “Chicks would have killed for the vote”.
“The Shape of Things to Come”, written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, was a #22 chart hit for Max Frost and the Troopers (a “studio group”, made up of session musicians) in 1968.
What resonated with me then and now? The political implications of organizing and using that voice and numbers for change. But also the nightmare when ideas become an extreme.
This flick was over the top but had it’s pulse on the fears of the 60’s and a possible dysfunctional future. American International founders Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson were genius! They were one of the first production companies to recognize and capitalize on the growing teen market. Think beach, biker, monster, drive-in movies. Think American International.
After “Wild in the Streets” Christopher Jones only made a couple more films, “Three in the Attic” 1968. Classic 60’s love in fest. The big studios took notice and David Lean offered him the romantic lead in the big budget drama “Ryan’s Daughter” 1970. Reportedly it was on the set of the film he had a nervous breakdown after hearing of Sharon Tate’s murder and shortly after left the Hollywood scene.
His last appearance was in the 1996 crime comedy “Mad Dog Time” opposite Richard Dreyfuss. In his later years he had a career as an artist and sculptor. He died from cancer on January 31, 2014 at the age of 72.
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