T C M's screening of " THE FIRST AUTO " last night reminded me of the Riverside International Raceway as Charles Emmett Mack is said to have been killed in an automobile accident enroute to a Riverside racetrack during filming of the 1927 movie. I wondered if there was going to be expoundi...

jimimac71 wrote: ↑May 1st, 2024, 9:12 pm I didn't realize he was still with us. Thank You NoShear.

You're welcome, jimimac71, and thanks for submitting some examples of his string work.

"The Man with the Twangy Guitar", Duane Peter Gunn Eddy, died yesterday...
His influence extended past traditional rock guitarists as even the electric bassist John Entwistle owed a debt to Eddy:

ROXY MUSIC Country Life https://i.discogs.com/Yrcc_LMC57FAZ_TRB6PLF-bmCr0kg_GeP9LBKGOLH88/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:599/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTY3MjMw/My0xNDc3MTY3NTkz/LTMxODkuanBlZw.jpeg Revisiting this record a few weeks ago, I've realized this is the ROXY MUSIC album I'll list...

THE WHO Who's next https://i.discogs.com/rMnd7fBut6sBP8lzQJSvRv9JaoCFLEt8G8csu24hpvw/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIyNzk0/MTMtMTI3NDA4OTgw/MC5qcGVn.jpeg I'm thinking the Tom Lehrer song, "Who's Next." The B-Side to the 45 RPM of "Pollution.&...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e7/Romeo_juliet_movieposter.jpg Romeo And Juliet (1936) TCM On Demand-6/10 The Hollywood version of Shakespeare's star crossed lovers. First time viewing for me, I avoided it because the 1968 version is my favorite Shakespeare on film. It was disappointin...

I found this in a review for the VHS version of Bugsy Malone : "The film was released in late 1976 to positive reviews. It currently holds a score of 82% on Rotten Tomatoes. Despite the positive critical reception, Bugsy Malone was not a commercial success in the US, bringing in just over $2.7...

Paul Thomas Anderson has chosen two fun ones for his Two For One movies tonight (April 20). THE BAD NEWS BEARS (1976) BUGSY MALONE (1976) I own a copy of BUGSY MALONE, but I'll watch Paul Thomas Anderson's comments about the movie if it's on Watch TCM Given that both were released by Paramount in t...

I saw Monkey Man this week. Although I had read a bit about it, I wasn't quite prepared for the violence. The level of blood and gore in the film would even impress Fuad Ramses! But it's more in the line of Bruce Lee. The film has been called a "gory coming out party for Patel." A skinny ...

According to Rick Derringer, Dickey Betts, who died today, was once a member of the Jokers, the group referenced in the following tune:

I love Lana Turner's white lampshade chapeau in BACHELOR IN PARADISE. Still waiting for CALL ME BWANA. Bachelor in Paradise is one of the better 60s Bob Hope films because it is genuinely funny. He and Lana made a good pair here, and of course Paula Prentiss was her usual professional self. For tho...

For sagebrush:

The Wind by Victor Sjostrom which I caught just today. The later years of the silent era (25 -29) were some of the best cinematography around and I would maybe hesitate only a little to say the best years of cinematographic, visual beauty in all cinema. It really died overnight in 1929. I wish a pr...

Allhallowsday wrote: ↑April 10th, 2024, 2:09 pm

NoShear wrote: ↑April 10th, 2024, 11:03 am ... If have the mind to post again, I wouldn't mind reading J. Gunning's review of THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO again.

The record that happened:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-revi ... dctrvw_srp

Thanks for reposting, Allhallowsday.

It's surreal listening to this song in the Expedia ad, Allhallowsday:



If have the mind to post again, I wouldn't mind reading J. Gunning's review of THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO again.