Friday, 12 June 2009
Loudo at the Customs House 1999 by Terry Kelly
Here's a blast from the past: Terry's review of a Loudo show at the Customs House from 1999. It was the first Loudon show I'd seen up here where he seemed really relaxed and where he dealt expediently with the inevitable calls for the Acid Song from those fans whose familiarity with his material thinks it gives them some kind of God-given right to ruin the evening for the rest of us (and, on occasion - think of the Peterlee show and shudder) the great man himself. I also remember it well for my introduction to Martha Wainwright; to be honest, I thought she was awful. Caterwauling her way through a handful of numbers, it's hard to make a link between what I witnessed then and the singer she's (thankfully) matured into, although, to be fair, the harmony vocals she contributed to her dad's songs towards the end of the show were effective.
Anyhow, I'll hand you over to our resident poet, raconteur, real ale aficianado and spoiler of women: Terry Kelly!
SOUTH SHIELDS - The Customs House - Sunday 14th Nov '99
Concert review by Terry Kelly
A master of stagecraft, Loudon Wainwright lll provided a brilliant overview of his 30-year career for a capacity South Shields audience. A songwriting surgeon of dysfunctional families, it was perhaps fitting that Wainwright's daughter and sometime verbal and physical sparring partner, Martha, provided the support and later some harmony vocals for her illustrious dad.
Possessing the sort of razor-sharp wit and timing other singers can only dream about, the man once hilariously dubbed "the male Melanie" dipped into his extensive back catalogue for a wonderful 26-song set which brought rapturous applause from a crowd of Wainwright aficionados, who kept him on his toes with a series of requests and friendly heckles.
The opener, a new song called 'All About the Miles', set the tone for a concert during which the 53-year-old American singer-songwriter stretched both himself and his audience. After fluffing a line or two, the man affectionately known as 'Loudo' or 'Loud' to his die-hard fans admitted he was treating us as "guinea pigs" as he road-tested this new number about the dangers and delights of travel.
The more familiar chords of 'Be Careful There's a Baby in the House', from his 1971 second album on Atlantic followed, it's vision of domestic distress being a million miles from Mothercare, and never failing to raise a laugh: "Ah, the coochie coochie coo is a lotta pooh-pooh, when you spread it on that thick."
Loudo's anti-blues, 'I'm Alright', was followed by 'Tonya's Twirls', from his latest album of satirical songs, Social Studies (Hannibal/Rykodisc). Then came 'A Year', a moving, bitter-sweet tale about a man's failure to take responsibility for a new baby. This song seemed to push Wainwright's performance into top gear, a frantic version of 'Suddenly It's Christmas' being followed by the brilliantly delivered 'Conspiracies', a spoken poem from the new album, pitching Santa Claus against the Virgin Birth, before a full-throated rendition of the unaccompanied 'Between'. The moving childhood recollection of 'The Picture' evoked an attentive hush from the Customs House audience.
I'd waited more than 20 years to hear a live version of 'Prince Hal's Dirge', from his 1976 T Shirt album, so it was a spine-tingling moment when he moved to the piano and pounded out the opening chords. A definite highlight.
Loudon invited his daughter, Martha, back on stage for duets on 'Father/Daughter Dialogue', a new song, 'You Never Write, You Never Phone', 'School Days', a version of 'Come A Long Way', by Martha's mother and Loudon's ex-wife, Kate McGarrigle, and finally, 'Green Green Rocky Road'.
Martha safely offstage, her father launched into 'Hitting You', a powerful song about slapping his daughter after some heated verbals in a car. The close proximity of the target for Loudon's recollected anger made for some complex performance cross-currents.
The shouted requests produced great versions of 'Surfing Queen', 'I Eat Out', 'Hospital Lady', 'Rufus Is a Tit Man' and Loudo's moving new song about his late mother, 'White Winos.
He encored with 'A Father and A Son', 'Out of This World' and a clap-along version of his solitary 1972 hit, 'Dead Skunk', before we tumbled into the cold night, uplifted by yet another great Loudon Wainwright concert.
Song List:
1. All About the Miles
2. Be Careful There's A Baby in the House
3. I'm Alright
4. Tonya's Twirls
5. A Year
6. Suddenly It's Christmas
7. Conspiracies
8. Between
9. The Picture
10. The Doctor
11. T.S.D.H.A.V.
12. Prince Hal's Dirge
13. Father / Daughter Dialogue
14. You Never Write / You Never Phone
15. School Days
16. Come A Long Way
17. Green Green Rocky Road
18. Hitting You
19. Surfing Queen
20. White Winos
21. I Eat Out
22. Hospital Lady
23. Rufus Is a Tit Man
Encores:
24. A Father and A Son
25. Out of This World
26. Dead Skunk
Terry Kelly
Thursday, 11 June 2009
Wednesday, 10 June 2009
Friday Night (Squeezeroo!)
Dear FNBs,
We'll be heading to Grahame's favourite palace of tactile delights, The Crown Posada, at 8pm Friday. (Grahame: "Oooooooo, missus, the place brings some touchy-feely happy memories of my days as a trainee teacher. Lawdy, oh my, the ladies I reached with my flexible fingers in a dozen staff rooms! The Secret Service never reached the places I could reach with my ten little friends. Oh, don't, missus!")
We'll be heading to Grahame's favourite palace of tactile delights, The Crown Posada, at 8pm Friday. (Grahame: "Oooooooo, missus, the place brings some touchy-feely happy memories of my days as a trainee teacher. Lawdy, oh my, the ladies I reached with my flexible fingers in a dozen staff rooms! The Secret Service never reached the places I could reach with my ten little friends. Oh, don't, missus!")
Monday, 8 June 2009
The face of British politics
From http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8088381.stm?ad=1
"BNP leader Nick Griffin has been elected to the European Parliament as the party won its first two seats.
Mr Griffin was elected for the North West region while Andrew Brons picked up another BNP seat in Yorkshire and Humber, where it won 10% of the vote.
Mr Griffin said the BNP was not racist but spoke for "ordinary people" neglected by other parties.
Labour and the Tories expressed their dismay at the result, saying it was a "sad moment" for British politics."
Mr Griffin was elected for the North West region while Andrew Brons picked up another BNP seat in Yorkshire and Humber, where it won 10% of the vote.
Mr Griffin said the BNP was not racist but spoke for "ordinary people" neglected by other parties.
Labour and the Tories expressed their dismay at the result, saying it was a "sad moment" for British politics."
I used to joke that Yorkshire was Texas without the electric chair, but here we are in 2009, sixty-four years after the end of World War Two and some of the good people of Yorkshire and Humber and the Northwest have voted in Nazis as MEPs.
You ignorant fucks. I hope the rest of you who didn't vote are feeling equally proud of yourselves.
Sunday, 7 June 2009
Friday, 5 June 2009
Raymond Chandler in Double Indemnity
No, really. Look:
Chandler's double identity
Adrian Wootton on a writer's secret cameo
The Guardian, Friday 5 June 2009
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the death of legendary American crime scribe Raymond Chander, whose seven completed novels, including The Big Sleep, Farewell My Lovely and The Long Goodbye profoundly changed crime fiction and crime movies. The success of his novels - The Big Sleep was first to be published in 1939 - led Chandler to try his hand at screenwriting, notably with his debut screenplay, adapting James M Cain's sultry pulp thriller Double Indemnity with Billy Wilder, who also directed. Their collaboration was fertile and productive but also fractious. Chandler learned a lot from Wilder and Wilder managed to draw the very best out of Chandler. But they never worked together again and neither ever spoke fondly of the experience.
Now, however, more than 60 years after its release, a French cinema historian and two US crime-writers almost simultaneously happened on the same bizarre discovery - that Raymond Chandler, uncredited and previously unnoticed, has a tiny cameo in Double Indemnity. On 14 January, the American mystery writer Mark Coggins, tipped off by another writer, John Billheimer, posted the news on his website, Riordan's desk (tinyurl.com/raymondchandler), while the French journalist Olivier Eyquem, wrote about on his blog (tinyurl.com/chandlerfrench) on March 30.
Cameos, more often than not, are the preserve of famous actors or are in-jokes by the film directors themselves (most famous of the cameo-making directors is Alfred Hitchcock, with whom Chandler would also worked acrimoniously and unsatisfactorily on Strangers on a Train in 1950.) Of course, writers Graham Greene, Stephen King, Kurt Vonnegut and Hunter Thompson have also popped up on the big screen. But their appearances were all recognised at the time. That is not the case with Chandler and Double Indemnity, one of the earliest appearances in a Hollywood classic of a notable novelist.
Chandler himself was a reclusive sort. He gave very few interviews of any description (apart from, famously, a radio chat with fellow novelist Ian Fleming, in London for the BBC in 1958). There is no television footage or film of him at all, apart from a snippet from a home movie. His preferred form of communication was the letter, although there is no apparent reference in any of his epistles to his appearance in front of the camera during the making of Double Indemnity. Wilder never mentioned it either in any of his many interviews about the film.
Despite all of this, there he is, 16 minutes into the movie, sitting outside an office as Fred MacMurray walks past. Chandler glances up at MacMurray from a paperback he is reading, in hindsight a rather obvious clue about the true identity of this extra. Sadly, it is impossible to determine what the book is as the film briskly moves on and Chandler vanishes.
Who knows whose idea this magical little appearance was? Maybe Billy and Ray, in one of their more amicable moments, thought it would be a nice joke. The reasons are for the cameo are unlikely ever to be known. But, somehow, it is enough that we have this little magic moment, with Chandler secretly inscribed into the film. And how fitting that this piece of knowledge should be uncovered in the 50th year since Chandler's death.
• Adrian Wootton is appearing on 17 June at Cardiff Chapter, on 19 June at BFI South Bank and on 1 July at Broadway Media Centre, Nottingham to give illustrated talks on Raymond Chandler's life and career
See
http://riordansdesk.blogspot.com/2009/01/youve-heard-him-talk-now-see-him-act.html
Chandler's double identityAdrian Wootton on a writer's secret cameo
The Guardian, Friday 5 June 2009
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the death of legendary American crime scribe Raymond Chander, whose seven completed novels, including The Big Sleep, Farewell My Lovely and The Long Goodbye profoundly changed crime fiction and crime movies. The success of his novels - The Big Sleep was first to be published in 1939 - led Chandler to try his hand at screenwriting, notably with his debut screenplay, adapting James M Cain's sultry pulp thriller Double Indemnity with Billy Wilder, who also directed. Their collaboration was fertile and productive but also fractious. Chandler learned a lot from Wilder and Wilder managed to draw the very best out of Chandler. But they never worked together again and neither ever spoke fondly of the experience.
Now, however, more than 60 years after its release, a French cinema historian and two US crime-writers almost simultaneously happened on the same bizarre discovery - that Raymond Chandler, uncredited and previously unnoticed, has a tiny cameo in Double Indemnity. On 14 January, the American mystery writer Mark Coggins, tipped off by another writer, John Billheimer, posted the news on his website, Riordan's desk (tinyurl.com/raymondchandler), while the French journalist Olivier Eyquem, wrote about on his blog (tinyurl.com/chandlerfrench) on March 30.
Cameos, more often than not, are the preserve of famous actors or are in-jokes by the film directors themselves (most famous of the cameo-making directors is Alfred Hitchcock, with whom Chandler would also worked acrimoniously and unsatisfactorily on Strangers on a Train in 1950.) Of course, writers Graham Greene, Stephen King, Kurt Vonnegut and Hunter Thompson have also popped up on the big screen. But their appearances were all recognised at the time. That is not the case with Chandler and Double Indemnity, one of the earliest appearances in a Hollywood classic of a notable novelist.
Chandler himself was a reclusive sort. He gave very few interviews of any description (apart from, famously, a radio chat with fellow novelist Ian Fleming, in London for the BBC in 1958). There is no television footage or film of him at all, apart from a snippet from a home movie. His preferred form of communication was the letter, although there is no apparent reference in any of his epistles to his appearance in front of the camera during the making of Double Indemnity. Wilder never mentioned it either in any of his many interviews about the film.
Despite all of this, there he is, 16 minutes into the movie, sitting outside an office as Fred MacMurray walks past. Chandler glances up at MacMurray from a paperback he is reading, in hindsight a rather obvious clue about the true identity of this extra. Sadly, it is impossible to determine what the book is as the film briskly moves on and Chandler vanishes.
Who knows whose idea this magical little appearance was? Maybe Billy and Ray, in one of their more amicable moments, thought it would be a nice joke. The reasons are for the cameo are unlikely ever to be known. But, somehow, it is enough that we have this little magic moment, with Chandler secretly inscribed into the film. And how fitting that this piece of knowledge should be uncovered in the 50th year since Chandler's death.
• Adrian Wootton is appearing on 17 June at Cardiff Chapter, on 19 June at BFI South Bank and on 1 July at Broadway Media Centre, Nottingham to give illustrated talks on Raymond Chandler's life and career
See
http://riordansdesk.blogspot.com/2009/01/youve-heard-him-talk-now-see-him-act.html
Danny La Rue RIP
Mitchum and La Rue in a dramatic clinch in River of No ReturnEntertainer Danny La Rue has died at his home in Kent at the age of 81, his spokeswoman has said.
"Danny died peacefully in his sleep just before midnight last night after a short illness," she said.
His beloved companion Annie Galbraith was with him at their home in Kent," she added.
La Rue had been ill with cancer. He made a career out of his vaudeville drag act although he disliked being called a drag artist.
One of his biggest West End successes was the cabaret show At the Palace, which ran for two years.
In 1969, he became the first drag act to feature in the Royal Variety Performance, the first of three such appearances.
He also became the first man to appear as a female character in a major musical when he took the role of Dolly Levi in Hello Dolly in a 1982 production which eventually transferred to the West End."
Entertainer Bruce Forsyth called La Rue "a great comic with great... timing... He always looked so beautiful in these gowns and wigs he wore, he looked fabulous, and he'd say, 'Good evening all' in that lovely deep other voice he had," added Forsyth.
Not many people remember his standout feature film, Our Miss Fred (1972) or his critically lauded appearance opposite Robert Mitchum in Otto Preminger's The River of No Return (1954).
La Rue made few appearances on television, but played a leading role in keeping the traditions of music hall and pantomime alive.
In the 1970s and 1980s, La Rue was the most famous female impersonator in the world and was at one time the highest-paid entertainer in Britain, according to The Stage newspaper.
He received an OBE from the Queen at Buckingham Palace in 2002 who admitted to being a long-time fan of the entertainer.
He first donned his wig and eyelashes during a naval concert party, having been sent to Singapore as part of Lord Mountbatten's invasion task force towards the end of World War II - and we still managed to win.
Broadcaster Nicholas Parsons said: "We have lost a great performer and a real trouper. And he could hold audiences in the palm of his hand."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8077329.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8077499.stm
How does it feeeeeeeeeeellllllllllllllllllll?
James Purnell (looking like a bit player in a 70s cop show) shafts Gordon Brown. Et tu, James?
Interesting to think that this little shit, whose contempt towards tax payers was only too evident when she denied any wrongdoing over her expenses, clearly sees her resignation from the cabinet as part of a heroic rebellion to ditch Brown and save the country.To quote the ever-opportunistic Guardian: "Gordon Brown was fighting to save his premiership today after Hazel Blears emboldened Labour MPs demanding a leadership election with a resignation statement timed to inflict maximum damage on the prime minister."
"Blears was furious with the way Brown recently described her decision not to pay capital gains tax when she sold a flat as "completely unacceptable"." Shame, there, Hazel.
"In her resignation statement, she declined to offer the customary expressions of praise and thanks to the prime minister, and instead declared that she wanted to "help the Labour party to reconnect with the British people ..."" You have to give the girl credit for her bullshit factor.
Polly Toynbee, The Guardian's resident 'left-wing' political commentator, hits new depths of taste when she metaphorically discusses the resignation of Purnell: "Another engine breaks away from Gordon Brown's fuselage, and the damage done looks set to bring him crashing out of the sky. Even if he can judder on, the injury done will diminish him further. Which other engines may now break away too?"
Now what else happened in the news this week?
"Five Britons and two Irish citizens are among the 216 passengers feared dead after an Air France plane crashed in the Atlantic, the airline said today, as officials admitted there was "no hope" for those on board." - The Guardian 1 June 2009
Classy.
Thursday, 4 June 2009
FRIDAY NIGHT BOY COOL #12
with Stan Lee
Auditioning for his role as Ian
Auditioning for the FNB with brother Beau
Don't worry, Carla!
We'll make the effort to be at Alvinos on Friday. Make sure your guitar's tuned.
David Carradine RIP
Kung Fu star Carradine found dead
Kill Bill and Kung Fu star David Carradine has been found dead in a Bangkok hotel room on Thursday.
Thai police told the BBC the 72-year-old was found by a hotel maid sitting in a wardrobe with a cord around his neck and other parts of his body.
The US star was in Thailand filming his latest film, Stretch, according to his personal manager Chuck Binder.
Mr Binder said the news was "shocking", adding: "He was full of life, always wanting to work... a great person."
A US embassy official confirmed the actor's death, but added that the cause of death had not yet been established.
However, Thai newspaper The Nation reported that police believe the actor took his own life, and preliminary investigations found that he hanged himself.
Carradine was part of an acting dynasty which included his father, John Carradine, and brothers Bruce, Keith and Robert.
The star was best known for his role as Kwai Chang Caine in the 1970s TV series Kung Fu, which spawned sequels in the '80s and '90s.
The character became one of the most iconic roles in US TV and earned Carradine both Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.
While his film career saw him working with directors including Martin Scorsese and Ingmar Bergman, the cult actor was considered something of a B-movie legend.
In 2003, after years in the straight-to-video market, Carradine found a new audience thanks to his role in the Quentin Tarantino film Kill Bill.
He was most recently seen on the big screen as a Chinese mobster in Crank: High Voltage, opposite British actor Jason Statham.
Carradine was an accomplished composer, musician, musical performer and songwriter. According to his official website, he was also a sculptor and a painter.
He is survived by his wife, Annie Bierman, and three children including actresses Calista and Kansas.
Story from BBC NEWS 2009/06/04 15:25:08 GMT
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8083479.stm
Kill Bill and Kung Fu star David Carradine has been found dead in a Bangkok hotel room on Thursday.
Thai police told the BBC the 72-year-old was found by a hotel maid sitting in a wardrobe with a cord around his neck and other parts of his body.
The US star was in Thailand filming his latest film, Stretch, according to his personal manager Chuck Binder.
Mr Binder said the news was "shocking", adding: "He was full of life, always wanting to work... a great person."
A US embassy official confirmed the actor's death, but added that the cause of death had not yet been established.
However, Thai newspaper The Nation reported that police believe the actor took his own life, and preliminary investigations found that he hanged himself.
Carradine was part of an acting dynasty which included his father, John Carradine, and brothers Bruce, Keith and Robert.
The star was best known for his role as Kwai Chang Caine in the 1970s TV series Kung Fu, which spawned sequels in the '80s and '90s.
The character became one of the most iconic roles in US TV and earned Carradine both Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.
While his film career saw him working with directors including Martin Scorsese and Ingmar Bergman, the cult actor was considered something of a B-movie legend.
In 2003, after years in the straight-to-video market, Carradine found a new audience thanks to his role in the Quentin Tarantino film Kill Bill.
He was most recently seen on the big screen as a Chinese mobster in Crank: High Voltage, opposite British actor Jason Statham.
Carradine was an accomplished composer, musician, musical performer and songwriter. According to his official website, he was also a sculptor and a painter.
He is survived by his wife, Annie Bierman, and three children including actresses Calista and Kansas.
Story from BBC NEWS 2009/06/04 15:25:08 GMT
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8083479.stm
Paul Simon talks about songwriting
Don't know how long this will be available:
http://media.barnesandnoble.com/index.jsp?fr_story=49f98fabf9fb58f70e86f7252b792c2286118154&cds2Pid=23582&linkid=1358236
http://media.barnesandnoble.com/index.jsp?fr_story=49f98fabf9fb58f70e86f7252b792c2286118154&cds2Pid=23582&linkid=1358236
The Setlist
Give Me Strength (dedicated "To all Toon fans")
I Can't Stop Lovin' (debut of new song)
Only Love Can Break Your Heart
The rapturous applause after the new song has left Ian in a state of shock and he has admitted himself to The Priory for 'fame' counselling. We wish him well.
I Can't Stop Lovin' (debut of new song)
Only Love Can Break Your Heart
The rapturous applause after the new song has left Ian in a state of shock and he has admitted himself to The Priory for 'fame' counselling. We wish him well.
Wednesday, 3 June 2009
Friday Night!
Expecting gusty winds and showers, let's head first to Fitzgerald's and then trace a tight Toon circle, starting at 8pm on Friday.
See you there,
TK.
"I've loved all kinds of men this whole world over,
From good to bad and bad to good,
But I've never met a lover man
Quite like Spanker Wood."
Robert Lowell
See you there,
TK.
"I've loved all kinds of men this whole world over,
From good to bad and bad to good,
But I've never met a lover man
Quite like Spanker Wood."
Robert Lowell
Monday, 1 June 2009
NOT SO SMALL TIME CROOKS part three
"Beam me up!"SOR-REE!
Newcastle owner Mike Ashley has put the club up for sale again after saying sorry to fans for the mistakes that cost them relegation.
Ashley, who bought Newcastle in 2007 for £134.4m, is reportedly willing to sell for as little as £80m.
"It's been catastrophic for everybody. I've lost my money and made terrible decisions," he told the Sunday Times.
"Now I want to sell as soon as I can. I am genuinely sorry for everybody for what has happened."
Newcastle's traumatic season, in which they went through four managers, began with the departure of popular boss Kevin Keegan in September, amid rumours of disputes over the club's transfer policy.
Keegan's exit prompted mass protests from supporters with fans demanding Ashley - as well as controversial director Dennis Wise - quit St James' Park.
Ashley put the club up for sale and also appointed Joe Kinnear as interim manager, and the former Wimbledon manager's reign began with a foul-mouthed outburst at a news conference in October.
But with Ashley struggling to find a buyer for the club he paid nearly £135m for two years ago, he decided to take Newcastle off the market in December.
Newcastle's problems continued with Kinnear standing down from his position because of health problems leading to assistant Chris Hughton and Colin Calderwood taking charge of team.
But Shearer won just one of his eight games in charge and Newcastle were relegated from the Premier League.
"I never said I was an expert in football clubs," Ashley added.
"I was just a fan - although a very wealthy fan, but I'm not so wealthy now.
"I put my money into it and I tried my best, but I accept my best was woefully short.
"Seeing Newcastle relegated has been a catastrophe for us all.
"I fully accept that mistakes were made during this and previous seasons, and I am very sorry for that.
"I would like to say sorry to our magnificent supporters who have turned up in their thousands, home and away, up and down the country and who have given the team amazing backing throughout.
"And I would also say sorry to all of the club's hard-working staff, who have gone about their jobs all year long."
From http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/8075713.stm
NOT SO SMALL TIME CROOKS part two
The Telegraph reports that former Conservative leader, Michael Howard, claimed more than £17,000 for "gardening services" at his second home in Kent over four years.
Mr Howard said the report was not true and the claim was for a variety of maintenance costs, including work done to his home. He insisted the claim was within the rules.
From http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8076405.stm
NOT SO SMALL TIME CROOKS part one
FINGERS IN THE TILL
Chancellor Alastair Darling is facing further potentially damaging allegations about his expenses.
The Daily Telegraph says he claimed for costs on a flat in south London while claiming allowances on his grace-and-favour home in Downing Street.
A spokesman for Mr Darling said the allegations were "simply untrue".
The Daily Telegraph reports that in July 2007, shortly after he became chancellor, Mr Darling submitted a claim of £1,000 for the service charge on his south London flat.
The paper says the charge covered a six-month period, during which he began to claim second home allowances for his grace-and-favour home too.
A spokesman for Mr Darling said the report was wrong.
"The allegation of double claiming is simply untrue. He paid the bills due for his flat until he moved out in September 2007 after which he made no further claims for it," he said.
Before this story appeared, the Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg had already called for Mr Darling to be sacked because of his expenses claims, saying his finances had to be beyond reproach.
The chancellor, however, has always said his use of allowances had been within the rules.
From http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8076405.stm
Sunday, 31 May 2009
FRIDAY NIGHT BOY COOL #11 REDUX
And one especially for the Bullshite Boys and their fans:
If only somebody would upload Isn't This a Lovely Day!
Saturday, 30 May 2009
Spector Sentenced
Spector gets 19 years to life in prison for murder
Associated Press
Published: 5/30/2009 12:00 AM
LOS ANGELES -- With his carefully tailored suit and coifed hair, Phil Spector kept up appearances even as a judge sentenced him to 19 years to life in prison for second-degree murder, consigning the legendary music producer to likely live out the last years of his once storied life in prison.
There was no soundtrack for the final scene of the pop maestro's criminal case, only a hush in the courtroom Friday as the mother of actress Lana Clarkson stood and spoke in a soft voice of the agony of losing her daughter, "my first child, my precious gift."
Spector, 69, declined to say anything. His lawyer said outside court he hopes to prove on appeal that Spector did not kill the actress, who died from a gunshot wound at Spector's ornate "castle" in 2003.
The forewoman of the jury that convicted Spector sat nearby and told The Associated Press later it was hard to watch the tears of Donna Clarkson and Spector's young wife, Rachelle, who sat in a front row behind her husband.
"It's still sort of heavy on the heart," said Irma Soto-Lopez, who had wept herself on the day of the verdict. "I feel sorry for both families."
Other jurors from both of Spector's trials showed up for the final act.
"They joined us to put a period at the end of a long chapter in their lives," said Deputy District Attorney Alan Jackson, who spent six years on the case in which one jury deadlocked and a second voted for conviction.
He had harsh words for Spector outside court: "I find nothing tragic about him. ... I think he got what he deserved."
Defense attorney Doron Weinberg said a strong appeal is anticipated. Meanwhile, he said, Spector was anxious to know in which prison he will be spending his days.
"He will be a very high-profile inmate. There's a question of how others will treat him," Weinberg said.
Superior Court Judge Larry Fidler gave no indication of his feelings. He dispassionately ruled that 15 years to life was mandatory, as was a four-year enhancement for personal use of a gun. He imposed more than $26,000 in restitution fees.
Spector gained fame decades ago for what became known as the "Wall of Sound" recording technique that changed rock music.
Clarkson was most famous as the star of Roger Corman's 1985 cult film classic "Barbarian Queen." She was 40 when she died.
Rachelle Spector said outside court that it was a sad day for everyone involved.
"The Clarkson family has lost a daughter and a sister. I've lost my husband, my best friend," she said. "I feel that a grave injustice has been done and from this day forward I'm going to dedicate myself to proving my husband's innocence."
Spector's son Louis, accompanied by his wife, also came to the sentencing. He had attended much of the trial.
"I'm torn about this," he said. "I'm losing my father who is going to spend his life in jail. At the same time, justice is served."
Prosecutor Jackson said afterward that the outcome sent a message: "If you commit crimes against our citizens we will follow you and prosecute you. And no matter whether you are famous or wealthy, you will stand trial."
Jackson said the case was "rock solid" legally and will not be subject to a successful appeal.
Spector's April 13 conviction suggested to some that California prosecutors had broken a decades-long string of celebrity murder case losses that included the acquittals of O.J. Simpson and actor Robert Blake.
Spector, however, wasn't a performer; not a sports star with a following or a singer who captivated the public. He was a behind-the-scenes guy whose recording technique changed the sound of rock music.
Famous, yes. A celebrity? Not in today's pop culture.
Spector had two trials with essentially the same evidence. His first in 2007 was televised gavel to gavel and spectators flocked to the courtroom. But when the jury deadlocked after a five-month trial, his legal "dream team," which at times numbered half a dozen lawyers, bailed out.
By the time the second trial started in 2008, interest had waned. The judge ordered cameras turned off and only a handful of spectators and reporters stopped in sporadically to watch testimony.
The retrial lasted the same length of time as the first trial but there was only one defense lawyer, Weinberg, a well-regarded veteran from San Francisco. A young woman prosecutor, Truc Do, was brought in to work with Jackson. Most importantly, there was a new jury.
During jury selection, only a few panelists remembered Spector's heyday as producer of teen anthems including "To Know Him is to Love Him" by The Teddy Bears, The Ronette's "Be My Baby," The Crystals' "Da Doo Ron Ron" and The Righteous Brothers' classic, "You've Lost that Lovin' Feelin'." Spector also worked on a Beatles album with John Lennon.
Ironically, Clarkson didn't know Spector's music legacy either when she met him only hours before she died at his Alhambra "castle" in February 2003. She was working as a hostess at the House of Blues nightclub on the Sunset Strip, where she had to be told by a manager that Spector was an important man.
His time had passed. Clarkson's career also was ebbing. Their fateful meeting, recounted in both trials, led to her death and the end of his life as he knew it. For the next six years he spent millions of dollars on lawyers as he sought to prove that Clarkson killed herself.
But what had happened inside his house was never clear. Clarkson's body was found slumped in a chair in a foyer. A gun had been fired in her mouth. Spector's chauffeur, the key witness, said he heard a gunshot, then saw Spector emerge holding a gun and heard him say: "I think I killed somebody."
Weinberg said forensic evidence proved that Clarkson shot herself and cited her desperation at not being able to get acting work. Jackson said the shooting fit the pattern of other confrontations between Spector and women, and Do said Spector would become "a demonic maniac" when he drank.
Much of the case hinged on the testimony of five women from Spector's past who said he threatened them with guns when they tried to leave his presence. The parallels with the night Clarkson died were chilling even if the stories were very old -- 31 years in one instance.
Weinberg said Spector's appeal will assert that the judge erred in allowing the women to testify.
Associated Press
Published: 5/30/2009 12:00 AM
LOS ANGELES -- With his carefully tailored suit and coifed hair, Phil Spector kept up appearances even as a judge sentenced him to 19 years to life in prison for second-degree murder, consigning the legendary music producer to likely live out the last years of his once storied life in prison.
There was no soundtrack for the final scene of the pop maestro's criminal case, only a hush in the courtroom Friday as the mother of actress Lana Clarkson stood and spoke in a soft voice of the agony of losing her daughter, "my first child, my precious gift."
Spector, 69, declined to say anything. His lawyer said outside court he hopes to prove on appeal that Spector did not kill the actress, who died from a gunshot wound at Spector's ornate "castle" in 2003.
The forewoman of the jury that convicted Spector sat nearby and told The Associated Press later it was hard to watch the tears of Donna Clarkson and Spector's young wife, Rachelle, who sat in a front row behind her husband.
"It's still sort of heavy on the heart," said Irma Soto-Lopez, who had wept herself on the day of the verdict. "I feel sorry for both families."
Other jurors from both of Spector's trials showed up for the final act.
"They joined us to put a period at the end of a long chapter in their lives," said Deputy District Attorney Alan Jackson, who spent six years on the case in which one jury deadlocked and a second voted for conviction.
He had harsh words for Spector outside court: "I find nothing tragic about him. ... I think he got what he deserved."
Defense attorney Doron Weinberg said a strong appeal is anticipated. Meanwhile, he said, Spector was anxious to know in which prison he will be spending his days.
"He will be a very high-profile inmate. There's a question of how others will treat him," Weinberg said.
Superior Court Judge Larry Fidler gave no indication of his feelings. He dispassionately ruled that 15 years to life was mandatory, as was a four-year enhancement for personal use of a gun. He imposed more than $26,000 in restitution fees.
Spector gained fame decades ago for what became known as the "Wall of Sound" recording technique that changed rock music.
Clarkson was most famous as the star of Roger Corman's 1985 cult film classic "Barbarian Queen." She was 40 when she died.
Rachelle Spector said outside court that it was a sad day for everyone involved.
"The Clarkson family has lost a daughter and a sister. I've lost my husband, my best friend," she said. "I feel that a grave injustice has been done and from this day forward I'm going to dedicate myself to proving my husband's innocence."
Spector's son Louis, accompanied by his wife, also came to the sentencing. He had attended much of the trial.
"I'm torn about this," he said. "I'm losing my father who is going to spend his life in jail. At the same time, justice is served."
Prosecutor Jackson said afterward that the outcome sent a message: "If you commit crimes against our citizens we will follow you and prosecute you. And no matter whether you are famous or wealthy, you will stand trial."
Jackson said the case was "rock solid" legally and will not be subject to a successful appeal.
Spector's April 13 conviction suggested to some that California prosecutors had broken a decades-long string of celebrity murder case losses that included the acquittals of O.J. Simpson and actor Robert Blake.
Spector, however, wasn't a performer; not a sports star with a following or a singer who captivated the public. He was a behind-the-scenes guy whose recording technique changed the sound of rock music.
Famous, yes. A celebrity? Not in today's pop culture.
Spector had two trials with essentially the same evidence. His first in 2007 was televised gavel to gavel and spectators flocked to the courtroom. But when the jury deadlocked after a five-month trial, his legal "dream team," which at times numbered half a dozen lawyers, bailed out.
By the time the second trial started in 2008, interest had waned. The judge ordered cameras turned off and only a handful of spectators and reporters stopped in sporadically to watch testimony.
The retrial lasted the same length of time as the first trial but there was only one defense lawyer, Weinberg, a well-regarded veteran from San Francisco. A young woman prosecutor, Truc Do, was brought in to work with Jackson. Most importantly, there was a new jury.
During jury selection, only a few panelists remembered Spector's heyday as producer of teen anthems including "To Know Him is to Love Him" by The Teddy Bears, The Ronette's "Be My Baby," The Crystals' "Da Doo Ron Ron" and The Righteous Brothers' classic, "You've Lost that Lovin' Feelin'." Spector also worked on a Beatles album with John Lennon.
Ironically, Clarkson didn't know Spector's music legacy either when she met him only hours before she died at his Alhambra "castle" in February 2003. She was working as a hostess at the House of Blues nightclub on the Sunset Strip, where she had to be told by a manager that Spector was an important man.
His time had passed. Clarkson's career also was ebbing. Their fateful meeting, recounted in both trials, led to her death and the end of his life as he knew it. For the next six years he spent millions of dollars on lawyers as he sought to prove that Clarkson killed herself.
But what had happened inside his house was never clear. Clarkson's body was found slumped in a chair in a foyer. A gun had been fired in her mouth. Spector's chauffeur, the key witness, said he heard a gunshot, then saw Spector emerge holding a gun and heard him say: "I think I killed somebody."
Weinberg said forensic evidence proved that Clarkson shot herself and cited her desperation at not being able to get acting work. Jackson said the shooting fit the pattern of other confrontations between Spector and women, and Do said Spector would become "a demonic maniac" when he drank.
Much of the case hinged on the testimony of five women from Spector's past who said he threatened them with guns when they tried to leave his presence. The parallels with the night Clarkson died were chilling even if the stories were very old -- 31 years in one instance.
Weinberg said Spector's appeal will assert that the judge erred in allowing the women to testify.
The Truth Is Out There...
Newspaper Ad 'Called For Obama Assassination'
A newspaper has apologised after publishing an advert which appeared to call for the assassination of President Barack Obama.
The Secret Service are investigating the classified ad placed in Pennsylvania local paper the Warren Times Observer.
It said: "May Obama follow in the footsteps of Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy."
All four of the presidents named alongside Obama were assassinated.
Publisher John Elchert said it was removed as soon as a manager noticed the significance of the reference.
"It was just an honest mistake," he said.
An apology posted on the paper's website said the ad "apparently alludes to the wish that President Obama meet an untimely end".
The case has been handed to local police and the Secret Service, he added.
A spokesman for the Secret Service said they knew who placed the advert and were taking the threat seriously.
"We do not have the luxury of doing otherwise," Jim Mackin said.
President Obama has had 24-hour protection from the Secret Service since the early days of his campaign.
The Secret Service are investigating the classified ad placed in Pennsylvania local paper the Warren Times Observer.
It said: "May Obama follow in the footsteps of Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy."
All four of the presidents named alongside Obama were assassinated.
Publisher John Elchert said it was removed as soon as a manager noticed the significance of the reference.
"It was just an honest mistake," he said.
An apology posted on the paper's website said the ad "apparently alludes to the wish that President Obama meet an untimely end".
The case has been handed to local police and the Secret Service, he added.
A spokesman for the Secret Service said they knew who placed the advert and were taking the threat seriously.
"We do not have the luxury of doing otherwise," Jim Mackin said.
President Obama has had 24-hour protection from the Secret Service since the early days of his campaign.
Friday, 29 May 2009
The Great Loudo Returns (on yet another label!)
Loudon Wainwright III honors Charlie Poole with double album on 2nd Story Sound Records.
Loudon Wainwright III will release a two-disc tribute to Charlie Poole this summer that examines the life of the country music pioneer.
"High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project," scheduled to hit retailers
Aug. 25, features songs from Poole's repertoire plus new tunes written about his life as a bootlegger, banjo picker, amateur baseball player, drinker, rambler, gambler and textile mill worker,according to a press release.
Poole, who died at the age of 39, was not a songwriter; his recordings and performances consisted of re-interpretations of popular and traditional music, which is reflected in Wainwright's upcoming collection.
Guests on the album include Rufus and Martha Wainwright, The Roches, Nickel Creek mandolin player Chris Thile and many others. Additional details about "The Charlie Poole Project" can be found at a new website dedicated to the release:
http://www.thecharliepooleproject.com/
Nick Lowe and Ron Sexsmith at The Sage
NICK Lowe is the very essence of songwriting cool.
His shock of hair as dazzlingly white as his shirt, the lean Lowe nowadays resembles a well-preserved and sophisticated Premier League football manager.Backed by a superb four-piece band, the man who once christened himself the Jesus of Cool, dipped into his extensive back catalogue for a masterclass in songwriting craft.
His shock of hair as dazzlingly white as his shirt, the lean Lowe nowadays resembles a well-preserved and sophisticated Premier League football manager.Backed by a superb four-piece band, the man who once christened himself the Jesus of Cool, dipped into his extensive back catalogue for a masterclass in songwriting craft.
The early pub rock hits –including Cruel To Be Kind and I Knew The Bride When She Used To Rock and Roll – were rebooted, to the delight of the audience.But it's the songs Lowe's fashioned over the last decade and a half which represent his finest work.Indian Queens, You Inspire Me, I Trained Her To Love Me and the superb Hope For Us All were just some of the highlights, topped off by a spine-chilling solo encore of The Beast In Me, the song he wrote for his late father-in-law, Johnny Cash.
Support for the night was provided by the brilliant Ron Sexsmith, who is Lowe's equal in terms of songwriting skills, but who was content to open for his musical friend, before duetting with him on an old Louvin Brothers number during the encores.So: a great double bill and a wonderful concert of crafted songwriting, the only disappointment being the half-full house. Some of you missed a great night.
Support for the night was provided by the brilliant Ron Sexsmith, who is Lowe's equal in terms of songwriting skills, but who was content to open for his musical friend, before duetting with him on an old Louvin Brothers number during the encores.So: a great double bill and a wonderful concert of crafted songwriting, the only disappointment being the half-full house. Some of you missed a great night.Terry Kelly
Also published in The Shields Gazette
26 May 2009
Thursday, 28 May 2009
Friday Night!
Dear FNBs,
We're meeting at The Bridge at 8pm on Friday. Bring your buckets and spades - it's gonna be a scorcher! (Grahame's opting for paisley, Big Dave for latex).
TK.
"Can't explain why Ian
has stopped giving me
tips for Sheffield dogs
always so enthusiastic
wanting to go for pints
but now he just mumbles
a half-felt 'hello' ..."
We're meeting at The Bridge at 8pm on Friday. Bring your buckets and spades - it's gonna be a scorcher! (Grahame's opting for paisley, Big Dave for latex).
TK.
"Can't explain why Ian
has stopped giving me
tips for Sheffield dogs
always so enthusiastic
wanting to go for pints
but now he just mumbles
a half-felt 'hello' ..."
Wednesday, 27 May 2009
Last Night's Setlist - usual venue
Out On The Weekend*
Give Me Strength
Heart Of Gold*
Like A Hurricane
* with harmonica
Give Me Strength
Heart Of Gold*
Like A Hurricane
* with harmonica
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
Saturday, 23 May 2009
"Allowable expenses"
Tory MP claims £5,000 for gates
The latest expenses revelations by the Daily Telegraph show a Conservative MP claimed almost £5,000 to have automatic gates installed at his home.
Shadow business secretary Jonathan Djanogly said they are security gates and were installed at his Huntingdon constituency home on police advice.
The paper says the MP also claimed £13,962 for cleaning over four years.
It also reports claims from one Labour MP for a hotel with his girlfriend and another to fund a home for his friend.
According to the Telegraph, the wooden gates at Mr Djanogly's house cost £4,936 and can be opened by a remote control while he is still sitting in his car.
'I completely understand'
In a statement, the MP defended the gates as a measure to protect him from potential reprisal attacks by animal rights activists.
He said: "The automatic gates are integrated with a CCTV system which I installed with police advice after I had security threats following from my representation of constituents' interests at Huntingdon Life Sciences."
Mr Djanogly added: "I want to stress that I completely understand the public's concerns about MPs' expenses and my party's absolute determination to respond to that concern."
Other expenses claims by him highlighted by the paper include £13,962 for cleaning and £12,951 for gardening at his home, which the paper reports did not have a mortgage, over a four-year period.
Mr Djanogly said the cleaning and gardening claims were "allowable" expenses.
He has agreed to repay £25,000 after talking to the Conservative scrutiny panel set up by party leader David Cameron to study his MPs' claims.
Saturday's Telegraph also reports Labour MP Khalid Mahmood claimed for £1,350 to stay in a five-star west London hotel with his girlfriend, after separating from his partner, with whom he shared a home in Wembley, north west London.
The paper says another Labour MP, Northern Ireland Minister Paul Goggins, allows a university friend to live rent-free in a home that is paid for by the taxpayer.
And in a fourth set of claims published in Saturday's edition, Conservative MP Bernard Jenkin used £50,000 in expenses to pay his sister-in-law rent.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8064794.stm
The latest expenses revelations by the Daily Telegraph show a Conservative MP claimed almost £5,000 to have automatic gates installed at his home.
Shadow business secretary Jonathan Djanogly said they are security gates and were installed at his Huntingdon constituency home on police advice.The paper says the MP also claimed £13,962 for cleaning over four years.
It also reports claims from one Labour MP for a hotel with his girlfriend and another to fund a home for his friend.
According to the Telegraph, the wooden gates at Mr Djanogly's house cost £4,936 and can be opened by a remote control while he is still sitting in his car.
'I completely understand'
In a statement, the MP defended the gates as a measure to protect him from potential reprisal attacks by animal rights activists.
He said: "The automatic gates are integrated with a CCTV system which I installed with police advice after I had security threats following from my representation of constituents' interests at Huntingdon Life Sciences."
Mr Djanogly added: "I want to stress that I completely understand the public's concerns about MPs' expenses and my party's absolute determination to respond to that concern."
Other expenses claims by him highlighted by the paper include £13,962 for cleaning and £12,951 for gardening at his home, which the paper reports did not have a mortgage, over a four-year period.
Mr Djanogly said the cleaning and gardening claims were "allowable" expenses.
He has agreed to repay £25,000 after talking to the Conservative scrutiny panel set up by party leader David Cameron to study his MPs' claims.
Saturday's Telegraph also reports Labour MP Khalid Mahmood claimed for £1,350 to stay in a five-star west London hotel with his girlfriend, after separating from his partner, with whom he shared a home in Wembley, north west London.The paper says another Labour MP, Northern Ireland Minister Paul Goggins, allows a university friend to live rent-free in a home that is paid for by the taxpayer.
And in a fourth set of claims published in Saturday's edition, Conservative MP Bernard Jenkin used £50,000 in expenses to pay his sister-in-law rent.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8064794.stm
Friday, 22 May 2009
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!
Pelaw Jim's mam and dad, Joan and Andra McCullough, celebrating their Diamond Wedding
anniversary this week at their home in Jarrow.
anniversary this week at their home in Jarrow.
Happy anniversary from us all!
Wayne Allwine RIP
Wayne Allwine, who died on May 18 aged 62, supplied the voice of Mickey Mouse in the Walt Disney cartoons for more than 30 years; his wife, Russi Taylor, is the voice of Minnie Mouse.
Oink if you love your children...
A Labour MP says he will stand down at the next election if his constituents demand it, following allegations over his second home expenses claims.
The Daily Telegraph says Dr Ian Gibson, Norwich North MP, claimed for a London flat while his daughter and her partner lived there rent-free.
The Daily Telegraph says Dr Ian Gibson, Norwich North MP, claimed for a London flat while his daughter and her partner lived there rent-free.
Among the latest reports on Friday, the Telegraph says Dr Gibson sold the London flat to his daughter and her partner for less than he paid and well below the market value.
He is reported to have sold the flat to them in April for £162,000, despite having bought it for £195,000 in 1999.
He is reported to have sold the flat to them in April for £162,000, despite having bought it for £195,000 in 1999.
Dr Gibson has insisted he acted within the rules and "made nothing on the house whatsoever".
From http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8062786.stm
From http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8062786.stm
Thursday, 21 May 2009
Duck Off!
DUCK ISLAND?!
Another Tory MP, Sir Peter Viggers, will step down at the next election after claiming £30,000 on gardening.
The Daily Telegraph said that Sir Peter, MP for Gosport, claimed £1,645 for a duck island.
After hearing about the latest expenses revelations, David Cameron told Sir Peter he faced the removal of the whip if he did not announce that he would not run again at the next election, the BBC has learned.
The Conservative scrutiny panel will decide what figure Sir Peter will have to pay back. Sources say it will be a "substantial sum".
Sir Peter said the claims he made "were in accordance with the rules at the time, and were all approved by the fees office".
He added: "As with all other Conservative MPs my expenses are being examined by David Cameron's scrutiny panel and I await any recommendations they may make."From http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8060563.stm
Wednesday, 20 May 2009
Summer Love Songs and Dennis Wilson documentary
Beach Boys - Peter Blake, 1964
THE BEACH BOYS RELEASE 'SUMMER LOVE SONGS'
by Howie Edelson
Out today (May 19th) is the Beach Boys' Summer Love Songs, the group's latest compilation featuring newly-remixed stereo versions of some of their most beloved tracks. Among the classic hits found on the set are "Don't Worry Baby" and "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" -- featuring revamped stereo mixes utilizing the songs' long-lost masters, "Surfer Girl," "Wouldn't It Be Nice," "God Only Knows," California Girls," "Girls On The Beach," and "Help Me, Rhonda," among others.
Summer Love Songs features tracks from the band's earliest days up through the late '60s and early '70s, well after they had outgrown their classic "striped shirts" era. Mike Love was asked if after the Beach Boys' initial successes, he ever considered that the group was evolving from pop stars into actual artists: "Oh no, never thought of it that way. I knew that we were musically endowed by, you know, our families and stuff like that, because we grew up in a musical environment, so music was second nature to us. I mean, it was something that we would've done as a hobby if we never made a transition to a hugely popular group. But we never thought, 'Oh my gosh, we're 'artists'' -- we didn't have, at least I didn't have, that perception."
One of the highlights on the set is a remixed version of the 1970 Dennis Wilson rarity "Fallin' In Love" which was B-side side to Wilson's first solo single "Sound Of Free." The European release has been out of print for nearly three decades and remains one of the most collectible Beach Boys-related vinyl releases.
Official Beach Boys archivist Alan Boyd compiled the new collection with Grammy award-winning producer Mark Linett. The pair experimented on creating what many fans are calling the definitive mix of the Wilson classic: "Obviously we had the original 16-track master and we did a new mix for that. Dennis had doubled his vocal and so we used some elements of that, sometimes using the double and sometimes focusing on the other track this time. At the very end of the mixing process, we decided to do an isolated mixdown of the string parts just to have it. And as we were listening to it we were commenting on how 'Beatle-esque' it sounded. And we decided to try putting a string intro on the song, using the actual string part from the song's second verse."
Wilson's biographer Jon Stebbins, who played a crucial role in the return of the session masters for "Don't Worry Baby" and "Why Do Fools Fall In Love," says that "Fallin' In Love" is yet another of Wilson's forgotten evergreens: "I think 'Fallin' In Love' kinda represents when Dennis was first considering a run at a solo record. He released it in Europe as a solo single in 1970 under the title of 'Lady.' This is kind of a new version -- or a version that has elements that we've never heard before. 'Fallin' In Love' was the original working title for it, so maybe it's appropriate that they go back and call it that. But I believe that the song was written about Dennis' wife Barbara, who he was married top at the time. (It's) very typical of the things that Dennis was writing around that time, especially about Barbara."
The full tracklisting to Summer Love Songs is: "Don't Worry Baby" (new stereo mix), "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" (new stereo mix), "Wouldn't It Be Nice," "God Only Knows," "Surfer Girl," "California Girls," "Please Let Me Wonder," "In The Parkin' Lot," "Your Summer Dream," "Kiss Me, Baby," "Hushabye" (new stereo mix), "I'm So Young" (new stereo mix), "Good To My Baby" (new stereo mix), "Fallin' In Love" (new stereo mix of Dennis Wilson solo track)," "Time To Get Alone" (new stereo mix), "Our Sweet Love," "Help Me, Rhonda," "Keep An Eye On Summer," "Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder)," and "Girls On The Beach."
Wrapping production now for BBC TV is the first major documentary on Dennis Wilson. The film, which will air on Britain's BBC 4 this summer features in-depth interviews with Wilson's sons Michael and Carl Wilson, former Beach Boys David Marks and Blondie Chaplin, producer and songwriting partner Gregg Jakobson, engineers John Hanlon and Tom Murphy, former touring Beach Boy Jeff Foskett -- now of the Brian Wilson Band, the Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins, and Wilson's confidante Ed Roach, whose footage and stills are featured throughout the piece -- including Roach's never-before-aired footage of Wilson recording Pacific Ocean Blue.
Legends: Dennis Wilson is directed by Matt O'Casey who is best known for his recent award-winning Blondie documentary One Way Or Another. Biographer Jon Stebbins is producing the doc with Howie Edelson serving as the primary creative consultant. There's no word on a U.S. air date yet, but a DVD version is in the works.
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