The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band was a comedy rock group formed in the 1960s. The band only had one hit song, which isn’t surprising since their hit was produced by Paul McCartney. However, many of his fans wouldn’t know about his involvement as he produced the track under a pseudonym.
Paul McCartney was a fan of The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band Paul McCartney | Samir Hussein/WireImage
The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band rose to prominence in 1968 as the house band for Do Not Adjust Your Set, a British television series that starred future members of the Monty Python comedy troupe. However, the band had been around before that, and McCartney became a fan after seeing them in a show.
The band even appeared in a scene from The Beatles’ 1967 Magical Mystery Tour movie. In an interview with Club Sandwich, McCartney said he went for drinks with lead singer Vivian Stanshall,...
Paul McCartney was a fan of The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band Paul McCartney | Samir Hussein/WireImage
The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band rose to prominence in 1968 as the house band for Do Not Adjust Your Set, a British television series that starred future members of the Monty Python comedy troupe. However, the band had been around before that, and McCartney became a fan after seeing them in a show.
The band even appeared in a scene from The Beatles’ 1967 Magical Mystery Tour movie. In an interview with Club Sandwich, McCartney said he went for drinks with lead singer Vivian Stanshall,...
- 2/2/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
George Harrison‘s wife, Olivia, thought her husband’s performance of “The Pirate Song” on Rutland Weekend Television was the bravest thing he ever did. The former Beatle proved he’d do anything for comedy.
George Harrison with his wife Olivia | Tom Wargacki/Getty Images The former Beatle fell in love with The Rutles
In 1975, Eric Idle and Neil Innes created a sketch that followed a fictional band based on The Beatles called The Rutles. The sketch appeared on Idle’s BBC television series Rutland Weekend Television later that year.
In 1976, Idle played clips of The Rutles on SNL. Producer Lorne Michaels liked the sketch and agreed to produce The Rutles‘ movie, All You Need Is Cash, with Idle. The Rutles line-up included Ron Nasty (Innes), Dirk McQuickly (Idle), Stig O’Hara (Ricky Fataar), and Barry Wom (John Halsey).
George was involved from the start. He immediately signed on to play a reporter.
George Harrison with his wife Olivia | Tom Wargacki/Getty Images The former Beatle fell in love with The Rutles
In 1975, Eric Idle and Neil Innes created a sketch that followed a fictional band based on The Beatles called The Rutles. The sketch appeared on Idle’s BBC television series Rutland Weekend Television later that year.
In 1976, Idle played clips of The Rutles on SNL. Producer Lorne Michaels liked the sketch and agreed to produce The Rutles‘ movie, All You Need Is Cash, with Idle. The Rutles line-up included Ron Nasty (Innes), Dirk McQuickly (Idle), Stig O’Hara (Ricky Fataar), and Barry Wom (John Halsey).
George was involved from the start. He immediately signed on to play a reporter.
- 1/29/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Tony Sokol Dec 30, 2019
Neil Innes played with the Rutles, wrote for Monty Python and performed in the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour.
"I have suffered for my music," Neil Innes admitted on the British comedy series Rutland Weekend Television. "Now it's your turn." The renowned comedian and musician, who played the John Lennon role in The Beatles spoof band The Rutles and collaborated with the Monty Python Flying Circus, died unexpectedly on Sunday night at age 75, according to his official website. A spokesman for the Innes family said the artist had not been ill.
“It is with deep sorrow and great sadness that we have to announce the death of Neil James Innes on December 29, 2019," his family wrote in a statement. “We have lost a beautiful, kind, gentle soul whose music and songs touched the heart of everyone and whose intellect and search for truth inspired us all. He died of...
Neil Innes played with the Rutles, wrote for Monty Python and performed in the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour.
"I have suffered for my music," Neil Innes admitted on the British comedy series Rutland Weekend Television. "Now it's your turn." The renowned comedian and musician, who played the John Lennon role in The Beatles spoof band The Rutles and collaborated with the Monty Python Flying Circus, died unexpectedly on Sunday night at age 75, according to his official website. A spokesman for the Innes family said the artist had not been ill.
“It is with deep sorrow and great sadness that we have to announce the death of Neil James Innes on December 29, 2019," his family wrote in a statement. “We have lost a beautiful, kind, gentle soul whose music and songs touched the heart of everyone and whose intellect and search for truth inspired us all. He died of...
- 12/30/2019
- Den of Geek
Neil Innes — the British comedy songwriter who worked with Monty Python and played in the Beatles parody group the Rutles — died Monday, the BBC reports. He was 75.
Innes’ family confirmed his death in a statement, saying, “We have lost a beautiful, kind, gentle soul whose music and songs touched the heart of everyone and whose intellect and search for truth inspired us all. He died of natural causes quickly without warning and, I think, without pain. His wife Yvonne and their three sons, Miles, Luke and Barney, and three grandchildren,...
Innes’ family confirmed his death in a statement, saying, “We have lost a beautiful, kind, gentle soul whose music and songs touched the heart of everyone and whose intellect and search for truth inspired us all. He died of natural causes quickly without warning and, I think, without pain. His wife Yvonne and their three sons, Miles, Luke and Barney, and three grandchildren,...
- 12/30/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Neil Innes, the British comedian and musician, has died. He was 75. Innes is best known for collaborating with comedy troupe Monty Python, for whom he wrote a number of original songs, as well as playing in the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and the Rutles.
Innes’ agent Nigel Morton confirmed the news to Sky News and said that his death was unexpected and that he had not been ill.
Innes wrote a number of songs for Monty Python and the Holy Grail including “Knights of the Round Table” and “Brave Sir Robin,” singing the latter opposite Eric Idle. He also appeared in the film as a head-bashing monk, a peasant and the serf crushed by a giant wooden rabbit. He also briefly appeared in Monty Python’s Life of Brian.
Born on December 9, 1944 in Danbury, Essex, England, Innes wrote for and appeared on Monty Python’s Flying Circus and performed in the...
Innes’ agent Nigel Morton confirmed the news to Sky News and said that his death was unexpected and that he had not been ill.
Innes wrote a number of songs for Monty Python and the Holy Grail including “Knights of the Round Table” and “Brave Sir Robin,” singing the latter opposite Eric Idle. He also appeared in the film as a head-bashing monk, a peasant and the serf crushed by a giant wooden rabbit. He also briefly appeared in Monty Python’s Life of Brian.
Born on December 9, 1944 in Danbury, Essex, England, Innes wrote for and appeared on Monty Python’s Flying Circus and performed in the...
- 12/30/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Let’s turn it up to at least 11 and sing the praises of the 5th Baron Haden-Guest, otherwise known as Christopher Guest. This actor and filmmaker is known for being married to actress Jamie Lee Curtis. Then there was his one-season stint (1984-85) on “Saturday Night Live,” where he helped introduce the phrase, “It’s a Minkman.” But his career took off after starring in the 1984 mock rock documentary “This Is Spinal Tap” directed by Rob Reiner. Guest would then turn the satirical genre into his own calling card as a filmmaker while recruiting an ace ensemble of masterful ad-libbers. In honor of his 71st birthday, here are 11 of his greatest films, ranked worst to best.
Here is just a taste of what you’ll find in our photo gallery above (but which one is in the top spot?):
Best In Show (2000)
Guest co-opted the insular world of dog show competitions,...
Here is just a taste of what you’ll find in our photo gallery above (but which one is in the top spot?):
Best In Show (2000)
Guest co-opted the insular world of dog show competitions,...
- 2/5/2019
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
With the exception of Spider-Man: Homecoming and, to a lesser extent, Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman spinoff – after five weeks and $700 million, the Warner Bros. tentpole has now catapulted the DC Extended Universe toward $3 billion at the global box office – Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver, a music-fuelled heist movie 22 years in the making, is currently the talk of the town.
Lauded by critics as an electrifying, fiercely original crime caper, Baby Driver scored a respectable $35 million on its domestic opening, and it’ll be interesting to see how word of mouth – coupled with the film’s international markets – influences that box office total this coming weekend.
Such an eye-catching, head-turning debut has even fuelled chatter of a sequel to Wright’s star-studded thriller, and that’s something that the writer-director himself addressed while appearing on the latest installment of the Empire Podcast.
The studio have asked me to think about writing...
Lauded by critics as an electrifying, fiercely original crime caper, Baby Driver scored a respectable $35 million on its domestic opening, and it’ll be interesting to see how word of mouth – coupled with the film’s international markets – influences that box office total this coming weekend.
Such an eye-catching, head-turning debut has even fuelled chatter of a sequel to Wright’s star-studded thriller, and that’s something that the writer-director himself addressed while appearing on the latest installment of the Empire Podcast.
The studio have asked me to think about writing...
- 7/5/2017
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
From Bananaman to Grange Hill, join us in a spot of TV nostalgia as we celebrate 50 great 1980s kids' TV theme songs...
There comes a time to turn away from the horrors of the world and retreat underneath the soft, comforting duvet of nostalgia. That time is Friday. That metaphorical duvet is below.
Here are fifty of the best kids’ TV theme songs (spread over two pages and in arbitrary order) of the 1980s. Some, like Alan Hawkshaw’s distinctive Grange Hill intro, are unarguable classics of the era, while others, like Mike Harding's Count Duckula, only started in the late-eighties and spent the rest of their run in the next decade.
Obviously, there being only 50 on this list, we may have missed out your favourite (deliberately or otherwise). Let us know if so, but remember that links may take a while to appear in the comments thread because...
There comes a time to turn away from the horrors of the world and retreat underneath the soft, comforting duvet of nostalgia. That time is Friday. That metaphorical duvet is below.
Here are fifty of the best kids’ TV theme songs (spread over two pages and in arbitrary order) of the 1980s. Some, like Alan Hawkshaw’s distinctive Grange Hill intro, are unarguable classics of the era, while others, like Mike Harding's Count Duckula, only started in the late-eighties and spent the rest of their run in the next decade.
Obviously, there being only 50 on this list, we may have missed out your favourite (deliberately or otherwise). Let us know if so, but remember that links may take a while to appear in the comments thread because...
- 7/29/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Edinburgh International Film Festival unveils juries and guests for 2015 edition.
The 69th Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) (June 17-28) has revealed the juries that will judge its five award categories - The Michael Powell Award for Best British Film; Best Performance in a British Feature; Best International Feature; Best Documentary; and Best Short Film.
Jurors include:
Karen Gillan, actressNatascha McElhone, actressKenneth Turan, film criticAmy Berg, directorArchie Panjabi, actressKyle Patrick Alvarez, directorJessica Hynes, actressDenis Lawson, actorJacqueline Lyanga, AFI film festival directorDolly Wells, actress.
Doctor Who and Guardians of the Galaxy star Gillan will see her dirctorial debut - short film Coward - screened at the Festival.
Us director Berg’s films Prophet’s Prey and Every Secret Thing will screen at Eiff while Alverez will see his feature, The Stanford Prison Experiment, shown at the Festival.
Wells stars in Black Mountain Poets, 45 Years and Doll & Em 2, all showing at this year’s festival.
Other awards...
The 69th Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) (June 17-28) has revealed the juries that will judge its five award categories - The Michael Powell Award for Best British Film; Best Performance in a British Feature; Best International Feature; Best Documentary; and Best Short Film.
Jurors include:
Karen Gillan, actressNatascha McElhone, actressKenneth Turan, film criticAmy Berg, directorArchie Panjabi, actressKyle Patrick Alvarez, directorJessica Hynes, actressDenis Lawson, actorJacqueline Lyanga, AFI film festival directorDolly Wells, actress.
Doctor Who and Guardians of the Galaxy star Gillan will see her dirctorial debut - short film Coward - screened at the Festival.
Us director Berg’s films Prophet’s Prey and Every Secret Thing will screen at Eiff while Alverez will see his feature, The Stanford Prison Experiment, shown at the Festival.
Wells stars in Black Mountain Poets, 45 Years and Doll & Em 2, all showing at this year’s festival.
Other awards...
- 6/5/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Ewan McGregor, Jane Seymour, Malcolm McDowell and Hong Kong director Johnnie To among the guests set to attend the festival.Scroll down for competition titles
The line-up for the 69th Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has been unveiled this morning by new artistic director Mark Adams.
This year’s Eiff (June 17-28) will comprise 164 features from 36 countries, including 24 world premieres, eight international premieres, 16 European premieres and 84 UK premieres.
Highlights including the UK premiere of Asif Kapadia’s documentary Amy, about the life of singer Amy Winehouse; the latest Disney-Pixar animation Inside Out; Arnold Schwarzenegger in zombie drama Maggie; comedy The D-Train, starring Jack Black and James Marsden; and a biopic of The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson, Love & Mercy, in which John Cusack and Paul Dano play different aged versions of the musician.
Classic Screenings will include a rare outing for Noel Marshall’s Roar, a cult 1981 big cat movie.
Star power
This year’s Eiff will present...
The line-up for the 69th Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff) has been unveiled this morning by new artistic director Mark Adams.
This year’s Eiff (June 17-28) will comprise 164 features from 36 countries, including 24 world premieres, eight international premieres, 16 European premieres and 84 UK premieres.
Highlights including the UK premiere of Asif Kapadia’s documentary Amy, about the life of singer Amy Winehouse; the latest Disney-Pixar animation Inside Out; Arnold Schwarzenegger in zombie drama Maggie; comedy The D-Train, starring Jack Black and James Marsden; and a biopic of The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson, Love & Mercy, in which John Cusack and Paul Dano play different aged versions of the musician.
Classic Screenings will include a rare outing for Noel Marshall’s Roar, a cult 1981 big cat movie.
Star power
This year’s Eiff will present...
- 5/27/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The Holy Grail of Entertainment at The 5th Avenue Theatre Monty Python's Spamalot. Featuring an all-star Seattle cast. Lovingly ripped off from the motion picture Monty Python and the Holy Grail, with Book and Lyrics by Eric Idle Music by Eric Idle, John Du Prez, and Neil Innes. Directed by Josh Rhodes with choreography by Lee Wilkins, the show will run January 30-March 2, 2014. BroadwayWorld has a first look below...
- 2/20/2014
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Monty Python fans everywhere woke up on Tuesday to the exciting news of an official reunion.
Since 1983's The Meaning of Life, the surviving members have yet to embark on a proper, official Monty Python project together. However, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and Eric Idle are to reunite for a special stage production.
As Eddie Izzard wrote on Twitter: "Monty Python reforming to do a gig is as big as The Beatles reforming to do a gig."
To mark this monumental comedy moment, Digital Spy takes a look back at 30 years of near-misses, almosts-but-not-quites and other mini-reunions that have led to today's (November 21) press conference.
1983: Yellowbeard
Released shortly after The Meaning of Life, this comedy was written by Graham Chapman, alongside Peter Cook and Python collaborator Bernard McKenna. Centred around Chapman's pirate who is imprisoned for tax evasion, it also starred John Cleese and Eric Idle in minor roles.
Since 1983's The Meaning of Life, the surviving members have yet to embark on a proper, official Monty Python project together. However, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and Eric Idle are to reunite for a special stage production.
As Eddie Izzard wrote on Twitter: "Monty Python reforming to do a gig is as big as The Beatles reforming to do a gig."
To mark this monumental comedy moment, Digital Spy takes a look back at 30 years of near-misses, almosts-but-not-quites and other mini-reunions that have led to today's (November 21) press conference.
1983: Yellowbeard
Released shortly after The Meaning of Life, this comedy was written by Graham Chapman, alongside Peter Cook and Python collaborator Bernard McKenna. Centred around Chapman's pirate who is imprisoned for tax evasion, it also starred John Cleese and Eric Idle in minor roles.
- 11/21/2013
- Digital Spy
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Dec. 3, 2013
Price: Blu-ray/DVD Combo $29.95
Studio: Broadway Video
Meet Sgt. Rutter's Only Darts Club Band in The Rutles Anthology.
All You Need is Cash, the great 1978 rock mockumentary comedy created by Monty Python’s Eric Idle that outstandingly parodied The Beatles, makes its Blu-ray debut in The Rutles: Anthology.
Originally introduced by Idle in his post-Python BBC satire Rutland Weekend Television, the film All You Need Is Cash was brought to prime time in a 1978 TV special, produced by Saturday Night Live’s Lorne Michaels, directed by Gary Weis and featuring the original Not Ready For Prime Time Players. The film follows the epic rise and fall of the tight-trousered lads from Rutland as they hit the top of the pops and the heights of absurdity. Needless to say, it became a major cult hit…
The Rutles are played by Idle, Neil Innes, John Halsey and Ricky Fataar,...
Price: Blu-ray/DVD Combo $29.95
Studio: Broadway Video
Meet Sgt. Rutter's Only Darts Club Band in The Rutles Anthology.
All You Need is Cash, the great 1978 rock mockumentary comedy created by Monty Python’s Eric Idle that outstandingly parodied The Beatles, makes its Blu-ray debut in The Rutles: Anthology.
Originally introduced by Idle in his post-Python BBC satire Rutland Weekend Television, the film All You Need Is Cash was brought to prime time in a 1978 TV special, produced by Saturday Night Live’s Lorne Michaels, directed by Gary Weis and featuring the original Not Ready For Prime Time Players. The film follows the epic rise and fall of the tight-trousered lads from Rutland as they hit the top of the pops and the heights of absurdity. Needless to say, it became a major cult hit…
The Rutles are played by Idle, Neil Innes, John Halsey and Ricky Fataar,...
- 10/16/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
The fare on offer at the Spanish film festival underlines film-makers' enduring fascination with the doppelganger
The San Sebastián film festival is in its fourth day, and if there's a theme emerging, it's this: doubles, mirror images, doppelgangers. All over the festival, actors are bumping enigmatically into themselves.
In Arie Posin's The Face of Love, Annette Bening plays a woman whose husband (Ed Harris) tragically dies: some time later, she finds herself attracted to a man with a striking resemblance to her late partner, played of course by Ed Harris. In Denis Villeneuve's Enemy, Jake Gyllenhaal plays a regular guy with a regular life who bumps into a minor-league actor with an uncanny resemblance to him: Gyllenhaal again.
I arrived at the festival last night, in time to see Cannibal, directed by Manuel Martín Cuenca. It's about a homicidal young tailor in Granada called Carlos, with a sinister...
The San Sebastián film festival is in its fourth day, and if there's a theme emerging, it's this: doubles, mirror images, doppelgangers. All over the festival, actors are bumping enigmatically into themselves.
In Arie Posin's The Face of Love, Annette Bening plays a woman whose husband (Ed Harris) tragically dies: some time later, she finds herself attracted to a man with a striking resemblance to her late partner, played of course by Ed Harris. In Denis Villeneuve's Enemy, Jake Gyllenhaal plays a regular guy with a regular life who bumps into a minor-league actor with an uncanny resemblance to him: Gyllenhaal again.
I arrived at the festival last night, in time to see Cannibal, directed by Manuel Martín Cuenca. It's about a homicidal young tailor in Granada called Carlos, with a sinister...
- 9/23/2013
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Yes, I have too much time on my hands. Here's a new feature that was fun to put together (though quite time-consuming, which makes me worry about my ability to do this every month). I look back at rock, pop, and R&B albums that came out five years ago, ten years ago, etc.
1967
Buffalo Springfield: Again (Atco)
There was much chaos surrounding the creation of this quintet 's second album. Bassist Bruce Palmer, in some ways the soul of the band, was unavailable due to a drug charge deportation, and a string of session players took his place. Stephen Stills, who saw himself as the leader of the group, was feuding with Neil Young, who considered himself an equal, and Young actually quit -- but returned. And that's without getting into the fiasco that was the band's management team.
Nonetheless, it was a quantum leap forward from their debut,...
1967
Buffalo Springfield: Again (Atco)
There was much chaos surrounding the creation of this quintet 's second album. Bassist Bruce Palmer, in some ways the soul of the band, was unavailable due to a drug charge deportation, and a string of session players took his place. Stephen Stills, who saw himself as the leader of the group, was feuding with Neil Young, who considered himself an equal, and Young actually quit -- but returned. And that's without getting into the fiasco that was the band's management team.
Nonetheless, it was a quantum leap forward from their debut,...
- 10/30/2012
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Believe us when we tell you we're exploring some of the best cults and quasi-religious groups on film. Join us ...
This week's Clip joint is by David Biddle.
Think you can do better? Email your idea for a future Clip joint to adam.boult@guardian.co.uk
Next month sees the release of Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master, a film about a drifter who founds a cult with absolutely no relation to any litigious, real-life organisation whatsoever.
Cults and other shadowy quasi-religious organisations are common in pop culture, generally as antagonists, largely because the past few decades have seen some genuinely terrifying real-life examples. Here are some of my cinematic favourites.
1) The Wicker Man
This 1973 horror film has the distinction of being not only about a cult but also a cult film. Led by Christopher Lee's charismatic Lord Summerisle, a group of pagan islanders with a fondness for...
This week's Clip joint is by David Biddle.
Think you can do better? Email your idea for a future Clip joint to adam.boult@guardian.co.uk
Next month sees the release of Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master, a film about a drifter who founds a cult with absolutely no relation to any litigious, real-life organisation whatsoever.
Cults and other shadowy quasi-religious organisations are common in pop culture, generally as antagonists, largely because the past few decades have seen some genuinely terrifying real-life examples. Here are some of my cinematic favourites.
1) The Wicker Man
This 1973 horror film has the distinction of being not only about a cult but also a cult film. Led by Christopher Lee's charismatic Lord Summerisle, a group of pagan islanders with a fondness for...
- 10/16/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
The Beatles only starred in four films together (not counting the animated Yellow Submarine which they didn’t even voice) yet two of them have been virtually impossible to see in any home viewing format for decades. A Hard Day’S Night and Help were both acclaimed successes with long histories of VHS and DVD releases but Let It Be, a 1970 documentary showing how the Beatles rehearsed in preparation for a new live tour, despite winning an Oscar for Original Song Score, has never been seen since its original theatrical release. Let It Be captured the Fab Four as they were in the process of breaking up, bickering and acting chilly to each other in a most un-Beatle-like fashion. The other “lost” Beatles film is the 1967 Magical Mystery Tour, a 53-minute psychedelic road trip first broadcast on the BBC. Magical Mystery Tour is now available on Blu-ray from Capitol Records...
- 10/9/2012
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Songs you.ll never forget, the film you.ve never seen, and a story that.s never been heard. In 1967, in the wake of the extraordinary impact of the Sgt. Pepper.s Lonely Hearts Club Band album and the One World satellite broadcast of All You Need Is Love, The Beatles devised, wrote, and directed their third film, Magical Mystery Tour, a dreamlike story of a coach day trip to the seaside. Apple Films has fully restored the long out-of-print, classic feature film for October 8th release worldwide (October 9th in North America) on DVD and Blu-ray with a remixed soundtrack (5.1 and stereo) and special features. For the first time ever, there will be a limited theatrical release in certain territories from September 27th.
Magical Mystery Tour will be available in DVD and Blu-ray packages, and in a special 10″x10″ boxed deluxe edition. The deluxe edition includes both the DVD and Blu-ray,...
Magical Mystery Tour will be available in DVD and Blu-ray packages, and in a special 10″x10″ boxed deluxe edition. The deluxe edition includes both the DVD and Blu-ray,...
- 10/2/2012
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Songs you’ll never forget, the film you’ve never seen, and a story that’s never been heard. In 1967, in the wake of the extraordinary impact of the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album and the One World satellite broadcast of All You Need Is Love, The Beatles devised, wrote, and directed their third film, Magical Mystery Tour, a dreamlike story of a coach day trip to the seaside. Apple Films has fully restored the long out-of-print, classic feature film for October 8th release worldwide (October 9th in North America) on DVD and Blu-ray with a remixed soundtrack (5.1 and stereo) and special features. For the first time ever, there will be a limited theatrical release in certain territories from September 27th.
Magical Mystery Tour will be available in DVD and Blu-ray packages, and in a special 10″x10″ boxed deluxe edition. The deluxe edition includes both the DVD and Blu-ray,...
Magical Mystery Tour will be available in DVD and Blu-ray packages, and in a special 10″x10″ boxed deluxe edition. The deluxe edition includes both the DVD and Blu-ray,...
- 8/22/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Threatened by funding cuts, Bristol's Slapstick Festival is 'the most important celebration of this kind of comedy in the world'
Comedians including satirist Marcus Brigstocke and impressionist Rory Bremner are staging a benefit concert to save a festival dedicated to a brand of humour that is a century old – silent movie slapstick.
The one-night show aims to shore up the finances of Bristol's Slapstick Festival, after a cut in funding threatened to end the annual four-day extravaganza of silent comedy films. Also on the Stand Up For Slapstick bill on 24 June are Arthur Smith, Lucy Porter and veteran writer and performer Barry Cryer.
"The Slapstick Festival has grown during eight years to become perhaps the most important celebration of this kind of comedy anywhere in the world," said former Goodie and organiser Graeme Garden, a patron and director since 2007. "Silent comedy marks the start of modern humour. But, more importantly,...
Comedians including satirist Marcus Brigstocke and impressionist Rory Bremner are staging a benefit concert to save a festival dedicated to a brand of humour that is a century old – silent movie slapstick.
The one-night show aims to shore up the finances of Bristol's Slapstick Festival, after a cut in funding threatened to end the annual four-day extravaganza of silent comedy films. Also on the Stand Up For Slapstick bill on 24 June are Arthur Smith, Lucy Porter and veteran writer and performer Barry Cryer.
"The Slapstick Festival has grown during eight years to become perhaps the most important celebration of this kind of comedy anywhere in the world," said former Goodie and organiser Graeme Garden, a patron and director since 2007. "Silent comedy marks the start of modern humour. But, more importantly,...
- 6/17/2012
- by Christopher Stevens
- The Guardian - Film News
Camelot (it.s only a model) gets a Blu-ray upgrade as the comedy classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail comes to Blu-ray loaded with bonus material and still bringing the laughs. On the format, the film has considerable grain, but you are too busy laughing to notice any problems with the picture. Released in 1974 and directed by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones, the film stars Monty Python.s Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Gilliam, Jones, and Michael Palin. It also features Connie Booth (who looks like a witch), Carol Cleveland, Neil Innes, Bee Duffell, John Young, and Rita Davies. The film is easily one of the most quotable comedies ever released and stays funny no matter how many...
- 3/12/2012
- by Patrick Luce
- Monsters and Critics
I was going through all my bookmarks and I came along this one that I have not shared with you all yet! Shame on me! Courtesy of GeekDad.
Whether you’ve been using Twitter since 2006, are determined never to use it unless dragged kicking and screaming, or are somewhere in between, you probably know that it’s wildly popular with all sorts of people. In addition to the celebrities who make a big deal about Twitter (e.g., Ashton Kutcher), there are tons of people, both famous and not, who tweet about lots of interesting things.
Here's a updated list of people to follow on Twitter.
Name Twitter ID Why They’re Listed Here Phil Plait BadAstronomer The Bad Astronomer himself; a source for great space-related info and a dose of healthy skepticism. James Urbaniak JamesUrbaniak The voice of Dr. Venture on The Venture Brothers, and a very funny tweeter.
Whether you’ve been using Twitter since 2006, are determined never to use it unless dragged kicking and screaming, or are somewhere in between, you probably know that it’s wildly popular with all sorts of people. In addition to the celebrities who make a big deal about Twitter (e.g., Ashton Kutcher), there are tons of people, both famous and not, who tweet about lots of interesting things.
Here's a updated list of people to follow on Twitter.
Name Twitter ID Why They’re Listed Here Phil Plait BadAstronomer The Bad Astronomer himself; a source for great space-related info and a dose of healthy skepticism. James Urbaniak JamesUrbaniak The voice of Dr. Venture on The Venture Brothers, and a very funny tweeter.
- 8/23/2011
- by Mars
- GeekTyrant
Funnyman Simon Pegg wants to leave family and friends smiling at his funeral - be wants the Bonzo Dog Doo-dah Band's novelty anthem The Urban Spaceman played.
The Shaun of the Dead star insists the tune is the perfect send-off for him - because it's quirky and spacy.
He tells Spin magazine, "As a sci-fi buff, it sounds fairly relevant. And it's a happy song.
"You don't want a dirge at those things. You want people to hear you talking from beyond the grave, saying, 'Don't be too upset. You'll be here soon.'"...
The Shaun of the Dead star insists the tune is the perfect send-off for him - because it's quirky and spacy.
He tells Spin magazine, "As a sci-fi buff, it sounds fairly relevant. And it's a happy song.
"You don't want a dirge at those things. You want people to hear you talking from beyond the grave, saying, 'Don't be too upset. You'll be here soon.'"...
- 3/17/2011
- WENN
Slapstick, Bristol
The country's top silent comedy festival has dug up so many cinematic artefacts over the past seven years, it's in danger of running out. That could explain why the remit has broadened to include Shaun The Sheep (he is a local creation at least, and there's an animation workshop next Sat) and Mel Brooks's Young Frankenstein – accompanied by Tim Brooke-Taylor reminiscing on Marty Feldman, his one-time comic partner and a man whose eyeballs were funnier than most people's whole bodies. You'll still get good old-time hilarity, including Friday's gala at Colston Hall with Bill Oddie, Paul McGann and Neil Innes, Italian and Russian silents and lots of Chaplin.
Watershed, Thu to 30 Jan
Waves, Storms And Horizons: Cinema Romania Now, Belfast
It's not exactly breaking news that Romania is putting out some remarkable films, but since 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days won the Palme D'Or at Cannes in 2007, it's...
The country's top silent comedy festival has dug up so many cinematic artefacts over the past seven years, it's in danger of running out. That could explain why the remit has broadened to include Shaun The Sheep (he is a local creation at least, and there's an animation workshop next Sat) and Mel Brooks's Young Frankenstein – accompanied by Tim Brooke-Taylor reminiscing on Marty Feldman, his one-time comic partner and a man whose eyeballs were funnier than most people's whole bodies. You'll still get good old-time hilarity, including Friday's gala at Colston Hall with Bill Oddie, Paul McGann and Neil Innes, Italian and Russian silents and lots of Chaplin.
Watershed, Thu to 30 Jan
Waves, Storms And Horizons: Cinema Romania Now, Belfast
It's not exactly breaking news that Romania is putting out some remarkable films, but since 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days won the Palme D'Or at Cannes in 2007, it's...
- 1/22/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
• Charity Concert This Saturday In Manhattan Features Artists Aged Nine To Ninety • Pete Seeger, Tom Paxton, Neil Innes, Earl Slick, Mark Hudson, Marshall Crenshaw, Tom Chapin, Glen Burtnik & many more team up with Lennon's first band The Quarrymen (The Band That Became The Beatles) to salute Lennon on his 70th birthday John Lennon with his band The Quarrymen on Saturday July 6th 1957. Photographed just one hour before John Lennon & Paul McCartney met for the first time -- the 'Big Bang' that led to the Beatles. Photo: © 1957 & 2010 -- Geoff Rhind This Saturday -- October 9th -- is the exact 70th anniversary of John Lennon's birth. There are multiple celebrations taking place worldwide, including the Us release of the superb movie Nowhere Boy about Lennon's teenage years, the formation of his band The Quarrymen...
- 10/6/2010
- by Martin Lewis
- Huffington Post
Eric Clapton "The 1960s Review" will be available on DVD October 19, 2010, highlighting the story of the rock artist's formative years.
"...While few would argue that Eric Clapton is one of the finest guitarists of all time, it is sometimes forgotten just how pivotal, influential and downright startling this man was during the 1960's. And while Clapton has remained a musician/songwriter of rare ability with moments of glory resplendent on album after album it was during the decade in which he emerged that his awesome skills were used most creatively.
"In this extraordinary documentary, his life and career throughout these crucial ten years is put under the microscope, and with the help of archive interviews with the man himself, exclusive contributions from friends, band mates and colleagues, rare and classic performance footage, seldom seen photographs, location and period archive plus a host of other features, the story in question is...
"...While few would argue that Eric Clapton is one of the finest guitarists of all time, it is sometimes forgotten just how pivotal, influential and downright startling this man was during the 1960's. And while Clapton has remained a musician/songwriter of rare ability with moments of glory resplendent on album after album it was during the decade in which he emerged that his awesome skills were used most creatively.
"In this extraordinary documentary, his life and career throughout these crucial ten years is put under the microscope, and with the help of archive interviews with the man himself, exclusive contributions from friends, band mates and colleagues, rare and classic performance footage, seldom seen photographs, location and period archive plus a host of other features, the story in question is...
- 8/19/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Assembled ~4/2005
That he was born is just one of the many undeniable facts about the life of the late Douglas Adams - author, humorist, raconteur, speaker, and thinker (although it should be noted that, on at least one parallel Earth, Mr. Adams was born a spring-toed lemur with a predilection for grassy fields and the works of Byron - a poetic lemur whose work was not terribly springy).
Another fact which comes to mind is that, of the 7 novels he wrote in his all-too-brief lifetime, by far the most popular is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and its four sequels - which make for a fine trilogy if you’re somewhat numerically impaired. Please don’t take this as a slight against Adams’s other novels, featuring detective Dirk Gently (Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency and its sequel, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul), as they...
That he was born is just one of the many undeniable facts about the life of the late Douglas Adams - author, humorist, raconteur, speaker, and thinker (although it should be noted that, on at least one parallel Earth, Mr. Adams was born a spring-toed lemur with a predilection for grassy fields and the works of Byron - a poetic lemur whose work was not terribly springy).
Another fact which comes to mind is that, of the 7 novels he wrote in his all-too-brief lifetime, by far the most popular is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and its four sequels - which make for a fine trilogy if you’re somewhat numerically impaired. Please don’t take this as a slight against Adams’s other novels, featuring detective Dirk Gently (Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency and its sequel, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul), as they...
- 5/25/2010
- by UncaScroogeMcD
We here at Fred are true lovers of music, in all its forms. We’re also quite keen on the spirit of competition, and of spurring creativity through said competition.
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, the competitors will be presented with a very specific songwriting challenge. They’ll be given one week to complete their songs - however they see fit, within the parameters set forth - after which time the entries will be uploaded to Fred to be voted on by you, the audience.
At the end of the 3rd Challenge,...
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, the competitors will be presented with a very specific songwriting challenge. They’ll be given one week to complete their songs - however they see fit, within the parameters set forth - after which time the entries will be uploaded to Fred to be voted on by you, the audience.
At the end of the 3rd Challenge,...
- 3/23/2010
- by UncaScroogeMcD
We here at Fred are true lovers of music, in all its forms. We’re also quite keen on the spirit of competition, and of spurring creativity through said competition.
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, the competitors will be presented with a very specific songwriting challenge. They’ll be given one week to complete their songs - however they see fit, within the parameters set forth - after which time the entries will be uploaded to Fred to be voted on by you, the audience.
At the end of the 3rd Challenge,...
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, the competitors will be presented with a very specific songwriting challenge. They’ll be given one week to complete their songs - however they see fit, within the parameters set forth - after which time the entries will be uploaded to Fred to be voted on by you, the audience.
At the end of the 3rd Challenge,...
- 3/15/2010
- by UncaScroogeMcD
We here at Fred are true lovers of music, in all its forms. We’re also quite keen on the spirit of competition, and of spurring creativity through said competition.
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, the competitors will be presented with a very specific songwriting challenge. They’ll be given one week to complete their songs - however they see fit, within the parameters set forth - after which time the entries will be uploaded to Fred to be voted on by you, the audience.
At the end of the 3rd Challenge,...
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, the competitors will be presented with a very specific songwriting challenge. They’ll be given one week to complete their songs - however they see fit, within the parameters set forth - after which time the entries will be uploaded to Fred to be voted on by you, the audience.
At the end of the 3rd Challenge,...
- 3/9/2010
- by UncaScroogeMcD
"If I had all the money I'd spent on drink, I'd spend it, on drink."
Right, let's get some pants on this phantom.
"I am Hubert. I do not know my last name. I was found in a snowstorm, clutching a tiny bundle, and on my finger—no wedding band." So says Hubert, played by Vivian Stanshall, in 1980's Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, demonstrating a peculiar form of romantic insanity which might involve him confusing himself with his own late mother, or possibly with the opening scene of Victor Hugo's The Man Who Laughs.
1980 was a particularly horrible year for British cinema, which seemed to teeter on the verge of complete gangrenous moribundity (a condition that had been gaining purchase throughout the seventies, altogether a more fecund, ballsy period, but tainted with decay even so) and so it's quadruply strange that The Famous Charisma Label, a record company...
Right, let's get some pants on this phantom.
"I am Hubert. I do not know my last name. I was found in a snowstorm, clutching a tiny bundle, and on my finger—no wedding band." So says Hubert, played by Vivian Stanshall, in 1980's Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, demonstrating a peculiar form of romantic insanity which might involve him confusing himself with his own late mother, or possibly with the opening scene of Victor Hugo's The Man Who Laughs.
1980 was a particularly horrible year for British cinema, which seemed to teeter on the verge of complete gangrenous moribundity (a condition that had been gaining purchase throughout the seventies, altogether a more fecund, ballsy period, but tainted with decay even so) and so it's quadruply strange that The Famous Charisma Label, a record company...
- 3/4/2010
- MUBI
'Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy) is a humorous oratorio based on Monty Python's Life of Brian & celebrating 40 years of python.
Written by the Creators of Spamalot, Eric Idle & John Du Prez
Starring Eric Idle (baritonish) with guest appearances of fellow Pythons Michael Palin, Terry Jones & Terry Gilliam, Carol Cleveland & Neil Innes with William Ferguson (Brian), Shannon Mercer (Judith), Rosalind Plowright (Mandy) & Christopher Purves (Reg) and John Du Prez conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus with bagpipes and some sheep.
The feature will be shown in cinemas across Europe for one night only on March 25th.
To view the list of screening venues & to book tickets, click here!
Written by the Creators of Spamalot, Eric Idle & John Du Prez
Starring Eric Idle (baritonish) with guest appearances of fellow Pythons Michael Palin, Terry Jones & Terry Gilliam, Carol Cleveland & Neil Innes with William Ferguson (Brian), Shannon Mercer (Judith), Rosalind Plowright (Mandy) & Christopher Purves (Reg) and John Du Prez conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus with bagpipes and some sheep.
The feature will be shown in cinemas across Europe for one night only on March 25th.
To view the list of screening venues & to book tickets, click here!
- 2/28/2010
- by noreply@blogger.com (Flicks News)
- FlicksNews.net
We here at Fred are true lovers of music, in all its forms. We’re also quite keen on the spirit of competition, and of spurring creativity through said competition.
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, the competitors will be presented with a very specific songwriting challenge. They’ll be given one week to complete their songs - however they see fit, within the parameters set forth - after which time the entries will be uploaded to Fred to be voted on by you, the audience.
At the end of the 3rd Challenge,...
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, the competitors will be presented with a very specific songwriting challenge. They’ll be given one week to complete their songs - however they see fit, within the parameters set forth - after which time the entries will be uploaded to Fred to be voted on by you, the audience.
At the end of the 3rd Challenge,...
- 2/26/2010
- by UncaScroogeMcD
We here at Fred are true lovers of music, in all its forms. We’re also quite keen on the spirit of competition, and of spurring creativity through said competition.
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, the competitors will be presented with a very specific songwriting challenge. They’ll be given one week to complete their songs - however they see fit, within the parameters set forth - after which time the entries will be uploaded to Fred to be voted on by you, the audience.
At the end of the 3rd Challenge,...
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, the competitors will be presented with a very specific songwriting challenge. They’ll be given one week to complete their songs - however they see fit, within the parameters set forth - after which time the entries will be uploaded to Fred to be voted on by you, the audience.
At the end of the 3rd Challenge,...
- 2/23/2010
- by UncaScroogeMcD
We here at Fred are true lovers of music, in all its forms. We’re also quite keen on the spirit of competition, and of spurring creativity through said competition.
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, the competitors will be presented with a very specific songwriting challenge. They’ll be given one week to complete their songs - however they see fit, within the parameters set forth - after which time the entries will be uploaded to Fred to be voted on by you, the audience.
At the end of the 3rd Challenge,...
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, the competitors will be presented with a very specific songwriting challenge. They’ll be given one week to complete their songs - however they see fit, within the parameters set forth - after which time the entries will be uploaded to Fred to be voted on by you, the audience.
At the end of the 3rd Challenge,...
- 2/15/2010
- by UncaScroogeMcD
After I'd seen John Hillcoat's The Road earlier in the week I wandered out into the light to find myself a little dazed and drained, standing in the lobby of The Ritzy in Brixton, London, staring up at Matt Damon's grimacing super-face. A face that sells film. Bourne but not Bourne looks over his shoulder at me, all black and white and grainy. Cluttered all around him are groups of four stars, word's like "Explosive" and "Epic”, multitudes of exclamation marks. The words Green Zone, in some plain, bland, Helvetica-like font are slapped in the darkest corner of the frame. A large print of Roman Polanski's Chinatown, sits above my fireplace at home. It's boldness, it's style and it's mystery complements the film beautifully. The famous "empty" statement at the climax almost lives in the empty space of it's composition. Faye Dunaway peers out of Gittes' cigarette...
- 2/10/2010
- by For Your Consideration
- t5m.com
We here at Fred are true lovers of music, in all its forms. We’re also quite keen on the spirit of competition, and of spurring creativity through said competition.
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, the competitors will be presented with a very specific songwriting challenge. They’ll be given one week to complete their songs - however they see fit, within the parameters set forth - after which time the entries will be uploaded to Fred to be voted on by you, the audience.
At the end of the 3rd Challenge,...
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, the competitors will be presented with a very specific songwriting challenge. They’ll be given one week to complete their songs - however they see fit, within the parameters set forth - after which time the entries will be uploaded to Fred to be voted on by you, the audience.
At the end of the 3rd Challenge,...
- 2/9/2010
- by UncaScroogeMcD
We here at Fred are true lovers of music, in all its forms. We’re also quite keen on the spirit of competition, and of spurring creativity through said competition.
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, the competitors will be presented with a very specific songwriting challenge. They’ll be given one week to complete their songs - however they see fit, within the parameters set forth - after which time the entries will be uploaded to Fred to be voted on by you, the audience.
At the end of the 3rd Challenge,...
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, the competitors will be presented with a very specific songwriting challenge. They’ll be given one week to complete their songs - however they see fit, within the parameters set forth - after which time the entries will be uploaded to Fred to be voted on by you, the audience.
At the end of the 3rd Challenge,...
- 2/1/2010
- by UncaScroogeMcD
We here at Fred are true lovers of music, in all its forms. We’re also quite keen on the spirit of competition, and of spurring creativity through said competition.
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
From now until 11:59pm Est on Saturday, January 30th, we’ll be accepting sign-ups from any and all musicians across this here internet. We have 20 slots open - All you have to do is be one of the first 20 to apply via the form below, and you’re in. The List Of Challengers And The First Task Will Be Announced On Monday, February 1st,...
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
From now until 11:59pm Est on Saturday, January 30th, we’ll be accepting sign-ups from any and all musicians across this here internet. We have 20 slots open - All you have to do is be one of the first 20 to apply via the form below, and you’re in. The List Of Challengers And The First Task Will Be Announced On Monday, February 1st,...
- 1/25/2010
- by UncaScroogeMcD
We here at Fred are true lovers of music, in all its forms. We’re also quite keen on the spirit of competition, and of spurring creativity through said competition.
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat here at the Stop.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, the competitors will be presented with a very specific songwriting challenge. They’ll be given one week to complete their songs - however they see fit, within the parameters set forth - after which time the entries will be uploaded to Quick Stop to be voted on by you, the audience.
Oh, and...
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat here at the Stop.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, the competitors will be presented with a very specific songwriting challenge. They’ll be given one week to complete their songs - however they see fit, within the parameters set forth - after which time the entries will be uploaded to Quick Stop to be voted on by you, the audience.
Oh, and...
- 1/18/2010
- by UncaScroogeMcD
Mira Mexico! London
The darkly surreal edge that saturates both comedy and tragedy in Mexican cinema is a constant source of delight, and there's plenty of it on show in this season of contemporary Mexican talent. Rollicking circus black comedy Meet The Head Of Juan Pérez, for example, revolves around a magician's unfortunate decapitation, while in Rodrigo Pla's art-and animation-suffused The Desert Within, a peasant attempts to thwart a government ban on religion. There's also Daniel And Ana, a shocking tale of kidnapped siblings, and Five Days Without Nora, a heart-warming take on a well-organised suicide.
Barbican Screen, EC2, Thu to 27 Jan
Slapstick 2010, Bristol
Whether it's a twirl of Chaplin's cane, fisticuffs between Laurel and Hardy or a cartoon anvil falling on an unsuspecting cartoon head, chances are you're a secret, or not-so-secret, lover of slapstick comedy. And why not? As this sixth slapstick silent comedy festival proves, it's as popular today as ever.
The darkly surreal edge that saturates both comedy and tragedy in Mexican cinema is a constant source of delight, and there's plenty of it on show in this season of contemporary Mexican talent. Rollicking circus black comedy Meet The Head Of Juan Pérez, for example, revolves around a magician's unfortunate decapitation, while in Rodrigo Pla's art-and animation-suffused The Desert Within, a peasant attempts to thwart a government ban on religion. There's also Daniel And Ana, a shocking tale of kidnapped siblings, and Five Days Without Nora, a heart-warming take on a well-organised suicide.
Barbican Screen, EC2, Thu to 27 Jan
Slapstick 2010, Bristol
Whether it's a twirl of Chaplin's cane, fisticuffs between Laurel and Hardy or a cartoon anvil falling on an unsuspecting cartoon head, chances are you're a secret, or not-so-secret, lover of slapstick comedy. And why not? As this sixth slapstick silent comedy festival proves, it's as popular today as ever.
- 1/16/2010
- by Andrea Hubert
- The Guardian - Film News
We here at Quick Stop Entertainment are true lovers of music, in all its forms. We’re also quite keen on the spirit of competition, and of spurring creativity through said competition.
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat here at the Stop.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, the competitors will be presented with a very specific songwriting challenge. They’ll be given one week to complete their songs - however they see fit, within the parameters set forth - after which time the entries will be uploaded to Quick Stop to be voted on by you, the audience.
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat here at the Stop.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, the competitors will be presented with a very specific songwriting challenge. They’ll be given one week to complete their songs - however they see fit, within the parameters set forth - after which time the entries will be uploaded to Quick Stop to be voted on by you, the audience.
- 12/15/2009
- by UncaScroogeMcD
As I walked down the blue carpet, herded away from the celebrities and stars and hustled into the Empire cinema at Leicester Square, I couldn’t help thinking that perhaps the choice of carpet colour was a little inappropriate. It would be like going to see a film about a group of bananas with brains* and arriving by walking over a carpet made out of fruit. To be fair, I was probably alone in missing the fact that the carpet was blue in honour of the skin colour of the alien race at the heart of James Cameron’s Avatar, not because it was made out of said skin. Inside the cinema we were treated to a live broadcast from a breathlessly excited Alex Zane who was working the blue carpet, chatting with various celebrities as they strolled past. This line-up included Simon Pegg, two member of popular music group The Saturdays,...
- 12/11/2009
- by Joe West
- t5m.com
We here at Quick Stop Entertainment are true lovers of music, in all its forms. We’re also quite keen on the spirit of competition, and of spurring creativity through said competition.
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat here at the Stop.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, the competitors will be presented with a very specific songwriting challenge. They’ll be given one week to complete their songs - however they see fit, within the parameters set forth - after which time the entries will be uploaded to Quick Stop to be voted on by you, the audience.
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat here at the Stop.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, the competitors will be presented with a very specific songwriting challenge. They’ll be given one week to complete their songs - however they see fit, within the parameters set forth - after which time the entries will be uploaded to Quick Stop to be voted on by you, the audience.
- 12/4/2009
- by UncaScroogeMcD
We here at Quick Stop Entertainment are true lovers of music, in all its forms. We’re also quite keen on the spirit of competition, and of spurring creativity through said competition.
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat here at the Stop.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, the competitors will be presented with a very specific songwriting challenge. They’ll be given one week to complete their songs - however they see fit, within the parameters set forth - after which time the entries will be uploaded to Quick Stop to be voted on by you, the audience.
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat here at the Stop.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, the competitors will be presented with a very specific songwriting challenge. They’ll be given one week to complete their songs - however they see fit, within the parameters set forth - after which time the entries will be uploaded to Quick Stop to be voted on by you, the audience.
- 11/19/2009
- by UncaScroogeMcD
We here at Quick Stop Entertainment are true lovers of music, in all its forms. We’re also quite keen on the spirit of competition, and of spurring creativity through said competition.
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat here at the Stop.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, the competitors will be presented with a very specific songwriting challenge. They’ll be given one week to complete their songs - however they see fit, within the parameters set forth - after which time the entries will be uploaded to Quick Stop to be voted on by you, the audience.
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat here at the Stop.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, the competitors will be presented with a very specific songwriting challenge. They’ll be given one week to complete their songs - however they see fit, within the parameters set forth - after which time the entries will be uploaded to Quick Stop to be voted on by you, the audience.
- 11/17/2009
- by UncaScroogeMcD
We here at Quick Stop Entertainment are true lovers of music, in all its forms. We’re also quite keen on the spirit of competition, and of spurring creativity through said competition.
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat here at the Stop.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, the competitors will be presented with a very specific songwriting challenge. They’ll be given one week to complete their songs - however they see fit, within the parameters set forth - after which time the entries will be uploaded to Quick Stop to be voted on by you, the audience.
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat here at the Stop.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
Like a songwriting version of Iron Chef, the competitors will be presented with a very specific songwriting challenge. They’ll be given one week to complete their songs - however they see fit, within the parameters set forth - after which time the entries will be uploaded to Quick Stop to be voted on by you, the audience.
- 11/10/2009
- by UncaScroogeMcD
We here at Quick Stop Entertainment are true lovers of music, in all its forms. We’re also quite keen on the spirit of competition, and of spurring creativity through said competition.
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat here at the Stop.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
From now until 11:59pm Est on Saturday, November 7th, we’ll be accepting sign-ups from any and all musicians across this here internet. We have 25 slots open - All you have to do is be one of the first 25 to apply via the form below, and you’re in. The List Of Challengers And The First Task Will Be Announced On Monday,...
To that end, we launched a unique form of creative combat here at the Stop.
In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Ah, but I did mention that there was a competition involved…
From now until 11:59pm Est on Saturday, November 7th, we’ll be accepting sign-ups from any and all musicians across this here internet. We have 25 slots open - All you have to do is be one of the first 25 to apply via the form below, and you’re in. The List Of Challengers And The First Task Will Be Announced On Monday,...
- 11/4/2009
- by UncaScroogeMcD
It seems fitting that I was just spending the afternoon the other day watching several hours of behind the scenes features on my Blu-ray copy of Monty Python's Life of Brian, as news from the Python camp today is that the gang is getting back together to celebrate their 40th Anniversary later this year. According to The Independent, four of the main six stars -- Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam -- will get together for the first time in over a decade to take part in the musical adaptation of Life of Brian, called Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy). John Cleese will be unable to attend due to a previous engagement and as you probably know, Graham Chapman died in 1989. Idle, who stars in the production which he co-wrote with composer John Du Prez, said: "It is rare you get to be silly on a mass scale. It...
- 7/8/2009
- by Neil Miller
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Four members of the Monty Python team will reunite for a "comic oratorio" based on 1979 movie Life Of Brian, it has emerged. Eric Idle will be joined by Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam, as well as Carol Cleveland and Neil Innes, to perform Not The Messiah (He's A Very Naughty Boy). However, fifth surviving Python John Cleese is unable to attend because of prior commitments, The Daily Telegraph reports. Of the new piece, Idle said: "It ranges in reference from Handel, through a naughty Mozart duet, to the Festival Of Nine Carols, (more)...
- 7/6/2009
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
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