“Barbie” is pop. “Oppenheimer” is rock and roll. Sure, “Barbie’s gross exceeded that of “Oppenheimer,” $162 million to $82.4 million, but “Oppenheimer” will have longer legs in the public consciousness, because when you go deep, that’s when people resonate. Now if you weren’t aware of “Barbie,” you were living disconnected in Ted Kaczynski’s old shack […]

Re: The Syd Barrett Movie The most-played recording in my entire collection (which ain’t tiny) is Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Sheer genius. A few months after Barrett departed, we did a TV show with Pink Floyd, who were in the US for the Philadelphia Music Festival at JFK Stadium in July 1968. We were opening for […]

“‘Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd’ (Trailer)”: https://tinyurl.com/2k99mp63 Now this will change your mood. It and the music of Pink Floyd are the antithesis of Wham! Anything but obvious and simple. This film and Pink Floyd have an ethereal quality, there’s no context, they exist on their own […]

Trailer: https://tinyurl.com/26vjsvcj It’s FANTASTIC! Not that I was eager to watch it. The e-mail started to come in last week, absolute raves. So I read the reviews and said…maybe, but not right now. But watching a disappointing comedy special tonight Felice suggested it, and WOW! Started off cheesy. I mean the titles. Like the Motley […]