Re: (TV) OT: Roxy Music, Needle in Haystack/K. Richards

[Graham Urquhart <gurquhart@madasafish.com>]

I loved /Just Kids/, couldn't put it down. Much better than the Dream of 
Life film which i found a bit disappointing although good in parts.

Just finishing off Rob Young's magisterial /Electric Eden/ which is a 
must for anyone interested in Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson, 
Incredible String Band, Pentangle etc.


On 06/01/2011 22:55, robin dunn wrote:
> i liked keith's book well enough, too.  but it was not the great book i thought it might be based on the three glowing write ups it receieved in the new york times.  the guitar info was interesting, as was the gossip.
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> i wish the stones had stopped recording after "some girls."  then i wouldn't have to feel embarassed for liking them.
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> patti smith's "just kids" is a great book, with relevant television content -- now out in paperback (and a national book award winner).  i think anyone on this list would enjoy it.
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> am now reading the iggy bio, "open up and bleed."  well written and interesting -- had no idea he started life as a yuppie prick.
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> r
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> p.s. -- leo -- i did receive your email awhile back.  but since my SECOND robbery of 2010, where all my music was stolen, i've never gotten things back into order.  i did get most of it back, which was a miracle, but none of the boots are organized at all, just in big piles.
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> --- On Thu, 1/6/11, Leo Casey<LeoCasey@comcast.net>  wrote:
>> PS: Just finished Keith Richard' memoir, "Life" from
>> library.
>> It was not as great as I had expected given its serious
>> reviews, e.g., can be pretty
>> repetitious; I guess repetition goes with being a heroin
>> addict for 12 yrs and a rock god for
>> 45 yrs.  Still....  I'd  give it a B to B+;
>> most interesting parts for me were long segments on
>> his family life/children and that he was a Boy Scout.
>>
>> Musicians on List might be surprised to learn that Richards
>> has relied heavily (almost
>> exclusively[?]) since 1968 on 'open tuning' and use of
>> 5-string electric guitars!.  A shocker
>> (at least for me):  there are no electric guitars
>> (except bass) on 'Jumpin' Jack Flash'.
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