"Who is Harry Nilsson (And Why is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)": A Schmocumentary
From :A documentary focusing on the life and career of late singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson will be released early next year. "Who is Harry Nilsson (And Why is Everybody Talkin' About Him?
)" features interviews with Yoko Ono, Randy Newman and Robin Williams as well as home videos and more than 60 songs.
Set to premiere at the 2006 Santa Barbara Film Festival on Feb. 4, the film is directed by LSL Productions co-founder John Scheinfeld.
The company has also been behind several other documentaries on musicians, including Brian Wilson. Details regarding distribution and a possible theatrical release for "Nilsson" have yet to be nailed down.
Interviews with Nilsson's close friends and peers like Micky Dolenz, Eric Idle, the Smothers Brothers and Wilson will be interspersed with portions of Nilsson's recently discovered oral autobiography.
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[A]fter years of hard partying in Los Angeles (including a famous incident when he and John Lennon were ejected from a club for heckling the Smothers Brothers), Nilsson damaged his voice [too much heckling? -jh] and was never subsequently able to match his earlier achievements. He died of a heart attack in 1994.
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This is a must-see for fans of Advancement.
E.M. and Wilco
From :Members of REM and Wilco are to star on the next album by the The Minus 5 collective.
'The Gun Album' is out on February 7, and features core members Scott McCaughey, guitarist John Ramberg and REM stars Peter Buck and drummer Bill Rieflin surrounded by such guests as John Wesley Harding, Kelly Hogan and The Decemberists' Colin Meloy and John Moen. Also featured on two tracks are the members of Wilco, who previously teamed with The Minus 5 for the 2003 album 'Down With Wilco'.
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I wish I were part of a collective.
As Chuck Klosterman put it, " When a genius does something that appears idiotic, it does not necessarily mean he suddenly sucks. What it might mean is that he's doing something you cannot understand, because he has Advanced beyond you.
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