Mark Volman, singer and founding member of the Sixties hitmakers the Turtles, has revealed that he has been diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia.
However, despite being diagnosed with the disease in 2020, Volman told People he still plans on going on tour with the current version of the Turtles. “It’s the safest place for me to be. I can’t get lost or hurt,” Volman quipped.
The “Happy Together” singer’s revelation comes a week before the release of his new memoir, Happy Forever, out June 20.
Volman — also a veteran...
However, despite being diagnosed with the disease in 2020, Volman told People he still plans on going on tour with the current version of the Turtles. “It’s the safest place for me to be. I can’t get lost or hurt,” Volman quipped.
The “Happy Together” singer’s revelation comes a week before the release of his new memoir, Happy Forever, out June 20.
Volman — also a veteran...
- 6/14/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
In the 1960s, the American band The Turtles were thrilled to meet The Beatles, but their meeting went sour when guitarist Jim Tucker got on John Lennon’s bad side. Lennon didn’t seem to have a reason to pick a fight with Tucker, but he quickly turned on him. Tucker looked to Lennon as a hero, so his condescension stung. He left the music industry shortly after the meeting, and his bandmate Howard Kaylan believed Lennon’s behavior was the reason.
John Lennon | New York Times Co./Larry C. Morris/Getty Images The Turtles were excited to meet The Beatles
While spending time with Graham Nash, The Turtles listened to Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band for the first time. After hearing the album in its entirety, an awestruck Tucker expressed his desire to meet the band.
“Man, those guys are gods!” he said, per the book Shell...
John Lennon | New York Times Co./Larry C. Morris/Getty Images The Turtles were excited to meet The Beatles
While spending time with Graham Nash, The Turtles listened to Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band for the first time. After hearing the album in its entirety, an awestruck Tucker expressed his desire to meet the band.
“Man, those guys are gods!” he said, per the book Shell...
- 4/10/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Exclusive: We can tell you first that Kevin Costner’s Territory Pictures will team with Morgan Freeman, Lori McCreary and their Revelations Entertainment to produce the Civil War spy drama The Gray House, a six-hour limited series for Paramount Global.
Both actors’ production shingles are partnering with Big Dreams Entertainment’s founder Leslie Greif, to tell the story of the three women General Ulysses S. Grant credited as helping the North win the Civil War. Costner is revisiting the Civil War era with his New Line ensemble western Horizon which he is currently shooting. Costner’s 7x Oscar winning movie, Dances With Wolves, was set during the Civil War frame, that pic earning the multihyphenate Best Picture and Best Director trophies.
Much like the women in the 2017 film Hidden Figures, in which Costner co-starred, The Gray House focuses on the unsung women who turned the tide of the American Civil...
Both actors’ production shingles are partnering with Big Dreams Entertainment’s founder Leslie Greif, to tell the story of the three women General Ulysses S. Grant credited as helping the North win the Civil War. Costner is revisiting the Civil War era with his New Line ensemble western Horizon which he is currently shooting. Costner’s 7x Oscar winning movie, Dances With Wolves, was set during the Civil War frame, that pic earning the multihyphenate Best Picture and Best Director trophies.
Much like the women in the 2017 film Hidden Figures, in which Costner co-starred, The Gray House focuses on the unsung women who turned the tide of the American Civil...
- 9/28/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s a very musical episode! Director and Tfh Guru, Allan Arkush, returns to talk about his favorite rock and roll movies with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
No Nukes (1980)
Amazing Grace (2018) – Dennis Cozzalio’s Oscar nominee reactions
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) – Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Get Crazy (1983) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1979) – Eli Roth’s trailer commentary
Blackboard Jungle (1955) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
Rock, Rock, Rock! (1956) – Jesus Treviño’s trailer commentary
Mister Rock And Roll (1957)
Go, Johnny, Go! (1959) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
Hail Hail Rock And Roll! (1987) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
The Girl Can’t Help It (1956) – Dan Ireland’s trailer commentary
Hellzapoppin’ (1941)
Innerspace (1987) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Almost Famous (2000) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
Wayne’s World (1992)
The Graduate (1967) – Neil Labute’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Scorpio Rising...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
No Nukes (1980)
Amazing Grace (2018) – Dennis Cozzalio’s Oscar nominee reactions
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) – Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Get Crazy (1983) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1979) – Eli Roth’s trailer commentary
Blackboard Jungle (1955) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
Rock, Rock, Rock! (1956) – Jesus Treviño’s trailer commentary
Mister Rock And Roll (1957)
Go, Johnny, Go! (1959) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
Hail Hail Rock And Roll! (1987) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
The Girl Can’t Help It (1956) – Dan Ireland’s trailer commentary
Hellzapoppin’ (1941)
Innerspace (1987) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Almost Famous (2000) – Allan Arkush’s trailer commentary
Wayne’s World (1992)
The Graduate (1967) – Neil Labute’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Scorpio Rising...
- 12/7/2021
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
With Peter Jackson’s re-cut of The Beatles: Get Back coming at the end of November, we are reminded the Beatles were cinematic stars as well as musical artists. Beyond the group’s films, John Lennon played Private Gripweed in Richard Lester’s How I Won the War, and Ringo Starr acted in quite a few films. His choices were far more in keeping with the underground and independent air of the time. Starr starred with Peter Sellars in the anti-capitalist satire The Magic Christian, as the villain in the Spaghetti Western Blindman, and the voyeuristic Mexican gardener Emmanuel in the sex farce Candy. But his most counterculture and independent nod was as Frank Zappa in the film 200 Motels (1971). A special edition of its soundtrack, Frank Zappa 200 Motels 50th Anniversary Edition, is coming out on Dec. 17.
Written by Zappa, who co-directed with Tony Palmer, 200 Motels is a musical...
Written by Zappa, who co-directed with Tony Palmer, 200 Motels is a musical...
- 11/17/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels is an education in musical composition, soundtrack recordings, and rock history. In celebration of its 50th anniversary, Zappa Records, UMe, and MGM assembled a definitive Super Deluxe six-disc box set of the soundtrack, which drops on Nov. 19. The 200 Motels 50th Anniversary Edition was remastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, and includes unreleased and rare material from the Zappa music vault.
The sound quality is excellent, the separation gives the multitude of instruments and voicings enough space to hear what is going on very clearly, though the music is still very dense. The players included Ian Underwood on keyboards and woodwinds, George Duke on keyboards and trombone, drummers Aynsley Dunbar and Jimmy Carl Black, with Ruth Underwood on an orchestra drum set. Zappa plays guitar and bass, because there was a change in personnel, between bassists Jeff Simmons and Martin Lickert, partway through recording and filming.
The sound quality is excellent, the separation gives the multitude of instruments and voicings enough space to hear what is going on very clearly, though the music is still very dense. The players included Ian Underwood on keyboards and woodwinds, George Duke on keyboards and trombone, drummers Aynsley Dunbar and Jimmy Carl Black, with Ruth Underwood on an orchestra drum set. Zappa plays guitar and bass, because there was a change in personnel, between bassists Jeff Simmons and Martin Lickert, partway through recording and filming.
- 11/15/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
There is no such thing as a casual Frank Zappa fan — it’s an all-or-nothing proposition. (Really, there’s no such thing as a casual Frank Zappa listener, period: You either immediately recoil from his grandiose, often goofy odes to dancin’ fools and yellow snow, self-promoting pimps and and S&m aficionados … or you end friendships arguing over which bootleg of his Over Nite Sensation ’73 shows is the best.) And on a scale from one to plays-in-a-Joe’s-Garage-cover-band, we’d put Alex Winter’s level of worship somewhere near an eight.
- 11/28/2020
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
A few years before Roy Thomas Baker gained fame as the producer for some of the greatest albums by Queen and the Cars, he was one of several engineers to work with the ever-prolific Frank Zappa.
A new four-disc box set, The Mothers 1970, spotlights some of the work Baker did with Zappa, including a rare early mix of “Sharleena,” the track that closed out Zappa’s Chunga’s Revenge LP.
Interestingly, it’s cleaner sounding and doesn’t have as much of the mushy background guitar that creeps up in the Chunga version,...
A new four-disc box set, The Mothers 1970, spotlights some of the work Baker did with Zappa, including a rare early mix of “Sharleena,” the track that closed out Zappa’s Chunga’s Revenge LP.
Interestingly, it’s cleaner sounding and doesn’t have as much of the mushy background guitar that creeps up in the Chunga version,...
- 5/28/2020
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Unheard recordings from Frank Zappa’s short-lived but beloved 1970 lineup of the Mothers feature in the upcoming box set The Mothers 1970, a four-disc set featuring 70 unreleased studio and live tracks out of the legendary guitarist’s Vault.
The Zappa Trust announced the June 26th-bound release with the newly unearthed “Portuguese Fenders,” a searing live instrumental boasting a fiery Zappa solo; the track was discovered among other live performances Zappa recorded himself on his personal tape recorder.
The release celebrates the 50th anniversary of that Mothers (formerly “of Invention”) iteration, which...
The Zappa Trust announced the June 26th-bound release with the newly unearthed “Portuguese Fenders,” a searing live instrumental boasting a fiery Zappa solo; the track was discovered among other live performances Zappa recorded himself on his personal tape recorder.
The release celebrates the 50th anniversary of that Mothers (formerly “of Invention”) iteration, which...
- 5/8/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Making dad proud! Robert Irwin stopped by The Tonight Show on Thursday to introduce Jimmy Fallon to some new animals.
Related: Steve Irwin's Son Robert Freaks Out Jimmy Fallon With a Giant Snake on 'The Tonight Show' -- Watch!
The 13-year-old son of the late Steve Irwin first brought out a scorpion, which he allowed to crawl across his hands while Fallon cowered behind his desk.
Things got infinitely cuter when Robert brought out two bear cubs and one named Flo took a liking to the late night host.
“No, don’t chew Jimmy!” Robert told the bear, pulling him away from nibbling on Fallon’s fingers.
Fallon was freaked out by the legless lizards, but took a liking to the binturong named Orville.
“This is like skydiving for me,” Fallon said, dipping his head for Orville to sniff and feeding the furry animal a grape.
Robert’s older sister, Bindi Irwin, proudly...
Related: Steve Irwin's Son Robert Freaks Out Jimmy Fallon With a Giant Snake on 'The Tonight Show' -- Watch!
The 13-year-old son of the late Steve Irwin first brought out a scorpion, which he allowed to crawl across his hands while Fallon cowered behind his desk.
Things got infinitely cuter when Robert brought out two bear cubs and one named Flo took a liking to the late night host.
“No, don’t chew Jimmy!” Robert told the bear, pulling him away from nibbling on Fallon’s fingers.
Fallon was freaked out by the legless lizards, but took a liking to the binturong named Orville.
“This is like skydiving for me,” Fallon said, dipping his head for Orville to sniff and feeding the furry animal a grape.
Robert’s older sister, Bindi Irwin, proudly...
- 4/21/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
A review of the "Louie" season finale coming up just as soon I'm a mailbox on two tree stumps with a melon on top... "You know, Louie, you can't just make people do things!" -Pamela It's been really fascinating to watch this season of "Louie," and to see the normally continuity-agnostic(*) Louis Ck not only do several multi-part stories, but essentially devote the entire season to a character arc about Louie's reckoning with his own emotions. (*) Those inclinations didn't entirely go away this season. In the present, Louie's brother Bobby exists again; in "In the Woods," he's an only child. We began season 4 with Louie in a fog, unable to feel much of anything, even when garbage men literally invade his bedroom to make sure he's awake. And each time he tries to do something to wake himself up from this stupor, it blows up in his face.
- 6/17/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
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