WHEN YOU’RE STRANGE – A FILM ABOUT THE DOORS (2010) Featuring archival footage of Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore, Janis Joplin, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Richard Nixon, Elvis Presley, Ed Sullivan, Andy Warhol and Adolf Hitler. Narrated by Johnny Depp. Written by Tom DiCillo. Directed by Tom … Continue reading
Category Archives: Classic Rock
Belinda Carlisle – Loosens Her Lips
Belinda Carlisle Loosens Her Lips by Jay S. Jacobs “It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, actually,” Belinda Carlisle admits, chuckling. That’s a pretty impressive statement coming from a woman who has regularly defied the odds to make her dreams come true. When she was in her twenties, she was the lead … Continue reading
Stones in Exile (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
STONES IN EXILE (2010) Featuring Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, Mick Taylor, Martin Scorsese, Anita Pallenberg, Jimmy Miller, Andy Johns, Dominique Tarlé, Bobby Keys, Sheryl Crow, Jack White, will.i.am, Don Was, Liz Phair, Jake Weber and Benicio Del Toro. Directed by Stephen Kijak. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment. 59 minutes. Not Rated. … Continue reading
More Than This – The Roxy Music Story (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)
MORE THAN THIS – THE ROXY MUSIC STORY (2009) Featuring Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera, Andy Mackay, Brian Eno, Paul Thomson, Eddie Jobson, Gary Tibbs, Chris Thomas, Rhett Davies, Bob Clearmountain, Siouxsie Sioux, John Taylor, Martyn Ware, Steve Jones, Nile Rodgers, Goldfrapp and Bono. Directed by Bob Smeaton. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment. 54 minutes. Not … Continue reading
Journey – The Borgata – Atlantic City (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Photo Album)
Journey – The Borgata – Atlantic City, NJ – September 5, 2009 Photo by Lynn Even Graf © 2009. All rights reserved. Continue reading
Leonard Cohen – The Academy of Music – Philadelphia (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Review)
Leonard Cohen – The Academy of Music – Philadelphia, PA – May 12, 2009 When was the last time you saw a man who was 75 years old give a three-hour-long concert? Leonard Cohen – the quietly polite gentleman, recent Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, novelist, poet and humble son of a tailor … Continue reading
Woodstock – 3 Days of Peace and Music – 40th Anniversary Edition – Director’s Cut (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
WOODSTOCK: 3 DAYS OF PEACE AND MUSIC – 40th ANNIVERSARY EDITION – DIRECTOR’S CUT (1970) Starring Joan Baez, Canned Heat, Joe Cocker & the Grease Band, Country Joe McDonald & the Fish, Crosby Still & Nash, Arlo Guthrie, Richie Havens, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Santana, John Sebastian, Sha Na Na, Sly & the … Continue reading
Various Artists – The Best of Bond… James Bond (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
Various Artists – The Best of Bond… James Bond (Verve) The music behind James Bond has always been part of the allure of the super-spy, a loungy, seductive musical canon tailor-made to naked women dancing in silhouette behind the opening credits – vaguely suggesting danger and the good life. As the Bond film series approaches its 50th anniversary, … Continue reading
Tommy James – It’s A New Vibration
Tommy James It’s A New Vibration By Ronald Sklar We know what you’re thinking. Not another Christmas album! But with this one, consider this HUGE plus: it’s a Tommy James Christmas album, and all the standards (like “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”) actually sound like a Tommy James song. Talk about your Christmas miracles! I … Continue reading
Johnny Cash’s America (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)
JOHNNY CASH’S AMERICA (2008) Featuring Johnny Cash (archival footage), June Carter Cash (archival footage), Rosanne Cash, Cindy Cash, John Carter Cash, Joanne Cash, Rick Rubin, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Al Gore, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, Snoop Dogg, Sheryl Crow, Steve Earle, John Mellencamp, Vince Gill, Ozzy Osborne, Rep. Lamar Alexander and Tim Robbins. Narrated by … Continue reading