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Midnight Oil’s Jim Moginie celebrates his Irishness, music in new memoir

February 17, 2025February 19, 2025 JJFlash Australia, Ireland, Jim Moginie, Midnight Oil, OzRock

Jim Moginie didn’t know about his Irish heritage until he was in his late 40s and managed to track down his birth parents in suburban Australia.

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“A Complete Unknown” – Yet Another Side of Bob Dylan Emerges in New Film

December 16, 2024December 17, 2024 JJFlash Bob Dylan, Complete Unknown, Elle Fanning, James Mangold, Joan Baez Suze Rotolo, Monica Barbaro, Timothee Chalamet, Woody Guthrie

How many roads must a man walk down before his life gets turned into a deluge of movies and TV series? In an ideal world, every simple twist of Bob Dylan’s momentous life would have yielded some sort of screen adaptation by now, rendering Star Wars a cottage industry by comparison.

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Billy Wilkerson: A forgotten Hollywood tyrant

September 16, 2024 JJFlash Billy Wilkerson, Bugsy Siegel, Hollywood Reporter, Howard Hughes, journalism, Variety

HOLLYWOOD GODFATHER: THE LIFE AND CRIMES OF BILLY WILKERSON
By W.R. Wilkerson III
Chicago Review Press; $15.99 on Kindle at Amazon.

Billy Wilkerson was the founder of the Hollywood Reporter, a movie trade publication based in Los Angeles.

Music

Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks reunited (almost)

September 16, 2024September 17, 2024 JJFlash Buckingham Nicks, Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks

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Lindsey Buckingham smiled wistfully as he stroked Stevie Nicks’ right breast. Ahh, sweet youth, he might have been thinking as he gazed at Stevie’s innocent doe-eyed visage.

Death Music

Remembering Wayne Kramer (1948-2024)

February 2, 2024February 17, 2025 JJFlash Neil Young, punk, the MC5, Wayne Kramer

Wayne Kramer enjoyed a bit of a career renaissance in the mid-1990s, recording three solo albums in as many years. I saw the intrepid punk rocker and political activist five times during this period, all at small Los Angeles venues that are long gone.

Death Music

Pete Townshend on Mick Jagger’s father

September 18, 2023 JJFlash calisthenics, Joe Jagger, Mick Jagger, Pete Townshend, Rolling Stones, The Times, The Who

I’m not sure if it’s been reported widely before, but Pete Townshend recently revealed that he used to bump into Mick Jagger’s dad around London and that Joe Jagger suffered from Alzheimer’s disease.

Music

A Couple of Cool Steve Cropper Reissues

September 15, 2023September 15, 2023 JJFlash Booker T. & the MGs, Cherokee Studios, instrumentals, MCA Records, soul music, Stax, Steve Cropper

Steve Cropper celebrates his 82nd birthday next month with a little help from his friends. Translation: The beloved Booker T. & the MGs guitarist’s first solo album, 1969’s With A Little Help From My Friends, is being reissued with bonus tracks on October 13.

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The Charlie Watts Auction – Gifts from Mick & Keith on the Block

September 7, 2023 JJFlash auction, books, Charlie Parker, Charlie Watts, Christie's, jazz, Keith Richards, Louis Armstrong, memorabilia, Mick Jagger, Rolling Stones, Thelonious Monk

Rolling Stones fans will be thrilled by a fascinating subset of items in the upcoming Charlie Watts auction of books and jazz ephemera at Christie’s. Among the 475 lots are eight that were gifts from the late drummer’s bandmates Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.