• Hollywood Babylon, the inspired gimmickry of Catch A Fire and the luck of Ron Wood

  • Apr 15 2024
  • Length: 59 mins
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Hollywood Babylon, the inspired gimmickry of Catch A Fire and the luck of Ron Wood

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  • We lobbed the feathered arrows of enquiry at the rock and roll dartboard this week and these got the highest scores …

    … rock stars v the new league of the Super-Rich.

    … package tours of the mid-‘60s – eight acts, an interval, a compere plus God Save the Queen.

    … ‘Hits, Flops and Other Illusions’ by Edward Zwick and the fantastic tale about arrogance, money-squandering and Julia Roberts at the Halcyon Hotel.


    ... pop music used to be about persuading people to cut loose; now it’s about getting them to tighten up.

    … why you can read Ron Wood’s memoir as either comedy or tragedy.

    .. Chris Blackwell’s post-production trickery that sold Bob Marley to a rock audience.

    … Master Tape Rescue: the arduous task of panning for gold.

    ... and why there should be a movie about the making of Shakespeare in Love.

    Plus birthday guest Chuck Loncon in Savannah, Georgia – Neil Young v Spotify, Lady Antebellum, the Dixie Chicks and the tangled world of political correctness.


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