Month: January 2022

There’s a SALE at TASCHEN books online!

They have a very nice item of interest for us! It’s a hardcover book with fold-outs, 30 x 30 cm, 3.80 kg, 466 pages.

It’s called “The Rolling Stones. Updated Edition” and it’s reduced by 50%. For me it was only 30 € plus 5 € shipping ($39.-) So this is definitely a nice catch.

Produced in collaboration with the band, who gave unprecedented access to their archives in London and New York, this is a book to get you infinite satisfaction. More than 450 richly illustrated pages chart the remarkable scope of the Stones’ almost 60-year history and mesmerizing on- and off-stage presence—featuring the work of legendary photographers David Bailey, Herb Ritts, Peter Beard, Andy Warhol, David LaChapelle, Albert Watson, Annie Leibovitz, Ethan Russell, Gered Mankowitz, Cecil Beaton, Anton Corbijn, and many more. 

Check it out at TASCHEN and get it in time: the SALE lasts until 30. January…

At flixhouse, you can have a free watch of this 90 minutes documentary.

Of course, if you haven’t seen it already, it’s recommended to watch!

Go to flixhouse.com and enjoy!

Snooker fan Ronnie didn’t miss the masters!

He really looks great! Seems, his recovery is progressing in the right direction.

Here we have him talking to eurosport.com together with his mate Jimmy Wite about the game. Lovely to see him lively and with longer hair. Don’t miss this video!

Let’s wish him more and steady recovery! Here you have Jimmy’s post with Ronnie and Sally:

The Library of Congress has published new found footage of the Altamont festival and the Stones gig there.

Sadly, there’s no sound, just the views that this cam recorded. But nevertheless it’s a document and a fresh look at that event that would show us, that the hippie dream, as beautiful and strong it might have been, found it’s dark side and lost most of it’s drive.

Altamont was a scary scene. It’s just the folks, the Angles and the band. No security anywhere. I find, the band really had balls to play that gig there, while the chaos all around grew and the bad acid took it’s toll. Sure enough they played their set. They couldn’t leave the place anyway. Ok, they finally got out via helocopter, overloaded. But before, they had to face that mayhem and they clearly could feel what was happening there. Before, Santana, Jefferson Airplane, The Flying Burrito Brothers and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young had played. The Greatful Dead also were scheduled, following CSNY, but declined to play shortly before their scheduled appearance due to the increasing violence at the venue.

It’s well documented that after the crowd (perhaps accidentally) toppled one of the Angels’ motorcycles, the Angels became even more aggressive, including toward the performers. Marty Balin of Jefferson Airplane jumped off the stage to try to sort out the problem, only to be punched in the head and knocked unconscious by an Angel during the band’s set. There was no way to control it, no supervision or order.*

So then the Stones were the next to play. … Scary. … To enter the stage at that time… I bet they’ld have prefered it to leave that place then. I would. But they played. Actually, to leave was no real alternative – what would have happened then to the tousands waiting there for so long? So they played. Brave english boys, as I see it. Keith once mentioned “… I’ve seen the dogs running on stage …” telling us that in his experience, he’s seen it all. But that particular phrase corresponds to Altamond, where you can actually see in the movie (Gimme Shelter) the German shepherd dog just running disoriented across the stage during their gig there… see it at 1:12:40 from the video linked above.

So now we have new footage found about Altamont. And the Library has published it! So have a look (again, there’s no sound, just the pictures).

And here, there’s a larger (on screen) copy of the film!

*see wikipaedia

Happy birthday Karl! It’s a little bit too late for this, but better late than never!

Karl Denson celebrated his 65th birthday lately. The renowned Southern California-raised saxophonist and flutist was born on December 27, 1956.
Karl would go on to put together an impressive resume, as both a bandleader and in-demand woodwind specialist.

At Jambase, you can hear him lead his band through Game Of Stones on Halloween 2018 at Brooklyn Bowl!

And he is on tour!! Right now, January 6th, 7th and 8th he plays the Blue Note in New York with 2 gigs a night. Up till May 5th there’s 15 more dates, have a look!