YouTube: Lillian Roxon, 1973
Beyond fantastic that this exists. Thank you world. Continue reading YouTube: Lillian Roxon, 1973
Category: YouTubes
Ben Fong Torres Does “SF Live,” Part II
In the second half of the interview with “SF Live,” Fong Torres discusses his connection to Dick Clark, memorable interviews and imitations of Robert Zimmerman. Continue reading Ben Fong Torres Does “SF Live,” Part II
Ben Fong Torres Does “SF Live,” Part I
Just when they pull him out, he gets posted in again. Ben Fong Torres, whose previous YouTube links have been mysteriously removed from YouTube, magically reappears in this interview with Christina Marie Flores on “SF Live” from February of ’09, in two parts. Here, he provides a convenient explanation for new readers and viewers as to the derivation of his name hyphenation and his start … Continue reading Ben Fong Torres Does “SF Live,” Part I
Lester Talks Over Clapton
Truth be told, when it comes to Lester Bangs – and I don’t think I’m alone here – I just can’t get enough. That’s why weathering through footage of Eric Clapton is worth it in this clip. That and the fact that he looks more like Richard Thompson (who would have been preferable) and is more tolerable when he’s high, which it looks like he … Continue reading Lester Talks Over Clapton
Mark Kemp On “Words On Words”
Just in time for these balmy, anodyne days of spring is this recently available interview with music journalist Mark Kemp discussing his book, “Dixie Lullaby: A Story of Music, Race and New Beginnings in a New South.” Host, John Seigenthaler, a civil rights activist, journalist and founder of the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt, had Mark as a guest on the Nashville public TV show … Continue reading Mark Kemp On “Words On Words”
The Critic Wore Nikes
This is terrific: two parts of a television interview Pauline Kael gave to Brian Linehan, sometime in the mid-80s, I think. Continue reading The Critic Wore Nikes
Spot the Critics
Did you want more Meltzer, or another surprise guest? This is taken from Art Fein’s cable access show. There are hundreds of episodes. Really. Continue reading Spot the Critics
Critical YouTubes: John Façade “Fantôche”
This French new wave track from 1981 is decent enough, I suppose (they’re no Stinky Toys), but the video’s fantastic for its colourful backdrop, which consists entirely of images from one of my all-time favourite music books (memorably described in a 2004 article by Nick Coleman as “the pornography of rock” as well as its “stained glass window”). Continue reading Critical YouTubes: John Façade “Fantôche”
Dylan, Incomprehensible?
On the eve of Todd Haynes’s Dylan flick, come a couple great new pieces worth highlighting: The Ten Most Incomprehensible Bob Dylan Interviews of All Time (New York magazine)… Note: If you press play on all the YouTube clips at the same time, Bob actually starts to make a little more sense (not to mention that it sounds like a lost demo from the White … Continue reading Dylan, Incomprehensible?
Quotes on the Auteur Theory
Two clips of various directors and critics discussing the auteur theory. Featuring Robert Mitchum, Frank Capra, Pauline Kael, John Frankenheimer, Peter Biskind, Peter Bogdanovich, Elwy Yost, et al. A fairly intelligently edited piece (cf. the back and forth sequence between Capra and Phillip Dunne), though no strong critical proponents of auteurism could apparently be bothered to chime in: the closest you get to Andrew Sarris … Continue reading Quotes on the Auteur Theory
