Big Star

there are only 2 events on that showings calendar! :(

looks great

would love to see this

Won best doc at Indie Memphis film festival.

will try if i'm feelin OK.

Saw it at the London Film Fest (& contributed to the Kickstarter). Fantastic.

playing again IFC Center Thursday 7:30. Can't make it, but y'all should go.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdleti7Zws1qm0waao1_400.jpg
the butts band!

and ed begley jr.!

Don't forget the two one-hit wonders appearing in the coming weeks.

i had to look up chi coltrane, i thought maybe it was like john coltrane's younger brother or something
http://www.bibleetnombres.online.fr/image11/chi_coltrane1.jpg

Was Ed Begley Jr. doing music or stand-up or what?

He was the drummer in the Thamesmen.

RIP

Didn't realize the documentary would be playing here next week until my friend alerted me. (Not having read this thread closely enough, didn't even know it existed.) Anyway, got a ticket and looking forward to it.

so want to see that

anyone know a good way to track a movie to see when it will come to a certain city? something akin to songkick for films, I guess.

They've got a site with a calendar--this may help.

http://www.bigstarstory.com/events.html

The documentary's really great. I think it'll get great reviews, win awards, be a big deal.

The director must have gotten some grief over the Replacements movie, because this time the music's front and center. (I'm going to henceforth view that film as a practice run, a chance to learn about how to interview people.) Lots of time given to specific songs--"September Gurls," "I Am the Cosmos," others. The film really honors Chris Bell's part in the story; it's almost as much a film about him as it is about Chilton. As I've said before, I've never been a Big Star worshipper--I have their albums, love a few songs, but couldn't name more than six or seven. I will spend some time with them now, and listen closer.

Two great comic-relief detours: the inaugural (and last--geez, it was such a good idea) Rock Writers Convention in 1973--I think you see Mike Saunders and his Oscar Gamble-size afro flash by--and the brief section on the Cramps. Lots of good interview footage with Billy Altman, whom I'd never seen before. One surprising omission: Christgau, who was probably the band's highest-profile supporter. I've seen lots of Christgau, so I didn't mind. (Maybe he disliked the Replacements movie so much that he declined this time.)

is there any good footage, clemenza? I can sorta imagine/recall from the bio that there could be some that eggleston shot

That's probably the best stuff: a documentary Eggleston (I'd never heard of him before) made in '74 about local crazies. There's not a whole lot of Big Star footage, but there are some great clips from when Chilton was bouncing around in the late '70s and early '80s. There's one photograph of Chilton's girlfriend during those days--very beautiful.

Eggleston doc = "Stranded in Canton" and i believe it's still up on youtube in its entirety.

Will be checking that out thanks.

There's a brief shot of Robert Fricke with his arm around Jody Stephens, which has no need to be included

Robert Fricke, the five-star dentist in Los Altos, California? Honestly, not sure who that is.

Stranded in Canton, that's it--thanks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1eDzz5fKio&wide=1

looks like there's a soundtrack to the doc coming out too, with "21 unissued tracks"... which seems a little bit astounding, considering that box set was packed with unissued stuff. can't imagine there'll be anything totally amazing, but, i guess i want to hear it!

http://floweringtoilet.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/record-store-day-2013-big-star-nothing.html

ah ok -- alternate mixes, "movie mixes"! pretty much what i figured.

Did any of the other (ie, not what ended up on Radio City) Dolby Fuckers stuff get a legit release? Or were those tapes erased?

Big Star's Third: An Orchestrated Live Performance of the Legendary Album
Featuring Mike Mills, Jody Stephens, Sharon Van Etten, Kurt Vile, Pete Yorn, Marshall Crenshaw, Pete Yorn, Reeve Carney and many more
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Central Park, MN
7:00 PM – 10:00PM -- FREE EVENT - Arrive Early for guaranteed admission
Artist Website: http://bigstarthird.com/

Big Star's Third is a full performance of the iconic album by an astonishing who's who of rock music featuring famed vocalists including Sharon Van Etten, Kurt Vile, Marshall Crenshaw, Pete Yorn, Reeve Carney (Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark), Jonathan Carney (Mercury Rev) and Beck Stark (Lavender Diamond), supported by an all-star band including Mike Mills (R.E.M.) on bass; Mitch Easter (Lets Active) and Chris Stamey (The dB's) and Ken Stringfellow (The Posies, Big Star) on guitar; Charles Cleaver on keys; Django Haskins (of The Old Ceremony), Brett Harris and Skylar Gudasz on harmony and guitar; and original Big Star member Jody Stephens on drums, all backed with a twenty- piece chamber orchestra including the famed cellist Jane Scarpantoni. In addition, the concert will feature a selection of earlier songs, including the much-hailed “September Gurls” and “In The Streets” (which was used as the theme of the popular TV sitcom “That ‘70s Show, performed by Cheap Trick).

pete yorn and...pete yorn!

i remember admitting to my high school crush that i liked the pete yorn song that was on the radio at the time. things did not go well.

good catch on Pete Yorn, I'll ask them to fix that action.

pete yorn...you OWE me now!

!!!

Reeve Carney (Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark)

!!!

Today was the 20th anniversary of their first show back together, live in the Hearnes Center parking lot at the University of Missouri.

i mean, thank you, friends!

so...we've never polled "third"?

don't worry, it's "holocaust"

"nighttime" imho

obviously kangaroo

Liked the documentary, review forthcoming. Lack of archival footage (most seemed silent home movies with contemporaneous audio accompanying) sort of used as a strength, as with both Bell and Chilton gone it winds up being more about the fans and associates, and the afterlife of the band (entire second half).

Might go to the Central park thing but I have Hitchcock restoration (not Robyn, who appears briefly in doc) to attend.

also one interviewee seemed to imply Bell was gay/bi without getting any more explicit.

Does the soundtrack really have any crucial alt takes? I figure the box set took care of those.

the gay/bi thing has been rumored for years

huh surprised they didn't go into that a little more -- thought it was generally accepted that Bell was gay (but stayed mainly in the closet due to his Christianity). not sure if i can back it up, but i always got the feeling "you and your sister" was sort of about this?

i want to hear the sdtk, but am sort of annoyed that it exists -- seems like they're inventing "rarities" for the most part ("movie mixes" etc).

had no idea Chilton did b/g voc on "I Am the Cosmos" either

oh man 'you and your sister' is the best

yeah it's bell's finest moment imo. devastating.

Will Rigby w/a 1978 story:

On a little portable cassette machine Alex played us "I Am the Cosmos" for the first time. And told us some things about Chris Bell, Big Star, Ardent, and the whole scene that we probably didn't need to know: that John Fry, the owner of the studio and label, was gay, and so was Chris, and that Chris got jealous that John got interested in Alex (and that this was the reason that Chris erased the master tapes of #1 Record); or that Alex was better at tennis than Chris, who could never beat him no matter how hard he tried. I know Alex to be an enthusiastic embellisher of the truth, but when "You Can't Have Me" appeared on the belated release of the third Big Star album later that year I recognized what/who it must be about, and I still can't hear it without thinking about all this.

http://boogiewoogieflu.blogspot.com/2008/03/paper-hat.html

Fry is interviewed in the film, but not on this subject.