little richard - C or D?

:)

Who's that girl on the cover with him? I thought Janis Martin, but (he don't look so little next to her) https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/21/alis-lesley-the-female-elvis-who-takes-centre-stage-on-bob-dylans-new-book-cover Good comments about cover overall at end.

Would you like to know where those quotes from me and TSF came from, dow?

https://waynerobins49.substack.com/p/lunch-with-little-richard-whoo?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2

Deke Dickerson liked the new doc, I haven't seen it yet. Debuted in some theatres April 11, will hit streaming April 21 I think.

Hmm. It's playing at the Quad in NYC right now.

Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YC8WUrWtZY

A sad but great line: "He was very, very good at liberating other people. He was not good at liberating himself."

Also, if you ever get the chance, definitely go see a screening of William Klein's The Little Richard Story. Klein was a great filmmaker and it's arguably his best (along with his movie on Muhammad Ali). Anthology Film Archives in NYC screened a 16mm print last year, which looked far better than the VHS rip that's floating around out there.

^word

https://spectrumculture.com/2023/04/12/little-richard-i-am-everything-review/

A review that says the doc didn’t quite explain how all of Little Richard’s different aspects fit together; but the review then notes that even those close to Richard couldn’t quite explain him

Terrifying to white parents, hero to millions!

...and fucking Pat Boone is still around. smh.

https://www.facebook.com/1591314471/posts/pfbid0Zw7Hk7NGa9zu8PadCCxxgAXwj6jQhSK8kdqjUX6hz23kuDNw2N5HBLjXY8JHqVb7l/?mibextid=cr9u03

Elijah Wald public Facebook post— he loves the doc and how it also shows Richard’s influence on Otis Redding , his gospel periods, his queerness, and he likes the guest speakers chosen to talk

Bono free?!

SHUT UP!

B-b-but has anyone weighed in on the question of whether the beauty is still on duty?

Tutti fruiti , beauty on duty

Saw the documentary at a rep theatre today. Thought it was good, not great. I knew of his one famous retreat back to the church during the late '50s, but didn't know he'd do it again a couple more times. His reaction to getting some lifetime achievement thing from Dick Clark is a good example, I think, of why the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has value to older artists. (Little Richard missed his HOF induction because of a car accident, so the Clark thing took on added significance for him.) They missed the Geico commercial in the Little-Richard-in-the-culture collage near the end.

Hope to see this doc soon. Just realized the director is someone I used to know.

I saw the 2nd half of a doc on him on i think Sky Arts a couple of weeks back. Is that going to be the same one being talked about here a few months ago.
Thought it a pain id missed the beginning anyway.

It is streaming on channel 4 atm

Would have been 91 today. I was in a middle school, so was able to talk about him and play a clip for three different grade 7 classes. This is my fifth year of supplying since retiring. I think money is about 60% of why I keep going (even though I'm fortunate enough to not depend on it), 30% is that I'd go stir crazy if I didn't, and--not to flatter myself, but I really do feel this way--10% is that if I stop, no one will ever tell them about Little Richard.

Shut up!

(Sorry, couldn’t resist)

Preach on, brother!

Saw the "I Am Everything" docu recently, quite liked it - especially because a good portion of it is directly from Richard over the years.

FWIW, I don’t remember anyone ever mentioning Little Richard once when I was in school. I only learned about his music through the Beatles and as much as I love Little Richard now, I can’t imagine what else would have led me to his work - maybe the obituaries surrounding his death or maybe William Klein’s film, but that would mean many years later. (I didn’t see Klein’s film until sometime during the 2010s.)

John Waters maybe

aw, Little Richard was the first artist i really loved, along with James Brown maybe.

He had a big feature in the Life mag Dec 92 "40 years of rock n roll" special edition that i swiped from my grandfather. I got into music using that pub as a guide to the library's AV collection, which also featured lots of Richard.

i actually made my own Little Richard figurine out of polymer clay, since i couldn't find one in any stores.

Also wanted to say something about the beauty still being on duty

The doc is good