Gail and Geoffrey: Best Friends Forever!
Please join me in wishing a very Happy Birthday to my dear friend, Author, fellow fan of the Street Art, and perpetual side kick, Geoffrey Dicker, who celebrates another year of life on the planet today, September 20th. Happy Birthday, G!
Back in 1995, The Posies – being for all intents and purposes the ridiculously talented core duo of Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow – contributed a cover of “Richie Dagger’s Crime” to the CD A Small Circle of Friends; a Germs tribute collection put out by the now-defunct Grass Records. The Posies chose to interpret one of The Germs’ most – by extremely loose-definition – “Pop” tunes by reworking it as a sort of hybrid of The Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” meets “You Won’t See Me” – right down to the “Ooh, la la la” harmonies. It was a genius move, and something only The Posies could have pulled off. You know Auer and Stringfellow were high-five-ing and slapping each other on the back for at least a couple of weeks over that idea.
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On This Date, September 19th, in 1973: Gram Parsons (born Ingram Cecil Connor III) died of a lethal combination of morphine and alcohol in Joshua Tree, CA. He was 26 years old.
Yeah, I know people have been talking about this for three years, but it looks like it’s finally going to happen. From Marquee Blogs Dot Com:
Talk about perfect casting: Outrageous British comic Sacha Baron Cohen will play outrageous Brit rocker Freddie Mercury in a biopic about the Queen frontman set to film next year, reports Deadline.com. Mercury, known for his soaring vocals and flamboyant stage presence, helped make Queen one of the biggest bands of the ’70s and ’80s with hits like “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “We Are the Champions” and “We Will Rock You.“ He died from AIDS-related complications at age 45 in 1991.
Reports that Cohen, 38, would play the singer first surfaced in 2007, though the actor’s rep shot down the rumors at the time. GK Films, which is heading up the project, now confirms that the Borat and Bruno star is on board. Screenwriter Peter Morgan, who previously wrote scripts for The Queen and The Last King of Scotland, is ready to take on music royalty for the film.
GK Films’ Graham King said in a statement, “Queen is one of the greatest rock bands of all time, and a music brand all unto itself. Freddie Mercury was an awe-inspiring performer, so with Sacha in the starring role coupled with Peter’s screenplay and the support of Queen, we have the perfect combination to tell the real story behind their success.”
Music rights for the band’s songs have already been acquired, and Deadline reports that it’s not yet known whether Cohen will do his own singing or whether Mercury’s vocals will be used. Cohen, however, did prove he could belt out a tune with the best of them in Sweeney Todd, the 2007 musical starring Johnny Depp, who, coincidentally, was also once rumored to be playing Mercury on screen.
On This Date, September 17th, In 1991: Rob “Robin” Tyner (born Robert Derminer), lead singer of the MC5 died of a heart attack in the seat of his parked car in his hometown of Berkley, Michigan. He was 46 years old. Kick out the Jams, Rob.