A History of Rock n' Roll in Film and Rock n' Roll – Détails, épisodes et analyse

According to a book I just snagged from the libarry, Ronnie Van Skynryd once opened for Black Sabbath and tried to kill his own guitarist while Sabbath guitarist ZAKK WYLDE looked on in horror. Yes you read that correctly. 

Also I found out today that Mojo Nixon died on a day not far from the day the drummer he portrayed in "Great Balls of Fire" also died. Sounds like a good reason to go back to the earliest episodes of this podcast and relive my "Great Balls of Fire" review with copious amounts of Nick Toshces history of Jerry Lee, eh? What ELSE you got going on, anyway?

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Hiya Hiya Hiya! We're back with a new film commentary, just the same kinda thing that started this whole podcast, Me and my pal Dan Teisan reacting in real time to a rock n' roll film from the mid 1990s. I was originally clued into the existence of this movie on either reddit or facebook in an "Old newspaper ads for films" group(because my life is a non stop action sensation of sensational action and adventurous sexual encounterings with wild people I'm constantly encountering and adventuring all up and over). And I have to say I was shocked that I'd never heard of this film made with my dude from Eddie and the Cruisers and one of the Boondock Saints and Diane Ladd so what's the deal here? Oh wait, who's on the soundtrack...STRYPER? Oh THAT's why. It's a film about mid 90s L.A. rock and somehow there's STRYPER songs in it? Well then it's a Christian film isn't it? Yep, it is. 


The source we watched: https://archive.org/details/raging-angels_202312

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I shared a link to this youtube video when it came out, but providing audio now for anyone who would like to listen. It's been a couple months, so I don't feel like this cuts into their Youtube traffic at all. And even if that was the case, I'm unsure as to whether this interview series will even continue now that Glenn himself is no longer with the brand. Enjoy!

Original desc: "Long time Pacific Northwest Entertainer Jay Smith joins the cast to discuss his Podcast; A History of Rock N' Roll in Film and Rock N' Roll, as well as his ongoing music projects; Double Cross Committee and Late September Dogs." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV1kCtoujII&list=PL64PJyRQtqg3MxPE4Z2JzA7iaM00Q-xEj&index=3

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Hello and get ready for so much Van Halen once again! And Better Off Dead! So much good stuff that could have only happened in the 1980s converging in one place. Along with more 70s Van Halen history too, of course. We'll cover stuff like:

• Savage Steve Holland's real life experiences that went into his script, and later work in children's cartoons
• Michael Anthony's first meetup with Sammy Hagar
• Eddie's challenges in early life as a shy kid would couldn't speak english in America
• His challenges shaking off the controlling influence of David Lee Roth and Ted Templeman making "1984" the way HE and Alex and Donn Landee wanted to
• John Cusack's initial hatred of "Better Off Dead" and his eventual backpedal
• The Van Halen family's journey from The Netherlands to Pasadena by boat and by train
• My shock at finding out Alex's drums on certain songs were actually an electric kit
• Al, Mike, and Sammy's soundcheck routines and gear specs on the 1993 tour 
• The AC/DC songs Eddie says inspired "Panama" and "Drop Dead Legs"
• The making of Van Halen 2 and how it was intentionally different from the debut album
• How "Fair Warning" influenced what happened on "Diver Down" which in turn influenced "1984"
• Eddie's on-the-road-all-night-every-night initial fling with Valerie Bertinelli that morphed straight into their marriage
• What happens when a couple of lucky young dudes from Pennsylvania get to party with Van Halen and MTV doesn't know how to keep up with it all 

AND SO MUCH MORE. Including lots of my musical interludes and suprise voices from throughout time and space! Even more than usual. 

Please remember that Rock n' Roll is the best, and so are you!

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https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/eddie-van-halen-tribute-1081034/

https://youtu.be/7qviaKsnb5Q?si=SAqlSYo-TY3PQ0Ng

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/75810/13-better-facts-about-better-dead 

https://www.insidehook.com/film/director-steve-holland-cult-classic-better-off-dead-john-cusack 

https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/eddie-van-halen-looks-back-van-halen-1984-album-5150-studios

Next episode will feature a deep dive on "Better Off Dead" and conclude the Van Halen saga. But until then, please enjoy: 

• A very well-rounded view of VH history by Eddie Van Halen in 1990
• Sammy Hagar's arguably sketchy claims about Van Halen's numbers before and after he joined
• Eddie producing and promoting a band called "Private Life" who obviously did not go on to amazing things (but hey, even if you or I never heard their songs, they still accomplished more than most of us, eh?) 
• Eve Clarke interviewing me about my "Perfect 10" VH tunes of the David Lee Roth era
• Sammy's tale of meeting Eddie for the first time and joining Van Halen 
• The final installments of my real-time (and space-time) reactions to the Art Linson/Cameron Crowe teen epic that had a lot going for it even if it didn't come out fully cooked - "The Wild Life," starring Nice Guy Eddie, Marty McFly's mom, Vincent Vega's heroin dealer, Clark Griswold's cousin Eddie, and the "Wanna take a bath?" gal from Pink Floyd's Wall film adaptation. 

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Well, this was ill-advised, I now think to myself... and now you've got a big ol' buffet to keep going back to for as many trips as you'd like, and I don't know how many of you were expecting Jell-O as well as sushi after your fried green beans. But, whether you listen to it all in sequence or segments, I hope it's valuable to you!

Here's a few things you will hear about during the ride: 

• Contraptions used to make Pink Floyd songs like "One of These Days" happen and how they were calibrated
• The definition of scenery gorn and other tropes found in the film
• The Bear's emotional relationship with the Wall of Sound, which becomes everyone's relationship with it as well, because The Dead could not perform the same way on everyone else's rinky dink P.A. systems after experiencing the clarity they were used to
• Pink Floyd's year-long scheme to move from Capitol to CBS in America
• Hendrix blowing off the Dead on the night he promised to jam, and their low key "revenge"
• Antonioni's opinions on filmmaking in America vs Italy. What it was like to film Z.P. through the eyes of an American member of the crew who actually did admire his work
• Richard Wright not showing up very much, getting booted
• Jerry Garcia records his Zabriskie Point soundtrack music in much less time than he wanted to. And has his payment stolen by Mickey Hart's dad. Who also steals car parts and speakers from Bear
• Floyd does more regrouping, post-breakup with Roger. Roger gets cranky. Clapton gets a cheeseburger. Roger is still cranky today that the band he walked away from and then sued when they didn't die without him will not promote his albums on their social media
• The Grateful Dead play for the largest outdoor rock audience of all time in upstate New York. And perform long soundcheck concerts for free on top of that
• Pink Floyd's 1975 SoCal shows being ruined by LAPD for 4 days
• Phil Lesh drinks Canadian Whisky with mystery capsules in it and Jerry Garcia crawls around on the floor like a caterpillar who can't leave the room on his own
• Kurt Loder gives a mean-spirited review of a mean-spirited album. 

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 https://antonioni9.wordpress.com/2021/06/25/michelangelo-and-the-leviathan-the-making-of-zabriskie-point-1992/

 https://antonioni9.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/lets-talk-about-zabriskie-point-august-1970/

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pink-floyd-the-inside-story-104505/

https://archive.org/details/guitarworldprese0000unse/page/26/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/saucerfulofsecre00scha/page/n7/mode/2up

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jim+ladd+innerview+pink+floyd

The next episode(s) featuring Floyd, The Dead and Zabriskie Point are mostly done and in final editing stages. I haven't decided whether or not to split it into two releases or keep all 4-5 hrs together yet. I figure if you love Pink Floyd and/or the Grateful Dead then having a healthy attention span is probably not an issue for you. 

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It's time to get cranky! I read internet exchanges with a psycho on Reverb.com and a former child star on Instagram as well as quotes from Steve Albini and a section of the recent Megadeth book featuring Dave Mustaine's racist-ass wife. Throughout it all, you will also hear some delightful children's poems to offset the awfulness.  Please check the links below for a few things I'm proud of taking part in:

A new interview of me on "DiabloCast" by Glenn Cannon from Diablo Guitars

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"The Necroboard" comedy horror radio drama by Bronson Swagger ent. Starring me as "Corey Baylor"

https://bronsonswaggerentertainment.bandcamp.com/track/the-necroboard 

My new "Running Man" review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7n7PU8Omkk

"First Love" short by James Akita

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Phil Lesh is the best music writer. Richard Wright may or may not have been incredibly smart for not legally being a member of Pink Floyd from 1980 onward. I agree with Roger Ebert for once. Bear knows a thing or two about sound reenforcement after going mostly deaf in one ear. EMI helps create the first internet conspiracy theories in rock. The Dead ditch the jug band thing after seeing "Hard Day's Night." Star of the film dies in the middle of bench press. Douglas Adams makes an appearance in the name of "The fundamental interconnectedness of all things" and $5,000 of Floyd's money. Stuff blows up in slow motion. Weir and Garcia have a pointed back-and-forth with their front-of-house feedback. Roger Waters does his best Italian accent and makes sure all the 1970 soundtrack tapes are reused in future song demos. 

All this and more, in today's educational whirlwind of sound and flerp. Flerp means words, I guess. 

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Hey goons! Welcome back to the 2nd part of my Zombie exploration! You'll hear more tales from Jay Yuenger and Sean Yseult about the early years, some guitar geek stuff about Jay's gear, explorations of the characters and themes found in "White Zombie" the film, interviews with White Zombie from the early/mid 90's and a hard-to-find instrumental track that J. recorded and released before the band broke up.



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