The Rolling Stones

Rating 9.2
Summary The most necessary unnecessary album of the year. For all the Rolling Stones have accomplished, and that list is as extensive as the items Keith Richards has personally injested, none is more impressive than what Scorsese's Shine A Light makes clear: the Stones are outliving and outperforming their critics and chroniclers. Their peers had the good sense to be canonized: The Beatles went out in ego and flames, Dylan went reclusive - but the Stone... MORE

...at age 102, and I'd like to think that without him, we never would have had this great album and this song in particular, check it. Rest in peace, Dr. Hoffman, you are no longer 2000 Light Years From Home.

...i am just testing something out. feel free to play the Rolling Stones classic, "Brown Sugar," asociated with this test post. thank you.

go see shine a light perhaps you're apprehensive because you think their days are done and it might be boring. HAHAHAHAHAH . that they're just a bunch of old guys playing songs they wrote 20 years ago. i'm here to tell you: EL-WRONG-O. the stones simply tear in up in this movie. it's totally a mind-blowing thing to behold my take away: the stones in this movie embody "perseverance" and "drive" - about having a fire inside that burns so hard you refuse to let any p... MORE

So it's reported to be a classic, and I have never listened to it from start to finish, I have never listened to all of the songs in order in one sitting, so why not give it a shot.... I will report back when it's done.

Such a calm fury to this Jagger/Richards tune; the kind of beautiful contradiction that can arise from a state of tired delirium. The two Stones were the only remaining members of the band left at the studio after a long session, and in the wee hours they composed this B-side to “The Last Time”. Phil Spector played bass on the track; Jack Nitzsche, the harpsichord; a late night janitor sang back-up.... MORE

Mick: 'Hey Keef, ever been tempted by a facelift?' Keith: 'Hell no. I worked damn hard to get this face.'

Caught “Shine a Light” the other night. It’s the latest concert documentary to feature what remains of the former “World’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band” – the Rolling Stones. Drawn from two rather intimate shows at New York City’s Beacon Theater during the ex-British Invasion icons’ recent tour to promote their umpteenth album A Bigger Bang, the film was directed by no less than Academy Award-winner (and longtime Stones fan) Martin Scorsese. The MOG in... MORE

So I had the opportunity to catch this movie at a special IMAX screening whilst in L.A. for a business trip and had to go...I caught the shows that were filmed for this movie back in the fall of 2006 and wrote then that I should never go see the Stones again, that they could never be as good...I have managed to only see them once since (so far)! If you are a Stones fan and plan to see this flick, go while it is playing in an IMAX . The sound and cinematography are stu... MORE

Some more Stones love for the MogFather, coming soon to an IMAX theater near you. (April 4th) http://www.shinealightmovie.com/ from Amazon "`Shine A Light' is the soundtrack to director MARTIN SCORSESE 'S film of the same name, which documents The Rolling Stones' performances at New York's Beacon Theatre on October 29 and November 1, 2006. With special guests BUDDY GUY , White Stripes' JACK WHITE III , and CHRISTINA AGUILERA joining the Stones onstage, the Oscar-... MORE

You know that rule of thumb, the one that goes -- some things are better left unsaid? Well, Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts should have taken notice of the saying when talking to BBC 6 Music about the Martin Scorsese-directed rockumentary Shine A Light, starring his band. The media have been feeding like a pack of hungry wolves on Watts' blunt review, and somewhere out there Marty Scorsese is crying. Watts, it seems, was expecting an Academy Award winning biopic, and o... MORE

Muxtape
I just got word of this little site that is a hold out for some of us stalwarts that, even in the digital age, still prefer the term "Mix Tape".
This site called Muxtape allows users to upload up to 12 songs and share their mixtapes.
My initial take on this so far? It's got a nice clean and simple interface, and is easy to use. It takes the Google approach and doesn't muck up the UI with popups and banner ads. The uploads are a bit slow, a... MORE

One of my best friends (not to mention his wife who delivered both of my children!) is an accomplished author and he's written a book i think you may like...it's fiction, but it puts you right there...about the rolling stones, manson and a wild era in our country's history..but don't take my word for it: From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. A s Mick Jagger sang in the 1970 songSway, It's just that demon life has got me in its sway. In Lazar's second novel, he uses a n... MORE

The Rolling Stones' soundtrack Shine A Light for the Martin Scorsese rockumentary of the same name will be available in two version: a two-disc, 22-track live album and a 16-track soundtrack. Both albums, recorded at New York's Beacon Theatre on October 29 and November 1, 2006, contain Stones classics and not one track from the band's most recent studio album, A Bigger Bang, which the Stones were touring behind at the time. However the expanded double disc album includes... MORE