THE NEWS - 'THE BEATLES GET BACK' FILM, Dylan Shadow Kingdom, Dylan plays live concert gig, Joni Mitchell 'Blue' makes 50 years old

 

DISNEY+ CONFIRMS IT WILL PREMIERE BEATLES' GET BACK FILM

Peter Jackson's documentary 'The Beatles: Get Back' has received a premiere date and streaming platform. It will arrive this November, initially exclusive to Disney's streaming service Disney+. Said Jackson: "I'm very grateful to The Beatles, Apple Corps and Disney for allowing me to present this story in exactly the way it should be told. I've been immersed in this project for nearly three years, and I'm very excited that audiences around the world will finally be able to see it." The new 'Get Back' will be a three-episode mini series which is over six hours in length.

Bob Iger, Disney's executive chairman, added: "As a huge Beatles fan myself, I am absolutely thrilled that Disney+ will be the home for this extraordinary documentary series by the legendary filmmaker Peter Jackson. This phenomenal collection of never-before-seen footage offers an unprecedented look at the close camaraderie, genius songwriting, and indelible impact of one of the most iconic and culturally influential bands of all time, and we can't wait to share 'The Beatles: Get Back' with fans around the world."

THIS WEEK'S WTF MOMENT

BIGFOOT COSTUME MADE FROM PUBIC HAIR??!!

Not enough to fill a sandwich bag.

Publicity stunt or not - Jackass star Steve-O posted an appeal on social media recently for men to donate their pubic hair. He revealed that he had been on a mission over the last two years to create the Sasquatch suit by shaving his own pubic hair. But it's not enough. Last week, many answered his call - with footage shared by TMZ showing a raft of volunteers having their intimate areas shaved by Steve-O. "So many dudes have broken out their weiners... and I'm like, my dick is pretty sweet," the Jackass star said at one point, going on to shave some other rather intimate areas of some men including armpits.

Watch the video here.

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COLLECTING DUST

  'BLUE', THE DEMOS

Joni Mitchell has released a new demos and outtakes EP to celebrate the 50th anniversary of her classic album 'Blue'. Released on June 22, 1971, 'Blue' is widely regarded as one of the greatest albums of all time. It explores various facets of relationships following the iconic musician's breakup with Graham Nash. On June 21, Rhino released 'Blue 50 (Demos & Outtakes)', a digital EP that debuts five unreleased recordings from the making of the original LP that will also appear on an upcoming archives collection. The EP includes demos for 'California' and an early version of 'A Case Of You' that features different lyrics from those heard on the final album. There are also two alternate takes on the EP. The first being a version of 'River' that adds French horns, unlike the album version, which features Mitchell solo on piano. The other alternate take is for 'Urge For Going'. The final unreleased song included on 'Blue 50' is a studio recording for 'Hunter', another song that was cut from 'Blue' at the last minute that Mitchell later performed live but never officially released on an album.

More Joni Mitchel News (or Fag Ash Lil as we call her) Only Mitchell could still be chain-smoking believing it is radical and a revolutionary stance of the rebel to paying American Tobacco for her addiction to nicotine!

Meanwhile, 'Joni Mitchell Archives Vol 2: The Reprise Albums (1968-1971)' will be released on 29 October 2021. It's a 5CD box set. The 10 LP box set version is limited to 4,000 copies worldwide.

BBC RADIO 4 CELEBRATES 50th ANNIVERSARY OF JONI MITCHELL'S BLUE

Laura Marling has narrated a new audio documentary about Joni Mitchell for BBC Radio 4. The singer voiced 'Blue: Pain And Pleasure' to mark the 50th anniversary of Mitchell's seminal album 'Blue'. The documentary, which aired June 17, sees Marling telling the story behind the writing and recording of the 1971 LP.Mitchell says she is pleased after 50 years that people finally "get it" . . . oh, Joni we got it, its not THAT deep! No really

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Mitchell today

Mitchell's last album was released in 2007 and last toured playing live in 2000

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DYLAN LIVE ONLINE, JULY 18

Bob Dylan has announced details of a paid-for online performance entitled 'Shadow Kingdom'. It launches on July 18 on the Veeps platform and will be available to watch for 48 hours after the initial airing, with tickets costing US$25. A press releases states that Shadow Kingdom "will showcase the artist in an intimate setting as he presents songs from his extensive renowned body of work created especially for this event." You can order your tickets here.

  

MORE WTF moments . . . . . . 

Cara Delevingne uses a mini-scooter to get between her bedroom and kitchen because she finds the floors of her house "too hard" to walk on.

'Blue' is of course a central piece of work in understanding Ms Mitchell's entire ouevre even if we have somehow left her behind now with her weird psychosomatic illnesses and still chain smoking, no longer the star child of her generation but boy that voice is pure here and reed like as she summarises what it is to be coming home . . . . . 
We didn't stop playing 'Blue' for an age . . . . . . . of Aquarius

On this day in music history: June 22, 1971 - “Blue”, the fourth studio album by Joni Mitchell is released. Produced by Joni Mitchell, it is recorded at A&M Studios in Hollywood, CA from January - March 1971. Issued as the follow up to ‘Ladies Of The Canyon", the deeply introspective album features songs reflecting on relationships, and comes in the wake of Mitchell’s painful break up from longtime boyfriend Graham Nash. Nash had proposed marriage to Mitchell in 1970, and she declines the proposal fearing the constraints that it will put on her personal and artistic freedom, after what she had experienced in her brief first marriage to musician Chuck Mitchell in 1965. Following her split with Nash, she flies off to Europe on vacation and writes many of the songs that turn up on the finished album. One earlier song titled “Little Green” (written in 1967) is a last minute addition. It is about the daughter she had given up for adoption, a fact that is not revealed publicly until they are reunited in 1993. The album is a major critical and commercial success upon its release, and is widely regarded as one of Joni Mitchell’s greatest artistic achievements. Due to its lasting popularity and influence, it is inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame in 1999. The album is remastered and reissued on CD in 1997 (with HDCD encoding), restoring the original cover artwork and lyric sheet. It is also being reissued as a 180 gram vinyl LP by Rhino Records in 2009. “Blue” peaks at number fifteen on the Billboard Top 200, is certified Platinum in the US by the RIAA.

with thanks to the most excellent Behind The Grooves by Jeff Harris 

BLUE

Joni Mitchell

Again one of the albums I bought when it came out . . . . . a seminal classic album and though I have kinda left it behind a little still feel it worth revisiting the earlier stuff . . . . . .the jazz influenced stuff has lost a degree of its lustre for this listener though maybe 'Miles of Isles' is still up there. . . . . . Blue is still up there 'Songs to A Seagull', 'Clouds', 'Ladies of The Canyon' but others not so much anymore so from maybe Mingus and even Don Juan I have given them a miss  

• All I Want
• Joni Mitchell
• Blue

• My Old Man
• Joni Mitchell
• Blue

• Little Green
• Joni Mitchell
• Blue

• Carey
• Joni Mitchell
• Blue

• Carey get out your cane . . . . . 

• Blue
• Joni Mitchell
• Blue

one of the seminal moments in music and of course bought when it came out . . . I had been doing this since the first album I bought 'Clouds'

• California
• Joni Mitchell
• Blue

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“…So I bought me a ticket 
I caught a plane to Spain 
Went to a party down a red dirt road 
There were lots of pretty people there 
Reading Rolling Stone reading Vogue
They said “How long can you hang around?”
I said a week maybe two
Just until my skin turns brown 
Then I’m going home to California ”

California | Joni Mitchell

• A Case Of You
• Joni Mitchell
• Blue

• River
• Joni Mitchell

River | Joni Mitchell possibly IMHO one of the best songs ever written