Documentaries

[fljoe0]

History Of The Eagles

A two part documentary that traces the rocky history of the band. For a band approved documentary, it's surprisingly honest about the darker parts of their history. The Eagles (or more likely Don Henley and Glen Frey) allowed several people to be interviewed that have issues with them. Band mates that have been fired and David Geffen who has sued and been sued by the Eagles are allowed to speak freely and tell their side. Don Henley and Glen Frey don't exactly come off looking so good in parts of this documentary. I really loved the "warts and all" aspect of this documentary.

 

[swiftdog2.0]

I saw this too. I remember Dock Ellis when I was a kid. That Pirate team was an entertaining team to watch. When people think that today's players have more substance abuse issues than the old-timers, they are very wrong. Heavy drinking and amphetamines were the substances of choice then.

True, 'dat.

Greenies were, and still are, a much bigger problem than steroids in baseball.

 

[swiftdog2.0]

History Of The Eagles

A two part documentary that traces the rocky history of the band. For a band approved documentary, it's surprisingly honest about the darker parts of their history. The Eagles (or more likely Don Henley and Glen Frey) allowed several people to be interviewed that have issues with them. Band mates that have been fired and David Geffen who has sued and been sued by the Eagles are allowed to speak freely and tell their side. Don Henley and Glen Frey don't exactly come off looking so good in parts of this documentary. I really loved the "warts and all" aspect of this documentary.

I've heard Don Henley is a major DB. Maybe not as a much as a DB as John Fogerty but pretty bad.

I remember watching the CCR Behind The Music and thinking I'd want to kick Fogerty's a** if I were in that band. He was such a tool his own brother sued him.

 

[muskrat]

THE FILTH AND THE FURY, dir by Julian Temple, 2000

Kick-ass, extensive documentary about the bloody SEX PISTOLS. So freakin good. Go find/buy/steal a copy today, watch it three times back-to-back right away, it's that frackin good. Yer gonna thank me.

 

[Dana Jean]

Watched a doc called Stripped. It is about comic strips.

Now, this is just a weird coincidence.

Near the end of this doc, A strip by Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin and Hobbes, is shown.

Okay. now to the weirdness. My mom died 6 years ago. My siblings and I divided up her stuff and much of it I have had in a storage shed since then. I haven't looked at most of it. Very difficult. It's like her tomb when I open it. Anyway, I have been bringing boxes home and going through them. I swear to you right now on a bible if need be, going through a box today after watching this documentary last night, I found this exact comic cut out of the paper and framed in a box of my mother's. I never saw it hung in her house anywhere.

THere's a message for me here. Too coincidental after 6 years to run into this a day a part.

 

[FlakeNoir]

Watched a doc called Stripped. It is about comic strips.

Now, this is just a weird coincidence.

Near the end of this doc, A strip by Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin and Hobbes, is shown.

Okay. now to the weirdness. My mom died 6 years ago. My siblings and I divided up her stuff and much of it I have had in a storage shed since then. I haven't looked at most of it. Very difficult. It's like her tomb when I open it. Anyway, I have been bringing boxes home and going through them. I swear to you right now on a bible if need be, going through a box today after watching this documentary last night, I found this exact comic cut out of the paper and framed in a box of my mother's. I never saw it hung in her house anywhere.

THere's a message for me here. Too coincidental after 6 years to run into this a day a part.

Oh girl... this has to have pride of place in your home... and you know how I struggle with belief of there being something after all this... but oh, I feel like she just gave you a great big hug and is telling you not to lose your humour in life...

(((You and Mom))) xox

 

[Dana Jean]

Thought Crimes: The Case of the Cannibal Cop

This was interesting.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/11/arts/television/review-thought-crimes-the-case-of-the-cannibal-cop-on-hbo.html?_r=0

"Can you be committed of a crime you only thought about doing?" Plans laid out, talk about what you want to do. Taking steps to set the fantasy in motion?

Do we have to wait for someone to die before we can arrest and convict them?

 

[Dana Jean]

I watched a doc on Davie Bowie: 5 years.

Interesting enough.

I will say, David Bowie has become a very cute man, but boy oh boy, that ugly duckling stage lasted a long time.

 

[HollyGolightly]

Watched a doc called Stripped. It is about comic strips.

Now, this is just a weird coincidence.

Near the end of this doc, A strip by Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin and Hobbes, is shown.

Okay. now to the weirdness. My mom died 6 years ago. My siblings and I divided up her stuff and much of it I have had in a storage shed since then. I haven't looked at most of it. Very difficult. It's like her tomb when I open it. Anyway, I have been bringing boxes home and going through them. I swear to you right now on a bible if need be, going through a box today after watching this documentary last night, I found this exact comic cut out of the paper and framed in a box of my mother's. I never saw it hung in her house anywhere.

THere's a message for me here. Too coincidental after 6 years to run into this a day a part.

It must have meant something to her at some point in her life - what a treasure! That is amazing, there is a message there for you.

Thought Crimes: The Case of the Cannibal Cop

This was interesting.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/11/arts/television/review-thought-crimes-the-case-of-the-cannibal-cop-on-hbo.html?_r=0

"Can you be committed of a crime you only thought about doing?" Plans laid out, talk about what you want to do. Taking steps to set the fantasy in motion?

Do we have to wait for someone to die before we can arrest and convict them?

Thank God I don't have HBO, this would have disturbed me. Just reading the article was troublesome. The last line,
Consider “Thought Crimes” a primer for the century ahead. - very worrisome.

 

[HollyGolightly]

History Of The Eagles

A two part documentary that traces the rocky history of the band. For a band approved documentary, it's surprisingly honest about the darker parts of their history. The Eagles (or more likely Don Henley and Glen Frey) allowed several people to be interviewed that have issues with them. Band mates that have been fired and David Geffen who has sued and been sued by the Eagles are allowed to speak freely and tell their side. Don Henley and Glen Frey don't exactly come off looking so good in parts of this documentary. I really loved the "warts and all" aspect of this documentary.

I've seen this. It was great - can you imagine Jackson Brown living downstairs (or upstairs?) from Don Henley and Glen Frey when they were all just struggling? And I never knew those guys did back up for Linda Ronstadt. "horrible relief" - I loved that. For some reason, after I watched this, I now have a soft spot Joe Walsh. Not long after I saw the Eagle doc, I saw some show with Joe Walsh - it was like a concert film of his newer stuff, but with interviews with him as well. Anyhow, great documentary - he really seems to have finally gotten control of his life.

 

[swiftdog2.0]

I've seen this. It was great - can you imagine Jackson Brown living downstairs (or upstairs?) from Don Henley and Glen Frey when they were all just struggling? And I never knew those guys did back up for Linda Ronstadt. "horrible relief" - I loved that. For some reason, after I watched this, I now have a soft spot Joe Walsh. Not long after I saw the Eagle doc, I saw some show with Joe Walsh - it was like a concert film of his newer stuff, but with interviews with him as well. Anyhow, great documentary - he really seems to have finally gotten control of his life.

Joe Walsh is awesome. Just his James Gang material alone is killer!

 

[blunthead]

Joe Walsh is awesome. Just his James Gang material alone is killer!

I love Walsh.

 

[fljoe0]

I've seen this. It was great - can you imagine Jackson Brown living downstairs (or upstairs?) from Don Henley and Glen Frey when they were all just struggling? And I never knew those guys did back up for Linda Ronstadt. "horrible relief" - I loved that. For some reason, after I watched this, I now have a soft spot Joe Walsh. Not long after I saw the Eagle doc, I saw some show with Joe Walsh - it was like a concert film of his newer stuff, but with interviews with him as well. Anyhow, great documentary - he really seems to have finally gotten control of his life.

Jackson Browne was also roommates with Gregg Allman for a while and they wrote These Days together during that time. That was before the Eagles time.

Jackson Browne played music around LA for a long time before he got famous.

 

[HollyGolightly]

Jackson Browne was also roommates with Gregg Allman for a while and they wrote These Days together during that time. That was before the Eagles time.

Jackson Browne played music around LA for a long time before he got famous.

Oh man, I didn't know that. I'm a big Allman Brothers fan.

 

[cat in a bag]

Watched Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck this morning. Very sad, disturbing, made me angry. I wasn't a huge Nirvana fan back in the day, I liked them ok, but I am more likely to listen to them these days than I was then. Nostalgia, I guess. Part of the soundtrack of youth. It will stick with me a while, pretty depressing stuff.

And another nostalgic choice recently was Atari: Game Over. That one was a fun (but also kinda sad) trip down memory lane. About how ET was the worst game ever and brought Atari down, and the whole landfill excavation to find the copies of the game supposedly thrown out there.

 

[swiftdog2.0]

Watched Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck this morning. Very sad, disturbing, made me angry. I wasn't a huge Nirvana fan back in the day, I liked them ok, but I am more likely to listen to them these days than I was then. Nostalgia, I guess. Part of the soundtrack of youth. It will stick with me a while, pretty depressing stuff.

And another nostalgic choice recently was Atari: Game Over. That one was a fun (but also kinda sad) trip down memory lane. About how ET was the worst game ever and brought Atari down, and the whole landfill excavation to find the copies of the game supposedly thrown out there.

I liked Nirvana. Not surprised the documentary was dark. Kurt was an emotional time bomb. Dude self medicated with heroin. Never a good idea. Then he put himself in the middle of the sh** show that is Courtney Love. That woman is an emotional and psychological black hole. It's not a surprise that he killed himself.

 

[cat in a bag]

I liked Nirvana. Not surprised the documentary was dark. Kurt was an emotional time bomb. Dude self medicated with heroin. Never a good idea. Then he put himself in the middle of the sh** show that is Courtney Love. That woman is an emotional and psychological black hole. It's not a surprise that he killed himself.

Yeah, none of it was a surprise. There is a lot of home movie type footage in it and some of it was waaay more of Courtney Love than I ever wanted to see. But that was the stuff that bothered me, to see him with his baby, looking relatively sober, then the next clip, so high he could barely hold his head up.
Just a waste. That kind of stuff really gets to me.

I noticed in the credits, Frances Bean was credited as an executive producer, it would be interesting to know exactly how much input or influence she had on it. She was not interviewed, only footage of her is as a baby.

 

[swiftdog2.0]

Yeah, none of it was a surprise. There is a lot of home movie type footage in it and some of it was waaay more of Courtney Love than I ever wanted to see. But that was the stuff that bothered me, to see him with his baby, looking relatively sober, then the next clip, so high he could barely hold his head up.
Just a waste. That kind of stuff really gets to me.

I noticed in the credits, Frances Bean was credited as an executive producer, it would be interesting to know exactly how much input or influence she had on it. She was not interviewed, only footage of her is as a baby.

I always felt bad for Frances Bean. She had to grow up without a Dad and a self absorbed toxic mother. I'm surprised she's not in a psych ward or rehab herself.

 

[muskrat]

Watchin WEST OF MEMPHIS, about the Memphis Three miscarriage of justice. Gettin mad. Had to have a smoke break.

Ye GODS, thankfully no Podunk Sh*tkicking prosecutor ever got a gander at the notebooks I kept in my teens. Satanic cults...please. Buncha inbred jug sucking superstitious peasant !&$*#$!

 

[morgan]

Watched Austin to Boston (2014) on Netflix - a music docu about several indie bands/musicians who traveled across the country in VW buses and performed in numerous cities. It was decent. There is a sister trio from England called The Staves, who sang "Songbird" so beautifully - they have amazing harmony. Made me wish I could be a hippie, or at least a free spirit!