Jim Marshall, known for his iconic photographs of sixties rock stars, died last night at age 74.
He was a favored photographer of Hendrix, the Rolling Stones and Janis Joplin, and he was the only photographer allowed backstage at the Beatles' last concert, in San Francisco in 1966. He was also the Read More
Every time we think the weekend box office can’t surprise us, something comes along to make us say … really? Last weekend, the surprise prize went to 21, the blackjack movie we know, logically, we can’t truly judge without seeing, but yet we still feel like we kind of can. Doesn’t the preview tell us Read More
Martin Scorsese’s Shine a Light, featuring the Rolling Stones onstage with their talented friends—including Christina Aguilera, Byrdie Bell, Buddy Guy, Kimberley Magness and Jack White—rattled my old bones to nirvana and beyond as I Read More
Who needs the Oscars when you have the Berlin Film Festival? Martin Scorsese and the Rolling Stones are in the German capital tonight to premiere their concert film, Shine a Light, shot at the Beacon Theater in 2006. The 65-year-old director, who does not have a film in this year's Oscar hunt, and the 64-year-old Read More
Hillary Clinton is heading to New Hampshire, a state she's dutifully avoided for a coupe for years. Tickets for Hillary's March 10 event are a rather modest $100. She'll draw huge crowds and lots of press, and inevitably, comparisons to Barack Obama. He visited the state a few months ago, and created such Read More
So what if Bill Clinton tied New York traffic in knots just over a month ago with the Clinton Global Initiative Conference? And who really cares that his real birthday was more than two months ago? Ready or not, he’s back. This weekend, the former President will be dining and drinking to 60 years with Read More
So what if Bill Clinton tied New York traffic in knots just over a month ago with the Clinton Global Initiative Conference? And who really cares that his real birthday was more than two months ago?
Ready or not, he’s back. This weekend, the former President will be dining and drinking to 60 years with Read MoreKeith Moon. When the late Keith Moon wasn't jokingly parading around in Hitler regalia, he could probably be found trashing one of the many hotels The Who stayed at. This weekend, The Times "Travel" section takes a look at the hard-living Moon--who "once nailed his room furniture to the ceiling"--along with members of Led Read More
In response to Ben's current article, a seasoned GOP veteran weighs in to debunk the notion that Steve Minarik could be a latter-day Lee Atwater: "Atwater was cool, tick/twitch filled and charismatic...Atwater could be over the top, but he had his own kind of manic grace, which Minarik lacks. Atwater knew how to Read More
In 1969, rock journalist Nik Cohn famously wrote that the best thing that could happen to the Rolling Stones would be for them to go down together in a plane crash short of their 30th birthdays, thus preserving themselves forever in our minds as they were then.
Thirty-three years later, as the Stones roll into town Read MoreMadison Square Garden housed a big blast of the 20th century all weekend. The Rolling Stones played the 19,763-seat arena and Bob Dylan played the 5,600-seat room called the Theater (formerly the Irving M. Felt Forum). So maybe it was nostalgia weekend at the Garden, but it was a little more complicated than that.
The cranky Read More
