There was a time when Japanese filmmaker Kijū Yoshida was a cinephile’s mark of exquisite taste. While not entirely obscure, his work has been less-discussed than those of contemporaries Ōshima, Imamura, and Suzuki, even if he’s always been grouped among them as a key author of the Japanese New Wave.
In the early years of online cinephilia, mentioning Yoshida was a sort of a code, a way to signal that your knowledge about Japanese cinema from that era was a bit more nuanced. It is, in many ways, thanks to this interest that these films are more widely talked-about and now the subject of Film at Lincoln Center’s retrospective running from December 1-8.
My introduction to Yoshida’s cinema came courtesy Allan Fish, a self-taught critic who watched films (and TV) from all over the world and wrote vivaciously about the moving image on his blog Wonders in the Dark.
In the early years of online cinephilia, mentioning Yoshida was a sort of a code, a way to signal that your knowledge about Japanese cinema from that era was a bit more nuanced. It is, in many ways, thanks to this interest that these films are more widely talked-about and now the subject of Film at Lincoln Center’s retrospective running from December 1-8.
My introduction to Yoshida’s cinema came courtesy Allan Fish, a self-taught critic who watched films (and TV) from all over the world and wrote vivaciously about the moving image on his blog Wonders in the Dark.
- 11/30/2023
- by Jaime Grijalba
- The Film Stage
Jimmy Page is one of the most famous guitar players ever. His Led Zeppelin riffs are some of the most recognizable in classic rock. Thank goodness he developed his sound beyond what we heard on his first solo song. Several Page guitars created those riffs, and many were played and owned by other musicians.
Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page | Watal Asanuma/Shinko Music/Getty Images 1. Fender Telecaster
Page often wielded Gibson guitars with Led Zeppelin, but he used a Fender Telecaster for nearly every song on Led Zeppelin I. The guitar dated to his Yardbirds days, but he wasn’t the original owner. It belonged to his friend Jeff Beck first.
After Page turned down an invitation to join the Yardbirds and recommended Beck for the job, his grateful friend gave him his Fender Telecaster. It was a gift for not taking the job. Beck’s brief Yardbirds stint launched his career.
Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page | Watal Asanuma/Shinko Music/Getty Images 1. Fender Telecaster
Page often wielded Gibson guitars with Led Zeppelin, but he used a Fender Telecaster for nearly every song on Led Zeppelin I. The guitar dated to his Yardbirds days, but he wasn’t the original owner. It belonged to his friend Jeff Beck first.
After Page turned down an invitation to join the Yardbirds and recommended Beck for the job, his grateful friend gave him his Fender Telecaster. It was a gift for not taking the job. Beck’s brief Yardbirds stint launched his career.
- 3/13/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Beatles and Pink Floyd were two of the world’s biggest bands in the 1960s and 1970s. And they hardly crossed paths while both bands were active, even though Floyd recorded their debut next door to The Beatles. Pink Floyd cut Paul McCartney’s contribution to their legendary 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon, but The Beatles’ music made a surprise and nearly-hidden cameo on the record.
(l-r) Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison of The Beatles; Pink Floyd’s Rick Wright, Roger Waters, Nick Mason, and David Gilmour | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images; Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images Pink Floyd cut Paul McCartney’s contribution to ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’
The Dark Side of the Moon features several voice cameos. Pink Floyd asked various Abbey Road Studios employees and others to answer questions and included their responses on the album.
But not Paul’s.
(l-r) Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison of The Beatles; Pink Floyd’s Rick Wright, Roger Waters, Nick Mason, and David Gilmour | Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images; Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images Pink Floyd cut Paul McCartney’s contribution to ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’
The Dark Side of the Moon features several voice cameos. Pink Floyd asked various Abbey Road Studios employees and others to answer questions and included their responses on the album.
But not Paul’s.
- 3/4/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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