Music in Film News...

Lots to report in the world of film today...In this morning's Variety, Paramount confirmed that we will have to wait a few extra months before Martin Scorsese's film, "Shine a Light," hits theaters. "Shine a Light," Marti's Rolling Stones concert doc will benefit with more time to market the picture. The new Spring roll-out (April) replaced the original open date of September 21. Filmed at Manhattan's Beacon Theater, IMAX-ready doc also features guest artists Jack White, Buddy Guy, Bill Clinton, and Christina Aguilera. The Stones are currently on tour in Europe...B.I.G. FILM NEWS : In 1995, Fox Searchlight purchased the rights to B.I.G., the bio-pic featuring hip-hop star Christopher Wallace, AKA Biggie Smalls. Today, they announced the film will be directed by "Soul Food" Writer/Director George Tillman Jr. and produced by our favorite all-purpose producer, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs. THE FILM IS BEGINNING A NATION-WIDE CASTING CALL TO ANYONE WHO LOOKS LIKE THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G., ACTOR OR NOT. Contact FOX and tell them Goose sent ya... The Clint Eastwood-produced doc on Tony Bennett will not recieve a theatrical release. "Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends," features Eastwood interviewing and jamming with Mr. Bennett and was the first project financed and produced by Netflix's Red Envelope Entertainment. Instead of the theater scene, the principles have inked a deal with Target to exclusively sell the DVD and Netflix will handle television, DVD distribution and on-screen showings... Gander On!

Stoned On Demand

For those TV junkies who like rock junkies, the Sundance Channel On Demand is featuring Stoned (2005), a film based on the alleged murder of Rolling Stones member Brian Jones. While this is anything but a Stones biopic, it has all the elements of a great film. Maybe a few too many of those elements. The film, directed by Stephen Woolley, explores the life of this rock great with the use of vintage film and a kicking soundtrack (includes the White Stripes). If you like gratuitous sex scenes, animal sacrifice, and actors portraying junkie rockers, Stoned is for you. Stoned is for me.

My favorite scene sums up the experience this film offers: Mr. Jones (Leo Gregory) taking acid with several soon to be disrobed women to the tune of "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane. Cue the handycam slow-mo and fade shots.
Gander On!

Keith Richards will never drop it like it's hot

Courtesy of NME

The Rolling Stones' Keith Richard has declared he hates hip hop.

The guitarist explained his disliked the genre for its vocal delivery and computer aided beats.

"Hip-hop leaves me cold. But there are some people out there who think it's the meaning of life," he told Rolling Stone magazine. "I don't wanna be yelled at, I wanna be sung to."

"I never really understood why someone would want to have some gangster from L.A. poking his fingers in your face," he added. "As I say, it don't grab me. I mean the rhythms are boring - they're all done on computers."

I guess this means I'll never get to hear the Jumpin Jack Flash remix feat. Fat Joe I always dreamed of. Gander On!