J.M. Dobies, British Music Examiner

I have a new column, The British Music Examiner. This is not to say that I'm a Brit and examine music in general, but that I am examining British music of all stripes.

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The Sex Pistols' Last Stand: The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

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Liam Gallagher: Beady Eye will be 'bigger than Oasis,' Noel will 'come crawling back'

Who's Obscure: 11 Unjustly Neglected Tracks by The Who

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The Mal Thursday Show #21: A Mal Thursday Christmas

In the tradition of such great holiday podcasts as Florida Rocks Again! #33, Rock 'n' Roll Suicide #61, Savage Kick #23, and Killed by Porn #31, it's "A Mal Thursday Christmas" with special guests Yard Trauma, the Fleshtones, the Chesterfield Kings, the Reigning Sound, and the ghost of Oliver Reed. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.

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Playlist:

YARD TRAUMA: Christmas Tyme
EDD “KOOKIE” BRYNES: Yulesville
SATURDAY’S CHILDREN: Deck Five
THE YOBS: Silent Night
THE EBENEZER SCROOGE APPRECIATION SOCIETY: Hang on Rudolph
LEMMY KILMISTER & BILLY GIBBONS: Run Run Rudolph
DAVIE ALLAN & THE ARROWS: Ho Ho Seven/Hark the Herald Angels Sing

THE FLESHTONES: Hooray for Santa Claus
THE TAILDRAGGERS: Let’s Talk About Claus
THE SONICS: Santa Claus
JERRY & THE LANDSLIDES: Get Off My Roof
THE CHESTERFIELD KINGS: Hey Santa Claus

NICK SWARDSON: A Very Terry Christmas
WILD BILLY CHILDISH & THE MUSICIANS OF THE BRITSH EMPIRE:
Pete Townshend’s Christmas
LOWELL GEORGE & THE FACTORY: Candy Cane Madness
THE WHITE STRIPES: Candy Cane Children
THE VON BONDIES: Ain’t No Chimney
PLAN 9: Merry Christmas

THE SONICS: Don’t Believe in Christmas
THE REIGNING SOUND: That’s All I Want
THE HENTCHMEN: Shotgun Christmas
THE FIGGS: Father Christmas
THE CHEETAHS: A Message to Santa Claus
FEAR: Fuck Christmas
THE EELS: Everything’s Gonna Be Cool This Christmas
THE DIRTBOMBS: My Last Christmas

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Keith Moon Was Here

About ten years ago, filmmaker Alex Cox (Repo Man, Sid and Nancy, Straight to Hell) was commissioned to write a screenplay based on the life of Keith Moon, the Who's legendary drummer and destroyer of hotel rooms.

From AlexCox.com: "Co-written by me and Tod [Davies] for American and London-based producers. The life of Keith Moon, whose antagonist we decided should be Peter Sellers. Sellers first appears as a giant spider, then as himself, then as Harry Nilsson, in whose London apartment rock stars invariably die. Supporting cast includes the other members of The Who, The Beatles, and Steve McQueen. Of all the scripts the two of us wrote together, this is the best."

In an interview with the Austin Decider, Cox describes why the film wasn't made:

"I think Roger Daltrey was the executive producer, and so maybe it didn’t fit his recollection of events or vision of the story [Daltrey is also portrayed as a bit of a wanker in the script] ...I think that the people who wanted to make the film were expecting more of a mainstream biopic — which is really hard, to make a guy like that sympathetic. I mean, the guy’s a serial wife beater, you know? It’s really hard to make a guy like that conventionally sympathetic."

Here's the screenplay for Keith Moon Was Here, which, despite a few anachronisms and other minor inaccuracies, would have made a great film, especially with someone like Colin Farrell in the part (and not Mike Myers, who was long rumored to be playing Moon):

http://www.alexcox.com/pdfs/MOON_1.pdf