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#223: Olivia Newton-John, Malcolm Gladwell, Nudists
2 years, 4 months ago

#223: Olivia Newton-John, Malcolm Gladwell, Nudists

ABC  

Myf and Zan are here to make sense of the week that was in all its lows and highs. Meanwhile Malcolm Gladwell reckons we need to get back to the office which is frankly a BIT RICH coming from him, Mr Laptop on the Couch. And Frank Ocean hasn’t shared any music but has released a $25k cock ring via …

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Questlove on 'Black Woodstock' documentary, 'Summer of Soul'
2 years, 10 months ago

Questlove on 'Black Woodstock' documentary, 'Summer of Soul'

LA Times  

Follow us wherever you get your podcasts: Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson on how sifting through 40 hours of archival footage of the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival — where legends like Nina Simone and Stevie Wonder performed in the same summer as Woodstock — led to his debut documentary, “Summer of Soul.” Plus, how the parallel protests of 2020 and 1969, as …

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From Britney to the Beatles, it was a watershed year for music documentaries
3 years ago

From Britney to the Beatles, it was a watershed year for music documentaries

LA Times  

The chase for eyeballs has been a boon for eardrums. Meanwhile, acclaimed directors including Peter Jackson, Todd Haynes and Edgar Wright were drawn to music docs in ways not seen since Martin Scorsese fixed his lens on the Band for “The Last Waltz” or Jonathan Demme shot the Talking Heads’ “Stop Making Sense.” 2021 produced so many first-rate music documentaries …

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In ‘Summer of Soul,’ a lost history reborn to play loud
3 years, 5 months ago

In ‘Summer of Soul,’ a lost history reborn to play loud

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — “Like a rose coming through the concrete” is one description of 1969’s Harlem Cultural Festival heard in Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s exuberant, illuminating documentary “Summer of Soul.” The event, held the same summer as Woodstock, drew together Nina Simone, a 19-year-old Stevie Wonder, Sly and the Family Stone, B.B. King, the Staples Singers, The 5th Dimension, some of …

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Film review: Five stars for the 'timely' Summer of Soul
3 years, 5 months ago

Film review: Five stars for the 'timely' Summer of Soul

BBC  

Film review: Five stars for the 'timely' Summer of Soul Courtesy of Mass Distraction Media Summer of Soul captures the atmosphere at a Harlem concert where artists including Sly Stone performed A 'gloriously entertaining' new film rescues a historic, long-hidden Harlem concert from obscurity. Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures Mahalia Jackson and Mavis Staples sing gospel together at the 1969 concert …

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Review: ‘Summer of Soul’ may be the best doc of the year
3 years, 5 months ago

Review: ‘Summer of Soul’ may be the best doc of the year

Associated Press  

In the summer of 1969, the same summer as Woodstock, some of the biggest musical acts of the time, like Stevie Wonder, B.B. But the event is given new light in the must-see documentary “ Summer of Soul.” Over the course six weekends, some 300,000 people would pass through what is now Marcus Garvey Park to watch the marquee names …

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Review: ‘Summer of Soul’: A rousing cultural and musical revolution, now finally seen
3 years, 6 months ago

Review: ‘Summer of Soul’: A rousing cultural and musical revolution, now finally seen

LA Times  

Sly Stone performing at the Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969, featured in the documentary “Summer of Soul.” The Times is committed to reviewing theatrical film releases during the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was filmed to spectacular effect but, we’re told, “the footage sat in a basement for 50 years” because there was no interest in a “Black Woodstock.” “Nobody ever …

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Questlove uncovers ‘Black Woodstock’ in his hit Sundance doc
3 years, 10 months ago

Questlove uncovers ‘Black Woodstock’ in his hit Sundance doc

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Questlove responded with incredulous disbelief when he was first told about the footage. Known as “Black Woodstock,” the festival occurred during the same summer as Woodstock — and just 100 miles away — but received far less attention. “Summer of Soul,” Questlove’s directorial debut, finally unearths a little-seen landmark musical event. As the Roots drummer, the “Tonight” …

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