Monday, June 24, 2019

"Almost every fifteen minutes for two years"

John Phillips was never going to win Father Of The Year Award, and let's leave that at that. Please. And then there was the sheer tonnage of blizzard he did. He and Bowie were a marriage made in Colombia, and it's a wonder that Nic Roeg's movie got made at all, what with the snowplows in constant use. Bowie said he was "stoned out of my mind from beginning to end", and that's probably true of the moviegoers, too.

Phillips' solo work has been exhaustively re-issued, sometimes with more respect than it deserves (Man On The Moon, anyone?), but this OST on RCA might have passed you by. Check the curves on that cover! Don't you want to oil up and writhe over that gorgeous body? (Hey - Michelle Phillips ain't so bad, either).
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  1. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIJune 24, 2019 at 8:07 AM



    Papa John

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  2. B._B.June 24, 2019 at 8:23 AM

    Thanks for delivering this (Licorice) pizza. On a platter. (Link is now there --- "Papa John" --- above, but for a moment there it was "invisible.")

    Just to give us the chance to read & re-read the whizz-dumb inherent in the hot & fresh off the presses posting & ponder a bit... About what he had in mind with his wifey "Mitchie" doing a full body buff-job on his sports car...

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  3. FiveGunsWestJune 24, 2019 at 9:04 AM

    Why thank you Farquhar. My kid loves his space movie soundtrack. I love the story about his military officer father dying and John has to lean over to his hear and with pappy's dying breath, the message is......always use shampoo to wash your armpits. And then poppsy-poo was gone

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  4. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIJune 24, 2019 at 9:09 AM

    Fantastic piece on Michell here

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    1. FiveGunsWestJune 25, 2019 at 6:08 AM

      Quite fascinating. I have all the Hodel books and all the others about the dahlia crime. I do know Barry McGuire....I interviewed him for the LA Free Press and for my blog.....there is a little mama's and papa's story here.....

      https://fivegunswest.blogspot.com/2012/10/barry-mcguirehello-everyone-part-one.html

      https://fivegunswest.blogspot.com/2013/01/barry-mcguire-eve-of-destruction-part-2.html

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    2. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIJune 25, 2019 at 7:21 AM

      Thanks for the linkage! Find yerself among the Swell Guys!

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    3. FiveGunsWestJune 25, 2019 at 1:05 PM

      like yourself Throckmorton...........the michelle thing was a great read. and the soundtrack is pretty good..........

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