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		<title>On This Day in 1975: Tommy Hit US Theaters</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps Hollywood&#8217;s first ever rock musical, star-studded and shot in 1974 with a budget of $5mil, based on the Who&#8217;s 1969 concept album. Just look at this list of players: -The four founding members of the Who: Roger Daltrey(vocals) as Tommy, John Entwistle(bass) himself, Keith Moon(drums) as Uncle Ernie, and Pete Townshend(guitar) himself. Townshend not [...]]]></description>
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<p>Perhaps Hollywood&#8217;s first ever rock musical, star-studded and shot in 1974 with a budget of $5mil, based on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_%28album%29">the Who&#8217;s 1969 concept album</a>.  Just look at this list of players:</p>
<p><b>-</b>The four founding members of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Who">the Who</a>:  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Daltrey">Roger Daltrey(vocals)</a> as Tommy, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Entwistle">John Entwistle(bass)</a> himself, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Moon">Keith Moon(drums)</a> as Uncle Ernie, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Townshend">Pete Townshend(guitar)</a> himself.  Townshend not only wrote the story which he and director <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Russell">Ken Russell</a>(Oscar-winning Women in Love (1969), The Devils (1971), Altered States (1980)) adapted for the silver screen, but also scored the film and oversaw production of the picture&#8217;s soundtrack release.  The soundtrack reached as high as #2 on the US Billboard charts and #21 in the UK.</p>
<p>Other notables include:<br />
<b>-</b>5x Golden Globe winner <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann-Margret">Ann-Margret</a> as Nora Walker-Hobbs<br />
<b>-</b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_John">Elton John</a> as the reigning Champ<br />
<b>-</b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Turner">Tina Turner</a> as the Acid Queen<br />
<b>-</b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton">Eric Clapton</a> as the Preacher<br />
<b>-</b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Nicholson">Jack Nicholson</a> as the Specialist<br />
<b>-</b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Reed">Oliver Reed</a> as Frank Hobbs, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Powell">Robert Powell</a> as Captain Walker, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Brown_%28musician%29">Arthur Brown</a> as the Priest, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Aris">Ben Aris</a> as Reverend Simpson, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Nicholas">Paul Nicholas</a> as Cousin Kevin</p>
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<p>And of course, this classic scene from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_%28film%29">the movie</a> directly inspired the game which Bally released in September of 1975:</p>
<p><a href="http://ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=438"><img src="http://www.pinball.org/scene/blog/CaptF.JPG"></a></p>
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		<title>Before MTV, there was the Scopitone</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Location: somewhere near the Port of Oakland&#8230; Photos taken on the spot by yours truly, background info from Wikipedia: The Scopitone is a type of jukebox featuring a 16 mm film component. It was a forerunner of music video. The Italian Cinebox/Colorama and Color-Sonics were competing, lesser-known technologies of the time. Based on technology developed [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Location:  somewhere near the Port of Oakland&#8230;<br />
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<p>Photos taken on the spot by yours truly, background info <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopitone">from Wikipedia:</a></p>
<p>The Scopitone is a type of jukebox featuring a 16 mm film component. It was a forerunner of music video. The Italian Cinebox/Colorama and Color-Sonics were competing, lesser-known technologies of the time.</p>
<p>Based on technology developed during World War II, color 16 mm film clips with a magnetic soundtrack were designed to be shown in a specially designed jukebox. The first Scopitones were made in France, among them Serge Gainsbourg&#8217;s Le poinçonneur des Lilas (filmed in 1958 in the Porte des Lilas Métro station), Johnny Hallyday&#8217;s &#8220;Noir c&#8217;est noir&#8221; (a cover of Los Bravos&#8217; &#8220;Black Is Black&#8221;) and the &#8220;Hully Gully&#8221; showing a dance around the edge of a French swimming pool.</p>
<p>Scopitones spread to West Germany, where the Kessler Sisters burst out of twin steamer trunks to sing &#8220;Quando Quando&#8221; on the dim screen that surmounted the jukebox. Scopitone went on to appear in bars in England. By 1964, approximately 500 machines were installed in the USA, according to Time magazine.<br />
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<p>Several well-known acts of the 1960s appear in Scopitone films, ranging from The Exciters (&#8220;Tell Him&#8221;) to Procol Harum (&#8220;A Whiter Shade of Pale&#8221;). In one Scopitone recording, Dionne Warwick lay on a white shag rug with an offstage fan urging her to sing &#8220;Walk on By&#8221;. Another had Nancy Sinatra and a troupe of go-go girls shimmy to &#8220;These Boots Are Made for Walkin&#8217;&#8221;. Inspired by burlesque, blonde bombshell Joi Lansing performed &#8220;Web of Love&#8221; and &#8220;The Silencer&#8221;, and Julie London sang &#8220;Daddy&#8221; against a backdrop of strippers. The artifice of such scenes led Susan Sontag to identify Scopitone films as &#8220;part of the canon of Camp&#8221; in her 1964 essay &#8220;Notes on &#8216;Camp&#8217;&#8221;.</p>
<p>By the end of the 1960s, the popularity of the Scopitone had faded. The last film for a Scopitone was made at the end of 1978. However, in 2006 the French singer Mareva Galanter released several videos which mimic the Scopitone style. Galenta&#8217;s album Ukuyéyé features several songs in the Frecch Yé-yé style. She also recently hosted a weekly French television program called &#8220;Do you do you Scopitone&#8221; on the Paris Première channel.</p>
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		<title>Ready for your close-up?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PinballNews.com reports that the feature length documentary is set to debut in London @ the Raindance Film Festival on October 9, 2009. More here.]]></description>
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<a href="http://www.pinballnews.com/news/specialwhenlit.html">PinballNews.com</a> reports that the feature length documentary is set to debut in London @ the <a href="http://www.raindance.co.uk/site/index.php?id=403,4819,0,0,1,0">Raindance Film Festival</a> on October 9, 2009.<br />
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<a href="http://www.pinballnews.com/news/specialwhenlit.html">More here.</a></p>
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