UPDATEPHOTO: Pig Floyd Pribek.net
I wanna Write a Rock
Opera, too !!The highest new entry, at No. 5, was Monkey's "Journey to the West" (XL Recordings), the album of the contemporary opera written by Damon Albarn and
designed by Jamie Hewlett, both of Gorillaz. The show had its premiere season in Manchester last year and made its London debut at the Royal Opera House last month. The show uses nearly 40 Chinese performers including acrobats, martial artists and singers, with an orchestra combining Western and Chinese instruments.du hast gut geschlaffen
There are very few breaking news stories in the music biz, and Pink Floyd's escaped flying pig ranks pretty high up there. Sources tell us that there are now two reports of pig -recovery operations currently underway in nearby La Quinta, California. [read on HERE]
Pat Darnell and Friends wrote,
Pink Floyd — isn’t that the barber of Mayberry… who later had a stroke? When was it he played in a band again? And I swear no one talked about drugs in or around Mayberry and Aunt Bea. Ron Howard grew up to be a really good movie maker… and bald, but I sure don’t remember Dave, Roger or Syd. (Roger Rabbit and Syd from ToyStory?)
I feel so uninformed, dang it, but with a little help from you, my friends, I might get The Final Cut off The Wall, pending you divulge a Saucer Full of Secrets. A Momentary Lapse of Reason left my Atom Heart Mother temporarily Obscured by the clouds, so we both followed the Piper to the gates of Dawn. Wish You Were Here on the Dark Side of the Moon !! En Fuego, Sans… muy en fuego!!!
"Imagine this pig exploding high up in the atmosphere, and floating down onto the village of
La Quinta. Somebody should write a boring rock opera about it. LA Weekly will be offering round-the-clock reportage on what is perhaps the most tragic event in Coachella history. We dedicate this post to the pig. It was a great run, and you almost made it.
American Idiot Becomes a Film Nov 10, 2005
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You write a rock opera; it becomes a smash hit album. Isn't it logical to make it into a movie?
Singer/guitarist Billy Joe
Armstrong revealed that he's taking on some of the writing and production roles for an upcoming American Idiot (2004, Reprise) (read Aversion's review) film. The movie, which will revolve around the rock-opera presented on the Berkley pop-punk band's latest album, will, quite unsurprisingly, take its cues from The Who's Tommy and Quadrophenia. Whether that means Elton John will make an appearance as a flamboyant Pinball Wizard or not has yet to be decided.
Green Day won’t appear in the movie, however. Fans will have to make due with the 14-minute version of the “Jesus of Suburbia” video (read full story), which stars the punks in about 15 percent of a movie.
