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The Onion
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Onion
You Sure You're In The Mood For Another Wes Anderson Film With Everything That's Going On?
Hey, guys. It's me, acclaimed filmmaker Wes Anderson. I just finished my latest movie, The Phoenician Scheme, and it's going to be great. It's got everything—an ensemble cast of A-listers, set designs to die for, and a mid-century setting in exotic locales. But real quick, before I go ahead and release it, I wanted to ask, are you sure you're still in the mood for one of my movies? You know, with everything that's been going on lately? I just thought that maybe I should check in first. Because I would hate to release The Phoenician Scheme, my charming and absurdist black comedy caper, only for everyone to feel too weird to go see it—which, by the way, would totally make sense. I would feel weird if I were you. There's a lot on your plates at the moment. It's okay. You can be honest with me. If Benicio del Toro wearing a fez is too much for you to handle right now, you can tell me. But, I mean, hey, no judgment if you are in the mood to see it. Be my guest! If you're ready to show up to the theater May 30—given the state of the world—and say, 'One for The Phoenician Scheme, please,' all the more power to you. Maybe this 101-minute fanciful romp featuring Michael Cera as a private tutor who speaks in a Norwegian accent is exactly what you're looking for. It won't preserve habeas corpus or the First Amendment or civil rights. But it will make you think, 'Huh, is that an oud I'm hearing in this Kinks cover?' Oof. Things sure are bad. Thank God I moved to Paris 20 years ago! Just as a gut check, how about I list off some of the things you might see in my movie and you tell me if they're dealbreakers? Tom Hanks and Bryan Cranston rattling off my signature droll dialogue—enticing or not? What about meticulously framed scenes that blend nostalgia and melancholy with just a dash of whimsy? And do you like the idea of Benedict Cumberbatch as a character with elaborate facial hair named Uncle Nubar? Or is that kind of a red flag? If you aren't really feeling another one of my films, just let me know. All I'm trying to do here is make sure this is what you genuinely want. Don't go just to make me happy. I'd have no problem sitting on the movie for a few years, if that's what you need. Maybe I could release The Phoenician Scheme in 2028, or 2030. But then again, who knows— maybe things will be much, much worse by then. Maybe this is your last chance to see my work before total economic and democratic collapse. Do you think there will be film festivals in the camps? Shoot. Now I wish I'd made a movie about a film festival in the camps. Don't freak out. I'm not saying things will get worse. I'm just saying they could. I'm trying to be empathetic, as an expat. Of course, here in France, there are plenty of problems too. Not sure what they are, though. I get my news from literary magazines. So, I don't know, what do you think? You want it? You want The Phoenician Scheme? Tilda Swinton isn't in this one, if that sways your mind one way or the other. But Jeffrey Wright is back. He wears a sea captain's hat and suspenders. Anyway, I have to go now. I'm riding my bicycle to the bakery. Just let me know by the end of Cannes. Au revoir.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Classic Rock Band Releases Never-Before-Heard Live Version of Iconic Hit
Classic Rock Band Releases Never-Before-Heard Live Version of Iconic Hit originally appeared on Parade. A legendary classic rock band has released a never-before-heard version of one of their greatest hits. On Thursday, June 12, iconic British rock band The Kinks released a live version of their 1966 hit "Sunny Afternoon" that was recorded at their 1993 Royal Albert Hall show in London. It has never been released before, so unless you were there, you've never heard this version. Listen here. This live version of "Sunny Afternoon" is part of the band celebrating its 60th anniversary with a trilogy of albums called The Journey. The Journey — Part 1 and The Journey — Part 2 came out in 2023; now the final chapter in the trilogy, The Journey — Part 3, is being released on July 11, 2025, and will feature two discs of special 1 features 11 classic tracks from the band's Arista period, remastered from the original production tapes. Disc 2 is a very special release featuring recordings previously never released and discovered in the Kinks studio archive, selected from their July 11, 1993, Royal Albert Hall show. 'As far as performances go, it was a high point achievement of the Kinks,' founding member Dave Davies said of the Royal Albert Hall show. Pre-orders and pre-saves can be made here. Disc 1: Catch Me Now I'm Falling (2025 Remaster) (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman (2025 Remaster) A Rock'n'Roll Fantasy (2025 Remaster) Sleepwalker (2025 Remaster) Living On A Thin Line (2025 Remaster) Come Dancing (2025 Remaster) Around The Dial (2025 Remaster) Do It Again (2025 Remaster) Better Things (2025 Remaster) Destroyer (2025 Remaster) Low Budget (2025 Remaster) Misfits (2025 Remaster) Disc 2: One of Our DJs Is Missing (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1993) Till The End of The Day (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1993) Where Have All The Good Times Gone (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1993) Low Budget (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1993) Apeman (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1993) Phobia (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1993) Only a Dream (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1993) Scattered (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1993) Celluloid Heroes (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1993) I'm Not Like Everybody Else (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1993) Dedicated Follower of Fashion (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1993) The Informer (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1993) Death of a Clown (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1993) Sunny Afternoon (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1993) You Really Got Me (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1993) Days (Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1993) 🎬 SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox 🎬 Classic Rock Band Releases Never-Before-Heard Live Version of Iconic Hit first appeared on Parade on Jun 12, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jun 12, 2025, where it first appeared.
The Age
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
Paul Kelly's latest song sat in a shed for 40 years. It was in good company
Dean Lukin was a household name in 1984. Paul Kelly not so much. In August that year, in a share flat in Sydney, the rising songwriter was cheering at the TV as the fisherman from Port Lincoln won Olympic gold for weightlifting in Los Angeles. Fast-forward 40 years and Dan Kelly finds a dusty cassette in his uncle's back shed in St Kilda. Cool Hand Lukin had been recorded in that long-ago flat around a kitchen table: a simple mix of strident strums, handclaps, recorder, sweet harmonies and a story for the ages. Finally, last week, it was released. Leaving it off his Post album was probably the right choice. It would have been dated already. Released last week, it became something more valuable — like a cracked photograph or a message in a bottle. The lost years are everything. My favourite lost song might be Time Song by the Kinks. Left off Village Green Preservation Society, it vanished for 50 years until the 2018 reissue. Imagine Ray Davies at 74, hearing his 24-year-old self on that tape: 'When we were young / And our bodies were strong / We thought we'd sail into sunsets / When our time came along.' We tend to think of songs as arriving complete, of their time. But more often they miss the moment, unfinished, set aside or just lost in the churn. When they resurface they're not the same. We're not the same. Time has a way of making them feel deeper, sadder, wiser — less about the pop thrill than the long game. Some songs are born so fragile or strange it takes years for anyone to know what to do with them. Vegetable Man, by Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett, was too close to the edge he fell over, and so shelved for decades by a band still reckoning with his loss. Nick Drake's Tow the Line, recorded just before his death in 1974, sounded less like a demo than a quiet truth that just needed a bit of distance.
Sydney Morning Herald
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Paul Kelly's latest song sat in a shed for 40 years. It was in good company
Dean Lukin was a household name in 1984. Paul Kelly not so much. In August that year, in a share flat in Sydney, the rising songwriter was cheering at the TV as the fisherman from Port Lincoln won Olympic gold for weightlifting in Los Angeles. Fast-forward 40 years and Dan Kelly finds a dusty cassette in his uncle's back shed in St Kilda. Cool Hand Lukin had been recorded in that long-ago flat around a kitchen table: a simple mix of strident strums, handclaps, recorder, sweet harmonies and a story for the ages. Finally, last week, it was released. Leaving it off his Post album was probably the right choice. It would have been dated already. Released last week, it became something more valuable — like a cracked photograph or a message in a bottle. The lost years are everything. My favourite lost song might be Time Song by the Kinks. Left off Village Green Preservation Society, it vanished for 50 years until the 2018 reissue. Imagine Ray Davies at 74, hearing his 24-year-old self on that tape: 'When we were young / And our bodies were strong / We thought we'd sail into sunsets / When our time came along.' We tend to think of songs as arriving complete, of their time. But more often they miss the moment, unfinished, set aside or just lost in the churn. When they resurface they're not the same. We're not the same. Time has a way of making them feel deeper, sadder, wiser — less about the pop thrill than the long game. Some songs are born so fragile or strange it takes years for anyone to know what to do with them. Vegetable Man, by Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett, was too close to the edge he fell over, and so shelved for decades by a band still reckoning with his loss. Nick Drake's Tow the Line, recorded just before his death in 1974, sounded less like a demo than a quiet truth that just needed a bit of distance.
The Guardian
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
‘I've always had a soft spot for Lady Gaga': John Lydon's honest playlist
The first song I fell in love with I loved Gene Vincent as a kid. Then my mum and dad bought You Really Got Me by the Kinks. It shocked me that the guitar was so tough and brilliant. Ray Davies is one of Britain's finest songwriters. The first single I bought Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town by Kenny Rogers, from a little store in Finsbury Park, where I bought reggae and Jimi Hendrix from thereon in. It was run by a little old lady, who played the deepest of deep reggae. She had colossal, mad taste, this old lady. The song I do at karaoke I hate karaoke. It's always embarrassing and awful because the expectations of your drunken comrades is overwhelmingly dull. I'd rather spend the time drinking than pretending I'm Roy Orbison. The song I secretly like but tell everybody I hate Die With a Smile by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars may be written for mass consumption, and even though I'm not corporate-minded myself, that doesn't mean that I dislike corporate philosophies. I've always had a soft spot for Lady Gaga. I really like her vocal deliveries. They're really quite excellent. The song I inexplicably know every lyric to Both The Spy and Waiting for the Sun by the Doors rattle around my brain. They seem that perfect blend of different to the usual rock'n'roll and possibilities. A stunning band by all means. The song I can no longer listen to My Coo Ca Choo by Alvin Stardust. The best song to play at a party [Sings] 'Show me the way to go Home / I'm tired and wanna go to bed / You're only half a football team / Turn the boys in white and red.' Sign up to Inside Saturday The only way to get a look behind the scenes of the Saturday magazine. Sign up to get the inside story from our top writers as well as all the must-read articles and columns, delivered to your inbox every weekend. after newsletter promotion The song that changed my life When I first heard Moonlight on Vermont by Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, I thought it was incredibly absurd. But it hit me when the Captain starts singing: 'Gimme dat ole time religion.' I got the humour, but I also got the cleverness: that music shouldn't be viewed in such strict stanzas, verses and choruses. It's a brilliant piece of deconstruction that altered my mind completely about music. The song that makes me cry Anything by Roy Orbison. Nora [Forster, Lydon's wife, who died in 2023] loved Roy Orbison. So that hits song I'd like played at my funeral Requiem by Mozart, because it's so self-important. Public Image Ltd: This Is Not the Last Tour tours are on tour from 22 May. See
