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only too eager to turn a fight at a festival (page seven two column shortie as the writers and editiors thought appropriate)...into the altamont death gimme shelter iconography....suckers.
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You might want to check out www.jannswenner.com where the publisher of Rolling Stone shares his "history." Of course, there is a prominent photo of Mick in Jann's office depicted on his home page.
That pic of Mick was taken at the Stones offices in Soho on Maddox Street in Summer 1969 by Ethan Russell, not Jann's office.
His webpage is a load of toss as well.
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only too eager to turn a fight at a festival (page seven two column shortie as the writers and editiors thought appropriate)...into the altamont death gimme shelter iconography....suckers.
I agree, that's a good point I never realized. I don't know if it started with just Rolling Stone or if others helped, but how did this get turned into such a big deal? Because it was one of the first, maybe even the first tragedy of it's type? Maybe it comes down to that and the time period in which happened, but there have been other tragedies at concerts just as bad if not worse. Off the top of my head, the Who's concert in Cincinnati was worse, multiple people were trampled on, and during Gun's n Roses '88 Monsters of Rock appearance two people were crushed. Regardless of any lingering lawsuits and whatnot they've had to deal with, neither of these groups is still carrying around much baggage from these incidents. They are largely forgotten, and when a band bio or history is written, they are usually briefly mentioned and not given the same notoriety as Altamont. I'm sorry, but I think this did get hyped up by Rolling Stone, the Gimme Shelter film, and others. I know it was right after the triumph of Woodstock, and the whole day was messed up to begin with, what with the Hell's Angels and all, but one guy is killed during a Stones show and suddenly they're the dangerous bad boys of rock, and it follows them for the rest of their careers? Both the Cincinnati and Monsters of Rock shows were messed up too, with too many kids crammed in together under bad conditions, and largely not within either bands control. Why is it so different with Altamont, is it just because of the Hell's Angels and the fact it was so soon after Woodstock? One guy gets killed, one guy, and the all the idealized hippie dreams of the late 1960's end in tragedy and the Stones are the ones responsible? Please.
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only too eager to turn a fight at a festival (page seven two column shortie as the writers and editiors thought appropriate)...into the altamont death gimme shelter iconography....suckers.
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You might want to check out www.jannswenner.com where the publisher of Rolling Stone shares his "history." Of course, there is a prominent photo of Mick in Jann's office depicted on his home page.
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You might want to check out www.jannswenner.com where the publisher of Rolling Stone shares his "history." Of course, there is a prominent photo of Mick in Jann's office depicted on his home page.
I went to www.jannswenner.com and not sure where you're talking about (don't have time to look through his whole site). Would you mind posting a more specific link or description of where to find the Stones content? thanks!
btw...thinking the photo on the home page -- guy with his boots on the desk -- is Jann Wenner, not Mick. But maybe you were talking about another shot, or it's been changed.
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Funny because Mick always calls Jann a @#$%&, which could be spelled differently to appear here but I'll replace it with something I say a lot, which combines the beginning of a certain female hygiene product with the cuss anatomy, hence dunt.
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btw...thinking the photo on the home page -- guy with his boots on the desk -- is Jann Wenner, not Mick. But maybe you were talking about another shot, or it's been changed.
stonerule may be meant the photo of Mick that is on the wall ?
hi SwayStones! thanks -- I didn't even see that!
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btw...thinking the photo on the home page -- guy with his boots on the desk -- is Jann Wenner, not Mick. But maybe you were talking about another shot, or it's been changed.
stonerule may be meant the photo of Mick that is on the wall ?
hi SwayStones! thanks -- I didn't even see that!
Whenever there is a Mick pic somewhere ,my eyes go to it like immediately ....I can't help ....(smile )
I am a Frenchie ,as Mick affectionately called them in the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1977 .