So, does anyone from the "Inner Circle" advise on, for example, recording and music publishing contracts, I wonder? Presumably Mick and Keith have full control when it comes to track listing, selection (i.e which tracks get discarded), album cover design, title,release date, selection of single(s). But major business decisions.... in the hands of Mick essentially + advice from their l
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Quoteaslecs Freddie Sessler JC Um, yes, well until he passed away, that is.
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I agree with BV. I can't imagine Mick, in particular putting up with an "employee" who wasn't pulling their weight or didn't have some very special qualities. And by qualities I don't mean just personal characteristics,I mean Alan Dunn can hardly be your average "roadie" for goodness sake.He might have started off being Mick's driver, but he has clea
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Quotelittle queenie you forgot tony russell, keith's other personal mgr. YES- an oversight. I wasn't sure wether to include them but Jane Rose in particular goes back a long way and clearly has put a lot of time into the group, as distinct say from Mick's colleagues at Jagger films, which appears to be quite seperate. Any info on Mr Russell? Age? Location? Skills?!
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I'm not sure there really is one, but here is my take: Excluding family members and travelling musicians. PROMOTER: Michael Cohl TOURING: Alan Dunn;Arnold Dunn PERSONAL MGRS: Lisa Portman; Jane Rose LONDON OFFICE: Sherry Daly NETHERLANDS: Arend Jan der Marvel; Jan Favie; Joyce Smith PR/MEDIA: Tony King; Bernard Doherty; Fran Curtis I haven't listed anyone on the recording si
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Great to see the Courtfield Road footage. Anyone know who shot it? Was it purely private footage or for a longer Stones documentary? The scenes reminded me of the footage in the film Stoned'. Is Charlie in the film? I saw Bill...with some ladies of course. Mick and Keith and Stash. Michael Cooper possibly. Any others?
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If he'd lived, Brian would have had the taxman after him. He was heavily in debt at the time of his death and even a pay off (which Klein would have probably resisted) wouldn't have covered all his liabilities. And unlike his former band mates, his earning power was significantly reduced. With his legal problems any escape to a tax haven might have been problematical.
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Thanks for the Accounts! (never thought I would ever say that). Just a few thoughts. 1. I've never thought of The Netherlands as a tax haven in the sense the Cayman Isles are, for example. It would not sit well with the European Community membership surely. 2. Promogroup is ONE ...there are around six other Stones related companies.......eg Promopub, Promotone. Their Accounts? 3. Are ther
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This has been a long time coming. I don't mean The Stones case specifically. The 'arrangements' whereby rich individuals and powerful organisations can avoid paying a fair share of tax should not be acceptable in this day and age. Most members of the Forum will probably, after Allowances be paying 33% combined insurance and tax deductions. Some even more. It was revealed many
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QuoteHairball Thanks for the review. I have tickets to see him with my wife at the Lobero Theater in Santa Barbara on Oct. 9th - right near the front! He's always been a class act, and his musical history goes WAY back. Great singer, great songwriter, great photographer, etc., etc., etc. Agreed. Enjoy the concert. You do wonder why Keith can't (or won't) do these small gigs
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Quotebv The world looks very different right now, as compared to Feb 6, just a couple of months ago, when the Stones 2020 tour was announced. They bury 2,000 people every day in USA now. Sure we will have fun at one point, but right now I can not see myself having fun with 50,000 others in a stadium in USA, may be the same stadium they are now using for logistics for the current pandemic. T
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QuoteKRiffhard Surely not for a new album Maybe a solo album! Has he got the musical abilities of McCartney who put out his first solo album 50 years ago this month?
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Singapore has been rightly praised for its quick and decisive action as regards COVID 19. It has also been recognised as an economic success story and blessed with a stable if somewhat authoritarian Government.And perhaps (as far as we aware)one that seems to be reasonably free of corruption. However, behind the success and glamour is a darker side. Namely, the living conditions of many of its m
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Are some European countries moving a bit quick re loosening up on various measures eg by opening up Primary Schools? I hear that in South Korea 51 people who have previously been treated for contracting the virus have now all got ill for a second time.
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Quotegeorgie48 First, any person who dies from corona is one too many, but for what it is worth ... in the USA the yearly death toll for car accidents is about 40.000 ... With the changed (almost forced upon) daily routines due to corona that number should become considerably lower. Just like with corona, any death because of car accidents is one too many, but corona (how rediculous it sounds) s
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Quotewoody Let’s hope it’s better value than Bill diary limited was Which book was that? Do you mean his Scrapbook?
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QuoteMisterDDDD IHME_UW We project that demand for hospital beds in many European countries will exceed supply. For example, we project that the UK will need 102,794 hospital beds at the peak, compared to 17,765 available, a shortage of 85,029 beds Resources needed for COVID-19 patients on peak date All beds needed 102,794beds All beds available 17,765beds How reliable are these
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I am not sure it helps to compare Europe with the USA. Europe is composed of 50 autonomous sovereign territories plus 6 smaller countries with 'limited recognition' and other dependencies eg Isle Of Man. The USA has 50 states (now that is a coincidence) who 'report (?) to The President of the USA. Some of the European countries are members of the EC: 27 currently plus the UK now
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Quoterbp Lots of talk about a vaccine. Hope people realise that there is a possibility that they may not be able to produce a vaccine for this virus and even if they do there is still the question of how effective it will be - we will know further down the track. This is a good point. I have the flu vaccine every winter but am aware that it does not come with a 100% guarantee. Will it be the s
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QuoteKerryann QuoteAquamarine QuoteSomeTorontoGirl In a show of leadership seldom demonstrated, Jacinda Ardern, PM of New Zealand responded to concerns expressed by children by signing a proclamation declaring the Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy to be essential workers. Full props to her for realizing that kids need this kind of assurance or normalcy during a crisis, and not being afraid to sweat th
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Whilst Governments are mulling over Exit strategies, the private sector are making plans of their own. UK holiday and flights operator Jet 2 have a announced they plan to recommence business from mid June. I personally wouldn't put any money on it.
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QuoteMadMetaphoricalMax And at 78, too. Amazing. Late Beethoven, late Picasso, late Rembrandt, late Matisse ... late Dylan. Top of all their games. True, but it is only a single track, albeit a long one. What we need is an album of originals of this quality. Then I would endorse the statement above.
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Quotebv Quotejlowe Further predictions (death). These come from the University of Washington (School of Medicine). It predicts: -66,000 deaths in the UK (during the first wave of the pandemic) -82,000 deaths across the USA. Oh, and the States have around five times the population of the UK. I think the IHME predictions are too pessimistic, i.e. they have too high fatality numbers. Both
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Further predictions (death). These come from the University of Washington (Schol of Medicine). It predicts: -66,000 deaths in the UK (during the first wave of the pandemic) -82,000 deaths across the USA. Oh, and the States have around five times the population of the UK.
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Whist people in some countries seem to be preparing exit strategies on the belief that their 'peak' has passed, spare a thought for Singapore who were one of the first countries affected by the virus. They have not gone into full lockout but early on put in some very practical measures eg travel restrictions. BUT check the figures of new daily cases: From 16 March: 17/23/47/32//47/23
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Quotebv Denmark is banning all larger events until the end of August. Still, they will open kindergarten and schools up to 5th grade after Easter, as they do now have a certain control of the spread of the virus, through the current lockdown. Even allowing for the fact that schools won't be reconvening for two weeks or so, is this a bit premature? The Worldometer stats only suggest an
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QuoteMisterDDDD Tiger at NYC’s Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus NEW YORK (AP) — A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the U.S. or a tiger anywhere, federal officials and the zoo said Sunday. The 4-year-old Malayan tiger named Nadia — and six other tigers and lions that have also falle
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Would be interesting to know if the King of Sweden agrees with his Governments approach. In the UK it would be very difficult (and probably pointless) to speculate.
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Quotebv We do now know that lock down is working. If you limit crowds and their sizes, then the virus will not be multiplying out of control. If you look at the numbers from the Nordic countries, death rate multiplication rate from the past two weeks, you may actually have some input on what policy to apply next: Finland: 1 - 11 - 28 ==> 2.5 Sweden: 21 - 110 - 401 ==> 3.6 Norway: 7 - 2
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QuoteNate I went to the book signing in London last November and when I talked with Bill about the book he told me he never went anywhere without a camera. Nate Though oddly his many girl friends must have been camera shy!
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