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  1. “Almost Famous” really captures the weird relationship that journalists and critics have with artists and musicians. We’re not there to be their friends. Can we be friends? Sure BUT at the end of the day we’re there to document the moment and the music as objectively as possible NOT make the artists look cool or feed into however they want to be portrayed
    #SundayFunnies #AlmostFamous

  2. There’s a great documentary about the real Ben Fong-Torres (an early “Rolling Stone” journalist until the 80s) out there “Like a Rolling Stone: The Life and Times of Ben Fong-Torres”
    #SundayFunnies #AlmostFamous #BenFongTorres

  3. Of course, no one will ever be as deeply tortured and worldly as a young,, white male writer /s 🙄
    #SundayFunnies #AlmostFamous

  4. I worked as a music journalist for a little less than a decade (2004-2013) and despite the obvious differences due to time “Almost Famous” and “This is Spın̈al Tap“ are by far the most accurate depictions of life on the road from films that aren’t documentaries
    #SundayFunnies #AlmostFamous

  5. @klu9 yup! He would go on to use the audio from his little cameo as the opening to his long running “WTF” podcast
    #SundayFunnies #AlmostFamous #MarcMaron

  6. This week’s #SundayFunnies leading road dogs and their crew are Fairuza Balk, Billy Crudup, Anna Paquin, Kate Hudson, Jason Lee, John Fedevich, Patrick Fugit, Mark Kozelek, Olivia Rosewood and Noah Taylor
    #AlmostFamous #FairuzaBalk #BillyCrudup, #AnnaPaquin #KateHudson #JasonLee #JohnFedevich #PatrickFugit #MarkKozelek #OliviaRosewood #NoahTaylor

  7. Posters for “Almost Famous” (2000) from The USA, Japan and Spain
    #SundayFunnies #AlmostFamous

  8. Help, Fascists have kidnapped our media!

    Underneath the very real and visible horrors of the new regime is a very sharp focus on taking control of our media, tech, & entertainment.

    Here’s what we do about it…

    Read more @roots
    rootschangemedia.com/help-fasc

    #media #tech #hollywood #trump #maga #AlmostFamous

  9. Starting a new review mini series: author-read memoirs, and the unique intimacy it creates.

    Next Up: Cameron Crowe's The Uncool: A Memoir

    "Listening to Crowe's warm narration as he mines his teen music journalism years for laughs and tears, it felt like Almost Famous: Writer's Cut"

    Full #Larrys100 Review: write.as/larrys100/the-uncool-

    #Memoir #Audiobook #AudioMemoir #CameronCrowe #MusicMemoir #70sMusic #Drabble #100WordReview #Bookstodon #FediBooks #AlmostFamous #FastTimesAtRidgemontHigh

  10. Cameron Crowe on ‘The Uncool,’ a Memoir of His Teen Rock Journalist Years, and How Patti Smith Inspired the Book’s Prose — Also: What to Expect From His Joni Biopic
    #Variety #News #AlmostFamous #CameronCrowe #DavidBowie #JoniMitchell

    variety.com/2025/music/news/ca

  11. Movie TV Tech Geeks #MusicFeatures #EltonJohn #AlmostFamous #Music Elton John's Greatest Song Was a Flop — Until This Cult-Classic Film Revived Its Popularity 3 Decades Later dlvr.it/TNxK0y

  12. The "Almost Famous" soundtrack was released on this day in 2000.
    Awarded the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.
    #AlmostFamous

  13. Eight great songs about touring by rock bands

    Source: news.artnet.com

    Listed below are eight (8) favorite songs written by rockers about the effects of long tours on the road. Each has its own view on the topic ranking from exhaustion to missing family and home to everyplace starting to look the same.

    Source: time.com

    The tour bus is a ubiquitous aspect of touring. And who can forget the scene in the movie Almost Famous when the band’s plane hits severe turbulence while they are on tour.

    Source: usmagazine.com

    There were many other songs to choose from, as the rigors of touring is a common and recurring theme. Those below seem to relate the topic best and are written/recorded by rock bands. Links are provided to the accompanying video/audio for each song.

    Peace!

    ——-

    “Wanted: Dead or Alive” – Bon Jovi

    “But I walk these streets, a loaded six-string on my back
    I play for keeps ’cause I might not make it back
    I’ve been everywhere, (Oh yeah) still I’m standing tall
    I’ve seen a million faces and I’ve rocked them all”

    Source: flaskbak.com

    “Happy To Be Here” – Dexter & the Moonrocks

    “Six cities to go
    Don’t let it get you
    Can’t wait to be home
    Can’t wait to be with you”

    “No More No More” – Aerosmith

    Holiday Inn, lock the door with a chain
    You love it and you hate it
    But to me they’re all the same

    Source: flickr.com

    “Faithfully” – Journey

    “They say that the road ain’t no place to start a family
    Right down the line it’s been you and me
    And lovin’ a music man ain’t always what it’s supposed to be
    Oh, girl, you stand by me
    I’m forever yours
    Faithfully”

    “Rock and Roll Band” – Boston

    “Well, we were just another band out of Boston
    On the road to try to make ends meet
    Playin’ all the bars, sleepin’ in our cars
    And we practiced right on out in the street
    No, we didn’t have much money
    We barely made enough to survive
    But when we got up on stage and got ready to play
    People came alive”

    “Home Sweet Home” – Motley Crew

    “Just take this song
    And you’ll never feel left all alone
    Take me to your heart
    Feel me in your bones
    Just one more night
    And I’m coming off this long and winding road”

    “We’re an American Band” – Grand Funk Railroad

    “Out on the road for forty days
    Last night in Little Rock put me in a haze”

    Source: grandfunkrailroad.com

    “Touring” – The Ramones

    “Well, we’ve been to London, and we’ve been to L.A.
    Spain, New Zealand, and the U.S.A.
    Europe, Japan, and pango-pango
    Canada, Siam, OZ and Kamoto

    The kids all come from miles around
    The party gets started when the sun goes down
    An Holiday Inns the only home I know
    I know, I know, I know”

    SOURCE: lyrics courtesy azlyrics.com

    #AlmostFamous #bands #history #lyrics #music #road #roadies #rockMusic #songs #tourBus #touring #travel

  14. #PhilipSeymoreHoffman #Uncool #AlmostFamous

    I still miss him. Imagine the roles he might have played? Do we think he'd have gone into Marvel or DC comic movies?

    youtu.be/WzY2pWrXB_0?si=OUxMrK

  15. "The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool." -Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lester Bangs, Almost Famous (2000), Dir: Cameron Crowe
    #movies #moviequotes #philipseymourhoffman #cameroncrowe #almostfamous