Mike Myers to play Keith Moon

Sept. 30 - Variety is reporting after, what, 15 years? Roger has finally gotten a green light to start his Keith Moon biopic. Mike "Austin Powers" Myers is to star. I wonder if the "Pictures of Lily" video was what made Roger think of Mike?

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"In The Ether"

In 2035, Ray High senses a character known as Gabriel and tries to begin his story while also singing a song about the ether and dealing with hunger pains. Gabriel enters a "Voxbox," a device like an amusement park quick-photo booth, and tries to contact Josh. Gabriel holds up photos, taken by Ray in 1969, of himself, Josh and Leila saying that he, Gabriel, "could hear music," Josh "could hear voices" and Leila "could fly." All met in art school, were in a popular pop band in the early 1980's, and are now in their early 60's. The three are also of different religious faiths, Gabriel Christian, John Jewish and Leila Muslim. Meanwhile Leila greets Josh who has evidently just been released from a prison hospital. She wants Josh to stop telling people that Gabriel speaks to him, but Josh says Gabriel still does.

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We are introduced to Spin, a fictional character resembling the young Pete, who has been created by Ray High, the middle-aged rocker from Psychoderelict. Ray remembers/fantasizes an event in 1971 in which Spin pursued his dog into the ocean and encountered a school of jellyfish. After Spin flashes back to his 1962 self he returns to his 1971 present, linking the interconnected jellyfish with a future world of people connected by electronic communications. This leads to a recounting of the plot of Lifehouse followed by a rant about various concerns in 2003, big business, pornography, the media and the Internet. The story then passes 2003 and heads into the "distant future" as Ray prepares to tell us the story.

Pete performance Sept. 25

Okay, this is the second time in as many months Pete has had to cut a performance short because of the flippin' trains over there! C'mon Brits, straighten this out!

From Kim + Lester:
"Pete played 2 songs, a new one called Into The Ether: 'I hang suspended, I wait for you and know you're near, in this high heaven, my world's upended, I feel no passion, I feel no fear........'.'I use silly voices on this...because I use silly voices, really...............' This is from the Boy Who Heard Music, he followed it with a spirited version of Let's See Action. Very good performances, guitar and vocals. He played the J-200 acoustic, (except on ITE, where Rachel played piano), Alan Rogan bought it out, and also placedRachel's music on the grand piano. Pete also played on her track, Cigarettes and Housework, Around This Table, with Jerry Hall vocalising with Rachel was the other song played. The 'trio' took a collective bow at the end. The show overran - it was supposed to finish at 2225, but was running after 2300, so Pete cut his part short; before LSA, 'if you have a bus or train, I won't be offended if you walk out on me.....!'. The 'POT!' ( note : Poetry Olympics Twenty05!) book on sale, (112 pages), has the full words for Into The Ether, and 'Wake Up And Hear The Music', presumably one of the other songs Pete had intended to play. The Program leaflet ran to just 4 pages."

Well, now that I've set this up, how about a blog!

Presently I am writing liner notes for Too Late The Hero and The Rock. If you know anything about the recording of these John Entwistle albums, get in touch.