A few months back, I watched the above scene (known as “the Roxy Music scene”) from the totally obscure Daniel Craig film, Flashbacks of a Fool, at my friend Randy’s house, and it made my head explode. I finally got Flashbacks of a Fool in the Netflix and watched it last night. Man, what a cool movie! While the scene above is my favorite part of the film – because, you know, I was that girl – it really is a movie that is just so full of surprises that I ended up enjoying it very much. Plus Daniel Craig gets naked a bunch of times. So do yourself a favor if you do decide to add it to your queue: DO NOT under any circumstances watch the theatrical trailer that’s included on the DVD as part of the “Extras,” because I swear to god it gives away every single surprise and plot twist. And I hate it when they do that.
Roxy Music vocalist Bryan Ferry was born on this day, September 26th, in 1945. Gee whiz, what a great band (Favorite Roxy Music Song: “Street Life”). Bryan also recorded an amazing CD of Bob Dylan covers a couple of years ago, Dylanesque which is highly recommended listening. Happy Birthday, Bryan!
On July 2nd in 1973: Brian Eno, synthesizer player for British art rock band Roxy Music, announced he was leaving the group after disagreements with singer Brian Ferry. For die-hard Roxy fans interested in an analytical peak into the the groups early (pre-first album) creative history, check out the book Re-make/Re-model: Art, Pop, Fashion and the Making of Roxy Music, 1952-1972 by Michael Bracewell available from Amazon.com at this link.
Brian Eno, keyboardist for Roxy Music, Producer and general, all-around musical genius, was born on this day, May 15th in 1948. I swear, Music for Airports just never gets old.
Shouldn’t that guy be covering his tits, or something?
Please compare the cover of Roxy Music’s amazing 1974 album, Country Life, with this promo photo of Hollywood-based electronic Duo, The Valentines, and tell me you don’t see a similarity. While The Valentines get some serious bonus points for visual aesthetics, their music, unfortunately, kind of sucks.
