The only good thing about the entire Devon-as-bait-for-Hannibal scene is “Pillow Talk” by Sylvia. But she is absolutely correct when she notes that the Big Star album, “It sold about five copies to rock critics.” “I love that you like this,” Jamie (Juno Temple) says, introducing a kind of justification for the song being stuffed into the scene, but it just ends up feeling like a very ham-fisted, forced placement. It’s always good to hear the music of Big Star anywhere for any reason, but it seems a misguided choice to use “Thirteen,” Alex Chilton and Chris Bell’s simple, stunning tale of young love, in a scene where Kip is getting ready to shoot heroin. " Dark Side of the Moon" abandoned all of that, and broke the cardinal industry rule of the day, that you had to put a photograph of the artist on the cover. Albums such as " Ummagumma ," " Atom Heart Mother" or " The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" were full of songs clocking in at eight minutes or more. Meanwhile, you’re still putting headshots on covers and calling it art.” Remember Wizard Fist from the beginning of the episode? Early Pink Floyd was never that bad, but the records that preceded " Dark Side" were dense, cryptic and fantastical. Every mop head in America can’t stop contemplating the mysteries of that floating fucking triangle. ![]() ![]() Richie tries to entice Andrea Zito (Annie Parisse) to join American Century, and is treated instead to a spot-on rant about Pink Floyd instead: “' Dark Side of the Moon' doesn’t have a single on it and it’s a blockbuster. Dolls and a weekend for three at a lovely motel close by the Newark Airport.”Īll of that said, it would have been very possible for the Nasty Bits to open for the New York Dolls, but not at the Academy of Music in this particular year. The New York Dolls spent 1973 playing smaller venues like Max’s Kansas City, Kenny’s Castaways (the original location on 84th Street), the Coventry out in Sunnyside, Queens (which we already visited in previous " Vinyl" episodes) and of course the Mercer Arts Center, which didn’t collapse until August (and as previously established, did not collapse while the Dolls were onstage).īut the absolute best New York Dolls outing in 1973 would be their Halloween Costume Party held in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria (doors open 11 p.m.!) where the prizes for the most original costumes include “a bottle of Taylor New York State Champagne, a night on the town with the N.Y. Valentine’s Day Massacre,” but not until 1974. The Dolls would indeed headline the storied venue on 14th Street, where they’d hold their “St. Of course, “the Academy” refers to the Academy of Music, the same theater where Hannibal played in Episode 4. “Do you know who Frank Barcelona is? He’s booking you to open for the New York Dolls next month at the Academy.” There is no evidence that Barcelona handled the Dolls, but his Premier Talent was absolutely the booking agency for rock 'n' roll, so it’s a reasonable reference (if a heavy-handed one). Then Richie delivers the big news: The band has to fire one of the guitar players. We groom you, we work with you, we turn you into something that might actually have a life.” Kip doesn’t want any part of this, or anything else, and Richie has to lay it on the line: “This is what happens when a label picks you up. ![]() Lester Grimes (Ato Essandoh) asks about WPLJ Zak explains they won’t touch them until they break. There, Richie Finestra (Bobby Cannavale) and Zak (Ray Romano) lay out their strategy for a promotional tour of FM radio, listing the great FM flagship stations of the past: WMMS in Cleveland, KSAN in San Francisco, and in New York: “You gotta call into Scottso,” Zak says, referencing the nickname of the late Scott Muni, program director of WNEW. Kip (James Jagger) from the Bits is summoned to American Century for a strategy meeting. Unsurprisingly, Wizard Fist isn’t enough to save Clark’s job, and Julie (Max Casella) gives him his walking papers shortly thereafter (although he manages to talk Julie into giving him an administrative job, just like Jamie (Juno Temple), whose discovery of the Nasty Bits preserved her position. They’re sort of like BTO meets Paul Revere and the Raiders, costumes, power chords, cartoon characters come to life!” Clark insists, while playing overly enthusiastic air flute. “They headlined a renaissance festival up in Canistona. Episode 5 of " Vinyl ," Martin Scorsese’s new HBO drama, opens with Clark Morelle (Jack Quaid) still fighting for his A&R job, bringing the American Century team to see a band called Wizard Fist sing about dragons.
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