From "You Can’t Always Get What You Want, Unless It’s a New Rolling Stones Biography/The music journalist Bob Spitz, a keeper of numerous rock ’n’ roll flames, has turned out a colorful and authoritative new take on a much-documented band" (NYT).
Here's the book: "THE ROLLING STONES: The Biography," by Bob Spitz (commission earned). I might buy it. It wouldn't be the first book about The Rolling Stones for me. I read Keith Richards' autobiography. Somehow all I remember is him as a little kid keeping a mouse in his pocket. Blogged here.
But anyway, downloading the Kindle of the Spitz book just so I can do a word search on "mohair" is exactly the kind of thing I would do. It's not just that it's Bob Dylan. It's Bob Dylan in a blue mohair suit. It's like something in a Bob Dylan song, like, I see you've got your brand new blue mohair suit. Or, your dancing child with his mohair suit, he spoke to me, I took his flute...
Finally, it's interesting to see the New York Times writer, Leah Greenblatt, a Culture editor, boosting the reputation of RFK Jr. We all already knew he was a drug addict. It vastly elevates a man's reputation as a drug addict to reconstruct our mental picture of his debauchery with the added presence of Keith Richards.
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Was Dylan wearing a Leopard-skin pillbox-hat with that mohair suit?
Electric boots, a mohair suit, you know I read it in a magazine.
Mohair in the Mojave is a surreal evolution.
Just what the world needs: another book chronicling the debauchery of the Rollin Stones.
The book I would like to read would be a Mick Jagger autobiography. He talks a lot but says nothing.
I find Richards fascinating. We all have heard the stories that have defined him and then you look at the way the man lives. A house filled with books in suburban Connecticut and his loving wife. The most enduring image I have of him is from the documentary “Under the Influence” where he surrounded by his grandchildren and the expression on his face is nothing short of pure joy.
Speaking of leopards--it's International Leopard Day.
All hail teh International Leopard!
"all I remember is him as a little kid keeping a mouse in his pocket."
If anyone else is wondering if it was always the same mouse or just *a* mouse (that would be weird), the link does answer the question.
Why is harvey weinstein, Mr. Pig himself, passing out Afro wigs? Was that to show he was "Down for the struggle". That's one guy who needed to wear a 24 hour face mask instead of a wig.
"A blue mohair suit is a premier choice for warm-weather tailoring, famously associated with the sharp "Tonik" suits of the 1960s Mod subculture and the breezy style of James Bond. Known for its natural sheen and incredible breathability, mohair—sourced from the Angora goat—is often blended with wool to create a fabric that is exceptionally wrinkle-resistant and holds its shape for decades." -- Gentleman's Gazette.
Benny and the Jets reference above
Mohair (pronounced /ˈmoʊhɛər/), originated from the Arabic word [مهير], is a fabric or yarn made from the hair of the Angora goat (not Angora wool from the fur of the Angora rabbit).
I'm glad that I don't need to know that.
The whole rabbit/goat fur/wool thing would drive me crazy.
Cool, Cool Kitty has the skinny on Bobby D:
He's really down and he's no clown
He has the finest penthouse I've ever seen in town
And he's cute in his Mohair suit
And he keeps his pockets full of spending loot
On November 9, 1965, at approximately 5:27 p.m., electricity went out all the way from Ontario to NYC and Buffalo, to the eastern border of New Hampshire. Everything in the Northeast came to a complete stop.
My parents convinced me I cause the 1965 blackout.
We were having dinner. I wanted to watch Bozo the Clown on the kitchen TV. My father didn't. So, I turned on the TV. My father got up and shut it off. I got up and tuned it on. My father got up and turned it off. As soon as I turned it on again, instantaneously, the power went out not only in our kitchen, but as we learned across the Northeast.
What followed was either a good parenting lesson or severe psychological child abuse. I guess depending upon whether you liked Bozo the Clown.
Bozo the Clown (played by Frank Avruch) aired on Boston's WHDH-TV Channel 5 in the late afternoon/early evening, generally in a slot leading into the early evening, often around 4:30 PM or 5:00 PM during the 1960s. The program, commonly known as Bozo's Big Top or Bozo's Circus, ran on WHDH from 1959 until 1970.
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