Re: White City

[Rich Niven <RNiven@prudential.com>]

Gary M. Gillman wrote:
> 
> The Warner CD cover describes this record as "White City A Novel". Was a
> novel or other fiction dealing with the subject matter of the record ever
> released? In the CD booklet, under the picture of Pete and that other guy
> appears the statement that the film was adapted for "longform video" and
> stars PT, Frances Barber and Andrew Wilde. I have never seen this video. Is
> it commercially available and is it any good? I think White City is possibly
> PT's best solo album, so I would be interested to see this film/video. I
> like especially Crashing by Design - good melody, singing and guitar playing
> and the song evokes perfectly that bittersweet mood of the latter PT years.
> Also, unlike a lot of PT's solo work, CBD isn't too long and is properly
> paced - just like the classic PT singles of the 60's.


Gary:

I heard PT interviewed by Scott Muni, at the time WC was 
released...Scottso asked this question, and PT basically answered that he 
got away with calling Tommy "opera", so why not try to get away with 
"novel"....