Re: Tommy Russell/Cobain Conspiracy?

["Helen" <elbo@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all - Tommy the movie is the thing that made me awful interested in the
who!!!!!!! Get it?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Sigel" <drjimmy_mrjim@hotmail.com>
To: "The Who List" <thewho@igtc.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 6:33 AM
Subject: Tommy Russell/Cobain Conspiracy?


> Greetings!
>
> >No, I'm sorry, the TOMMY film may have some bad moments, but
> >overall, it's a freaky fucking touching movie.
>
> Freaky ain't the half of it Scott.  I believe that Ken ("all those crappy
> people") Russell was given complete creative control for the film and what
a
> mistake that was.  But it's worth watching now and again for various
reasons
> (see below).
>
> >No, mc, I've always hated it, it's a fuckin' cartoon.
>
> I'm with AEB here.  Johnny Quest as Tommy, Bugs Bunny (in drag of course)
as
> Tommy's Mother, Yosemite Sam as Tommy's Father, and Elmer Fudd as the Acid
> "Qween".  Actually, the movie has some good points.  Keith Moon for
example.
> I liked anything Keith was in just because he was in it; even Zappa's
weirdo
> flick.  And any movie that has a Who smash 'em up, is okay for that only.
But
> that only.  I love Nicholson, but he never should sing again - even in the
> shower.
>
> >We can, I'll even start drinkin' again!!
>
> "In Philedelphia they call it wata.."  In the 'Ooo, BRANDY!  Brandy old
> boy...
>
> (Kurt Cobain)
> >Yeah, wasn't there a book written that said El Duce from The Mentors
> >killed him or had him killed?  And then, mysteriously, El Duce himself
> >died a short time later.  And implications that Courtney Love was
involved.
>
> Wow.  This rumor is something I never heard before.  I think just being a
> junkie and marrying Courtney Love is the same as putting a loaded shotgun
in
> your mouth, but I never heard the rumor that she might've been involved in
> whacking him.  Weird.  Does this mean that Ernest Hemmingway dated
Courtney?
> I agree Scotty old boy, "rubbish".
>
> I bet AEB had something to do with it.  Grassy knoll and all...
>
> That reminds me of the Brian Jones murder story, of which there's some
serious
> validity.  The story goes, that Jones had some concrete workers over that
> night, who had been refinishing some masonry at his estate.  There is a
> mystery "witness" who claims that the workers got very drunk and hung
around
> after the party to abuse "pretty boy" Brian Jones.  They were roughing him
up
> in the pool, dunking him under and such, and it got out of hand.
According to
> the legend, Brian drowned because the workers held him under water too
long.
> Spooky.
>
> > There is very little studio outtakes for the Who - most
> > consisting of boring Townshend demos
>
> Ha!  Weren't we just recently discussing drug abuse?  Somebody is REALLY
> stoned...
>
> Jim in Colo Springs