Shows! We had a nice rehearsal last night, the first in over a year. We are getting excited for two interesting sets at the Paradise in Boston on June 21. That might end up being our only US show for 2014. In addition, though, we will be playing this fantastic festival on Vlieland, an island …
Anthony DeCurtis writes: That historical context is an important aspect of the book’s great appeal. In the section on “Sway,” a lesser-known song on “Sticky Fingers” that is a favorite among Stones aficionados, Janovitz makes reference to the deaths of Brian Jones, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, as well as the drug problems of Keith …
I provide music for broadcasting, film, theater, and other such “music for hire.” Feel free to email me at janovitz dot bill at gmail for inquiries. Starting in 2013, the PBS program, This Old House, commissioned a new theme song from me. Additionally, I provided some scene numbers and incidental “process” music. Opening and First Episode of 2013, …
When I was a freshman in college in 1985, I went down to Georgetown with Marybeth Fottler, Jason Bassilakis, and Tim Donovan for spring break. We stayed at Bass’ sister’s place. The drinking age was still 18 there. It has just changed in Massachusetts. We went bar hopping, of course, and saw a chalkboard sign on …
I was up in my attic this weekend looking for baseball cards to show my son. I came across a big box of my old notebooks. I did keep journals while Buffalo Tom was in full swing, but I was not a diarist. Most of the stuff is meandering impressionistic, melancholy (if not despondent) rumination …
September 13, 2013, 3:41 p.m. ET Book Review: ‘Rocks Off’ by Bill Janovitz There are many sorts of Rolling Stones fans, but all of them will love this book. By KEN KURSON I used to work with a salesman who wore a Rolling Stones tongue-logo tie every day. His Stones were the Stones …
I stopped into Mouradian Guitars in Winchester a few weeks ago on a whim. I usually take my guitars there to be repaired by the legendary Jim Mouradian, and guitars for sale line the walls. But Jim and his son also have a few scattered vintage combo amps on the floor near the front of …
Just a little end-of-summer home movie I stitched together to the song. This now brings us to three videos for the Walt Whitman Mall record. This one by my brother, Paul, for “Long Island”: And this very home movie-ish slideshow for an early mix of “Withering”:
