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RYAN O’NEAL — For individuals of a sure age, Ryan O’Nea’sl portrayal of Harvard-preppy Oliver Barreett IV in 1970’s Love Story – who falls for working-class Radcliffe pupil Jennifer Cavilleri, was emblazoned perpetually of their minds. O’Neal handed Friday at 82 and left behind a relatively large physique of labor, from Peyton Place on TV, to Love Story; Paper Moon; Barry Lyndon; The Thief Who Got here To Dinner; Folks I Know (with Al Pacino), The Driver; Irreconcilable Variations; Possibilities Are (with Robert Downey, Jr.) and What’s Up Doc with Barbra Streisand, on the silver display. His output was considerably jiggered. however boy, in every of his roles he confirmed a storied conviction. Once I take into consideration his roles proper now, everybody reverberated with me. When you don’t imagine me, watch Barry Lyndon once more! Simply very good!

His off-camera position was that of a wild hellion, maybe most famous by his wooing and subsequent marriage to Farrah Fawcett, then using her one-season arc on TV’s Charlie’s Angels. Collectively that they had a son Redmond, who endured by way of his personal private tragedy.

Together with Warren Beatty, Robert Redford, Kurt Russell, and Burt Reynolds … O’Neal led the pack of main males within the 70’s. I’ll miss him for positive. right here’s an incredible tribute within the U.Okay.’s Guardian:https://www.theguardian.com/movie/2023/dec/08/ryan-oneal-actor-tribute-love-story-paper-moon

HACKETT’S CIRCUS — (By way of Prog) Steve Hackett has shared the primary new music from his upcoming studio album, The Circus And The Nightwhale, which will probably be launched by way of InsideOutMusic on February 16. Watch the brand new video for Folks Of The Smoke beneath.

“My new album kicks off with Folks Of The Smoke, the place we’re thrown again in time to the smokescape of 1950 London,” Hackett tells Prog. “A child’s scream turns into a steam prepare, black smoke invades every part and trade guidelines the day. That is the place the place the album’s story begins…”

The Circus And The Nightwhale would be the first full-blown Hackett idea album since his 1975 solo debut Voyage Of The Acolyte, which adopted Genesis’s 1974 grand double idea affair The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway.

“The Circus And The Nightwhale is an album with a distinction,” Hackett provides. “This time it’s a story, based mostly each actually and metaphorically on my life… It’s each faction and fiction, starting in a gritty world of harsh actuality, spinning off into a vibrant and darkish, bizarre metaphorical universe of marvel turned to terror, with an finally stunning resolve.”

The album options Hackett’s touring band in addition to a raft of company together with Amanda Lehmann and Huge Huge Prepare’s Nick D’Virgilio, Hugo Degenhardt return as company on the drumstool, Benedict Fenner options on keyboards and Malik Mansurov on tar, with Hackett’s brother John as soon as extra on flute.

The Circus And The Nightwhale will probably be accessible on a number of completely different codecs, together with a restricted version CD and Blu-ray mediabook (together with 5.1 Encompass Sound and 24-bit excessive decision stereo mixes), normal CD jewelcase, gatefold 180g vinyl LP and as digital album.

Right here’s the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_iujNWzPL0

SHORT TAKES — Micky Dolenz on KTLA’s Countdown To 2024New 12 months’s Eve interviewed by Nikki Novak. Right here’s Micky and Nikki. Thanks, Kimberly Cornell, for the picture. Talking of Dolenz, his “Shiny Completely happy Folks” recording stays for a fourth week on the UK’s Official Bodily Singles Chart, proper behind Coldplay’s Xmas single.

Congrats… Brad LeBeau’s forthcoming Teardrops On The Dancefloor doc will embrace interviews with David Morales; Hex Hector; Maurice Joshua; Dave Aude; David Morales and Nicky Siano … all basic DJ’s … Kevin Costner and Jewel relationship? Appears an odd pairing, however that’s why they do name it Hollyweird! … Nice article from Final Basic Rock on the much-missed Denny Laine: https://ultimateclassicrock.com/denny-laine-songs/?fbclid=IwAR0FJFlY5IIHcC6wwStnVQV5Azk2aV_FW2laG0do5E08bBb6aTDlWJ-9V1E … Huge information coming from Yorkshire Publishing; at the moment using excessive on the charts with Mark Bego’s Joe Cocker tome …

And: I’m not an enormous Mark Maron fan, despite the fact that a colleague has been after me for years to hearken to him

so I jumped on this week and listened to a podcast with Lou Adler. Lou Adler: Johnny Rivers; Sam Cooke; Monterey Pop; The Roxy; Carole King; ODE Data …a real legend. Maron was good, however appeared considerably confused when he mentioned Monterey and Herb … Alpert that it. Right here’s it’s:  https://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-1484-lou-adler

NAMES IN THE NEWS — Sam Rubin; Alison Martino; Tobe Becker; Robert Funaro; Milicient Mifficiendo; Steve Walter; Richard Johnson; Jacqueline Boyd; Peter Abraham; Adrian Niles; Jeremy Lengthy; Joel Diamond; Les Schwartz; Tom & Lisa Cuddy; Robert Funaro; Anthony Noto; Adam White; John Weber; Randy Alexander; Jeremy Lengthy; and CHIP!