Happy Birthday: Tom Petty!

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Photo by Neal Preston

Today is legendary rocker, Tom Petty’s birthday. He is 61 years young. His history with Cameron is a long and fruitful one. In addition to the Heartbreakers Beach Party MTV special, there’s been a numerous journalism pieces and Petty’s contributions to soundtracks such as Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Jerry Maguire and Elizabethtown. Here’s a few to articles to peruse. Happy Birthday Tom!

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October 20, 2011

Top 10 (or so) Music Moments in Film

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In June 2009, to celebrate Empire magazine’s 2oth anniversary, Cameron shared his Top 10 (Or So) Music Moments in Film. Some of his usual favorites (The Royal Tenenbaums, Live A Little, Love A Little, Harold & Maude, Heima, etc.) are here, but you’ll also find some hidden and rarely mentioned films too. Dig into his list and then share your thoughts too.

What are your favorites? Share your favorite musical moments from cinema!

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October 17, 2011

PJ20: Book Foreword

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If you haven’t gotten around to picking up the PJ20 book yet, we thought you might like to read Cameron’s foreword. He discusses some Pearl Jam memories as he sifts through his boxes of PJ archives. We also included some pics of Cameron with the band over the years. Thanks!

 

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October 11, 2011

Big Screen News: PJ20, Fast Times, Famous & Say Anything…

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There’s a few upcoming chances to catch a Cameron film on the big screen.

  • The Hillcrest Cinemas in San Diego will be showing Pearl Jam Twenty tomorrow night only at 7pm. More information on their site.
  • Pearl Jam Twenty will have a free showing as part of College Radio day tomorrow at the University of Florida. More details here.
  • Almost Famous will screen on October 24th as part of their “Movies That Rock” series at the Shadowbox in Columbus, OH. Find out more at their site.
  • Lastly, catch Say Anything… on November 4th and Fast Times at Ridgemont High on November 18th at TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto. They are both playing as part of their “Back to the 80’s: Teen Edition” film series. Get all the details over at the TIFF website.

 

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October 10, 2011

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Hell on Wheels…

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We are pleased to share the 200th Cameron penned piece for the Journalism section of the site with you today. It’s a story and band near and dear to his heart….Lynyrd Skynyrd. This October 1976 L.A. Times interview with singer Ronnie Van Zandt discusses the band’s much deserved partying reputation, the success of their fifth album, One More From the Road and their very bright future.

As you know, tragedy would strike just one year later with the heart breaking plane crash that would cost Ronnie, guitarist Steve Gaines, vocalist Cassie Gaines, assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary and co-pilot William Gray their lives. But let’s focus on the good times, the music and this interview. We hope you like it.

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October 3, 2011

Allman Brothers: Hit Parader Magazine

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Gregg Allman. Photo by Neal Preston

Cameron sits down with for a chat with Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts for this June, 1974 interview for Hit Parader magazine. Gregg and Dickey are open and honest as they discuss Brothers And Sisters, “Ramblin’ Man” and their solo work. It’s an interesting piece and comes just six months after Cameron’s first Rolling Stone cover story on the band. We hope you like this new addition to the Journalism section, it’s the 199th!

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September 28, 2011

Pearl Jam Twenty: On Demand

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In case you missed it in theaters and if you live in the U.S., than most likely, you can now rent Pearl Jam Twenty through your local cable or satellite provider. Here’s the list so far:

  • Armstrong
  • Atlantic Broadband
  • Bend Broadband
  • Bright House
  • Charter
  • Comcast/Xfinity (Same Day as Theater Section)
  • Cox
  • Dish Network
  • DirecTV
  • IO TV (in some areas)
  • Insight (in some areas)
  • Mediacom
  • Sudden Link
  • Time Warner Cable
  • Verizon Fios

The film should be available until October 20th. At that time, it will make its TV debut on PBS’s American Masters. If you know of other cable providers renting the film (domestically or internationally), please let me know, and I’ll add it to the list.

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September 25, 2011

First Look: PJ20 DVD and Blu-ray

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The first details for the October 25th release of Pearl Jam Twenty on DVD and Blu-ray have been announced over at PearlJam.com. Of course, there will be a single disc DVD release and a single disc Blu-ray release. If you want to dig deeper, Ten Club/PearlJam.com will be offering 3 Disc Deluxe Versions on both DVD and Blu-ray. All versions with be region free. We’ll have more on the extras in the coming weeks, but here’s the initial specs:

  • Disc 1: Pearl Jam Twenty (along with 30 minutes of bonus footage)
  • Disc 2: The Kids Are Twenty Version of the Film (along with bonus footage) (This is the complete concert footage shown in the film that Cameron has mentioned in interviews recently)
  • Disc 3: The Fans Are Alright (over 80 minutes of extras focusing on the fans and their relationship with the band)

 

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September 23, 2011

  • Almost Famous- Paramount+, Fubo, Pluto TV

  • Aloha- Netflix

  • Fast Times at Ridgemont High- Starz

  • Elizabethtown- Fubo

  • Singles- Criterion Channel

  • Vanilla Sky- Paramount+,Fubo

  • We Bought A Zoo- Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max