Head & the plumber

[Dave Monroe]

Oops.  thanks!  I'mm also a big St. Etienne fan, so ...

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com> wrote:
> "Head could never be mistaken for Ghostbusters. It's a
> fourth-wall-shattering, stream-of-consciousness black comedy that
> mocks war, America, Hollywood, television, the music business and the
> Monkees themselves. These days, it is fondly remembered as one of the
> weirdest and best rock movies ever made, and a harbinger of the
> so-called New Hollywood. Quentin Tarantino and Edgar Wright are both
> fans. DJ Shadow and Saint Etienne have sampled its dialogue. According
> to director Bob Rafelson, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones both
> requested private screenings, while Thomas Pynchon attended a
> screening disguised as a plumber. But to the fans who had made the
> Monkees household names, it might as well never have existed. "The
> movie dropped like a ball of dark star," says bassist Peter Tork. "The
> simile of a rock in the water is too mild for how badly that movie
> did.""
>
> from: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/apr/28/monkees-head-jack-nicholson-interview
>