Interview in Rolling Stone - May 3-17, 2007

["Dennis Moore" <clayboy56>]

http://wwwmikeylikesit.blogspot.com/2007/04/7-roundtables-and-jeremy-brcher-brendan.html

[snip] Turning to media news, Rolling Stone magazine celebrates 40
years in their May 3-17, 2007 double issue. Online, it's not worth
checking out. In print, Jane Fonda and Patti Smith are interviewed --
the only two women. There are no people of color. So on a diversity
scale, it fails. They do find time for the token neo-con -- the aging
(badly aging) boy wonder of the right wing, Tom Wolfe who apparently
showed up for the interview after a drunken party at the Buckleys.
Strong interviews can be found with Fonda, Smith, Michael Moore, Neil
Young, Jackson Browne, Bill Moyers, Norman Mailer and Martin Scorsese.
The strong interviews find the subjects reflecting on the last forty
years and the changes they see in the country. We'll note Jane Fonda's
response to "What indicates to you that young people are hopeful?"
[snip]

The Rolling Stone 40th Anniversary Issue

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/14229230/the_rolling_stone_40th_anniversary_issue

For our 40th anniversary, the editors of Rolling Stone have
interviewed twenty artists and leaders who helped shape our time. Over
the next four weeks, every day, we'll be debuting exclusive audio
clips from the Q&As, giving you unparalleled access to some of the
most compelling personalities in history. (not Patti yet)

Twelve Review (and complete audio files of the 12) 3.5 stars

http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pattismith/albums/album/14149047/review/14187891/twelve

Three decades after Smith made the transition from poet to rock &
roller, we still don't think of her as a singer, exactly -- more a
reciter who can carry a tune, kind of. So a covers album showcasing
her interpretive gifts is a questionable vehicle. And like most such
albums -- there are dozens by now -- it's somewhat hit-or-miss. But
when Smith hits, it isn't just a bull's-eye -- the arrow splits the
apple and then brings down the bad guy hiding behind the tree. It
takes a poet to extract the lyricism of Jimi Hendrix's "Are You
Experienced?" from its guitaristics and an avant-gardist to validate a
middlebrow tour de force like Paul Simon's "The Boy in the Bubble."
And though other winners are more obvious, you'll be convinced that
this woman felt "Gimme Shelter" very deeply -- and many years later,
"Smells Like Teen Spirit," too.