Hollywood Shack Job

by Kubernik, Harvey

• ISBN13: 9780826335425
• ISBN10: 082633542X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-12-30
• Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr

Summary

For over thirty years Harvey Kubernik has been actively involved in the music scene in Los Angeles as a studio musician, record producer, and reporter. Here he shares insiders' accounts of the compromises and 'deals' behind the fusion of creativity and commerce in the making of cultural commodities. Kubernik begins in the 1950s when rock 'n' roll made its first appearance in movies with artists like Chuck Berry or Little Richard, moves through the 1960s with the Beatles' 'A Hard Day's Night', when people began to realise the commercial potential of soundtracks, to 'Easy Rider', which took individual singles, most already released, and created a new soundtrack. Over the course of thirty-one interviews he covers nearly six decades of music in movies and television, bringing the story up to 2006.

Author Biography

Harvey Kubernik is a former West Coast director of A&R for MCA Records.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Prologue	p. xi
The Pioneers Who Made It Possible
D. A. Pennebaker	p. 3
Fred Raphael and Judy Raphael	p. 28
Andrew Loog Oldham	p. 40
Mel Stuart	p. 54
Melvin Van Peebles	p. 64
Business (as Usual)
Kim Fowley	p. 75
Larry King	p. 99
Randall Poster	p. 112
Gary Calamar	p. 118
Martin Bruestle	p. 125
Roy Trakin	p. 135
Bob Lefsetz	p. 142
Musicians on the Real to Reel
Robbie Robertson	p. 151
Steven Van Zandt and Chris Columbus	p. 163
Clem Burke	p. 182
Mark Mothersbaugh	p. 194
Sight and Sound New Masters
Paul Thomas Anderson	p. 201
Ice Cube	p. 210
Jim Jarmusch	p. 217
Baz Luhrmann	p. 224
Jessie Nelson	p. 234
Stephen Woolley	p. 240
Curtis Hanson and James Ellroy	p. 251
A View from the Aisle
Kirk Silsbee	p. 261
Roger Steffens	p. 269
John Feins	p. 280
Kirsten Smith	p. 285
Michael Hacker	p. 293
Jessica Hundley	p. 299
Harry E. Northup	p. 308
Epilogue: From Downtown to Dogtown	p. 320
About the Author	p. 361
Acknowledgments and Service	p. 363
Index	p. 367
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