Author archive: Noe Gold

Jimi Hendrix Originally uploaded by sofarsocute(slow with flickr) Originally uploaded by sofarsocute … which I hope to include in my book about the Jimi photo hunters. Every day it seems, I get more incredible shots that have not been previously published (I DID TWO ENTIRE SPECIAL ISSUES OF ‘EM A FEW YEARS BACK–see below*) This one, “In Concert in Vancouver! ‘Vanilla Fudge’ opened the show and had a standing ovation with ‘Set me free,’” is by Pierre Geumet, who goes by sofarsocute on Flickr. Pierre is a way cool photog and world traveler based in Vancouver Continue reading →

Stolen Dreams – Sneeze – by Xavier Tatarkiewicz We Won! Dylan Z. Gold in “Sneeze” named mtvU “Best Film on Campus” “Sneeze” – BFOC: mtvU’s Best Film on Campus : Gesundheit! Stolen Dreams films on mtvU! My son Dylan — and some of his classmates — appeared in a short film, a Public Service piece, over the summer that was entered in a competition on the web. The film is called “Sneeze” and it offers a glimpse at the rapid and pervasive ways in which the flu virus is passed on and contracted from one unsuspecting stranger to another throughout a city. Here’s a link to it — “Sneeze” . Here’s a more current link to it … As it was featured today (10-28-08) on mtvU: Stolen Dreams – Sneeze – by Xavier Tatarkiewicz – Best Film on Campus My son Dylan Z. Gold stars as the kid at the birthday party for his grandma. The Stolen Dreams films can now be seen on mtvU’s website! Stolen Dreams films on mtvU! The Best Film On Campus site, presented by mtvU, celebrates and awards the creativity of student films. The Stolen Dreams films have their own festival homepage, and each Stolen Dreams director has a profile. The link is gone but you can see it on the aforementioned MTV site . The films are by filmmakers from UCLA. The videos are on YouTube too — just search for “stolen dreams.” The Stolen Dreams films are stimulating, provocative, and something worth sharing and talking about with others. A voting feature was part of the original site. Instead, all 8 films were judged by a panel of industry professionals who narrowed the field to four semi-finalists. A separate judging panel of industry leaders then selected the Grand Prize winner. This judging process took place on Thursday, October 23rd. Please watch the films and take a moment now to share your thoughts on the health care and financial security crisis in America by using the comments feature that is positioned on individual film pages. Stolen Dreams Film Competition http://www.stolendreams.com … or better yet, see it right here on Doctor Noe’s Smooth Gadget ! Continue reading →

Roy Buchanan “Nancy”-Collectors Choice November 82 Originally uploaded by Doctor Noe This was Roy’s guitar. It will be on exhibit starting this weekend, at the Fender Museum in Fullerton, CA. Here’s the details: http://www.ci.fullerton.ca.us/depts/museum/exhibits/leo_fender_exhibit/default.asp Opening Gala at the Fullerton Museum Saturday, March 22, 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Join the Fullerton Museum Center in celebrating the opening of TWO exhibits, including a NEW exhibit in the Leo Fender Gallery! Take this special opportunity to view “Solid Design: Leo Fender’s Telecaster” and “The Delta Blues Project.” It will be an evening celebrating music, art, and everything in between! $20 Admission/Free for members. Food/Entertainment by Kid Ramos Continue reading →

GW-Sept.85-Hendrix.jpg Originally uploaded by Doctor Noe To start at the beginning, you must see this excellent painting by my friend Peaceswirl, a lovely folk artist in Bayou Country: http://www.flickr.com/photos/peaceswirl/2368233466/ That’ll take you to these two entries on today’s blog! Now you’ll want to go to my latest addition to my Flickr page here for more of the story (or just keep scrolling to the next entry where I recount it): Now that I’ve done all that, might as well put it all up on my blog (http://doctornoemedia.blogspot.com/). This is the first of two Big-ass Hendrix Special Issues that I edited as the editor of Guitar World. You can actually find the entire issue, page-by-page, here: First the cover – contests.guitarworld.com/gwhistory/pageview.php?picname=1… Continue reading →

Keith Richards photo by John Peden Fender Exhibit: Roy Buchanan’s Telecaster 3-22-08 Originally uploaded by Doctor Noe Fender Exhibit: Roy Buchanan’s Telecaster 3-22-08 Keith Richards photo by John Peden A blow-up of John Peden’s photo of Keith for the cover of Guitar World magazine bends his B-string over a massive array of Telecaster firepower including Roy Buchanan’s “Nancy,” a prime example of the stripped-down, bare bones instrument that is so expressive in the hands of a master like Roy. Richard Smith, author of “Fender – the sound heard around the world” now works for the Fullerton Museum Center 301 N. Pomona Ave, Fullerton Ca. 92832 (714) 738-6545. He always has an exhibit on Fender but for 2008-10 there is a new exhibit on the Telecaster. The gala opening of the exhibit, entitled “Solid Design: Leo Fender’s Telecaster” was March 22, 2008 7-10 p.m., and the exhibit will run through Fall, 2010. From the exhibit catalog: “In early 1949 Leo Fender started seriously designing a standard guitar model for his Fine Line of Fender Electric Instruments. At first the guitar was called the Esquire, then the Broadcaster and finally the Telecaster. Sixty years later it is one of the most popular guitars in the world, an instrument built for working men and women musicians who defined the blues, country and pop styles. There’s a whole set of photos from the Tele exhibit here. Featured on a monitor throughout the night was the documentary by Noe Gold and John Peden, “Roy Buchanan Telly Talk.” A full-on “director’s cut” documentary version of “Telly Talk” is in the works. Watch this space for news of further developments: see the “About my DVD” section to the right. And speaking of Keef … my interview with him and Mick Jagger are featured here: daily.mahalo.com/2008/04/04/md093-shine-a-light-exclusive… Noe Gold, aka Noe the G is featured for his interviews with Mick and Keith in the Mahalo Daily show’s report on the Martin Scorsese Rolling Stones movie “Shine a Light,” which opens stateside April 4, 2008. Check out the episode … it’s pretty cool. Keith and Buddy KM•079.jpg Kevin Mazur / Paramount Classics © 2008 by WPC Piecemeal, Inc. All Rights Reserved. _______________________________________________ And there’s a whole story behind the photos like this one on my Flickr page — go to the Shine A Light set and read those cool captions. They tell a story. Mahalo Daily Interviews with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards by Noe Gold for the “Shine A Light” Production Notes Noe Gold, aka Noe the G is featured for his interviews with Mick and Keith in the Mahalo Daily show’s report on the Martin Scorsese Rolling Stones movie “Shine a Light,” which opens stateside April 4, 2008. We recently put out a video which reached 350,000+ views on YouTube, and was most viewed for several days. You can see some examples of our shows here: http://daily.mahalo.com/2008/01/28/md044-stan-lee-interview/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz1-cPx0cIk Today we interviewed Noe Gold regarding his work on the SHINE A LIGHT film. In the episode, we are featuring interviews with Mick and Keith that were taken for the Production Notes (with express permission from Paramount). Mahalo Daily, ( http://daily.mahalo.com/ ) ranks consistently in the top five podcasts on iTunes. We recently put out a video which reached 350,000+ views on YouTube, and was most viewed for several days. You can see some examples of our shows here: http://daily.mahalo.com/2008/01/28/md044-stan-lee-interview/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz1-cPx0cIk Looking forward to hearing from you! Michael Gallagher http://daily.mahalo.com/ The piece that mahalo.com ’s producer Michael is talking about was designed to be a kind of companion piece to the “About the Film” section on Paramount’s http://www.shinealightmovie.com/main.html website. If you navigate over there, besides art work, clips and other goodies, you may find the text for the complete Production Notes for the movie. It was supposed to be a kind of behind-the-scenes of the process of putting together an elaborate Production Notes package, which this one in particular of all the many Notes packages I worked on, turned out to be. It’s that process — and the elaborate process of making the movie itself that the show explores. I’ll be posting some more from the interviews I did with the filmmakers to put together this Production Notes package right on my blog, I’ve just now seen the movie for the fourth time, and it keeps getting better and better. Some of the features Lon Harris and I discussed in the interview for the show: Keith’s rapport with Marty, Mick’s auteurship of the concert, Buddy Guy’s performance and that of Jack White. Continue reading →

Les Paul Originally uploaded by BigFrank Photo by my Flickr mate “Big Frank” Caico ( http://www.frankcaico.net/Blog ) on August 24, 2008. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigfrank/ Please see the next item (above) for more on my “Travels with Les.” Continue reading →

The Masters (Old and Young): Joe Barbera, John Kricfalusi, Jim Hanna, (seated) Friz Freleng Originally uploaded by Doctor Noe From the sublime (Guitars, rock n roll, Rolling Stones, Marty Scorsese. Roy Buchanan) to the ridiculous: John Kricfalusi. This blog harkens back to my first love: animation. I did a stint at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan back in the 70s, where I met geniuses like John Canemaker … John Canemaker, director of the Oscar® winning animated short “The Moon and Son: An Imagined Conversation” at the reception for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ screening of all 10 of the Oscar® nominated animated and live-action short films Tuesday, February 28, 2006, in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The winners in the animated and live-action short film categories will be announced at the 78th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 5, 2006, which will be telecast live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 8 p.m. EST / 5 p.m. PST with an hour-long arrival segment. — copyright © 2006 doctornoemedia.com … and my esteemed prof Gil Miret, and where I renewed my relationship with my longtime collaborator on the esoteric film magazine Cineaste, Bill Plympton Later on in my career I wrote about animation for The Hollywood Reporter. Since I’m back with that outfit now, and specializing once again in animation (I’ll be writing a bunch of stuff for the forthcoming Global Animation Special Issue (coming 10/3/08) and the Oscar Watch: Animation Special Issue (out 11/19/08), here’s a hearkening back to this roundtable I redacted back in 1998 with John Kricfalusi, Friz Freleng, Joe Barbera and Bill Hanna . Cheers, Noe Gold aka Doctor Noe aka Noe the G Noe Gold wants you to see a photo The Masters (Old and Young): Joe Barbera, John Kricfalusi, Jim Hanna, (seated) Friz Freleng by Doctor Noe © All rights reserved Just follow this link to see the photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/doctor_noe/1868210892/ (If the link doesn’t work, try copying and pasting it from this email into your browser’s address bar.) Here is the history of my concept of the first Hollywood Reporter Roundtable: The Masters: Joe Barbera, John Kricfalusi, Jim Hanna, (seated) Friz Freleng. From a proof sheet by Aldo Mauro. Roundtable for The Hollywood Reporter conducted by features editor Noë Gold in 1998 when all these gents were still with us. … And John Kricfalusi has posted the entire Roundtable transcript on the ASIFA website in two parts here … NoeTHR-FrelengHannaBarberaKricfalusi-1992-Pt1 ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive: Biography: John K Interviews … www.animationarchive.org/2006/04/biography-john-k-intervi… Animation: John Kricfalusi and Noe Gold conduct the first Hollywood Reporter Roundtable with legendary animators Joe Barbera, Bill Hanna and Friz Freleng. “Here is the first installment of a 1992 interview conducted by John Kricfalusi and Noë Gold with Bill Hanna, Joe Barbera and Friz Freleng. Rarely do we have the opportunity to listen in as directors speak filmmaker to filmmaker. Although the candidness of some of the comments may surprise you, I think you’ll agree that this may be one of the most illuminating interviews on the subject of animation ever conducted.” -Stephen Worth INTRODUCTION by John Kricfalusi: “There has lately been a lot of talk of an animation Renaissance. Where is it? It hasn’t happened. … There certainly is a great upsurge of interest in cartoons, especially from adults. We all want it to happen. Animators want it to happen. Studio Executives want it to happen and most importantly; the public wants it to happen. … In the 1940s, men like Bill Hanna, Joe Barbera, Friz Freleng and their contemporaries, Bob Clampett, Chuck Jones and Tex Avery, brought animated cartoons to their height of glory…” Noe Gold from the Hollywood Reporter and I met with Joe Barbera, Bill Hanna and Friz Freleng in Mr. Barbera’s office. … and here … NoeTHR-FrelengHannaBarberaKricfalusi-1992-Pt2 ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive: Biography: John K Interviews … www.animationarchive.org/2006/05/biography-john-k-intervi… Animation: John Kricfalusi and Noe Gold conduct the first Hollywood Reporter Roundtable with legendary animators Joe Barbera, Bill Hanna and Friz Freleng. This is a continuation of an interview by John Kricfalusi with Bill Hanna, Joe Barbera and Friz Freleng. If you missed it, please see Part One of John K Interviews Bill, Joe & Friz INTRODUCTION by John Kricfalusi: Noe Gold from the Hollywood Reporter and I met with Joe Barbera, Bill Hanna and Friz Freleng in Mr. Barbera’s office. … FRIZ & BILL AT HARMAN-ISING Noe Gold: You gentlemen worked together at one point, didn’t you? Bill H: Friz and I worked together in 1930 for a company called Harman & Ising. Friz F: And that was the beginning… Bill H: The very beginning… Leon Schlesinger engaged them as a company to produce cartoons for them. After about two or three years, he decided to produce them himself, and that is when Friz and I parted company. I stayed with Hugh and Rudy, and Friz went to work with Leon. Friz F: I knew I had to make a choice. It was either MGM or Leon Schlesinger. But they started making pictures with Jack King and Tom Palmer, and when I saw what what they made, I threw up. I figured it would be a cinch to make pictures better than that. Leon Schlesinger said I could have my own crew. Warners loved what we were making- Bosko in “Sinkin’ in the Bathtub” and all that. … Continue reading →

Gekolope shows off Originally uploaded by Veronica Belmont It6′s been a while since I’ve posted to the blog so I thought this would be a good place marker. Watch this space for my latest offerings as the “Movie Expert Mr. Hollywood” on WeSeed.com. Coming July 1! Continue reading →

Roy Buchanan “Nancy”-Collectors Choice June 82? Originally uploaded by Doctor Noe The November 1982 centerfold. I have a copy but I’m looking for an original issue … I edited the text and wrote/did the interview and accompanying article. Continue reading →

It all started with an innocent footnote to that lovely painting of Jimi on peaceswirl’s Flickr page. It was there that I said, “Paul, thanks for the story that fills in some blanks on that pink Strat (and of course thanks PeaceSwirl for another cool painting – you should put it up on www.flickr.com/groups/hendrixgroove/) I actually published a black-and-white old publicity photo of Jimi with the Sidewalks in an issue of Guitar WORLD. Don’t remember if it was the Unpublished Hendrix special issue, the Hendrix Lives special issue, or the one with Billy on the cover where John Peden and I did a really cool photo odyssey of all Billy’s axes — I’ll have to dig that up. But I do have it somewhere. So this is the story Paul Macrae told about the Pink Strat: It’s in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame now, but it’s had a number of adventures. Legend has it that this guitar was a gift from Jimi to Billy Gibbons back in 1970. Before Z Z Top BG played in a band named The Moving Sidewalks and they opened for Hendrix on his last tour. Obviously this guitar was one of Gibbons’ prized possessions, but at some point it was stolen. In 1976 ZZ Top took a break from touring and recording. It was when they returned to the public eye in 1979 that they first showed their long beards. During their time in seclusion they found it easy to move anonymously in public because of the beards. One night Gibbons was hanging out in a local bar here in my neighborhood watching the weekly blues jam when he noticed Jimi’s Pink guitar being played up on the stage. So when the group had finished their set Gibbons approached the guitar player, not as himself, but as Joe nobody with a long beard, and made an offer on the guitar. Of course he didn’t mention that the guitar once belonged to Jimi Hendrix either. $150 dollars later he walked out with Jimi’s pink guitar in tow. Guitar World recently celebrated its 300th issue with this look back at all 300 covers: blogs.guitarworld.com/covers/gallery.php . Hold the presses! I did locate the issue in question – it was Sept. ’85, the Hendrix tribute, and the photo spread on the pink Strat is right here: Jimi-Pink Strat-GW-Sept.85.jpg Originally uploaded by Doctor Noe dl.guitarworld.com/gw_history/09_85a/52_fs.jpg and now on my Flickr page here: How do ya like that, flickr people. Now you’ll want to go to my latest addition to my Flickr page here for more of the story: Now that I’ve done all that, might as well put it all up on my blog (http://doctornoemedia.blogspot.com/). All best, Noe the G Founding Editor of Guitar World doctornoemedia.blogspot.com/2008/03/roy-buchanan-at-lone-… Continue reading →

… which I’ll insert here just before I give you the lowdown on the Fullerton Museum Fender Telecaster exhibit featuring my “Telly Talk” footage of Roy Buchanan. That will be my next post, but for now, here’s something I came across on a lovely site called mahalo.com. It’s the entire 2008 Oscar telecast in 60 seconds. Here goes … Continue reading →

Roy Buchanan at the Lone Star Cafe, NYC 1982 Originally uploaded by Doctor Noe Photo © by John Peden John shot this at the gig Roy did after we taped him for the Guitar Galaxy video “Roy Buchanan Telly Talk” (http://doctornoemedia.blogspot.com/), but the guitar he’s playing is actually a Telecaster from John’s collection, since “Nancy” was back at the shack for the photo session. And, stay tuned for this … Richard Smith, author of “Fender – the sound heard around the world” now works for the Fullerton Museum Center 301 N. Pomona Ave, Fullerton Ca. 92832 (714) 738-6545. He always has an exhibit on Fender but for 2008 there will be a new exhibit on the Telecaster. The gala opening of the exhibit, entitled “Solid Design: Leo Fender’s Telecaster” is scheduled for March 22, 2008 7-10 p.m., and the exhibit will run through Fall, 2010 (http://www.ci.fullerton.ca.us/depts/museum/exhibits/leo_fender_exhibit/default.asp). From the exhibit catalog: “In early 1949 Leo Fender started seriously designing a standard guitar model for his Fine Line of Fender Electric Instruments. At first the guitar was called the Esquire, then the Broadcaster and finally the Telecaster. Sixty years later it is one of the most popular guitars in the world, an instrument built for working men and women musicians who defined the blues, country and pop styles. “’Solid Design: Leo Fender’s Telecaster’ will showcase this instrument, the first commercially successful solidbody electric guitar, an instrument that changed music history. Numerous examples from the early years will be on display. There will also be a noticeable celebrity component in the images and presentation, including Telecasters once owned by stars. The exhibit points to players such as George Harrison, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Roy Buchanan, James Burton, Don Rich and Mike Bloomfield. These musicians—Tele players all—created some of the most potent music imaginable.” Among the Roy B. artifacts will be his guitar called “Nancy,” which we immortalized in a special Collector’s Choice centerfold of Guitar World magazine. In a spotlight area of the exhibit will be some of the Roy Buchanan “Telly Talk” footage and there will be copies of the DVD in the bookstore gift shop. Guitar Galaxy is planning a special “Director’s Cut” documentary edition of the DVD, which will have more photos like the one at left and photographic details (not footage, ’cause that’s all he wrote) about Nancy and the photo spread we shot for Guitar World on that occasion, as well as personal testimony from some Tele players such as Jeff Beck, Robbie Robertson, Seymour Duncan and others who were touched by or intimate with Roy. Keep on rockin’, Noë the G Continue reading →

byline shoutouts Originally uploaded by sully the impaler Thanks, Sully, for being a fan of Noe the G. and finding that issue November 1986. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sullyville/2316747604/in/photostream/?addedcomment=1#comment72157604087085324 Do you have the issue with this centerfold? Continue reading →

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Dylan with my CharvelJackson 9-9-07 Originally uploaded by Doctor Noe The ax was made for me by Grover Jackson. It is a Charvel Jackson Strat with Dimarzio pickups, gold hardware and a Floyde Rose. The company he rode to glory in the ’80s and ’90s has recently been conglomerated into the benign despot of the guitar world, Fender Instruments. Which is a good thing for all concerned. Noe the G aka Doctor Noe http://doctornoemedia.blogspot.com/ Continue reading →