Write Between the Lines is an exploration and articulation of
the obvious and the obscure. A cavalcade of creation and commentary
designed to amuse and bemuse.
Thank
You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
Almost
Famous
Film Review
by
KE
Monahan Huntley
"Everyone's
going." An expression doomed to elicit an adamant "No."
A desperate entreaty to sway the immovable guardians of
adolescent virtue and vulnerability. The
attempt was futile, nevertheless, I uttered those words
to my upright, uptight father, frantic to dance at the 1975
S.F. S.N.A.C.K. concert - "San Francisco Students Need
Athletics Culture and Kicks" rock benefit.
"A
what? A rock and roll concert? Hippies? Yippies? I'll be
damned if I let my fourteen-year-old daughter take part
in one of those God knows what free for alls."
Pleas and promises
and permission (grudgingly) granted.
Performing artists:
Joan Baez/Doobie Brothers/Bob Dylan/Graham Central Station/The
Grateful Dead/Jefferson Starship/Santana/Tower of Power/Neil
Young . . .
Screwdrivers and cigarettes.
Makeout sessions with beautiful strangers.
My slice of life occurs
in the same era as Almost Famous. Cameron Crowe presents
his "It's all happening" rock and roll film as
a head-trip down memory lane for the bands and fans. Stuck
in the 70s? No way - Crowe's affection for the players and
poseurs onstage and off, and his unwavering belief that
music is real, marks Almost Famous as a resonate think piece
with an all access pass for its audience.
A full-page advertisement
in the April 27, 1975 Sunday edition (pink section) of the
San Francisco Chronicle thanks all who financially contributed
and emotionally participated in S.N.A.C.K. The musicians
and the crowd. The celebrities and the corporations.
In fine print near
the bottom a few individual donor names appear. One is my
father's: Philip C. Monahan. He never intended for me to
discover his contribution, but like the true music fan Cameron
Crowe is - I read every single silly word written about
the bands I love.
