Me, the Mob, and the Music

[kbwsb]

I rarely recommend a book, but I just finished the Tommy James book and I think it's a really interesting read. It might be a little shocking to people who don't realize how the music industry works.

The Tommy James part of the bio is fascinating enough (rock star in the 60's, drugs & sex, NYC vibe of that era, how the songs were written and produced), but the real story is Morris Levy and the Roulette Records office, which was basically the Bada Bing for the Genovese crime family in the 60's and 70's.

I can see why Scorsese is rumored to be making a movie of it.

[funkster]

<!--quoteo(post=101836:date=Jun 16 2010, 11:40 PM:name=KBwsb)-->QUOTE (KBwsb @ Jun 16 2010, 11:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I rarely recommend a book, but I just finished the Tommy James book and I think it's a really interesting read. It might be a little shocking to people who don't realize how the music industry works.

The Tommy James part of the bio is fascinating enough (rock star in the 60's, drugs & sex, NYC vibe of that era, how the songs were written and produced), but the real story is Morris Levy and the Roulette Records office, which was basically the Bada Bing for the Genovese crime family in the 60's and 70's.

I can see why Scorsese is rumored to be making a movie of it.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Really? I would love to see him take a crack at it.

[rok]

This is an old article, but I guess Scorsese nudged James to get his memoirs out for that reason.
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story...eatment_1095447

Then there is this mention about having Kilmer play the lead. There is speculation that a movie could be out by 2011, but as far as I know Scorsese isn't officially attached to anything.
http://www.postchronicle.com/cgi-bin/artma...&num=289475

Scorsese's next big project is the Sintatra biopic, which could be something special if done right.

[veryzer]

<!--quoteo(post=101883:date=Jun 17 2010, 09:28 AM:name=rok)-->QUOTE (rok @ Jun 17 2010, 09:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->This is an old article, but I guess Scorsese pushed James to get his memoirs out for that reason.
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story...eatment_1095447

Then there is this mention about having Kilmer play the lead. There is speculation that a movie could be out by 2011, but as far as I know Scorsese isn't officially attached to anything.
http://www.postchronicle.com/cgi-bin/artma...&num=289475

Sinantra's next big project is the Sintatra biopic, which could be something special if done right.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


Sinantra's next big project is Sinatra? I'd love to see that.

[rok]

<!--quoteo(post=101887:date=Jun 17 2010, 09:52 AM:name=veryzer)-->QUOTE (veryzer @ Jun 17 2010, 09:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=101883:date=Jun 17 2010, 09:28 AM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Jun 17 2010, 09:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->This is an old article, but I guess Scorsese pushed James to get his memoirs out for that reason.
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story...eatment_1095447

Then there is this mention about having Kilmer play the lead. There is speculation that a movie could be out by 2011, but as far as I know Scorsese isn't officially attached to anything.
http://www.postchronicle.com/cgi-bin/artma...&num=289475

Sinantra's next big project is the Sintatra biopic, which could be something special if done right.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


Sinantra's next big project is Sinatra? I'd love to see that.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Ooops, meant Scorsese.

[jstraw]

<!--quoteo(post=101883:date=Jun 17 2010, 09:28 AM:name=rok)-->QUOTE (rok @ Jun 17 2010, 09:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->This is an old article, but I guess Scorsese nudged James to get his memoirs out for that reason.
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story...eatment_1095447

Then there is this mention about having Kilmer play the lead. There is speculation that a movie could be out by 2011, but as far as I know Scorsese isn't officially attached to anything.
http://www.postchronicle.com/cgi-bin/artma...&num=289475

Scorsese's next big project is the Sintatra biopic, which could be something special if done right.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Kilmer is WAY too old to play James back in the day.

[kbwsb]

Yeah, the talk was of having two actors play James, a younger one and Kilmer for the older era.
The problem is that 90% of the book takes place when James was aged 19-25, so I don't know what Kilmer would do.
I can't imagine that he'd play the Morris Levy part, although it's possible. James has said in interviews that Scorsese wanted DeNiro for that part.