Something was happening to the western in the 1960s and ’70s. The old screen heroes were ageing out and so were their moralities. The Shootist (1976) saw John Wayne confronting his age and mortality, while Robert Altman’s McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971) and Peckinpah’s Pat Garett and Billy the Kid (1973) cast the western’s classical heroism into an elegiac doubt. This was what came to be known as the revisionist western, a wave of westerns demythologizing, mourning, and critiquing John Ford’s west of good guys in white, bad guys in black, cowboys and Indians. Meanwhile from out of Italy came the so-called, spaghetti westerns, notably those of Sergios Corbucci and Leone, themselves already a kind of cynical deconstruction of the traditional western which replaced morality with greed and heroism with brutality.
The times, they are a cha-ching-ing! Iconic musicians like Bob Dylan and Neil Young are cashing in Brian Niemietz
No one would accuse Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks or David Crosby of compromising their musical integrity to make a few bucks, but they are selling out in their twilight years and cashing in.
Those septuagenarian headliners, all of whom have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at least once, have recently found themselves in the news cycle for putting their vast song catalogs on the market.
According to Eastman School of Music Professor John Covach, different artists have different motivations. But for some musicians, their golden years are the right time to trade “Heart of Gold” for a pot of gold.
Former Lakota war chief helped his people assimilate to the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation Did You Know That columnist Curt Eriksmoen concludes the story of Gall, a prominent figure in Dakota Territory, and his role in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Written By: Curt Eriksmoen | ×
Gall as photographed by David Francis Barry in the 1880s. Public Domain / Special to The Forum
By 1873, the Northern Pacific Railroad (NPRR) had reached Bismarck, with the objective of extending its line to the Pacific Coast in the next few years. However, Bismarck was as far as the trains would go for the next six years. The reasons given for that are largely the obstacle of building a bridge across the Missouri River and the financial collapse of the railroad, which triggered the national Panic of 1873.
Neil Young sells 50% stake in his music catalog for $150 Million
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Music icon Neil Young has sold a 50 percent stake in his music catalog for a reported $150 million to U.K. IP investment firm Hipgnosis.
The deal covers copyright and income interests from 1,180 of Young s songs, Hipgnosis said in a statement.
Young is one of the 20th century s most acclaimed singer-songwriters, having written or co-written numerous hit songs as both a solo artist and as a member of influential folk-rock bands Buffalo Springfield, Crazy Horse and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. He has released nearly 50 studio albums since the 1960s.
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