Don't Mess With Jamie Lynn Spears

If you are in the Pita Pit in Hammond, Louisiana and you want to start a fight you had better make sure Jamie Lynn Spears (Briteny's little sister) is not there. She will mess you up it you are startin' trouble. Ms Spears just recently pulled a knife on some brawling guys who had knocked over her friend during their fight. Jamie Lynn wasn't having it and brandished the knife until they stopped. That's Swamp Justice! 

David Bowie Is

“David Bowie Is” is a documentary about a show that was created by the Victoria and Albert Museum and the title of a documentary about the show.  The film was screen recently in Hollywood at the Arc Light Cinema. I got a call from Ginger Coyote asking me to go in her stead as she was out of town performing with her band The White Trash Debutantes.  I attended the screening with Liberty Mitchell-Bradford.  There was a bit of a problem when we arrived as the promoter was supposed to arrange tickets for us but the management of the Arc Light had no idea who we were. Luckily the manager was very nice and accommodating and Liberty and I were given some nice seats.

The Film is about a show put on at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The show itself looks like it is very interesting and filled with memorabilia. It appears David Bowie is a pack rat and has never thrown anything away. There were photos and art work from his childhood and early career when he was still Davy Jones.  The Victoria and Albert show looks like it must have been a very fun exhibit to see and is touring the world to different museums.

As a documentary I found the film to be rather slow paced and lacking in many ways. There were many long and frankly dull sections in the film with art historians and music historians addressing and audience. These sections really could have been edited down.  There was one in particular where a costume designer discussed David Bowie’s fashion and impact on fashion which could have been interesting if the talking head had an understandable accent or had been subtitled. I frankly couldn't understand a word he said other then David and Bowie.

The film is really about the show so if you watch it expecting any incite on the real David Bowie or find out anything new you will be disappointed, His wives and children are never mentioned and his only influence mentioned is Little Richard and that was an aside.  I really wanted more. The archival footage was fun to watch and of course hearing his voice and music was enjoyable. The only thing I really did not care for was the ending of the film with footage of Bowie performing the song “Heros” at a concert for the first responders of 9-11. I found it to be rather tasteless and wondered who could think this was a good idea. It would be a fine ending to a First responders documentary but hardly fitting for a documentary on David Bowie and the show “David Bowie Is”.