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Blown away1/24/2024 ![]() The author’s observations about the significance of the era (“cataclysmic”) are anything but ground-breaking, especially considering the book was published in 1990. These narratives are linked with some author commentary that is not particularly insightful. Most of the rest of this unauthorized book is comprised of one and two page excerpts of interviews with a wide variety of the Stones’ cohorts, colleagues, hangers-on, friends and lovers, managers and photographers, and anyone else Hotchner could get to talk to him, giving it a fairly authentic feel. And it was, since this theory wasn’t mentioned again until the penultimate chapter and did not amount to much when it was fleshed out. This was startling and felt a little like a tease. ![]() The second chapter about Brian Jones’ drowning death ended with the proposition that the author would show it to be a murder. Perhaps they were helplessness to stop it once it was out of control, but their passivity and the way they seemed not to take responsiblity for any of it was disturbing. Not only for the violence done there or the lives lost, but because the Stones did so little to take control of the situation, didn’t even seem to try. The first chapter of "Blown Away," which recounted events at Altamont in more detail than I’d ever heard before, just made me sad. I was aware of the famous Mick Jagger/Marianne Faithfull pairing at the time they were a couple, but news of Brian’s and Keith’s liaisons was less prominent here in the States and I didn’t read newspapers then (only “Tiger Beat”!) Trust me.) I initially chose this to read as an introduction to Anita Pallenberg, whose name I only first heard 3 or 4 years ago. More of a Beatles/Bowie girl myself, I was never a huge Stones fan, but I am fascinated by all that went on in the rock world in the ‘60s when I was at that “impressionable age.” (I’m not saying exactly. ![]() At stake is a life changing prize that will send their careers to new heights. Blown Away is hosted by Nick Uhas, with Resident Evaluator and Glass Master Katherine Gray.3 stars might be too good for it, but it must have been just the diversion I was looking for, because I read it in less than 4 days and was entertained. In each episode, the glassblowers must impress the Evaluators or risk being eliminated. In Blown Away, 10 glass artists have come to North America’s largest hot shop to push themselves to their creative limits. Pittsburgh Glass Center Director of Operations Chris Clarke, who appears in Episode 3 as a guest judge, will be available to talk about judging the competition. Chefs on the Street and Trace Brewing will be on site with food and drink available for purchase. Everyone is invited to watch John Sharvin in action creating hot glass art, talk to him, and learn about his process and his experience on “Blown Away.” Season 3 will be streaming throughout the evening. To celebrate the launch and find out who was chosen “Best in Glass,” we will hold a FREE "Blown Away" watch party and demonstration. "Blown Away" is back for Season 3 with some of the glass world’s heaviest hitters, all competing for the title, Best In Glass including our own John Sharvin!
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