Fun fact: the film's Chicago setting was inspired by a local theater production of High Fidelity called The Vinyl Shop that ran in the summer of 1997 (or 98, I forget). One of the leads in The Vinyl Shop was Matt O'Neill, who appears in High Fidelity as the guy asking who The Beta Band is.

Here's Josh playing "Space is the Place" on Sun Ra's 100th birthday:
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"composed by California musician Christopher Tyng"

Stanley Crouch, in his pre-neocon days, was David Murray's drummer. He can be heard on the excellent Wildflowers: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions compilation (originally issued on Casablanca!) and actually isn't too bad a player.

"focusing on the historic concert in Boston on the night of Martin Luther King’s death"

"Has anyone ever tried to figure out the timeline of this show?"

The "James Brown In The 60s" DVD set is essential: the entire '68 Boston show (at least, the parts with James: it mercifully omits Maceo Parker's stand-up comedy spot), a documentary about the Boston show, and a '68 Apollo show.

No mention of Chicago's legendary Green?  Their 1986 debut is a power-pop classic — easily on a par with Big Star's #1 Record.  http://www.youtube.com/watc…

No mention of Chicago's legendary Green?  Their 1986 debut is a power-pop classic — easily on a par with Big Star's #1 Record.  http://www.youtube.com/watc…

Marsh coined the term "punk rock," and was a huge fan/cheerleader of the MC5, Stooges, Ramones, Pistols, Clash, Wire, PiL, Husker Du, and Minutemen.  So yeah, he really didn't understand punk at all.