Tony Palmer vs the Peoria Opera House

Last week I was fortunate enough to see Tony Palmer speak (a fascinating lecture entitled "The Music of Stanley Kubrick") and watch one of his films "All My Loving" -- a 1968 document of rock and roll music including live footage and interviews with The Who, The Beatles, Frank Zappa, Jimi Hendrix and Cream (all of whom seem to be good friends of Tony's). One of his funniest story involved a very drunk Pete Townshend and himself deciding to burn down the Peoria Opera House (in Illinois) but being too drunk to remember where it was. He did an excellent interview on our local public Radio Sation (WILL) that includes a few more details (it's available for download as an MP3). Word has it a number of Tony's films will be made available by Warner Classics (including "All My Loving") sometime in early 2007. If you ever get the chance to hear Tony Palmer speak -- go!