In case you were wondering, Stephen Kijak's "Stones in Exile" documentary about the making of Exile on Main St. is now on video. If you're a Netflix customer, head on over there to stream it... NOW. If we accept that Rock 'n' Roll is dead, this movie should be its fucking headstone. The summer the Stones spent at the Villa Nellcote in the south of France, making hit music, jamming with hangers on like Gram Parsons (above), and getting high all day with supermodels is probably the high water mark of rock history. It doesn't get any better or more stylish than this. My only complaints about the movie are that it's a little light on graphic details (which the guys probably didn't want to go into- they've got grandkids now 'n shit- or they just can't remember, equally likely), and the dorks they interview at the beginning and end: Kings of Leon guy, Sheryl Crow, Benecio del Toro, wtf?! Were these the only three losers hanging out near the soundstage or what? How about Andrew-fucking-Loog Oldham, get that geezer off his Sirius radio show and start telling some stories! Still, watching this documentary is time well spent. Check it out.
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