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The Who This Month

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Who historian, or "Whostorian" if you will.

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The Who This Month@thewhothismonth.bsky.social · 5d ago

"Pete Townshend: Behind Blue Eyes" coming to the Mill Valley Film Festival, Mill Valley, CA Oct. 4. #TheWho app.mvff.com/film/pete-to...

After the wild success of The Who’s Tommy sent the band into the stratosphere, songwriter and guitarist Pete Townshend had a window to take the group even higher. Or thought he did. He conceived an even grander rock opera, a sci-fi story called Lifehouse. He wrote the songs, recorded demos, penned a film script, and secured financing for a movie, only to see it all fall apart. Nearly 60 years later, Lifehouse remains an obsession as Townshend relates in this insightful, energetic documentary that is both the story of the opera that wasn’t and a history of The Who. A wealth of concert footage and music video adds sonic flair while both new and archival interviews chart The Who’s changing fortunes. The most telling of these are the reminiscences of the now octogenarian Townshend and singer Roger Daltrey, who recall not just the band’s heyday and an aborted opera but the deep, abiding, battling friendships that made The Who what it was and kept it going for so many decades. —Pam Grady

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The Who This Month@thewhothismonth.bsky.social · last wk.

"Pete Townshend: Behind Blue Eyes" documentary to have East Coast premiere at 34th Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF). #TheWho awardswatch.com/wicker-to-cl...

AwardsWatch - ‘Wicker’ to Close 34th Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF), Full Lineup Announced

The Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF), presented by Artemis Rising Foundation, today announced its Closing Night selection, Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson’s Wickier, sponsored by …

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Chris Willman@cwillman.bsky.social · last wk.

I loved getting a chance to talk in Telluride with the makers of a new documentary about Pete Townshend — and, by obvious inference, the Who itself. Kudos to Frank Marshall, Nigel Sinclair and Cassidy Hartmann for pulling it off. variety.com/2026/music/n... via @variety.com

Documentary Team Behind ‘Pete Townshend: Behind Blue Eyes’ Talks in Telluride About Capturing the Amazing, Sometimes Frustrating Journey of the Who’s Brilliant Architect

Three of the principal filmmakers behind 'Pete Townshend: Behind Blue Eyes' talk about the doc following its Telluride Film Festival world premiere.

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Men's Journal@mensjournal.com · 2w ago

On September 7, 1978, Keith Moon—The Who's chaotic, brilliant drummer—died at 32. Nearly five decades later, he's still hailed as one of rock's greatest, with a legacy as explosive as his playing.

48 Years Ago Today, One of Rock’s Greatest Drummers Died at Just 32

On September 7, 1978, Keith Moon—The Who's chaotic, brilliant drummer—died at 32. Nearly five decades later, he's still hailed as one of rock's greatest, with a legacy as explosive as his playing.

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NetworkOnAir@networkonair.bsky.social · 2w ago

Edwin Astley composed some of TV’s most beloved theme tunes, including The Saint, The Baron, and Danger Man. But did you know he was once father-in-law to The Who’s Pete Townshend? Townshend married his daughter Karen in 1968. Astley is grandfather to their daughter, journalist Emma Townshend.

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