In the 2013 book 50 Licks: Myths and Stories from Half a Century of the Rolling Stones, Watts discussed the evolution of “Sympathy for the Devil.” “‘Sympathy for the Devil’ was tried six different ...

Claudia Joskowicz is the master of the tracking shot. In her video “Music to Watch Dead Girls By” (2006), the camera moves seamlessly for 20 minutes through an endless interior, entering into and ...

We were in our seats high above the stage when the huge video screens turned a hellscape red and the clamor of piano and percussion merged with that familiar hypnotic chant: “Woo-woo! Woo-woo!” ...

However, what came after the release of Beggars Banquet was even unhappier. The Rolling Stones would meet darkness face on rather than singing about it. Jones quit the group in June 1969 and died ...