{"id":807683,"date":"2020-05-21T12:15:23","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T18:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=1003742"},"modified":"2020-05-21T12:15:23","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T18:15:23","slug":"see-nick-cave-praise-rock-writer-ratso-in-trailer-for-short-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/see-nick-cave-praise-rock-writer-ratso-in-trailer-for-short-film\/","title":{"rendered":"See Nick Cave Praise Rock Writer \u2018Ratso\u2019 in Trailer for Short Film"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nick Cave<\/a> praises rock writer Larry \u201cRatso\u201d Sloman\u2019s in the trailer for I Want Everything<\/em>, an upcoming short film that documents Ratso\u2019s foray into recording music at the age of 70.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRatso is a kind of living exercise in perversity,\u201d Cave says in the trailer. \u201cAnd this is very much a Ratso thing to do; to put out a strong album like this, I think it\u2019s an incredibly audacious move on Ratso\u2019s behalf and I\u2019m proud to be a part of it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I Want Everything<\/em>, premiering at the Brooklyn Film Festival<\/a> later this month, details the making of Ratso\u2019s 2019 LP Stubborn Heart<\/em>, which the writer recorded after decades in the rock trenches and co-writing memoirs by Anthony Kiedis, Howard Stern and Mike Tyson.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Paul Szynol-directed short film features appearances by Cave, the Bad Seeds\u2019 Warren Ellis and Jim Sclavunos, author Jonathan Lethem and the late Hal Willner<\/a>, who helped Ratso in his musical endeavor. Cave features<\/a> on Stubborn Heart<\/em>\u2019s \u201cOur Lady of Light,\u201d while Ratso also records a cover of Cave\u2019s \u201cSkeleton Tree\u201d as a tribute to Cave\u2019s late son Arthur.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe immediate draw was Ratso\u2019s music,\u201d Syznol tells Rolling Stone<\/em> of the film. \u201cI first heard him and the band perform at a small venue in Bushwick, and I had no idea what to expect, but the songs spoke to me almost immediately\u2014they have a weathered wisdom and raw poetry that give them a unique texture.  The second draw is Ratso himself: he is a postcard from all the best parts of New York history, a time before vast commercialization and uniformity, and he is a doorway to some of the treasures of music and culture, from Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen to Coney Island and old school seltzer bottles.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I Want Everything<\/em> will premiere as part of the now-online Brooklyn Film Festival<\/a>, which begins May 29th and is offering free registration to view the films.<\/span><\/p>\n