Billy Hinsche's documentary *Dennis Wilson Forever*

[No. Fourteen]

FWIW - I ordered mine on Tuesday, and got it yesterday(NV to MA).  So I can verify MFM Productions is "on the ball" mailing these things out.

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2. It is a DVD-R. Billy is putting this project out himself, so that's the format he's limited to.

Thanks for the info.

I've released a few CDs of my own bands myself, but I had them factory pressed... It's really not that expensive... I recall it was about 1200 euros for 500 CDs including jewelcases, booklet and back cover. DVDs will probably not be that much more expensive. So if you sell them for 30 bucks each, you have to sell just about 50 DVDs to get the money back that you're put into having them factory pressed.

I have two problems with recordable CDs and DVDs:
1. I don't download or copy music or movies because I don't want to pollute my collection with recordable discs with homemade covers. Call my crazy, but I'm a purist when it comes to that.
2. Recordable CDs and DVDs have a life span of just 3 to 7 years. Then the data just 'falls off' and you can't play them anymore.

Actually, DVD-R's can have a 100 year lifespan, per this site:

http://timefordvd.com/tutorial/RecordableDVDTutorial.shtml

I'm not sure how true that is.  I do know that silver CD's and DVD's can fail, too.  It depends on the quality of the media used for any format or pressing, as well as storage and handling.  The only CD's I've ever had that rotted were all silver bootlegs.  So, I don't think going to a silver plant necessarily guarantees better results, particularly if you're going to a small-run commercial plant that maybe doesn't use the highest quality media or best techniques.  Heck, even large commercial DVD runs have had problems.  So, if Billy and Co. are using good media, I don't think their DVD-R's are necessarily going to be inferior to a silver DVD.  Plus, you can always put a copy on your computer or back-up hard drive if you're really concerned about losing it.  I also suspect Billy is going to be losing money on this project regardless of how many he sells or what kind of disc and packaging he puts out; it's mostly a labor of love.

[Charles LePage @ ComicList]

I don't remember seeing this mentioned before, so I apologize if this old news:

Dennis Wilson Documentary to Premiere on Flasher.com

[Pretty Funky]

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,2215515,00.html#article_continue

I'm surprised Billys work has not got more comment here. Watched a few episodes and its good IMO.

[Alf64]

  I bought it and have watched it. My favorite parts would have to be any time Dean Torrence speaks about Dennis. You can really tell they were close friends. I especially love Dean's comments at the end on what would he say if Dennis showed up. That alone is worht buying it for.

[MZ]

I think that the strength of DENNIS WILSON FOREVER (and what makes it worth watching) is that  it's quite intimate. There seem to be very few allusions about Dennis and his life.

[Andrew G. Doe]

I read an old thread on another site that mentioned Dennis' wife dying, hadn't known about it until now. On the site the guy was saying how Mike Love had turned down all offers to help pay for her medical care, despite her pleading with him to do so, you know, what with him being her dad and all... Actually, while i'm no Mike Love fan sometimes these stories about him are just too awful to believe and this one ranks amongst those. Surely he aint THAT much of a sod....?

I very strongly doubt that tale is true. I've been told that Mike was very, very distressed when Shawn died.

[c-man]

I read an old thread on another site that mentioned Dennis' wife dying, hadn't known about it until now. On the site the guy was saying how Mike Love had turned down all offers to help pay for her medical care, despite her pleading with him to do so, you know, what with him being her dad and all... Actually, while i'm no Mike Love fan sometimes these stories about him are just too awful to believe and this one ranks amongst those. Surely he aint THAT much of a sod....?

I very strongly doubt that tale is true. I've been told that Mike was very, very distressed when Shawn died.

Did he ever privately admit she was his daughter?  On the "Wouldn't It Be Nice" BBC special from '03 he denied it and said the court ruled she wasn't.  I'm wondering if privately it was a different story?  Man, one look at her picture and I was convinced!  Of course, even if he never admitted it even to himself, he could still be very distressed over her passing, considering how young she was and how much she wanted to be proved his daughter.