David Jove

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David Jove (December 14, 1942 – September 26, 2004), born David Sniderman, was a Canadian director, producer, and writer, particularly of underground and alternative music-themed films. Jove is also a likely suspect for the murder of Peter Ivers, his colleague on the television show New Wave Theatre. After spending the mid-1960s in London, he became acquainted with the Rolling Stones' circle of friends. Calling himself "Acid King David", he participated in a government drug set-up of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, resulting in the infamous 'Redlands' bust. It was later discovered that he had been caught carrying drugs at Heathrow airport and had been offered a deal by the authorities, to avoid jail and deportation, if he helped set up the Rolling Stones. Immediately after the Redlands bust, he was allowed to fly out of the UK and therefore avoided prosecution. Later, he moved to Los Angeles, where he would be based for the rest of his life. He may have been best known as the creator of the early 1980s music program New Wave Theatre, hosted by Peter Ivers, which gained notoriety in the early days of cable television. It was shown as part of USA Network's late night weekend variety show, Night Flight. "New Wave Theatre" was co-written by longtime Jove collaborator and former Billboard editor Ed Ochs, who also wrote the liner notes to Jove's two records, "Sweeter Song" and "Into the Shrine" (co-writing "Never Say Never" on "Shrine").