Monday, September 10, 2007
Warped Tour Forum
A reader posted this forum he created about next years Warped Tour...check it out http://www.warpedforums.com
Sunday, September 9, 2007
Indy Watch
The biggest news at this years MTV VMA's was not Britney Spears awful performance....it was Shia LeBouf "announcing" the title to the fourth installment of Indiana Jones...Shia got on stage and stated, "I am sworn to secrecey by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg not to reveal the title of the next Indiana Jones movie, but I am 21 and we are in Vegas so...the title to the next Indiana Jones movie is Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." No word from Lucasfilm or Paramount whether this is the actual title or just a tease from Indys new sidekick...
Saturday, September 8, 2007
HELP PATENT PENDING!!!
My Good Friends in Patent Pending need some assistance from you and their fans...Click on the link below and POST THAT YOU WANT TO SEE PATENT PENDING ON NEXT YEARS WARPED TOUR!!!!!!
As stated from the band "it will take you two minutes and it would mean everything to us! thank you friends!!!!!"
Seriously, if you have seen them before you know they should be on Warped Tour, if you haven't, you are doing a great injustice to your concert going career...one of the sickest live shows you will ever see...
http://www.warpedtour.com/warpedtour/news.asp?id=1426661&ck=WARPEDTOUR1457186859466102905212003163E181BMGN1RFJU76C71T8TD574LUDYGD8QC5F8ID&gc=WARPEDTOUR1332824ecbbe44ba8c19e9262e9267cdAND
As stated from the band "it will take you two minutes and it would mean everything to us! thank you friends!!!!!"
Seriously, if you have seen them before you know they should be on Warped Tour, if you haven't, you are doing a great injustice to your concert going career...one of the sickest live shows you will ever see...
http://www.warpedtour.com/warpedtour/news.asp?id=1426661&ck=WARPEDTOUR1457186859466102905212003163E181BMGN1RFJU76C71T8TD574LUDYGD8QC5F8ID&gc=WARPEDTOUR1332824ecbbe44ba8c19e9262e9267cdAND
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Bono on Pavarotti
After hearing the sad news that legendary Opra Tenor Luciano Pavarotti passed away after a battle with cancer..the first thing that popped into my head was, "I wonder if Bono will release a statement..." Sure enough...posted on u2.com today, here are Bono's words and experiences with Pavarotti:
“Some can sing opera, Luciano Pavarotti was an opera. No one could inhabit those acrobatic melodies and words like him. He lived the songs, his opera was a great mash of joy and sadness; surreal and earthy at the same time; a great volcano of a man who sang fire but spilled over with a love of life in all its complexity, a great and generous friend.
Great, great fun, The Pavlova we used to call him. An emotional arm twister if he wanted you to do something for him he was impossible to turn down. A great flatterer.
When he wanted U2 to write him a song he rang our housekeeper, Theresa, continually so we talked about little else in our house.
When he wanted U2 to play his festival in Modena, he turned up in Dublin unannounced with a film crew, and door-stopped the band. His life and talent was large but his sense of service to the weak and vulnerable was larger.
We wrote Miss Sarajevo for him. He had worked on the humanitarian crisis that was the war in Bosnia. We travelled together on a UN air force flight to Mostar... all of us earnest in hard hats, just about strapped into this industrial aircraft with the big man handing out parmigiano from Reggio Emilia, “the best cheese in the world" he kept saying… deadpan… to make us laugh.
In Pesaro, in his summer house, he lived an almost bohemian life with a recording studio set up in an out house - but did all his vocals in his bedroom... there was a hammock hung between two marine pines for a siesta. He liked to eat, sleep and then warm up his vocals though I remember more eating than warming up. When we first recorded with him I left a stone heavier than I arrived.
Intellectually curious, couldn't’t stick to his own generation - loved new ideas, new people, new song forms.
A sexy man whose life lit up again when he fell in love with Nicoletta and as he watched Alice play in the yard. He loved all his daughters so much. The sadness of losing his only boy his only silence.
I spoke to him last week... the voice that was louder than any rock band was a whisper. Still he communicated his love. Full of love.
That's what people don't understand about Luciano Pavarotti. Even when the voice was dimmed in power, his interpretive skills left him a giant among a few tall men.”- Bono
“Some can sing opera, Luciano Pavarotti was an opera. No one could inhabit those acrobatic melodies and words like him. He lived the songs, his opera was a great mash of joy and sadness; surreal and earthy at the same time; a great volcano of a man who sang fire but spilled over with a love of life in all its complexity, a great and generous friend.
Great, great fun, The Pavlova we used to call him. An emotional arm twister if he wanted you to do something for him he was impossible to turn down. A great flatterer.
When he wanted U2 to write him a song he rang our housekeeper, Theresa, continually so we talked about little else in our house.
When he wanted U2 to play his festival in Modena, he turned up in Dublin unannounced with a film crew, and door-stopped the band. His life and talent was large but his sense of service to the weak and vulnerable was larger.
We wrote Miss Sarajevo for him. He had worked on the humanitarian crisis that was the war in Bosnia. We travelled together on a UN air force flight to Mostar... all of us earnest in hard hats, just about strapped into this industrial aircraft with the big man handing out parmigiano from Reggio Emilia, “the best cheese in the world" he kept saying… deadpan… to make us laugh.
In Pesaro, in his summer house, he lived an almost bohemian life with a recording studio set up in an out house - but did all his vocals in his bedroom... there was a hammock hung between two marine pines for a siesta. He liked to eat, sleep and then warm up his vocals though I remember more eating than warming up. When we first recorded with him I left a stone heavier than I arrived.
Intellectually curious, couldn't’t stick to his own generation - loved new ideas, new people, new song forms.
A sexy man whose life lit up again when he fell in love with Nicoletta and as he watched Alice play in the yard. He loved all his daughters so much. The sadness of losing his only boy his only silence.
I spoke to him last week... the voice that was louder than any rock band was a whisper. Still he communicated his love. Full of love.
That's what people don't understand about Luciano Pavarotti. Even when the voice was dimmed in power, his interpretive skills left him a giant among a few tall men.”- Bono
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
As Tall As Lions Live
Be Here Now
As Tall As Lions have posted a video of the song "Be Here Now," from the bands performance at the Highline Ballroom back in July. Check it out, it is great...I was at this show and a live review can be found in July's post.
As Tall As Lions have posted a video of the song "Be Here Now," from the bands performance at the Highline Ballroom back in July. Check it out, it is great...I was at this show and a live review can be found in July's post.
Movie of the Month - Half Nelson
Its September, people of all ages are getting ready to go back to school and what more appropriate way of displaying Septembers Movie of the Month. Most school centered films, whether is high school or college all seem to have the same situation in common. They all seem to boast the idea of some teacher coming to a bad district or teaching bratty kids and changing their life around. With that said, take everything you know about a school centered film and throw it out the window and view Half Nelson. Directed by an unknown, Ryan Fleck and starring Ryan Gosling in the role the garnered him a Oscar Nomination, Half Nelson tells the story of a Brooklyn high school history teacher and woman's basketball coach, Dan Dunne, who has a serious addiction to crack. Gosling plays the crack addicted teacher who after a basketball game, he is found laying on the floor of the girls locker room after smoking a heavy amount of the addictive drug. Who he is found by, Drey, played by the brilliant Shareeka Epps (in her first film role), would change the course not only of his life but Drey's as well. Drey and Dan would build a bond of secrets and sometimes lies, where the both of them need each other more than ever. One of the most powerful films of last year and one that will leave you surprised and uncomfortable. In many ways Half Nelson is the anti-school centered film and focuses more on life and the issues of that nothing is what it seems, backed by a great soundtrack from the band Broken Social Scene, Half Nelson is a must see. .
Underrated Classic - Foo Fighters "There is Nothing Left to Lose"
Lets be honest, no one ever knew what to make of the Foo Fighters. Even today, many people probably still don't. Are they a great hard rock band? Are they a versatile band? Are they a goofy rock band? They are indeed all of the above, but the one this most people over look is that they are a serious and passionate rock band. When the Foo's first emerged in the fall of 1995, they were know as the band made of members of Sunny Day Real Estate and that drummer from Nirvana singing. Yet after their sophomore disc, The Colour and the Shape, a much more sophisticated and louder band came out. Getting Dave Ghrol out of the shadow that once was his famous Grunge trio, yet giving the listeners what they wanted. However, two albums down, no one could still put a finger on these guys. The release of their third disc 1999's There is Nothing Left to Lose, a rather profound statement displaying lose, loneliness and in some cases perseverance, symbolizes a band finally comfortable in their own skin. An awkward paradox and situation to be comfortable or easily adjusting too. The story behind this record is after a label dispute with Capitol Records the band left to sign to RCA. Not only did they lose a record deal...and gain a new one, right before entering a home built recording studio in Virginia, guitarist and founding member Pat Smeer announced he was leaving the band. Yet Ghrol and Co pushed on and hired guitarist Franz Stahl to fill in for Smeer only after the record was finished, what many do not know is that they recorded it as a trio. There is Nothing Left to Lose would boast the singles "Learn to Fly," and "Breakout," yet it were the deeper cuts that led to a better understanding of a misunderstood band. Songs like "Generator," "Next Year," and the closing epic "M.I.A.," would show a side of Ghrol that no one had ever herd, an honest and vulnerable man trying to deal with whatever demons and struggles he had succumbed to. It seems to be the most overlooked in the bands catalogue, yet would pave the way for the self proclaimed "not so loud," disc on In Your Honor. There is Nothing Left to Lose is the Foo Fighters at their all time best, its the most solid accomplishment the band ever released and the last great record of last millennium.
Quick News
The Strokes ran into a fork in the road last week while recording their fourth record. Guitarist Albert Hammond Jr., decided to put his sessions on hold with his claim to fame, only to record a solo follow up to last years critically acclaimed Yours to Keep. The Strokes are being fully supportive of their band mate and are waiting for Hammond to finish his sophomore disc so the band can resume theirs.
New Jersey rockers Thursday are hitting the road with Circle Takes the Square this fall. All to support a live CD/DVD retrospective of the band put out by their former label Vagrant Records. Thursday left Vagrant in late 2002 on bad terms before signing a major label contract with Island Records. Apparently the band and Vagrant have buried the hatchet and are releasing this CD/DVD combo this fall under the Vagrant name.
In other DVD news, it wouldn't be fall without a Beatles release of some sort. The greatest band of all time is releasing Help! for the first time on DVD. Help! will feature much of the same special features A Hard Days Night did when they put that out in 2002 (behind the scenes, never before seen interviews, etc) . This time around, Help! will also feature a literary entry from Martin Scorsese.
New Jersey rockers Thursday are hitting the road with Circle Takes the Square this fall. All to support a live CD/DVD retrospective of the band put out by their former label Vagrant Records. Thursday left Vagrant in late 2002 on bad terms before signing a major label contract with Island Records. Apparently the band and Vagrant have buried the hatchet and are releasing this CD/DVD combo this fall under the Vagrant name.
In other DVD news, it wouldn't be fall without a Beatles release of some sort. The greatest band of all time is releasing Help! for the first time on DVD. Help! will feature much of the same special features A Hard Days Night did when they put that out in 2002 (behind the scenes, never before seen interviews, etc) . This time around, Help! will also feature a literary entry from Martin Scorsese.
Saturday, September 1, 2007
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