Spaced is a British television situation comedy written by and starring Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson, directed by Edgar Wright, and broadcast on Channel 4. It is notable for its rapid-fire editing and frequent dropping of pop-culture references. Two series of seven episodes were broadcast in autumn 1999 and spring 2001.
Monday, January 22, 2007
SPACED Mash Up
Spaced is a British television situation comedy written by and starring Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson, directed by Edgar Wright, and broadcast on Channel 4. It is notable for its rapid-fire editing and frequent dropping of pop-culture references. Two series of seven episodes were broadcast in autumn 1999 and spring 2001.
Saturday, January 20, 2007
Technical Difficulties
Well Blogger being a little cac handed for me right now. . . .will try again tomorrow..
Keep tuned...
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Tuesday, January 16, 2007
The Police - Every Breath You Take
While the song sounds like a sedate and seemingly harmonious love ballad, it was actually written during the collapse of Sting's marriage to Frances Tomelty; the lyrics describe not well-meaning love but the motivations of a stalker, who is watching "every breath you take/every move you make". However, this fact has often gone unnoticed, or is ignored, and hence the song is often incorrectly classed as a love song.
Which makes the contived nonsense Puff Daddy/P Diddy/Cock Jockey made out of it even more nonsesne....
Polysics - I Me My Mine
Polysics are a Japanese New Wave / Synthpop / J-Rock band from Tokyo. The band started in 1997, but got their big break in 1998 at a concert in Tokyo. They create high energy music, fusing conventional guitar music, with synthesized and computer generated sound to create a unique mixture of punk and pop, heavily inspired by the American band Devo. Their song lyrics often consist of Japanese, broken English, or just plain gibberish ("Space Language"). The band has been noted for their extremely energetic live performances and their wild gimmicky outfits.
Sneaker Pimps - Post Modern Sleaze
The band's founding members were Chris Corner and Liam Howe (both ex-DJs), who then recruited Kelli Dayton (formerly of Lumieres, now recording under the name Kelli Ali) for vocal duties. After the first album, the band felt that demos for second album (on which Corner provided the guide vocals) better suited his voice, especially in regard to the more raw, personal quality of the lyrics. Combined with the fear of being identified with the fad for trip-hop acts (i.e. Portishead), Kelli was asked to leave the group, and Corner became the singer.
Dayton's departure was well received by some critics who felt that it gave the band a more honest, emotional timbre. Some fans feel that the songs on subsequent Sneaker Pimps albums, Splinter and Bloodsport, have lost the bubblegum feel and have gained an emotional intensity, while others enjoyed Dayton's vocals precisely because of that feel.
Currently the band are recording material for an as-yet untitled fourth album, having shelved a number of songs previewed live during 2003, and having recruited a new, as-yet unknown, female singer.
The Pogues - Dirty Old Town
Their politically-tinged music was reminiscent of The Clash, with whom they played (Joe Strummer produced one of their albums and even joined the group briefly), and used traditional Irish instruments such as the tin whistle, banjo, cittern, mandolin, accordion, and more. In the later incarnations of the band, after the departure of Shane MacGowan, rock instruments such as the electric guitar would become more prominent. The first of The Pogues' albums, Red Roses for Me, borrows much from the punk tradition of MacGowan's previous band The Nipple Erectors (later dubbed The Nips).
Friday, January 12, 2007
Spiderbait - Black Betty
Spiderbait are an Australian rock band who have had two top ten albums and another three albums reach the Australian top 40. Their song Buy Me a Pony was #1 on the Triple J Hottest 100 for 1996, and the group enjoyed success with their 2004 #1 Australian hit cover of Black Betty.
Spiderbait are an Australian rock band who have had two top ten albums and another three albums reach the Australian top 40. Their song Buy Me a Pony was #1 on the Triple J Hottest 100 for 1996, and the group enjoyed success with their 2004 #1 Australian hit cover of Black Betty.
The Dresden Dolls 'Backstabber' music video
The Dresden Dolls are a two-piece band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed mid-2001 and made up of singer/pianist Amanda Palmer and drummer/occasional guitarist and vocalist Brian Viglione. They describe their style as "Brechtian punk cabaret", and have exposed an underground dark cabaret movement that started gaining momentum in the early 90's with artists like Salon Betty and Gavin Friday.
The Dresden Dolls are a two-piece band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed mid-2001 and made up of singer/pianist Amanda Palmer and drummer/occasional guitarist and vocalist Brian Viglione. They describe their style as "Brechtian punk cabaret", and have exposed an underground dark cabaret movement that started gaining momentum in the early 90's with artists like Salon Betty and Gavin Friday.
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Breaking Benjamin - Sooner Or Later
| In September of 2004, drummer, and founding member of Breaking Benjamin, Jeremy Hummel was relieved of his duties in the band. Subsequently, on September 28, 2005, Hummel filed a federal lawsuit against the remaining members of Breaking Benjamin, as well as its management, claiming he was not paid for songs he helped write. Hummel's lawsuit asked for more than $8 million in damages. A message was released October 25, 2006 on the bands official website stating that the band and Hummel had come to agreement on the lawsuit. | |
Deftones - Passenger (ft. Maynard James Keenan)
| A home made music video made for the song Passenger by the Deftones. Deftones have often been praised as one of the more innovative and unique rock bands of recent years. Johnny Loftus writes, "Rock critics usually reserve a special place for Deftones above or at least away from the rest of the turn-of-the-century metal movement... Deftones have always seemed more curious, more willing to incorporate traditionally revered sounds like dream pop or D.C. hardcore into their Northern California alternative metal." Moreno's poetic lyrics—described by a Time magazine critic as "furiously intelligent"—are often evocative, yet sparse enough to allow for multiple interpretations. Moreno has cited Morrissey, Weezer's Rivers Cuomo, The Cure's Robert Smith, Bad Brains' H.R., and Depeche Mode's David Gahan among his favorite singers, and, beyond an occasional similarity in vocal technique, these singers' sweeping sense of drama is often evident in Moreno's vocals. | |
A Perfect Circle - Weak and Powerless
| A Perfect Circle (often referred to as APC) was an alternative rock band, formed by guitarist Billy Howerdel. Howerdel had worked as a guitar tech for bands such as Nine Inch Nails, The Smashing Pumpkins, Fishbone, Guns N' Roses and Tool. He played demos of his music to Tool's singer, Maynard James Keenan. Maynard offered himself as vocalist should Howerdel form a band. Howerdel was initially hesitant about this as he originally wanted a female singer. | |
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun.mpg
| "Black Hole Sun" is a song by 1990s grunge band Soundgarden. It originally appeared on their 1994 album Superunknown and was the second single released from it (the previous one being "Spoonman"). It would later appear on the band's greatest hits album A-Sides. In many respects it is clearly the band's most recognizable song, and it was the most popular grunge song of 1994. In 1995 it won the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. | |
Rammstein - Sonne
| "Sonne" (German for "Sun") is a song by the German Tanz-Metall group Rammstein. According to Till Lindemann, the song was originally written as an entrance song for the boxer Vitali Klitschko, which was also the working title of the song. . The song is very powerful and heavy. Many artists (such as Rob Zombie) are uncertain how the band created such a heavy guitar sound. Instead, the video features the band as dwarves working for a gold-addicted Snow-White. Apparently, this came about while several of the band members were watching the old Disney film, Snow White, and had Sonne playing in the background, giving them the idea for the video. The band supposedly went through nearly 200 different ideas for the video before choosing the Snow White theme. One of the other ideas was a video about the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Lady Snow-White (German "Schneewittchen") is played by the Russian soap actress Joulia Stepanova. | |
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Tool - Sober
The meaning of the song is ambiguous, as the lyrics ask the question: "Why can't we not be sober?" This double negative allows for multiple interpretations, depending on which other parts of the lyrics are focused on. Adam Jones has stated in an interview that the song is about a friend of the band whose artistic expression only comes out when he is under the influence. "A lot of people give him shit for that," Jones explains. "
The meaning of the song is ambiguous, as the lyrics ask the question: "Why can't we not be sober?" This double negative allows for multiple interpretations, depending on which other parts of the lyrics are focused on. Adam Jones has stated in an interview that the song is about a friend of the band whose artistic expression only comes out when he is under the influence. "A lot of people give him shit for that," Jones explains. "
Olivia Newton John & ELO - Xanadu (Film Version)
Xanadu or Zanadu (Chinese: 上都; pinyin: Shà ngdū) was the summer capital of Kublai Khan's Mongol Empire, which covered much of Asia. It is in Inner Mongolia, 275 km north of Beijing, northwest of Duolun and northeast of Lanqui/Zhenglan Banner/Dund Hot. The capital consisted of the square-shaped "Outer City" (2,200 metres square), "Inner City" (1,400 metres square), and the palace, where Kublai Khan stayed in summer. The palace is 550 metres square, 40% the size of Forbidden City in Beijing (China). The most visible modern-day remnants are the earthen walls though there is also a (ground-level) circular brick platform in the centre of the inner enclosure.
Xanadu or Zanadu (Chinese: 上都; pinyin: Shà ngdū) was the summer capital of Kublai Khan's Mongol Empire, which covered much of Asia. It is in Inner Mongolia, 275 km north of Beijing, northwest of Duolun and northeast of Lanqui/Zhenglan Banner/Dund Hot. The capital consisted of the square-shaped "Outer City" (2,200 metres square), "Inner City" (1,400 metres square), and the palace, where Kublai Khan stayed in summer. The palace is 550 metres square, 40% the size of Forbidden City in Beijing (China). The most visible modern-day remnants are the earthen walls though there is also a (ground-level) circular brick platform in the centre of the inner enclosure.
Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
Eagle-Eye Lanoo Cherry (born 7 May 1969 in Skåne, Sweden) is an American-Swedish musician. His sister Neneh Cherry, father Don Cherry and halfsister on his Swedish side Titiyo are also musicians.
Soon after he was born, he moved to New York with his father, where he began acting and playing music. After his father's death in 1995, Eagle-Eye moved to Stockholm with his girlfriend, and began to focus on songwriting. He recorded Desireless, which was commercially successful in Europe and was released in the United States in 1998.
Eagle-Eye Lanoo Cherry (born 7 May 1969 in Skåne, Sweden) is an American-Swedish musician. His sister Neneh Cherry, father Don Cherry and halfsister on his Swedish side Titiyo are also musicians.
Soon after he was born, he moved to New York with his father, where he began acting and playing music. After his father's death in 1995, Eagle-Eye moved to Stockholm with his girlfriend, and began to focus on songwriting. He recorded Desireless, which was commercially successful in Europe and was released in the United States in 1998.
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Meatloaf Paradise By The Dashboard Light
* Meat Loaf once picked up Charles Manson hitchhiking, not realizing who he was until he heard about him in the news.
* Meat Loaf was a vegetarian at one time. He claims to have renounced it after k.d. lang, another vegetarian, refused to speak with him because of his name.
* He is a big fan of the English football club Hartlepool United F.C. and is looking to buy a home in Hartlepool
* He coached softball at his daughters' Connecticut high school Joel Barlow High School, including while his daughters were on the team.
* During the 1990s, Meatloaf studied Tai Chi extensively with legendary Grandmaster Liang.
* He coached a little league baseball team in Stamford, Connecticut in the 1980's. That team, in the "majors" did not bear his name, but he sponsored a team in the "minors" which bore the name "Meat Loaf."
* On August 26 to August 28, 2006, Meat Loaf took part in an annual celebrity golf version of the Ryder Cup called The All*Star Cup in South Wales, UK. August 26 was practice day, August 27 and August 28 were the two days of competition. Europe won the Cup for the second consecutive year. Meat lost his two games, but was a massive hit with the crowds, entertaining them with lots of laughs and fun as he made his way round the course. Alice Cooper was a fellow member of the US team. The event was a big success, with large crowds attending, and the two main days of competition were shown live on UK television. Meat clearly enjoyed the event and hopefully will return to play again in future years of The All*Star Cup.
* Meat Loaf is said to have cheated death on numerous occasions, having crashed in a car which rolled over,[13] been hit on the head with a shot put,[14] and being struck by Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome.[15] More recently, in October 2006, his private jet was almost forced to crash land at London's Stansted Airport after his plane's forward landing gear failed temporarily.
* Meat Loaf appears as Jack Black's father in the 2006 film Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny. He also provides vocals on the film's opening song Kickapoo.
* Meat Load performed with Katherine McPhee on American Idol. The song called "It's all coming back to me".
* Meat Loaf once picked up Charles Manson hitchhiking, not realizing who he was until he heard about him in the news.
* Meat Loaf was a vegetarian at one time. He claims to have renounced it after k.d. lang, another vegetarian, refused to speak with him because of his name.
* He is a big fan of the English football club Hartlepool United F.C. and is looking to buy a home in Hartlepool
* He coached softball at his daughters' Connecticut high school Joel Barlow High School, including while his daughters were on the team.
* During the 1990s, Meatloaf studied Tai Chi extensively with legendary Grandmaster Liang.
* He coached a little league baseball team in Stamford, Connecticut in the 1980's. That team, in the "majors" did not bear his name, but he sponsored a team in the "minors" which bore the name "Meat Loaf."
* On August 26 to August 28, 2006, Meat Loaf took part in an annual celebrity golf version of the Ryder Cup called The All*Star Cup in South Wales, UK. August 26 was practice day, August 27 and August 28 were the two days of competition. Europe won the Cup for the second consecutive year. Meat lost his two games, but was a massive hit with the crowds, entertaining them with lots of laughs and fun as he made his way round the course. Alice Cooper was a fellow member of the US team. The event was a big success, with large crowds attending, and the two main days of competition were shown live on UK television. Meat clearly enjoyed the event and hopefully will return to play again in future years of The All*Star Cup.
* Meat Loaf is said to have cheated death on numerous occasions, having crashed in a car which rolled over,[13] been hit on the head with a shot put,[14] and being struck by Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome.[15] More recently, in October 2006, his private jet was almost forced to crash land at London's Stansted Airport after his plane's forward landing gear failed temporarily.
* Meat Loaf appears as Jack Black's father in the 2006 film Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny. He also provides vocals on the film's opening song Kickapoo.
* Meat Load performed with Katherine McPhee on American Idol. The song called "It's all coming back to me".
Hexstatic - The Horn
Hexstatic is a UK music duo, consisting of Stuart Warren Hill and Robin Brunson, that specializes in creating "quirky audio visual electro." Formed in 1997 after Hill and Brunson met while producing visuals at the Channel Five launch party, they decided to take over for the original members of the Ninja Tune multimedia collective Hex that had disbanded around the same time.
Hexstatic is a UK music duo, consisting of Stuart Warren Hill and Robin Brunson, that specializes in creating "quirky audio visual electro." Formed in 1997 after Hill and Brunson met while producing visuals at the Channel Five launch party, they decided to take over for the original members of the Ninja Tune multimedia collective Hex that had disbanded around the same time.
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message
"The Message" is an old school hip hop song released in 1982, performed by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. The song's lyrics were some of the first in the genre of rap to talk about the struggles and the frustrations of living in the ghetto. The song (including most of the lyrics) was written by Sugar Hill songwriter Ed "Duke Bootee" Fletcher, and Flash was originally uninterested in recording it. Furious Five rapper Melle Mel was the only group member that contributed any lyrics to the final version of the song.
"The Message" is an old school hip hop song released in 1982, performed by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. The song's lyrics were some of the first in the genre of rap to talk about the struggles and the frustrations of living in the ghetto. The song (including most of the lyrics) was written by Sugar Hill songwriter Ed "Duke Bootee" Fletcher, and Flash was originally uninterested in recording it. Furious Five rapper Melle Mel was the only group member that contributed any lyrics to the final version of the song.
Busta Rhymes - Put Your hands Where My Eyes Can See
BUSTA TRIVIA
* The video for "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See" features a recreation of a well-known scene from the 1988 Eddie Murphy film Coming to America.
* The video for "Dangerous" features a recreation of a scene with the fictional Shogun of Harlem (Sho'nuff) ("Am I the toughest...?, Am I the meanest...?") from the 1985 Berry Gordy produced film The Last Dragon.
* On December 31, 1999, Black Entertainment Television (BET) named "Woo-Hah!! Got You All In Check" the # 3 video on its list of the top 100 videos of the 20th century. "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See" was # 39.
* His concert rider reportedly includes a box of ribbed condoms. [4]
* His first group, the Leaders of the New School, disbanded during November 1993 broadcast of Yo! MTV Raps.
* He appears in the video game, Def Jam: Fight for NY, as "Magic".
* His remix of "Touch It" has been at the top of UK DJ Semtex's chart for 15 weeks in a row. [5]
* The video for "I Love My Chick" was a recreation of the movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
* He also featured in one of the Halloween horror movie series (Halloween: Resurrection) as owner of Danger Entertainment. He invites a group of teenagers to stay in Michael Myers old house whilst live on camera over the internet. However Myers turns up killing almost all the teenagers and has a couple fight scenes with Busta. These involve Busta using karate against Myers, Myers stabbing Busta and Busta electrocuting Mike Myers.
* He also appeared in an episode of The Wayans Bros. where he arrives in town for a concert.
* Busta frequently collaborates/collaborated with producers DJ Scratch (Queens, New York) and the late J Dilla (Detroit, Michigan).
* "Touch It (remix)" Apeared At number 9 on "BET's Top 100 Music Video's of 2006"
BUSTA TRIVIA
* The video for "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See" features a recreation of a well-known scene from the 1988 Eddie Murphy film Coming to America.
* The video for "Dangerous" features a recreation of a scene with the fictional Shogun of Harlem (Sho'nuff) ("Am I the toughest...?, Am I the meanest...?") from the 1985 Berry Gordy produced film The Last Dragon.
* On December 31, 1999, Black Entertainment Television (BET) named "Woo-Hah!! Got You All In Check" the # 3 video on its list of the top 100 videos of the 20th century. "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See" was # 39.
* His concert rider reportedly includes a box of ribbed condoms. [4]
* His first group, the Leaders of the New School, disbanded during November 1993 broadcast of Yo! MTV Raps.
* He appears in the video game, Def Jam: Fight for NY, as "Magic".
* His remix of "Touch It" has been at the top of UK DJ Semtex's chart for 15 weeks in a row. [5]
* The video for "I Love My Chick" was a recreation of the movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
* He also featured in one of the Halloween horror movie series (Halloween: Resurrection) as owner of Danger Entertainment. He invites a group of teenagers to stay in Michael Myers old house whilst live on camera over the internet. However Myers turns up killing almost all the teenagers and has a couple fight scenes with Busta. These involve Busta using karate against Myers, Myers stabbing Busta and Busta electrocuting Mike Myers.
* He also appeared in an episode of The Wayans Bros. where he arrives in town for a concert.
* Busta frequently collaborates/collaborated with producers DJ Scratch (Queens, New York) and the late J Dilla (Detroit, Michigan).
* "Touch It (remix)" Apeared At number 9 on "BET's Top 100 Music Video's of 2006"
Radiohead - Karma Police
A music video was made for the song, featuring Yorke as the only passenger in a driverless car as it chases a man (Hungarian actor Lajos Kovács) down a deserted highway. Finally, when it looks like the car is finally going to run the man over, it instead reverses, leaving a trail of gas, which the man sets alight. The camera then turns to show the back seat in which Yorke was sat, but he has disappeared. The video was directed by Jonathan Glazer, previously responsible for Radiohead's "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" clip. Glazer won MTV's director of the year award in 1997 for his work on this, as well as Jamiroquai's "Virtual Insanity."
A music video was made for the song, featuring Yorke as the only passenger in a driverless car as it chases a man (Hungarian actor Lajos Kovács) down a deserted highway. Finally, when it looks like the car is finally going to run the man over, it instead reverses, leaving a trail of gas, which the man sets alight. The camera then turns to show the back seat in which Yorke was sat, but he has disappeared. The video was directed by Jonathan Glazer, previously responsible for Radiohead's "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" clip. Glazer won MTV's director of the year award in 1997 for his work on this, as well as Jamiroquai's "Virtual Insanity."
Sunday, January 07, 2007
Seven Seconds of Love/Joel Vietch Day
From the 7 Seconds pf Love Webiste
7 SECONDS OF LOVE IN GLOBAL MEDIA COKE FRENZY!!
We recently announced we are considering suing Coca-Cola for copyright infringement over a 2006 South American TV ad which used a sound track and video gobsmackingly similar to our song and video 'Ninja'. So far the story has gone out on Sky News, Channel 4 News, and Channel 5 News in the UK. Furthermore almost 100 newspapers and news websites have run it all over the globe, including the London Times, CNN, the Washington Post website and the Sydney Morning Herald.
Heck, want to decide for yourself?! You can view 'Ninja' here: http://www.7secondsoflove.com/ninja/
and the Coca Cola Lite Ad here: http://www.coca-cola.com.ar/cocalight/home.htm (wait until after the intro)
For the full press release, to view the Sky and Channel 4 stories and read and more on the news features, visit our myspace blog site here.
Thanks to all our fans for their support! FIGHT THE POWER!
GIGS - MORE INFO:
BATH - Saturday 27th January 2007 - The Moles ClubWe love bathtime more than anything else, so join us as we get naked, grab our toys, and bits, and run a big one! Baggsy the slightly chewed plastic dinosaur - you can have the Fisher Price boat. Moles club info HERE. As you will see, everything about the Moles Club ABSOLUTELY ROCKS!!! (Did you take a look? It rocked, didn't it. Told you so.)
BIRMINGHAM - Friday 2nd Feb 2007 - Birmingham Barfly
Right - come on Birmingham, we're going to give you an hour session for this one, alongside our biggest, handiest mates Big Hand. The venue rocks, and so shall we. Once we are done you will be happy, relaxed, but a little sore. Consider yourself 7Soloved! Tickets HERE See you THERE..
Roll two dice. If the total is the less or equal to your Luxus score, turn to page 312. If the total is greater than your Luxus score, turn to page 84.
LONDON - Saturday 24th Feb 2007 - The Camden Barfly
We're repeating November's sell-out gig and golly are we conkers deep into this one. Tickets are 6 quid in advance or 7 quid on the door. We REALLY recommend booking ahead, mostly cause last time they had to turn beloved fans away, and that made us cry. Schwankcry, actually. Does anyone know what that is? I do.
Right, moving on, - tickets carry over into ace club night afterwards until very late indeed. What more could you ask for? Come join the parday! Info, booking etc HERE.
MORE GIGS IN THE PIPELINE - WATCH THIS SPACE!
***************SOUPYMANIA!In response to Soupy George, people the world over are putting soup on their heads and achieving great things! Marvel at the soupy legions here.
Do you have soup on your head? Send us a picture, preferably while you perform brilliant broth-based acts, and we'll add it to the gallery....
Oh yeah, and we've got a forum too! Come and blabber on to 7SoL and rathergood.com fans about whatever you'd like. The band might be around too, if you're extra lucky. Woohoo!
And if you are a myspace or bebo fan or come over and check out our sites! Click on the songs, look at the photos, and read about our latest band mischief.
WHO ARE WE?
7 Seconds of Love are:
Stallion Explosion: Singer
Cap'n Pat (aka Skipper): Guitar
MMVM (aka Oom Voom): Keyboard
Macro (aka Big Mac aka Love Tubes aka Mr Ed): Trumpet
Chaynsaw: Saxophone
Bass Cadet (aka Kelp Giant aka Bear Slayer): Bass
Skankhammer (aka Micro Ed): Drums
Friday, January 05, 2007
Apocalyptica - Creeping Death (Live)
Apocalyptica is a Finnish band consisting of three, formerly four, classically trained cellists and, since 2003, a drummer. Their speciality is metal music played on cellos, though they also play classical music. They are all former students of the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki.
Their first album, Plays Metallica by Four Cellos, consisted solely of Metallica covers. For their second album Inquisition Symphony, they added covers of Faith No More, Sepultura and Pantera, as well as three original songs. For their fourth album, Reflections, they developed their style of cello rock further; adding drums and developing a more electronic sound, instead of the previous acoustic style arrangement found on Inquisition Symphony and Cult.
Apocalyptica is a Finnish band consisting of three, formerly four, classically trained cellists and, since 2003, a drummer. Their speciality is metal music played on cellos, though they also play classical music. They are all former students of the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki.
Their first album, Plays Metallica by Four Cellos, consisted solely of Metallica covers. For their second album Inquisition Symphony, they added covers of Faith No More, Sepultura and Pantera, as well as three original songs. For their fourth album, Reflections, they developed their style of cello rock further; adding drums and developing a more electronic sound, instead of the previous acoustic style arrangement found on Inquisition Symphony and Cult.
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Disturbed - Land of Confusion
The most recent and arguably most notable cover version of Genesis' Land of Confusion was released by the band Disturbed in July 2006, as the third single from their album Ten Thousand Fists. It was accompanied by a music video animated by Todd McFarlane, known for his work with the Spawn comic book series. McFarlane had previously animated the video for "Do the Evolution" by Pearl Jam, and the "Land of Confusion" video has a very similar style. The song became their first #1 single on the Mainstream Rock Charts on October 26, 2006
The most recent and arguably most notable cover version of Genesis' Land of Confusion was released by the band Disturbed in July 2006, as the third single from their album Ten Thousand Fists. It was accompanied by a music video animated by Todd McFarlane, known for his work with the Spawn comic book series. McFarlane had previously animated the video for "Do the Evolution" by Pearl Jam, and the "Land of Confusion" video has a very similar style. The song became their first #1 single on the Mainstream Rock Charts on October 26, 2006
The Cardigans - Love Fool
The Cardigans are a Swedish band formed in the town of Jönköping in 1992. The band's musical style has varied greatly from album to album and encompasses their early indie leanings passing through '60s-inspired pop and more band-based rock.
Their debut album Emmerdale (1994) gave them a solid base in their home country and raised some flags abroad, especially in Japan. But it wasn't until their breakthrough second album Life (1995) that international audiences and critics responded. The band are perhaps best known for their international hit single "Lovefool", from the album First Band on the Moon (1996). Its inclusion in the soundtrack of William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet by director Baz Luhrmann secured their popularity.
The Cardigans are a Swedish band formed in the town of Jönköping in 1992. The band's musical style has varied greatly from album to album and encompasses their early indie leanings passing through '60s-inspired pop and more band-based rock.
Their debut album Emmerdale (1994) gave them a solid base in their home country and raised some flags abroad, especially in Japan. But it wasn't until their breakthrough second album Life (1995) that international audiences and critics responded. The band are perhaps best known for their international hit single "Lovefool", from the album First Band on the Moon (1996). Its inclusion in the soundtrack of William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet by director Baz Luhrmann secured their popularity.
Rocky IV - Living in America
After the fight, Rocky delivers a dramatic anti-Cold War message talking about union and friendship between both countries, as Andrew Korn's Russian character cheers. Because of his message in this sequel of Rocky and his characterization of an American military hero in Rambo: First Blood Part II in that same year, Stallone earned an award from President Ronald Reagan that year
After the fight, Rocky delivers a dramatic anti-Cold War message talking about union and friendship between both countries, as Andrew Korn's Russian character cheers. Because of his message in this sequel of Rocky and his characterization of an American military hero in Rambo: First Blood Part II in that same year, Stallone earned an award from President Ronald Reagan that year
Flaming Lips - she don't use jelly
Although the Flaming Lips take an indie rock/post-punk approach to rock music, the band is known for their lush, multi-layered, psychedelic arrangements, spacey lyrics and bizarre song titles (for example, "Pilot Can at the Queer of God", "Free Radicals (A Hallucination of the Christmas Skeleton Pleading With A Suicide Bomber)" or "Yeah, I Know It's A Drag... But Wastin' Pigs Is Still Radical"). They are also acclaimed for their elaborate live shows featuring fursuits, balloons, puppets, video projections and complex stage light configurations. In 2002, Q magazine named The Flaming Lips one of the "50 Bands to See Before You Die".
Although the Flaming Lips take an indie rock/post-punk approach to rock music, the band is known for their lush, multi-layered, psychedelic arrangements, spacey lyrics and bizarre song titles (for example, "Pilot Can at the Queer of God", "Free Radicals (A Hallucination of the Christmas Skeleton Pleading With A Suicide Bomber)" or "Yeah, I Know It's A Drag... But Wastin' Pigs Is Still Radical"). They are also acclaimed for their elaborate live shows featuring fursuits, balloons, puppets, video projections and complex stage light configurations. In 2002, Q magazine named The Flaming Lips one of the "50 Bands to See Before You Die".
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
The New Pornographers - Use It
The New Pornographers are a predominantly Canadian indie rock group formed in 1997 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Their sound is highly influenced by such power pop bands as The Cars and Cheap Trick, although their songs are generally of a greater melodic and harmonic complexity. Carl Newman, who writes most of the band's material, has said, "When I seriously started to try to write songs, my main influences were, like, Burt Bacharach, Jim Webb, and Brian Wilson. Those were the guys I kinda looked at their music and went, 'What the hell are they doing here?' I was just fascinated by the structures and the harmonics."
The New Pornographers are a predominantly Canadian indie rock group formed in 1997 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Their sound is highly influenced by such power pop bands as The Cars and Cheap Trick, although their songs are generally of a greater melodic and harmonic complexity. Carl Newman, who writes most of the band's material, has said, "When I seriously started to try to write songs, my main influences were, like, Burt Bacharach, Jim Webb, and Brian Wilson. Those were the guys I kinda looked at their music and went, 'What the hell are they doing here?' I was just fascinated by the structures and the harmonics."
Saturday, December 30, 2006
James Brown - Sex Machine
James Joseph Brown, Jr. (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006), commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul", was an American entertainer recognized as one of the most influential figures in 20th-century popular music.
As a prolific singer, songwriter, bandleader, and record producer, Brown was a seminal force in the evolution of gospel and rhythm and blues into soul and funk. He left his mark on numerous other musical genres, including rock, jazz, reggae, disco, dance and electronic music, afrobeat, and hip hop music.
Brown began his professional music career in 1953 and skyrocketed to fame in the late 1950s and early 1960s on the strength of his thrilling live performances and a string of smash hits. In spite of various personal problems and setbacks, he continued to score hits in every decade through the 1980s. In the 1960s and 1970s Brown was a presence in American political affairs, noted especially for his activism on behalf of African Americans and the poor.
James Joseph Brown, Jr. (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006), commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul", was an American entertainer recognized as one of the most influential figures in 20th-century popular music.
As a prolific singer, songwriter, bandleader, and record producer, Brown was a seminal force in the evolution of gospel and rhythm and blues into soul and funk. He left his mark on numerous other musical genres, including rock, jazz, reggae, disco, dance and electronic music, afrobeat, and hip hop music.
Brown began his professional music career in 1953 and skyrocketed to fame in the late 1950s and early 1960s on the strength of his thrilling live performances and a string of smash hits. In spite of various personal problems and setbacks, he continued to score hits in every decade through the 1980s. In the 1960s and 1970s Brown was a presence in American political affairs, noted especially for his activism on behalf of African Americans and the poor.
Death Cab for Cutie - I Will Follow You into the Dark
Death Cab for Cutie is an American band formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band takes its name from a satirical song, of the same name, performed by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band on their 1967 album Gorilla and in the Beatles experimental movie, Magical Mystery Tour.
Death Cab for Cutie is an American band formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band takes its name from a satirical song, of the same name, performed by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band on their 1967 album Gorilla and in the Beatles experimental movie, Magical Mystery Tour.
Jacques Dutronc - Mini Mini Mini
The miniskirt (often hyphenated as mini-skirt) is a skirt with a hemline well above the knees (generally 20 cm - about 8 inches - or more above knee level). Another way to tell whether a skirt is in fact a mini is to check if the wearer can reach past the hemline of the skirt with her ring and index finger while standing straight; if she cannot, it is not a mini. The mini was the defining fashion symbol of "swinging" London in the 1960s.
The miniskirt (often hyphenated as mini-skirt) is a skirt with a hemline well above the knees (generally 20 cm - about 8 inches - or more above knee level). Another way to tell whether a skirt is in fact a mini is to check if the wearer can reach past the hemline of the skirt with her ring and index finger while standing straight; if she cannot, it is not a mini. The mini was the defining fashion symbol of "swinging" London in the 1960s.
The Cat Came Back (Actual Cartoon)
"And the cat came back" (also known as "The cat came back") is a popular children's song, written by Harry S. Miller, in 1893. The story is a comedy, telling a silly tale about a man who had a cat that he didn't want, and when he tried to get rid of the cat, the cat kept coming back. It was also used as the basis for the 1988 short animated film The Cat Came Back by Cordell Barker.
"And the cat came back" (also known as "The cat came back") is a popular children's song, written by Harry S. Miller, in 1893. The story is a comedy, telling a silly tale about a man who had a cat that he didn't want, and when he tried to get rid of the cat, the cat kept coming back. It was also used as the basis for the 1988 short animated film The Cat Came Back by Cordell Barker.
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Squarepusher - Come On My Selector - Chris Cunningham
Squarepusher, the performing pseudonym of Tom Jenkinson, is an English electronic music artist signed to Warp Records. He specialises in the electronic music genres of drum and bass, musique concrète (sampled digitally rather than by tape), and acid, albeit with a significant jazz influence.
Squarepusher, the performing pseudonym of Tom Jenkinson, is an English electronic music artist signed to Warp Records. He specialises in the electronic music genres of drum and bass, musique concrète (sampled digitally rather than by tape), and acid, albeit with a significant jazz influence.
Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit
"Strange Fruit" began as a poem about the lynching of a black man written by a radical Jewish schoolteacher from the Bronx Abel Meeropol, who used the pen name Lewis Allan (the names of his two children, who died in infancy). "Strange Fruit" was written as a poem expressing his horror at the lynchings,and was first published in 1937 in The New York Teacher, a union magazine. Though Meeropol/Allan often asked others (notably Earl Robinson) to set his poems to music he set Strange Fruit to music himself and the song gained a certain success as a protest song in and around New York. Before Holiday was introduced to the song, it had been performed by Meeropol, by his wife, and by a black vocalist called Laura Duncan, who performed it at Madison Square Garden.
"Strange Fruit" began as a poem about the lynching of a black man written by a radical Jewish schoolteacher from the Bronx Abel Meeropol, who used the pen name Lewis Allan (the names of his two children, who died in infancy). "Strange Fruit" was written as a poem expressing his horror at the lynchings,and was first published in 1937 in The New York Teacher, a union magazine. Though Meeropol/Allan often asked others (notably Earl Robinson) to set his poems to music he set Strange Fruit to music himself and the song gained a certain success as a protest song in and around New York. Before Holiday was introduced to the song, it had been performed by Meeropol, by his wife, and by a black vocalist called Laura Duncan, who performed it at Madison Square Garden.
Fun Lovin' Criminals - Scooby Snacks
* There is also a cocktail called the "Scooby snack". It is made of equal part melon liqueur and coconut-flavored rum, shaken with a splash of pineapple juice, half and half or milk, and ice.
* In Glasgow's late night eateries the term Scooby Snack denotes a roll containing: Lorne sausage, bacon, a fried egg, a Tattie Scone, a beef burger and cheese.
* Alton Brown (in the episode "Tender is the Loin 1" of the television show Good Eats, aired January 18, 2006) uses the term Scooby Snack to describe: “A secret little delicacy that is saved and savored by the cooks back in the kitchen” (rather than being served on the menu).
* Fun Lovin' Criminals' first album contains a song called "Scooby Snacks". In an interview on UK television, the lead singer Huey explained that 'Scooby Snacks' in this case were diazepam (Valium) tablets allowing bank robbers to be so cool.
* In England for a small time they sold crisps, or chips, called Scooby Snacks; they came in several flavors, such as pepperoni pizza.
* Scooby Snacks is a slang name for magic mushroom capsules. The capsules contain Psylocybe Cubensis together with ingredients designed to enhance the experience, such as guarana, fo ti tieng, Spirulina, schisandra, ginseng and bee pollen.
* Drill Instructors in the United States Marine Corps refer to protien based snack food given to recruits as Scooby Snacks, particularly in medical and physical conditioning platoons.
* Scooby Snacks are also the name of a brand of human consumable graham cracker snacks that come in the shape of bite-size dog bones and come in the flavors of cinnamon and honey.
* There is also a cocktail called the "Scooby snack". It is made of equal part melon liqueur and coconut-flavored rum, shaken with a splash of pineapple juice, half and half or milk, and ice.
* In Glasgow's late night eateries the term Scooby Snack denotes a roll containing: Lorne sausage, bacon, a fried egg, a Tattie Scone, a beef burger and cheese.
* Alton Brown (in the episode "Tender is the Loin 1" of the television show Good Eats, aired January 18, 2006) uses the term Scooby Snack to describe: “A secret little delicacy that is saved and savored by the cooks back in the kitchen” (rather than being served on the menu).
* Fun Lovin' Criminals' first album contains a song called "Scooby Snacks". In an interview on UK television, the lead singer Huey explained that 'Scooby Snacks' in this case were diazepam (Valium) tablets allowing bank robbers to be so cool.
* In England for a small time they sold crisps, or chips, called Scooby Snacks; they came in several flavors, such as pepperoni pizza.
* Scooby Snacks is a slang name for magic mushroom capsules. The capsules contain Psylocybe Cubensis together with ingredients designed to enhance the experience, such as guarana, fo ti tieng, Spirulina, schisandra, ginseng and bee pollen.
* Drill Instructors in the United States Marine Corps refer to protien based snack food given to recruits as Scooby Snacks, particularly in medical and physical conditioning platoons.
* Scooby Snacks are also the name of a brand of human consumable graham cracker snacks that come in the shape of bite-size dog bones and come in the flavors of cinnamon and honey.
XTC - Making Plans for Nigel
First coming together in 1972, the core duo of Andy Partridge (guitars & vocals) and Colin Moulding (bass & vocals) went through many band names (including The Helium Kidz and Star Park) over the next five years. As the Helium Kidz, they featured in a small NME article as an up-and-coming band from Swindon. Drawing influence from the New York Dolls and the emerging New York punk scene, they played glam rock with homemade costumes and slowly built up a following. Drummer Terry Chambers joined in 1973. Keyboard player Barry Andrews followed in 1976, and the band finally settled on a name: XTC. By this time, the punk rock movement was in full swing, and XTC had found their style, a unique brand of hyperactive pop mixed with funk, punk, ska, reggae, and art rock.
First coming together in 1972, the core duo of Andy Partridge (guitars & vocals) and Colin Moulding (bass & vocals) went through many band names (including The Helium Kidz and Star Park) over the next five years. As the Helium Kidz, they featured in a small NME article as an up-and-coming band from Swindon. Drawing influence from the New York Dolls and the emerging New York punk scene, they played glam rock with homemade costumes and slowly built up a following. Drummer Terry Chambers joined in 1973. Keyboard player Barry Andrews followed in 1976, and the band finally settled on a name: XTC. By this time, the punk rock movement was in full swing, and XTC had found their style, a unique brand of hyperactive pop mixed with funk, punk, ska, reggae, and art rock.
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