Pete Townshend Talks About Himself
Pete the usually quiet looking guy has promised to air all the dirty laundry regarding all the ‘craziness’, from the sex, drugs Mods, and dishing about Daltry, Entwhistle and Moon
Happy Birthday Columbia Records
Barbra Streisand, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Miles Davis, Leonard Bernstein, Johnny Cash, Beyonce, Adele, Billy Joel, Al Jolson, Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, Robert Johnson, Bing Crosby, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Tony Bennett, Simon and Garfunkel, Leonard Cohen,
The Cure & The Story Of The Alternative 80s Pre Order Time
A new ‘one off’ magazine from the publishers of Metal Hammer and Classic Rock have a cool idea and are requesting pre orders of “The Cure & The Story of The Alternative 80’s” what a nifty idea for the 40+ somethings out there (and their kin).
Punk Rock: An Oral History By John Robb
I have not yet read it but when you get us old punks talking, the stories never end. That was such a vibrant time and I don’t think there is a one of us that wouldn’t want to go back if only for a day.
Cyndi Lauper: A Memoir
Sometimes I Come Off Good, sometimes not so good but I never wanted this book to be anything but my truth. It’s not about what people think of me, but what I learned along the way. And if telling the story of what I went through can help someone else, then it’s worth it.”
Panic! at the Palahniuk
I didn’t know it at the time (because I was nine), but P!ATD’s record A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out makes numerous references to quite a few of Palahniuk’s novels. Considering I love both the band and the authour, I decided to reread some of Chuck’s books, and listen to AFYCSO again and find all of the connections I could
Peter Hook To Release His Memoirs About His Time With Joy Division
I cannot go to a concert without seeing someone wearing the iconic black and white ‘Unknown Pleasures’ t-shirt, and it gets to the point that people should realize it is not hip anymore
PAPER Magazine's Carlo McCormick Comments On Five Album Art Covers
Still, Fuse TV proves us that art cover still matters by inviting PAPER magazine’s senior editor Carlo McCormick to comment on five recent artworks done for Justin Bieber, Maroon 5, Fiona Apple, Chris Brown, and the Smashing Pumpkins.
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Will Sergeant's 'My Own Worst Enemy’ At The Substrate Fine Art Gallery
If you needed a correspondence with both arts, you have it! ‘My Own Worst Enemy’, the title of the exhibit, a collection of many different mediums with abstract paintings, screen prints and collages, had attracted a large crowd in the small gallery on Friday night.
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David Bowie 'Speed Of Life' Limited Edition
“Speed of Life”, is the first book ever to show a visual account of David Bowie’s ongoing relationship with Japan and it’s influence on his work. Both authors’ words are written in English and Japanese, again adding to the arrogance level.
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'Now Royalty', Rappers Portrayed as Kings and Queens by Street Artist Kay
I had the chance to take a look, and it is some impressive work, with large Renaissance-style oil-paintings portraits, exactly like the ones you see in art museum, except that you can recognize your favorite rappers in each of them.
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'And She's Not Even Pretty', 45 Pieces By Courtney Love
‘It takes sleeping with a snake like you to rip apart my soul’, ‘Let you bleed all over me’, your typical Love signature, some provocative non-sense-crazy rant, angry for a reason she seems to be the only one to know.
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David Byrne and Fatboy Slim,"Here Lies Love " April 2013
This marks the first theatrical production of Here Lies Love, which was first presented as a concert (they actually called it a ‘show cycle’?)at the Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts in 2006 and in concert at Carnegie Hall in 2007
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Ronnie Wood, "Faces, Time and Places" On Display in NYC
The timing is interesting as Ron is about to be inducted for the second time into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for his work with the band ‘Faces,’ His first induction was for The Rolling Stones in 1989.
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The Story of the Streets
But what actually ended up happening was that hipsters in London thought, wow, this is amazing, and hipsters in Williamsburg and hipsters in Berlin were like, wow, this is cool. And meanwhile people in Birmingham were like, well, no, we kind of like whoever the big rap thing is. And you’re not UK hip-hop, mate, ‘cos it needs to sound American.”
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Warhol and The King Painting Up For Auction
The paintings encircled the gallery, reminiscent of early film, offering the artworks “a sense of motion, giving a cinematic quality to the paintings”, Sotheby’s said.
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The Flaming Lips’ musical ‘Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots’ to premiere in La Jolla, CA
Poetic? Sure it is the Flaming Lips! And be prepare for a lot of ‘fireworks’ as La Jolla has announced that the show will feature ‘multimedia stage effects’…. No surprise there, knowing what the Lips can do with just balloons and confetti.
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Val Kilmer as Mark Twain at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
“Form the ladder to my heaven.” Storytelling was a lifeline for Twain, and in Kilmer’s Citizen Twain, this lifeline continues into and after Twain’s death
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A little less King in Vegas
Anyone who can swing from a ribbon is nuts anyway but these extravaganzas bring in the crowds and with good reason. Simply said its pure entertainment visually and auditory.
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"Warhorse" At The Vivian Beaumont Theater, Tuesday, March 6th, 2012, Reviewed
This would be another nothing special war yarn if not for a terrific conceit that works spectacularly. The horses are puppets moved by three men, clearly visible. It doesn’t take long for you to believe in the horses
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Animal House: The Musical
By far one of the best college humour film of all time. John Belushi and Tim Matheson owned this movie. Who on Earth can fill those shoes?
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Weezy Inkin' Tales From The Joint
Weez kept journals? I would want to see those reprinted as written rather than in coffee book format. Can you imagine his scribblings and doodles? So fantastically cool.
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Diplo, A Book For The Party Animal
Now you can share the love cuz Dipster is making a coffee table book of his adventures. Since I think reading may be second on the list I bet it has great pictures!
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U2’s Spider-Man Musical Breaks Broadway Records
Actors flopping from the sky, sets on fire, staff changes, its like an old time soap opera with the added pizzaz of Bono and the Edge to muck it all up.
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Taylor Swift In Yet Another Les Mis Revival
First of all, before getting to Swift, do we really need another version of Les Miserables?! How many times can you reinvent Victor Hugo’s classic, with music or no music? The famous novel has already been adapted, I kid you not, 52 times since 1907
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The Worst Album Covers of 2011
I have only made my choice based on the covers, they say don’t judge a book by its cover? I have judged albums by their covers, and I am pretty sure that the music sucks too.
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Uncut "The Clash"
Thought not a tremendously long career The Clash sure did have a ton of stories, they’re well described here with an intro by Mick Jones and some photographs that I have never seen before.
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"Yeah Baby!", Austin Powers, The Musical
The storyline will explain how the swinging bloke got his infamous ‘mojo’. Myers will not appear in the show, the character will be portrayed by a younger actor.
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Salzburg Finally Sees The Sound Of Music
Bus driver Peter Proetzner carts around caravans of tourists on pilgrimage to sites made famous in the film and calls The Sound of Music the cities second biggest draw, over only the music festivals and is quoted as saying “TheSound of Music is better known than Mozart worldwide,”
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Rocky: The Musical, Resurected
Rocky, you’ll recall is dim witted boxer with the heart of gold and pet turtles, who beat meat in a freezer locker.
That project tanked. Yes, I know a musical boxing show was a sure thing.
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Sneak Peaks Week Of November 21st, 2011
On first listen, Mary J is very good, Pop Goes Punk is worth while if only for a terrific version of “Runaway” by Silverstein and neither of the remixes add much to the conversation.
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Soundtrack, ‘This Must Be the Place’, by the Pieces of Shit
The Pieces of Shit! A new band? Rather the unexpected collaboration between David Byrne and Will Oldham aka Bonnie ‘Prince’ Bill. They wrote five original songs for the movie
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Ad Rock Scores Off Broadway Musical
This is the part that gets adorable, Glouster Blue was written by Israel Horovitz, Adams dad
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"Feed The Beat", Taco Bell and Rock and Roll
Here are the bands involved in this years campaign. Bean burritos for all…
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Def Jam Recordings: The First 25 Years of the Last Great Record Label
To the tune of “This Old Man”—”This DJ, he gets down, mixing records while they go round.”
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the new Marilyn Manson album and at an opening of an art exhibit
morbid but beautifully done compositions.
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art exhibit featuring works of different artists inspired by Metallica songs
Can I get an invite?
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Little Shop of Horrors, Hartford Children's Theatre, Hartford CT August 8 & 9, 2011
two flawless performances
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Harry Connick Jr : On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
bringing his swagger to the St James Theater
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New Music Week of June 27th, 2011
Little Bad Girl (feat Taoi Cruz and Ludacris)- Here is where, Guetta endangers his pop credentials in pursuit of the beat. Actually two beats. One the normal dance beat we