Wednesday, September 30, 2009

In Other MTV News ...

… The City also premiered last night.  And no one gave a shit.  Whitney’s still a doormat, Olivia’s still a (FABULOUS!) rip-roaring bitch, and the clothes still outshine the entire cast.  The new addition to the show is Roxy, who apparently stabbed Stephanie Pratt in the back to get the role – LOVES IT!  Aside from her resume obviously being a complete lie (Rachel Zoe has never even HEARD of her, yet the writers had the balls to diss her in the script) and her houseguest skills being subpar, there’s nothing worth noting.

The thing that continues to baffle me about this show is that Kelly Cutrone – an absolute LEGEND - takes part in these shenanigans.  You’re better than this, Kelly!

I Want My iPod


Durante los años 80’s el lema “I Want My MTV” se incrusto en el subconsciente de todo adolescente que disfrutara del New Wave, más que nada en parte a la canción Money For Nothing de Dire Straits, MTV existía pero no todos teníamos acceso a él, pero era algo que queríamos conocer.

Tuve la fortuna de asomarme en algunas ocasiones a ese canal gracias al cable que tenían donde trabajaba mi madre, incluso pude ver partes del concierto Live Aid en vivo…

Desgraciadamente hoy MTV no es lo que era en aquellos años y para los nostálgicos nos queda VH1 Classic, pero estos, son otros tiempos.

Hoy por hoy, sin distinción de edades, todos quieren un iPod, y los que no lo quieren, ya lo tienen; en lo personal, me estoy reservando para mi iPod Touch de 32 gigas, en algún tiempo me hubiera conformado con un iPhone pero bueno, hay que ser realistas, traer un aparato de esos en la ciudad de México, es como ponerse un letrero que diga: “asaltame” cada vez que uno conteste una llamada en la calle.

Pero eso no es todo, el Universal publico un articulo donde se dice que comprar iPod en DF exige 95 horas de trabajo; en NY, 9.

“Un habitante de la Ciudad de México necesita trabajar un promedio de casi 12 días para poder comprar un reproductor iPod nano, mientras que en urbes como Nueva York, Zurich, Sydney o Dublín apenas necesitaría de entre 9 y 10 horas”.

“Los resultados arrojaron que, por ejemplo, un trabajador que gana el salario promedio en Nueva York, Zurich, Los Ángeles, Sydney, Dublín, Ginebra y Luxemburgo necesitaría trabajar como máximo 10 horas para comprar el reproductor de Apple con capacidad de 8 GB.

En contraste, con los sueldos promedios que se pagan en Nairobi y Mumbai un asalariado necesitaría de 160 y 177 horas, respectivamente, para adquirir el mismo producto.

De la tabla que muestra los resultados en 73 de las ciudades más importantes del mundo, el Distrito Federal se ubicó en el lugar 66, donde un trabajador tendría que laborar un promedio de 95 horas, es decir, casi 12 jornadas de 8 horas para comprar el iPod nano de Apple.

Otras de las ciudades que se encuentran por debajo del DF son Caracas, Buenos Aires, El Cairo, Delhi y Manila, mientras que en los primeros lugares están, además de las ya mencionadas, Miami, Montreal, Oslo, Toronto, Copenhague, Londres y Estocolmo, todas con promedios de 11 horas o menos”.

Definitivamente vale la pena tener que trabajar y trabajar para hacerse de su MTV personal dentro del iPod, mientras tanto hay que seguir alimentando la biblioteca del iTunes con mucha música y vídeos en lo que se llega el gran día.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

New Moon News

 

More news on New Moon Soundtrack. Pre-Orders on Itunes starts today! And if you do, you can instantly download Anya Martina’s song ‘Satellite Heart’. The same thing as last year, Itunes has packaged the New Moon Soundtrack with not one but 4 Exclusive Bonus tracks! Knock yourself out with the extra tracks from and DCFC’s Music Video for ‘Meet Me On The Equinox’ :

1. Lupe Fiasco – Solar Midnite
2. The Magic Numbers And Amadou & Mariam – All I Believe In
3. APM Orchestra. – Die Fledermaus – Duettino: Ach, ich darf nicht hin zu dir
4. Ulf Bastlein – Wandrers Nachtlied II, Op. 96, No. 3, D.768 (preorder only)

More details here. 

Please note that as far as we know purchase/preorders on Itunes is only possible for those who have US Credit cards and a US Billing address. 

More from Anya Martina about her song Satellite Heart from chopshoprecords!

“I heard all sorts of my favourite bands were being considered for the soundtrack (Thom Yorke, Death Cab, Grizzly Bear, etc) In fact, on the day of my own private screening, as I walked in, The Killers were making their way out.

oh.

em.

gee.

….When I heard that Chris decided not only to include Satellite Heart in my favourite scene in New Moon, but also in the soundtrack, I was-pardonthe pun- over the moon. I can’t wait to see it in the movie….”

 

TwilightersAnonymous has posted that Robert Pattinson is on the cover of SciFi magazine’s December issue.


 

It’s titled “Love the One You’re With” using the original NM poster as the two-page opening spread and includes many of the previously released press pix (i.e. Bella/Edward almost-kiss, Jacob in the rain, Carlisle & injured Bella), a lot in 5 x 7 or above. Written by David Grove, who was apparently on the Vancouver set at some point of NM filming, as he speaks about watching 100 high school extras at the junior high doubling for Forks High, singing “Happy Birthday” to Bella as she exits her truck. “The past year has been insane and psychotic,” he quotes Stewart. “It’s surreal to be playing Bella a second time, and I feel like I’m growing up with her.” (pg. 44) The sky then gets sunny, and Weitz moves the production inside to shoot until the clouds return.

Click here for the report! 

BTW, this magazine is sold at Kinokuniya. Please call to check if the issue is available.

 

MTV has reported that they were told, the new New Moon posters revealed yesterday 

Will primarily be used for outdoor bus shelters and other spots, primarily in New York and Los Angeles, that feature outdoor posters. There’s no word on the exact locations of the posters, so for now you’ll just have to soak it all in on the Web.

This reminds me of what Shaw did for Twilight last year! Twilight themed Mall, Buses, and MRT station!

 

 

 

Maybe this time we’ll see the ‘real’ New Moon poster on our bustops and NOT this !

Kidding lah… We love New Moon rice!

Monday, September 28, 2009

Save Ferris: A banda de ska que tirou meu sono

Em uma bela madrugada, enquanto navega pela internet, como de costume, deixei a TV ligada na MTV. A TV era uma das minhas melhores companheiras, depois, logicamente, de eu mesma e do computador.

Lá em casa a TV ficava ligada o dia todo, na maior parte do tempo no mudo, mas como naquela madrugada rolava um programa ótimo (a madrugada é o melhor horário para assistir MTV) abri uma excessão e ao som da televisão conversava e navegava na internet, até que um música chamou minha atenção, fazendo com que meus olhos deixassem o monitor de lado e se voltassem para a televisão, foi aí banda Save Ferris que acabara por me conquistar em pouco minutos de exibição, era o clipe da música que fez com que, após passar na TV, eu voltasse meus olhos para o monitor do computador em busca de mais sobre aquela banda que mexera tanto comigo.

No entanto, naquela mesma noite, em meio à busca veio a decepção: a banda já havia encerrado seus trabalhos em 2002 e eu teria acesso limitado ao que eles haviam elaborado até então, mesmo assim segui baixando todo som que encontrasse pois fiquei alucinada com os instrumentos de sopro, a voz maravilhosa da vocalista (Larry Monique Powell), as letras e o ritmo contagiante de Save Ferris.

Busquei pelo ritmo chamado SKA, que é como a banda foi caracterizada, para tentar encontrar trabalhos semelhantes, mas na época não encontrei nenhuma outra banda que me agradasse tanto… ainda estou em busca de mais trabalhos desta linha, ska é um ritmo muito rico. Isso é ska.

O apse da fama da banda provavelmente tenha acontecido quando ela aparece tocando no final do filme 10 Coisas que eu Odeio em Você e, é claro, também fez parte da trilha musical do filme. Abaixo o vídeo que mostra as cenas finais do filme onde a Save Ferris aparece tocando. Sugiro que já tenha visto o filme antes, pois como eu já disse… são as cenas finais, não quero estragar e aproveito para dizer que vale a pena ver este filme, é uma clássica comédia romântica teen americana.

A banda terminou mas sigo ouvindo até hoje, mesmo não deixando de lado o meu sentimento de depecpção, pois acho um disperdício de talentos eles não estarem mais juntos.

Parte desse talento deles pode ser visto ao vivo com a música Super Spy:

E, para encerrar,  fica aqui mais um clip da banda com a  música The World is New! Uma das minhas prediletas.

Até a próxima!

Decent Site of the Week: The Lefsetz Letter

Bob Lefsetz, music industry guru.

If you’re a music fan and are looking for invaluable insights into “the core of the music business,” then The Lefsetz Letter should be required reading. Having been published for over 25 years — first as hard copy, then an email newsletter and now in blog form — The Lefsetz Letter most definitely brings the goods. In an always an entertaining read, Bob Lesfetz examines the role of major record labels, grassroots development, downloading/file sharing, and personal reflections on music in an ‘answer-to-nobody’ manner.

Just take quick look at his rant on the VMAs and MTV’s deterioration. Or his advertising/music industry parallels. But really, it’s all in there — and it’s always an engaging, enlightening, and most importantly decent perspective from one of the music industry’s most influential analysts.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

I climbed a belgium chocolate mountain.

Last night at the MTV bash, I came across a chocolate mountain that had a warm chocolate fountain running down every side of it. Surrounding it was every sweet thing you can imagine: Turkish delites and fudge and bite-sized puff cream pastries and strawberries and marshmallows and kiwi and litchi. And so yes, I set out to conquer this mountain. And I did. I climbed my way to the very top and stayed there. Settled down there. Built a house for myself. A little getaway pad. And way up there beside the chocolate fountain I meditated for hours, with my mouth wide open. Good god what a thing of beauty this mountain is. I an honestly say that no other mountain in the world has given me as much pleasure. And believe me, I’ve seen a few impressive ones in my day: Masada, Table Mountain, The Alps. Needless to say I had to go running this morning with Adonis to pay for my reckless behaviour. But this is where it gets ugly. i woke up at 11.45, pulled on running shorts and shoes and had Wife drop me at Adonis who was waiting at the track at 12. And so we started to run. But half way around the park, the 5 pounds of belgium chocolate decided it was time to be flushed from the body. So for half a kilometre I ran “holding it in” with really embarressing flashes of me beside the road unable to move with my running shorts full of….Horrible. And then came the cramps. Jesus what a sloppy, sweaty, bloated mess I make on the running field. Poor Adonis.  Anyway, I convinced Adonis I needed to run past a toilet. Fortunately we found one near the duck pond, and thanks to the Royal Park keepers it was clean and ready to go. Jesus.  Anyhow, it is now only 5 hours before I must begin my 24 hour fast. The fast where I atone for my sins. Couldn’t have come at a better time. oh and last night at the MTV bash, the DJ played a song by MIKA called GRACE KELLY. It sounded like Twisted Sister or Queen. A rather fun, uplifting anthem to come out of the closet to, I must say.

Top Ten Most Ridiculous Movies in my Possession

Since I don’t want to do anything that I need to do to pack, I did the least important task first because it was going to be the most fun task.

Task: Organize all of the movies I own into two binders. No specific order. All labeled. It was quite a feat.

Realization: I have one of the most ridiculous collections of movies that has ever existed. The only saving grace is that most of the movies were free, a by-product of working on the last day that Village Video was in business. But seriously. I should be embarrassed.

The Most Ridiculous Movies in My Possession:

10. All You’ve Got – MTV made-for-tv movie about high school volleyball. Starring Ciara and Adrienne Bailon, so you know it’s a winner. Acquired for free.

9. 4 discs of episodes of Little Men – A Canadian show based on Louisa May Alcott’s sequel to Little Women. Acquired after a night of heavy drinking from Amazon.

8. Relative Evil – This movie is apparently so bad that it is listed as “Ball in the House” on IMDB, which I assume is some sort of working title/alternative title/who-gives-a-fuck title. Not entirely sure what it’s about. There seems to be drugs involved. Acquired for free.

7. Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber – This may be a Lifetime movie. I at least saw it for the first time on Lifetime. Jennifer Love Hewitt, doing it up as a total prostie bitch. The best part of this movie is the recommendations IMDB claims you will enjoy if you like this movie: Anchorman (what?), City of Shoulders and Noses (which, you may also like if you enjoy my movie, Slit and Commit, apparently), and Orgazmo (double what?). Basically, IMDB is saying that if you like this movie, it’s possible that you do not actually like movies. Acquired for free.

6. The American Mall – MTV’s answer to High School Musical. Not a fantastic answer. A musical about people who work in a mall who are apparently allowed to stay in the mall at all hours of the day. The main girl’s voice (Mia on Degrassi, y’all) is so digitized, it’s insane. Acquired for free.

5. The Mighty Ducks 3 – Mighty Ducks? Classic. Mighty Ducks 2? Even better. Mighty Ducks 3? Straight to DVD. This time, all of the Ducks are accepted to the same private school, but there is a question of whether they’ll make the varsity team or not! Guess what? If the majority of the National Junior Olympics hockey team came to your school, they would be on the varsity team, no question. If the rest of you mofos on the varsity team were so good, you would’ve been on the Olympic team, but since you were not, I can only assume you’d be benched once the Olympians showed up. Acquired for free.

4. Normal Adolescent Behavior: Havoc 2 – A sequel to some rando movie I had never heard of and that I don’t think has anything to do with this movie. Basically, a group of friends have sex with each other constantly. Starring both Stephen from Laguna Beach AND Phil of the Future AND Joan of Arcadia. Totally weird. And somehow, I feel like I saw this for the first time on Lifetime as well, which is totes appropes. Acquired for free.

3. The one-two punch of Teaching Mrs. Tingle and Disturbing Behavior – The crown jewels of Katie Holmes’ late 90s reign over our pre-teen zeitgeist. I was in 7th and 8th grade when these movies came out and I don’t think I was allowed to see them and I don’t think I have seen Disturbing Behavior still. These movies are a graveyard of teen heartthrobs and also thesis-worthy if your thesis was about “movies that made teenagers convinced that school administrators and all other figures of authorities were out to get them.” Acquired for free.

2. Pinata Survival Island – Another movie so good that IMDB cannot decide what its title actually is. A bunch of frat bros and sorority hos go on an island scavenger hunt looking for pairs of underwear (no, really) and pinatas filled with alcohol. They accidentally break open an ancient, cursed pinata which then terrorizes and kills them all. Can’t get off the island because the boats are gone, their cell phones don’t work, and the general consensus is “our other frat bros will realize that we’re missing after a day or two and come find us.” PSYCH. Acquired for $1.

1. Boxing Helena – Basically, the story of a man who is so obsessed with this lady that he cuts off her arms and legs and keeps her in a box on his dining room table. THIS MOVIE WILL BLOW YOUR MIND IN THE WORST WAY POSSIBLE. Acquired entirely on purpose after my dad told me about it.

The moral of the story is: I HAVE FANTASTIC TASTE.

Saturday, September 26, 2009

COCA-COLA LIVE! PRONTI!

Tutto pronto! Vota gli artisti e segui la finale del 26/09 online!

Manca pochissimo alla finale di Coca-Cola live@MTV – The Summer Song, l’evento gratuito di sabato 26 settembre in Piazza Del Popolo a Roma, che quest’anno presenta una vera e propria sfida di hits per decretare la canzone dell’estate 2009.

Lo show, condotto da Valentina Correani e Alessandro Cattelan, sarà in onda in diretta su MTV Italia a partire dalle 20.30 e si potrà seguire anche in diretta streaming su www.mtv.lit/cocacolalive, dove sarà visible lo show e si potrà commentare le performance e le canzoni in real-time tramite Facebook.

Nel corso della serata i 14 brani in gara si confronteranno sul palco e al termine verra’ decretata la canzone regina dell’estate 2009. Le canzoni in gara si possono votare tramite sms al numero 48254.

Oltre agli artisti in gara, sul palco di saranno i Tokio Hotel, veri e proprio special guest della serata che presenteranno alcuni brani tratti dall’ultimo album ‘Humanoid‘

Di seguito la lista dei 14 artisti in gara e delle canzoni che potete votare:

Broken Heart College: “Na Na Na”
Dari: “Cercasi amore”
David Guetta feat.Kelly Rowland:  “When Love Takes Over”
Dolores O’Riordan “The Journey”
Finley “La mia notte”
Gemelli diVersi “Nessuno è perfetto”
Giusy Ferreri “La scala”
J-Ax “Deca dance”
Lost “Sulla mia pelle”
Marco Carta “Dentro ad ogni brivido”
Negrita “Gioia infinita”
Noemi “Briciole”
Pixie Lott: “Mama Do”
Zero Assoluto: “Per dimenticare”

Will We Are Heroes Become She-Roes and Win Season 4 of MTV's 'America's Best Dance Crew'?

Yes, I play favorites. Shocking? Shouldn’t be. For the record, I want an all-girl crew to win the big money, $100,000 in cold hard cash to be exact, the title of America’s Best Dance Crew and to receive well deserved respect and admiration as well as the all-important opportunities that extend beyond the money and the title. You can argue with me if you’d like but my mind is made up. Yes, girl power is in full effect.

I won’t have to wait very long to find out if my “dream” has come true.  On Sunday, September 27 at 9 p.m. Eastern/Pacific (Tape Delay), during the live season finale, the winner of season 4 of Randy Jackson Presents America’s Best Dance Crew (ABDC) will be announced. This time, the ultimate battle is between Las Vegas-based sexy Latino crew AfroBorike and all girl crew We Are Heroes who hail from Los Angeles. Regardless of who ultimately emerges victorious, season four will mark the first time a woman will be a part of a winning crew…And it’s about time.

This isn’t the first time a all-female crew has made it to the final two. That honor belongs season 3 contenders Beat Freaks, a hard-driving b-girl crew. But unlike Beat Freaks, We Are Heroes are not uncomfortable with showing their softer, more feminine side.  The crew, which calls their style, “Glam Style” believes that they don’t have to be hard or look hard to go hard.

We Are Heroes - MTV's 'America's Best Dance Crew' - Season 4 (photo MTV/Poptower)

Go hard is exactly what We Are Heroes had to do throughout the season having been in the bottom two on three separate occasions.  Crew member Ali Ianucci, 25,  talked about weathering the trials and making it to the finale, “We are really excited. We didn’t know if we were going to get there. We were taking it week by week.”  For Ali and the other Heroes, being in the bottom two had it clear drawbacks and surprising “rewards”.  “It was a bad feeling being in the bottom two. [You think], ‘Wow I might be going home. This might be my last chance to dance.’ [And when you learn  you are safe], a fire is lit inside of you the following week. You are even more motivated to do your best.”

When asked if America is ready for an all-female crew to take the ABDC crown Ali said yes and of course expressed her desire for We are Heroes to receive that honor. Ali felt that Heroes, and their style, have been well-received. She believes that although they aren’t afraid to bring the sexy, because they “do things that the boys can do like flips, popping and locking and are good creatively,” they “get people’s respect.”

Ali, as well as fellow crew member Nichelle Thrower, 23, are new to We Are Heroes, joining the group, a couple of days before an audition at the request of crew founder and leader Hiroe (”Hero”) Mcrae 25, when two original crew members couldn’t get visas.  Ali had known Hiroe for a couple of years but did not know the other women –Riquel “Riqcliculous Licky” Olander, 22, Mami Kanemitsu, 26 and Nichelle. What might have been a disaster in the making worked out wonderfully according to Ali. “We completely clicked. I gained new friends, best friends. [Our being together] was kind of destiny.”

Should We Are Heroes win, Hiroe said she may go to back to her native Japan to visit her grandmother, who has been Hiroe’s biggest fan. She’s not sure what she will decide, but Hiroe is sure that she wants the girls to go on tour and to represent what We Are Heroes are all about and who they are — “true dancers”.

Showing You How It’s Done: We Are Heroes Signature Moves

Finale News

All of the Season 4 crews will return for the finale and will dance together for the Judges Choice performance. The following are the crews and their songs:

Shane Sparks’ group – Beat Ya Feet Kings, Massive Monkees, Southern Movement
“I Do (Represent)” Lil Jon ft. Swizz Beatz & Snoop Dogg

Lil Mama’s group – Artistry In Motion, Vogue Evolution, We Are Heroes
“Girls On The Dance Floor” Far East Movement

JC Chasez’s group – AfroBorike, Fr3sh, Rhythm City
“Fire Burning” Sean Kingston

Friday, September 25, 2009

MOBO Awards: Why oh why oh why?

Welcome to the first entry on the new Dylan and the Mule blog, which partners our podcasting site.

Words by The Mule

As the MOBO awards venture out of London for the first time and head to Glasgow on the 30th of September, we open up the debate…

“‘Music of black origin’ is already over-represented in UK popular music culture and the name MOBO represents a form of racism in its own right“. Discuss…
Okay, so I know this is not a new argument (the awards have been going since 1995) and it is one which is likely to upset some people, but please hear me out. I have several fundamental problems with the MOBO awards. So here goes…
The name is the most obvious problem. Music Of Black Origin. It is so pedantic and reeks of an attempt to deflect charges of racism, but actually invites them. “It’s not black music, it is music of black origin, so it doesn’t exclude anyone”.

Gospel MC Jahaziel: But where does gospel music come from?

Right, that’s unhelpful. So now we have to define what is meant by ‘black origin’. Can we really claim that all the music at the MOBOs is uniquely of black origin?  There are many non-black people who have had a huge influence on a host of genres which are being celebrated at the MOBOs. It is often argued that the root of modern popular music is in blues. Well I don’t accept that one ethnicity can claim ownership of three chords and a pentatonic scale (aside from the fact that ‘black’ is not an ethnicity, but let’s not overcomplicate this any more than I already have).

What about the roots of gospel being traced back to white slave owners and the Presbyterian churches of the Scottish highlands? Even that is only part of an argument because musical styles are too complex to claim they come from one ethnic source. The premise of the awards, brought about by a need to not make them appear racist, is deeply flawed and thus smacks of racism.

The beauty of music is that it draws influences form so many places. If you listen to the music being showcased at the MOBOs on Wednesday night, you will be able to spot influences from many different sources. It is the same at the Mercury awards and just about every other awards ceremony I’ve seen. Music is multi-ethnical and as fewer and fewer cultures exist in isolation, it will become even more intertwined.

Carrie Grant: Not strictly 'of black origin', but I may have missed the point here...

Music should be categorised by style rather than some outlandish claim that any particular style is the property of one ethnic origin. Often, music is excessively categorised to the point where it becomes confusing. I don’t know what post-fusion funk is, but I’ve seen it written. The point here though, is that ‘black origin’ is not a musical category. An awards ceremony celebrating under-represented hip hop and urban acts would be uncontroversial and of great worth. There could be many sub categories within this, just like at the MOBOs, but it wouldn’t be playing the race card at all. Let the talent speak for itself.

Also, is there really any need for these awards? It is important to note though that popular music is one area where being ‘of black origin’ is not generally a boundary, but often a plus. Urban and hip hop acts are seen as ‘edgy’ by the marketing types and A&R people. The market decides, and MTV and the charts are awash with acts which can be classed as being of black origin. If you look at the ethnic make-up of the UK, then compare that to the amount of acts ‘of black origin’ appearing in the main popular music output on radio, TV and subsequently in the charts, then it can be argued that music of black origin is vastly over-represented in this sense. As I say though, the market decides and this statistical over-representation occurs because the buying public likes the music. Therefore it is a valid indication of the quality of music on offer.

So if the music is over-represented rather than under-represented, then why the need for a separate awards ceremony, placing needless barriers in the way of accessibility?

To be honest, I had other complaints before I started writing this article. I was going to mention the problems with homophobia and murder incitement in 2004, the excessive consumerist culture which accompanies the MOBOs and my general dislike for awards ceremonies. However, I have come to the conclusion now that I would be happy to let it slide if it wasn’t for the ridiculous moniker.

So, let’s please keep race out of music awards shows so that we can ALL choose to enjoy them, or not, depending on our taste. ‘Black’ is not a musical genre. ‘Black origin’ is also not a musical genre. Music Of Black Origin is a needlessly confusing, ambiguous and inflammatory title and one which riles people up and causes endless controversy… and…erm…a…lot…of…publicity…..

…Hang on a second, I think I’ve just figured it out!!!

Moby. Play 1

T – 2,160 Day

“Wow! This city is beautiful!”

They brought a tour manager along with them. I was very nervous. I spoke to one of their managers and negotiated bringing this band to Clam for transport, hotel and meal costs … although they considered themselves a mid-level band.

The truth is that although they had three videos showing on MTV, they had NO gigs out of Morgenville.

Both the artist and management agreed to let me take care of this, their first show out of the capital …

That’s the way it was with all the Morgenville acts. They were basically doing a few local club deals and spending time rehearsing, waiting for the phone to ring …

I could use this to further promote my gig project and raise it to the next level, working with acts that have released debut albums.

This was one of the most stressful days I have had up to this point.

The opening band arrived by train early in the morning from Morgenville. I went to pick them up and take them to the hotel they would be staying at. I had printed time schedules for them to know what I had planned for them, and to talk over so I would be sure everything was OK from their point of view.

The nightmarish day would end 24 hours later, after I would take them back to the train station after appearing on a popular local morning TV show.

That day I would revisit two local radios and a TV station with the band. I had prepared some posters to hand over to them to take home as souvenirs (I didn’t necessarily like the way they looked … but they did their job, and were the cheapest to make).

Of course, I was away from home for almost the whole day. This was one of my most memorable days working with the band. I had the idea of bringing a larger band to open for them and I practically maneuvered this opening band into a marketing trap.

I partially did this to prove once and for all to myself and to the poor artists unknowingly coming here from Morgenville

a)      that people in Clam could do to them exactly what others did to us when we made it to Morgenville

b)      that a no-name band could attract a larger crowd than a possibly mid-sized artist, promoted daily on MTV

c)      that my band could rock and control the crowd with their unknown repertoire / better than the Morgenville act that already had three recent hits currently being promoted on TV and some radio stations

To this day, knowing now what I didn’t know then, I wonder if the same large 500 + crowd would have shown up for the gig had I put a ticket at the entrance … and my answer ultimately is always the same. NO.

I lost somewhere around 100 buckaroos but gained further popularity for the artist, bargaining power for the band on a local level, and more experience …

Thursday, September 24, 2009

LA DESHONESTIDAD EN EL ROCK: U2 Y ALGUNOS MÁS

U2 a veces no es tan honesto

A pesar de que el rumor de un nuevo concierto de U2 en México para mayo próximo,  ha causado revuelo en sus fanáticos aztecas, sin que hasta ahora se haya confirmado tal información, la banda originaria de Irlanda me sigue causando, como hace más 20 años,  dudas tremendas sobre su honestidad con la industria musical y su acostumbrada retórica sobre los problemas mundiales. 

Tiene tiempo que vengo cuestionando a U2, principalmente porque entran en el famoso dicho de que no se puede servir al mismo tiempo a Dios y al diablo.

¿Qué quiero decir con esto? Simplemente que por un lado Bono aparece ante las cámaras de MTV luciéndose en África como todo un luchador social, y en la siguiente gira gastan millones de dólares en escenarios gigantescos, restregándole en la cara a sus competidores que son multimillonarios exitosos  del rock, al estilo de los Rolling Stones, aunque estos últimos no entran en la hipocresía de luchar por los más pobres.

Todavía recuerdo cómo se fueron americanizando con el infame “Rattle and hume”, dejando atrás toda la belleza musical que habían creado con “Unforgettable Fire” y “The Joshua Tree”, con ese estilo europeo que me dejaba boquiabierto y todavía les creía todo su mensaje pacifista, como cuando dejaron su huella en el legendario concierto Live Aid.

Más ventas, más hits, más conciertos, escenarios más grandes (insisto), todo eso los convirtió en  lo que son, unos superestrellas, pero no unos luchadores sociales, creo que U2, pero en especial Bono, esa pose debería dejarla por la paz, porque no tienen ni idea de lo que realmente padece un pobre y los países ricos no están dispuestos a disculpar deudas.

Pero en esta gira, su gran escenario ya entró dentro de lo ridículo, lo que me hace pensar que sus extravagancias ahora están sobrepasando su música, han perdido el equilibrio de su mito. Su último álbum no causó el impacto que esperaban, y tanto MTV como VH1 han preferido pasar otras cosas.

Pero hay unas declaraciones que todavía recuerdo como si fuera ayer, cuando en una ocasión Bono despreció a las bandas de rock que convertían el escenario en un circo, y sin decir nombres yo sabía muy bien que se refería a Kiss, porque en ese tiempo la banda de los pintarrajeados precisamente estaban en su gira “Pshyco Circus” .

Gene Simmons de Kiss, un poco harto de estas críticas, también mandó una respuesta a U2, declarando que las bandas que hacían política con el rock, tenían todo el riesgo de caer en lo ridículo.

 A final de cuentas Kiss siempre busca el dinero de sus fans, a costa de riffs, explosiones y sangre, mientras que U2 hace lo mismo con sus pantallas enormes, pero con su retórica disfrazada de paz para ganar millones de dólares.

Aunque aclaro, que no me guste U2 después del “Joshua Tree” no quiere decir que millones de fans estén equivocados musicalmente, simplemente lo que reclamo es que acepten que si hacen buena música es para hacer dinero, no para ayudar a la humanidad.

Otros ejemplos de deshonestidad en el rock:

Metallica criticaba a las bandas que hacían videos, decían que no necesitaban imágenes con su música. Eso declaraban cuando hicieron “Master of Puppets”, después con el disco “Load”, en los videos hasta Kirk Hammet salió maquillado.  Y para colmo a Lars Ulrich se le olvidaron sus raíces underground, cuando demandó a sus propios fans por bajar sus canciones.

 Oasis:  Su ya mencionada separación es la publicidad más desgastada de los últimos tiempos, y lo que no puedo creer es que los medios todavía lo crean. No lloren fans de Oasis, los hermanitos regresarán, sólo fue un intento desesperado por generar interés ante tanta competencia.

Aerosmith: Joe Perry sacó las uñas esta semana, cuando declaró que estaba molesto porque se canceló la gira por la caída de Steven Tyler.  Los famosos “gemelos tóxicos” están en las últimas (por su edad y sus excesos ), mejor hubieran mantenido la ilusión de sus fans de que son un equipo. Ahora le doy la razón a Liv Tyler, hija del cantante de Aerosmith, cuando declaró que a su padre lo humillaban sus compañeros de banda.

Billy Idol: Cuando salió al mundo de la música, declaraba que era un punk, cuando era simplemente un rocanrolero con pelos parados y que hacía buenos temas. Me hartaba que siguiera insistiendo que era muy rebelde, nunca le creí y para su mala fortuna terminó haciendo discos de Navidad. De todas formas le deseo toda la suerte del mundo.

Keel:  Esta banda era comandada por un tal Ron Keel, quien al ver que fue un fracaso en el glam-rock, prefirió tocar música country. Lo curioso es que hasta cambió su forma de hablar como todo un ranchero, realmente fue patético.

Van Halen: Cuántas veces vi cómo vociferaba Edward Van Halen contra David Lee Roth, que cuando tocaron  nuevamente juntos, pensé, qué hipócritas. Ahora el guitarrista ignora a Sammy Hagar y a Michael Anthony, lo que me hace pensar que ese tipo debe ser duro de tratar. 

Sepultura:  En la actualidad esta banda no tiene ni a Max ni a Igor Cavalera, que fueron los hermanos fundadores de este mítico grupo de metal, pero el nombre se sigue utilizando y el único miembro original es Andreas Kisser. ¡Dios mío, que alguien les diga que se están engañando desde hace mucho tiempo!

 Black Sabbath: Cuando sale Dio de esta banda, quien sustituyó en las vocales a Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi conformó las alineaciones más extravagantes que se pueda uno imaginar, y siguió utilizando el nombre del grupo, mientras las arenas ya no se llenaban y tenían que  ir cancelando fechas. En estos tiempos mejor se llaman Heaven and Hell y Dio regresó. ¡ Por suerte!

Ozzy Osbourne:  Cuando sacó su reality en MTV, “The Osbournes” , el príncipe de la oscuridad se volvió el bufón más grande del rock. De hecho desde esa serie que le generó millones de dólares, dejó de hacer buena música y ya no ha producido ningún clásico. El que tomó fuerza fue su guitarrista Zakk Wylde, quien hizo un grupo por cualquier cosa que pasara y ya pasó (ya no toca con Ozzy). 

Gustavo Cerati: Ya no iba a escribir más, pero no se podía escapar un tipo que siempre que le preguntan de Soda Stereo se enoja.  Por esa banda te conocemos, deberías valorar más tu pasado, como lo hacen tus ex compañeros.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Djavú no Melhor do Brasil

Em O Melhor do Brasil deste sábado, dia 26/09, Rodrigo Faro recebe o humorista Carlinhos da Silva, o ator Claudio Heinrich, a apresentadora Gianne Albertoni e a atriz Pérola Faria no quadro Foras e Furos. Os famosos assistem a várias situações de humor com mancadas e foras do cotidiano. A história é interrompida e eles terão que desvendar como termina a esquete.

E as musculosas invadem o programa: Rodrigo vai conhecer um pouco mais sobre as mulheres que se dedicam ao fisiculturismo. Elas contam como é a rotina de treino, alimentação, preparo para competições e dão um show de força física no palco.

A banda Djavu, grande sucesso do momento, anima a plateia com o ritmo que vem conquistando o Brasil: o tecnobrega.

No Vai dar Namoro, casais que se conhecem no palco terão a oportunidade de engatar um romance. Depois de muita conversa, eles decidem se vai dar namoro ou só amizade. E após cada “beijão” entre os participantes, Rodrigo Faro ataca de Rick Martin.

O Melhor do Brasil, vai ao ar às 17h.

Fonte: PADTV

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Hoy me entero que quieren meter cadenas del presidente y mensajes del estado en los canales de cable, se supone que los canales de cable son precisamente para eso… para poder cambiar el canal cuando habla el presidente, y eso no es en Venezuela nada mas, en todos los paises el que el presidente hable es señal para cambiar o apagar la television.

Imaginense que de verdad se encadenen absolutamente todos los canales de cable… TODOS!, estos serian unos momentos muy curiosos para que apareciera el inquilino de Miraflores:

*En medio de una pelicula para adultos

*Justo cuando anuncien al proximo latin american idol

*En la mejor parte del final de Grey’s Anatomy

*Durante la final de la Champions League o el mundial o cualquier juego importante

*Cuando por fin estas viendo esa pelicula que siempre pasan pero nunca habias podido ver el final porque tienes que salir o tienes mucho sueño

*En animal planet, aunque no se notaria la diferencia entre una cadena de chavez y un documental sobre monos.

*Durante la final del festival de eurovision (a mi me gusta eurovision ok?)

*Cuando vas a salir tu mismo en el canal regional (en el de aqui sale cualquiera)

*En medio de los premios MTV (no hay kanye que lo pueda interrumpir asi que te perdiste a lady gaga y cada vez que los repitan chavez entrara en cadena)

*Estas viendo cazadores de mitos y justo en el momento que revelaran lo que siempre quisiste saber… chavez te va a revelar unas cuentas cosas.

*Cuando este dando barney o cualquiera de esos programas que tus hijos, sobrinos, hermanitos o primitos ven y ahora se pondran endemoniados por toda la casa a gritar y rayar las paredes.

Pero si quieren una recomendacion: encadenen fashion tv, bloomberg, managment tv, el canal frances y films and arts, total… creo que nadie ve esos canales de pacotilla. Y si nos ponemos a pensar, es una buena forma de ayudar al medio ambiente… con tantos televisores apagados le dariamos un respiro al planeta!

Hablando de cosas mas locas aun, ¿Cuales serian los lugares mas extraños donde podria aparecer una cadena de chavez?

*En el cine

*En el internet

*En tu celular

… no se!

Pero en fin, al parecer no es tan tragico, solo se encadenaran los canales nacionales y los que pasen algun porcentaje de programacion venezolana (pueden dormir tranquilos… no se encadenara el canal chino!) ademas siempre encontraremos mejores cosas que hacer como ver una pelicula o estar en internet.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

94Inc. le nouveau And1 tour!?

Une toute nouvelle équipe de streetball arrive sur MTV dès novembre! Des streetballers tels que;

-Helicopter, un dunker de 6′1 extrêmement explosif provenant du “Hot Sauce Killer Crossover Tour”

-Silk, une légende de Baltimore ayant des mains très agiles qu’on a pu remarquer dans le “Who Got Game” de MTV.

-8th Wonder, un ancien de And1 ayant également joué à Wake Forest et qui a dunké par dessus Carlos Boozer des Jazz de Utah.

-Baby Shaq, aka The Punisher aka The Rawkus, aka The Incredible Hulk…du Nike Battlegrounds

-Springs, également du “And1 Mixtape Tour”, alors qu’il avait seulement 16 ans à l’époque, également surnommé “Électric” car il bouge à la vitesse de l’éclair

-Air Bama, un des sauteurs les plus spectaculaires au monde, on peut le voir sur plusieurs vidéo sur YouTube

-Hot Sauce, probablement le Streetballer qui a eu le plus d’impact au cours des10 dernières années avec un contrôl de balle impressionnant et des “moves” du jamais vus!

-Pat Da Roc, un des joueurs les plus créatifs du monde du Streetball, Pat a gagné le “Ball4real Streetball Tour” il y a 2 ans.

My first VMAs aka Was Kanye for real?

My first VMAs were filled with controversy, free beer, making fun of other people’s fashion sense, and awesome live performances.

But let me back up a lil. I invited my boy Gabe from MTV to Rock the Bells at Jones Beach a few months ago and told him that I wanted to go to the VMAs. Last minute, he decided he couldn’t make it to Rock the Bells, and I jokingly said I still wanted to go to the VMAs. It was kind of ambiguous leading up to the weekend, but he said he’d hook me up if I could. Saturday night, I got a BBM from Gabe. He told me I had, not one, but TWO tickets to the VMAs. How could I say no?

Immediately, I sent out a text to 10 or so good friends and my gal Abbi responded first.

The only concern after that was what to wear. After consulting Gabe, he suggested I wear something “casual chic”, so I went with this. I look good…right?

As soon as I roll up Radio City, I get the royal treatment and get escorted past the police blockade and head right in. And what’s the first thing I do when I get in? I take a Twitpic of the empty stage from the third mezzanine, so everyone in Twietnam could see how ridic the production was gonna be.

Aside from the over-the-top production, I mainly was there to see Wale run the house band. My buddy Jesse from SoundCtrl is his agent, so I threw him a text to see where he was at. I was trying to chill since we had some time to kill. A few drinks later and surprisingly bumping into some friends, Abbi and I sit down at our seats ready for the show to begin.

I won’t bother you will the details because I’m sure you all already saw it. I just gotta tell you, I loved Forgetting Sarah Marshall, but I DO NOT think Russell Brand is funny at all on top of the fact that you can’t understand anything he says, so he was a horrible pick for the host. Wale shoulda been host. He was killin it from the side stage cracking jokes at everyone from Madonna to Lady Gaga.

Now, the other issue at hand is the whole Kanye thing. I was tweeting something and then all of a sudden Abbi hits me and goes, “What the fuck is going on?!?!?!?!? Kanye is on stage!”

Abbi’s a comedian with Upright Citizens Brigade, so naturally I thought she was fucking with me, but she wasn’t, which launched me into an intense debate as to why this happened:

  • Was it staged?
  • Was he drunk and/or on drugs?
  • Was it a publicity stunt?
  • Is he just completely fucked in the head? (side note: his hair looks like crop circles)

When I tweeted about my confusion, Gabe responded that it wasn’t planned. However, he did drink a whole bottle of Hennessey, so I was sorta right. And then I saw his interview on Leno, which confirmed that he WAS crazy:

After that, I sipped on my free Heinekens and enjoyed the rest of the show. However, just as I was beginning to forget what I had witnessed, EVERYONE was booing whenever Kanye’s name was mentioned or he was up for an award and screaming shit like , “Fuck you Kanye!” or “Kanye! You fucking asshole”, which made for an extremely hysterical evening.

At the end of the show, I remembered how insane Pink’s performance and Beyonce’s light show were. And then there was all the free beer, which made the aerodynamic stunts crazier and the lights brighter, so I had a great time for all of you guys and gals who couldn’t make it (or couldn’t sneak in). THANKS GABE!!!

Monday, September 21, 2009

Amy Winehouse: Giving Up Sobriety, Back To Bad Girl!

Yelling at the paps!

Sadly, it seems as if Amy Winehouse and her road to recovery have taken a sharp U-turn back down the road of her boozy, outrageous behavior.

Amy was seen spitting and screaming in public and the old gal is back into her nasty habits with full force!

Whatever is going on with Amy Winehouse now is such a difference from when she returned from the island of St. Lucia several months back, where she looked healthy and had put on some healthy weight  after becoming extremely anorexic-looking from her serious issues with alcohol and drug use with her ex-husband,  Blake Fielder-Civil.

Wild Amy Winehouse was so angry last night that she appeared to spit at photographers as she left a Soho jazz bar after a boozy evening.

She went back to her old ways as she hit the town with ex-boyfriend Tyler James only to end the night screaming and shouting at paparazzi.

Shrugging off rumours that she is back with ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil, the Rehab star looked very cosy with her former boyfriend.

Earlier in the night, the couple held hands and headed out to fish restaurant Livebait in Covent Garden.

The pair, who previously dated in 2003 and met when they were on the same Island Records label, then headed off to Pizza Express before the star performed a few tracks to an intimate audience at the Jazz After Dark venue. Via

Amy WIneshouse hving a beer putting an end to her new found sobriety.

Música/TV_Premiações MTV 2009

Essa semana, notícias e polêmica marcam as premiações da MTV. No último domingo (13) , aconteceu o VMA 2009. Os destaques da premiação foram definitivamente Beyoncé, com sua performance de “Single Ladies”, com sua vitória na principal categoria (Clipe do Ano) e sua participação no caso Kanye West x Taylor Swift e Lady Gaga, por ser considerada a revelação do ano e pela sua grande performance de seu novo single “Paparazzi”. As duas cantoras, juntamente com a banda Green Day, foram os grandes vencedores, com três astronautas de prata cada. A polêmica envolvendo Kanye West aconteceu no momento em que Taylor Swift recebia o prêmio de Melhor Clipe Feminino por “You Belong With Me”, quando seus agradecimentos foram interropidos pelo rapper, que dizia que estava feliz por ela, mas que o clipe de Beyoncé era um dos melhores clipes já feitos, causando um desconforto na cantora. Cada momento no qual o artista era citado durante a premiação, as vaias eram ouvidas. Quando Beyoncé foi ao palco para receber o principal e último prêmio da noite, ela deu chance a Taylor de continuar seu discurso, sendo bastante elogiada pelo seu ato. Outras performances além das cantoras citadas foram Green Day, Jay-Z, Muse (com seus novos singles), P!nk e Taylor Swift, além de um show tributo de Janet Jackson para seu irmão, Michael. Confira a lista de vencedores:

Videoclipe do Ano
_Beyoncé_Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)

Melhor Videoclipe Feminino
_Taylor Swift_You Belong With Me

Lady Gaga ganhou 3 prêmios e performou Paparazzi

Melhor Videoclipe Masculino
_T.I._Live Your Life (featuring Rihanna)

Melhor Videoclipe Pop
_Britney Spears_Womanizer

Melhor Videoclipe Rock
_Green Day_21 Guns

Melhor Videoclipe Hip-Hop
_Eminem_We Made You

Melhor Artista Novo
_Lady Gaga

Melhor Videoclipe (Que deveria ter ganho um Astronauta de Prata)
_Beastie Boys_Sabotage

Melhor Videoclipe Inovador
_Matt and Kim_Lessons Learned

Melhor Direção de Arte em um Videoclipe
_Lady Gaga_Paparazzi

Melhor Coreografia em um Videoclipe
_Beyoncé_Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)

Melhor Fotografia em um Videoclipe
_Green Day_21 Guns

Melhor Direção em um Videoclipe
_Green Day_21 Guns

Melhor Edição em um Videoclipe
_Beyoncé_Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)

Melhores Efeitos Especiais em um Videoclipe
_Lady Gaga_Paparazzi

Voltando ao Brasil, novidades sobre o VMB 2009 esquentaram a semana na MTV Brasil. Várias categorias (Pop, Rock, Rock Alternativo, Hardcore, MPB, Samba, Reggae, Rap, Instrumental e Banda dos Sonhos) tiveram suas votações encerradas na última sexta-feira (18), e seus vencedores serão conhecidos no dia da premiação, 1º de outubro, no VMB Antes apresentado por Cazé e Luísa. Os shows de Pitty, Móveis Coloniais de Acajú e Vivendo do Ócio foram confirmados, além de apresentadores como Mallu Magalhães, Gisele Itiê, Théo Becker, entre outros. Outras novidades virão nos próximos dias, já que se aproxima o dia do evento.

O Europe Music Awards 2009, EMA, começa a ganhar forma, com algumas performances e indicados divulgados. A premiação, que neste ano será em Berlim, Alemanha, terá shows de Leona Lewis, Green Day e Tokio Hotel apresentando seus novos singles. A banda Kings of Leon e a cantora Lady Gaga se destacam na lista de indicados, com 5 indicações cada. Especula-se que Sacha Baron Cohen apresentará a premiação como o seu personagem do recente filme Brüno. Confira a seguir a lista de categorias:

 

 

 

 

Melhor Artista Ao Vivo
_Beyoncé
_Green Day
_Kings Of Leon
_Lady GaGa
_U2

Melhor Grupo
_Black Eyed Peas
_Green Day
_Jonas Brothers
_Kings Of Leon
_Tokio Hotel

Melhor Artista Novo
_Daniel Merriweather
_La Roux
_Lady GaGa
_Pixie Lott
_Taylor Swift

Melhor Cantora
_Beyoncé
_Katy Perry
_Lady GaGa

Tokio Hotel, indicado e com show confirmado

_Leona Lewis
_Shakira

Melhor Cantor
_Eminem
_Jay-Z
_Kanye West
_Mika
_Robbie Williams

Melhor Artista Urbano
_Ciara
_Eminem
_Jay-Z
_Kanye West
_T.I.

Melhor Artista Rock
_Foo Fighters
_Green Day
_Kings Of Leon
_Linkin Park
_U2

Melhor Artista Alternativo
_Muse
_Paramore
_Placebo
_The Killers
_The Prodigy

Melhor Artista MTV Push
_Daniel Merriweather
_Hockey
_La Roux
_Little Boots
_Metro Station
_Pixie Lott
_The Veronicas
_White Lies

Melhor Performance MTV World Stage
_Coldplay
_Kid Rock
_Kings Of Leon
_Lady GaGa
_Linkin Park

Melhor Música
_Beyoncé_Halo
_Black Eyed Peas_I Gotta Feeling
_David Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland_When Love Takes Over
_Kings Of Leon_Use Somebody
_Lady GaGa_Poker Face

Melhor Videoclipe
_Beyoncé_Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)
_Britney Spears_Circus
_Eminem_We Made You
_Katy Perry_Waking Up In Vegas
_Shakira_She Wolf

A lista completa de indicados, inclusive nas categorias regionais, pode ser conferida no site oficial, com a votação já aberta. A premiação e todos os shows você confere no dia 5 de novembro, ao vivo na MTV Brasil. Mais novidades em breve.

Sunday, September 20, 2009

J. Cole Talks About "A Star is Born" on Blueprint 3 [Video]


One of the rookies of the year in rap, J. Cole, sits down with MTV to talk about his appearance on “A Star is Born” from Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3.

If you haven’t already, you can pick that album up from iTunes, Best Buy or on Amazon and check it out for yourself.
[UPDATE]: Amazon.com has an MP3 download for the entire album for just $3.99. Support your artists. Get it here.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

The Making of Hello Hurricane!

I just have to keep you people updated. It’s a fan thing . I’ve been away to my cousins’ house for a couple of days, and i missed ‘em.

….uhm, this might be a bit off topic, but i think Disney’s running out of ideas to be made into shows. I mean, have ya seen Oggy and the Cockroaches? Seriously, even the cheapest cartoons in Global TV could beat the heck outta that thing. And i got a Jonas fan in right now. Oh boy….

Ya know what? I think i should quit the sudden rants i’ve been doing lately.

YAAAAAAAAY we herehas pizza w00t

Eminem’s Acceptance Speech For Best Hip Hop Video- 09 MTV VMA's



Eminem won the MTV Video Music Award for best hip-hop video Sunday night for his song “We Made You.” “Wow. This is crazy,” Eminem said as he took the stage to collect his moon-man trophy. “I want to just say thank you to the fans, first and foremost, for sticking by me this whole time.” Then thanks his team, Peter Rosenberg (Manager/Business Partner), Shady Records, etc.

Eminem then proceeds to dedicate the award to lifetime friend, right hand man, D12 member- Proof, whom was fatally shot back in April of 2006. Eminem’s first performance on MTV, (since Proofs’ passing) wasn’t until earlier this year at The MTV Movie Awards. Kid Cudi’s DJ AM tribute song follows Em’s Acceptance Speech.

TWISTED SISTER - "Love is for Suckers" has made a sucker out of me

Twisted Sister - Love Is For Suckers was released on August 13, 1987, on Atlantic Records. Back then, as a Metal fan, I was totally engulfed with Thrash and Speed Metal. To make a Metal confession, I never bought this Twisted Sister album, after owning their first four albums. I was not overly impressed with Come Out And Play, (released in 1985), I guess the first three Twisted Sister albums really spoiled me. So, I took in whatever songs MTV or the FM stations were playing from Love Is For Suckers. Seeing the video for Hot Love and hearing it played on FM radio very frequently, back in 1987-1988 was, I thought, the coolest extent of this album. I always liked Hot Love, this song reminds me of some cool times back in 1987-88… and there isn’t anything wrong with that. Hot Love is upbeat and (gasp), commercially catchy in it’s unique Heavy Metal way. A few years ago, I bought Twisted Sister’s Big Hits and Nasty Cuts: The Best of Twisted Sister, it contains several cool live bonus tracks that enticed me… unreal great songs at that. The Metal kicker here, is that there are no songs from Love is for Suckers on this Best of album… I smell controversy. Therefore, my continuation of never hearing more than Hot Love from Love is for Suckers continued… Fast forward to September 18, 2009… Twisted Sister – Love is for Suckers has for all Metal intents and purposes, made a sucker out of me.

Understand, that I could never financially afford or find the time to listen to every Heavy Metal and Hard Rock album that has been created in the last forty years. For me, that is impossible, I would have to be able to do nothing at all but listen to Heavy Metal/Hard Rock every hour, around the clock, with an endless flow of cash available to buy every album out there. Step in my best buddy Scott… a copy of Love is for Suckers arrived in my mail today, thank you Scott. This album was just an unfortunate victim of being overlooked by me for over two decades… today I repent this Heavy Metal error and I am a better Metalhead for it. I now hereby declare, that Love is for Suckers is incredibly better than Come Out And Play, in my Metal opinion. Plus, all of the professionally paid Rock critics who have bashed and trashed this great album over the years should be embarrassed for never listening to it in the first place.

My favorite song is the album opener – Wake Up (The Sleeping Giant), not to sound like a lame television talent show judge here… Dee Snider on vocals is not just powerful, he is electrifying, in my Metal opinion. Whoa, do I wish I listened to this album years ago. I honestly will put this song at the top of my favorite list for Twisted Sister songs and Heavy Metal songs period. Me and the Boys and Yeah Right are two other stand out songs for me as well. Suffice to admit, there is not one song on Love is for Suckers that I would fast forward through ever. A wise Metalhead once told me… great Metal comes to those Metalheads who wait. Well, this Metalhead unbelievably waited twenty two years to finally listen to Love is for Suckers in it’s entirety. I’m sure Dee Snider will forgive me. I am Metal thankful to my best buddy Scott for making me realize… I am a sucker for Love is for Suckers after all.

Twisted Sister as they appeared on Love is for Suckers:

Dee Snider – lead vocals

Eddie “Fingers” Ojeda - lead guitar

Jay Jay French - rhythm guitar, backing vocals

Mark “The Animal” Mendoza – bass, backing vocals

Joe Franco – drums, percussion (credited as Joey “Seven” Franco)

* Obviously, the legendary A.J. Pero was not the drummer on Love is for Suckers.

* Kip Winger supplies backing vocals on Love is for Suckers… cool.





Thursday, September 17, 2009

E mais uma vez com vocês: E.M.I.C.I.D.A

Está aí mais um divisor de águas do cenário rap nacional, esse cara aí, Leandro, com codinome de E.M.I.C.I.D.A.

Letras inteligêntes e sem “média”.

É uma pena que ta caíndo nos ouvidos de quem não tá pra entender…

Quem ta pra entender:

Tracklist:

1. Intro (É Necessário Voltar Ao Começo/ Part. Projeto Nave)

2. E.M.I.C.I.D.A (Prod. Nave)

3. Sozim (Prod Marechal)

4. Rotina (Prod. Nato PK)

5. Pra Mim… (Isso é Viver/ Prod DJ Nyack)

6. Ainda Ontem (Part. Rashid, Projotae Fióti)

7. Pra Não Ter Tempo Ruim (Part.Matiana Timbó)

8. Só Isso (Prod. Slim Rimografia)

9. Vô Busca Minha Fulô (Prod DJ Nyack)

10. Ela Diz (Prod. Emicida)

11. Por Deus Por Favor (Prod Marechal)

12. Preciso (Melô Do Mundiko/ Prod. Nave)

13. A Cada Vento (Part. Paulo)

14. Sei Lá… (Part. Rael Da Rinha/ Prod Emicida)

15. Cidadão (Prod. Léo Casa1)

16. Soldado Sem Bandeira (Prod. Emicida)

17. Vai Ser Rimando (Prod. Emicida)

18. Um, Dois, Trez, Quatro

19. Fica Mais Um Pouco Amor (Prod. Nave)

20. Outras Palavras (Part. Rael Da Rinha/ Prod. Dichinelo, Marechal, Damien Seth)

21. Hey Rap! (Prod. Dario)

22. Essa É Pra Você Primo

23. Triunfo

24. Eu Tô Bem (Part. Daniel Cohen/ Prod DJ Nyack)

25. Ooorra… (A Que Deu Nome A Mixtape/ Prod. Nave)

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News Roundup: 90210, Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill and The O.C.

  • Last night’s 90210 earned about the same rating as the premiere last week, 2.4 million viewers.
  • The first soundtrack for 90210–creatively titled Soundtrack 90210–will be released October 13th, featuring never-before-released songs by top bands that will all play on the show this season.  Stay tuned for exciting news about this and TDW!
  • Check out my latest comment on my Twitter Directory for an interesting development with Brian Austin Green (David, Beverly Hills 90210) or someone claiming to be him.
  • Ray Wise (Daniel Hunter, Beverly Hills 90210) has joined the cast of Dollhouse.
  • The CW sent out a press release touting Gossip Girl’s ratings and market shares for Monday night.
  • Variety is now reporting that Gossip Girl actually did better than One Tree Hill last night, with 2.55 for GG and 2.45 for OTH.
  • Blake Lively (Serena, Gossip Girl) and Leighton Meester (Blair, Gossip Girl) will be presenters at Sunday night’s Primetime Emmys.
  • E!Online has a semi-spoilish interview with Joanna Garcia (Bree, Gossip Girl).  Nothing really new, though.
  • Examiner.com has an article on some of the One Tree Hill cast being at the charity fundraiser and one on the new season.
  • The Mark Schwahn preview for the next episode of One Tree Hill is on YouTube.
  • There is a new SoGoPro podcast featuring Hilarie Burton (Peyton, One Tree Hill).
  • MTV has an interview with Mischa Barton (Marissa, The O.C.).  The O.C. is mentioned a little bit, and a bit more in this interview with the Los Angeles Times.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Kanye West is a Jackass

It has come to my attention that there’s a huge uproar over President Obama calling Kanye West a “jackass” after his disrespectful interjection at the 2009 Video Music Awards this past Sunday.  The majority of the debate is over whether or not news corespondents, like Terry Moran from ABC news, should be allowed to tweet certain things that would otherwise be considered “off the record.”  Journalism’s panties have been put in a bunch during the Twitter age, basically.  Frankly, Twitter is more status updating and opinion based than it is journalism, so I don’t know why people are so hell bent on pointing a dirty finger.  The fact of the matter is, people, especially some journalists, love to start shit, but the President has the same first amendment rights as the rest of us and rest assured, the President is not the only one calling Kanye West a jackass for his inexcusable behavior.  Was it unnecessary for the fact that President Obama called West a “jackass” to be tweeted?  Yes.  Was it untrue gossip?  No.  Should journalists be reprimanded for publishing something that was intended to be “off the record.?”  No.  End of story.  There are  much larger things to be concerned about right now.  Professional, overpaid journalists spending their working hours on social networking sites and Kanye’s poor sportsmanship are low on the priority list.  President Obama knows that.

Kanye West And Serena Williams TOTALLY RUINED The American Civil Discourse.

You’d believe that if you’re the kind of person who thinks that daily periodical USA Today is printed by way of spraying truth dust on bible parchment. Judging by the fact that it’s the #1 selling newspaper, the odds are high that the average American might just agree with my sarcastic and misleading headline.

While they also threw Joe Wilson, R-SC on the page too, to make it seem like they’re not trying to paint black people as the reason for the peril of civility, I’d say that Joe Wilson should have been there, because he did something that actually matters. All Kanye West did was hurt a 19-year-old megastar’s feelings, and all Serena Williams did was threaten a referee with death by tiny yellow fuzzy sphere. Joe Wilson continued the hack tradition of misleading the public to believe bullshit about the healthcare debate that is simply and easily disproven. (In the House Bill, (Sec. 246) titled “NO FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR UNDOCUMENTED ALIENS,” states: “Nothing in this subtitle shall allow Federal payments for affordability credits on behalf of individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States.”)

A rapper and an athlete were rude, but their acts, albeit in the public sphere, are far from the DESTROYING THE NATIONAL FABRIC level of sin that the mainstream media (i.e. old white people in dead tree media, like David Brooks, who had to mention Kanye and Michael Jordan in the same sentence as Joe Wilson in his NYT op-ed today) are making these moments out to be. Also, their professions are in the Entertainment industry, which I think it’s safe to say Politicians should not be classified as, no matter how unproductive they tend to be.

Is there anyone that should be blamed for demolishing the national conversation that we’ve been led to believe this nation used to have and hold so near and dear to itself?

Well, I’d say all of us are to blame, at least those of us who don’t speak out when douchebaggery goes unchecked. We let our tempers undo our thinking for us, and it leads to a nation where the phrase “Fox News Channel” isn’t always followed by laughter.

A nation where one of my favorite funnymen, Jon Stewart, during his return from a three-week vacation last night, still thinks it’s great to make Black People Yell During Movies jokes (Jon, remember: you’re the host of a quasi respectable news show, you’re not Greg Giraldo scraping the barrel of obvious at the Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav).

A nation where science is on the verge of being outlawed below the Mason-Dixon line because Jesus isn’t in The Periodic Table Of Elements.

A nation where doctors at Planned Parenthood fear for their safety on a daily routine, simply because they practice legal medicine.

Simply put: we’ve got a tendency to walk around as a nation of haters.

Yes, Kanye is a douchebag, and the Williams sisters really get into the game of tennis to the verge of orgasm-sounding guttural noises on the court, but for both of these examples, they’re far from the only ones in their field who are guilty. Tim Commerford, of the sort of defunct Rage Against the Machine, was so offended that MTV, bastion of great music programming, gave an award to Limp Bizkit and not his band, that he stormed the stage, and scaled the set and had to be talked down from his temper tantrum, which lasted FAR longer than Kanye’s did. And in terms of Tennis, I only have two words for you: John McEnroe. But because USA TODAY needs to sell copies, they forget that everybody’s been shitting on each other for far longer than this almost over decade, and the especially vitriolic last summer.

And the public loves this stuff. Almost everyone on Twitter for the last two days has just turned into Kanye Joke Spam Bots, myself included. But there’s a simple line between joke and hate: anger. Where else is anger less stomachable and obvious than when the N word comes into play.  Reggie Osse, twitter user Combat_Jack, spent a good part of tonight highlighting the guano-insane racism directed in Kanye’s direction on twitter.

It’s the responsibility of the adults in the room, who used to be the media, to step in and try to curb the anger and racism and educate people, back to sensibility, even if they’re kicking and screaming. But no, Glenn Beck, who I mentioned earlier, is at the center of this all, making himself filthy rich, not that CNN Headline News didn’t bring him there already, off of his 9/12 Movement, which is another phrase that the lunatic fringe The Birthers/Truthers/Lyndon LaRouchers/Tenthers/Deathers/etc. will be veiled in other than their real name: The Racists.

The rest of the non-Fox MSM, for the most part, gave a lot of coverage to the Glenn Beckers as they marched on Washington this weekend. Lately, in discussion with friends and family, I’ve shared my disapproval for the way Obama’s handling the health care reform. I think he’s been ineffective and too defensive. The same can be said 100 times over for the majority of the Democratic Party. What I do approve of, though, is the constant turning of the cheek that Obama’s given to the nutters in the street. I don’t know how I could have, if I were in his shoes, not spent my weekend throwing water balloons filled with piss at these groups, or at least had Rahm Emanuel do it for me. At least in this capacity, we finally have a President who displays the maturity we all should strive to achieve.

But yes, every moral high ground has an exception, and mine is Glenn Beck, who I will argue is one of the five biggest assholes on television.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

I Cannot Watch: Taylor Swift on The View

Today on TV:

Taylor Swift, 19, is going to make her first appearance on “The View.” and is scheduled to perform two songs.

Swift comes fresh from her high-profile appearance Sunday night at the MTV Video Music Awards. She was giving her acceptance speech after winning best female video of the year when Kanye West jumped on stage and said Beyonce should have won instead.

Catch “The View” at 11 a.m. EDT. on ABC.

(via AP)

Today's Hodgepodge

*THE 2009 VMAS*

  • Kanye West has always been an attention-getter to make up for his lack in stature, muscles and probably something else.  Ahem.  He always speaks before he thinks, and I remember a time when Justin Timberlake had won an award (a Grammy, or something) and he boasted how he should have won instead because his song was better and blase, blase – it’s all about me, me, me, me, me.  Then yesterday, not only did he diss Taylor Swift but he embarrassed Beyonce as well by dragging her into his mud, and ultimately stole both their winning moments.   But, Beyonce’s classy and gracious invitation to Taylor during her own acceptance speech was so heartwarming.  Way to go, ladies!  Now everyone hates Kanye, including his colleagues.  Ya got what was comin’ to ya and you should learn about Karma.   He just doesn’t need to be invited to award shows anymore.   (And because of this controversy, Jay Leno might get a major boost in his ratings tonight for his new show, which might also boost his ego.  Letterman is the man!)
  • The Michael Jackson Tribute was awesome and seeing Janet dancing next to her brother got me all choked up.
  • Lady GaGa is too much of a character, right down to her outrageous outfits, her stage name and her over-the-top “I’m-bleeding-because-of-the-paparazzi-chasing-me-and-I’m-going-to-die-hanging-here” performance.  I started laughing like hell when she started playing the piano with one leg up on the piano keys – open wide.  But she sells a bunch of records and I don’t think she’ll go away soon.
  • I don’t really care about the New Moon trailer, just like how I didn’t really care about the mediocre, overrated books either.  I only liked the Italy sequence in the New Moon book, but I thought that when they try to adapt it to the screen, it would come off really corny. Bella went all suicidal in the book and she would see flashbacks of Edward and hear his voice in her head.  This would be hard to translate on to the screen without looking pathetic.  And yup, the trailer exudes corniness.  Edward’s not looking so hot anymore, either.

*SERENA WILLIAMS*

  • After her ugly tirade, she finally made a public apology during her press conference after her Doubles win.  Although it was through a smiling face, I doubt how sincere it was.  I bet she’s damn happy that Kanye’s outburst is taking the attention off of her today.

*ROGER FEDERER VS. JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO*

  • *Sniffle*  Roger Federer didn’t win his 6th straight US Open title, but that’s okay because he already has 15 Grand Slam wins.  A determined Del Potro outplayed a flustered Federer today, who made a lot of errors and double faults.  I don’t know what was pressuring Federer; maybe he wanted to win a title for his newborn twins.  He was out of touch today and the better player won.  If he can beat Nadal and Federer, then Del Potro deserves to be the new champion.  A pat on the back for him and Argentinian fans.

*THIS IS IT*

  • The trailer for Michael Jackson’s This Is It movie looks amazing and it got me all choked up again.  It looks like it would have been one of his best concerts ever, if not, the best.  RIP.  See the trailer here or view below.

*PATRICK SWAYZE PASSED AWAY*

  • “Nobody puts Baby in the corner.” Who’s ever going to forget that line by Johnny Castle in the cult classic Dirty Dancing?  Patrick Swayze’s other most memorable role was Sam Wheat in Ghost, which featured the iconic romantic scene of wet clay and sex to the song Unchained Melody.  Rest easy, Patrick. I’d like to mention a few of his other roles that people may have forgotten about.
  • Darrel “Darry” Curtis, Ponyboy’s brother, in The Outsiders
  • Bouncer Dalton in Roadhouse
  • Surfer dude bank-robbing Bodhi in Point Break
  • Sweet and sensible transvestite Vida in To Wong Foo Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar (I forgot about that movie!)
  • He was also good in City of Joy.  His character’s name was Max Lowe

Monday, September 14, 2009

Who's Worse?

OK, all everyone is talking about this morning is Kanye West and his outburst during the MTV VMA’s last night.  I never realized how many people still watched MTV, let alone the VMA’s.  I think the last time this show had any relevancy was when “The Kiss”  happened between Madonna and Brit.

Anyway, back to the point at hand.  Was Kanye’s outburst wrong, sure.  I actually think it was staged, but that’s just me.   Just think of all the free pub MTV, Kanye, Beyonce and Swift got from this.  For them it is gold, and lets not forget, this wasn’t even the worst outburst over the weekend.

If you missed it here it is:

Threatening and berating an official should and is uncalled for.  Don’t be pissed at her because you screwed up.  Saying that you “will shove this racket up your a%$”  is just wrong and she deserved to get tossed.  She deserves the fine and she deserves to be suspended.  On a related note, how can the announcers(John McEnroe, Dick Enberg and Mary Carullo) say that the official could not make that call at that time and was “over-officiating.”  A rule is a rule and she made the right call.  Shame on the three of them for quasi-defending Serena’s actions.

So, who’s worse?  A professional athlete on a national stage during the semifinals of one of the four biggest tournaments in her sport berating an official over a CORRECT call, or an entertainer interrupting another entertainer as she accepted a silver-coated moonman for an award that no one even thought existed anymore(seriously, when was the last time MTV even aired a video???)

I’m going with Serena.  We all knew that Kanye was a bit off his rocker, now we know that Serena is as well.

Kanye West is an Asshole.

At the [b]MTV Video Music Awards Kanye West[/b] gave the world just what they expected with yet another assholish performance.

As Taylor swift was accepting the award for best female video, an unsolicited Kanye ran on stage to say that he thought Beyonce was robbed. Later, Beyonce called Taylor Swift on stage for another opportunity to give her speech.

It’s funny. Kanye raps about being classy. Someone tell Kanye that class is not about popping collars…

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Exclusive @ The Pattinson Project: VMA - Insider Edition!

Ohhhh, hang on to your seats, kids!  Have I got some exciting news for you!

So, my sister is actually in NYC as we speak on business.  What’s that bi’nis, you ask?  (That’s right, I can hear you!)  Oh, no big deal— her company is just hosting one of the numerous after-parties following the MTV Video Music Awards.  What does she do, you ask?  Well, sorry, I’m not going to come out and say it, but let’s just say what she does is pretty cool and her company issues you the news in glossy paper format.  That is all.

Jack Nicholson

 

Moving right along to the juicy deets, I know that’s what you’re here for anywho!

Last night she tells me she met the incredible Mr. Jack Nicholson while she was out at dinner.  She just happened to look over at the table next to her looked over at to the table next to her and there he was!  She said he was “very nice” and “very cool!”  Like we didn’t know that already, sis!!

Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattinson

Most exciting to me, she has confirmed that she just received their confirmation list for party invites and guess who’s on there?!  Yup!  Robert Pattinson!  She adds that Taylor Lautner is on the list, as well and that she did not “recall the others“ (Ashley Greene or Kristen Stewart) had or had not RSVP’d, but she would keep me posted on this.

Since my sister is an openly non-RPattz fan (I know, it’s evil, isn’t it?!), who she lovingly calls “Rob Patt” (LOL), she is being a good great sis and playing along.  She says she’ll get as many pics as she can of the the cast, since she’s on the job & all.

Oh, and I have officially placed her on #RobWatch for the #NewStoliShirt:

Sis:  “And.. why am I looking for him to be wearing a t-shirt?”

PP:  [Insert #NewStoliShirt story here]

Sis:  “Oh, geez.

It’s in her opinion that “he won’t” wear said Stoli t-shirt, that he & his castmates “will get dresed by a designer.  It’s Fashion Week in NYC!“  She predicts that “[Rob] will be in all black.“  Ohh, so she’s playing with fire now, is she?! LOL  Also some of our awesome Twitter friends would agree that he looks hot in black (@EverythingRob) , others said that he would look great in his birthday suit (@mini_Rosalie) or bubble wrap (@ElusiveKoolaid).  Ohmy.. ladies!  Wow… ROFLMAO!  No comment!

Back to the deets!  She also states that Sean Kingston & Santi Gold would be performing live at the show.  Also, Janet Jackson will be performing tonight, but she will be introduced by a BIG NAME!  Oh, boy! And I know who it is!!!!! Muhahahahahahaha!  I mean, I wonder who it is…

 

Stay tuned here @ The Pattinson Project & follow us on Twitter for more deets!!

Woohoo!!!  I’m totally having a fan girl moment here…

Umm… this is sooo cool!

Photo Source: JackNicholson.org, EOnline

The VMA Live from Radio City Music Hall NYC

The VMA Live from Radio City Music Hall NYC

 

Tonight is billed to be a very exciting night @ Radio City New York, where many celebrities will gather as a tribute will take place in honor of Michael Jackson.  Many famous and established choreographers were brought in to make this tribute a special one.  And Janet gets to be one of the performers in honor of her brother, whom has put in overtime in rehearsals to make h this as good a performance as possible.

 

The show starts at 9 pm on the East Coast.  I do not know all of the songs they are going to perform and if I did I would not spill the beans, that would be like watching a movie and telling you the ending before you see it, which I think is wrong, but I will say it is an act as a tribute to Michael Joseph Jackson, that in itself should tell you something.

 

The VMA is officially on MTV but fans promise to stream it on YouTube.  So for those who for whatever reason do not have MTV or cable services but are Internet Glue-Tube there will be the YouTube options, so if you want to share this memorable moment?

 

There is word that there is a making of the Michael Jackson Tribute in production.  I think this is a must see.

[Via http://frankpaulgambino.wordpress.com]

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Sheila Mello é atração em Festival na Índia

Por: James Martins

Complementação: Raren Araujo

A ex-loura do Tcham Sheila Mello é a principal atração do I Festival Mundial de Dança, que acontece entre os dias 10 e 13 de setembro, num hotel cinco estrelas em Gurgaon, Índia, cidade vizinha à capital Nova Déli. Ao lado do parceiro Philip Miha, Sheila apresentou aos indianos a sensualidade do zouk, ritmo caribenho temperado com boa dose de suingue brasileiro. Ela também arriscou alguns passos no kathak, dança tradicional da Índia. “As indianas estão de parabéns, dançam muito bem. A delicadeza das mãos no kathak é linda”, destacou Sheila, apontando diferenças entre os estilos. “Elas não usam muito o quadril, então faltou rebolado no zouk. Já eu tive que segurar meu quadril no kathak”, disse a dançarina, que também se divertiu com as músicas de Bollywood, nome da maior indústria de cinema da Índia.

[Via http://antenatv.wordpress.com]

Friday, September 11, 2009

Taylor Swift VMA Performance 'Anything Can Happen!'

Taylor Swift is set to perform You Belong With Me this weekend at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York, and she reveals that anything can happen!

In the past Taylor has performed in the pouring rain and collaborated with artists outside of her style, so what exactly does she have planned now?

“‘You Belong With Me’ is not going to be as different musically as it’s going to be different in that I’ve never done anything on an awards show like I’m going to do on this one,” she teased to MTV, saying that the show’s location adds to the allure of her performance. “It’s in New York, so anything can happen.”

Taylor also said she’d like to pop up somewhere outside of Radio City Music Hall. “I would love to perform somewhere outside of the venue,” she said. “I think it could be really cool if it was unlike anything I’ve ever done at an awards show, which would mean doing it at a different location.”

Last year at the VMAs several of the performers were outside of the main stage. But it was in a contained lot! I’m not sure what they’re going to do this time around.

[Via http://socialbutterflies.wordpress.com]

Globo quer Marcelo Adnet no Fantástico e Zorra Total

O humorista Marcelo Adnet, da MTV, está sendo assediado pela Globo e pela Band. A Globo o quer para um quadro no “Fantástico” e para o “Zorra Total”. A Band sonha com Adnet no elenco de “La Liga”, programa da mesma produtora de “CQC”, que prepara para 2009.

O contrato de Adnet com a MTV vence em dezembro. As negociações pela renovação já começaram. Neste ano, ele será apresentador do “Video Music Brasil”, o principal programa-evento da emissora.

[Via http://ocanal.wordpress.com]

Thursday, September 10, 2009

backtrack

so much that i wanna blog bout but i’m just not in da right mood.

1september2009 – songwei’s bday was crazy. i see goldfishes who drink with no limits, weiyi with a drinking bottle all night and buddy ending up dead drank. buddy was super tipsy and he keep on calling me - ex - and wanting to take pics. i gt his friends to pull him away as weiyi was around and it didnt look nice. he got emotional, started tearing and i had to sayang him. weiyi’s too high to take care of him too. well, she kept on snatching bud’s drink knowing that she cant drink and that’s da outcome. cleaned up weiyi and left soon after.

5september2009 – bruno-ed after dinner at billy bombers. dinner was very filling but tasted onli alrights. bruno is hilarious but most of da parts, bi dun understand. knew he didnt like it but he refused to admit.

6september2009 – went to iluma after work to see if da luffy toy is still around. caught 2 luffys and a minnie hairtie. saw joseph there. bought straw hat crew’s wanted posters and a camera bag. did some shopping after. got like 2 tops, 4 dresses, a pair of leggings and 2 packs of deep fried golden mushrooms. total damage = approximately $220

7september2009 – sakura buffet-ed. ate salmon like nobody’s business. can feel them swimming in my tummy after dinner. when to cine after dinner to catch 2 stitch from small sweetland. 1 for jasmine and 1 for my september baby =)

8september2009 – had an argument with bi and i left house to east coast to catch dolls. he headed there too. in da end i caught 2 scrumps, 1 melody from big sweetland and a stitch tissue box cover which has become my pet dog. mood aint fantastic so i just keep on throwing in money and trying. total damage = approximately $120 for my stubborn-ness for not asking da chee-nas to rearrange da toys for me.

9september2009 – steamboat-ed after work with ab to release stress. shitty stuff at work. crazy time with ab running across roads and chiong-ing to get food. mind ya, running across roads in heels aint any fun. ab hates my scrump !!

10september2009 – @ tampiness today. saw wei jing at my workplace cutting hair. last saw him like 5 years back in hs. been sooo sooo long. he’s still pretty much da same. damn stupid, ask mie use card need to sign nots and for my num without taking out his phone. mood aint really good today, supposed to go down to geylang serai walk walk but it turned out shitty =( plus i lost my visa. wad’s worst, i just got it today double shittiness.

events for past week done. i conclude that

I
  • need to watch my diet not a little but alot with all da heavy stuff i had in da week
  • must cut down on shopping as it’s not even past half da month yet and i tink i’m feeling broke with all da online + offline shopping and feasting
  • am idiot enough to lost my card on da 1st day and have to spend $20 to replace it.
  • should stop catching of dolls for this 2 weeks. please pray that i can control myself.

out of da 4 listed, i tink i’ll fail 3.

off tmr. going back to fb now. have to chiong my restaurant city and farmville.

nice recommendation by jh.

我不是一定要你回来,只是当又把记忆翻开,除了你之外的空白,还有谁能来教我爱。

[Via http://destiiiny.wordpress.com]

Ashley's Fashion Prediction

Ashley Greene has definitely made a splash on the slew of red carpets she’s walked, thanks to her girly, funky sense of fashion. But at this year’s Video Music Awards, she won’t just be heating up the carpet as one of the night’s big attendees, she’ll also be working the red carpet as MTV News’ very own preshow fashion correspondent.

Greene follows in the footsteps of VMA-nominated Taylor Swift, who had the task last year. But she isn’t sure she wants to get Swift on the phone anytime soon for advice. “I kind of want to do my own thing and I don’t want to have anything to go off of,” she told MTV News. “It’s cool we get to put our spin on it. I feel like [getting advice] would mess me up.”

And although Greene may not want to speak to her beforehand, she is excited at the chance to get to meet Swift when the show goes live from New York on Sunday. “I know Taylor Swift went last year, and I’m actually really excited to meet her,” she said about her predecessor. “I think that’s going to be very cool.”

She’s also eager to see what the other fashionistas of the night are going to be wearing for the show. Her predictions for best dressed include a Gossip Girl and two A-list nominees who happen to be battling it out for Moonmen. “I think Leighton Meester has really great style. I think Beyoncé always has really cool things,” she said. “[Lady Gaga] always has the craziest fashion ever, and I’m really excited to see if she’ll come over and chat with me about her inspiration, what she does. I feel like she makes her own world and her own fashion world.”

Greene has been too busy filming “Eclipse” to worry much about what she’ll be wearing at Sunday’s show. “I have absolutely no idea at this point. I think we’re going to squeeze in [a fitting] Saturday. I’m sure it’s going to be something along the lines of some sort of mini and possible silver or gold. I feel like that’s very VMA-ish,” she explained. “As far as boundaries and stuff, push them a bit, and I am the fashion correspondent, so I think I can be a little crazy.”

Greene has even less of an idea of what her fellow “Twilight” stars Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson are going to don for the carpet. “Gosh, I have no idea. I feel like the guys have it a little bit easier. They will probably just wear some sort of tie or jeans and a nice shirt.

“We just did Teen Choice, and Kristen had this crazy dress with bullets all over it, which I kind of feel might have been appropriate for the VMAs. So I’m sure she’ll do something like that again, but I haven’t talked to her about what she wants to wear.”

MTV

[Via http://chasingcullens.com]

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Ganpati, and much, much more.

Last week marked the end of the Ganesh Chaturthi, a 10-day Hindu festival celebrated all throughout India. On the last day of the festival, Viviane and I took to the streets to celebrate. All throughout Bombay were hundreds of processions like these, where people dance around the giant plaster idols of Ganesh. (I’d actually seen them being made before at the Colaba Market – there was this huge room filled with dozens of these gigantic sculptures in the process of being painted.) Each procession slowly (VERY slowly) makes its way to the sea, where the idols are ceremoniously submerged in the water. Viviane and I only saw the smaller idols being submerged along Gita Nagar because dancing in this procession got tiring after the first half-hour or so of getting virtually nowhere. We met these cute little kids who ushered us right on in to the dancing. A group of women came over and started dancing with us almost immediately, and smeared this red powder on our faces (which is as AWESOME as it is difficult to wash off, haha). Indian hospitality is amazing (: Also, strange men kept taking pictures of us . . . haha. This is a view from Marine Drive of Chowpatty beach, where the biggest crowds gather for the submersions. We didn’t end up going there because we didn’t want to get trapped forever and we were already tired . .. but hey, it’s all the more of a reason to come back next year (: The next day, we went to Juhu Beach to participate in one of Rotaract Club of Mithibai College’s community service events – a beach-cleaning drive. Juhu (along with all the other beaches of Bombay) was absolutely COVERED in trash and bits of plaster elephant god. The Ganesh Festival is hell on the environment, but it’s part of the culture, and people are definitely willing to help clean it up, as there were dozens of community service groups along the beach that day. Here’s an article about the event: http://www.bindass.com/post/beach-cleaning-drive-rcnm/ Me with some of the exchange students and Rotaractors who attended the event. The group! All of the beach-cleanup pictures were taken by Disha Jain, one of the Rotaractors. By the way, did I mention that WE WERE INTERVIEWED BY MTV? I’m supposed to be on television tomorrow at noon (: Right after the event, I hung out with my friend Archit, since he lives right in Juhu. We saw my first Hindi movie in theatres – Kaminey (Hindi for “bastards/scoundrels”) – which he so graciously translated for me. Luckily, it was filled with lots of explosions, so despite not really understanding it, I was very much entertained. And I really do not mind staring at Shahid Kapoor’s face for two hours, even if it’s in total incomprehension. Gotta love Bollywood. I ALSO really love how most films here are based in Bombay. It’s really cool to see the city you’re living in portrayed on the screen. It must be awesome to have grown up somewhere that people actually make art about. The next day, my wonderful counselor, Razia, invited me to an Indian wedding reception at the Sahara Star. It was only the reception, so no singing and dancing, but it was still great to get to wear Indian clothes and eat glorious gourmet Indian food. I loved looking at everyone’s saris (: The hotel itself was absolutely RIDICULOUS. I’ve never been anywhere ritzier in my entire life. They had pyrotechnics and laser shows over this huge pool. And did I mention that the food was GLORIOUS? My god. I ate so much. I figured I’d never get a chance to eat food that ritzy again, so I really seized the day there. The bride and groom also had these gigantic magazine-quality photographs of themselves draped everywhere . … Definitely the most lavish party I’ve ever been to. If I get married, it won’t be in India, because I don’t think my wallet could EVER recover. A couple days after that, Elfi, Joia, Viviane, Carmen and I attended the Fresher’s Party (for Rotaract Club of Jai Hind members) at the Red Light club in Kala Ghoda. Sooooo much fun. Before I had thought that clubbing was just a bunch of young people acting carnal in order to desperately feel like adults . .. which is kind of dead-on, but it’s also FUN as SHIT. I’d never actually been out dancing before, so this was definitely a crash course on the matter, because at one point all of us exchange students were dancing on the table, haha. If I wasn’t an extrovert before I came to India, I am one now. Luckily I knew all of the songs because my host sister, Dipti, plays them all the time. Also, it turns out I’m actually going to college now! Perish the thought! And still . .. I don’t really attend unless I particularly want to, haha. The first lecture I saw was Hindi . . . taught completely in Hindi . . . so I didn’t really learn much. HOWEVER, I made friends right away with some girls from my class – Ruhi, Rudri, Nilofer, Numena, Radhika, and Benaaz, and they promptly taught me how to swear in Hindi. So far I’ve learned much more from them than I’ve learned in school. We bunked the next lecture and went to Mocha for shisha. That was two days ago, and since then I’ve only attended one other lecture, Philosophy, which I was 15 minutes late for. I wish I could say that it was interesting . . . but it really wasn’t. It was mostly all stuff you could discuss freely with any willing stoner friend back home. I was kind of hoping it would be about specific philosophers and schools of thought, but nope. The lecture after that had been cancelled, and then today, BOTH my History and Poli Sci lectures were cancelled, because the teachers neglected to show up for school. Sigh.

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Bar owner says TilaTequila drank the night of the incident.

Tila Tequila

This is an excerpt from the Huffington post on the Tequila-Merriman incident.

Also Monday, the owner of a downtown club where Merriman and Tequila attended a party Saturday night said his staff told him Tequila had been drinking and it appeared Merriman had ordered only bottled water.

“I feel sorry for the guy and I think the truth needs to be told,” said James Brennan, who owns Stingaree, one of the city’s top hangouts for celebrities.

Brennan said he normally wouldn’t comment, but felt he should after seeing Tequila’s tweet in which she said she’s allergic to alcohol.

“It sounds like she’s allergic to the truth,” Brennan told The Associated Press.

Brennan said he was not at the club Saturday night, but had spoken with every employee who dealt with Tequila and Merriman. Brennan said he was told she had shots of tequila and drank from a bottle of vodka. Brennan said Tequila requested that his brother, Shane, a manager at Stingaree, have a shot of tequila with her.

“She wasn’t like falling down or anything of that nature, but she was visibly intoxicated,” Brennan said.

In a tweet Sunday, Tequila said: “I am allergic to alcohol. It has been publicly known for years. That is how I got the name Tila “Tequila” cuz the irony. I cant drink.”

Tila’s attorney Alan Gutman, is also talking about the incident and released a statement to TMZ.

Shawne Merriman and his advisors have decided that the best defense is a good offense, attacking Tila Tequila in the press with a lot of calculated spin to cover up his illegal and indefensible actions.

Fortunately, we as a society will not tolerate a 6′4″, 270 pound all-pro NFL linebacker physically assaulting a young lady who is 4′11″ and 93 pounds. It is never justifiable to brutally assault, choke, strike and imprison a woman.

Once the truth is fully revealed, Mr. Merriman’s fantastic story of how he was trying to keep Ms. Tequila safe will be completely discredited.

No one, especially a woman, should ever have to endure what Mr. Merriman did to Tila Tequila

Read more: http://www.tmz.com/#ixzz0QZxAKbRa

I wonder if Gutman was aware of Tequila’s tweets and the bar owners statement prior to releasing his statement to TMZ?  There is no reports to date that charges have been placed against Merriman.

 

 

 

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Tuesday, September 8, 2009



The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards nominations are in! Beyoncé and Lady Gaga lead the way with nine nods apiece, and Kanye West and Eminem are facing off in the same four categories. The winners will be revealed when the show airs on Sunday, September 13, at 9 p.m. on MTV. Hosted by Russell Brand for the second year in a row, the VMAs will air live from Radio City Music Hall in New York.

Video of the Year» Beyoncé, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”

» Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”

» Eminem, “We Made You”

» Kanye West, “Love Lockdown”

» Britney Spears, “Womanizer”

Best New Artist» Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”

» Drake, “Best I Ever Had”

» 3OH!3, “Don’t Trust Me”

» Kid Cudi, “Day ‘N’ Nite”

» Asher Roth, “I Love College”

Best Male Video

» Eminem, “We Made You”

» Ne-Yo, “Miss Independent”

» Kanye West, “Love Lockdown”

» T.I. (featuring Rihanna), “Live Your Life”

» Jay-Z, “D.O.A.”

Best Female Video» Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”

» Beyoncé, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”

» Katy Perry, “Hot N Cold”

» Kelly Clarkson, “My Life Would Suck Without You”

» Taylor Swift, “You Belong With Me”

» Pink, “So What”

Best Hip-Hop Video» Eminem, “We Made You”

» Flo Rida, “Right Round”

» Kanye West, “Love Lockdown”

» Asher Roth, “I Love College”

» Jay-Z, “D.O.A.”

Best Pop Video» Britney Spears, “Womanizer”

» Beyoncé, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”

» Lady Gaga, “Poker Face”

» Wisin y Yandel, “Abusadora”

» Cobra Starship (featuring Leighton Meester), “Good Girls Go Bad”

Best Choreography» Beyoncé, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”

» Kristinia DeBarge, “Goodbye”

» Britney Spears, “Circus”

» Ciara (featuring Justin Timberlake), “Love Sex Magic”

» A. R. Rahman and Pussycat Dolls (featuring Nicole Scherzinger), “Jai Ho!”

Best Direction

» Beyoncé, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”

» Lady Gaga, “Paparazzi”

» Britney Spears, “Circus”

» Cobra Starship (featuring Leighton Meester), “Good Girls Go Bad”

» Green Day, “21 Guns”

Best Editing

» Beyoncé, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”

» Lady Gaga, “Paparazzi”

» Britney Spears, “Circus”

» Miley Cyrus, “7 Things”

» Coldplay, “Viva la Vida”

Best Special Effects» Gnarls Barkley, “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul”

» Lady Gaga, “Paparazzi”

» Beyoncé, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”

» Eminem, “We Made You”

» Kanye West (featuring Mr. Hudson), “Paranoid”

Best Cinematography» Beyoncé, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”

» Lady Gaga, “Paparazzi”

» Britney Spears, “Circus”

» Green Day, “21 Guns”

» Coldplay, “Viva la Vida”

Art Direction» Beyonce “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”

» Lady Gaga, “Paparazzi”

» Britney Spears, “Circus”

» Gnarls Barkley, “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul”

» Coldplay, “Viva la Vida”

The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards will take place September 13 at 9 p.m. ET. Nominees, celebrity presenters and additional performers will be announced in the coming weeks. To be the first to find out the inside scoop, follow the Inside MTV Twitter account at Twitter.com/InsideMTV.

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