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.