Wednesday, 25 June 2008

No Driving Stick on "Route 66"

The folks who made the '60s TV show "Route 66" are P.O.'d that Penthouse is trying to turn their beloved show into something more along the lines of "Route 69."
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TMZ has obtained a lawsuit filed in Federal Court in L.A., alleging that the porn pushers jacked the name "Route 66" along with the storyline of the show to make a porno DVD that -- as you might expect -- features "oral and anal sex." Roxbury Entertainment wants the flick 86'd.

The best part? Roxbury even suggests a new title for the skin flick, "Sex in and Around the Pink Motel." Not too shabby.



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Sunday, 22 June 2008

Handel with care: Zurich Opera's 'Rinaldo' set in an airport








ZURICH, Switzerland - The new jet-set production of Handel's "Rinaldo" at the Zurich Opera left a large segment of the audience pretty much dumbfounded.

Director Jens-Daniel Herzog shifted the action from Jerusalem around the time of the First Crusade (1096-1099) to an airport luxury lounge and conference centre, more than a wee bit later than the First Crusade. Rinaldo, the Christian warrior, wears a double-breasted navy blazer, needs a drink and gets frustrated when an elevator door closes on him.

Characters go up and down on-stage escalators, and the set spins to show various areas of the lounge and terminal. There is a dissection of a small, white furry animal, a large snake, some allusions to Bond girls and character transformations. The Christians pull guns on the Muslims at a signing ceremony.

It was outrageous, entertaining and it had little to do with the opera that premiered in London in 1711.

This isn't the first time an opera has been time-shifted with an aeronautic theme. Peter Sellars' 1988 staging of Wagner's "Tannhaeuser" at the Lyric Opera of Chicago was moved from 13th-century Thuringia to an airport.

Herzog's staging, based on a concept from Claus Guth, opened June 14. Based on Wednesday's second performance, it's not an easy night for the audience, which was either so mesmerized or stupefied that a large segment was unsure whether to applaud when scenes ended.

The glue that held the night together was conductor William Christie, who drew a sublime performance from the Orchestra La Scintilla of the Zurich Opera.

At the beginning, the on-stage action is confusing, given its disconnect from Giacomo Rossi's libretto.

Goffredo, the Christian captain, is in a grey, chalk-striped suit. The "army" is six businessmen and two businesswomen who pirouette with their attache cases. Eustazio, Goffredo's brother, is a Johnny Depp look-alike wearing a morning coat and sunglasses.

Argante, the Saracen king, is in a suit and tan kufi, a crocheted prayer cap. Armida, the Queen of Damascus and a sorceress, prefers red slip dresses and red patent leather shoes (which she uses to kick Argante in a delicate area) but later transforms herself into Almirena, Goffredo's daughter, who goes for white dresses and a Grace Kelly head scarf. Mago, the Christian magician, appears to be a homeless person hanging around the airport with a white light saber.

In the intimate Opernhaus Zurich, which seats about 1,100, singers could be heard easily with no need to bellow.

Soprano Malin Hartelius gave an over-the-top performance as Armida, who with fiendish facial expressions gets to have the most fun. Soprano Ann Helen Moen was a sweet-voiced Almirena and was moving in the opera's most-famous aria, "Lascia ch'io pianga."

Mezzo-soprano Juliette Galstian, singing the title role for the first time during this run, had a lot to compete with in the busy staging but exhibited a clarion voice and winning ability to draw empathy. Soprano Liliana Nikiteanu was slimy as Goffredo, and contralto Katharina Peetz looked like a Tim Burton creation as Eustazio. Bass-baritone Ruben Drole was menacing as Argante.

Christian Schmidt's vividly modern sets and costumes, and Ramses Sigl's constantly whirling choreography left the greatest impact. Some might consider it Eurotrash, others great fun. All will find it memorable.

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Saturday, 21 June 2008

Alexey Obraztsoff

Alexey Obraztsoff   
Artist: Alexey Obraztsoff

   Genre(s): 
Other
   



Discography:


Pictures   
 Pictures

   Year:    
Tracks: 5




 






Friday, 20 June 2008

Junior Senior

Junior Senior   
Artist: Junior Senior

   Genre(s): 
Indie
   Pop: Pop-Rock
   



Discography:


Hey Hey My My Yo Yo   
 Hey Hey My My Yo Yo

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 11


D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat   
 D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 11




The rock, hip-hop, and dance duo Junior Senior english hawthorn be a U.K. darling, merely the pair's black Maria continue in Jutland -- their fatherland in the western peninsula of Denmark. The group emerged in 1995 afterwards Ludo-X members Jesper "Junior" Mortensen and Jeppe "Elderly" Laursen left hand the Copenhagen indie band. In 1998 Junior Senior was formed and the band inked a deal with Danish label Crunchy Frog. The 2 went on to record book the infectious single "Displace Your Feet," which became the almost played sung dynasty in Denmark and eventually took over European wireless. In 2003 the ring released the critically lauded uncut D-D-D-Don't Stop the Beat. After garnering a bonny sum of success with the album universal (and placing a song in the Amanda Bynes photographic film She's the Man and in Crazy Tunes: Back in Action), the pair retreated to Denmark, releasing the follow-up album, Hey Hey My My Yo Yo, in August 2005, once again on Crunchy Frog. Although the record album reached number two on the Japanese charts and the strain "Toilet I Get Get Get" was airy on an episode of strike TV register Ugly Betty, it took until summertime 2007 for a U.S. label (Ryko) to pick it up for departure.






Jennifer Lopez Visits Autistic Kids School Graduation

A group of 10- and 11-year-olds at a Staten Island, New York, elementary school for autistic children moved singer Jennifer Lopez so much with their appreciation for her that she made their graduation day special.


Jennifer Lopez surprised children at P.S. 37, a school for autistic children in Staten Island Tuesday by dropping by to attend their graduation day. Not only did J. Lo show up to cheer the children on but she also performed for her young admirers.


The way Lopez came to visit the school was that teacher Kathy Amati showed them the video for Lopez’s single “Let’s Get Loud,” reports the Associated Press.


The youngsters were so impressed with the video that they wanted to watch it every day and even learned the lyrics and dance moves from the video.


Amati suggested that they write to Lopez how much they appreciate her video and the 38-year-old singer/actress was apparently so impressed that she decided to meet them in person.


The group of kids listened to their favorite song live when Lopez performed Tuesday especially for them.


The Bronx-born Lopez must be feeling as maternal as ever considering that she and husband Marc Anthony welcomed twin babies earlier this year. Emmie and Max, born Feb. 22 in Long Island, New York, are the couple’s first children. Anthony has three other children from previous relationships.


The couple, who have been married since 2004, kept the pregnancy a secret for a while, or at least they tried considering the intense speculation going on at the time, when Lopez and Anthony had embarked on their joint tour and her belly was a constant subject of analysis and discussion.


Upon having their babies, manager Simon Fields said in a statement that the couple was “delighted, thrilled and over the moon.”


Being “over the moon” seems to have changed Lopez’s renowned diva pretentiousness since she performed such a low-key concert for little kids.





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Elton John's 200th Performance of 'The Red Piano'

Caesars Palace, Saturday, June 21st

LAS VEGAS, June 19 -- Elton John will once again thrill
fans as he takes the stage for his show stopping, 200th performance of "The
Red Piano" on June 21st at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.

(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080619/LATH033-a)

(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080619/LATH033-b)

Elton John's "The Red Piano" debuted at the famed Colosseum in February
of 2004 and critics were as one in their admiration and excitement for his
performance.



"A must see." "A Triumphant step forward" - Los Angeles Times

"Eye-popping, jaw-dropping...Elton John is Still Standing as one of pop's
indestructible talents." - USA Today

"Most exciting show in Las Vegas 2004" - Las Vegas Review-Journal
"Elton John remains one of the world's genuine superstars" - London
Telegraph

"People from virtually every major country have traveled to Caesars to
see Elton John's 'The Red Piano,' and long after the standing ovations have
ended, they leave us with treasured memories of one of the great
performer/songwriters of this or any era," said Gary Selesner, president of
the famed resort. "We are deeply grateful to Elton and his talented band
for giving so much joy to hundreds of thousands of Caesars Palace guests."

Elton John's "The Red Piano" will return to Caesars Palace for
additional engagements, starting on July 23rd and then again beginning Oct.
22nd of this year. Later this year, fans in Europe will also have the
opportunity to experience "The Red Piano".



19-Nov-08 Birmingham NIA, Birmingham, England, UK
22-Nov-08 Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany
24-Nov-08 Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany
26-Nov-08 Kolnarena, Cologne, Germany
29-Nov-08 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark
01-Dec-08 Hartwall-Areena, Helsinki, Finland
04-Dec-08 Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
05-Dec-08 Spektrum, Oslo, Norway
09-Dec-08 Palais Omnisports Bercy, Paris, France
11-Dec-08 02 World, Berlin, Germany
13-Dec-08 02 Arena, London, England, UK
16-Dec-08 Birmingham NIA, Birmingham, England, UK
17-Dec-08 Liverpool Echo Arena, Liverpool, England, UK
18-Dec-08 Liverpool Echo Arena, Liverpool, England, UK
20-Dec-08 Manchester MEN Arena, Manchester, England, UK
21-Dec-08 Manchester MEN Arena, Manchester, England, UK
For new photos of Elton John's "The Red Piano" please visit
http://www.yardnet.co.uk/presspix2008z64.




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Psychic TV

Psychic TV   
Artist: Psychic TV

   Genre(s): 
Avantgarde
   Other
   Industrial
   Rock
   Pop: Pop-Rock
   ROck: Alternative
   



Discography:


Electric Newspaper.Issue Three   
 Electric Newspaper.Issue Three

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 8


Do You Want Revenge?   
 Do You Want Revenge?

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 7


Were You Ever Bullied At School - Do You Want Revenge CD1   
 Were You Ever Bullied At School - Do You Want Revenge CD1

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 7


Third Tablet Of Acid   
 Third Tablet Of Acid

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 18


Origin Of The Species Volume Two! [CD2]   
 Origin Of The Species Volume Two! [CD2]

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 13


Origin Of The Species Volume Two! [CD1]   
 Origin Of The Species Volume Two! [CD1]

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 18


Fourth Tablet Of Acid   
 Fourth Tablet Of Acid

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 13


Towards Thee Infinite Beat   
 Towards Thee Infinite Beat

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 12


Trip Reset   
 Trip Reset

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 11


Ultradrug   
 Ultradrug

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 13


God Star (The Singles Pt. 2)   
 God Star (The Singles Pt. 2)

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 12


Collected 12 inches   
 Collected 12 inches

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 8


Cold Blue Torch   
 Cold Blue Torch

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 8


Beauty From Thee Beast - Thee Best Ov Psychic Tv and Genesis P.orridge - 1995   
 Beauty From Thee Beast - Thee Best Ov Psychic Tv and Genesis P.orridge - 1995

   Year: 1995   
Tracks: 13


Tarot Ov Abomination   
 Tarot Ov Abomination

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 1


Mein*goett*in*gen   
 Mein*goett*in*gen

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 2


Hex Sex: The Singles, Pt. 1   
 Hex Sex: The Singles, Pt. 1

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 12


Electric Newspaper Issue One   
 Electric Newspaper Issue One

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 1


A Hollow Cost   
 A Hollow Cost

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 1


Themes 2: A Prayer For Derek Jarman   
 Themes 2: A Prayer For Derek Jarman

   Year: 1993   
Tracks: 6


Sugarmorphoses   
 Sugarmorphoses

   Year: 1993   
Tracks: 13


Rare and Alive   
 Rare and Alive

   Year: 1993   
Tracks: 14


Peak Hour   
 Peak Hour

   Year: 1993   
Tracks: 11


Kondole 1, 2 and 3   
 Kondole 1, 2 and 3

   Year: 1993   
Tracks: 3


Al-Or-Al. Thee Transmutation Ov Memory   
 Al-Or-Al. Thee Transmutation Ov Memory

   Year: 1993   
Tracks: 4


Cold Dark Matter   
 Cold Dark Matter

   Year: 1992   
Tracks: 1


Live In Stockholm   
 Live In Stockholm

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 1


Bregenz   
 Bregenz

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 2


Beyond Thee Infinite Beat   
 Beyond Thee Infinite Beat

   Year: 1990   
Tracks: 8


Origin of the Species II   
 Origin of the Species II

   Year: 1989   
Tracks: 9


Origin of the Species   
 Origin of the Species

   Year: 1989   
Tracks: 11


Allegory and Self   
 Allegory and Self

   Year: 1988   
Tracks: 14


Mouth Of The Night   
 Mouth Of The Night

   Year: 1985   
Tracks: 11


Descending   
 Descending

   Year: 1985   
Tracks: 9


Pagan Day   
 Pagan Day

   Year: 1984   
Tracks: 14


N.Y. Scum Haters   
 N.Y. Scum Haters

   Year: 1984   
Tracks: 2


Dreams Less Sweet   
 Dreams Less Sweet

   Year: 1983   
Tracks: 19


Force The Hand Of Chance   
 Force The Hand Of Chance

   Year: 1982   
Tracks: 13




After Genesis P-Orridge dissolved the seminal industrial rock kit Throbbing Gristle, he and Gristle cohorts Peter Christopherson and Cosey Fanni Tutti, plus Geoff Rushton, formed Psychic TV in 1979 as a means of chronic their confrontational, shock-oriented access to music and their multimedia hot performances. Psychic TV draws a great deal of its inspiration from the literary tube, including situationist philosophy, William Burroughs (a professed winnow), the Marquis de Sade, and Philip K. Dick. The grouping too claims to be the mouthpiece for its own quasi-religious group, the Temple Ov Psychick Youth. P-Orridge has been branded a grievous deviate in several publications, and police raided his home in 1992, seizing videos, books, and magazines next a television show concerning child clapperclaw in which a Psychic TV carrying into action artwork tV was shown out of context of use.


As for the music itself, Psychic TV's before years continued in the experimental vein of Throbbing Gristle's work, circumferent melodic pop, just listenable white dissonance, gentle ballads, industrial found-sound collages, spoken scripture pieces, and experiments with ethnical instruments and world music, all laced together by a dadaist sensitiveness. Force the Hand of Chance, the group's number one album, was released in 1982; during the '80s, Psychic TV's colossal output signal totaled over 20 albums. Much of this stemmed from a publicity stunt origin in 1986 for which the group attempted to release unitary live album, each from a different country, on the 23rd of each calendar month for 23 months. Even though the mathematical group didn't quite an attain its goal, the 14 albums Psychic TV released in 18 months were sufficiency to catch the group into the Guinness Book of World Records. Christopherson and Rushton both left field the group kinda early on to form Coil, and Psychic TV has since suit an open-ended corporate with contributors such as Alex Fergusson, at one time of Alternative TV. Psychic TV scored a small-scale U.K. pop strike in 1986 with "Godstar," a tribute to Rolling Stones guitar player Brian Jones, and 1988 saw the group's low album release in America with Allegory and Self.


Beginning in 1988, P-Orridge became a pioneer on the British golf club and gush setting. Records from the Chicago mansion shot by Frankie Knuckles and Farley Jackmaster Funk made their way to London, and when P-Orridge noticed the word "caustic" on one of them, he dubbed the British psychedelic sport "caustic house" and began recording and experimenting with the style on Jack the Tab: Acid Tablets, Vol. 1 and Towards Thee Infinite Beat. P-Orridge has since released albums under the name Psychic TV as well as using a mixed bag of aliases to produce "compilation" albums actually featuring all his own music. Several Psychic TV collections, as well as new material, appeared in the '90s; the charles Herbert Best of the retrospectives are the iI singles compilations Curse Sex and Godstar, and the 1999 overview Best Ov: Time's Up. New Psychic TV material took a backseat as P-Orridge's commitment to his spoken word project Thee Majesty and a unexampled philosophy he dubbed "Pandrogeny" occupied his fourth dimension. It was the latter that had him sledding under the tongue for breast implants and enforcing the use of the pronoun s/he. PTV work began over again in 2003 with iI days of touring stellar to studio work. A unexampled album was delayed when Throbbing Gristle reunited for a inadequate time, just work resumed in 2006. The ruined intersection, Hellhole Is Invisible...Heaven Is Here, arrived a year later.






Thomas Trouble

Thomas Trouble   
Artist: Thomas Trouble

   Genre(s): 
Other
   



Discography:


   
 

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 2


Blutonium 062   
 Blutonium 062

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 1




 





Samsara

Pete Doherty - Pete Doherty Released After 29 Days Of 14-week Sentence

Pete Doherty has been released from prison after completing 29 days of a 14-week sentence.

The Babyshambles frontman was jailed in April after violating the terms of his probation order.

But the former Libertine has now been freed from Wormwood Scrubs prison in west London, meaning his planned performance at this year's Glastonbury Festival should now go ahead.

The 29-year-old was forced to cancel a solo show at the Royal Albert Hall after his imprisonment, which was due to "his breach of time keeping, non-compliance of his [drug] order and using different drugs", according to a spokesperson from the listing department at West London magistrates' court.

And tabloid reports during his incarceration claimed the singer-songwriter had been moved to a safe area of the prison after officers discovered a plan among fellow inmates to attack him.

Leaving the jail on Tuesday morning, Doherty told reporters he was eagerly anticipating spending time with his pet cats, as well as the opportunity to drink a rum and coke.

Prison life included "a lot of gangsters and Radio 4", he said and remarked: "Thank you Mrs Thatcher for putting me in the company of the most dangerous criminals in the country" as he left the jail.

Doherty also brandished a certificate which showed he had passed a drugs test while imprisoned.

When asked if he had taken drugs during his stint in jail - after reports had claimed he had been seen injecting heroin in his cell - he replied: "Well, I knew it was going to be a bit rough to start with, with the overcrowding and the medical facilities although they do their best - they are good, they can't really cater for the average junkie..."


06/05/2008 09:27:16




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From Monument To Masses

From Monument To Masses   
Artist: From Monument To Masses

   Genre(s): 
Indie
   Rock: Punk-Rock
   



Discography:


Schools of Thought Contend   
 Schools of Thought Contend

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 15


The Impossible Leap in One Hundred Simple Steps   
 The Impossible Leap in One Hundred Simple Steps

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 7


The Impossible Leap in One H..   
 The Impossible Leap in One H..

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 7


From Monument To Masses   
 From Monument To Masses

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 5




San Francisco's politically astute post-rock trio From Monument to Masses features Francis Choung, Matthew Solberg, and Sergio Robledo-Maderazo. The band formed in late 2000, when Solberg met Choung through an on-line bulletin card for local musicians. The twosome began playing together and affiliated with Robledo-Maderazo, wHO had attended UCSB when Choung was in that respect and was a reciprocal friend with Steve Aoki, the head of Dim Mak Records. The band's collaborative, experimental approach combines the unstable arrangements and structures of post-rock, the explosive flack and principled posture of old school hardcore and emo, and the members' political and social concerns; Choung and Robledo-Maderazo ar both Asian-American and their viewpoints heavily inform the band's music. In addition to their wreak with the band, Solberg is a painter and plays with a jazz-metal isthmus called the Mass, Choung deeds in tV and has a BA in photographic film studies, and Robledo-Maderazo likewise full treatment in graphic plan and multimedia system. From Monument to Masses' self-titled debut album appeared on Dim Mak in spring 2002; the banding followed it up the side by side year with The Impossible Leap in One Hundred Simple Steps.