Not only do the bride and groom play Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” at their wedding reception, they smoke it: The entire wedding had a Beatles theme and bride and groom, Annette Ortiz-Diaz and Dennis Diaz, each play in OC area bands. Together they formed an all-Asian Metallica tribute band called Trapped Under Rice. As reported …
Thanks to Andrew Hamlin for this: The Paris Review has a great interview with Michael Azerrad by Dawn Chan wherein he looks back on his classic 2001 tale of 13 indie bands from 1981-1991, “Our Band Could Be Your Life.” “The most lasting significance of the eighties American indie scene might have been the way …
This is from a popular 2008 Bollywood movie titled Bachna Ae Haseeno (plot is outlined in Wikipedia). The music video is shown frequently on Indian television. Basically one guy is apologizing to his old girlfriend for hurting her and is making sure that she knows how much her husband (the Sikh guy) loves her. Coincidentally, …
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Seattle rookie pitcher Michael Pineda is young and talented. He is the most exciting thing about the hapless Mariners in 2011. More than Ichiro, more even than King Felix, he is the reason to turn on your TV in the post My-Oh-My era. He reminds you of a puppy – the feet too big, the …
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Reminiscent of 80s Windham Hill, this acoustic track is trending at the moment:
At almost five minutes long this video could have packed more punch if it was a minute shorter. Artistically well done with eye catching fashion and interesting dance moves that combine the show of girl power with the usual pop video sexual overtones, this video and song should quickly gain popularity. Girls will enjoy lyrics …
PJ Soles, star of Rock’n Roll High School, Stripes, Carrie and more, will make public appearances in Portland on May 21 and 22, 2011. All relevant info can be found here. On Saturday May 21 at 1 pm, Stripes will be shown at Cinema 21, 616 NW 21ST. Ms. Soles will introduce the film and …
Thanks to Andrew Hamlin for this: The Village Voice blogs have posted a fantastic Q&A with Rock’n Roll High School Director, Allan Arkush. Interview may be found here. . . . .
Thanks to Andrew Hamlin for this: Crawdaddy! reports that Alice Cooper has completed recording a sequel to Welcome to My Nightmare.
Here is a new music video from the band Longboat (Igor Keller) of their song “Beyond the Moon.” It embodies all the hopes and dreams of the post-war era. – Jim Demetre
Pitter patter snare drumming, swirling guitar, ethereal vocals and spinning counter clockwise video move you forward visually thru this dreamy tune. There is an edge, a lilting howl that moves breezily and dreamlike as faces appear and fade like so many leaves passing in the wind. Sullenly we are asked to cover our trail lest …
Since 2009, disarming hottie Zooey Deschanel has been married to boyishly charming musician Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie.
Our main man, Cheetah Chrome, gittin’ it DONE! – Tom Kipp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcY6A_Lt-P4&NR=1
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AVClub.com has a trenchant and piece of writing about the pop cultural context of Sports, the Huey Lewis and the News album which went to No. 1 for only one week in 1984 but managed to outsell everything but Michael Jackson’s Thriller that year. Here’s a sample: “In order to appreciate Sports, you have to …
I’ve been jonesing for this song since I heard it – great to see they can rip it live too – these deserve to be MASSIVE – freshest thing I’ve heard in ……..ooooh ages…… – Mike Hughes (Catshoegazing)
The Joy Formidable have been an EPB favorite for a long time now. Here’s Mike Hughes on a recent show: “I know I’ve been banging on about The Joy Formidable for the last two years. I’ll try to be objective. Let’s do that comparison thing. The moment they walked on stage tonight at Koko, the …