My mind is blown by the awesomeness of this video.
“Don’t just stare at it, eat it!”
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Try getting a reservation at Dorsia now you stupid bastard.
Kanye West posted this trailer the other day and I can tell you that having seen the movie…not the same mood. Long ago and far away I was a graphic designer who worked on (amongst other projects) Key Art for Indie films. One of which was TAXIDERMIA (imdb).
Taxidermia is an Hungarian Indie about 3 generations of men, none of them what I would consider “normal”. I say this because my regular definition of normal doesn’t include pig-fuckers, competitive binge eaters or fetal taxidermists. This movie is not a jovial fantasy adventure like the trailer would have you believe. It is however a visually arresting, gritty and inventive piece of cinema for adventurous viewers. Should you consider yourself someone with a strong stomach for on-command vomiting, bestiality and flagrant obese lovemaking then you might enjoy Taxidermia. You sick fuck. I would not consider this a “date movie” no matter how much your date claims to like subversive foreign films. This is borderline horror.
6.5/10 Twisted, Inventive, Tasteless. Taxidermia. (Distributed by Regent Releasing)
http://www.taxidermia-themovie.com/
My friend Bunny Holiday (of Lady Sinatra) is the Doorman at The Viper Room here in West Hollywood. I spend entirely too much time there because I don’t have to work and live 440 ft from the best dive on the strip. Since I met him, Bunny has been singing the praises of Singer/Songwriter A.A. Bondy.
A.A. Bondy is the solo acoustic project of Scott Bondy from the 90’s Alabama rock band Verbena. His 2007 debut American Hearts garnered praise from indie publications and festival goers of last year’s SXSW but remains largely under the radar. A.A. Bondy has announced a run of headlining dates around the September 1, 2009 release of his sophomore album, When The Devil’s Loose.
Soak it all in.
On the West Coast, we have Steel Panther. A hair metal tour-de-force thats been burning up Monday nights on the Sunset Strip for years! On the East Coast around the same time MetalShop/MetalSkool/SteelPanther was being formed, they had Satanicide. A group of Jer-Z Boyz sent to bring metal back to the jaded Brooklyn alt-hipster-bro culture (w/a Celine Dion cover, even!). From Satanicide came Tragedy: The Metal Tribute to the Bee Gees and now in the wake of the death of the King of Pop comes Dangerous: An All Metal Tribute to Michael Jackson. Based purely on this photo they sent me…I think it should be fucking ridiculous amazing!
Should you be in New York, you should schmon! down to the Bowery Ballroom on August 1st for this show. One night only! Tickets Available Here.
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Monsters of Folk (My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis, and singer/songwriter M. Ward) will be touring this fall to support their record (out September 22nd). Throughout each show of the tour, the four members will be switching instruments. True commies that they are, Monsters of Folk are partnering with Air Traffic Control, a resource for musicians’ philanthropic and social change work, to donate monies raised from ticket sales. The band will be donating $1 from every ticket sold on the tour to local non-profits.
via Press Release: “On a daily basis, we see how hard organizations like these work to make our communities, country and world a better place.” said Erin Potts, the organization’s executive director. “In a time when economic resources are harder to come by and organizations are overwhelmed by urgency and need, the Monsters of Folk tour’s charitable activities are a significant way to energize and support the tireless and often overlooked work that these organizers are doing.”
For a complete list of charities and for more information on Air Traffic Control, please visit www.atctower.net.
Are you ready to rock!? Well are you ready for some semi-rockin’, heady, collegiate, Americana?
via their Press Release:
Monsters of Folk – comprised of Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James and singer/songwriter M.Ward – will be releasing their first collaborative album on September 22nd. The self-titled effort was recorded in Malibu, CA and Omaha, NE, and produced by Mogis. Although these critically acclaimed artists have shared the stage before, this album marks their first recorded output as a band. The record will be released in North America on Shangri-La Music, and internationally on Rough Trade (UK/Europe), Spunk Records (Australia/New Zealand) and P-Vine Records (Japan). The musicians have made a track from their forthcoming self-titled debut album available for FREE.
Their website, MonstersOfFolk.com is giving away the song, titled “Say Please”, to anyone who visits the site and types “please” into the request form.
Saw this the other day and I had to call bullshit. Nothing to do with the actual movie, I’m actually kind of looking forward to it. A movie involving both Diablo Cody AND Megan Fox that I want to see-color me surprised.
What I DO call shenanigans on is the poster design. And how often I’ve seen it before.
Actually looking forward to this movie. It looks really cute. One time we saw Ellen Page in traffic. We were admiring her car because it was a Mercedes that said HYDROGEN POWERED and we looked up and made eye contact with her. Oops, sorry! Just checking out your car!
If you ever get the chance to date, or just put the screws to a Derby Girl…I highly recommend it. I used to see this 5′ 10″ Redhead. She would be covered in bruises with fishnet lines embedded into them. There was really nothing I could do to her that hurt her. I’m not saying every Derby girl is like this. But I think it’s worth testing this theory on as many as you can.
Lookie here, a post from AliUptown! AND a post from AliUptown that’s not vampire-related. Well…mostly. For some odd reason, I started thinking about my grade school/early teen crushes the other day. Color me random. I asked a couple friends around the same age about their crushes and got some very interesting and telling answers. Tiffany Amber Thiessen, Johnathon Taylor Thomas, Tom Cruise (Top Gun Tom Cruise) and even Ben Affleck from Chasing Amy. And since I have been so fucking M.I.A. on here, I figure it was a valid enough topic. So here goes, I ‘m putting it all out on the table. I have no shame.
I couldnt deprive my co-author AliUptown of the pleasure of seeing Jack White armed to the teeth and wearing tight pants in this video “Treat Me Like Your Mother” directed by Jonathan Glazer.
The Dead Weather’s Horehound is out TODAY (Tue the 14th) Go fucking get it or we will all think you are a weirdo whose afraid of good records. The Dead Weather are taking over the WOXY (http://www.woxy.com/) airwaves for an exclusive day-of-release DJ set starting 1pm (CST?). Jack White, Alison Mosshart (The Kills), Dean Fertita (QOTSA) and Jack Lawrence (The Raconteurs) will all be hosting/spinning the jams. The show will also repeat Saturday, July 18th from 4-6PM.
With the unfortunate loss of this, or maybe any generations’ best live performer, there is the feeling that there is a lack of magic in the universe that the minor stars of today are, hard as they try, sadly unable to produce. But on the horizon are the next generation of prodigies, just like a 5 year old Michael Jackson once was.
Although not out until next Tuesday (I already have a copy, thanks!) Horehound from Jack White’s Other Other Band The Dead Weather is streaming live at ilike.com/thedeadweather. And I should tell you, it’s fantastic! Jack White has proven once again why he is one of the best, most productive performers in Rock and Roll. (Jealous, Ryan Adams?) This album is cool, dark, arty and viceral. Oh, and it fucking Rocks!
There is a short film for, “Treat Me Like Your Mother” directed by Jonathan Glazer set to premiere on Cinemax July 11th at 9:55pm. I’m sure it will be followed by softcore porn. There are 2 trailers for the film available from Jack White and Dead Weather bandmate Alison Mosshart (from the Kills).
I got this hot tip in my Spam today about this new artist named Will Smith. He’s a rapper from West Phillidephia (Born and Raised) who goes under the name The Fresh Prince who works with a DJ named Jazzy Jeff.
He has an IMDB page so I’m thinking he has some aspirations of acting. Yeah, good luck, buddy! Welcome to Hollywood! Just like we tell everyone that comes out with stars in their eyes, “You’re gonna make it!”
Just stay away from the Scientologists on Hollywood Blvd!
I’m not exactly sure how I feel about Michael Mann’s Public Enemies. I mean, I think I know, but then suddenly I’ll feel like I don’t. Is it possible to dislike a movie, yet at the same time leave the theater feeling as though you did enjoy the hell out of it? Does that make any sense? I’ll try to work that out in my review but for context, I’m a huge fan of Michael Mann. I adore Thief and Manhunter. I slurp the greatness of Heat. I will argue vehemently that Collateral is one of the 10 best films of the decade. The Insider, Ali, and The Keep are all fantastic. I love Mann’s attention to process, procedure, and work and how he will show the most minute detail of a robbery or gunfight during the tensest of moments. I love how he can capture cities in ways we’ve never seen with his camera and how his villains are tragically flawed, yet human. In fact, pretty much the only thing I don’t like about Mann is Miami Vice. That movie was disgustingly bad. But hey, every great director is entitled to a bomb every now and then (he should also be admonished for producing the tripe known as Hancock). I can forgive Mann for Miami Vice. After all, the followup film promised Johnny Depp and Christian Bale shooting at each other with Tommy Guns. It’s got to be good, right?
Sarah Palin is gold for Democrats. Strike that…she’s platinum. She is the absolute most valuable asset the Democrats have against Republicans. She’s worth far more to us than Rush or Dick or Steele or Newt. In fact, the only Republican on earth who is worth more is George Bush, but he’s apparently gone into witness protection since the election. Every time Sarah Palin opens her mouth, either something stupid comes out or something hilarious ensues. Platinum.
When John McCain picked this unqualified idiot for vice president he virtually conceded the presidency to Barack Obama. I will be eternally grateful to John McCain for that. Conservatives love Sarah Palin. Infatuated is probably a better term. So much so that they believe this weird mythology about her. That she is a fiscal champion (even though as mayor of Wasilla she left the town 20 million dollars in debt). That she fights government waste (she actively supported the “Bridge to Nowhere”, then flip-flopped, then took the government money anyway). That she is the very definition of ethics (she was found guilty of abuse of power in the Troopergate scandal by a Republican dominated committee). She’s been a complete fraud from the beginning and even Alaskans have taken notice as her approval rating has plummeted 30 points in the past few months. But now the freakshow has gotten even better
Rush Limbaugh tried to capitalize on the death of Michael Jackson by making the ridiculous statement that Michael Jackson’s success was directly related to the success of Ronald Reagan. He even went so far as to say that he “languished” under Bush 41 and Clinton and “died under Obama”. Now the stupidity of a statement like that could be dissected every which way, but I would argue strongly that Michael Jackson was never not a huge success story. And his success certainly had nothing to do with a particular president.
