Rachel Selekman's Yellow Velvet Spray (2008).Courtesy of Metaphor Contemporary Art
Is this Big Edie Beale's watering can? So overgrown, like it's been left outside too long and sprouted alien limbs (along with some lovely yellow flowers). It's hanging like a chandelier from the ceiling of Metaphor Contemporary Art in Brooklyn through July 20. —Emma Pearse
Friday, 27 June 2008
Monday, 23 June 2008
For A Space
Artist: For A Space
Genre(s):
Electronic
Discography:
Welcome 4.000
Year: 2000
Tracks: 10
Secrets Behind
Year: 1998
Tracks: 6
Monday, 16 June 2008
Q&A: Neil Young hopes documentary will spur debate
NEW YORK (Billboard) - In the spring of 2006, rock singer-songwriter Neil Young was just a year removed from a near-fatal aneurysm when he became so enraged with the war in Iraq that he quickly wrote, recorded and released the protest album "Living With War." Not two months after its release, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young launched their Freedom of Speech tour, during which unwitting fans expecting the band's sweeter side were greeted instead with its serrated edge.
During a three-hour-plus concert, the band played nearly all of "Living With War" and many of the political anthems on which its legend was built, like "Ohio," "Military Madness" and "Find the Cost of Freedom." Despite CSN&Y's anti-establishment roots, the move angered some fans.
The forthcoming documentary "CSNY: Deja Vu" charts that friction, portraying fans who saluted the group's efforts and those who felt betrayed by them, while introducing viewers to Iraqi War vets who are now protesting the war as musicians, politicians and social workers. Directed by Young and due in theaters July 25, the film blends concert and behind-the-scenes footage with short news features created by CNN correspondent Mike Cerre.
Q: One of the film's most powerful scenes shows Atlanta fans angrily filing out of the venue, not before telling you to go to hell, and that's putting it kindly. When you look back on the tour, are there faces and middle fingers in particular that stick out?
Neil Young: "I remember some faces. There's one guy I remember for sure, and he's not in the movie. This was a harrowing experience at times, and it's not an experience that I would like to repeat. I think it was a one-off. I think if I did this kind of thing for the rest of my life, I'd become like CNN, and I don't really respect that very much. It's like the same thing on a loop. I don't see the need for that. I like to be a full-length program, not a repeating segment."
Q: Besides Atlanta, the reaction in Orange County, California, was particularly bad, and even spurred fights. Did the negative reactions cause you to second-guess yourself at all?
Young: "There was never any sense of giving up or anything. We went from July 4 to September 10 on the tour, and I remember feeling glad that we weren't playing on September 11. There were moments throughout it where you just shook your head and said, 'God, what are we doing?' But the songs were there, the feeling was there, the audience was there, and we were doing it."
Q: Crosby, Stills & Nash play to a different crowd than you do as a solo artist. You must have also been aware of the fact that there was less preaching to the choir going on than there would have been on your own tour.
During a three-hour-plus concert, the band played nearly all of "Living With War" and many of the political anthems on which its legend was built, like "Ohio," "Military Madness" and "Find the Cost of Freedom." Despite CSN&Y's anti-establishment roots, the move angered some fans.
The forthcoming documentary "CSNY: Deja Vu" charts that friction, portraying fans who saluted the group's efforts and those who felt betrayed by them, while introducing viewers to Iraqi War vets who are now protesting the war as musicians, politicians and social workers. Directed by Young and due in theaters July 25, the film blends concert and behind-the-scenes footage with short news features created by CNN correspondent Mike Cerre.
Q: One of the film's most powerful scenes shows Atlanta fans angrily filing out of the venue, not before telling you to go to hell, and that's putting it kindly. When you look back on the tour, are there faces and middle fingers in particular that stick out?
Neil Young: "I remember some faces. There's one guy I remember for sure, and he's not in the movie. This was a harrowing experience at times, and it's not an experience that I would like to repeat. I think it was a one-off. I think if I did this kind of thing for the rest of my life, I'd become like CNN, and I don't really respect that very much. It's like the same thing on a loop. I don't see the need for that. I like to be a full-length program, not a repeating segment."
Q: Besides Atlanta, the reaction in Orange County, California, was particularly bad, and even spurred fights. Did the negative reactions cause you to second-guess yourself at all?
Young: "There was never any sense of giving up or anything. We went from July 4 to September 10 on the tour, and I remember feeling glad that we weren't playing on September 11. There were moments throughout it where you just shook your head and said, 'God, what are we doing?' But the songs were there, the feeling was there, the audience was there, and we were doing it."
Q: Crosby, Stills & Nash play to a different crowd than you do as a solo artist. You must have also been aware of the fact that there was less preaching to the choir going on than there would have been on your own tour.
Saturday, 14 June 2008
Tommy Hilfiger - Fashion Legend Yves Saint Laurent Dies Aged 71
Designer Yves Saint Laurent, credited with changing the face of female fashion, has died in Paris at the age of 71.
Pierre Berge, the designer's long-time business partner, said Saint Laurent had passed away on Sunday night, following a lengthy illness.
The Algerian-born creative was credited with irrevocably transforming feminine couture, introducing a timeless trend for trouser suits and safari jackets.
"Gabrielle Chanel gave women freedom. Yves Saint Laurent gave them power," Berg told France Info radio.
"Like all creators, Yves Saint Laurent had two faces, a public face and a private face.
"In this sense he was a libertarian, an anarchist and he threw bombs at the legs of society," he added. "That's how he transformed society and that's how he transformed women."
French president Nicolas Sarkozy said Saint Laurent had been the first designer "to elevate haute couture to the rank of art and that gave him global influence" while Tommy Hilfiger told the Associated Press news agency that Saint Laurent had been "a creative genius who changed the world of fashion forever".
Saint Laurent was discharged from his national service in 1960 after suffering a nervous breakdown and after announcing his retirement in 2002, revealed his struggles with drugs and alcohol.
"Every man needs aesthetic phantoms in order to exist," he was quoted by the New York Times newspaper as saying.
"I have known fear and the terrors of solitude. I have known those fair-weather friends we call tranquillisers and drugs. I have known the prison of depression and the confinement of hospital.
"But one day, I was able to come through all of that, dazzled yet sober."
02/06/2008 09:26:53
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Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams
Artist: Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams
Genre(s):
Jazz
Discography:
The Complete Blue Note Studio Sessions cd4
Year: 2000
Tracks: 9
The Complete Blue Note Studio Sessions cd3
Year: 2000
Tracks: 9
The Complete Blue Note Studio Sessions cd2
Year: 2000
Tracks: 10
The Complete Blue Note Studio Sessions cd1
Year: 2000
Tracks: 9
Experts Conclude De La Hoya Pictures Were Faked
Jolie: Where Are Disney's Black Princesses?
Angelina Jolie has criticized the Walt Disney Co. for failing to produce an animated film featuring a black princess. Jolie, whose adopted child Zahara was born in Africa (two other adopted children, Maddox and Pax were born in Asia), told the British celebrity magazine OK!, "There still isn't a Disney princess that's African and it's very difficult because our daughters' getting into princesses right now and it upsets me." Jolie, however, may not have been aware of Disney's plans to release The Princess and the Frog, which features a black princess (from New Orleans), next year.
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Iraqi orchestra pushes unity in rare performance
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The national symphony orchestra hoped music would bring Iraqis into harmony in a concert on Wednesday which highlighted sectarian violence that has killed tens of thousands of people, including some of its members.
Before directing the rare public performance, conductor Karim Wasfi said his cellists and violinists could bring peace of mind to Iraqis, who face daily bombings and shootings.
"It's the best way to unite Iraqis," he said in the auditorium where Iraq's parliament meets in the heavily fortified government and diplomatic Green Zone compound.
"We want to help our politicians make peace."
It is hard enough for the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra (INSO) to meet for practice sessions, let alone help unite Iraqis who face suicide bombings, shootings and kidnappings.
Some members have been kidnapped or killed in sectarian bloodshed, others have received death threats and 29 have joined the exodus of more than 2 million people who have fled Iraq.
It saw its music library and instrument store looted after the U.S.-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein in 2003, and one of its main concert venues was destroyed by U.S. missiles.
The orchestra could not have drawn a big audience no matter how hypnotizing the concerto.
Before directing the rare public performance, conductor Karim Wasfi said his cellists and violinists could bring peace of mind to Iraqis, who face daily bombings and shootings.
"It's the best way to unite Iraqis," he said in the auditorium where Iraq's parliament meets in the heavily fortified government and diplomatic Green Zone compound.
"We want to help our politicians make peace."
It is hard enough for the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra (INSO) to meet for practice sessions, let alone help unite Iraqis who face suicide bombings, shootings and kidnappings.
Some members have been kidnapped or killed in sectarian bloodshed, others have received death threats and 29 have joined the exodus of more than 2 million people who have fled Iraq.
It saw its music library and instrument store looted after the U.S.-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein in 2003, and one of its main concert venues was destroyed by U.S. missiles.
The orchestra could not have drawn a big audience no matter how hypnotizing the concerto.
Quid Pro Quo
Quid Pro Quo is a dark, puzzling tale of strangers who crash into one another's lives and transform them forever.
Hall & Oates return to LA's Troubadour after 35 years
Hall & Oates returned to the Troubadour for two sold-out gigs this week -- their first shows at the legendary Los Angeles venue since the Philadelphia duo played their first shows in the city 35 years ago.
The band were in high spirits during their two-hour set Friday night (May 23), which saw them playing hits including 'Maneater', 'She's Gone' and 'Rich Girl' as well as Daryl Hall's solo material and some obscure numbers.
"We've never played this one outside Atlantic Records," Hall said before the band launched into 'Had I Known You Better Then', a melodic ballad on which John Oates sings lead vocals.
The duo drew a diverse crowd ranging from the senior set to 20-something indie kids, possibly due in part to younger bands including Death Cab For Cutie, Fall Out Boy and Flight Of The Conchords name-checking them as influences in recent months.
Hall & Oates were backed by a tight five-piece band featuring musicians such as Tom 'T-Bone' Wolk, with whom they've played for years.
The house lights were turned up throughout their entire set, giving the proceedings a homey, community vibe. "I see you all smiling, that's good," Hall said -- smiling himself throughout the entire night.
Adoring fans cheered and sang along to nearly every song, including a man who proudly displayed a license plate that read 'HNO4EVR'.
Hall & Oates returned to the stage for two encores, concluding the night with a rare performance of their massive 1981 hit 'Private Eyes'.
--By our Los Angeles staff.
Find out more about NME.
The band were in high spirits during their two-hour set Friday night (May 23), which saw them playing hits including 'Maneater', 'She's Gone' and 'Rich Girl' as well as Daryl Hall's solo material and some obscure numbers.
"We've never played this one outside Atlantic Records," Hall said before the band launched into 'Had I Known You Better Then', a melodic ballad on which John Oates sings lead vocals.
The duo drew a diverse crowd ranging from the senior set to 20-something indie kids, possibly due in part to younger bands including Death Cab For Cutie, Fall Out Boy and Flight Of The Conchords name-checking them as influences in recent months.
Hall & Oates were backed by a tight five-piece band featuring musicians such as Tom 'T-Bone' Wolk, with whom they've played for years.
The house lights were turned up throughout their entire set, giving the proceedings a homey, community vibe. "I see you all smiling, that's good," Hall said -- smiling himself throughout the entire night.
Adoring fans cheered and sang along to nearly every song, including a man who proudly displayed a license plate that read 'HNO4EVR'.
Hall & Oates returned to the stage for two encores, concluding the night with a rare performance of their massive 1981 hit 'Private Eyes'.
--By our Los Angeles staff.
Find out more about NME.
Irina Palm
Irina Palm
Stars: Marianne Faithfull, Miki Mranojlovic, Jenny Agutter
Director: Sam Garbarski
*** (out of five)
This seems to be the season, in the art house circuit, for ex-girlfriends of the Rolling Stones. A few weeks ago it was Anita Pallenberg impersonating the Queen in Mister Lonely. Now it�s Marianne Faithfull starring in Irina Palm, a pleasingly sentimental British domestic drama.
Faithfull has grown stout over the years, but unlike Pallenberg, who looks like a wreck in Mister Lonely, she has retained something of the doe-eyed look of her youth. Such a sensitive appearance is appropriate to her character, Maggie, a penniless widow who dotes on her grandson.
Unfortunately the boy has an illness that will prove terminal unless he undergoes a rare procedure in Australia. His parents have no money, and neither does Maggie. In desperation she wanders into a sex club in SoHo one day, meets the proprietor Miki (Miki Manojlovic) and asks for a job advertised as a �hostess.� She thinks it means somebody who makes tea.
Actually the hostess sits in a cubicle beside a hole in the wall through which she provides an anonymous sexual service for male clients. Rest assured these scenes are filmed discreetly.)
Somewhat improbably Maggie proves a wizard at this humble task, and is even given a nom de main, Irina Palm.
Manojlovic�s world-weary performance, paired against Faithfull�s sincerity, keeps this movie afloat, a movie that generally asks the viewer not to think too hard about it.
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The Apprentice star hurt in accident
Former 'Apprentice' star Nicholas De Lacy Brown has reportedly been injured after a wall fell on him.
According to The Sun, the trainee barrister, who was the first to be fired on the current series of the BBC show, was walking past a building site when a lorry hit the wall and caused it to fall on top of him.
A source told the newspaper: "He was trapped for several agonising minutes and screaming in pain."
The report says that the 24-year-old has since undergone several operations and may be on crutches until next October.
According to The Sun, the trainee barrister, who was the first to be fired on the current series of the BBC show, was walking past a building site when a lorry hit the wall and caused it to fall on top of him.
A source told the newspaper: "He was trapped for several agonising minutes and screaming in pain."
The report says that the 24-year-old has since undergone several operations and may be on crutches until next October.
Acceptance
Artist: Acceptance
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Phantoms
Year: 2005
Tracks: 12
Acceptance's effervescent rock themes uncover non solely their previous melodic feel, mostly approach from punk rock ground, just too the crossbred musical wishes shared by each member of the batting order. Forming in Seattle, WA, Acceptance sign-language their exceptional sentiment of alternate pop/rock not only due to their pure rocking influences, merely also because of their candid pop preferences. Jason Vena (vocals, bass), Kaylan Cloyd (guitar), Chris DeCastro (guitar), and Peter (drums) were the composition members of Acceptance when the band commencement got together in 1998. Following a period during which the quadruplet ascertained their distinct creative path, they started playing their first base shows, enjoying enthusiastic extolment. This opened the way to them recording their first disk. The EP The Lost Words appeared in 1999, months before guitar player DeCastro decided to go out the band to follow his have trail. It was after the band's final gig with DeCastro that Garrett Lunceford, wHO replaced him, offered to join Acceptance. After the lineup change, Acceptance continued to tour of duty intensively, playing possible action concerts for crews such as the Juliana Theory, Element ci, and Bleach, as their debut EP sold upwards of 5,000 units. In 2003, Acceptance returned with some other EP, Black Lines to Battlefields, on The Miltia Group. Extensive touring, including dates with Gatsbys American Dream and The Snake The Cross The Crown, followed before the band's Columbia debut, Phantoms, appeared in April 2005. Early 2006 was fagged on sold-out dates just about the nation with peers the Academy Is..., Hellogoodbye and Panic! at the Disco before hit up May's Bamboozle fete. By summer 2006, however, rumors that had been circulating among fans for a morsel were confirmed. Acceptance -- wHO by instantly comprised Vena, Cloyd, guitar player Christian McAlhaney, bassist Ryan Zwiefelhofer and drummer Nick Radovanovic -- decided to send for it quits. Various band members went on to physical body new projects.
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