Atlanta garage rockers Black Lips have been touring heavily after their June release of their sixth album Arabia Mountain.
If you haven’t heard NME’s review can give you a clue of what to expect: ‘Family Tree’ is a rollicking, leaky banger of an opening track, hair combed with engine grease and zany sax parping away in the background – chalk that one up to Ronson, then. Speaking of whom, the arch swinger’s touch on the record is apparent but surprisingly discreet, his trademark brass applied only sparingly and a hint of Theremin bringing surfy, ‘Good Vibrations’ overtones to ‘Modern Art’ and ‘Bone Marrow’.
The former’s wreckheads-in-an-art-gallery theme perfectly sums up the band’s class-clown appeal (“K-hole at the Dali/Seeing the unknown”), and is one of their best flat-out tunes since ‘O Katrina’. ‘Spidey’s Curse’ talks about Spider-Man getting touched up as a kid and sounds like The Beach Boys – not the sacrosanct, tortured-genius version beloved of Animal Collective, but the feckless thrill-seekers behind ‘Surfin’ USA’. Black Lips in their performance history have included (per Wikipedia): “vomiting, urination, nudity, electric R.C. car races, fireworks, a chicken, and flaming guitars. “ Sounds like fun right?! Their latest stop is Santa Ana's own Galaxy Theatre. They are like dynamite, spit, whiskey dirty rock, and the most fun you’ve ever had all in one! Galaxy Theater this Sunday, November 13, at 8 p.m.
AMarc Jacobs' Dakota Fanning advert has been banned for appearing to "sexualize a child." Quite frankly there's been much worse and while the "lolita" aspect is present, Marc Jacobs is a brand identified with sophistication, innovation and distinction. Banned? That's silly. The British Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has slammed the "sexually provocative" magazine commercial, which features 17-year-old actress Dakota Fanningsitting on the floor wearing a pale-colored thigh-length dress with an Oh Lola perfume bottle between her thighs. "We noted that the model was holding up the perfume bottle which rested in her lap between her legs and we considered that its position was sexually provocative. We understood the model was 17 years old but we considered she looked under the age of 16. We considered that the length of her dress, her leg and position of the perfume bottle drew attention to her sexuality. Because of that, along with her appearance, we considered the ad could be seen to sexualize a child," said the ASA in a statement.
The fashion designer chose the Hollywood star to be a "contemporary Lolita" after being inspired by her appearance as a 15-year-old punk rock singer in movie. The Runaways.
"When we were speaking about who to use in the Oh, Lola! fragrance ads - I had recently seen The Runaways. Dakota was in it, and I knew she could be this contemporary Lolita, seductive yet sweet," Jacobs said.
The scent was created by global fragrance company Coty, which has reportedly responded to the comments saying it has not received any complaints and did not think the styling suggested the model was underage.
Is Frances Bean Cobain engaged to local band The Rambles'Isaiah Silva? According to various sources around town--and Facebook--yes. Sources say that the two, who have been dating for more than a year, changed their relationship status on the social networking site to engaged a few weeks ago. Although they just as quickly changed it back, the couple, who use fake names on Facebook (Frances Rachel Leigh Cook for her, Isaiah David Berkowitz-Cusack for him), allude to the engagement in various posts, such as the screenshot above, which shows Cobain saying, "Getting to spend the rest of my life loving my best friend makes me the luckiest woman in the world."
And while we're all for young, sweet love and our jaded selves wish nothing but the best for the beautiful couple, we can't help but note one creepy fact: Doesn't Silva look remarkably like Kurt Cobain?
taken from: http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmentality/2011/10/frances_bean_cobain_is_she_eng.php
For a few hours nearly every Friday afternoon, the Echo Park Farmers’ Market transforms an oil-stained parking lot into a colorful food bazzar and gathering spot. Today, the market celebrates its fifth anniversary with its annual salsa making contest and other activities Market manager Holly Calhoun provided more information about what to expect at Friday’s birthday party:
Festivities will include our fifth annual Seize the Sizzle salsa contest, a free cooking demonstration showcasing seasonal market produce (free samples!), free Anniversary Carrot Cake from The Farmer’s Kitchen, live music by Marissa Gomez and the Ghosts of Echo Park, and of course, farm fresh, locally grown produce, delicious prepared foods, and handmade crafts from local vendors!
The carrot cake will be cut at 5 p.m., and the Seize the Sizzle contest (entries still be accepted) will be held at 6 p.m.
Iconic punk musician and GRAMMY®Award winning producer Tim Armstrong a new and original series entitled Tim Timebomb’s RockNRoll Theater. Imagine the Rocky Horror Picture Show of the new millennium with a cast of punk rockers and hot chicks. The debut episode premiers exclusively on VEVO, TODAY!
“Doing a show centered on musical theatre isn’t really a stretch for me,” says Armstrong. “For 25 years I’ve been making music and collaborating with friends, been involved in hundreds of videos, and it’s really just a direct extension of my world.” Armstrong adds, “VEVO is the perfect partner to premiere the show because their platform is extensive and will bring lots of eyeballs to our show.”
Homage to the classic American Musicals, Tim Timebomb’s RockNRoll Theater will center on Armstrong as today’s punk rock Rod Serling, leading and narrating suspenseful episodes with a variety of special guest actors and musicians. Each episode will feature extensive song and dance numbers with hard-hitting rock musical songs and rousing dance numbers all wrapped in a dark edge all written by Armstrong. “I’ll play music until the day I die, and this takes everything in an exciting new direction,” Armstrong adds. “I love collaborating with other artists and all I want to do is continue to make these episodes. That’s the spirit of the project.”
The pilot episode of Tim Timebomb’s RockNRoll Theater entitled “Dante,” will bring the 14th Century epic poem, Dante’s Inferno, roaring into the 21th Century with a new take on greed and corporate corruption. The episode stars AFI frontman Davey Havok, guitarist and vocalist Lars Frederiksen of Rancid, and actor Robert David Hall known for his extensive work on CSI. Tim Timebomb’s RockNRoll Theater marks the first scripted piece of original programming featured on VEVO, enriching the platform’s catalogue of 45,000 premium music videos, live performances and popular original series.
Armstrong is a busy man! Although this new series is taking much of his time these days he assures us that his fist loves, Rancid and Transplants, are still very much alive and we can expect new albums and tours for both of them next yeat.
See entire article at: http://www.ampmagazine.com/19163/rancids-tim-armstrong-announces-tim-timebombs-rocknroll-theater/
Lindsey Lohan is a total wreck! She just doesn't give a F***!!! Did she ever? And she needs to go to a real jail at least for a bit to get learn her lesson! She told the courts she was traveling for work. Real truth is she was globetrotting on a shopping spree, doing blow, driving drunk and all the other good stuff she loves to do. It ust be nice to have money to buy your freedom. Let’s see if she's as lucky as OJ Simpson?!
ON the other hand aside from the charcoal she used as blush she looked her fashion sense is still on point.
Well I don't know about entire bands bu former Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher and Blur singer Damon Albarn have definitely put their Britpop feud behind them after 15 years.
NoelGallagher and Damon Albarn have put their Britpop feud behind them after 15 years.
The former Oasis guitarist said a chance meeting with the Damon - whose band Blur went head to head with Noel's in the charts and a bitter war of words in 1994 - led to them having a beer and settling their differences.
He told Shortlist Magazine: "Funnily enough, when I was out last night, I bumped into him. I literally haven't seen the guy for 15 f***ing years and I bump into him in some club. We both went, 'Hey! F***ing hell!' and then he said, 'Come on, let's go for a beer.'
"So we're sitting having a beer, just going, 'What the f**k was that about 15 years ago? That was mental.'
"Then he said, 'It was a great time though,' and I was like, 'Yeah, it was a f***ing good laugh.' It was cool man."
While Noel, 44, has put his feud with Damon behind him, his bitter fall out with his brother and former Oasis bandmate, Liam - which led to the band's split in August 2009 - continues, and it annoys Noel that he constantly gets mistaken for his sibling on the London Underground.
He added: "I always get this, 'Excuse me, mate, aren't you Liam Gallagher?' F**k's sake. Sometimes, even when they ask me, I say, no and they're like, 'You don't half look like him.'
"For all you budding famous people out there, the key is to keep a straight face: 'Are you Noel Gallagher, mate?' 'Nope.' 'Are you sure?' 'Yep.'"
