Here’s the complete list of new releases for Tuesday, March 2nd.
Music Tuesday Newsday: New Music Releases from Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, Flogging Molly, Miles Davis, and Portugal. The Man!!
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Daily Dots Daily Dots: Lil Wayne Starts A Fire, Nirvana On Ice, Guru Survives Heart Attack
Today’s bloggin best…
- Lil Wayne is burning down the [court] house. Prefix
- Guru of Gang Starr is expected to make a full recovery, thank goodness. Hypetrak
- Banksy just ain’t as mysterious as he used to be. Format Mag
- Nirvana On Ice. No really, Nirvana on ice. Boing Boing
- It’s about time someone sued Prince for being a buzz kill. Prefix
- New York Times lied, the Arcade Fire’s credibility died. Pitchfork
- The Clash Converse are the punkness. Converse Blog
- Will people pay to hear Joy Division/New Order bassist Peter Hook talk? Spinner
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Gallery Oddity Scoundrels, Oddballs, and Eccentrics : After the Noise in San Francisco!
With our Magnetic Fields coverage turning out to be a bust, we scoured the streets of San Francisco on a particularly gloomy Monday afternoon for a worthy replacement. I’d already seen some of the sights, so we searched for weirder ways to occupy the time. The mission: turn any rocks over that we could, and hopefully unearth whatever interesting, unusual and weird creatures Frisco had to offer. Despite it being a Monday, we got a little lucky after digging around all day.
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Featured Film Gallery Oddity Bob Suicide Enters the Mysterious Musée Mécanique
After a night of club-hopping at San Francisco’s Noise Pop Festival, there was a different kind of noise we needed. And what could have been better for a hangover than an endless stream of calliope music, along with the bangs and pings of pinball machines and harpsichord melodies? Bob Suicide led us from the ordinary world of sunlight-drenched, boardwalk tourist traps into one of the city’s cult gems: Musée Mécanique at Pier 45, right along San Francisco Bay.
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Gallery interview Tempo No Tempo : Redefining Noise Pop
Despite being unable to see every single band that played the Noise Pop Festival (which was pretty impossible), from what I witnessed, Tempo No Tempo seemed the best candidate for what Noise Pop represents: the perfect blend between the two words (and worlds). As a companion piece to the Dizzy Balloon interview — a band which represented a very different sound, more towards the pop end of the spectrum — I interviewed TNT outside Slim’s our first night there, just to get some insight to the songwriting of the band and the brains behind it.
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Gallery interview Dizzy Balloon Makes Girls Go Wild
You’d think the guys in Dizzy Balloon were the latest incarnation of Paul, George, John and Ringo the way the girls were carrying on tonight! There was no fainting or ripping hair out of the head, though, which was kind of disappointing — just homemade sign-touting, hypnotized teenyboppers who stood as close as they could to oogle the band and sing along to every word. The perfect foil for Noise Pop’s Tempo No Tempo (see other interview), DB’s musicians looked to the classic rock bands of the 60s and 70s for inspiration, and whose proto-punk-pop sound had the crowd in a craze after a few short riffs.
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Event Gallery The Watson Twins vs. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros : Folk (esque) Showdown!!
Sunday’s concluding Noise Pop festivities took place at the legendary Bimbo’s 365 cafe, a complete departure from the comparatively run-down areas of ‘Frisco we’d been checking out the bands at thus far. It was there that two completely different kinds of folk bands squared off against one another: first, the Joni Mitchell-esque Watson Twins, with their docile harmonies, tambourine taps and strummed acoustic guitars. Their rivals were headliners Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, more of a Mamas and The Papas-type of family band who drove the crowd nothing short of koo-koo, Dizzy Balloon-style except with a lot more of the unwashed masses. For those who have never been, Bimbo’s looks a lot like the Overlook Hotel from The Shining; its decadent, roaring 20′s interior boasts a grand ballroom, red velvet everything and a bar that eerily resembles the one Jack Nicholson heard voices at. So…come play with us, Danny!
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Event Gallery Memory Tapes Want to Record Over You
The final act of Saturday’s Noise Pop Festival edition, Memory Tapes mustered enough interest and energy to bring out the irritable side of the crowd, even at close to 1 in the morning — and one that was the angriest we’ve seen so far at the festival. Which was great for a change, because there’s nothing worse then a bunch of half-asleep festival-goers and drugged-up hipsters nodding off to the latest in experimental music. And with the eccentricities behind “Swimming Field” and “Green Knight,” The Tapes showed that even some of the most peaceful and soothing music doesn’t make for much of a peaceful crowd.
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Moody Mondays Moody Mondays : The Beastie Boys’ Mix Master Mike
Renowned DJ, Mix Master Mike lent us his ear. We asked him to pick a mood, and then 5 songs that help put him in that mood. Shockingly, he didn’t go with “Beastie’.
Mood: Diverse
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Fashion The Burberry Life
Burberry is one of the most well-established & recognised fashion labels in the world. Formed in 1856 by Thomas Burberry, the company invented gabardine, dressed Roald Amundsen & Ernest Shackleton (the most revered explorers of their time) & designed clothing for officers in the British army. “Burberry classic check”, also known as “haymarket check” is instantly identifiable from it’s black, tan & red pattern.
Burberry had a public image problem in the 1990s, when it fell victim to the problem all fashion houses dread: counterfeiting on an enormous scale. As Burberry had become popular with fans of English football, their classic check started to appear on all manner of items, & sold on almost every street corner. It become the unofficial uniform for less savoury groups like chavs & football hooligans, & severely damaged the public perception of the brand.
When Christopher Bailey joined Burberry as creative director in 2001, the tide began to turn for the British icon. The house turned out truly fashion-forward looks at the speed of light, garnering a gaggle of young new fans. They secured the top British talent for its advertising campaigns, including Emma Watson, Agyness Deyn, Lily Donaldson & Kate Moss. Today, their image is of utmost quality & brave style.
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