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'Game Of Thrones' Season 3 Making of GoT - Vlog No. 4 - Season 2 Recap SHOW (VIDEO) #gameofthrones

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The Red Witch 'Melisandre' (Carice van Houton) (CR: EW/HBO)

 

Making Of Game Of Thrones Season 3: Vlog #4 - Down To The Smallest Detail

Small details can pose big challenges. Go behind the scenes with Game Of Thrones season 3 Propmaster Gordon Fitzgerald to see cool stuff from the show up close.

 

Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen on the Game Of Thrones season 3 set (CR: HBO)

Khaleesi and a dragon cage, which according to propmaster Gordon Fitzgerald, was convincing--but not functional(!)

 

For more on Game of Thrones, go to http://itsh.bo/HpR8b1.

RECAP Game of Thrones Season 2 with Executive Producers, D.B. Weiss and David Benioff.

Season 3 of the acclaimed epic fantasy by George R.R. Martin premieres on 3/31 at 9 PM.

For more on Game of Thrones, go to http://itsh.bo/HpR8b1.

Watch Game of Thrones online at HBO GO® http://itsh.bo/eIDxfw.

 

The $15,000 'Game of Thrones' painting?

 

Scroll below to see more artistic takes on the world of HBO’s Game of Thrones courtesy of Austin’s Mondo Gallery.

The images are part of an exhibit that opened Friday, timed to the start of the South by Southwest film festival. Below are 10 original pieces from the exhibit. If you want to buy the first one, however, you have to pay the Iron Price — $15,000 for an oil painting that includes several of the Thrones-verse fan-favorite characters. The rest are more modestly priced.

Below are the first two posters in a series of eight creative images that will be unveiled starting today at the gallery’s new Thrones event. Mondo, the collectible art division of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, is launching the poster series on the first day of the South by Southwest music/film/interactive conference, which is seeing an increased TV industry presence this year (Showtime, NBC, The CW, A&E, Bravo and USA are among the networks with events planned).

Mondo and Thrones previous teamed for a poster series at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con. “...The gallery event will also debut the official Game of Thrones beer — Iron Throne, “a delicate, but piercing Golden Blonde Ale with Noble hops, a nod to having a Lannister currently on the Throne.”

SOURCE: 'Game of Thrones' awesome Mondo posters unveiled at SXSW -- EXCLUSIVE

Two posters will be unveiled each week until Thrones season three premieres on March 31.

Here are the first two:

 

Image Credit: Artist: Kilian Eng

 

 MORE Game Of Thrones Season 3 Images AFTER THE JUMP!

'Californication' - Episode 6.07 Promo VIDEO - Sneak Peeks - Promo PHOTOS - Teases! - #californication

Wherein Marilyn Manson 'Teabags' Atticus Fetch

 

Tim Minchin, David Duchovny & Natasha McElhone in Californication Episode 607 (Cr: Showtime)

I nominate this episode as the most bizarre so far of Californication season 6, not specifically because of Marilyn Manson's guest starring turn, but because by bringing him and Tim Minchin as Atticus Fetch together, the level of oddness/insanity reaches completely new heights.

 

Even so, 'normal' family problems are brewing in the Hank-Becca-Karen family unit. Becca is still rebelling, going to great lengths to imitate her father's bad behaviour. An intervention involving Manson is staged and the results are pretty much what any functional person would expect.

With Charlie having realized that he still loves Marcy there is fertile ground to be mined--well maybe the ground isn't fertile anymore but it certainly is 'familiar,' as Marcy puts it.

Tune in Sunday night on Showtime to share in the craziness!

CALIFORNICATION – 607 – “The Dope Show” Episode Description:

Hank (DAVID DUCHOVNY) returns from his trip to find Becca (MADELEINE MARTIN) in need of help. His plan for her backfires when they go to visit Atticus Fetch (TIM MINCHIN) and his current house guest MARILYN MANSON (Himself). Hank has an encounter that puts him in a very awkward position with Karen (NATASCHA MCELHONE). Charlie (EVAN HANDLER) takes Stuart (CAMDEN GRAY) out for the day and has an encounter of his own.

Written by: Tom Kapinos
Directed by: Michael Weaver

Guest Stars: Marilyn Manson, Sarah Wynter, Stacey Scowley, Dustin Ybarra and Tim Minchin
Co-Star: Camden Gray SOURCE: Showtime

Californication 6x07 Promo VIDEO "Scared Straight"

 

Natasha McElhone, David Duchovny & Madeleine Martin in Californication Episode 607 (Cr: Showtime)

 

Californication : Marilyn Manson Sneak Peek (VIDEO)

Hank and Becca meet Atticus' house guest, Marilyn Manson.

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After the jump:

Californication : A Nice Little Fairytale Sneak Peek VIDEO

Don't miss CALIFORNICATION, Sundays at 10:30PM ET/PT Starting Tonite (VIDEO) @SHO_Cali @SHO_Kareem!

Becca (MADELEINE MARTIN) and her dad, Hank Moody (David Duchovny) in Californication season 6 - starting on Jan 13 on Showtime

PLUS, watch the next episode one week early, every Monday only on Showtime On Demand and Showtime Anytime!

Don't miss CALIFORNICATION, Sundays at 10:30PM ET/PT.

CALIFORNICATION – 601 – “THE UNFORGIVEN” Hank Moody (DAVID DUCHOVNY) may have survived a murder-suicide attempt by his lovelorn ex, Carrie (NATALIE ZEA), but she’s still haunting him. Charlie (EVAN HANDLER) takes his best friend and star client to meet rocker Atticus Fetch (TIM MINCHIN) about giving A Crazy Little Thing Called Love the Broadway treatment. A revelation about Becca (MADELEINE MARTIN) prompts a tailspin that causes Charlie, Karen (NATASCHA MCELHONE) and Marcy (PAMELA ADLON) to take action with Hank. SOURCE: Showtime

Hank and 'professional muse,' "Faith' (Maggie Grace) in season 6 CALIFORNICATION

 

Written by: Tom Kapinos Directed by: David Duchovny

Guest Stars: Natalie Zea, Alexandra Barreto, Maggie Wheeler And Tim Minchin Co-Stars: Carter Sand, Lyndon Smith, Dustin Sterling, Chris Gann, Kristina Kruz, Elizabeth Nicole, Marcus Folmar

 

David Duchovny in season 6 CALIFORNICATION

Californication

 

'A Really Strong Drink' Sneak Peek Episode 6.01 (VIDEO) http://youtu.be/vajlHgUXWxE

'A Masterpiece' Sneak Peek Episode 6.01 (VIDEO) http://youtu.be/tLRsmuwpwiI

CALIFORNICATION Promo PHOTOS season 6 Premiere Episode 601 'The Unforgiven":

 

 

 

After the Jump: David Duchovny Talks to Rolling Stone Magazine (excerpt):

Have You Seen The New Dexter MUSIC VIDEO? NEW Dexter Season 7 Trailer (VIDEO) SPOILERS @SHO_Dexter @SHO_Kareem

Michael C. Hall in 'Dexter.' Season 7 returns Sept 30 on Showtime (Credit: Showtime)

Dexter Music Video: Tonight's the Night VIDEO:

Check out Rolfe Kent's "Tonight's the Night" Dexter music video.

'It's over when I say it is!!!' - Dexter

Indeed.

It will blow your mind.*

***SPOILER WARNING***

No one escapes the Dark Passenger. Dexter returns September 30th at 9PM ET/PT.

DEXTER season 7, Episode 1: DEXTER Season 7 premiere. Episode 7.01 - 'Are You ...?' After witnessing her brother kill Travis Marshall, Debra (Jennifer Carpenter) attempts to reconcile with Dexter (Michael C. Hall) while struggling to cover up their involvement with the murder. Meanwhile, Detective Mike Anderson has an unfortunate run-in, Quinn and Batista begin to make amends, and LaGuerta finds evidence that causes her to re-think the closed Bay Harbor Butcher case.

*See? I told you it was mind blowing--and spoiler-y! There is some really effed up stuff going on too, which in the case of a cold-blooded murder of a series regular in the police station must be someone's (Deb's or Dex's) daydream or nightmare. I never considered the possibility that it was real but judging from the comments beneath the video, plenty of Dexter fans do.

Dexter continues to be my favourite Showtime show (though I'm really digging Homeland, too!) and in the top 5 of any television drama I watch so I am definitely popping up a big bowl of popcorn, snuggling up with my honey, and tuning in when it premieres on Sept. 30. (I prefer to watch it as it airs 'live' in my time zone--not DVR it).

You may have read that Dexter has been renewed through season 8   (yay!)?

I'm betting that the next 24 or so episodes will be NO HOLDS BARRED which is exactly how I  like my Dexter.

DEXTER Season 7 Promo (Credit: Showtime)

Latest Dexter Scoop from TVGuide:

Deb and La Guerta aren't the only two people who will be on to Dexter this season. "As we introduce in the pilot, Dexter kills someone who is very important to Ray Stevenson's Isaac, someone who is a significant part of his organization," showrunner Scott Buck says. "That also tees Isaac off to find out what happened to this person, who killed this person and so he's also on to Dexter all throughout this season." Man, Dex just can't catch a break this year, huh?

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Dexter returns Sunday, Sept. 30 at 9/8c on Showtime.

Springsteen Pulls Daughter Onstage for Dance PHOTOS (VIDEO)

 

Bruce Springsteen and 20 year-old daughter Jessica, in concert in Paris - July 2012

 

                                                                                                       

"The Boss" has a sweet father daughter moment during a concert in Paris. Watch it.

Springsteen repeats his "Dancing in the Dark" end-of-song, pluck the girl out of the audience & dance with her routine with his 20 year-old daughter Jessica, at a concert tin Paris.

Guess that's the risk you take when you attend your rock-legend-American icon father's concert. There's certainly worse songs to have to dance to.

SOURCE & More: World's coolest dad? Bruce Springsteen drags daughter Jessica onstage for a dance in front of 10,000 fans

 

The Boss is famous for bringing fans up on stage for his iconic hit song Dancing in the Dark.

But thousands of fans in Paris got a special treat on Thursday night when the esteemed rocker pulled his 20-year-old daughter Jessica from the audience to share a dance with her 62-year-old Dad.

And while some daughters might find it embarrassing to dance with their father in front of 10,000 people, Jessica looked to be having a ball.

The second of Springsteen's three children, Jessica smiled and laughed when her famous Dad pulled her onstage before screaming fans at the Palais Omnisports Bercy arena in Paris.

LG DoublePlay: The Ultimate Social Networking & Multi-tasking Handset

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of LG DoublePlay™ for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

Whether you use social media like Facebook, Twitter or many others for work, play, family needs or any combination, you are probably texting and accessing your social media hubs more than ever before, right? I know I certainly am!

It can be a real chore trying to juggle the 'information flow' day-to-day (hour to hour, if I'm going to be precise). I probably use my smartphone, using both texting and accessing my social networks at least 50 hours a month, maybe more. How 'bout we compare notes and you share with me how many hours you spend on your smartphone or other device for texting and networking? Drop me a comment if you would, please!

Since I do a lot of texting and networking on my portable device I want -- need actually--built into it, a great little 5 megapixel camera with LED flash and 720p HD video recorder which I know I would use often in my interactions through my multi-tasking handset. I use photos taken with my plain old cellphone now but it would be fantastic to take advantage of the use of a LG DoublePlay™  featuring Android 2.3 with it's super-friendly, comprehensive user customization featuring 7 home screens and up to nine touch screen shortcuts for easy-as-one-touch navigation. Put this awfully nice-sounding package together with a split QWERTY keyboard and dual capacitive touch screens which make your multi-tasking mobile activities a breeze, and you'll agree that it is time to make an addition to your holiday gift list! Why not check out the LG DoublePlay™ --the ultimate social networking and multi-tasking handset and remember, the LG DoublePlay™is available ONLY through T-Mobile!

The Big Man is Dead: Springsteen's E Street Sax Man Clarence Clemons Succumbs After Stroke - 'Jungleland' Solo [VIDEO]

Iconic rock saxophonist Clarence Clemons died Saturday at age 69 of complications from a stroke, bandmate Bruce Springsteen said:

Clarence Clemons performs with Aretha Franklin on her 1985 recording 'Freeway Of Love':
(VIDEO after the jump)

The story of how Bruce Springsteen and The Big Man began making history together--as told by Clarence Clemons:

One night we were playing in Asbury Park. I'd heard The Bruce Springsteen Band was nearby at a club called The Student Prince and on a break between sets I walked over there. On-stage, Bruce used to tell different versions of this story but I'm a Baptist, remember, so this is the truth.

A rainy, windy night it was, and when I opened the door the whole thing flew off its hinges and blew away down the street. The band were on-stage, but staring at me framed in the doorway. And maybe that did make Bruce a little nervous because I just said, "I want to play with your band," and he said, "Sure, you do anything you want."

The first song we did was an early version of "Spirit In The Night." Bruce and I looked at each other and didn't say anything, we just knew. We knew we were the missing links in each other's lives. He was what I'd been searching for. In one way he was just a scrawny little kid. But he was a visionary. He wanted to follow his dream. So from then on I was part of history.

Cover art featuring Clarence Clemons and Bruce Springsteen on The E Street Band's breakthrough album, 'Born To Run':

In concerts Bruce would always introduce "The E Street Shuffle" with a monologue about how they met with the magicl moment immortalized in the song 'Tenth Avenue Freeze out,' the second song on Bruce Springsteen's breakthrough album 'Born to Run.'         

Clarence Clemons' E Street Band 'Jungleland' Solo - Stockholm - June 7th 09 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band:

 

Clarence Anicholas Clemons, Jr. (January 11, 1942 – June 18, 2011), also known as The Big Man, was an American musician and actor. From 1972 until his death, he was a prominent member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, playing the tenor saxophone. He released several solo albums and in 1985 had a hit single with "You're a Friend of Mine", a duet with Jackson Browne. As a guest musician he also featured on Aretha Franklin's "Freeway of Love" ...Clemons published his autobiography, Big Man: Real Life & Tall Tales, in 2009. Clemons suffered a stroke on June 12, 2011 and died due to complications from the stroke on June 18 at 69 years old.

SOURCE: Wikipedia

In announcing Clarence Clemons' death, E Street Band leader Bruce Springsteen said:

"Clarence lived a wonderful life. He carried within him a love of people that made them love him. He created a wondrous and extended family. He loved the saxophone, loved our fans and gave everything he had every night he stepped on stage," Springsteen said in a statement.

"His loss is immeasurable and we are honored and thankful to have known him and had the opportunity to stand beside him for nearly 40 years. He was my great friend, my partner and with Clarence at my side, my band and I were able to tell a story far deeper than those simply contained in our music. His life, his memory, and his love will live on in that story and in our band."

Clemons played on such classic Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band hits as "Born to Run" and "Thunder Road" and is widely credited with helping to shape Springsteen's sound.

 

After the jump: Clarence Clemons talks about his the musical 'marriage' with Bruce Springsteen; Clemons performing with Aretha Franklin on 1985's 'Freeway Of Love':

VIDEOs: Shameless - 'A Guide To Getting By' - Sneak Peeks - Promo Photos @SHO_Shameless @SHO_Kareem

 All the actors on Shameless have, at one point or another--in their own particular way--knocked my socks off with their talents. Case in point is 'Debbie' or 'Debs', played  with utter believability by Emma Rose Kenney.

Debs came across Steve's (Justin Chatwin) cellphone with a lovey-dovey text message on it from someone not Fiona (Emmy Rossum). After Fiona cracked him in the forehead with the phone, Steve lied to her about the text being from a girl 'at work.' Turns out Steve has some major baggage that he has thus far not claimed. Unbeknownst to him however, he's got little ginger-haired girl who's fiercely protective of her family, hot on his trail. Watch the video below top where Debbie finds out what Steve has been hiding and Steve realizes that he is so. totally. screwed.

The Gallaghers present a guide to getting by in a shameless (is there any other?) kind of way.

Shameless - Sunday nights @ 10 E. Be there or be...just be there.

(Warning: Do NOT attempt this IRL!)

'Next Up on Shameless: 'But At Last Came A Knock'

Frank needs his ex-wife's signature to claim settlement money.

Shameless: Who is Steve? Deb discovers Steve's true identity... Steve is sooo busted!

Shameless: Concert Tickets

Lip tries to borrow money to buy concert tickets for Karen.

Official SHAMELESS Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ShamelessOnShowtime

 

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Official SHAMELESS Series Site: http://www.sho.com/shameless

 

 

 

Sneak Peeks: Californication Episode 8 - Promo Photos - A Look Back at Hank & Karen #Giveaway @SHO_Kareem @SHO_Cali

Season 4 Soundtrack Giveaway Deadline Extended to Midnight February 27!!

Winner to be announced on this blog on February 28!

I hear over & over that people dig the music on Californication. I agree! It's awesome--and because its so I'm giving away the Season 4 Soundtrack to Californication! That's right! The Season 4 soundtrack--this season--stuff you have not heard yet but will want to hear again!

The soundtrack features The Queens of Dogtown (recurring on the show) as well as Warren Zevon, Shooter Jennings, Tommy Lee, Better Than Ezra and others!

It is yours for the asking, my friends. Just drop me a comment between now and February 27 @ midnight telling me one thing you like about the music on Californication.

Remember, I'm gonna need your contact info to mail you your CD! So either sign in with an email or respond to my announcement of the winner of the giveaway which I'll make here on this blog on  February 28!! Good Luck!!

Post continues after the jump!

Californication - Episode 4.07 - Preview - Sneak Peeks - Promo Photos - Soundtrack #Giveaway @SHO_Kareem

From Californication - Episode 4.07 - The Recused - Promo Photos - Screen Caps http://foreverafangirl.com

Abby pitches Hank's case to a partner after recusing herself.

Synopsis: Californication - Episode 4.07 - The Recused

Due to the previous night's hanky-panky, Hank's ex-attorney (Carla Gugino) decides to remain so,  and attempts to match him up with Charles Widmore, senior partner (Alan Dale). The results are decidedly mixed.

I've mentioned before that I just started watching Californication this year (my bad) though I watched David Duchovny in his previous non-cable network series, the X-Files, for it's entire run. One of the things that I'm really loving about this little 30 min. show is the soundtrack. It really enhances the vibe with music that without question, I'd want to hear again.

Fortunately for you, I'm able to give away the Season 4 Soundtrack to Californication! That's right! The Season 4 soundtrack--this season--stuff you have not heard yet but will want to hear again!

The soundtrack features The Queens of Dogtown (recurring on the show) as well as Warren Zevon, Shooter Jennings, Tommy Lee, Better Than Ezra and others!

It is yours for the asking, my friends. Just drop me a comment between now and February 26 telling me one thing you like about the music on Californication.

 

Californication: Not That Easy

Hank plays golf with Abby and her boss.

Californication: Ritual Cleansing

Charlie, Marcy and Stu wait to meet with television executives.

 

 

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Californication - Episode 4.06 - 2 Sneak Peeks & Promo Photos - VIDEO: Queens of Dogtown Californication Soundtrack #Giveaway #SHO_Cali @SHO_Kareem

The title of Californication - episode 4.06 is "Lawyers, Guns & Money" : 

...which of course, is the name of the song written and performed by the late, great Warren Zevon who also performs a track from the Season 4 Californication soundtrack that I'm giving away!

"Bring lawyers, guns, & money

The shit has hit the fan"

Yep. Sounds about right. ;)

Californication: 'Billy Goat'

Hank and Charlie have a meeting with Eddie Nero (Rob Lowe).

Californication: 'Say It Ain't So'

Becca get's a tatoo and needs Hank to pay for it.

Californication - Episode 4.06  'Lawyers, Guns, & Money':

Hank's family rescues his career and his relationship with Abby.

Directed By: John Dahl

Guest Stars: Rob Lowe, Addison Timlin, Stephen Tobolowsky, Zoë Kravitz and Billy Morrison, with Carla Gugino

"Would" performed by Queens of Dogtown from the Showtime Series season 4 Californication soundtrack.

I've mentioned before that I just started watching Californication this year (my bad) though I watched David Duchovny in his previous non-cable network series, the X-Files, for it's entire run. One of the things that I'm really loving about this little 30 min. show is the soundtrack. It really enhances the vibe with music that without question, I'd want to hear again.

Fortunately for you, I'm able to give away the Season 4 Soundtrack to Californication! That's right! The Season 4 soundtrack--this season--stuff you have not heard yet but will want to hear again!

The soundtrack features The Queens of Dogtown (recurring on the show) as well as Warren Zevon, Shooter Jennings, Tommy Lee, Better Than Ezra and others!

It is yours for the asking, my friends. Just drop me a comment between now and February 26 telling me one thing you like about the music on Californication.

Music list from this episode:

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Official CALIFORNICATION Series Site: http://www.sho.com/site/californication/home.do

 

It's 70's music Wednesday: Rolling Stones 'Tumbling Dice' - Stones 'Happy' Live Videos

 Rolling Stones 'Tumbling Dice' - Stones 'Happy' Music Videos and BTS:

MonsieurBaudelaire | October 08, 2006

EDIT 2.4.11/Am reading Keith Richards 2010 biography right now -- 'bout halfway through. It's extremely enlightening in regard to how these rock and roll gems came to be. Richards is also quite an entertaining storyteller with a keen memory for details. Who would have guessed?!

"Tumbling Dice" by the Rolling Stones was the first rock n' roll record I ever bought. I was 12 years old and despite the fact that I owned the the entire Beatles catalog--that music was what my parents bought for me.

"Tumbling Dice" I bought myself as a single (a 45 record) with my allowance.

I remember when I was ticked off by my parents, I went upstairs to my room, put on Tumbling Dice and cranked that green and white plastic record player to the max--hoping to piss them off. Heh.

Wikipedia: Tumbling Dice

"Tumbling Dice" is a rock song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards for The Rolling Stones' 1972 double album Exile on Main St. and was the album's first single. It is a Rolling Stones concert favorite and is performed at almost every Rolling Stones concert.

So I chose one of the all-time rock  n' roll classics off of Exile On Main Street. I just learned that as I did not become a Stones fan. I liked some of their stuff and in fact one of my favourites is "Happy" which is from the same album and was released after "Tumbling Dice."

Wikipedia: Happy

"Happy" is the tenth song from the Rolling Stones' 1972 album Exile On Main St.  Guitarist Keith Richards famously laid down the music with producer Jimmy Miller on drums while waiting for the other Stones to show up for work.

"Happy" is generally considered Keith's finest lead vocal performance. It was his only lead which was released as a single and managed to reach the Top 30 in the US.

mello9876 | April 09, 2007 | 122 likes, 6 dislikes

Happy from Exile

Californication: Hank Gets Shot - 4.05 - 'Freeze-Frame' - Promo - Sneak Peeks - Music #giveaway @SHO_Kareem #SHO_Cali

Carla Gugino as 'Abby Rhoads'

SHOWTIME | Season 4 Ep. 5 | Added: January 31, 2011

Californication: Alcohol and Bad Decisions

Hank asks his attorney out for dinner.

Synopsis:  'Freeze Frame' -  A discreet photo of Hank is about to hit the Internet and change everything...

 

You just know this is going to end badly for Hank, right?

Kristen agrees

Q: Are things going to get better for Hank on Californication?
A:Not quite yet, because guess who's back? Yup, the deeply troubled Mia (Madeline Zima) charges into Hank's life and is hanging out with her movie counterpart, actress Sasha Bingham (Addison Timlin). When Mia and Sasha not-so-innocently put the moves on Hank someone snaps an extremely damaging pic.

Source: E!Online

Californication: Pick My Brain

I've talked about how much I enjoy the music that fits so well / helps induce the vibe in Californication so I thought I'd begin sharing the 'setlist' that I just :ahem: discovered on the official Californication area on the Showtime website. Credit for all Californication media reproduced here goes to Showtime.

You also might recall that I'm giving away the Season 4 Californication soundtrack as well the sex-ay poster art for Season 4?  Here's the scoop!

Queens of Dogtown Californication Season 4 Soundtrack Giveaway! #giveaway #SHO_Cali @SHO_Kareem

Do you like free stuff/giveaways?

How 'bout your very own, super-awesome, let's celebrate Californication getting-picked-up-for a-5th-season, Californication official poster art?

All you have to do is leave me a comment telling me one thing you like about the show Californication on Showtime and you are in the running. An announcement of the winners will be posted on Sunday, February 20th. Good Luck!

At the risk of TMI:  My tummy hurt from laughing at last week's Californication, episode 4.04 'Monkey Business.' I have not laughed that hard in a long time. It felt great! I'm so looking forward to this week. It's going to be hard to top!

 

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Queens of Dogtown Californication Season 4 Soundtrack Giveaway! #giveaway #SHO_Cali @SHO_Kareem

Behind the Scenes: Queens of Dogtown:

SHOWTIME | January 31, 2011

Music Producer Tree Adams and Music Supervisor Nora Felder chat about Becca's band, Queens of Dogtown.

 

I've mentioned before that I just started watching Californication this year (my bad) though I watched David Duchovny in his previous non-cable network series, the X-Files, for it's entire run. One of the things that I'm really loving about this little 30 min. show is the soundtrack. It really enhances the vibe with music that without question, I'd want to hear again.

Fortunately for you, I'm able to give away the Season 4 Soundtrack to Californication! That's right! The Season 4 soundtrack--this season--stuff you have not heard yet but will want to hear again!

The soundtrack features The Queens of Dogtown (recurring on the show) as well as Warren Zevon, Shooter Jennings, Tommy Lee, Better Than Ezra and others!

It is yours for the asking my friends. Just drop me a comment between now and February 26 telling me one thing you like about the music on Californication.

Learn more about The Queens of Dogtown: In other CALIFORNICATION-related news, you met the Queens of Dogtown when they stole Becca’s guitar. Check out the band’s Myspace page for photos, info and snippets of their music: http://www.myspace.com/queensofdogtown

 

 Their singles are available on iTunes, and yes, that’s Lenny Kravitz’s and Lisa Bonet’s daughter on lead vocals. They’ll be featured more in the upcoming episodes, so tune in Sunday at 9pm ET/PT!

 
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NEW! True Blood Season 4 - Joan Jett 'Season of the Witch' Video @HBO #trueblood #season4

trueblood | January 14, 2011

This gets me so freaking excited! Wouldn't be awesome if Joan Jett guest-starred on True Blood in Season 4 in some sort of music sequence?! Or at least had more of this song playing during an episode?! Oh. hell. yeah! They have to do it!

'Baker Street' Foo Fighters Cover - 'Times Like These' Acoustic - Foo Fighters

Baker Street by Foo Fighters Times Like These Acoustic by Foo Fighters

These two songs seem to compliment one another. Give the Gerry Rafferty cover, 'Baker Street' a listen.

'foofighters RIP Gerry Rafferty. He will be missed. FF cover Baker Street here http://bit.ly/glMUMo'

 

I remember when 'Baker Street' was on the radio [yes, back in the day we listened to the radio(!) Quaint(!)] all. the. time. And unlike a lot of songs that got played to death it never got old or tiresome.  The original still sounds fresh today, what, 25- 30 years later?

John & Yoko's Peace Tower Video - Better Dayz by 2Pac/ Marvin Gaye FREE Download

Y0K0ON0 | September 12, 2009

IMAGINE PEACE TOWER is an outdoor work of art conceived by Yoko Ono in memory of John Lennon. It is situated on Viðey Island in Reykjavík, Iceland. The artwork was dedicated to John by Yoko at its unveiling on October 9th 2007, John Lennons 67th birthday.

IMAGINE PEACE TOWER symbolizes Lennons and Onos continuing campaign for world peace - which began in the sixties, was sealed by their marriage in 1969 and will continue forever.

The words IMAGINE PEACE are inscribed on the Well in 24 different languages.

IMAGINE PEACE TOWER is composed of a tall shimmering tower of light that will appear every year and be visible from October 9th (Johns birthday) until December 8th (the anniversary of his passing).

In addition, the Tower will illuminate from Winter Solstice (December 21st 28th), on New Years Eve (December 31st) and the first week of spring (March 21st -28th). It is lit from 2 hours after sunset until midnight, and until dawn on New Years Day.

On 9th October, John Lennons birthday, Yoko Ono asks the people of Iceland to join her and many others across the rest of the world in praying for peace and stability.

At 8pm, as IMAGINE PEACE TOWER is illuminated on the island of Viðey, in Reykjavik, Iceland, she asks everyone to join together and let the power of light and prayer become a collective expression of the desire for peace and harmony on our planet.

Dear Friends,

Please join me not only in remembering John on October 9th but also in spreading the message of peace. This is something that was so important to John - the fact that we could all work together for the positive good of our planet. He would have loved how we are all mobilizing ourselves in thought and in action.

It's time for Action and the Action is PEACE!

with love, yoko

Thirty years later, I still can't get through listening to "Imagine" w/out crying. I couldn't get through Yoko's message tear-free either, but it is a critical one sp please listen. Its not about "just" ending war against one another, its about ending our destruction of planet Earth in every way. I cannot phrase it any better than Yoko does when she says, "we (can) all work together for the positive good of our planet." We must.

I made this blend of Tupac's "Better Dayz" with Marvin Gaye's jam "Inner City Blues" after a request from Afeni Shakur (Tupac's mom!). It's supposed to be a conversation between the two artists... Hope you enjoy it... credits released 13 September 2010

Perfect timing on this FREE download. I think Tupac & John Lennon could have made some amazing music together. This song just gets better upon repeat listening, in no small part due to the seamless mixing of the legendary Marvin Gaye's contribution of "Inner City Blues." Enjoy it and hare!

johnlennon | October 06, 2010

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Join us in celebrating John Lennon's 70th birthday!

Give peace a chance.

 

 

 Please join Yoko in dedicating this light tower in honor of John Lennon. In 1967, he conveyed his wishes to Yoko for a light tower to be constructed in his garden. In Yoko's words, it just came together in the past few years. Watch the video and you will see why she chose this place for the light tower. John's 70th birthday would have been tomorrow, October 9. Thanks.

"http://imaginepeacetower.com/"

#Weeds #Promo Clips - Season 6: Episode 5 'Boomerang' (9.20) - Andy confronts Nancy - Silas tells Shane - Weeds 2010 Wallpapers - Weeds Music Link

Synopsis Season 6, Episode 5, 'Boomerang' (Airs 9.20.10)

At the risk of being tracked to their booted minivan, Nancy and Andy decide the family must split town. Consequently, Silas must leave behind the dream of college life. Meanwhile, Shane provokes a mommy group. Elsewhere, Cesar and Ignacio are hot on Nancy's trail with their hostage, Doug, in tow.

It was nice to have Doug's (Kevin Nealon) levity back for "Bliss," Episode 4 of Weeds' Season 6. It is sort of an adjustment when they change up the cast the way they seem to do each new season. Though I was not a huge "Celia" fan I thought Elizabeth Perkins did a nice job with what she was given. Like Celia, neither her TV daughter "Isabel" nor ex-husband "Dean" are pertinent to the "road movie" that is Season 6. Their absence for me is less noticeable than hers, tho'.

I'm enjoying the season--Justin Kirk "Uncle Andy" reliably steals every scene he's in.

I'm surprised that they have not done much at all with guest star Linda Hamilton. She's sort of rough-looking and stern and ...she sells medical marijuana (if you can afford it) and "trimmings" a/k/a "shake" to Nancy.

Nancy offered to "go down" on her as barter and didn't seem to wish to take her up on it.

'I Have the Power'

Andy confronts Nancy about being together.

'Just say the words. It'll never happen.' (Andy)
'I can't. I'm afraid.' (Nancy)

'Blond Sheep'

Silas tells Shane that he wants to attend college.

'Eff the hotel. I'm goin' back to school! (Silas to Shane)'

 
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Jimmy Fallon - Born to Run - Emmys Opening Sketch - 2010 - Glee - Emmy Awards - 720P HD

 

supernoikz | August 29, 2010

Jimmy Fallon - Born to Run - Emmys Opening Sketch - 2010 - Glee - Emmy Awards - 720P HD

And in case NBC decides to delete the "unofficial" version, here is the official version (on the craptastic NBC player below):

I gotta admit I had not seen the performance until now, only hearing from my teenage son who, I suspect, has taken to watching "Glee," that Jimmy Fallon opened the 2010 Emmys with "Born To Run" with the Glee cast and "Hurley" (Jorge Garcia) from LOST and that Fallon did a credible job of performing as Bruce Springteen (writer/original performer of the song).

I've never liked anyone but Bruce attempting the song because every version I've heard until now sucked incredibly, but but in Fallon's version a number of singers were integrated into it  taking on the parts they were most suited to and it actually worked--though of course the song belongs to Springsteen. They only borrowed it.  Bruce Springsteen owns 'Born To Run' --in every sense of the word.

Why is one of the high points of an admittedly good Emmy show not showing up until almost a week after the broadcast? This blurb explains it all (or tries to):

2010 Emmy Awards (credit)

You can now safely delete Sunday’s Emmy telecast from your DVR: Host Jimmy Fallon’s rather spectacular opener to the show, which featured stars across the television universe singing a Glee-ful version of “Born to Run,” — officially. Why’d it take so long to get the NBC-approved goods? There was a bit of a holdup with rights over using the Bruce Springsteen staple — apparently, NBC and the TV Academy didn’t square away the deal to use the song on the web until yesterday afternoon. (You couldn’t find it officially online before then, but, of course,the bit was pirated everywhere.) Fallon was none too happy about all his efforts being absent from the network’s website: “That could have been worth 500,000 hits on NBC.com,” the Late Night host told Variety on Tuesday.

Weeds Full Episode: Season 6, Episode 1 - Clever Sexy Weeds Season 6 Nancy Music Tease

SHOWTIME | Rated: TV-14 | Season 6 Ep. 1 | Added: August 17, 2010

The hit Showtime Original Series WEEDS is back for a new season of high adventure. New episodes Mondays at 10:00pm ET/PT beginning August 16th, only on SHOWTIME.

SHOWTIME | Season 6 Ep. 0 | Added: June 01, 2010

Weeds Season 6. The plot deepens August 16 on Showtime.

Snoop Dogg "Oh Sookie " True Blood - Music Video (HD) inc. Lyrics

HBO — June 17, 2010 — A tribute to True Blood's Sookie Stackhouse from one of her biggest fans, Snoop Dogg. For more information, log onto HBO.com.

No doubt Snoop is pretty funny. He's always been good at getting his message across. I love the dancing "Sookies" in the background and that they are not all tiny in size. They don't even have to really work at being Sookie just dress up like her, throw on a blond wig vaguely styled in Sookie's signature Merlotte's 'do and bop around behind Snoop. Highly amusing. Hey! I've watched "Oh Sookie"  a couple time and I still don't know the exact word(s) that is/are bleeped out the one time that Snoop refers to Jason Stackhouse and  his versus Snoop's sexual prowess (I think).

Snoop Dogg likes "True Blood" star Sookie Stackhouse so much, he made a song and video about her. In "Oh Sookie," the West Coast hip-hop vet pays tribute to the HBO vampire drama's main woman (Anna Paquin), seducing her with player talk like, "I'll order you a gin and juice at Merlotte's," and, "Come close baby, I'm the dog that don't bite -- woof, woof." Snoop also makes a convincing case for why he'd make a better boyfriend than her immortal suitors, Bill and Eric. He won't make her drink his blood  and “We’ll do it in the daytime/Bill won’t know a thing,” he raps before a group of dancers dressed in blonde Sookie wigs and her signature Merlotte’s Daisy Dukes.

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The lyrics, which demonstrate an impressive understanding of the show, spell out a comically sexual plea for Sookie to do bad things with him. But, it’s not just Sookie he’s after: “Bring a friend/Matter fact, bring your best friend/Tara/I’ve got some real eggs for her to eat.” In 2009, Snoop professed his love for ‘True Blood’ via his single “Gangsta Luv,” rapping: “Everyday is the same thang, I creep in/ It’s like ‘True Blood,’ I sink my teeth in/ I gotta have it.” A source at HBO reveals the d-o-double-g himself approached them with the idea for the video, and it was shot on location of the show’s Los Angeles set.

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...When Snoop Dogg likes something, no matter the genre or medium, he goes all in with it.

That might explain “Oh Sookie,” a new rhyme in which the Doggfather pays homage to the mind-reading, sex-addicted, shape-shifting, bloodsucking and howling residents of Bon Temps, Louisiana, from HBO’s vampire series “True Blood.” In the video for the tune...Snoop offer(s) up his best sexual seduction come-ons while rocking a five-finger “Sookie” ring. he video for the song opens with Snoop — who later rocks a giant platinum “Sookie” chain — pulling into Bon Temps in his newly tricked-out Snoopmobile, complete with a “Tru Pimp” license plate and cloves of garlic hanging from the rearview mirror. Wearing a red, pinstriped suit, he urges Sookie to come close because, unlike so many of the creatures in the swampy town, “I’m the dog that don’t bite.” ... Snoop drops references to Sookie’s telepathy and even offers to buy her a gin and juice at the restaurant where she waitresses, Merlotte’s diner. “Bill ain’t for real, he ain’t true blood/ Snoop is a G, I smoke true bud/ Wanna be a vampire, gotta listen up/ I hit you with the glamour,” he raps while hanging outside Merlotte’s in a pimp fur and later showing off his own TB product, a package of “True Nutz.” MadHipHop

True Blood Men's 'I Heart Sookie' T-Shirt You don't have to be Vampire to capture Sookie Stackhouse's heart, but it just might help.

True Blood Women's Fangbanger Tank Get the Fangbanger Tank seen in the June 2010 issue of Playboy Magazine!Do you only date Vampires? Maybe you're a Fangbanger. Indulge in your addiction this season and beyond with this daring True Blood Men's Fangbanger T-shirt.

Read more :Geeks of Doom Iconic rapper Snoop Dogg really likes vampire drama True Blood, or at the very least, one of the show’s main characters Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin). Evidence of Snoop’s True Blood-fanboyism can overwhelmingly be found in the music video “Oh Sookie” he produced and subsequently uploaded to YouTube to promote the show for HBO.

OMG. LOL. That's pretty awesome. Snoop is a genuine fan of True Blood. I'm in the mom demographic with my youngest kid but my oldest is  in his 20's. We saw Snoop Dogg at Lollapalooza years ago. Snoop is very much a performer. He works it. Both he and HBO are savvy marketers which something I can really appreciate when it's done with style, in this case, Doggy Style. :)

... The video begins with Snoop pulling up to Merlotte’s in a tricked-out Cadillac with a personalized California license plate that reads “TRU PIMP.” He comes bearing gifts like “Tru Nutz” and proceeds to rap amongst a montage of True Blood clips and shots of Sookie look-a-like dancers.

Clarification: Dancers dressed in Sookie's Merlottte work-clothes costumes with blond, ponytailed hair.

This is truly a yummy, slice of pop culture. I love how confounding it is for people who are really unfamiliar with True Blood or with Snoop Dogg but are very familiar with one of them. They either get it or they don't and when they don't, they hate it. LOL. It's supposed to be funny --just like much of True Blood is. It really takes a light heart to enjoy this. To be able to laugh and to give Snoop props for the effort. It's a catchy tune.

The lyrics have numerous references to the show, such as Snoop recommending a Gin and Juice at Merlotte’... Sam Merlotte being a shape-shifter that Snoop sort of belows the belt by referring to him as a ‘bitch.’

Snoop helpfully suggests to Sookie  how she could discretely hook up with him. Chorus: "Oh Sookie, Let me get in your head. Oh Sookie, We can lay in the bed. Oh Sookie, Choose a player like me …We can do it in the daytime, Bill won’t know a thing." ... Snoop (also beckons Tara with): “Bring a friend. Matter of fact, bring your best friend: Tara. I got some real eggs for her to eat. And these eggs come with a whole lot of cheese and greens… ya dig?” 

 

Toy Story Official 'Groovin' With Ken' Trailer / *NEW* Character Posters / 'You've Got A Friend In Me" Hyper REMIX

DisneyPixar — May 28, 2010 — Toy Story 3 will be presented in Disney Digital 3D™ in select theaters on June 18th, 2010.

The creators of the beloved Toy Story films re-open the toy box and bring moviegoers back to the delightful world of Woody, Buzz and our favorite gang of toy characters in TOY STORY 3. Woody and Buzz had accepted that their owner Andy would grow up someday, but what happens when that day arrives?

*** I'm way behind--but catching up! "Ken" is only three days old. Besides, don't you like having lots of Toy Story goodies all in one place? I knew you would!

...dragondude2256 — February 17, 2010 —

In the third installment, Andy is preparing to depart for college, leaving his loyal toys troubled about their uncertain future. Lee Unkrich (co-director of Toy Story 2 and Finding Nemo) directs this highly anticipated film, and Michael Arndt, the Academy Award®-winning screenwriter of Little Miss Sunshine, brings his unique talents and comedic sensibilities to the proceedings.

Toy Story 3 will be presented in Disney Digital 3D™ in select theaters on June 18th, 2010.

Godric Lives!* See Allan Hyde In Thom Hell's "Over You" Get All 7 HBO Godric Memorial Cards FREE:

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plasticpeoplevideo — May 29, 2010 — Official music video for "Over You" by Thom Hell, starring True Blood star Allan Hyde as the guy wandering around in a world of  iPhones. One take, as usual.

 

Did you love Allan Hyde as Godric in True Blood? Would you like to see him--alive and well?!  In swim trunks? <wink> Do you like clever and original videos made on an iPhone? How 'bout really catchy pop music by Thom Hell? If you answered "yes" to any of these Q's you are going to want to watch Allan Hyde in an exceptionally fun-to-watch and listen to video for "Over You." Thank you to "norway" who turned me on to this truly inspired collaboration!

The Dead Weather 'Sea Of Cowards' Album Review - Dead Weather Prize Package Giveaway

I’m giving away a Dead Weather prize package that includes a copy of the just-released Dead Weather album, ‘Sea of Cowards’, CD PLUS a Dead Weather mask/poster/sticker combo!

 

 
Artist:  The Dead Weather
Release: Sea of Cowards
Label: Third Man Records
Date: OUT NOW
 
http://www.thedeadweather.com/

 

I was fortunate enough a couple of weeks ago to be turned on to The Dead Weather's Sea of Cowards, their second album in as many years, and as is my habit when I love a body of music I've immersed myself in it.

I pretty much expounded upon all the reasons I love this LP in this post but it is easy to add more now that I've dug deeper into their catalog.

Lead singer Alison Mosshart brings Janis Joplin to mind more than any female singer since Janis Joplin. Janis was before my time but there have been enough female blues-rock singers since her premature passing 40 years ago and Mosshart is the very first one who reminds me of Janis.

It's not just the singing--which is pretty damned impressive--it's Mosshart's soaked-in-the blues attitude that she brings to each song. She, like Janis is fearless and that makes what she does exciting, primal, electric and dirty, oh gawd yeah--down and dirty.

Jack White knew exactly what he was doing when her brought Allison on board into his current supergroup because her fearlessness matches his, providing the perfect grungy counterpoint.

Besides the spot on musical match in Mosshart and White, the quality of sound tonally, the production values are just off the charts. The sound is full and visceral and as we've come to expect, Jack White has again brought aboard crack musicians in Jack Lawrence and Dean Fertita. These guys seem to fit like pieces of a puzzle into this mix of alt-blues-indie-garage rock.

Not every single song on Sea of Cowards may be your cup-of-tea but guaranteed, the guys anchoring the sound of this band are amazing.

One night I played Sea of Cowards for my significant and we found that it is perfect for a night of shall we say, enthusiastic romance.

There is a strong blues rock-infused feel to Sea of Cowards and no one has ever tried to get around the fact that the blues and sex are very close companions. The guy-girl dynamic in this band works, period.

I like too the artistry that accompanies this band. I know ultimately that it is about the music but I like my other senses stimulated, too. The Dead Weather's live videos augment the recorded music in that you can appreciate that the sound is raw, straight-from-the-gut and through the heart. I admit too, straight as I am, I cannot take my eyes off Allison in concert.

If I could see one band in concert this summer it would be The Dead Weather. They are the perfect band for the hottest time of the year. 

Scroll down to check out The Dead Weather's Summer Concert schedule as well a another of my favourite tracks off the new LP AND a link to where you can "Die By the Drop" from Sea of Cowards! 

May 07, 2010 — http://thedeadweather.com
The Dead Weather's performance of The Difference Between Us, live from Third Man Records on May 3rd, 2010.

"I'm not the way that you found me I'm never here or there

One day I'm happy and healthy

Next I ain't doing so well..."

SEE The Dead Weather Perform LIVE!

Tour Dates: June 12 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo July 13 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club 14 Boston, MA - House of Blues 15 Toronto, Ontario - Sound Academy 17 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre 19 San Diego, CA - House of Blues 21 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium 22 San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre 24 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom 27 Billings, MT - Babcock Theatre 28 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue 29 Milwaukee, WI - The Rave 30 Chicago, IL - The Congress Theater 31 Detroit, MI - The Fillmore August 2 Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head Live! 3 Brooklyn, NY - Prospect Park

Download "Die By the Drop" from Sea of Cowards on RCRD LBL!
http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/The_Dead_Weather/track/Die_By_The_Drop

 

The Dead Weather's Sophomore Album, Sea of Cowards, Out NOW!

iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sea-of-cowards/id364908824

True Blood - Season 3 Trailer #1 (HBO) & HQ Screen Caps PLUS! Enter Dead Weather Giveaway!

HBO — May 13, 2010 — Season 3 Ep. 0 — Well the wait is almost over, here is a quick preview of what's to come in the new season of True Blood and listen to the hit single "The Difference Between Us" by The Dead Weather.

This is the first Season 3 Trailer for True Blood. Besides the preview making me crazy excited for season 3 of True Blood to begin I am totally jazzed that it features The Difference Between Us' by The Dead Weather because I'm giving away a Dead Weather prize package that includes a copy of the just-released  Dead Weather album, 'Sea of Cowards', CD PLUS a Dead Weather mask/poster/sticker combo! Sound cool? The mask would be perfect if you are planning on attending The Dead Weather's summer tour. (Link goes to my other blog where you can find the complete Dead Weather summer tour schedule.) If you can't make it to the live show, this prize package should make you feel much better about it! All you need to do is CLICK THIS LINK TO GET TO THE SUPER-SHORT ENTRY FORM! Fill it out. Hit Send! You will be entered for a chance to win! I am so excited for you, I could burst. Good Luck! Tell your friends! Giveaway is open to everyone in the world. :)

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True Blood - Season 3 Trailer #1 (HBO) Screen Caps - did you miss anything?

May 07, 2010 — http://thedeadweather.com The Dead Weather's performance of The Difference Between Us, live from Third Man Records on May 3rd, 2010. Download "Die By the Drop" from Sea of Cowards on RCRD LBL! http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/The_Dead_Weather/track/Die_By_The_Drop

The Dead Weather - "Die By The Drop" (OFFICIAL VIDEO) "I'm Mad" "Hustle & Cuss" (Live from Third Man Records) 5.06.10

April 09, 2010 — The official music video for the Dead Weather song "Die By The Drop," from the forthcoming album Sea of Cowards UPDATE/ Sea of Cowards drops May 11th courtesy of Third Man Records.

I've liked, maybe that's the wrong word-- I've admired Jack White since first hearing the White Stripes on the radio and then (even though I'm in no way into country music) upon his collaboration with Loretta Lynn. I'm at a stage of life where one sort of gets lazy about seeking out new music--good new music--and oftentimes I'll fall back into listening to stuff I grew up with. Though it may be comprised of some great rock tunes, after so many listens the vintage stuff has become safe and predictable--at least as a steady diet. I know exactly what I'm gonna get when I listen to it having vetted it many years ago

The Dead Weather, which includes Alison Mosshart, Jack White, Jack Lawrence and Dean Fertita (www.thedeadweather.com), is neither safe nor predictable and never having heard them play before I was quite ready to not dig their sound after downloading the free "Hustle and Cuss" MP3 (see below). However, and you won't hear me say this too often, I was dead wrong in my presumption.

I played and replayed "Hustle and Cuss" and it sounded better each time. I went looking for more and found "Die By The Drop" which was every bit as clever lyrically and infectious sonically. I pulled up YouTube videos of The Dead Weather's prior LP, "Horehound" and started groovin' on tracks from that, too.

Alison Mosshart does the female lead vocals for The Dead Weather. She's a perfect counterpoint to Jack White with a voice that can ably carry the blues-rock-grungy sound of The Dead Weather--no small achievement. Also, I may as well state she's gorgeous and yeah, I have a bit of a girl-crush on her that was fully recognized as I dug further back into tracks she'd recorded with her band, "The Kills." I love her voice and attitude.

The Dead Weather are a really tight band with so many influences running through their music that It's nearly impossible to categorize them which is probably fine with them. No one likes to be put in a box though The Dead Weather probably wouldn't mind if you put them in a sleeve and a jacket.

I've pulled up a couple of their videos from a live performance they did about a week ago as well as one from their first LP so you can scroll down and check them out 'em out and see what you think or more importantly how you feel.

The Dead Weather will once again hit the road this Summer in support of the May 11th release of Sea of Cowards.  The new dates kick off the second week of July and will culminate with a performance at Brooklyn's Prospect Park in August.

 

Tweet-To-Download for a free "Hustle and Cuss" MP3 and automatically be entered to win a VIP package and flyaway to Bonnaroo!
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Sea of Cowards drops May 11th courtesy of Third Man Records.

 

Tour Dates:

June
12 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo

 

July
13 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
14 Boston, MA - House of Blues
15 Toronto, Ontario - Sound Academy
17 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
19 San Diego, CA - House of Blues
21 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium
22 San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre
24 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
27 Billings, MT - Babcock Theatre
28 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
29 Milwaukee, WI - The Rave
30 Chicago, IL - The Congress Theater
31 Detroit, MI - The Fillmore

 

August
2 Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head Live!
3 Brooklyn, NY - Prospect Park

The Dead Weather - Die By The Drop (OFFICIAL VIDEO) The Dead Weather - "I'm Mad" (Live from Third Man Records) May 06, 2010 — http://thedeadweather.com The Dead Weather's performance of Hustle And Cuss, live from Third Man Records on May 3rd, 2010. The entire performance was streamed live on Myspace Music.

July 14, 2009 — New short film "Treat Me Like Your Mother" for The Dead Weather directed by Jonathan Glazer. The new album Horehound is in stores on 7/14/09. The Dead Weather is: Alison Mosshart, Jack White, Jack Lawrence and Dean Fertita. www.thedeadweather.com

Lesbian Vampire Killers OST - Debbie Wiseman - Nominated For 'Best Original Score For a Comedy Film'

Soundtrack: Lesbian Vampire Killers
Composer: Debbie Wiseman
Label: Silva Screen Records

LESBIAN VAMPIRE KILLERS is British composer Debbie Wiseman’s gothic romantic soundtrack to Phil Claydon’s horror comedy. Wiseman is well-known in the British film and television composition industry for her lyrical style and penchant for melody and the soundtrack she created for Lesbian Vampire Killers proves this still true. In a similar way to Arsène Lupin (2005), Lesbian Vampire Killers has a bold, Gothic darkness to it, tinged with a large amount of highly thematic orchestral and choral beauty, which belies its clearly comic roots.

The soundtrack features The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Crouch End Festival Chorus and popular classical singer, Hayley Westenra.

Released by Silva Screen Records, the musical score for Lesbian Vampire Killers is comprised of nineteen tracks, including Showaddywaddy’s 1976 UK chart-topping “Under The Moon Of Love.”

Even though Wiseman adopts a full-bodied gothic orchestral approach for Lesbian Vampire Killers, she peppers the soundtrack with fun, lighter selections, creating musically an entity that provides listeners with a range of compositions — from the seductive suggestion of tracks like “Centuries Ago…” to the epic grandeur of “Lesbian Vampire Killers”.

Unlike the spine-tingling, terrifying quality often sought in traditional horror scores, Wiseman’s compositions are at times melodic and playful, contributing to the comedic nature of Lesbian Vampire Killers’s storyline. LVK is an interesting, varied soundtrack that embodies each of the various qualities of the film it accompanies and expertly employs both The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and The Crouch End Festival Chorus.

One of the coolest features of the Lesbian Vampire Killers soundtrack is how the track tracks were named, many of them named for quotes from or scenes in the film. In particular, “I Know Something Really Wrong Is Happening Here, But Is There Any Chance We Can Just Ignore It?” and “Have You Been Hanging Out With Vicars?” are two compositions whose names are direct quotes from the film — and some of the film’s funnier quotes, as well.

Track Listing:

1. “Centuries Ago…” (03:13)
2. “Adv_nture” (02:03)
3. “At the Olde Mircalla Cottage” (01:47)
4. “Have You Been Hanging Out with Vicars?” (02:18)
5. “I Know Something Really Wrong Is Happening Here, But Is There Any Chance We Can Just Ignore It?” (02:45)
6. “Vampires? Lesbian Vampires!” (02:56)
7. “Run You Bellends!” (02:49)
8. “You’re a Virgin?” (01:28)
9. “Give Me One Last Kiss” (01:09)
10. “My aXe Girlfriend” (01:07)
11. “Full-On Lesbian Vampire Attack!” (03:43)
12. “The Dawn of the Red Moon” (06:06)
13. “Jimmy, I Love You” (01:27)
14. “All Grown Up” (03:10)
15. “The Crypt of Carmilla” (02:05)
16. “Carmilla, the Vampire Queen” (03:22)
17. “Whores of F***ing Hades, Prepare for F***ing Death!” (02:29)
18. “Lesbian Vampire Killers” (05:34)
19. “Lesbian Vampire Killers It Is… Let’s Ride!” (01:28)
20. Showaddywaddy - “Under the Moon of Love” (03:13)

The International Film Music Critics Association has nominated Debbie Wiseman in the category of "Best Original Score For a Comedy Film" for her score for "Lesbian Vampire Killers".

Debbie Wiseman was awarded the MBE in 2004 for her services to the film industry, recognizing her as one of the UK's leading score writers. Her work includes acclaimed scores for Flood, Wilde, Warriors, Tom's Midnight Garden and Arsène Lupin.

LOST - Video Tribute - The 'Best' of Ben Linus (Music: Michael Jackson's 'Ben')

ABC's March 11, 2010 Tribute to Benjamin Linus.

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Rarely am I glad that I am old enough to remember what was a huge pop hit for the adolescent Michael Jackson. This case is an exception as it is so very perfect. "Ben" is a song about a boy's pet...rat. The lyrics speak for themselves. The best of Ben Linus scenes that accompany it are priceless.

Music Review: Battlestar Galactica: The Plan/Razor Soundtrack, by Bear McCreary

 
Have you been missing Battlestar Galactica? It's been a while since any new material from the iconic science fiction drama, a re-imagined adaption (2003-2009) of a prior series with the same name was available but thanks to La-La Land Records' new release of series composer Bear McCreary's BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: THE PLAN/RAZOR you may now feast your ears.

It's true. Humanity does live on in composer McCreary's offering of the soundtracks to SyFy Channel's "Battlestar Galactica: The Plan" and "Razor" [feature-length] TV events which combined, were "literally years in the making," says McCreary.

Of the many accolades bestowed upon Bear McCreary this one I think says it best: (McCreary's music) "fits the action so perfectly, it's almost devastating: a sci-fi score like no other," (NPR).

I have felt this many times whilst listening to Bear's music scores either alone or when they are more prominent in the Battlestar series as well as other efforts of his that I continue to enjoy, currently "Caprica." Bear forges an emotional connection which is completely, uniquely his in style and substance.

The music within this well-crafted CD includes music that Bear wrote before and after the tracks on the Season 4 Battlestar Galactica Album. Bear, as he has over the course of the Battlestar Galactica series' run, makes strong use of past character and concept themes, expanding, refining and tweaking them so a number of familiar sonic elements do bubble up (which I love) as they in effect end up as sort of bookend-companion pieces. Bear McCreary's BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: THE PLAN/RAZOR is yet another another powerful offering from Bear McCreary .With almost 70 minutes of music spread over 19 tracks, this is more than a full-length sampling of music from both Razor and the Plan.

You'll find another instance of "bookending" done to great effect on the new CD with Apocalypse (Theme From The Plan) both beginning and finishing out the album.The final, live version which completely rocks out, barely edging out the intro Apocalypse as my favourite version (so far). I'm sure many Battlestar Galactica/Bear McCreary fans will find it completely satisfying as many folks simply could not deal with the logistics inherent in attending the Bear McCreary/Battlestar Galcatica Orchestra live gigs in Southern California held last year.

It's been noted that compared to some Battlestar Galactica CD's,The Plan/Razor has a more introspective feel overall. When I went to pick a few of my favourite tracks I realized that two of my three were from "Razor": "Attack on The Scorpion Shipyards" and the haunting "Starbuck's Destiny." Razor's music is maybe a bit more unified and seeing as though it is the story from the perspective of newbie Pegasus crewmember, Kendra Shaw, it makes sense to me that they would be slightly more interior-sounding.

The almost palpable energy and enthusiasm of the live version of "Apocolypse (Theme From The Plan)"  tips the scales for me as the best of a very solid effort. (I need to see this band live!)

Check my prior reviews of some Bear McCreary's work:

Caprica Soundtrack

Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Soundtrack

In Chicago at the Metro 3.24.10 - The Temper Trap/ 'Conditions': If You Like Rock Music, You Should Get It

(Concert details below)

You may have heard The Temper Trap's first American hit, Sweet Disposition, on the soundtrack of 500 Days of Summer (it is in the film as well) or heard it pop up in a variety of commercial campaigns. It's extremely catchy, featuring excellent guitar riffs and the truly beautiful falsetto of lead singer Dougie Mandagi.

Just in case you are curious to hear another dimension of The Temper Trap, I've included a recently released second song of theirs, "Fader" that I really love. It is a little less sweet-sounding and a bit more uptempo than Sweet Disposition. "Fader's" unique sound definitely rocks . In other words, The Temper Trap are not sticking to a formula.

According to  frontman Dougy Mandagi , Radiohead, Prince, Massive and U2 influenced the band’s dreamy, atmospheric feel and infectious, arena-rock-size guitar riffs. I agree with his assessment but The Temper Trap has a sound of its own, one that I know a broad audience can embrace.

You should have The Temper Trap on your mp3 player (if you don't already) but I love live shows too so am completely jazzed to hear that they are on their way over to the United States and Canada very soon! The band will be touring cross-country and as my luck would have it they'll be playing in the nearby Windy City, or as one band member explained, they'll tour "in the middle" after gigs on the west coast and before heading east. I've included their tour schedule below, after the jump.

Give 'em a listen. After that, take TTT bassist's Johnny Aherne's advice, "If you like rock music you should get it."

The new video from The Temper Trap for their latest single Fader. Released in the UK 4th January 2010

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You've heard The Temper Trap's single SWEET DISPOSITION on the 500 DAYS OF SUMMER soundtrack, now check out the exclusive interview with the guys at the world famous Roxy on Sunset Strip to get the scoop on their new album Conditions.

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A representative of the band's music asked if I would give the The Temper Trap's debut album, "Conditions' a listen. I did. It's great. All opinions in this post are 100% mine.

Jeff Bridges Performs 'The Weary Kind' from 'Crazy Heart'

"Jeff Bridges plays 'The Weary Kind' from the movie 'Crazy Heart'. Shot during his interview with Peter Travers for his show on ABC News Now. "

Oh, this is so lovely. I cannot wait to see this film! And I have waited too long already. It only became available here in sprawling suburbia last week. Jeff Bridges must have had to prove himself I suppose, by winning Best Actor from the Screen Actor's Guild as well as a Golden Globe in the same category. Now he's up for an Academy Award (an Oscar) for Best Actor so his little film is finally, deservedly getting some big exposure. Excited too, to see Maggie Gyllenhaal's performance. She is also nominated for an Academy Award.

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Just have to add that he is among the most polite, gracious, humble and down-to-earth actors I've ever seen interviewed. Guess who I'm rooting for to win the Best Actor Oscar?

"Hollywood 411's Megan Tevrizian talks to CRAZY HEART star Jeff Bridges about his latest Academy Award nomination. Jeff talks about being a 5-time nominee, his co-star Maggie Gyllenhaal's nom and his involvement in WE ARE THE WORLD."

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"Jeff Bridges and Colin Farrell sing at a Toby Keith concert on September 18, 2008 in Albuquerque NM while filming the movie Crazy Heart."

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*NEW* Disney Alice in Wonderland UHQ Promotional Photos - Soundtrack Listing - Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland

NEW Disney Alice in Wonderland UHQ Promotional Photos (large) were made public today by Spoiler TV.

Also, within the last week Disney released the soundtrack listing for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland.

The album, which is being called Almost Alice, will be in stores in March 2nd, with a video for the soundtrack’s first single, “Alice (Underground)” by Avril Lavigne, due in early February.

Thanks to MySpace for the list.

1. “Alice (Underground)” performed by Avril Lavigne 2. “The Poison” performed by The All-American Rejects 3. “The Technicolor Phase” performed by Owl City 4. “Her Name Is Alice” performed by Shinedown 5. “Painting Flowers” performed by All Time Low 6. “Where’s My Angel” performed by Metro Station 7. “Strange” performed by Tokio Hotel and Kerli 8. “Follow Me Down” performed by 3OH!3 featuring Neon Hitch 9. “Very Good Advice” performed by Robert Smith 10. “In Transit” performed by Mark Hoppus with Pete Wentz 11. “Welcome to Mystery” performed by Plain White T’s 12. “Tea Party” performed by Kerli 13. “The Lobster Quadrille” performed by Franz Ferdinand 14. “Running Out of Time” performed by Motion City Soundtrack 15. “Fell Down a Hole” performed by Wolfmother 16. “White Rabbit” performed by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

Film Synopsis: From Walt Disney Pictures and visionary director Tim Burton comes an epic 3D fantasy adventurea magical and imaginative twist on some of the most beloved stories of all time.  JOHNNY DEPP stars as the Mad Hatter and MIA WASIKOWSKA as 19-year-old Alice, who returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl, reuniting with her childhood friends:  the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, and of course, the Mad Hatter.  Alice embarks on a fantastical journey to find her true destiny and end the Red Queen’s reign of terror.  The all-star cast also includes ANNE HATHAWAY, HELENA BONHAM CARTER and CRISPIN GLOVER. The screenplay is by Linda Woolverton.

Capturing the wonder of Lewis Carroll’s beloved “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” (1865) and “Through the Looking-Glass” (1871) with stunning, avant-garde visuals and the most charismatic characters in literary history, ALICE IN WONDERLAND comes to the big screen in Disney Digital 3D^TM on March 5, 2010.

Johnny Depp Presents at SCREAM Awards 2009 / Keith Richards Immortal Award

Johnny Depp at the SCREAM Awards, October 2009.

Johnny receives an award for Most Anticipated Film, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland in which Depp is the Mad Hatter. Depp later presents The Immortal Award to Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones.

There a short which portrays Keith Richards in snippets from various time frames.

Depp quotes Richards: "If you are going to kick authority in the ass, you may as well use both feet."

In the short Richards says, In reply to, "How do you survive it all?' (Richards overdosed on heroin on a near-regular basis for many years.) Richard's answer: "I dunno." I guess me luck hasn't run out, yet." Another interviewer queries, "What is your definition of Rock?" Without even a pause Richards replies, "Me."

What are the Scream Awards? Read after the jump. Also quotes and quips from the show and who the awards went to. (Excerpt from the 2009 Spike TV Scream Awards Press Release)

True Blood Wins! Spike TV Scream Awards 2009 - True Blood's Viking Vampire 'Eric', Alex Skarsgård Hooks Up with Kate Bosworth

 Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgård at the 2009 Spike TV Scream Awards:

"Kate Bosworth spotted getting cozy with True Blood vampire Alexander Skarsgård after Spike TV's 2009 Scream Awards." CelebTV Kate and Alexander are starring together in the film Straw Dogs. The pictures (see video) do seem to imply at the least they are comfortable in each other's close proximity.

Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgård at the  2009 Spike TV Scream Awards:

'True Blood is Nominated for Awards for the 2009 Spike TV Scream Awards. The Award Show is on October 27th at 10pm Eastern...'

Update:  True Blood Won The Award for Best Horror Show, Best Horror Actress - Anna Paquin, Best Actor - Stephen Moyer and Best Villian - Alexander Skarsgård!

Thanks for the great video and great fan support by lissakissa84!

Sons of Anarchy - Jax & Clay - 2009 - Seriously Crushing on Katey Sagal - Katey Sagal - Charlie Hunnan Interview- Episode description (TVGuide.com): S2xE5

This Life (Sons of Anarchy Theme Song) Full

Thanks to bloodprince01

Charlie and Katey in a pre season 2 interview

Good video above that gives you a chance to sample The Sons of Anarchy, on FX currently almost at the mid-point of its 2 nd season.

I just started watching SoA so I'm acquiring bits and pieces that I would've gotten from the start. As it happened I lucked into a cool interview with both Katey and Charlie (Jax) via a story on Katey Sagal in re: her role as "Gemma," the black leather-and lace-clad hot, cougar, biker-chick-matriarch in Sons of Anarchy but did not even realize that the show existed until recently. My bad.

Of course Jax is darling--check out some of the (Picasa album) shots of Charlie Hunnam and Katey Sagal being interviewed prior to the start of Season 2--and the actual video. They genuinely like each other. And I admit, I'm a sucker for guys with longer hair. Especially, blond, light-eyed guys. All the surfer guys looked like a version of Jax when I came of age in Huntington Beach, Calif in the late 70's through mid-eighties. Even though Charlie Hunnam as Jax is great eye candy and quite compelling an actor, I'm truly knocked out by what Katey Sagal has brought to the role of "Gemma."

She's amazing.

"High quality Charlie Hunnam as Jax, Katey Sagal as Gemma, Rachel Mencken as Tara,  Drea de Matteo as Wendy and Ron Perlman as Clay Morrow"

Thanks to taterbot @ You Tube

Sons of Anarchy - "Eureka" New S2 Episode - 4 (Tue, Sep 29 (9/10:00 PM) Tensions between Jax and Clay escalate when they disagree over strategy for rescuing Tig after he's captured by bounty hunters on a gun-running mission. Back in Charming, Gemma is rattled by a graphic reminder of her attack, and she sets out to do something about it.

Sons of Anarchy - "Smite" New S2 Episode - 5 (Tue, Oct 6 9/10:00 PM) While Jax and Clay lock horns (and line up support) over how to deal with Zobelle, Tara finds herself ensnared in Gemma's emotional struggle in the aftermath of her attack. Meanwhile, SAMCRO gets help from an unlikely source. Jacob Hale Jr.: Jeff Kober.

From 2008: Sons of Anarchy Interview with "Tara" Will Maggie Siff be a 'Sons of Anarchy' biker chick? Matt Mitovich interviews Maggie Siff. TV Guide Online Length: 02:27 Posted: 7/18/2008

From 2008: Sons of Anarchy Is 'Sons of Anarchy' a west coast 'Sopranos'? Matt Mitovich interviews Katey Segal and Kurt Sutter. TV Guide Online Length: 02:56 Posted: 7/18/2008

Happy 60th Birthday, Bruce Springsteen! You've Always Had Plenty of That "Human Touch"

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About the video; "Following Saturday's appearance at the Glastonbury Festival, Bruce appeared on Sunday, June 28, at the Hard Rock Calling Festival in London's Hyde Park. Like Glastonbury, this turned into another magical show making the back-to-back U.K. festival appearances an all time highlight for Bruce and the Band. Here, in full, is the opening song from Bruce's set, "London Calling." (Joe Strummer/Mick Jones)."

Bruce and E Street crank out a credible version of the Clash's classic call to arms.

It's Bruce Springsteen's 60th birthday today and I have no idea what a popular culture icon/music master such as he could possibly want or need as a gift. He's shared with me and millions of others so much of himself over the past 40 years. Not being able to offer him anything for his 60th b-day, instead I'll share some of what he's shared in his sublime command of imagery and artistry.

Bruce does indeed grace the September/October issue of AARP, the Magazine, published by the organization formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons, now simply known by their initials. "Red, White, and Bruce" here.

Two Springsteen-based re-posts of mine:

Now that it's 2008 I can say that I'm seeing Bruce in the spring which is something that makes me happy. This is one of my favourite of his many songs that touched me--maybe more so now than years ago. Anyway, the lyrics started playing in my head tonight, especially these:

Oh girl that feeling of safety that you prize
Well it comes at a hard hard price
You can't shut off the risk and the pain
Without losing the love that remains
Were all riders on this train

<awesome guitar break>

So you've been broken and youve been hurt
Show me somebody who ain't
Yeah, I know I ain't nobodys bargain
But, hell, a little touch up and a little paint...

The entire lyrics are after the video which has a definite mid-1980's feel to it. Bruce does look pretty great in it though I miss "Miami" Steve Van Zant and Clarence Clemons on camera. I'm curious too who is doing the female vocals. edit/checked--some were (now wife) Patti's.

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You and me we were the pretenders
We let it all slip away
In the end what you don't surrender
Well the world just strips away

Girl, aint no kindness in the face of strangers
Aint gonna find no miracles here
Well you can wait on your blesses my darlin'
But I got a deal for you right here

I ain't looking for praise or pity
I ain't coming 'round searchin' for a crutch
I just want someone to talk to
And a little of that Human Touch
Just a little of that Human Touch

Ain't no mercy on the streets of this town
Ain't no bread from heavenly skies
Ain't nobody drawing wine from this blood
Its just you and me tonight

Tell me, in a world without pity
Do you think what I'm askin's too much
I just want something to hold on to
And a little of that Human Touch
Just a little of that Human Touch

Oh girl that feeling of safety that you prize
Well it comes at a hard hard price
You can't shut off the risk and the pain
Without losin' the love that remains
We're all riders on this train

So you've been broken and you've been hurt
Show me somebody who ain't
Yeah, I know I ain't nobody's bargain
But, hell, a little touch up and a little paint...

You might need somethin' to hold on to
When all the answers, they don't amount to much
Somebody that you could just to talk to
And a little of that Human Touch

Baby, in a world without pity
Do you think what I'm askin's too much
I just want to feel you in my arms
Share a little of that Human Touch
Feel a little of that Human Touch
Give me a little of that Human Touch

Copyright © Bruce Springsteen (ASCAP)

Update/Danny Federici, Springsteen and E Street's Longtime Keyboardist, Dies At 58

More after the jump...

True Blood - Sam Trammell - Ryan Kwanten at VH1 Divas (2009) fea. Paula Abdul, Sheryl Crow, Miley Cyrus Video

"VH1 Divas 2009: Miley Cyrus and Sheryl Crow Perform "If It Makes You Happy":

VH1 Divas | Divas Video

Special guest, Sheryl Crow, joins Miley Cyrus on stage to perform "If It Makes You Happy". VH1 is back with the legendary live concert event "VH1 Divas" hosted by Emmy and Grammy award winner Paula Abdul and featuring some of pop music's most talented female artists -- Adele, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, Leona Lewis, Jordin Sparks and Miley Cyrus. For the first time ever, these leading ladies at the top of their musical game perform together live at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Howard Gilman Opera House in Brooklyn, New York. The concert was televised live on VH1 on Thursday, September 17 starting at 9:00pm.

That wasn't a too-bad way to hear Miley Cyrus for the first time.  Sheryl Crow could have easily been Miley's mom, age-wise.  Miley definitely had her own interpretation of the song. I give her lots of credit for enunciating, which Sheryl did not do much of on the song when it was first issued way back when. Great song, just the same. Sort of weird to hear Miley Cyrus belt out:

"Well OK,  I still get stoned I not the kinda girl you bring home..."

 

Yikes. VH1 Divas 2009: Paula Abdul introduces Ryan Kwanten, and Sam Trammell

VH1 Divas | Divas Video

Paula Abdul brings the stars of True Blood to the VH1 Divas stage to introduce our next performers. VH1 is back with the legendary live concert event "VH1 Divas" hosted by multiple Emmy and Grammy awards winner Paula Abdul and featuring some of pop music's most talented female artists -- Adele, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, Leona Lewis, Jordin Sparks and Miley Cyrus. For the first time ever, these leading ladies at the top of their musical game perform together live at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Howard Gilman Opera House in Brooklyn, New York. The concert was televised live on VH1 on Thursday, September 17 starting at 9:00pm.

 

Lalo Schifrin SkyRiders Soundtrack (2009)

Lalo Schifrin, the Argentine pianist and composer of SkyRiders, may be best known for his TV scores like the theme from Mission: Impossible and Mannix but he also composed many  themes for a number of film works including many of Clint Eastwood's, some of Steve MacQueen's, and even a John Wayne film (Coogan's Bluff  in 1968).

Found a small copy of the SkyRider poster at Ain't It Cool. It is pretty awesome-looking.

SkyRiders was created after he recorded Magnum Force and Enter the Dragon and just before Rollercoaster, Telefon, and Return from Witch Mountain, as well as a few years later, The Amityville Horror. I've heard that Amityville Horror really freaked out many people and I would not be surprised to hear that the Lalo Schifrin soundtrack contributed greatly.

Besides the SkyRiders Soundtrack, Lalo Schifrin also scored The Eagle Has Landed and Voyage of the Damned in 1976. 

Schifrin's score for Coogan's Bluff in 1968 was the beginning of a long association with Clint Eastwood. His strong jazz-blues riffs were evident in Dirty Harry and although similar to Bullitt and Coogan's Bluff, the score for Dirty Harry stood out for the sheer fear it generated when released.(Wikipedia) (Somehow I think Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry played a part in the "sheer fear".)

Lalo Schifrin's talent for this kind of music which to my ears is his very own sub-genre, is unmatched. His gift for elation, as it's been called, is descriptive of the mood evoked by the soundtrack to SkyRider with its muscular, brassy, trademark Schifrin sound. It was 1976 when he made SkyRider, which came on the heels of his making the soundtrack for Enter the Dragon and Magnum Force. He was definitely still at the top of his game.

As the Ain't It Cool Pop Culture-Movie Site refers to it, SkyRiders is the "quintessential hang-gliding action flick of the 70s." The soundtrack for it is a perfect match. I think you'll agree when you give it a listen.

Here is the Amazon USA to buy Link: Sky Riders

Track Listing:

1. Flying Circus 2. Climbers 3. Riders, The 4. Gliding 5. Terrorists 6. Last Kite 7. Copters And Gliders 8. End Credits [Original Version]

"Recorded in February of 1976 Sky Riders would prove to be the last, for a time, in that long, innovative line of jazz/funk-dominated scores with which Schifrin made his reputation. This is the complete score, never before released, that has been remixed from the original multi-track masters."

Peter Paul & Mary - Puff the Magic Dragon, If I Had A Hammer, Blowin' In The Wind, Leaving On A Jet Plane - Videos

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Puff the Magic Dragon Tonight in Person - 1966

Puff the Magic Dragon was probably the first of Peter, Paul and Mary's string of folk song hits that those of us of a certain age remember hearing as children. I was in the playroom basement of my cousin's house when this first came on the radio, catching my fancy. Many years later I heard that "Puff" was an allusion to smoking pot, getting high but my childhood impression of it as a simple, catchy pop-folk song never changed.

 

Leaving On A Jet Plane

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Ms. Travers once told the music magazine Goldmine: "People say to us, 'Oh, I grew up with your music,' and we often say, sotto voce, 'So did we.'

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Below:

If I Had A Hammer

I remember belting this out in grade school chorus.

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Peter Paul and Mary, If I Had A Hammer

Lyrics:

If I had a hammer,
I'd hammer in the morning
I'd hammer in the evening,
All over this land
I'd hammer out danger,
I'd hammer out a warning,
I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.
If I had a bell,
I'd ring it in the morning,
I'd ring it in the evening,
All over this land
I'd ring out danger,
I'd ring out a warning
I'd ring out love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.
If I had a song,
I'd sing it in the morning,
I'd sing it in the evening,
All over this land
I'd sing out danger,
I'd sing out a warning
I'd sing out love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.
Well I got a hammer,
And I got a bell,
And I got a song to sing, all over this land.
It's the hammer of Justice,
It's the bell of Freedom,
It's the song about Love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.
It's the hammer of Justice,
It's the bell of Freedom,
It's the song about Love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.

 

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Blowin' in the Wind

Tonight in Person - 1966

The real deal. Born and bred in Greenwich Village, NY, here Mary Travers is shown at an anti war news conference in 1967.

Mary Travers, whose ringing, earnest vocals with the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary made songs like “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “If I Had a Hammer” and “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” enduring anthems of the 1960s protest movement, died on Wednesday at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut. She was 72 and lived in Redding, Conn.

The cause was complications from chemotherapy associated with a bone-marrow transplant she had several years ago after developing leukemia, said Heather Lylis, a spokeswoman.

Ms. Travers brought a powerful voice and an unfeigned urgency to music that resonated with mainstream listeners. With her straight blond hair and willowy figure and two bearded guitar players by her side, she looked exactly like what she was, a Greenwich Villager directly from the clubs and the coffeehouses that nourished the folk-music revival. NYTimes.com

NEW! True Blood - Michelle Forbes Hints At Maryann ' s Fate (Spoilerish) Jessica Poster/Wallpaper

OfficialBuddyTV — July 30, 2009 — BuddyTV's exclusive interview with Sam Trammell and Michelle Forbes of True Blood.   TVGuide Keck's Exclusives interview snippet A couple of Michelle's comments about the meat tree (with real meat!) and Maryann's fate.

"I’m a 30-year vegetarian.. so the role of Maryann has been a bit challenging – especially with the lovely meat tree – Di-meat-tree, as he became known." (In answer to the request to talk about the tree.) "It was filled with real meat and reeked as the weeks wore on. There are bobcats and coyotes roaming around that ranch where we shoot, so they had someone sit by the tree with a gun at night to protect it." (In answer to how can Maryann be vanquished?) "Once she believes (her) god is finally coming, that will be her vulnerability. Or shall I say her Achilles’ Heel. "

Click the link to get the full scoop. Michelle Forbes is always a great interview. I will miss her on the show. Anyone else recall Michelle is her early years of acting--like in the sorta-cool episode of Star Trek:The Next Generation where she and Geordi became ghosts--were trapped "out of phase" with seemingly everyone else? Or maybe they are dead as this type of experience is supposed to be part of the Bajoran death (ritual(?) according to Ensign Ro Laren, last name acts as first, played by Michelle Forbes. A fan fave, the actress had been racking up a solid following--about to get her part in Star Trek :TNG  beefed up, when Michelle quit the show. I was so annoyed with her. Have since caught her at most, maybe twice in her entire career elsewhere. I know she worked a lot too, being such a well-respected actress. Ever more often, she is asked to do cameos or a guest stint based on her standing with geeks.* It doesn't hurt that she's beautiful, either. The only places however that I've watched her over the years were the aforementioned Star Trek:The Next Generation (1 season) and Battlestar Galactica (on SciFi) as the unforgettable scary-awesome Admiral Helena Cain. She had both a story arc of several episodes and a television mini "Razor," for BSG (she was the razor(!) on SciFi channel. Very memorable. /EDIT This may have been the worst paragraph I've ever cranked out at  4 a.m. Edited for myriad reasons. Apologies. *I like geeks. I am one. In S2 of HBO's True Blood, Michelle Forbes has had a featured and prominent role for much of the season as Mariann the maenad. She's left an indelible impression in the True Blood universe, of an exuberant, deadly, sometimes wicked, orgy-lovin,' ancient maenad who Michelle Forbes described thusly in her TVGuide interview (link above to full story):

"A maenad is also known as the raving one or the wild one. They’re mythic creatures in Greek mythology who followed Dionysius and Bacchus and revel in chaos and destruction. They drink wine, have sex and have no boundaries. That excess is their quest for purity. As they sing their praises to their god, they hope that he comes."

If you cannot see what Michelle Forbe's brought to HBO's True Blood then you are not watching the show that Alan Ball is offering. Just being able have Michelle Forbes perform on the show brought an edge to Season 2, a menace and a seemingly wacko maenad, who in her own world, lived the way every one should. Seriously. The casting on this show overall is pretty damn good. I consider Michelle Forbes in that category. She's a freaking goddess in quite a large community of fans. The orgies really got old and "bug-eyed freaks" got old. I think the most irritating thing about "Maryann" was the orgies--in which she  did not participate. Less naked, middle-aged dudes and more naked main characters for at least a season. Please.

After jump : Bill's sire, Jessica--click it and it's a  hi-res poster from the scene above. (property of HBO)

Christopher Young's "Drag Me to Hell Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" Review

Above: Have a listen to the the main title track music to Christopher Young's Drag Me to Hell. 

(Drag Me To Hell is the property of Lakeshore Records.)

The film's premise is a fairly simple one but the chilling and sometimes terrifying score is anything but simple.

In an album full of outstanding orchestral and chill-inducing choral music, the piece that stands out most for me is "Loose Teeth." Running seven minutes in length, it brings together many threads running through the album but in a fashion all of it's own. Christopher Young brings in the spooky choir as well as the familiar nerve-rattling solo violin element, adds in a frantic action "break," and all while the orchestra grows ever louder and ever more dissonant. Injected into this mix is a male vocalist putting forth incredibly scary guttural and yes, demonic lamentations which I cannot even listen to without the lights on. It's that terrifyingly spot on.

This piece showcases composer Young's talent for expression of smart, skillfully-crafted, multi-layered, many-textured, instrumental pieces which can pack all the shock and emotional wallop that this genre demands. Christopher Young has few if any, peers at accomplishing such astonishing feats. Certainly he is an original and fans of any film genre can appreciate his musical skill. I know I can.

Drag Me to Hell :

Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) is an ambitious L.A. loan officer with a charming boyfriend, Professor Clay Dalton (Justin Long). Life is good until the mysterious Mrs. Ganush (Lorna Raver) arrives at the bank to beg for an extension on her home loan. Should Christine follow her instincts and give the old woman a break? Or should she deny the extension to impress her boss, Mr. Jacks (David Paymer), and get a leg-up on a promotion? Christine fatefully chooses the latter, shaming Mrs. Ganush and dispossessing her of her home. In retaliation, the old woman places the powerful curse of the Lamia on Christine, transforming her life into a living hell. Haunted by an evil spirit and misunderstood by a skeptical boyfriend, she seeks the aid of seer Rham Jas (Dileep Rao) to save her soul from eternal damnation. To help the shattered Christine return her life to normal, the psychic sets her on a frantic course to reverse the spell. As evil forces close in, Christine must face the unthinkable: how far will she go to break free of the curse?

Drag Me to Hell ~ Christopher Young

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1	Drag Me To Hell
2	Mexican Devil Disaster
3	Tale Of A Haunted Banker
4	Lamia
5	Black Rainbows
6	Ode To Ganush
7	Familiar Familiars
8	Loose Teeth
9	Ordeal By Corpse
10	Bealing Bells With Trumpet
11	Brick Dogs Ala Carte
12	Buddled Brain Strain
13	Auto-Da-Fe
14	Concerto To Hell

Drag me to Hell by Christopher Young was released by Lakeshore Records on August 18th.

True Blood: Depeche Mode "Corrupt" Music Video (9/8/09) (HBO)

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One of the coolest details that are considered when putting together True Blood on HBO is the music. Usually the title of an episode is the song you hear playing over the credits (possibly always--I have to check) and the music genres have run the gamut. I'm not sure if this just-released Sept 8, 2009 music video which is completely awesome and sounds as if it were written specifically for the show (have to check on that, too) is going to be the title of an upcoming Season 3 episode but it would be cool if it were so we could enjoy it on the soundtrack!

"True Blood the entire season - catch it anytime on HBO ON DEMAND. And listen to the hit song "Corrupt" by Depeche Mode. For more information, log onto HBO.com."

Torchwood: Children of Earth Soundtrack Review including "I Can Run Forever" (End Scene)

 

Torchwood: Children of Earth OST Cover

The disc includes 40 tracks, 38 tracks divided between the five parts of the miniseries with the other two, the opening and closing themes, being sort of "bonus tracks."

Composer Ben Foster’s soundtrack to Torchwood: Children of Earth can be found in the US on Amazon. (Released August 11).

"I Can Run Forever"
"One of the best tracks from the Torchwood: Children Of Earth Soundtrack. Here is the end scene, with an isolated score. "

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“Children of Earth,” the five-part miniseries that in essence, serves as the Torchwood's third (and perhaps final?) season with the stakes higher than ever for Captain Jack Harkness, Gwen Cooper and Ianto Jones. Veteran “Torchwood” composer Ben Foster (Dr.Who) rises to the occasion, capturing the apocalyptic tone on the Torchwood: Children Of Earth Soundtrack, set from the moment a malevolent force speaks through the "Children of Earth."

The soundtrack is split up according to each of the five parts in the miniseries, opening with  “The First Sacrifice,” a haunting melody which starts out very similar to a soothing lullaby. Given that the miniseries initially centers on the world’s youth, this music is particularly fitting, instantly conveying a perversion of innocence that wends its way through the story.

Performed with energy and verve by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the score features an exquisite instrumental blend, the music often conveying a sense of danger looming with all-too-brief respites of great beauty. As each day passes the soundtrack grows more and more epic and intense with the three-note theme for the alien "4-5-6" used often to punctuate the story as it blows by like a runaway train.

Composer Ben Foster has put forth an inspired volume of work here, not just outstanding in its for its purpose to compliment but not overwhelm Children Of Earth, but in the fact that it stands alone as a complete listening experience.

Music Review: The Music of Star Trek Performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

Having quite literally cut my teeth during the Star Trek, the original series' 1966-69 run, then fallen in love with Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994) and with the best Star Trek Captain ever--Jean-Luc Picard--as a twenty-something, having gone on to embrace Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and it's bold move to have the setting of the show deviate from all others in that it took place on a space station and having been pleased and a bit proud of the franchise's choice of a woman as a Star Trek captain in "Voyager," and finally, trying multiple times to embrace Scott Bakula as captain the Final Star Trek television series, which improbably had a four year-run between 2001-2005, I do feel competent to comment on the score of The Music of Star Trek Performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.

The Music of Star Trek is comprised of sixteen tracks, covering all eleven feature films and five television series. The track list is organized chronologically, showcasing first the films and then moving through the television series. The selections are heavily weighted towards closing credits, with seven of eleven feature selections being the close, which makes sense as that is where the main theme and motifs of the film are generally revisited. This means we get to hear the classic theme many times throughout with slight variations as a bridge to the other themes. It is also interesting to fully comprehend the impact that Jerry Goldsmith had on the entire series. In addition to writing the new theme for Star Trek: The Motion Picture--the original film, Jerry Goldsmith composed the score for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Star Trek: First Contact  and Star Trek: Nemesis as well as for the television series, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager.

Though there are a large handful of composing talents here which include James Horner (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search For Spock) Leonard Rosenman (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home), Cliff Eidelman (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country) Dennis McCarthy (Star Trek: Generations) and of course, the soundtrack work of this year's "Star Trek" film by Michael Giacchino,  it is the work of Jerry Goldsmith which speaks to me most.

The City of Prague Philharmonic  has done a commendable job demonstrating their ability to make this soundtrack eminently listenable with these stellar renditions of Star Trek's themes.  You may want to think of The Music of Star Trek as both a "greatest hits" and cover album as the music bears a comfortably familiar vibe throughout.

You do not have to be a hard-core Star Trek fan to add this little gem to your collection. It can be appreciated for it's place in pop-culture and well as for it's musicianship, both on the part of the composers and The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.

500 Days of Summer Soundtrack Review

The (500) Days of Summer soundtrack has been the the perfect antidote to the less-than-perfect summer weather that I and many other folks seem to be  have been experiencing.

I've been listening to the soundtrack on my Blackberry and much of it is danceable, spirit-lifting, and fun.

The film is a post-modern love story of Tom, a greeting card copywriter(!) and hopeless romantic who is blindsided after his girlfriend Summer dumps him. Tom takes us back, reminiscing through various stages of their 500 days together trying to puzzle out how things things went wrong. His reflections ultimately lead him to rediscover his true passions in life.

The  full track listing is below:

1.A Story of Boy Meets Girl - Mychael Danna and Rob Simonsen

2. Us - Regina Spektor

3. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths

4. Bad Kids - Black Lips

5. Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want - The Smiths

6. There Goes The Fear - Doves

7. You Make My Dreams - Hall & Oates

8. Sweet Disposition - The Temper Trap

9. Quelqu'un M'a Dit - Carla Bruni

10. Mushaboom - Feist

11. Hero - Regina Spektor

12. Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel

13. Vagabond - Wolfmother

14. She's Got You High - Mumm-Ra

15. Here Comes Your Man - Meaghan Smith

16. Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want - She & Him

(500) Days of Summer has been described as a "quasi-indie" movie and I suppose that's fair as the soundtrack is a good balance of well-known indie tunes sprinkled with some new(er) "hipster" tracks that I was anxious to hear. There are three songs that are either performed by the Smiths or in the case of Please, Please (Let Me Get What I Want) covered by "She and Him," a band fronted by Zooey Deschanel and M.Ward.

Deschanel sounds much like one would imagine she would--kind of sweet and definitely charming. She does a very credible job of the one tune she contributes to the (500) Days Of Summer Soundtrack.

I'm not really big into labels--I just know what I enjoy listening to and this soundtrack is packed with great tunes. Some of my faves include the old, but aging incredibly well and terrifically suited to this film,“You Make My Dreams” by Hall & Oates’, First Lady of France Carla Bruni's, Quelqu'un M'a Dit, the timeless classic, Bookends, by Simon and Garfunkel, Here Comes Your Man by Meaghan Smith, Mushaboom by Feist and of course, the already-mentioned Smith's tunes.

This is a joyful, bright soundtrack that makes some tasty ear-candy.

"Boy meets girl
Boy falls in love Girl doesn't"

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Bear McCreary, Brendan McCreary, Raya Yarbrough Interviewed by Eddie Olmos - Battlestar Galactica

Woo-hoo! Eddie Olmos is a smooth interviewer (and operator)! He literally snagged the mic from the San Diego interviewer and conducted a kick butt spontaneous interview with Brendan and Bear McCreary and the lovely and honey-voiced Raya Yarbrough. Thanks to Bear's Battlestar Blog!

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: SEASON 4 Soundtrack: Bear McCreary Brings The Awesome

I imagine if you are reading this review of the BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: SEASON 4 soundtrack that you are a. A Bear McCreary fan, b. A soundtrack fan, c. A Battlestar Galactica fan, or d. All three. I'm in the "d" category and so am aware of my own and many fan sentiments about the music of the iconic space drama, "Battlestar Galactica."

Even if you didn't quite "get" Battlestar Galactica the music of Bear McCreary is nothing less than epically stellar.

My personal story of how I've come back to enjoying music after a rather protracted stint where modern music didn't grab me  while much of the music of my younger years <sigh> I played only when I was feeling nostalgic.

Bear McCreary is just like any other devoted Battlestar Galactica fan with one crucial difference--he is the"13th Cylon," as Jamie Bamber correctly states in

(left) Limited Ed. Poster - Battlestar Galactica Orchestra

this 2-CD set's 20-Page CD booklet (which contains exclusive liner notes from the show's cast and crew). Bamber's comments about McCreary's music made me tear up. The comments about the music of BSG.

Bear McCreary doesn't just make beautiful, wondrous, soundtrack music, his music is not confined by genre--it stands alone.

It blows my mind every time I hear "Roslin and Adama Reunited" or “The Heart of the Sun.” When the orchestra builds to that last thunderous piece, a statement of the Colonial Anthem, it is simply glorious, and incredibly touching.

It's been mentioned by many listeners of music from Season 4 Battlestar Galactica that a fan favourite highlight is the “Dreilide Thrace Sonata No. 1.″  It is sheer awesome (though awesome is the entire Battlestar Galactica Season 4 2-CD set). This music is Bear McCreary's statement, testament, a love song and a final goodbye by and from Bear, a showcase of the evolution of this still-youthful composer to the universe that was and is Battlestar Galactica.

There are many lovely, stirring, and jamming nuggets on the Season 4 CD including as McCreary discloses on his namesake blog, his personal favourite example of "beautiful dissonance" in BSG  called “Among the Ruins.”  Yes, it is beautiful but so much more than that--stirring, innovative, primal, brilliant.

One of the most compelling characters in Battlestar Galactica was played by the unforgettable James Callis who is one of those rare actors that can convey so much with just a facial gesture. Callis can articulate a lot of truth in one paragraph as well. Of McCreary and his music, Mr. Callis' liner notes statement says:

"It would seem to me that most music on TV you don't end up craving, discussing with all and sundry as to how it affected you. It is very unusual in a drama for the music to be so compelling--compulsive--so signature. And BSG was not just another drama--but a Space Drama to boot!"

So Say We All!

As SciFi Scoop notes, Bear McCreary’s epic score to the fourth season of Battlestar Galactica first printing sold out in pre-orders.

It was released on July 28 and "the album has since rocketed into the top 10 for music sales on Amazon, and already a number of glowing reviews are popping up online."

I agree too with SciFi Scoop that Battlestar Galactica's soundtrack was robbed of its due glory by the Emmy Award folks, however I expect from checking in with the way the set is selling out that the Emmy's have just given us another reason to look elsewhere for guidance in seeking quality material deserving of award(s).

(Read more good sentiments to back up the sales at : SciFiScoop, Soundtrack.net, Den of Geek,

Airlock Alpha, and from a selection of reviewers on Amazon.)

Product Description
La-La Land Records proudly presents its 100th soundtrack release, the 2-CD Set BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: SEASON 4. Acclaimed BATTLESTAR composer Bear McCreary pulls out all the musical stops with his sensational music score to the fourth and final season of the critically lauded Sci-Fi Channel television series starring Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, James Callis, Tricia Helfer and Katee Sackhoff.

McCreary enriches and expands his glorious, one-of-a-kind mix of orchestra, vocals, rock, world-beats and synth. A sonic powerhouse that lives on beyond this beloved television show. Disc One collects Season Four's best musical moments up to DAYBREAK, the series finale, which is presented on Disc Two. A 20-Page CD booklet contains exclusive liner notes from the show's cast and crew.

Bear McCreary's ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Season 4 Soundtrack Sells Out -- BEFORE Its Released

The first print run of Bear McCreary’s Battlestar Galactica: Season 4 soundtrack have all sold out – two weeks prior to its release! La La Land Records have put a rush on printing more, attempting to catch up with demand. I'm sure all parties are pleasantly surprised at the need to do so.

This is very exciting though in truth, not unexpected news. Bear's fans include many long-time followers of Battlestar Galactica and they are known both for their great taste and devout loyalty to the man and the series, respectively.

It's my opinion that Bear who is himself a huge BSG fan, has channelled his deep appreciation for Battlestar Galactica into the unforgettable soundtrack music he's laboured to create and if you continue reading, you'll find that he continues to perform live with the Battlestar Galactica Orchestra to sell-out crowds who share the same appreciation for Bear's music which is such an integral piece of the endeavour that was Battlestar Galactica.

Battlestar Galactica: Season 4 has been the top selling TV soundtrack for over a month on Amazon and is has currently spent 8 days in the Top 100 Music CD’s on Amazon (and the charting arrow is pointed "up").

In other Bear news, if you are attending Comic Con in San Diego or are planning to be in the area, Bear McCreary will be there, too--for several days performing live with the Battlestar Galactica Orchestra--and on Thursday July 23 he’ll contribute to Richard Hatch’s panel with other members of the Battlestar Galactica cast and crew. On Friday, Saturday and possibly Sunday he will appear at multiple signings and presentations including one at Capcom’s booth for Dark Void.

Bear has already let slip that he's been scoring a new television project that will have it's premiere at Comic Con! It will be the first time his score is heard publicly for the project, which has been kept top secret.

“It’s been killing me keeping it secret,” McCreary said, “because I know when you guys hear this soundtrack… you’re gonna explode.  It’s like Battlestar / Sarah Connor / Dark Void on steroids!”

And about that live performance during Comic Con? Are you ready for this? You can enjoy a live performance of the music from the Battlestar Galactica: Season 4 soundtrack at the San Diego House of Blues on Thursday July 23rd, Friday July 24th, and Saturday, July 25th. The performances will be hosted by Battlestar actors Edward James Olmos (Thursday) and Grace Park (Saturday) with both Olmos and Park on the Friday. There are still tickets available though I wouldn't wait much longer to get them as the venue is not a huge one.  Visit the spanking new new BSG Orchestra website to learn more and while you are there stop by the forum and say hello.

Battlestar Galactica: Season 4 will officially be released July 28.

Source: Bear's Battlestar Galactica Blog

If you could bring back a canceled tv series, which would you choose?

Submitted by The Good Girl Gone Blog.

Screen shot at right: From SciFi (SyFy) Edward James Olmos (Cmr. Adama) Mary McDonnell (Pres.Laura Roslin)

Battlestar Galactica. I would have appreciated a 5-year run, instead of the 4 it got.

Watch for Tricia Helfer (Six), Michael Hogan (Saul Tigh) and Mary McDonnell (Laura Roslin) in whatever they do now. Also Mark Sheppard (Romo Lampkin) and James Callis (Gaius Baltar), if you can find him on this side of the pond. I had a big crush on Tahmoh Pennikett (Helo) who currently has a lead role on Joss Whedon's Dollhouse on Fox. He is still very cute. And cut. ;)

And you already know how great EJO (Eddie Olmos) is.

I'm going to review the 4 year-of-BSG soundtrack and I can't wait. The music with Bear McCreary at the helm, helped make the show and the show was outstanding--often.

Bear McCreary - Caprica Soundtrack Release - 'Battlestar Galactica' Beyond Background Music

Perhaps the best way to express how great a talent Bear McCreary is is to say that Battlestar Galactica, my favourite television show of all time, which concluded its four-year run this year, would not be Battlestar Galactica without Bear McCreary's creation of it's superb scores. His style is like no other, obviously classically trained yet at times tribal-sounding, Bear qualifies the music he composed on Battlestar Galcactica as "ethnic rock-pop-classical soundtrack music." 

I could fawn over Bear's signature sound but he has many. Some once you hear them, your ears will alert you to later when hearing an entirely different soundtrack. This happened during an early episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, which Bear also scored."That's Bear!," I exclaimed when a hint of one of his amazing compositions seeped a tiny bit into Terminator--just long enough for me to recognize it.

Bear worked last year on scoring a miniseries, "Caprica" that is to air on the SciFi/SyFy network this fall. It has been released in DVD from and on CD it's called appropriately, "Caprica."

I've been listening to it this week and it's good. Yes absolutely, Bear pulled off his stated-upfront mission to "pay tribute to Battlestar Galactica without imitating it."

In an NPR interview with Bear, host Guy Raz said that at times Bear's work is "almost devastating." 

I don't think it can be phrased better.

It can touch you that deeply. I admit to tearing up along with some of Bear's best work as well as having had my heart rate seem to pick up as Bear's soundtrack draws me in and along with him.

Bear McCreary has an uncanny sense of matching the score to a scene, though as his sold-out concerts indicate, his music stands on it's own. Many a time I've noticed a theme or two of his running through my head the day after viewing one of his shows and hearing some new pieces of his work. Now the same thing is happening after having given the Caprica soundtrack a couple of listens. It's very beautiful and it tells a story that I'm very excitedly looking forward to.

Bear's music can elevate a scene to the sublime and though he's still a young guy, he has quite a notable body of work building. Bear says in his liner-notes for the Caprica soundtrack that he hopes it will be "a seed from which the the Caprica musical universe will grow."

I'll look forward to hearing more music from Caprica after it debuts and in the meantime "Caprica," the CD will continue to be a new, amazing piece to enjoy.

To my fellow Battlestar Galactica fans, yes there are moments on Caprica where you are transported into BSG territory--usually with a very light touch, though after viewing the miniseries you'll see and hear where some of Bear's trademark sounds are very appropriate and I cannot say it enough, enhance each scene.

Bear McCreary is currently scoring the music for Galactica's series prequel, Caprica, to be aired on the SciFi (SyFy by the time it debut) Channel.

Some links you may like-

Caprica series and music updates from Bear McCreary

NPR Music on BSG's Bear McCreary and his live, sellout Shows

The Shape of Things to Come (full track)

All Along The Watchtower(BSG) (full track)

More BSG on NPR -How 'Battlestar' Brought Me Home From Iraq

For some fun facts about Bear McCreary and his new Caprica soundtrack as well as the upcoming SyFy Channel miniseries and series, Caprica, click below.