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Happy Birthday, Chris Lang
May 25, 2010
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My brother, Chris Lang, was born on May 25, 1971. He was fortunate enough to have been born on a day when this song was No. 1 on the charts. Enjoy the last year of your 30s, kid.
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Music Review: Janelle Monae, “The ArchAndroid”
May 24, 2010
Rating: 97
In its sprawl, depth and miraculous facility with all things pop, Janelle Monae’s “The ArchAndroid” recalls Prince’s mid-career masterpiece “Sign ‘O’ the Times,” and it is only her first full-length album. Monae possesses an elastic voice and a brain to match — she can sing jump-blues... Read More
May 24, 2010
Rating: 97
In its sprawl, depth and miraculous facility with all things pop, Janelle Monae’s “The ArchAndroid” recalls Prince’s mid-career masterpiece “Sign ‘O’ the Times,” and it is only her first full-length album. Monae possesses an elastic voice and a brain to match — she can sing jump-blues... Read More
Video of the Day: Goldfrapp, “Alive”
May 24, 2010
Alison, fully “Xana”-do’d, presides over a group of Satan baddies wearing dead Goth/King Diamond makeup, who are then attacked by Jazzercise vampires. What a feeling!
1 Show / Hide Archive Comments The following comments are archived from the original publication of this post tony on May 28, 2010 @ 2:52 pm... Read More
May 24, 2010
Alison, fully “Xana”-do’d, presides over a group of Satan baddies wearing dead Goth/King Diamond makeup, who are then attacked by Jazzercise vampires. What a feeling!
1 Show / Hide Archive Comments The following comments are archived from the original publication of this post tony on May 28, 2010 @ 2:52 pm... Read More
Dfest 2010 Canceled
May 21, 2010
Alexandra Lawn of Ra Ra Riot performing at Dfest in 2009. Photo by George Lang
Dfest, the popular downtown Tulsa music festival started in 2002 as a showcase for local, regional and national acts will go on hiatus this year. Co-founder Tom Green cited the economic downturn and a decrease in corporate... Read More
May 21, 2010
Alexandra Lawn of Ra Ra Riot performing at Dfest in 2009. Photo by George Lang
Dfest, the popular downtown Tulsa music festival started in 2002 as a showcase for local, regional and national acts will go on hiatus this year. Co-founder Tom Green cited the economic downturn and a decrease in corporate... Read More
Video of the Day: The Black Keys, “Tighten Up”
May 20, 2010
The Black Keys have one of the best track records for videos this year: first came the two Frank the Dinosaur clips, and now this extremely witty playground brawl video for “Tighten Up.” These guys are killing it, even if they smell like ranch dressing.
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May 20, 2010
The Black Keys have one of the best track records for videos this year: first came the two Frank the Dinosaur clips, and now this extremely witty playground brawl video for “Tighten Up.” These guys are killing it, even if they smell like ranch dressing.
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Video of the Day: Janelle Monae, “Tightrope” (Live on “The Late Show with David Letterman”)
May 19, 2010
You absolutely have to respect someone who can do the James Brown, all the way down to the cape! Witness a star in the making.
1 Show / Hide Archive Comments The following comments are archived from the original publication of this post kev on May 23, 2010 @ 12:34 am We need to get this girl together with Jamie... Read More
May 19, 2010
You absolutely have to respect someone who can do the James Brown, all the way down to the cape! Witness a star in the making.
1 Show / Hide Archive Comments The following comments are archived from the original publication of this post kev on May 23, 2010 @ 12:34 am We need to get this girl together with Jamie... Read More
Video of the Day: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, “Higher Than the Stars”
May 18, 2010
Borrowing a Cure keyboard line, the Brooklyn dream-poppers get warm and (especially) fuzzy with this great new single.
2 Show / Hide Archive Comments The following comments are archived from the original publication of this post Rob on May 27, 2010 @ 8:03 pm Is it me or did the even the band look uncomfortable... Read More
Ronnie James Dio, 1942-2010
May 17, 2010
We need to just get this out of the way, because it is the law:
Dio has rocked (echo: rocked) for a long, long time,
Now it’s time for him to pass the torch.
He has songs of wilderbeasts and angels,
He has soared on the wings of a demon.
It’s time to pass the torch,
You’re too old to rock, no more... Read More
May 17, 2010
We need to just get this out of the way, because it is the law:
Dio has rocked (echo: rocked) for a long, long time,
Now it’s time for him to pass the torch.
He has songs of wilderbeasts and angels,
He has soared on the wings of a demon.
It’s time to pass the torch,
You’re too old to rock, no more... Read More
Video of the Day: The National, “Bloodbuzz, Ohio”
May 12, 2010
Impeccably tailored and comtemplative in black and white, Matt Berninger presents like his generation’s GQ rock poster boy, a hirsute Bryan Ferry, in this first clip from “High Violet.”
The National – “Bloodbuzz Ohio” (official video) from The National on Vimeo.
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May 12, 2010
Impeccably tailored and comtemplative in black and white, Matt Berninger presents like his generation’s GQ rock poster boy, a hirsute Bryan Ferry, in this first clip from “High Violet.”
The National – “Bloodbuzz Ohio” (official video) from The National on Vimeo.
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Video of the Day: Field Music, “Let’s Write a Book”
May 11, 2010
The Bewlis Brothers are the standard-bearers for XTC’s cerebral archness, and “Let’s Write a Book” takes them out of the pastoralisms and into a light-industrial white-boy funk mode. Absolutely superb — buy “Field Music (Measure)” now.
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May 11, 2010
The Bewlis Brothers are the standard-bearers for XTC’s cerebral archness, and “Let’s Write a Book” takes them out of the pastoralisms and into a light-industrial white-boy funk mode. Absolutely superb — buy “Field Music (Measure)” now.
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Video of the Day: The New Pornographers, “Your Hands (Together)”
May 10, 2010
Ninjas and various other practitioners of the martial arts bust several impressive moves. What does it all mean? It means you need to work on your flexibility, desk boy. From the new album, “Together.”
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StaticBlog and BAM Present Summer Movies 2010
May 07, 2010
By early May, having been through the serious art of Oscar season, a switch flips in moviegoers’ collective brains, and they start craving adrenaline surges. It’s summer, and even the most self-serious critics start salivating over the latest Pixar movie, or the one gazillion-dollar effects extravaganza that... Read More
May 07, 2010
By early May, having been through the serious art of Oscar season, a switch flips in moviegoers’ collective brains, and they start craving adrenaline surges. It’s summer, and even the most self-serious critics start salivating over the latest Pixar movie, or the one gazillion-dollar effects extravaganza that... Read More
Video of the Day: The Fall, “Bury”
May 05, 2010
Now signed to Domino, easily the best label Mark E. Smith has been on since his early ’90s stand with Matador, The Fall sounds vital and truly energized on “Bury,” the first single from “Your Future, Our Clutter.” And, strangely enough, all the band members from “Imperial Wax Solvent” return. In... Read More
May 05, 2010
Now signed to Domino, easily the best label Mark E. Smith has been on since his early ’90s stand with Matador, The Fall sounds vital and truly energized on “Bury,” the first single from “Your Future, Our Clutter.” And, strangely enough, all the band members from “Imperial Wax Solvent” return. In... Read More
Video of the Day: The Black Keys, “Next Girl”
May 04, 2010
Frank the Funkasaurus Rex gets in deep with bikini-clad jacuzzi maidens in this grindhousey clip from the Black Keys’ forthcoming “Brothers” disc — which is due May 18, in case you black out during the last minute or so.
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May 04, 2010
Frank the Funkasaurus Rex gets in deep with bikini-clad jacuzzi maidens in this grindhousey clip from the Black Keys’ forthcoming “Brothers” disc — which is due May 18, in case you black out during the last minute or so.
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Conan O’Brien on ’60 Minutes’
May 03, 2010
Conan O’Brien opened up yesterday on “60 Minutes,” discussing the putsch that sent him packing for TBS and reinstalled Jay Leno (from this point on displayed in brown type to reflect StaticBlog’s opinion of him) as host of “The Tonight Show.” Of course, that “opened up” deserves a caveat, since... Read More
May 03, 2010
Conan O’Brien opened up yesterday on “60 Minutes,” discussing the putsch that sent him packing for TBS and reinstalled Jay Leno (from this point on displayed in brown type to reflect StaticBlog’s opinion of him) as host of “The Tonight Show.” Of course, that “opened up” deserves a caveat, since... Read More
Video of the Day: The Black Keys, “Tighten Up”
May 03, 2010
Prehistoric lizard puppets generally don’t have the wicked soul moves that Frank breaks out in this video. And no, Chase, this is not an Archie Bell and the Drells cover.
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May 03, 2010
Prehistoric lizard puppets generally don’t have the wicked soul moves that Frank breaks out in this video. And no, Chase, this is not an Archie Bell and the Drells cover.
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“Iron Man 2″ Week Begins on Planet 46 with Jon Favreau
May 03, 2010
Director Jon Favreau lays out his “Iron Man 2″ plan in the first installment of Matt Price’s daily, Tony Stark-related interviews on Planet46.com.
1 Show / Hide Archive Comments The following comments are archived from the original publication of this post Rob on May 04, 2010 @ 12:49 pm Favreau directed IM2?... Read More
May 03, 2010
Director Jon Favreau lays out his “Iron Man 2″ plan in the first installment of Matt Price’s daily, Tony Stark-related interviews on Planet46.com.
1 Show / Hide Archive Comments The following comments are archived from the original publication of this post Rob on May 04, 2010 @ 12:49 pm Favreau directed IM2?... Read More
“Vampire’s Kiss”: Nicolas Cage’s Greatest Performance
May 03, 2010
My brother, Chris, just sent me this collection of the finest parts of Cage’s manic, genius performance in 1988′s “Vampire’s Kiss,” a monument to inhibition-free, bat-guano-crazy acting. Makes Max Schreck look positively subtle.
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May 03, 2010
My brother, Chris, just sent me this collection of the finest parts of Cage’s manic, genius performance in 1988′s “Vampire’s Kiss,” a monument to inhibition-free, bat-guano-crazy acting. Makes Max Schreck look positively subtle.
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Video of the Day 2: Craig Ferguson lip-synchs the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band’s “Look Out, There’s a Monster Coming”
May 03, 2010
Such a description would seem to capture it all, but it really doesn’t. Thank you to Greg “Dr. Pants” Elwell for sending my day off the rails with this one.
1 Show / Hide Archive Comments The following comments are archived from the original publication of this post kev on May 04, 2010 @ 6:47 pm Now THAT... Read More
Steven Drozd Hospitalized, Flaming Lips Cancel May 1 Performance
April 28, 2010
Flaming Lips multi-instrumentalist Steven Drozd has been hospitalized according to reports in the Palm Beach Post, forcing the cancellation of the band’s appearance at Sun Fest in West Palm Beach, Fla. Thursday and an additional date on May 1.
There are no current reports on the reason for the hospitalization.... Read More
April 28, 2010
Flaming Lips multi-instrumentalist Steven Drozd has been hospitalized according to reports in the Palm Beach Post, forcing the cancellation of the band’s appearance at Sun Fest in West Palm Beach, Fla. Thursday and an additional date on May 1.
There are no current reports on the reason for the hospitalization.... Read More
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Staticblog" is a repository for the musings and harangues of Assistant Entertainment Editor George Lang, featuring indie music videos, movie news.
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