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Remember all that hoopla that little Tavi caused by blocking the view of British Grazia’s editors during Paris Haute Couture recently? If you don’t, please click this link.
Well, Tavi herself has responded to it on her blog with the following:
"I'm going to New York on Saturday. I will be wearing some more hats. If you happen to be sitting behind me and you'd like to be able to see, just ask."
I couldn’t have said it better myself. As a matter of fact, I did say the exact same thing!
Flat of the Blade promo video directed by Ewen Spencer
Heligoland is the fifth regular studio album from the collaborative British music production duo Massive Attack, entitled after the German archipelago of the same name. It had been officially released everywhere except North America by the 8 February 2010 (US and Canada on February 9 2010) – seven years after the release of their previous non-soundtrack, standalone studio album, 100th Window. The record features always-chosen guest singer, Horace Andy and the following other invited vocalists: Tunde Adebimpe, Damon Albarn, Hope Sandoval, Guy Garvey and Martina Topley-Bird, as well as guitar playing by Adrian Utley of Portishead (on "Saturday Come Slow"), keys from Portishead collaborator John Baggott (most notably on "Atlas Air"), keys and synth bass from Damon Albarn ("Splitting the Atom" and "Flat of the Blade" respectively), bass by Neil Davidge ("Girl I Love You") and bass by Billy Fuller of Beak on various tracks.
The record features drumming from the recently deceased Jerry Fuchs. This is in addition to the work of regular session and touring drummer Damon Reece. On the sleeve notes, long-time session guitar collaborator, Angelo Bruschini is only recognised for live work and appears to have no studio credit. Dan Brown and Stew Jackson (Robot Club) co-wrote "Paradise Circus", played guitar, programmed and engineered. Tim Goldsworthy contributed additional production (specific tracks remain unstated). Most tracks were mixed with Mark "Spike" Stent and then all were mastered with Tim Young at Metropolis Studios, as with previous records. Overall, Neil Davidge co-produced all Heligoland's tracks with Robert Del Naja only (except 3, 7 and 9 where Grant Marshall was involved), though Marshall has a co-write credit on every track. The album is dedicated to the memory of acclaimed Blue Lines co-producer, Jonny Dollar.
The Deluxe Edition of Heligoland available digitally features bonus tracks (remixes and "False Flags" B-side, "United Snakes"). There will also be a vinyl release. Heligoland Remixed (amounting to the same as the Deluxe Edition's bonus tracks, except for "United Snakes" being replaced by a second Gui Boratto dub remix) has been uploaded for listening on the duo's Facebook page.
The announced release date of May 2010 for the post-Heligoland EP intended to feature leftover tracks, including some songs known by the public from past tours having previously been performed live, such as "Dobro" and/or possibly (the Guy Garvey co-penned) "Red Light" (or whatever those tracks end up being called), as well as one or more unheard songs, such as the Martina Topley-Bird-sung "Invade Me", now appears to have been delayed to at least June or July 2010, according to Marshall. As was the case in 2009, the duo will have to interweave their touring and studio schedules to finish the planned EP.
He's flamboyant, sexy, rude, wild, he's the one and only Lord Bishop, performing live at the Bacco room in Auckland.
With support from with Source Force Five Surf Friends and The Dirty Sweets.
Lord Bishop could be called the original punk, resuming where MC5 left. He's filled with the energy of black rock icons like Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone. He's not exactly an overly talented guitar player, and he's also crafting his songs that they survive without solos, but the sheer energy he's putting into bullet fast songs like War Stop The War or Devil Inside put him apart from most other bands.
Lord Bishop is playing deliberately with clichés, hiding his cultivated and intelligent inner self behind a shocking stage persona that is as acutely sexist as it is radically anarchist, when it comes to political points of view. I know a lot of people who absolutely hate everything the Lord does, but I know just as many who adore his shameless take on punk and rock'n'roll. There is no middle ground possible here, and I am proud to tell that I belong to the latter group.
Source/Powertool Records
For the first time ever Lord Bishop Rocks! will be rocking New Zealand, doing a full national tour. Playing live and touring is what the Lord does best. He plays up to 200 shows a year and is a rock icon in Europe.
Apparently unaware they were dealing with art (duh, it's in black and white), overzealous censors at YouTube removed Bruce Weber's hot and slippery short film for Yves Saint Laurent, which debuted in Paris at Stefano Pilati's last men's collection. But you can catch all the steamy lakeside frolic right here—straight (alas, maybe) from YSL. Source/Hintmag.com
Gil Scott-Heron (born April 1, 1949) is an African-American poet, musician, and author known primarily for his late 1960s and early 1970s work as a spoken word soul performer and his collaborative work with musician Brian Jackson. His collaborative efforts with Jackson featured a musical fusion of jazz, blues and soul music, as well as lyrical content concerning social and political issues of the time, delivered in both rapping and decorative vocal styles by Scott-Heron. The music of these albums, most notably Pieces of a Man and Winter in America in the early 1970s, influenced and helped engender later African-American music genres such as hip hop and neo soul. Scott-Heron's recording work is often associated with black militant activism and has received much critical acclaim for one of his most well-known compositions "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised". On his influence, Allmusic wrote "Scott-Heron's unique proto-rap style influenced a generation of hip-hop artists". Source/Wikipedia
The above video is taken from Gil’s first new CD in fifteen years, “I’m New Here”, due to be released on February 8/9th.
Singer Rihanna will make $100,000 just for sitting front row at New York Fashion Week.
The 21-year-old will reportedly rake in the massive sum every time she makes a front row appearance at the upcoming New York event.
Rihanna is the highest paid celebrity to attend the shows, according to Fashionista.com, who compiled a list of celebrities and how much they all get paid to sit front row.
The Umbrella singer is not the only star to be well paid to attend the fashion week. Singer Beyonce is also a high-earner, getting anywhere between $80,000 to $100,000 for every front row appearance.
Splash/Snapper Media Celebrity Newswire
Wow! I had no idea! I knew some of these celebs got something for making an appearance. (I thought it was perhaps something like first and free access to the collections, etc..) However, I had no idea they were getting paid this much!
Considering some of the stuff that will be shown, I think somebody would have to pay me to sit through viewing it as well! LOL! ;)
Model Amber Rose (l) in bare midriff, furry Louis Vuitton fanny pack and double denim.
Hi all,
The New York Post, not that I’d suggest that anyone ever take styling advice from them, has declared that double-denim (i.e. denim on denim) is back in this recent article.
In the article it’s stated that numerous celebs have been spotted wearing double-denim recently; Rihanna, Amber Rose, Jessica Biel, Kanye West, Elin Nordegren (Tiger Woods’ “wife”) and Kiefer Sutherland are mentioned.
Well, I’ve got news for them, and you, double-denim never disappeared from the fashion scene even though numerous haughty, self-righteous Fashion Police would have us believe otherwise.
I’ve, personally, been rocking double-denim ever since I was a teenager! It looked good then, and it still looks good now, because it’s classic styling and one can never go wrong with that. ;)
Kind regards
Actress Jessica Biel rocking double-denim on this month’s U.S edition of Vague Magazine.
Rihanna’s pre-Super Bowl concert outfit was created by Mariel Haenn and Rob Zangardi, a styling duo who frequently work with her on costumes and red carpet attire.
Last Sunday morning, as I stumbled home drunk from Fiesta Del Sol, I happened to come across the above people getting setup for what looked like a fashion photography shoot. And, with my having more than a passing interest in fashion, I thought I’d whip out my camera and capture what was going on.
While I didn’t go over and chat with them – I wasn’t in the mood for that really; like I said, I was drunk - the whole thing seemed to be over in about 15 minutes. Perhaps this was because it started raining and they wanted to move the shoot indoors.
As I mentioned in my previous post, the event raised a bit over $2,000 for Unicef NZ’s relief efforts in Haiti. However, If you feel to need to donate more, please click on the hyperlink above, and do as you see fit.
While I didn’t stay as long as I would have liked to, I was too tired from Saturday night/Sunday morning really, I did stay long enough to appreciate what was going on, and to have a few chats with some very interesting and nice people.
Auckland seems to be turning into a rather cosmopolitan city and this is being reflected in the makeup of it’s population. I’ve encountered people from all over the world here recently and quite enjoy the vibe they bring to the place.
As far as the music went, most of it was of the Hip-Hop, Reggae and Drum N’ Bass variety, and all of the performances were really quite good.
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