Today, we're going to take a musically annotated trip through some of the more interesting ads found within the pages of 1985's Legion of Substitute Heroes Special #1. The comic is a farcical romp starring the 30th Century's most famous also-rans. Most of the humor is more "funny ha-ha" than "funny eh," and presumes that the reader is familiar with LSH minutae, but it does feature some fine art by Keith Giffen (working his unmatched José Muñoz-cribbing mojo). It's not the type of thing I'd suggest as recommended reading, as those of you who [...]
Right, this week Contrast Podcast puffs out it's chest, fans out it's tail feathers, and struts about like the cock of the walk. In other word, it's fully indulging in the mortal sin of pride. And CP sure has a lot to be proud of! Well, more specifically, those fine folk who contribute do. So download the podcast here , listen to it, and don't forget to tell everyone here how proud you are of us all. Here's the f'ing awesome playlist: (00:00) Intro [...]
I don't remember where or when I took this, but the important thing to remember here is that the weather was better. Duran Duran - (Reach Up For the) Sunrise
Evet 2007'nin son Ay Tutulması bölümüne de geldik. Bakalım Aralık ayında incelediklerimizden kulağımızda yer edenler hangileri... MP3: Lefties Soul Connection - Paul New Man MP3: Hooverphonic - 50 Watt MP3: Duran Duran - The Valley MP3: Les Savy Fav - Patty Lee MP3: Jean-Jacques Perrey & Luke Vibert - Schwing MP3: Public Enemy - Can You Hear Me Now? MP3: Wallis Bird - Blossoms In The Street MP3: Burial - Archangel
"The Power of Vinyl", is a segment where I will share the old records that I've bought from thrift stores and record shops. There'll be some familiar favorites as well as some stuff that I had no idea what it was, but liked the cover art or title. Today's album, Duran Duran's 1982 release, Rio encompasses Duran Duran's crossover from new romantic band to mega successful pop band. I've heard "Hungry [...]
Heyt be, eskilerden kim kaldı. Kesinlikle Duran Duran demeyeceğim bir soruydu bu. Bir ara yeni albümle alakalı bir haber görmüş ve dikkatli okumadan geçmiştim Best Of çıkıyordur diye. Okusaymışım böyle apışıp kalmazdım herhalde. Duran Duran 1980'lerin en başından itibaren bize sundukları kariyerlerinde birçok kere en tepeye çıktıktan sonra karmaşaya girdi. Grup üyeleri dostluk maçlarındaki sınırsız futbolcu değişimleri gibi sürekli hareket halindeydi. İnatçı Nick Rhodes ve vokalist Simon Le Bon hariç tüm üyeler rotasona uğradı. Andy Taylor bir girdi bir çıktı, ne yaptığını kendisi de anlamadı. Albümü ilk dinlediğimde ciddi anlamda olumsuz bir tepki verdim. Hiç [...]
Being a real Simon LeBon head, serious excitement had been brewing within me since the news that they're latest effort, the extremely Duranly named Red Carpet Massacre , would see Timbaland and Timberlake at the producer's desk. On paper, that looks like the Boston Celtics bringing in Garnett and Ray Allen - a textbook upgrade that'll do nothing but help the franchise. Unfortunately, unlike the Celtics, the Timbaland-Timberlake-Duran triple threat seems to have suffered from some serious chemistry issues. The songs aren't there. Perhaps, I thought, the problem lies with me; was I expecting too [...]
DJ Vadim - Got To Rock (Remix) DJ Vadim - Watch That Sound (Remix) Kenna - Loose Wires/Blink Radio The Hives - T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S. Kev Brown - Brown Liquor Duran Duran - Nite Runner Gorillaz - 68 State Róisín Murphy - Checkin' On Me Róisín Murphy - Let Me Know Working For A Nuclear Free City - Innocence
LCD Soundsystem - Get Innocuous (Soulwax Remix) [ alt link ] Duran Duran - Falling Down (Sebastian Leger) [ alt link ]
Traditionally mixtapes soundtrack one of three activities: working out, blazing down the highway in a cheap car, and trying to get the object of your affections to fall desperately in love with you after they hear in the music all the things you wish you could say. That third one is probably the most common, and also the most fraught with danger - the danger of rejection and heartbreak. That's why high school students and serious music geeks agonise so intensely on the subtleties of the emotion they're expressing through their choice of song. (For more on this, give Nick [...]
Il nuovo disco dei Duran Duran, Red Carpet Massacre mi ha strappato diversi sorrisi stamattina. Immaginavo una festa VIP in cui tutti si presentavano con vestiti uguali ed erano contenti per questo e, anzi, facevano a gara a chi era più uguale degli altri. Com'è che non hai anche tu il tichitichitichità sulla bretellina, mon dieu. A parte gli scherzi, la produzione varia più di quanto mi aspettassi. I Timberland forniscono un clone da Futuresex/Lovesounds e c'è il Timballo™ dei più classici qui sotto dove i Duran Duran sono trattenuti con briglie e redini, certo, [...]
Duran Duran is in NYC for a 10 day set of shows in a small theater on Broadway as a precursor to the release of their forthcoming album, Red Carpet Massacre. (Upon entering, I was amused to noticed that it was the same theater where I took my parents to see Spamalot last summer.) The first set was the new album in its entirety, which, for the most part sounds quite good. I thought it odd that the band in general wasn't selling it very hard with a pretty stoic delivery from Simon and the Gang [...]
Destroy Cowboy Genre: Electronica / Experimental / Indie From : Birmingham, United Kingdom If you're looking for the missing link between Interpol and Duran Duran then you need look no further than the Birmingham's best export since the days of the Rum Runner, Destroy Cowboy . The five piece's glammed up stomping [...]
It's been a few weeks since I've posted, due to a general disinterest in writing and having other things to do - like play with the kids, or watch Around The Horn and PTI, or veg to CNN and so on and so forth. I have still been consuming as much music as before, I just haven't felt the urge to tell you about it. Well, that changes today with this funky Friday playlist. Dinosaur L - #1 (You're
Since 1981, Duran Duran have popped up every two or three years to release an album. The reaction to every album since Seven And The Ragged Tiger has been either a) 'Oh shit, Duran Duran have still got it. Also, John Taylor is still totally cute!' or b) 'Oh shit, those fucking guys need to retire. Also, Nick Rhodes looks like a genuine pervert.' Let's hope Red Carpet Massacre , due for a November release, falls into the former camp. Considering Timbaland is turning up to produce a few tracks, and one J. [...]
Tune into Emmy Award-winning Current TV on Wednesday, September 19 at 8:32 pm EST for the premiere of " CURRENT EVENT: DURAN DURAN " – a Current TV VC2 ("viewer-created content") short film, shot and narrated by keyboardist Nick Rhodes . " CURRENT EVENT: DURAN DURAN " features personal footage of the band culled from Nick's personal video diary, when the band traveled to New Orleans to headline last year's Voodoo Music Festival and survey the post-Katrina recovery efforts. Head [...]
Because I love Timbaland , and Timberlake , and Duran Duran , here's two fresh-fresh tracks off of upcoming Timbo/Danja produced album, Red Carpet Massacre . The first single, Night Runner seems to be all Timba-lake and little Le Bon. Seriously, it sounds like a leftover from FutureSex/LoveSounds . And that isn't a bad thing. Skin Divers stretches things out a bit more and sounds insanely smooth for a bunch of over the hill limeys shelling out for the world's biggest beatsmith. Get them before they're gone. [...]
Another 80s post! (Sorry, those of you born in the 70s and 60s and 50s - I love your music too!) I'm more or less six months older than MTV (back when it actually played videos) so I think to fully appreciate this music you've got to see the videos. (For some it will be the first time, and for others it will be a blast of nostalgia/horror.) I love the music from the decade I was born - I don't think I've ever gotten over the New Romantic/New Wave era. I think it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say [...]
This is the final round of Friday Night Fights before the Ringmaster Cosmic takes a short hiatus in order to clean the bloodstains from the canvas. I've pulled out all the stops and dug out my copies of Legion of Super-Heroes #57-58 (February & March 1989; by Levitz, Giffen, and Gordon) in order to bring you a veritable battle royale of Legionnaires going mano-a-cornea against the Emerald Eye of Ekron, the ocular artifact of viridian villany wielded by the Emerald Empress. (As is customary with Evil Totems of Arcane Power, who is the master [...]
Armagideon Time
pogo a go-go
All Eyes & Ears
Proodos
AZLTRON
MusicWarship
silence is a rhythm two
These Rocks Pop
Batteria Ricaricabile
The Sound Of Indie
The Devil Has The Best Tuna
Pretty Much Amazing
Rock Sellout
Hyperbole
Audiography: Stop. Pause. Play.
Catcall – ‘The Warmest Place’
Rihanna Gets Nude For Nude
tense//after dark
Garbage – “Not Your Kind of People” Concert @ Webster Hall, NYC (May 22, 2012)
