Archive for May, 2007
VFest Toronto - Explosions In My Brain
Thursday, May 31st, 2007
Just announced - five more bands added to Virgin Fest Toronto. Seriously, how can there be any more room for more acts!?
Explosions In The Sky
Blonde Redhead
The Hives
Stars
Matt Costa
Be still my heart! I am MOST excited about Explosions In The Sky (their last two shows in Toronto were ridiculously sold out) and Blonde Redhead (I missed their show because I chose to attend a sweaty Arctic Monkeys show instead - sooo worth it)! Aces all around.
This festival seriously can’t get any more awesome - my brain is going to EXPLODE with its sheer amazingosity.
- Photograph courtesy Getty Images
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Paris Pooper
Thursday, May 31st, 2007
Today’s MOD link shows us pictures of what Paris Hilton’s jail cell is going to look like, as well as the not-so-modern toilet she’s going to use. She’s going to be crammed into a 10×7′ cell with a roommate who’s in the slammer for reckless driving. I can smell the makings of a new TV show - The Simple Life: Shawshank Redemption.
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MMVA Preparations!
Thursday, May 31st, 2007It is so beautiful out today…
I was interviewed by Rita Zekas from the Toronto Star this afternoon..it was so much fun! Normally I don’t like being interviewed - cause it just feels weird! But we got to go shopping for the interview!! 
It was so cool & relaxed - we went shopping for the MMVAs. I borrowed some earrings from Swarovski & a really beautiful ring that’s in the shape of a star!! I also got some amazing shoes from Brown’s - they are silver Christian Louboutins. I also stopped in to Pottery Barn & bought some really nice napkins! I’m such a loser - it’s the little things that make me happy!
I am getting so excited for the MMVAs - we have sooooo many amazing performers this year - Maroon 5, Avril, Hilary, The Used, Alexisonfire, Billy Talent, Fergie, Finger 11, Belly…it’s gonna be wicked!!
Anyways, speaking of the MMVAs, I have to go a do a shoot for them!!
I’ll write soon!
L xoxo
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Jay Mail!!
Thursday, May 31st, 2007
So it goes, one of the girls who I thought was hottest on the promo poster was the first one kicked off of Canada’s Next Top Model. I won’t say who it was in case you still wanna see the show, but all the details are on the CNTM site.
Corie (the sassmonkey above) was the frontrunner in episode 1, but for me, the frontrunner was Jay Manuel because I was so amused by how much he channelled Tyra. No, he didn’t flip out and start actin’ a fool, and he didn’t talk in muted, slow-mo whispers at judging, but his words were so Tyra-esque that I could almost recite them in real time. By the time he started in on the “each girl posesses what the other lacks” speech during bottom two, I nodded solemnly with the knowledge that Jay Manuel has learned well from the Tyra-Master. Well done, Mister Jay.
So, my faves? Not too clear yet, but right now we’ll say Rebecca (so high fashion!), Tara (a firecracker!) and maybe even Cori (impressive!). And praise the lord for Mo’s accent - oh, how I love Lily Allen-esque accents…
PS: You can see all the photos from the episode here!
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BREAKING: CBS Buys Last.fm
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007Why is it that when a social music site gets purchased for a gazillion dollars, I’m inconveniently never on the board of directors and thus not in line for a giant island-purchase-inducing payday?
I am intensely jealous of Last.fm, one of my fave social music sites, now that they’ve announced their acquisition by media giant CBS. Yes, that CBS.
Seems the Last.fm team will get to stay in London and will continue to make fun (essential) social music tools for us, but now with the added reach and resources that CBS can offer them. Not to mention an excellent dental plan.
Of course, when a deal like this goes down, the question on everyone’s mind is: how are they gonna eff things up? I mean, you don’t get a whole lot of work done rolling around in giant piles of U.S. currency - and that option is doubtless open to them now.
Please don’t go the way of MySpace, Last.fm friends - people are fleeing there like it’s got the plague and for good reason: it’s all slow and full of widgets and embeds and crap that auto-plays when you hit the page and makes you poop yourself in fright because you didn’t realize you had your damn headphones up so loud.
So yeah, the last thing we need is for you guys to lose focus, get all high on your own supply and make things less about cool music tools than about how you can monetize them. You’ve got enough of the latter and we want more of the former, got it? Oh and if you can spare a brother some cash, that would be awesome too (I’ll accept personal cheques as well) (Just sayin’).
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Eve With The Sickness!!
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
E-V-E is back with a ferocious summer jam!! I am ALL OVER this track. The video for Tambourine is up on AXS now, so there’s no reason why you shouldn’t be watching it immediately - Eve looks stunning but truth be told, the real attraction is the song itself. Sickness!!
- Photograph courtesy Getty Images
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CNTM: IT BEGINS!!!
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
You know, I’m lucky. With an inspired repertoire of bad television at my fingertips, I don’t have an “off season”. One bad reality show ends, another one begins. But the cream of the crop of boob tube entertainment (boob tube, haha! Get it? Oh. Wait til I finish the joke…) is of course Top Model. (Maybe that would be no-boob tube?)
Lucky me, and lucky you, Canada’s Next Top Model starts TONIGHT (!!) and this season has some real promise. Mister Jay is hosting and bringing all the tricks from ANTM. The girls look supa hot, way more hott than the past couple seasons of ANTM (yes?). So, your homework for tonight is to watch, and we’ll regroup tomorrow and chat, yes? Don’t forget to list your top 3!
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Nighttiming!!!
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007Max Fischer is back! well, at least Schwartzman is back… you know Jason Schwartzman, actor, drummer, Coppola relative. finally liberated from behind the kit of Phantom Planet, Schwartzman has gone out on his own and made a really charming record under the name Coconut Records. there’s a few solid party jams, but it’s mostly breezy summer pop. totally sunny + goes down easy (think corona on a hot day).
looks like Schwartzman’s self-releasing this one too on his new imprint Young Baby Records. according to the site, there’s no plans to distribute the album in stores, but you can buy a ltd edition copy off the Young Baby website complete with “bonus content and a one of a kind item from Jason.” whatever that means. its also available for download from the usual suspects. check out a few tracks over at the Coconut Records myspace (definitely hit up Nighttiming). and have a look at this rather interesting video clip for West Coast…
and for you Coconut Records nerds, you’ll never guess who produced the record… Mike Einziger from Incubus! i actually remember last fall producing an interview with those dudes and he totally spilled the beans about the Schwartzman record… i never would have expected it to be this good though. who produces the Incubus records anyway?
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MMVA07 Performers Announced!
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
The MMVAs are happening LIVE on MuchMusic Sunday, June 17th at 9pm ET and the PERFORMERS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED! Naturally, I had to give you my official take on this upcoming rockin’ street par-tay.
I’m excited that Maroon 5 are going to be here. Adam Levine is ultra-sexy cool, but everyone knows that. His playboy partyboy antics have been causing quite the stir down in LaLaWood and perhaps he’ll get up to more mischief up here in the Tdot…?
Hilary Duff will be performing and I anticipate that she and her BFF Leah Miller will engage in some more girl talk (a la her recent Live @ Much).
Last year Fergie was here with the Black Eyed Peas - this year she’ll be here by her lonesome, looking (if her song is any indication) g-l-a-m-o-r-o-u-s.
Canadian staples Avril Lavigne, Billy Talent, Alexisonfire, and Finger Eleven make the requisite walk down the red carpet, basking in the glow of the the many camera flashbulbs. Remember a few years back when Avril’s ass was hanging out of the top of her pants during her MMVA performance? Let’s see if that happens again, shall we? Belly will be on stage showing his, well, belly. And The Used use our stage for their musical usage (what?).
I can’t wait for this show. I personally will be working, running around like a madman, taking photographs for our glorious MuchMusic.com, however you get to watch all the excitement either from the comfort of your own couch (popcorn… mmmm), or right here on the street at MuchMusic @ Queen & John (street meat… mmmm)! This will be one show that is certainly not to be missed.
But here’s the great thing: this year’s show will also include the first ever rooftop performance at MuchMusic HQ for what’s sure to be a spectacular rooftop blowout!!!
Maybe we’ll get all of the performers up on the roof and have a big major sing/rap/yell-off. And then we’ll give them all parachutes and they can do a freefall to the street below to get mobbed by all the rabid fans! OK, this last part probably won’t happen, but that doesn’t mean other freaky sh*t won’t!
Read full details here.
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New Strokes Video - You Only Live Once
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007Today the Strokes released a new video for their song You Only Live Once (off First Impressions Of Earth). The new intergalactic edition features a quick clip of Ize of the Word (also off First Impressions) at the beginning, and then blasts off into You Only Live Once.
Many of the special effects used by Star Wars and Lord of the Rings visual artists helped make this entirely CGI music vid. I personally liked the first version by Samuel Bayer better, but then again I have a weakness for Nick Valensi and the band are only holograms in the new version! You can also check out the new and old versions of You Only Live Once music videos on the just (also) re-done Strokes website!
P.S: Albert Hammond, Jr. is currently touring for his solo album Yours To Keep!
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