The Rolling Stones NEW VIDEO PREMIERE For ‘Doom and Gloom’ – We Have It! (Sorta NSFW)
I wish I had ALL of these back issues!
This new Rolling Stones video was supposed to debut at midnight EST tonight, but looky who's got it (uhh...thanks Rolling Stone Magazine!).
Just like the classics Gimme Shelter and Sympathy For The Devil, we are challenged as listeners and viewers with the words and images in Gloom and Doom. Listen to it several times.
Oh, hey...if you haven't yet watched Crossfire Hurricane on HBO, I suggest you do so. Record it; you'll want to watch it more than once. The narration by 'the boys' during clips from the Altamont tragedy is riveting and terrifying. Even though you already think you know what transpired--you don't know everything.
Written by: Diva Julia
INXS Finally Split Up Nearly 15 Years After Death of Michael Hutchence
Some bands can carry on without their front man. Wait. Very few bands can carry on without their front man. No, not that either. Bands who carry on without their charismatic, slithering, sex-on-a-stick front man will never come close to the red-hot sweaty success they experienced before the loss of their beloved front man.
INXS - Live Baby Live
Such is the case for INXS. The band announced the split while in Perth over the weekend.
via Billboard.com:
"We understand that this must come as a blow to everybody, but all things must eventually come to an end," founding members Tim, Andrew and Jon Farriss, Kirk Pengilly and Garry Beers said in a statement. "We have been performing as a band for 35 years, it's time to step away from the touring arena. Our music will of course live on and we will always be a part of that. We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to all the friends and family that have supported us throughout our extensive career. Our lives have been enriched by having you all as a part of the journey."
INXS actually made the news public on Sunday in Perth, as it played the final show of a tour with matchbox twenty -- during which that group's Rob Thomas joined INXS for its closing song, "Don't Change." Drummer Jon Farriss told the crowd that it was the group's last show and admitted he was "getting teary" at the prospect. INXS recently released a 25th anniversary edition of its top-selling album "Kick," as well as a 20th anniversary edition of the DVD "Live Baby Live.
In the statement, Jon Farriss noted that INXS took pride in continuing after the tragic loss of frontman Michael Hutchence in 1997: "It's been 35 years for INXS as a live touring band and unbelievably it's been 15 years ago since we lost Michael. We lived for each other in the trenches and we loved each other. It was the six of us against the world and then suddenly and inexplicably we were but five. We were lost right at the moment we were on top."
But, Andrew Farriss added, "We never took a soft option, it was the adversity, the challenge and the struggle that forged us into the live working band we became. And this was as big as it could possibly get when it came to a challenge, and in the end we decided for a whole bunch of reasons to march forward. To us there was no other option, families always move forward."
INXS manager Chris Murphy added that, "They believed unconditionally in each other and they also believed unconditionally in the music. People fade, sometimes way too early -- that is life whether we like it or not. To live to 80 plus is a life well lived. To lose Michael so young was a tragedy for all of us. But with this band, their legacy, their music was just so damn good, it was always destined to live beyond all of us."
INXS has worked with several singers since Hutchence's death, including Canadian J.D. Fortune, who was chosen during the 2005 TV reality show "Rock Star: INXS." The group was most recently fronted by Ireland native Ciaran Gribbin, and Andrew Farriss had declared that "this particular lineup of INXS is really -- we're on a winner, I think, with this one. It's looking really, really positive."
I know that sounds completely disrespectful to the remaining bandmates; and I truly don't mean it that way. Perhaps they could've moved on to other projects, but let's be honest here. Would you want to see some reality show contest winner front The Foo Fighters? The Rolling Stones? No Doubt? Radiohead? Depeche Mode? Aerosmith? Pearl Jam? Incubus? U2? Garbage? Mumford & Sons? Am I coming in clear yet? (And stop right THERE if you're going to wag a finger at me and say "Man. INXS shouldn't be included on that list." Don't even try.) I've never been happy with the fact that INXS just picked up and carried on without Michael barely one year after he died. That's. Just. Me.
+ Michael Hutchence, January 22, 1960 – November 22, 1997
In just a few days, it will be 15 years since the horrible death of INXS's lead singer and songwriter, Michael Hutchence in a hotel room at the Ritz-Carlton in Sidney, Australia. I remember hearing the news on the car radio with my dear friend Holly one freezing November night here in Seattle. We were both completely gutted. She had the good fortune to see INXS in their prime in Hawaii, while I never did see Michael Hutchence live, in concert.
JD Fortune in Seattle
Cut to last summer when my husband saw INXS featuring the troubled JD Fortune in Seattle. I stayed home due to illness. (Read into that what you may, but I was sick.) He enjoyed seeing the remaining members enjoying themselves with JD, who was seemingly always trying to be Michael on one hand, while attempting to be his own "rock star" at the same time. In hindsight, I'm relieved I didn't attend the concert.
At this point in my post, I feel like I'm rambling. Bottom line--it's about time INXS just stopped.
Written by: Diva Julia
New ‘Boy Meets World’ Series Planned For The Disney Channel
Boy Meets World!!
Photo: ABC
If you're a 90s kid you're going to love this news. The Disney Channel is planning a sequel series to 'Boy Meets World' that will focus on the life of Cory and Topanga's pre-teen daughter. It will be called 'Girl Meets World,' naturally, and is in the very early development stages .
The original show started it's seven year run in 1993 on ABC and centered on the lives of Cory Matthews, his best friend Shawn Hunter and the girl that would eventually become Cory's wife, Topanga Lawrence.
No word yet on whether Ben Savage and Danielle Fishel will reprise their roles as Cory and Topanga, but come on, you can't have a sequel without them. During the college years of 'Boys Meets World,' Cory and Topanga got married and moved from Philadelphia to New York during the finale. They were joined by Eric Matthews, played by Will Friedle and Shawn played by Rider Strong.
What do you guys think about this proposed spin-off? Do you think Mr. Feeny should return too?
Written by: Brittani
T.I. Is Scott Stapp’s Guardian Angel
Scott Stapp and T.I.
Photo: Eonline via GettyImages
Scott Stapp has turned up on my radar not once but twice this week, so against my better judgement, I will catch you up on the Creed lead vocalist.
A couple of days ago, while on the Fox and Friends, Stapp expressed his disappointment with Barack Obama's presidency, though he stopped short of endorsing Mitt Romney.
Okay, nothing much to that. But that wasn't the last we would hear from Stapp this week.
While talking to VH1's Big Morning Buzz Live he told a tale of a drug induced hallucination, culminating in a leap from a balcony at Miami's Delano Hotel.
Sad, but the music industry is chock full of near death experiences due to excess.
With a fractured skull and hip, Stapp says:
I laid out there for two and a half hours and my guardian angel showed up — rapper T.I. He immediately took care of the situation and saved my life."
They recognized each other thanks to Hollywood's favorite Catholic, Mel Gibson. Both had worked on The Passion of The Christ: Songs Inspired By soundtrack. During that brief interaction in 2004, Stapp and T.I. had bonded over a mutual admiration of The University of Alabama's Crimson Tide.
By saying the words Roll Tide (Alabama's motto/slogan/chant--look, I might be in the South but I'm not yet of it) T.I. recognized Stapp and one of the weirder stories I heard this week had a happy ending.
Scott Stapp's memoir Sinner's Creed is out now.
When T.I. is not in jail or saving folks from suicide attempts, he can be seen in Boss on the Starz channel.
Written by: Kia K.
No Doubt Return With ‘Push and Shove’
Push and Shove
No Doubt is without a doubt my favorite band of all time, and I was excited to listen to their latest Push and Shove. It's their sixth studio album release, and their first in more than ten years. Checking out the album sampler, I was worried that I wouldn't absolutely love the album, and even more worried that maybe ND wasn't the same band that I have loved for over 15 years.
After Gwen Stefani's solo releases in 2004 and 2006 , it seemed the band was still taking their time with another album. While I patiently waited, they headed out on a Summer tour in 2009 while working on what would become Push and Shove. The album was originally supposed to be released last year but the band felt the album wasn't ready and went back into the studio to tweak some songs. "Settle Down" was the first single released, and I think it served it's purpose of being a good Summer Buzz single, although I don't think it was the comeback song fans were hoping for.
Photo via: WILSON WEBB. By Rolling Stone
The title track "Push and Shove" was released as a promo single a couple of weeks ago, co-produced by Major Lazer and featuring Jamaican artist Busy Signal, it still didn't get as hype for this new album as it should have. Bassist Tony Kanal said that it was the band's "Bohemian Rhapsody." One of the many things that made that song so great was that it lacked a traditional chorus, where as the problem with "Push and Shove" is it's chorus. The transition from the pumping beat by Diplo to the slowed down, dubstep part just doesn't work.
Push and Shove as a whole however, does work. It is much more cohesive than "Rock Steady", and I have to say a lot less whiny than "Return of Saturn". Whatever Gwen and the gang's inspiration was, it came from a pretty good place but there are still the "I know I'm cool, but I'm a little unsure and I need you to remind me" lyrics from Stefani. She also seems to be obsessed with the word "hustle", which appears in three songs.
While it isn't "Tragic Kingdom:, which we can all agree was No Doubt's best album, the band isn't in the same place they were when "Don't Speak" came about. I wish this would have been released a couple of months ago so that "One More Summer" could have been a proper Summer jam with a video set on the beach. While most albums fall apart in the second half, ND finishes strong with "Sparkle" and "Heaven", which quickly became my two favorite cuts. "Looking Hot" is another stand-out that you'll be hearing on the radio soon.
It might have taken me a couple iTunes plays to really appreciate "Push and Shove", it is definitely an album that grows on you. I do wonder if it would have sounded any different if they hadn't gone back "perfected" the final product. I'm just glad that I can continue my love for the band.
"Push and Shove" gets 4 1/2 Bleakeys out of 5!
Written by: Brittani
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