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09.19.07 by Widge @ 7:53 pm    Well, if you're an Elvis fan, then you're positively rolling in new products this year on the 30th anniversary of his death. Between this and the next boxed set we're going to discuss, we've got fourteen films on DVD. In this boxed set, however, you've got the stuff that's new to DVD. Charro!, from what I've been able to gather, was available previously but is now out of print. Making their DVD debut are Girl Happy, Kissin' Cousins, Live a Little, Love a Little, Stay Away, Joe, and Tickle Me. No special features except for some photo cards, but for the Elvis completists among you, you're going to want to snag this Warner Brothers release in order to complete your Presley DVD collection. (Buy it from Amazon.) Categorized as: Music
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08.12.07 by JM Tuffley @ 4:04 am Factory Records founder Tony Wilson has died of cancer at the age of 57. He was diagnosed last year during a routine visit to the doctor, and underwent emergency surgery in January to remove a kidney. He passed away on Friday. The Salford-born entrepreneur started out as a broadcaster with Granada Television, but has touched virtually every aspect of the Manchester and wider UK music scenes; from signing and managing Joy Division, New Order and the Happy Mondays and launching the Hacienda nightclub, to masterminding the In The City music industry event in recent years. Wilson and the Factory Records era were the subject of the 2002 film 24 Hour Party People. The following clip is from a Granada TV documentary about Wilson, put out in conjunction with the movie. Categorized as: Music
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08.09.07 by Widge @ 7:52 am In the most brilliant yet wonderfully wrong theatre mashup to come along in years, here's a bit from a few years back where the casts of Avenue Q (which we've talked about before) and Fiddler on the Roof combined their talents. If you want to read the hybrid lyrics, you can find those and some information on the occasion here. Oh, and if you haven't seen Avenue Q, I believe it's touring. Make sure you go or you'll hate yourself more than usual. All of which begs the question: the film rights to Q are no doubt sold, but to whom? Categorized as: Music
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07.23.07 by Widge @ 4:35 am Cab Calloway. His mutant power was the ability to have his hair whip around when he felt like it, but when not in use, it would magically slick itself back into place. No lie. Bonus bit after the break. Categorized as: Music
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07.21.07 by Widge @ 6:59 am  This album follows the considerably less successful Why Daddy?, which featured such timeless tracks as "Because I Said So" and "Go Ask Your Mother." Categorized as: Music and Stimuli
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07.19.07 by Widge @ 1:27 am Ordinarily, something like this stop motion piece of wickedry would get tucked away for an upcoming edition of Monday Morning Mental Sorbet, but this simply cannot wait. Why? Because it has a giant squid with guns who later becomes a pirate but before all of that rocks out on guitar. Do you really need anything else from a music video? Categorized as: Music
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07.14.07 by Widge @ 12:53 am Amazingly enough, the entirety of Pink Floyd: The Wall on Google video. I love this movie and this album. If you haven't seen it, my advice is to see it with someone who has before. One someone, that is. If you see it with more than that, you'll seek comfort in group laughter in places. And if you see it with someone who hasn't seen it before, you'll both be totally lost. Otherwise, just know it was the Feel Bad Movie of 1982. While I was in The Frame, we could cover the whole freaking album. One of the craziest live stunts we ever pulled was covering "Dogs" from Animals. All seventeen minutes of it. I think at one point we had a friend carry a small stuffed pig, dangling from a fishing pole, through the audience. Those were the days. Categorized as: Music
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07.04.07 by Widge @ 9:09 pm I certainly prefer this to some cover songs. Like, for example, that time Guns n Roses pissed all over "Sympathy for the Devil." Categorized as: Music
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07.04.07 by Widge @ 4:54 pm  You are getting sleeeepy. Sleeeeeeeppppyyy... Kidding. That's the cover art, designed by Andrew Jeffrey Wright, for a limited edition 7-inch vinyl from Fader Magazine and Southern Comfort. On the disc you get Black Lips' "Wild Man" and Yacht's "No Favors Policy." They even gave us a link to a free download of their issue that features Jerry Garcia. Just because they're nice peoples. So...if you want to win the limited edition vinyl bit, you know what to do. Enter the contest. Categorized as: Contests and Music
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06.30.07 by Widge @ 1:33 am  Our friends at Filter are running wild. Here we have some Ryan Adams swag for you. Not only can you win a copy of his album Easy Tiger but also a limited ediiton lithograph (seen above). Nice, huh? Want to win? Enter below. Categorized as: Contests and Music
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