John Oates and his moustache to become cartoon superhero
Beards and other sundry facial hair formations may be en vogue now in the world of alternative music, but John Oates has more than a few words for that. The moustachioed half of soul-rock standard Hall & Oates wants to take you back to the day when all real rock-n-rollers needed was a doubleneck Rickenbacker, plenty of nag champa and a truly wicked 'stache. To get his message across, he's teamed up with Primary Wave Music Publishing, who recently greenlit the pilot to an animated series titled J-Stache that will see Oates "kicking ass, rocking out, and wearing tight pink... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsTom Waits gets city key for El Paso, Texas
When gravelly crooner Tom Waits stopped in El Paso on his Glitter and Doom Tour, he didn't expect to be greeted by the fuzz. "I paid all those tickets," he joked. "She was dead when I got there."... read more
Found in: Music, NewsKid Rock to world: steal everything
Kid Rock just wants to be a cowboy, baby. He's upping the ante from his recent endorsement of stealing music; now he's telling the kids to steal everything. In a curious public service announcement uploaded to YouTube, Mr. Bob Ritchie lambasts the music industry, Tommy Hilfiger, big oil, Apple and Microsoft, and Toyota Motors for the billions of dollars in collective profits they reap yearly. Nothing is safe from Kid Rock's anti-corporate ire: "I'm fuckin' rich," he rasps. "So how can I bitch about someone downloading a song or two?"... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsBob Odenkirk vs. Rogue Wave: the saga continues
There's something satisfying about seeing two heavyweights slugging it out, something about the grandiloquence of conflict between two binary opposites writ large. Ali Vs. Frazier. The Celtics Vs. The Lakers. Obama Vs. Clinton. Abbott & Costello Vs. Frankenstein. This world of epic matchups is poised to add another brawl to its ranks: Odenkirk Vs. Rogue Wave. As previously reported, the ex-Mr. Show star and the alt-rock up-and-comers recently had a fake spat over Mr. Odenkirk's artistic vision for their "Chicago X 12" music video. Well, it looks like Rogue Wave has responded with a salvo of their own, leaving little... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsThe Kiss Army's new recruitment tool: reality television
It's official: Kiss really is going to rock and roll all night and party ev-er-y day. Longtime band manager Don McGhee recently confirmed that the group will use a reality TV show to replace Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, eventually replacing all four members of Kiss. The show will ape American Idol, leaving the viewers to vote in would-be rockers as the new members of the band.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsRobert Frost house vandals sentenced to poetic punishment
It's not like it's a new issue. That poetry affects daily life is, almost literally, the first rule in the book. (You know, Plato's book, from 2400 years ago.) In his Republic, he expelled poets because they lie and lead to immoral behavior. ... read more
Found in: Books, NewsAl Gore's Inconvenient Truth heads to the opera
Al Gore's Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth is being reworked into an opera by Giorgio Battistelli for Milan's famous La Scala opera house. Continuing in the grand tradition of other movies being turned into operas (Lost Highway, The Fly, Brokeback Mountain), the opera-ified version of the movie that is credited with launching the 'green' movement is set to be performed for La Scala's 2011 season.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsMichael Bay preps Ouija movie
Feeling nostalgic for those long-ago evenings you spent holding pseudo-séances in your neighbor’s attic, freaking each other with a Ouija board? (And hey, maybe it was actually last week; we’re not judging). You’re in luck, superstitious reader, you. Producers Michael Bay (Transformers, The Amityville Horror), Andrew Form and Brad Fuller of Platinum Dunes production company are working to turn the otherworldly board game into a movie for Universal. ... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSam Raimi's Evil Dead becomes hit Broadway musical
We are currently in an age where books are adapted into movies, movies are turned into TV series, TV series morph into Broadway plays, and plays turn into running online commentaries authored by the actors. You just never know whether you'll see your favorite comic strip turn into a blockbuster or a Saturday morning cartoon first; it's a slow, gradual transformation from one medium to the next. Kind of like the Animorphs. But you know you've struck gold when your favorite b-list movie becomes a musical.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsBruce Lee musical slated for Broadway
The elements of a quality Broadway musical can be difficult to master. It takes finesse, agility and poise. However, the elements of a Bruce Lee performance could prove even more difficult. Notwithstanding, for the 2010-11 season this martial arts master will see reincarnation in the form of a Broadway production called Bruce Lee: Journey to the West.... read more
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