Five AM
Here’s another band to check out, they are called Five AM and we are loving this track. We also really like the track “Fall Apart”.
Bio blurb:
Raise the Sun is an album of love, hope, and reaching for something bigger than oneself. It also marks the third time Five A.M. fans have helped to fund the music. Armed with the radio ready promise of “Raise the Sun” and the support of industry veterans, Five A.M. has stepped up to the plate, looking to make the same impact on a national level.
Listen To This: Be Still
Web: http://www.fiveam.com/ OR http://www.myspace.com/fiveam
Introducing Jim Boggia!
We like singer songwriters, especially when they have flavor and we are totally diggin’ this track!
Bio:
Misadventures In Stereo, the third album by widely lauded singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Jim Boggia, is unmistakably the work of a true believer and pop craftsman who’s closely acquainted with music’s capacity for transcendent uplift. His confessional, deeply personal lyrics tap into the deepest and most universal of human emotions. Born blind in one eye and with limited vision in the other, Boggia grew up an only child with an acutely developed ear for music. His early fascination for such iconoclastic pop classics as the Kinks’ Village Green Preservation Society, Nilsson Sings Newman and Stevie Wonder’s Innervisons helped to inform an aesthetic sensibility that would push him to create album-length listening “experiences” on his own releases.
Listen to This: Three Weeks Shy
Website: http://www.jimboggia.com/ OR http://www.myspace.com/jimboggia
It’s the War Tapes
XS BS: Who are War Tapes?
WT: War Tapes are: Neil- Vocals, Guitar, Becca- Bass, Vocals, William- Drums, Matt- Guitar
Neil and Becca are brother and sister and are from Boston, MA. William is from So. Cal, and Matt is from Hawaii. We all live in LA now.
XS BS: Who are some of your influences?
WT: We have many different influences including post punk, punk, new wave, brit pop, indie rock, as well as experiences we have had, art we love, and the constant inspiration we get each time we play together.
XS BS: Where did the name ‘War Tapes’ come from?
WT: We liked the dichotomy between the two words War and Tapes. There is a stark contrast between the nostalgic sound of ‘tapes’ which makes us think of music, and the dark meanings associated with the word ‘war.’ Put together it just made sense for us.
XS BS: Anything new in your world we should know about?
We just finished an East Coast/Mid West tour opening for Tiger Army. And we have been invited to play some more shows this Aug, Sept, and Oct. with them on the West Coast which we are very excited about. Also our debut EP officially comes out September 16, 2008!
Here are up coming Tour Dates:
8/8- Domino Room- Bend, OR- W/ TIGER ARMY
8/9- Wonder Ballroom- Portland, OR- W/ TIGER ARMY
8/28- Bordello’s- Downtown Los Angeles, CA
9/12- Marquee Theater- Tempe, AZ- W/TIGER ARMY
9/17- Club Moscow at Boardners- Hollywood, CA- OFFICIAL WAR TAPES EP RELEASE PARTY!
9/21- The Fillmore- San Francisco, CA- W/ TIGER ARMY
10/23- OCtoberflame 2008 @ The Grove- Anaheim, CA- W/ TIGER ARMY
Web: http://www.myspace.com/wartapes
Listen to This:
Lost Boys: The Tribe
Check out the Lost Boys The Tribe e-card below to sample tracks off the soundtrack (in stores July 22 on
Artists’ Addiction Records) and to view the trailer for the film, out on DVD July 29th.
The first single, Aiden’s remake of “Cry Little Sister” (from the original film’s sountrack) is now available digitally.
http://www.lostboys2soundtrack.com/eCard/
Call For Entries: NY Film Fest
46th New York Film Festival (2008)
New York, United States, September 26 to October 12, 2008
(Films, all genres and lengths)
All filmmakers, regardless of experience, are invited to submit work to the New York Film Festival. There is no entry fee. There are no competition categories, all lengths and all genres are considered.
For more info hit the website:
http://www.telefilm.gc.ca/upload/appels/CALL-FOR-ENTRIES-New%20York-2008_178_en.pdf
Novel: Wicked Game
The Book:
Recovering con artist Ciara Griffin is trying to live the straight life, even if it means finding a (shudder!) real job. She takes an internship at a local radio station, whose late-night time-warp format features 1940s blues, 60s psychedelia, 80s Goth, and more, all with an uncannily authentic flair. Ciara soon discovers how the DJs maintain their cred: they’re vampires, stuck forever in the eras in which they were turned.
Ciara’s first instinct, as always, is to cut and run. But communications giant Skywave wants to buy WMMP and turn it into just another hit-playing clone. Without the station—and the link it provides to their original Life Times—the vampires would “fade,” becoming little more than mindless ghosts of the past. Suddenly a routine corporate takeover becomes a matter of life and un-death.
To boost ratings and save the lives of her strange new friends, Ciara re-brands the station as “WVMP, the Lifeblood of Rock ’n’ Roll.” In the ultimate con, she hides the DJs’ vampire nature in plain sight, disguising the bloody truth as a marketing gimmick. WVMP becomes the hottest thing around—next to Ciara’s complicated affair with grunge vamp Shane McAllister. But the “gimmick” enrages a posse of ancient and powerful vampires who aren’t so eager to be brought into the light. Soon the stakes are higher-and the perils graver-than any con game Ciara’s ever played…
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The Verdict:
The premise sounded good and I really looked forward to reading this one.
There are some original concepts in Wicked Game but it just felt a bit flat to me. I also felt the vamps needed to be either more scary or painted in a more “romantic” type of view. What was really missing for me was depth of character. If a vamp has been around for so many years I’d imagine they would have more soul or layers than the one dimensional vamp DJ’s in the book. The authors love of music is obvious through the book and I give her props for providing musicians with some potential exposure.
All in all, Wicked Game is an easy read, more of a love type story than anything and a good read for teens.
Wanted: The Movie
I didn’t have high expectations of this movie, only that it would be someone entertaining. So I was a bit surprised that it was actually not even really that. The plot was really weak and the ending was truly corny. Surprising considering the stars involved; Morgan Freeman, James McAvoy and Angelina Jolie.
Sure the action scenes are cool but the story is predictable, and really, really corny at times. There were scenes that were over the top, some that were more dramatic and some that were downright silly.
If you just want to watch action sequences or Angelia Jolie and don’t care about dialogue or story, then go see it. Otherwise this one is a rental.
http://www.wantedmovie.com/
GREAT WHITE EMBARKS ON MORE SUMMER SHOW DATES
HOLLYWOOD (June 23, 2008) –GREAT WHITES original members Jack Russell (vocals), Mark Kendall (lead Guitar), Audie Desbrow (drums), Michael Lardie (Guitar/keyboards) is once again ready to rock all summer long. The band will hit the road for summer shows Nation wide performing all their greatest hits the fans know and love.
SHOW DATES (many more to come):
July
10 Oswego, NY Scriba Town INN
11 Walker, MN Moondance JAM
12 Glendale Heights, IL Summerfest
18 Comstock, NE Comstock
19 Jackson, MS Z Fest
23 London, ONT Harris Park
24 Heyward, WI LCO Casino
25 Eagle River, WI High Pines Amp
26 Toledo, OH Make Wish Foundation
August
15 Tempe, AZ The Marquee
16 Acoma, NM Sky City Casino
23 Greenwood, IL Galt Airport
29 Santa Fe, NM Camel Rock Casino
For more information go to www.mistabone.com http://www.mistabone.com.
2008 FESTIVAL TO OPEN WITH WORLD PREMIERE OF PAUL GROSS’S PASSCHENDAELE
Toronto – The 33rd Toronto International Film Festival® opens September 4 with the world premiere Gala Presentation of Passchendaele, written, directed and produced by celebrated Canadian filmmaker Paul Gross. Co-produced by Niv Fichman, Frank Siracusa and Francis Damberger, Passchendaele stars Gross (Men with Brooms, “Due South,” “Slings & Arrows”), Caroline Dhavernas (Hollywoodland, Breach, Niagara Motel), Gil Bellows (The Shawshank Redemption, “Ally McBeal”) and Joe Dinicol (George A. Romero’s Diary of the Dead, “Train 48”). The 33rd Toronto International Film Festival runs September 4 to 13, 2008.
“It is rare that Canadians get to experience their own histories via the moving image, particularly on the big screen,” says Piers Handling, Director and CEO of the Toronto International Film Festival Group. “We are honoured to open TIFF 2008 with a work as personal and passionate, as significant to both Canadian film and Canadian history as Passchendaele.”
“Paul Gross is an inspiring Canadian and a leader in our industry,” says Cameron Bailey, Co-Director of the Toronto International Film Festival. “By paying tribute to our nation’s heroes - including his own grandfather, an Alberta veteran of Passchendaele - Gross uses the visceral charge of movies to contribute a foundation chapter to our national history. While never ignoring the horrifying truths of this or any war, Passchendaele stands as truly epic storytelling from western Canada.”
Set during the height of the First World War, Passchendaele tells the story of Sgt. Michael Dunne (Gross), a soldier who is brutally wounded in France and returns home to Calgary emotionally and physically scarred. While in the military hospital in Calgary, he meets Sarah (Dhavernas), a mysterious and attractive nurse with whom he falls passionately in love. When Sarah’s younger brother David (Dinicol) – despite suffering from severe asthma – signs up to fight in Europe, Michael is compelled to return to the battlefield to protect him. Alongside thousands of other courageous Canadians, David and Michael are sent to fight in the third battle of Ypres. Commonly known as “Passchendaele,” it is a battle against impossible odds.
Written and directed by Paul Gross, Passchendaele is a Rhombus Media, Whizbang Films and Damberger Film and Cattle Company production. The film is distributed in Canada by Alliance Films.
The official website for the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, tiff08.ca, will go live on Friday, June 27, 2008. Ticket packages for TIFF08 will be available for purchase by Visa† cardholders as of 10am, Monday July 7, 2008, and by cash, debit or Visa as of 10am on Monday, July 14, 2008. Purchase online at tiff08.ca, by phone at 416-968-FILM or 1-877-968-FILM or in person at the TIFFG Box Office at Manulife Centre, 55 Bloor Street West (main floor, north entrance). Box Office hours are 10am to 6pm, Monday to Saturday.
Bell Lightbox
Construction of Bell Lightbox, soon to be one of the world’s leading innovative cultural institutions and headquarters for TIFFG, began on February 1, 2007. A five-storey podium building located on Reitman Square in the heart of Toronto’s downtown entertainment district, Bell Lightbox is designed by world-renowned Toronto-based architectural firm KPMB. The building includes five cinemas, two galleries, three learning studios, and an enhanced film reference library and archive.
The campaign to build Bell Lightbox is generously supported by founding sponsor Bell. The Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario each have contributed $25 million to realize Bell Lightbox. A gift of more than $22 million has been confirmed from the Reitman family – acclaimed filmmaker Ivan Reitman and his sisters Agi Mandel and Susan Michaels – and The Daniels Corporation, who together form the King and John Festival Corporation. The project is also supported by RBC as Major Sponsor and Official Bank, VISA, Copyright Collective of Canada, NBC Universal Canada, The Allan Slaight Family, The Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation, CIBC, and many other individuals and corporations. The TIFFG Board of Directors, staff and many generous individuals have also contributed to the campaign. The total amount raised to date is $147 million, three quarters of the total campaign of $196 million.
LOST BOYS: THE TRIBE SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE JULY 22
Bloodsuckers and rock fans rejoice! There’s a new soundtrack for your hot, sweaty summer.
A 1987 cult hit, The Lost Boys’ soundtrack is arguably one of the most beloved movie soundtracks of the last 20 years. Armed with great, eerie songs that fit perfectly opposite the little film with a big bite, the soundtrack to the much anticipated sequel, Lost Boys: The Tribe, delivers just the same.
Helping to create a soundtrack worthy of it’s well-respected predecessor, the Lost Boys: The Tribe soundtrack includes AIDEN covering the classic anthem “Cry Little Sister” while THE VON BONDIES offer up “Only To Haunt You,” a never-before heard cut from their new album Love Hate And Then There’s You. Others include Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode fame, as well as the revamped Blind Melon.
Previously unreleased tracks include Aiden’s cover of “Cry Little Sister,” as well as Seether’s live acoustic rendition of “Burrito” and G.Love & Special Sauce’s “Long Way Down,” and The Von Bondies’ “Only To Haunt You.”
Says Aiden singer wiL Francis: “When we were approached to be a part of the new Lost Boys movie I was beside myself. Being such a fan of the original I could hardly set my excitement aside. This is a great opportunity for us to pay homage and be a part of something spectacular.”
Artists’ Addiction Records is a leader in the horror soundtrack genre, releasing the popular SAW 1-4 Soundtrack CD’s. Says AAR President Jonathan Miller: “I’m really excited to be a part of this project. I grew up with the original movie so to be involved with the second installment is amazing. We are all thrilled with the music that has been selected for the soundtrack and movie.”
Set in the shady surf city of Luna Bay, California, Lost Boys: The Tribe takes us to a world where vampires roam the night and feed on anyone who crosses their path. Into this dark world arrive Chris Emerson (Tad Hilgenbrink) and his younger sister, Nicole (Autumn Reeser). Having just lost their parents in a car accident, the siblings move in with their eccentric Aunt Jillian and become new prey for the locals’ way of life. When Nicole unwittingly falls for a local vampire, Chris must locate and destroy the gang’s lifeline before his sister’s transformation is complete; to do this Chris finds himself relying on the expertise of none other than Edgar Frog (Corey Feldman). With subtle references to characters from the original film, and cameos from returning actors, Lost Boys: The Tribe offers a homage to the Lost Boys legend while creating a sinister tone of impending doom.
The Lost Boys: The Tribe soundtrack will be available in stores, at ITUNES and at www.artistsaddictionrecords.com
