2 posts tagged “gary oldman”
[1] LIE TO ME/DOLLHOUSE
I have to confess that I have always had Roth and Gary Oldman in my heart ever since they played the tragic characters in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990), and very happy to see that the two actors are still doing quite well.
If you can't view the three minute preview I've put up, the show is about these human lie-detectors. The show kind of reminds me of Life, but not as quirky. Apparently the show is based on real-life psycholists and body language expert, Paul Ekman (who proudly display the truth on his website).
Celebrating Charles Darwin's 200th birthday (February 12th), The Low Anthem (thelowanthem.com/myspace.com), in association with End of the Road Records (endoftheroadrecords.com), are releasing a special 7" called Charlie Darwin from their album Oh My God, Charlie Darwin (I think the title is pretty clever... like "homosexual, my ass!")
I was only given the title song, and it sounds very folky. Think Simon & Garfunkel and think hippy and running around naked in the woods and you get the general idea. DJ Steve Lamacq reckons they are this year's Fleet Foxes (hear Ceji & my opinion on Fleet Foxes on our podcast).
The band is out on tour, full dates on their 'space and will end up doing SXSW this year.
We like folk, so check back soon for more folky reviews coming up.
[3] GOOGLE HATES US
It's quite interesting how, incidentally, google no longer promoted dictionary.com from their ranking, when it was acquired by rival Ask.com. It used to be when you typed in a word, dictionary.com got higher rankings - now it's replaced by meriam webster.
Anyway, my new default search engine is now Yahoo, which I've switched over on all my devices and browser toolbars.
By the way, I am happy to see that yahoo has also index our sub pages, news.weheartmusic.com as well! Speaking of which, you can now subscribe to the press announcements via RSS.
01/13/2009 07:42:42 ♥ vu (
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news.weheartmusic.com
The Volume CD series is probably best described as a magazine with a CD soundtrack. They were published from September 1991 to January 1997, ending at a special 2-disc Volume 17. Since they are published in the UK, it was generally really expensive to get them on import (it's not uncommon to find them new at $20 to $30). What makes them special (besides the cool booklet feature), is that the tracks are usually demos, alternate version, or remixes, exclusively on Volume.
Although the series started off as mostly British indie rock, it was clear that music in England had started to branch off to two distinctive sounds: Britpop and Trance/Techno dance. So Trance Europe Express was made in September 1993. It was so successful, it was followed up by three sequels, plus Trance Atlantic, TEXTure (remixes compilation), and Wasted.
I was surprised to find Wasted at Amoeba for $2.95. This is a two-disc (30 songs) that was kind of the techno answer to their Britpop compilation, Sharks Patrol These Waters.
This song I have chosen is Tricky's "You Don't" (sung by Martine). It originally appeared in Volume 10.
Trivia: Tricky appeared as a henchman to Gary Oldman's character in the movie "The Fifth Element" (1997).
