Well, look who just popped open a fresh can of venom.

Xander ,'Empty Places'


Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan  

There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.


DavidS - Aug 10, 2004 10:20:09 am PDT #4493 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

She's willing - and she'll probably be seeing our contact in LA, so it's mostly a matter of getting the galleys to her.


Fred Pete - Aug 10, 2004 10:32:04 am PDT #4494 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.

Congrats, Hec!


Jon B. - Aug 10, 2004 10:37:30 am PDT #4495 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

You're not going to have room for all the cool blurbers you're getting!


cathy - Aug 10, 2004 10:49:19 am PDT #4496 of 10003
"Why do the facts hate America?" - Jon Stewart

Nick Cave and Paul Westerberg film news:

By Bec Smith GOLD COAST, Queensland (Hollywood Reporter) - British-born actor Guy Pearce, the star of thriller "Memento", will play the lead in "The Proposition", a historical drama written by rock star Nick Cave.

The film, set in the early 19th century, is "an epic Australian story about family, loyalty and betrayal ... a sort of gothic Western that is to Australia what 'Unforgiven' was to America," said producer Chris Brown.

While he could not confirm further cast hirings, Brown said there was likely to be at least one major British actor attached. Shooting will begin in Australia in six weeks, with John Hillcoat directing.

Pearce's credits also include "Two Brothers", "L.A. Confidential" and "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert".

Hillcoat's other credits include "To Have and to Hold". He also has collaborated with Cave on various projects, including the 1988 film "Ghosts ... of the Civil Dead."

As for Mr Westerberg:

In the year between finishing his new album and its anticipated release next month, Paul Westerberg has shifted his focus to film. He has been working on songs for a Sony Pictures Animation project that he also expects to score.

"I can't talk too much about it," Westerberg tells Billboard.com. "It's just a matter of writing songs for this animated feature called 'Open Season.' It's not slated to be out until, oh I don't know, like 2006 or something. It's way in the future."


sumi - Aug 10, 2004 11:22:05 am PDT #4497 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!

CNN has an interview with Robert Smith.


tommyrot - Aug 10, 2004 11:29:33 am PDT #4498 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Is it just me, or in the second picture (in the middle of the article) does Robert Smith look like shite?


cathy - Aug 10, 2004 11:42:46 am PDT #4499 of 10003
"Why do the facts hate America?" - Jon Stewart

No, it's not just you.

He looks like he pancaked on the makeup and spent a day in the sauna.


evil jimi - Aug 10, 2004 1:44:11 pm PDT #4500 of 10003
Lurching from one disaster to the next.

I think Robert is getting a wee bit long in the tooth to be dressing like that. It was fine when he was in his mid-twenties and it was the eighties but now, nsm.


erinaceous - Aug 10, 2004 6:37:42 pm PDT #4501 of 10003
A fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan.

Um, can I duck in and ask a showtunes question?

I seem to remember a version of "Zip" from Pal Joey at oh, about double the speed of every single version I can find. Anyone have any idea what I could be remembering? The version I remember seems to end "I'm a broad with a broad, broad mind," which might not be in the original lyrics.

This is, of course, driving me Cah-ra-zy.


sumi - Aug 11, 2004 4:20:07 am PDT #4502 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!

Hey! Pylon are reuniting!