As much as I hate Matt Damon and Jodie Foster, I think the sci-fi/action movie, “Elysium”, looks surprisingly interesting. I remember seeing the movie, “District 9”, in theater when it first came out, and loving that film. Count me in for this one.
Check out the trailer in the link below.
Kev
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PT1bwwhhRQQ
Well, it’s no surprise that the “Interstellar”, movie by Christopher Nolan is planning to have a female lead ’cause I already called on it. It is also no surprise that Nolan is going to start hiring cast members from his Batman trilogy. Anne Hathaway is nearing a deal to star alongside, Matthew McConaughey, for “Interstellar”, the space travel sci-fi movie. Spoiler alert: Matt and Anne are both lovers in the film, HA! Kidding, I don’t know about that honestly, but it wouldn’t surprise me if Anne is the love interest for Matt.
Who is next to get casted for this movie? Morgan Freeman? Michael Caine? Christian Bale? Aaron Eckhart?
Deadline reports.
Say what you want about Anne Hathaway, but I always loved her and admired her. I’ve been watching her films for a long while. Speaking of Anne Hathaway, I bought the film, “Les Miserables”, on Blu Ray last week. Haven’t watched it yet, but I will when I finish watching the “Game of Thrones – Season 2” DVD box set.
I still stand by it that “Les Miserables”, was the best movie of 2012. It really was a great film and that should have been the one to get the BEST PICTURE win. Anne Hathaway was obviously the best part of that movie, though. I’ll re-watch that movie on Blu Ray this weekend, probably.
Kev
Earlier today, Warner Bros. announced the new installment to the “Batman: Arkham” game franchise. They just made, “Batman: Arkham Origins”, official. However, this one won’t continue the story after, “Arkham City”. This one is going to be a prequel. Taken place years before the first one, “Arkham Asylum”. The only thing though, Rock Steady, has nothing to do with the game anymore. They aren’t doing it, so the style of the next game maybe a little different.
It’ll focus on a younger Bruce Wayne, fighting off super villains, we never heard before such as, Deathstroke. So it’s looking like the Joker will not be the leading villain this time. The game will be getting released in Oct. for all consoles, including the PC. We should expect a trailer of the game real soon.
Like some of you should know, I’m a huge Batman fan. So I’m looking forward to this.
More on the story, here.
Kev
The band, Skeletons In The Piano, coming from Saratoga Springs, N.Y., just gave me the privilege to listen to their new upcoming album, “Please Don’t Die”. The band, Skeletons in the Piano, was formed by Eli Hargrave (lead vocals, guitar) and Eric Donovan (drums) in 2007. They released their debut album, “Certain Slow Murder”, with just those two as members, and since that album got a lot of feedback, they formed a whole band together, adding members Dustin Alexander (Bass), and Jeff Ayers (violin, keyboards). Later they added, Brad Thibodeau (guitar), and they added two belly dancers for their live shows. Yes, they really have belly dancers who dance to their music at their live gigs. You have to see it to believe it. In 2010, they released the Don Fury produced album, “Stranger On a Damned Staircase” and another EP called, “Short Pig”, shortly after.
The new album, which includes 8 tracks (see the track listing, 2nd picture). The songs can range from 3 – 8 minutes long at least. The album will be available digitally (Itunes, Spotify, etc.) and the album will be available on Vinyl at their live Putnam Den show, May 11th. The album is being released under, Magnetic Eye Records.
The band likes to describe their sound as psychedelic grunge. They also said they are influenced by Black Sabbath, and the Doors. From what I heard, these guys don’t really sound like anyone else. They really have their original sound. When you listen to a unique rock n’ roll band like Skeletons In the Piano, you know it’s them when you hear them. This is something I’ve never heard before. The band’s sound is tight, and aggressive. The guitar tone is pretty heavy, and there are some pretty complex rhythms. It sounds like these songs would be difficult to play if you tried to learn them yourself. Even though these songs sound a bit complex, these guys really have the power to make their songs catchy, fun, and easy to listen to. Eli can really sing. That guy has the pipes for sure. When you hear this guy sing, he can easily pull you into the music. His voice will certainly give you goosebumps throughout the whole record. The lyrics and song titles, may seem a little strange to you but they are really artistic and so different. There is some bad language through some of these songs, but when you listen to this album, you won’t mind them.
This band may sound great on an album, but when you go see Skeletons in the Piano live, you’ll get a different experience. Complete with belly dancers, and all. I’ve never seen Skeletons In The Piano live at a show, but after hearing this album, makes me want to. Keep in mind, I only listened to this album digitally ’cause I don’t own a vinyl player. If you want better sound quality, I would recommend you get the vinyl of, “Please Don’t Die”, from them. A better listening experience.
I think good things will come up ahead for this band in the future. This is another band, who I think deserves national recognition, too. They are one of the best bands in the area. Rock n’ roll doesn’t get recognized too much around here anymore, and these guys do a great job on keeping rock music alive. These guys still make it alright to listen to rock n’ roll. I couldn’t stop listening to, “Please Don’t Die”. Listened to it like 4 or 5 times. It was a pretty amazing album, and they just made a new fan. I will definitely come out to see them live, hopefully soon. I’m definitely gonna try to make their Putnam Den, May 11th show. When ever I’m ready to start performing live again, I would even love to open a gig for them someday.
To learn more about Skeletons In the Piano, visit these links below:
http://www.skeletonsinthepiano.com/
http://www.facebook.com/skeletonsinthepiano
Over the past week, since I announced it, the requests for album reviews and other things are really starting to come in. Keep in mind though, I can’t get to everything at once, but I won’t ignore them all. I will be sure to give a review to EVERYTHING that comes in. It’ll take some time, though, ’cause I’ll have to listen to the albums a few times before writing my thoughts down.
I’m not trying to become the next big music mogul. I’m just a fan of music trying to discover what’s out there. I’m not doing this just to get free music by bands & artists either. I do love getting free music by bands but I see this as an opportunity to promote each other’s music. Theirs and mine. Again, it’s a pretty smart, marketing trick, that’s what this is all about. That’s why a lot of them are willing to send me free music, even though they don’t usually do it.
Next review, I need to review a band called, Skeletons In the Piano, on their upcoming album, so be on the look out for that. I also got another CD in the mail by a band called, “The Weasels”. Maybe this can work, after all. If one day, if my e-mail gets flooded with requests and I get over loaded, I’m gonna have to invite a trusted contributor to this blog and have a second person help me review albums. I should be able to do it all by myself just fine, though.
I’m planning on getting my own music back out there again, hopefully this year, and I see this as an opportunity in getting my own music heard, as well. Back and forth promotion. Just something to think about.
Kev
Today, a huge announcement was made that the first female Prime Minister in Great Britain, Margaret Thatcher, has died. She is also known as, “The Iron Lady”, in which Meryl Streep played for her biopic movie. I posted about her death this morning, and sure enough, ended up getting into a heated debate with someone. Somebody was in there calling her evil. Saying stuff like she was a modern day, Oliver Cromwell, and how she associated with evil people like Augusto Pinochet. Then this person, posted something about Gerry Adams, the Sin Fein President, saying how she hurt the Irish and British.
Well, first of all, I find all that a load of crock. Anybody who hates The Iron Lady, are just jealous liberals and left wingers. Love her or hate her. She was a very powerful lady, and she is the world’s greatest leader. She not only helped Great Britain she helped inspire and influence the whole world. Especially the USA. Her death is a sad loss. Yes, she may have done some pretty risky things and made some mistakes, but she did whatever it took make for the good for Great Britain. Which is part of why she gets respect by most ’cause of her bravery and her “don’t give a shit” attitude. Respect for her goes long before her biopic film with Meryl Streep came out (which is a great movie, by the way).
The Iron Lady, was a powerful and influential political figure. Anybody who doesn’t have anything positive to say about her, are just misinformed losers, trying to make her look bad. Whenever a famous politician or a world figure dies, chances are, some negative people are going to come out and call them an evil person. That’s what happened with Reagan too.
I’ll post her obit tomorrow, and I will also post Annette Funicello’s obit tomorrow as well. I don’t feel like doing them today.
Kev
I didn’t watch last night’s Wrestlemania but I was reading all the results as it was being posted in facebook, twitter, live blog feeds, etc. As expected the card for Wrestlemania this year was going to be very very predictable. You knew who was going to win every match and what was going to happen. I knew that Triple H would win against Brock Lesnar, I knew the Undertaker would win against CM Punk, and I knew John Cena was going to walk out with the belt last night. *Yawn*. I read the full results and sounded like it wasn’t a very good, Wrestlemania. I’m really starting to dislike WWE and the way it’s headed. Wrestling is not wrestling anymore. It changed over the years. That goes for TNA too. The whole wrestling industry is no longer the same anymore in general. Wrestling used to be great in the 80’s and the 90’s, but it’s so different today. Therefor, wrestling is dying.
It’s going to be interesting to see what the buy rates results will be from last night. I bet a lot more people stopped watching Wrestlemania this year too, ’cause of the price raise. Will WWE bring the price back down for next year once they learn that a lot of people stopped watching? Hopefully, but I doubt it!
Anyway, I watched, “Game of Thrones”, and the new “Vikings” episode last night instead, which were way better than, Wrestlemania. “Game of Thrones” and “Vikings” are both getting intense and both episodes were pretty EPIC. I’ve been watching a lot of season 2 of “GOT”. “Game of Thrones” the books & the show are both so good ’cause George’s stories are pretty addicting. George R. R. Martin can tell stories like no one else. “Game of Thrones” whether the books or the TV shows are so amazing. I love them so much.
Kev
I meant to post this a few days ago, but I actually loved the new “Carrie” trailer. The film looks surprisingly good and I’m gonna try to see it, hopefully. How faithful is the new film to the book, this time? I have no idea. I haven’t read the book in a long time, and I planning on re-reading it soon, so I can tell if it is or not. It does look a little different than the Depalma version for sure. To be honest, I never liked the Depalma version, it was way different than the book, although, I still like the Prom scene at the end. A lot of people are complaining that the film has been remade a couple of times. It’s like, so what, ya know? Maybe they felt like the older versions of “Carrie”, didn’t work. This would be considered the third “Carrie” remake ’cause the second time was in 2002 for a TV film. I think this one wants to stay faithful to the book, this time around.
I also wanted to respond to this misinformed comment posted in that youtube video by some idiot, “Don’t need to go to cinema now. Saw the whole film in the trailer.” I know that was a joke, but it was dumb. I’m sure there is way more to the film than that, ’cause I noticed that the trailer is loaded with secrecy. This film wants to get more in depth with the story. Keep in mind that the book doesn’t end with the prom scene, the story drags on after that. I do remember that the book has a controversial ending, and not sure if this movie will use that ending from the novel. Depalma’s version didn’t use the ending from the book, his ending of the film was different.
I’ll have to start re-reading the book again, maybe I will this weekend. Looking forward to seeing it. As you all know, I’m a huge fan of horror films. Love them.
Kev
Every year, when Kurt’s birthday or date of death comes around, I would post about it for a few reasons. First of all, I’m a huge fan of Nirvana’s music. Secondly, I respected Kurt as a musician, singer/songwriter and live performer. Every year when ever his birthday or date of death is here, Kurt and Nirvana would get so much negativity from the fans. They would talk a lot of negative shit about his personal life and problems. They would also criticize the music of Nirvana. I like to treat Nirvana positively. That’s why I refuse to post in music forums and music posts in facebook ’cause so many music fans are assholes, and a lot of them are so misinformed about the music business.
Why does the media and the press get all over Kurt’s birthday/date of death when it comes around? It’s because the man is a legend and was an icon in music. They don’t do it for no reason.
Nirvana’s music has always meant so much to me. I remember when I was a kid in high school, I just couldn’t wait to go home, flip on the TV to wait for a Nirvana video to come on MTV. Then the album, “Nevermind”, came and I went right out and bought that. I’ve been hooked to that album ever since and still LOVE it to death. I still have the same copy I bought years ago too. Never got rid of it. Nobody stole it from me. It’s still sitting on my CD shelf.
Kurt was a genius songwriter, and live performer. While he was a great studio musician, it was his live performing that mattered. Kurt was a showman on the stage, and Nirvana shows were pretty intense. People like to pay tribute to Kurt whenever his birthday/date of death comes, ’cause it’s about celebrating the music of Nirvana. It was never about his problems with drugs and his suicide. It was about the music.
Nirvana was a big part of that made me want to become a musician and songwriter myself. Oddly enough, I was just a teenager myself, when “Nevermind” first came out, and that was the time that hit “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, was everywhere. The song is only 4 chords all the way through, but that’s all you need to make a hit song.
Kev
It has been a couple of weeks already since the release of Bowie’s new album, “The Next Day”, which is a phenomenal record by the way, and so far, the man has never confirmed a tour yet. Will he go on a short tour or even play a one off show in support of the new album? Pretty unlikely, sadly. He may not be retired from making new music, but it’s looking like he is done with touring for good.
I think Bowie came back after a long 10 year wait is because he came back by popular demand. If it wasn’t for fans begging him to return, then he wouldn’t have came at all, I’m sure. He came back with a new record to keep his longtime fans happy. I bet he didn’t think people still love him to this day and he thought wrong. That’s why he came back, ’cause he realized that he still had the popularity.
I wish Bowie would do a one off show for a possible live album/DVD release. Maybe he does have plans in doing that? Ya never know. We’ll have to wait to see what happens. I think he’s still capable of performing live again just fine. It’s just that the man puts his family first which is commendable. He came out with a new album because music is his life and he just can’t give it up. At least, he’s still making music, though. That makes me happy!
I finally picked up Bowie’s “The Next Day” on CD yesterday, along with Orianthi’s new album.
Kev
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