The Uncomfortable Truth by Nneka.
This is really Good sh%t... grossly overlooked and underestimated... Nneka is a Nigerian-German hip hop/soul singer and songwriter. She was born and raised in Warri, in the Delta region of Nigeria and then relocated to Hamburg, Germany at the age of 18.
THE UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH is off of her first US album release "CONCRETE JUNGLE."
Dig it...
Monday, March 08, 2010
Friday, March 05, 2010
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
OK... so.... BRMC...... Black Rebel Motorcycle Club comes out with a new album on March 9th... I have been somewhat aware over the past few months but recently... totally spaced.... completely forgot about it...
Anyway BRMC is one my favorite bands of the past 10 years and they have show dates scheduled in LA at the ECHOPLEX (JUST up the road on Sunset, literally TWO minutes from my place) on 3/11... the 12th and the 14th... all of which are now SOLD OUT... dammit...
Maybe I will hit Craigslist and see if I can score a couple of tickets....
BUT they are playing at House of Blues in Anaheim on the 16th... currently NOT sold out...
Anaheim ain't SO bad... right?
AND... the new stuff is pretty good.... I just listened to a few tracks on their Myspace page...
http://www.myspace.com/blackrebelmotorcycleclub
My top 5 BRMC songs would be:
1>> "Shuffle Your Feet"
2>> "Berlin"
3>> "Faultline"
4>> "Weapon of Choice"
5>> "Ain't No Easy Way"
Just sayin....
Anyway BRMC is one my favorite bands of the past 10 years and they have show dates scheduled in LA at the ECHOPLEX (JUST up the road on Sunset, literally TWO minutes from my place) on 3/11... the 12th and the 14th... all of which are now SOLD OUT... dammit...
Maybe I will hit Craigslist and see if I can score a couple of tickets....
BUT they are playing at House of Blues in Anaheim on the 16th... currently NOT sold out...
Anaheim ain't SO bad... right?
AND... the new stuff is pretty good.... I just listened to a few tracks on their Myspace page...
http://www.myspace.com/blackrebelmotorcycleclub
My top 5 BRMC songs would be:
1>> "Shuffle Your Feet"
2>> "Berlin"
3>> "Faultline"
4>> "Weapon of Choice"
5>> "Ain't No Easy Way"
Just sayin....
Monday, March 01, 2010
Indie City Song of the week
LITTLE SUNRISE from the Album INTO THE WIND by Bei Bei & Shawn Lee is a sweet little suckatash of song by Gu Zheng performer Bei Bei and Ubiquity producer Shawn Lee. It's a beautiful example of true world fusion, mixing contemporay funk and traditional Eastern music, showcasing Bei Bei's mastery of the GU ZHENG, an ancient Chinese instrument, a plucked half-tube zither with movable bridges and 21 strings.
If you've got the time and the inclination, check out the entire album... if not... HOT THURSDAY off the same album is also well worth the 3 minutes.
If you've got the time and the inclination, check out the entire album... if not... HOT THURSDAY off the same album is also well worth the 3 minutes.
The 2010 Official Streamy Awards Nominees....
Nominees in the OVERALL SERIES categories....
http://www.streamys.org
http://www.streamys.org
Best Comedy Web Series
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
Easy to Assemble
The Guild
The Legend of Neil
Wainy Days
Best Drama Web Series
Angel of Death
Compulsions
OzGirl
The Bannen Way
Valemont
Best Hosted Web Series
A Comicbook Orange
Diggnation
Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show
Know Your Meme
The Totally Rad Show
Best Reality or Documentary Web Series
Interview Project
Mommy XXX
RADAR
Streak to Win
The Secret Life of Scientists
Best News or Politics Web Series
Auto-Tune the News
Rocketboom
The Tomorrow Show with Mo Rocca
The Young Turks
VBS News
Best Foreign Web Series
Flying Kebab
Girl Number 9
Noob
OzGirl
Riese
Best New Web Series
$5 Cover: Memphis
Girl Number 9
Odd Jobs
Old Friends
The Bannen Way
Best Companion Web Series
Assassin’s Creed: Lineage
Dexter: Early Cuts
Harper’s Globe
The Office: Subtle Sexuality
Weeds: University of Andy
Best Animated Web Series
Eli’s Dirty Jokes
Happy Tree Friends
Homestar Runner
How It Should Have Ended
Zero Punctuation
Best Branded Entertainment Web Series
Back on Topps (Topps)
Brainstorm (Altoids)
Easy to Assemble (IKEA)
Parts Art (Lexus)
The Temp Life (Spherion)
Best Experimental Web Series
Auto-Tune the News
Green Porno
HBO Cube
INST MSGS
Level 26
Audience Choice Award for Best Web Series
(Coming Soon!)
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Epic Beard Man is Amber Lamps biological FATHER (No... not really)
EPIC.... BEARD... MAN...
Seen it? heard about it?
Wanna see naked pics of AMBER LAMPS?
Who IZZZ Amber Lamps?
WHERE is Amber Lamps?
WHERE can I buy a pair of those PURPLE tights??
Will Lyanna Washington ever give Tommy Bruso his stuff back?
What STUFF could Thomas Bruso possibly have that is worth stealing?
WHO is STUPID enough to videotape themselves stealing a bag from someone and then post it on youtube for the entire WORLD to see? (Sorry, I have to answer that one: that would be Lyanna Washington)
When will they all be appearing on OPRAH??
Was that REALLY Tommy Bruso getting TASERED at an Oakland A's game in 2009? Did he officially get Oakland TASED?
Read on.....
On February 16th, 2010 Iyanna Washington, a college student from Oakland, CA (Youtube user iyannaw08) uploaded the video “AC TRANSIT BUS FIGHT I AM A MOTHERFUCKER” to Youtube; a video she recorded of a 50 year old black man and a 67 year old white man wearing a T-shirt that reads “I AM A MOTHERFUCKER” having a heated argument fueled by racial ignorance resulting in a physically violent confrontation.
You can get pretty much the entire story... past present and future on KnowYourMeme.com, a website dedicated to "Documenting Internet phenomena: viral videos, image macros, catchphrases, web celebs and more."
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/epic-beard-man
You can also read more at ENCYCLOPEDIA DRAMATICA... but please note the WARNING offered ta the top of the page...
This page is a WARZONE. It is highly unlikely that there are lulz between the e-bullets, but seasoned Æ veterans can be expected to clean it up once the retarded participants stop their editing. If you have something EDworthy to add, leave it on the talk page or get on #wiki for adminly help.
http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Epic_Beard_Man
And feel free to enjoy the follow up interview with Tommy Bruso... aka... EPIC... BEARD... MAN...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9YqaLW2GQE
AND... if THAT'S not enough for you....
You can become a FAN on Facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Epic-Beard-Man/309361414500
Seen it? heard about it?
Wanna see naked pics of AMBER LAMPS?
Who IZZZ Amber Lamps?
WHERE is Amber Lamps?
WHERE can I buy a pair of those PURPLE tights??
Will Lyanna Washington ever give Tommy Bruso his stuff back?
What STUFF could Thomas Bruso possibly have that is worth stealing?
WHO is STUPID enough to videotape themselves stealing a bag from someone and then post it on youtube for the entire WORLD to see? (Sorry, I have to answer that one: that would be Lyanna Washington)
When will they all be appearing on OPRAH??
Was that REALLY Tommy Bruso getting TASERED at an Oakland A's game in 2009? Did he officially get Oakland TASED?
Read on.....
On February 16th, 2010 Iyanna Washington, a college student from Oakland, CA (Youtube user iyannaw08) uploaded the video “AC TRANSIT BUS FIGHT I AM A MOTHERFUCKER” to Youtube; a video she recorded of a 50 year old black man and a 67 year old white man wearing a T-shirt that reads “I AM A MOTHERFUCKER” having a heated argument fueled by racial ignorance resulting in a physically violent confrontation.
You can get pretty much the entire story... past present and future on KnowYourMeme.com, a website dedicated to "Documenting Internet phenomena: viral videos, image macros, catchphrases, web celebs and more."
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/epic-beard-man
You can also read more at ENCYCLOPEDIA DRAMATICA... but please note the WARNING offered ta the top of the page...
This page is a WARZONE. It is highly unlikely that there are lulz between the e-bullets, but seasoned Æ veterans can be expected to clean it up once the retarded participants stop their editing. If you have something EDworthy to add, leave it on the talk page or get on #wiki for adminly help.
http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Epic_Beard_Man
And feel free to enjoy the follow up interview with Tommy Bruso... aka... EPIC... BEARD... MAN...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9YqaLW2GQE
AND... if THAT'S not enough for you....
You can become a FAN on Facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Epic-Beard-Man/309361414500
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Billy Corgan offers free music
NYDailynews.com:
Rocker Billy Corgan is offering fans a free sample of the next SMASHING PUMPKINS album.
Monday at midnight, Corgan released "A Song for a Son," the first of 44 free singles, reports L.A. Times music blog Pop & Hiss. Frontman Corgan, who is the only original member in the current Smashing Pumpkins lineup, is calling the web-based project "Teargaden by Kaleidyscope."
The new single is currently streaming on Spinner. The entire album will be released in stages and at some point each song will be offered for free for a limited time.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2009/12/08/2009-12-08_bill_corgan_offers_smashing_pumpkins_latest_songs_for_free_online.html#ixzz0djxB7oIW
Billy Corgan offers a free look into new Smashing Pumpkins project
LATimes.com:
POP & HISS: The LA Times music blog
Download free music and more at SMASHINGPUMPKINS.COM
Billy Corgan offers a free look into new Smashing Pumpkins project
LATimes.com:
POP & HISS: The LA Times music blog
The band currently fronted by Billy Corgan, and the one still operating under the Smashing Pumpkins brand, despite featuring no other original member but Corgan, will release its first of 44 free singles tonight at midnight. "I am one of many more to come," Corgan sings throughout the slow-build rocker "A Song for a Son," the initial glimpse of his Web-focused "Teargaden by Kaleidyscope" project....
Download free music and more at SMASHINGPUMPKINS.COM
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
COACHELLA 2010 (with playlist)
The lineup for COACHELLA 2010 has just been announced... and quite frankly, we at Indie City Entertainment think it ROCKS!!! If you scroll down, there is also 25 song preview included in case you'd like a little taste...
www.coachella.com
"The lineup for the eleventh edition of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, which takes place this April 16-18, has officially arrived, and it’s about as hot as the sometimes triple-digit temperatures the Southern California festival is known for..."
(http://music-mix.ew.com)
"Jay-Z, Muse and Gorillaz will headline the 11th annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, to be held April 16-18 at Empire Polo Field in Indio, Calif. Also confirmed are LCD Soundsystem, Faith No More, Thom Yorke, Pavement and the Specials. Other bands and DJs confirmed for the event include Vampire Weekend, Them Crooked Vultures, Phoenix, Tiësto, Deadmau5, David Guetta, MGMT and Public Image Limited. Tickets for the event go on sale Friday, Jan. 22 at 10:00 a.m. at Ticketmaster and on coachella.com. Three-day weekend passes are $269.00, plus surcharges. More details on layaway, camping options and lineup details can be found on the festival's website."
(www.billboard.com)
www.coachella.com
"The lineup for the eleventh edition of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, which takes place this April 16-18, has officially arrived, and it’s about as hot as the sometimes triple-digit temperatures the Southern California festival is known for..."
(http://music-mix.ew.com)
"Jay-Z, Muse and Gorillaz will headline the 11th annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, to be held April 16-18 at Empire Polo Field in Indio, Calif. Also confirmed are LCD Soundsystem, Faith No More, Thom Yorke, Pavement and the Specials. Other bands and DJs confirmed for the event include Vampire Weekend, Them Crooked Vultures, Phoenix, Tiësto, Deadmau5, David Guetta, MGMT and Public Image Limited. Tickets for the event go on sale Friday, Jan. 22 at 10:00 a.m. at Ticketmaster and on coachella.com. Three-day weekend passes are $269.00, plus surcharges. More details on layaway, camping options and lineup details can be found on the festival's website."
(www.billboard.com)
Friday, April 16th
Aeroplane
Alana Grace
As Tall As Lions
Baroness
Benny Benassi
Calle 13
Deadmau5
Deer Tick
DJ Lance Rock
Echo & the Bunnymen
Erol Alkan
Fever Ray
Grace Jones
Grizzly Bear
Hockey
Iglu & Hartly
Jay-Z
Jets Overhead
Kate Miller-Heidke
La Roux
LCD Soundsystem
Little Dragon
Lucero
Pablo Hassan
Passion Pit
P.O.S.
Proxy
Public Image Limited
Ra Ra Riot
She & Him
Sleigh Bells
The Avett Brothers
The Cribs
The Dillinger Escape Plan
The Specials
The Whitest Boy Alive
Them Crooked Vultures
Vampire Weekend
Wale
White Rabbits
Wolfgang Gartner
Yeasayer
Saturday, April 17th
2 many DJ’s
Aterciopalados
Band of Skulls
Bassnectar
Beach House
Camera Obscura
Coheed and Cambria
Corinne Bailey Rae
Craze
David Guetta
DEVO
Dirty Projectors
Dirty South
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Faith No More
Flying Lotus
Frank Turner
Frightened Rabbit
GIRLS
Gossip
Hot Chip
John Waters
Kaskade
Klever
Les Claypool
Major Lazer
Mew
MGMT
Muse
Old Crow Medicine Show
Porcupine Tree
Portugal. The Man
Pretty Lights
RX Bandits
Shooter Jennings
Sia
Steel Train
The Almighty Defenders
The Dead Weather
The Raveonettes
The Temper Trap
The xx
Tiësto
Tokyo Police Club
Z-Trip
Zoé
Sunday, April 18th
B.o.B.
Babasónicos
Céu
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Club 75
De La Soul
Deerhunter
Delphic
Florence & The Machine
Gary Numan
Gil Scott-Heron
Gorillaz
Hadouken!
Infected Mushroom
Julian Casablancas
Kevin Devine
King Khan & the Shrines
Little Boots
Local Natives
Matt & Kim
Mayer Hawthorne
Miike Snow
MUTEMATH
One eskimO
Orbital
Owen Pallett
PAPARAZZI
Pavement
Phoenix
Plastikman
Rusko
Sly & The Family Stone
Spoon
Sunny Day Real Estate
Talvin Singh
The Big Pink
The Glitch Mob
The Middle East
The Soft Pack
Thom Yorke
Yann Tiersen
Yo La Tengo
AND.... a short playlist including some of our COACHELLA 2010 Favorites....
SEE YOU THERE!!!
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Latest BUZZ on CATCH: WebTheatre/ Adescati dai siti di dating di Gabriele Niola
The staff at ICE thinks THIS... is pretty F%$$#ing cool....
WebTheatre/ Adescati dai siti di dating
di Gabriele Niola - Una girandola di collaboratori per un poliziesco che scava nelle paure delle persone. Sullo sfondo, gli appuntamenti mediati dalla Rete
Roma - Alle volte la scarsità di opportunità lavorative canoniche unita alle possibilità di nuovi mezzi è l'origine delle idee. È il caso di James Huffman, attore americano residente a Los Angeles (come chiunque voglia fare questo lavoro ad alti livelli), impegnato in serie televisive indipendenti e progetti non particolarmente importanti, che ha deciso di affiancare a questa carriera anche dei progetti online ma non nella consueta veste di autore/produttore/attore/regista, come spesso accade per le webserie, quanto in quella di produttore e occasionalmente autore, come accade nelle serie per la televisione moderne. Il risultato di questo tipo di impegno e soprattutto delle scelte che Huffman (e gli altri) hanno preso riguardo la troupe è Catch, una serie davvero interessante che fa ruotare registi e sceneggiatori di episodio in episodio traendo il massimo vantaggio dall'eterogeneità.....
(http://punto-informatico.it/)
Recently, an Italian online magazine called PuntoInformatico.... posted the following article.... I don't read or speak Italian so i used Google Translate to read it.... the translation isnt perfect... but the feedback is undeniably positive...
THANK YOU Gabriele Niola!!!
WebTheatre / lured by dating sites
Gabriele Niola - A swirl of collaborators for a detective who digs in the fears of people. In the background, the events mediated by the Network
Rome - Sometimes the lack of job opportunities combined with the canonical possibilities of new media is the origin of ideas. This is the case of James Huffman, American actor living in Los Angeles (as anyone who wants to do this work at high levels), engaged in TV shows and independent projects is not particularly important, who has decided to assist in this career but also of online projects in the usual capacity as writer / producer / actor / director, as often happens with webserie than in the work of producer and occasional author, as happens in modern series for television. The result of this kind of commitment and above all of the choices Huffman (and others) have taken on the cast is Catch, a series that spins really interesting directors and screenwriters of episodes in episode taking maximum advantage of heterogeneity.
The basic idea of all may remember American Psycho (psychopaths that attract the opposite sex with appointments and then kill them in a brutal), but any criticism of hedonism has dried or 80s subtext of the concept of double, and contaminated with the social anxieties of our years.
Catch (episode came in seventh on nine under for the first season episodes and equipped with the usual "extra") proceeds with a wire but without a plot that unfolds in a linear episode episode. What happens from time to time are events in the real world among people conosciutesi online dating site on the imaginary Catch.com. In any event we understand a bit 'more about what triggers the violence and what are the factors involved, the mystery of the plot is clearly a central element, but each episode is filmed and written well enough to not focus exclusively on it. Catch it avoids the typical lack of production for the network and instead of focusing on what may be his strong point opts for a fascinating and interesting writing of individual scenes, with ability to manage different plots simultaneously. Excellent example of this is the sixth episode, which is introduced the figure of the detective (played by James Huffman) into the background (the story is that just the frame) the solicitation of another serial killer next door.
Updating the stereotype of the serial killer without too much fantasy, but with taste and knowledge of the mechanisms and the psychology of the average users of dating sites, Catch can do what every story should do: enact their audiences along with its uncertainties, or In this case, fear.
The discourse on the fringes of the series it stirs the cauldron of fear of eternal and inherent sense of guilt related to sexual attraction yield, mediated by the fragility of their relationships acquired in the network who try to become real. Without wishing to indictments against the Internet (not a thing to webserie!), Catch introduces a creeping banality of discourse that avoids the risks of networked communication to center the way in which phobias atavistic perpetuation translates into the language of the Internet .
Leaving a series between Gore and the police populated by many characters will die (aptly users hooked by the dating site) who show through their oddities fragility of love and a thirst not quenched, which are often the that humanity hidden figure that emerges strongly through the mediation of the anonymous network.
Sorry to see that a product so interesting, well done and exciting (it's still a crime) is not distributed in a prudent but simply thrown on YouTube.
WebTheatre/ Adescati dai siti di dating
di Gabriele Niola - Una girandola di collaboratori per un poliziesco che scava nelle paure delle persone. Sullo sfondo, gli appuntamenti mediati dalla Rete
Roma - Alle volte la scarsità di opportunità lavorative canoniche unita alle possibilità di nuovi mezzi è l'origine delle idee. È il caso di James Huffman, attore americano residente a Los Angeles (come chiunque voglia fare questo lavoro ad alti livelli), impegnato in serie televisive indipendenti e progetti non particolarmente importanti, che ha deciso di affiancare a questa carriera anche dei progetti online ma non nella consueta veste di autore/produttore/attore/regista, come spesso accade per le webserie, quanto in quella di produttore e occasionalmente autore, come accade nelle serie per la televisione moderne. Il risultato di questo tipo di impegno e soprattutto delle scelte che Huffman (e gli altri) hanno preso riguardo la troupe è Catch, una serie davvero interessante che fa ruotare registi e sceneggiatori di episodio in episodio traendo il massimo vantaggio dall'eterogeneità.....
(http://punto-informatico.it/)
Recently, an Italian online magazine called PuntoInformatico.... posted the following article.... I don't read or speak Italian so i used Google Translate to read it.... the translation isnt perfect... but the feedback is undeniably positive...
THANK YOU Gabriele Niola!!!
WebTheatre / lured by dating sites
Gabriele Niola - A swirl of collaborators for a detective who digs in the fears of people. In the background, the events mediated by the Network
Rome - Sometimes the lack of job opportunities combined with the canonical possibilities of new media is the origin of ideas. This is the case of James Huffman, American actor living in Los Angeles (as anyone who wants to do this work at high levels), engaged in TV shows and independent projects is not particularly important, who has decided to assist in this career but also of online projects in the usual capacity as writer / producer / actor / director, as often happens with webserie than in the work of producer and occasional author, as happens in modern series for television. The result of this kind of commitment and above all of the choices Huffman (and others) have taken on the cast is Catch, a series that spins really interesting directors and screenwriters of episodes in episode taking maximum advantage of heterogeneity.
The basic idea of all may remember American Psycho (psychopaths that attract the opposite sex with appointments and then kill them in a brutal), but any criticism of hedonism has dried or 80s subtext of the concept of double, and contaminated with the social anxieties of our years.
Catch (episode came in seventh on nine under for the first season episodes and equipped with the usual "extra") proceeds with a wire but without a plot that unfolds in a linear episode episode. What happens from time to time are events in the real world among people conosciutesi online dating site on the imaginary Catch.com. In any event we understand a bit 'more about what triggers the violence and what are the factors involved, the mystery of the plot is clearly a central element, but each episode is filmed and written well enough to not focus exclusively on it. Catch it avoids the typical lack of production for the network and instead of focusing on what may be his strong point opts for a fascinating and interesting writing of individual scenes, with ability to manage different plots simultaneously. Excellent example of this is the sixth episode, which is introduced the figure of the detective (played by James Huffman) into the background (the story is that just the frame) the solicitation of another serial killer next door.
Updating the stereotype of the serial killer without too much fantasy, but with taste and knowledge of the mechanisms and the psychology of the average users of dating sites, Catch can do what every story should do: enact their audiences along with its uncertainties, or In this case, fear.
The discourse on the fringes of the series it stirs the cauldron of fear of eternal and inherent sense of guilt related to sexual attraction yield, mediated by the fragility of their relationships acquired in the network who try to become real. Without wishing to indictments against the Internet (not a thing to webserie!), Catch introduces a creeping banality of discourse that avoids the risks of networked communication to center the way in which phobias atavistic perpetuation translates into the language of the Internet .
Leaving a series between Gore and the police populated by many characters will die (aptly users hooked by the dating site) who show through their oddities fragility of love and a thirst not quenched, which are often the that humanity hidden figure that emerges strongly through the mediation of the anonymous network.
Sorry to see that a product so interesting, well done and exciting (it's still a crime) is not distributed in a prudent but simply thrown on YouTube.
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