Gorillaz and Alan Moore Are Set To Collaborate

Did you ever wonder, "Hey, why don't Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett of Gorillaz explore gnostic themes?" Definitely a potent question that I've never thought to ask, myself. Well, now they are more than likely to touch on gnostic ideas and explore some aspect of humanity that plagues us all now that Alan Moore is on board to help with Gorillaz' new opera project. According to NME.com, Moore, writer of such brilliant graphic novels (Watchmen, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, From Hell - all of which were turned into shitty, bombastic Hollywood films), will work on the yet-to-be-titled opera's libretto. With...

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John Lennon Is The Boy In Nowhere Boy

Nowhere Boy - Official Trailer The trailer for Nowhere Boy,  a biopic about the teenage years of John Lennon, recently premiered at the London Film Festival. The film is based on a book by Lennon's half-sister, Julia Baird, entitled: Imagine This: Growing Up With My Brother John Lennon. The film was shot in Liverpool and details Lennon's early life as he is being raised by his Aunt Mimi (Kristen Scott Thomas) and his own mother, Julia (not his sister, you weird, freak-o). In the trailer, you see some shouting (Aunt Mimi yelling at John), pouting (John trying...

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50 Cent Makes a Movie, I Laugh

I never thought I'd say this, but 50 Cent should start rapping more often. Dude's got a new album AND movie coming out, with both titled Before I Self Destruct. I say he should start rapping more,  because the movie he's putting out looks like he shot it over the course of one weekend in Baltimore. I also say it because he still needs to get better at being an MC. A lot of the time I just wonder whether or not a drunk homeless man stumbled into the studio and slurred some words into the microphone, making it hard...

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Dishing Out Another Jam

"Blackout" by Kid Goliath If you're wondering (you must be wondering, otherwise you wouldn't be reading these words), I've recently been putting together beat after beat after beat after beat et cetera. So, that's why there's now TWO beat posts in a row. The Guild of Beatologists have upped my dues as of late, so I have been toiling away at serving up some hot ass jams so that they won't revoke my membership. I finished "Blackout" about a week ago. I had iTunes open while I was cleaning the house and it was playing my...

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Steer Clear: Dizzee Rascal Meets The Hold Steady…

"Steer Clear" by Kid Goliath ...In the above song. In the text above is the link to my IMEEM page with the song on it. I made this beat about a month or so ago, and I listened to it today and thought, "That's not as bad as the first time I listened to it," so I decided to post it. "Steer Clear" samples bangin' drums from Dizzee Rascal's "Fix Up, Look Sharp" and some of the chunky, no-frills guitar from The Hold Steady's "Stevie Nix." The...

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The Wu-Note Project

This is pretty old news, but I still wanted to post about it because it's such a cool project. First of all, I respect the Wu. Secondly, I respect Logan Walters, a very talented designer. He decided that all of the Wu-Tang members' albums and solo albums needed to have some consistency in their artwork. And what better way to add consistency to album artwork than to re-vamp it in the style of old Blue Note Records' artistic style. By hiring Reid Miles, each Blue Note artist's cover art was given a clean, minimalist and recognizable style. So, with each Wu-Tang...

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David Bazan Lays It All on the Table

I'm a tad behind the curve, here, music-wise. I've been waiting on my iPod to be repaired for about a month, so I haven't really been keeping up with what's coming out in music, due to the fact that I wouldn't be able to actually listen to it other than at home. And since I'm usually on the go, putting time aside to sit and listen to a record hasn't been in the cards. But, I noticed that David Bazan put out an album earlier this September and I had been meaning to wedge it into my eardrums for quite...

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