After recovering from an epic Thanksgiving feast, my brother and I went to see Quantum of Solace on Thursday night. It had its strengths and weaknesses; I'm still not sure where it ranks in the Bond canon.
But I greatly enjoyed the Tosca sequence, set at the Bregenz Festspiele in Austria. This was filmed at Bregenz's outdoor stage, which floats at the edge of Lake Constance; the backdrop for the action is a scene from the actual 2007 staging of Puccini's opera. Here's an excerpt:
Some surprising names may show up in the liner notes for Christina Aguilera's next record:
Billboard.com today confirmed that the electro group Ladytron have been communicating with the pop princess with a view to collaborating, early next year, on her forthcoming fourth studio album.
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9:56 am EST |
2008.11.25 |
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Señor Coconut has returned, with a new album called Around the World. The title track is a swinging Daft Punk cover; there are also remakes of Prince, Telex, and Antonio Carlos Jobim.
But the most deliriously cool cut may be a tropicalized rendition of Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams" (grab the MP3 here). It reminds me a lot of Locust's icy jazz version of "Master and Servant", off the 1998 Depeche Mode tribute album For the Masses.
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3:36 pm EST |
2008.11.24 |
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I HEARD YOU HAVE A COMPILATION OF EVERY GOOD SONG EVER DONE BY ANYBODY
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This author makes a lot of good points about why Pitchfork Media is generally insufferable. But he's more than a little insufferable himself along the way.
Pop music is supposed to be fun.
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1:04 am EST |
2008.11.17 |
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- Pet Shop Boys - "Gomorrah" (Dettinger Remix) - Dettinger, crafter of haunted microhouse and ambient for the legendary Kompakt label, retooled this track off the last PSB album. The lush, campy synthpop of the original is replaced with a desolate expanse of glitchy rhythms and synthetic winds. The song's tale of self-discovery feels somehow more intimate and world-weary.
Related: The Boys are releasing a new single on Kompakt, with remixes by Jürgen Paape, Mark Reeder and Gui Boratto.
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8:31 pm EST |
2008.11.07 |
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We take a break from the real world to dip into whatever dimension Björk lives in. Here's a vintage clip from the late '80s in which she explains how her TV works:
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11:14 am EST |
2008.11.06 |
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UPDATE 2: Seattle's gay club Neighbors hauled its sound system outside and ignited a street party with the dance remix of Journey's "Don't Stop Believing."
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6:35 pm EST |
2008.11.05 |
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