August 31, 2004
And The Winners Are!
As promised we are now announcing the winners of the MK Magazine/Mofo Wear Great ViXXXen Hunt Sweepstakes. First of all thank you to all you ladies and photographers for submitting your work.
All prizes are courtesy of www.mofowear.net and Jimmy Mofo
Make sure you click the link below that reads, "continue reading" to see the results.
First Place - Talia Juliette $175.00 gift certificate
Second place - Jamie Michelle $100.00 gift certificate
3 runner-ups Vera Blue, Angela Ryan and Lady Snake
will each receive some signed Mofo Wear girl posters with stickers and MK Magazine subscriptions and Free CD's.
Vera Blue
Angela Ryan
Lady Snake
And thanks to my bro, Jimmy Mofo with love and sin, from AZ
SLASH Action Figure Coming Next Summer
McFarlane Toys has announced the latest figure to join their expanding collection of music figures. Slash, considered to be one of the greatest guitarists to come out of the late 1980s, and a former member of GUNS N' ROSES, has become the latest edition.
With his trademark top hat and omnipresent cigarette, the guitarist born Saul Hudson challenged and destroyed the stagnant musical scene of the late '80s with his former band. Slash still remains one of the premier hard rock guitarists of all time, touring currently with VELVET REVOLVER whose debut album, "Contraband", has reached platinum status.
"It's extremely flattering and humbling to be immortalized in plastic," Slash said in a statement.
The figure will feature Slash with his top hat and leather jacket while playing guitar. It will be available in July 2005 and will sell for $10-$12.
DAVE GROHL Furious With BUSH's Use Of His Track At Campaign Rally
World Entertainment News Network is reporting that former NIRVANA drummer and current FOO FIGHTERS frontman Dave Grohl is furious after learning President George W. Bush used the FOO FIGHTERS track "Times Like These" at a campaign rally.
The mastermind behind the PROBOT project is a staunch supporter of Bush's Democratic rival John Kerry, and didn't appreciate Bush using his song in a political arena.
"I don't give a shit if he likes our band, but I take it personally when a politician that doesn't represent my personal beliefs uses music that I poured my heart and soul into for his personal gain," said Grohl.
Rather than issuing a cease-and-desist letter, Grohl "took action" by performing at a recently rally for Kerry in Iowa, where he played "My Hero", "Times Like These" and "Learn To Fly".
He added, "I sang those songs, which are supposed to represent love, hope and compassion for a person that I believe represents all of those things."
GREAT ViXXXen Hunt Sweepstakes Winners TBA Tonight
The MOFOWEAR www.mofowear.net and MK Magazine Great ViXXXen Hunt Kontest winners will be announced later this evening.
We were ISO for a few new girls who would like to be our newest ViXXXens. Winners will receive the following from Mofowear.net
first place $175.00 gift certificate
second place $100.00 gift certificate
3 runner ups will receive some signed Mofo Wear girl posters with stickers and MK Magazine subscriptions and Free CD's.
"THE MANSON FAMILY" Movie Review
by Graham Rae
from www.filmthreat.com
2003, Un-rated, 93 Minutes
Well folks, you’ve read the script, heard the soundtrack, encountered the rumors about director Jim VanBebber. So the final question is, of course, is “The Manson Family”, a legendary 16mm film which took 15 years to complete from start to finish...actually any good?
Absolutely!
“The Manson Family” (previous title: “Charlie’s Family”), started when the director was a mere 24 years old (which makes it all the more incredible an accomplishment), is a grim, gritty, nihilistic, sexy, gory, disturbing, beautiful, sleazy, truthful take on the notorious young members of cult leader Charles Manson’s self-styled ‘Family’. Recounting their deeds here – the Tate-LaBianca murders, the hardcore acid abuse, the orgies at Spahn Ranch, etc – seems utterly redundant as they have become such a familiar part of the American cultural psyche, something which VanBebber addresses directly in the film, which he conceived as a statement about endless media fascination with the Family in the decades since their incarceration.
The film consists of several interwoven strands – footage of the family at the time leading up and including the murders, contemporary prison interviews with the incarcerated Family members (interestingly contrasting their sometimes skewed, rose-color-tinted versions of past events with the cold hard reality of events like gang rape), and contemporary, superb, Cinema of Transgression-inspired scenes of a gang of mad, nihilistic Manson followers. These strands are held together by a trashy TV journalist making a show about named Crime Scene about the Family, which is a neat framing device allowing for an angry confrontation coda between the Manson teens and the tabloid hack.
And what of the footage in between? Well, it’s definitely not for the faint-hearted, that’s for sure. The murders are shown in unflinching, super-graphic detail (with occasionally ropey FX by the director, it has to be said, but it was all done with no money so that’s forgivable), except for the murder of Sharon Tate, which VanBebber shies away from out of respect to Roman Polanski. Nevertheless, the Tate house scene still managed to garner several walkouts during this year’s CUFF, and it’s hardly surprising.
The sex scenes are very graphic and realistic (“30 people in a field on acid fucking like dogs” as VanBebber once put it to me) and an orgy scene where the Family cut a dog’s throat and fuck covered in its blood is as near to a representation of a Heironymous Bosch painting as you’re likely to see in cinema, replete with acid-scarred tripped-out brain-damaged visuals. THIS is the reason we come to underground cinema, to see beautiful damaged hardcore fucking shit the mainstream will not show, and VanBebber does not disappoint.
The actual performances during the film range from excellent to somewhat amateurish, but this amateurism is easily absorbed by the sheer power of the imagery on display. The depth of the director’s vision and his extremely angry execution of selfsame is both shocking and awe-inspiring. Cinematographer Mike King’s imagework is exemplary, experimental and extremely focused at the same time, making brilliant use of several different film stocks (replete with faux scratches to replicate decades-old footage) and video to paint a visually inspiring film that far surpasses its budgetary limitations.
This truly is one great-looking film whose like will never come our way again. I would recommend it without reservation, if you think you can take it. But one thing’s for sure: you will never, ever forget it after viewing it, so don’t be surprised if you find a traveling cavalcade of naked freaky bloodsmeared drugfucked homicidal lost kids led by a bearded maniacally laughing man creepy crawling through your bad dreams in some post-screening unguarded sweatsoaked predawn moment...
Dave Matthews Fights Poop Suit
CHICAGO - Members of the Dave Matthews Band have offered to provide DNA samples to help authorities get to the bottom of whether raw sewage from its bus was dumped into the Chicago River.
A lawsuit by Illinois' attorney general contends the band's tour bus emptied its septic tank while crossing a grated bridge over the Chicago River on Aug. 8. A tour boat was passing beneath the bridge and more than 100 passengers were doused with raw sewage.
The band issued a statement on its Web site saying members have offered to provide DNA evidence to help authorities determine the source of the sewage.
In its statement, the band also said that if its bus is found to be responsible for the incident, the band will "work quickly to make amends, with the people on the boat and with Chicago."
"We care deeply about what happened to the people on the boat that day, which was terrible, and the damage that occurred to Chicago's environment," the letter states.
"Goth" style is out at Wichita milddle school
Associated Press
WICHITA, Kan. - Students at Wilbur Middle School who like the Goth look will have to rethink their clothing this year.
Principal Cherie Crain announced last week that the black lipstick, eye shadow, nail polish and hair dye of the so-called Goth style, can't be combined with all-black clothing anymore.
Crain said the students dressing in so-called Goth style had become a distraction, and some younger students were intimidated. She also said she has had a rule banning clothing or accessories that define a group of students in the Wilbur rule book for at least 15 years.
"Anything disruptive to school is a no-no, too," Crain said. "And this is definitely a disruption."
In this case, the accessories like studded metal bracelets, the black makeup and graphic T-shirts advertising heavy metal bands are the biggest concern, Crain said.
In past years, only two or three kids among Wilbur's 1,000 students dressed Goth, and Crain said she let that slide. But when school started last week, about a dozen kids had adopted the Goth look.
"We just want everybody to feel comfortable at school," Crain said.
Eighth-graders Rachel Perkins and Thea Lee said they'll need new wardrobes.
"Everybody that wears black clothes all the time has nothing but black clothes in their closets," Perkins said.
Lee said she owns one white shirt and one blue shirt. The rest of her clothes are black.
"We're just scaring the parents," Lee said. "And we scared one sixth-grader."
Lee's mom, Pamela Lee, said she doesn't think it's a problem if her daughter and friends want to dress in Goth styles.
"I don't understand why she's coming down on them," Pamela Lee said. "They're just standing around doing nothing and looking freaky."
Debbie McKenna, who supervises the district's safe and drug-free schools programs, said wearing Goth clothing can be a warning sign of other problems. Teachers are trained to check if students who wear such clothes have withdrawn from other students and if they're using drugs.
But the clothing might also be just a harmless way for students to differentiate themselves from the crowd.
"In the '60s you grew your hair down to your butt," McKenna said. "In the 2000s, you wear all black and black makeup."
August 30, 2004
Glamour Con After Dark Party P1
with Taylor Wane and MARAZENE
Saturday night in the Rickenbacker Night Club we partied till close with the beautiful models and centerfolds of Glamour Con. Here are some of the photos by KARLTON, and check back for more.
GLAMOUR CON 34 P1
And this is considered work.
The following photos were shot by KARLTON for MK MAGAZINE. There will be a gallery created as soon as our web guy Kevin has the time.
Thanks to everyone involved with Glamour Con for such a wonderful time. See you next year.
See more of Karltons work at KarltonDesign.com and www.onemodelplace.com/karlton
Kevin Smiths "Passion of the Clerks"
More details on the "Clerks" sequel were released on the weekend when Kevin Smith told the Associated Press that he's begun work on the film which will be entitled "The Passion of the Clerks".
The original $27,000 movie chronicled the adventures of Dante and Randal, two guys who talk about life, death, sex and movies while working at neighboring stores. The sequel will pick up events ten years on and shooting is scheduled to begin in January with Miramax distributing the film.
"It's about what happens when that lazy, 20-something malaise lasts into your 30s. Those dudes are kind of still mired, not in that same exact situation, but in a place where it's time to actually grow up and do something more than just sit around and dissect pop culture and talk about sex. It's: What happened to these dudes?" says Smith.
The "Clerks" sequel has moved to the top of his to-do list, making it quite likely he'll no longer direct "The Green Hornet" adaptation. Both the original "Clerks" main stars Brian O'Halloran and Jeff Anderson are signed on, and Jason Mewes, will return as stoner Jay, the "hetero life-mate" of Smith's stoic Silent Bob.
As for the budget - "We're going to do it insanely inexpensively. The budget will be somewhere between 250 grand and $5 million. This time around we'll afford ourselves the luxury of nice 12-hour days, and people can get paid".
August 27, 2004
Arena Magazine Jumps on The Jesse Jane Bandwagon
We told you so. - AZ
Jesse Jane In Arena Magazines’ "150 Hottest Women Of All Time"
By: Tripp Daniels www.avn.com
VAN NUYS, Calif. - Digital Playground’s Jesse Jane is featured as one of the “150 Hottest Women Of All Time” in the September 2004 supplement to Arena magazine.
Photographed by internationally acclaimed photographer Morten Laursen, Jesse previously worked with Laursen for the October 2003 issue of Arena. Celebrities alongside Jesse on the list include actress Keira Knightley, supermodels Ana Beatriz and Kate Moss and pop star Britney Spears.
The issue describes Jesse as, “a 24 year old Texas Porn Queen who goes into her sex scenes with enough physical gusto to slip discs.”
Digital Playground principle owners, Sam and Joone couldn’t be happier. “Nothing makes me happier than seeing Jesse all over the newsstands,” Sam said in a statement. “I’d like to thank everyone at Arena for acknowledging Jesse’s sex appeal alongside the biggest names in entertainment. It’s an honor to be named one of the ‘150 Hottest Women of All Time.’”
Since signing with Digital Playground, Jesse has appeared on the cover of the Toronto Star’s “Health” section, Front, People, Revolver, Sport Truck, Access Unlimited and MK as well as Hustler, Club, AVN and countless adult publications. She’s appeared in Maxim, The National Enquirer, on Fox News and E!’s Celebrities Uncensored. Jesse’s been featured in Cleo and Burn, quoted in Stuff, she’s the Sex Editor for both ICE magazine and Rock Confidential and she has a recurring role on Showtime’s Family Business series. Jesse also appeared on the cover of “Desensitized”, Drowning Pool’s recent album and she stars in their latest music video, “Step Up”.
Jesse is the host of her own domain, JesseJane.com and Digital Playground’s hottest internet show, DP Tonight, and she’s endorsed her own signature line of Virtual Sex Toys.
The September Arena magazine is on sale now at Tower Records, Virgin Megastores, Borders Books and Music and newsstands and retail outlets worldwide.
Jesse is on the cover and centerfold of the latest MK MAGAZINE on sale now at the same locations as Arena and other outlets.
see Jesse's website www.jessejane.com
Mary Carey On Hannity and Colmes Friday
Los Angeles, CA – Mary Carey will be a guest tonight on the Fox New Channel’s top rated, prime time program “Hannity & Colmes” at 9pm. She’ll be discussing Kick Ass Pictures’ “Bullets not Boobs” program, which gained worldwide attention after last week’s successful rally outside a military recruiting station in L.A.
“Bullets not Boobs” is a protest movement opposing the U.S. military’s offer of free boob jobs and other plastic surgery. Last week’s rally was on the network feed of all four TV networks, as well as in hundreds of newspapers worldwide courtesy of articles by the Associated Press and Reuters. Earlier this week, Carey talked about the program on Fox News Channel’s “Our World with Neil Cavuto.”
Carey is looking forward to going head to head with the political sharpshooters. “Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes will be putty in my hands,” Carey said. “It doesn’t matter if you’re conservative or liberal, nobody likes the idea of using our tax dollars for boob jobs!”
Mark Kulkis, president of Kick Ass Pictures, created “Bullets not Boobs” after reading an article in the New Yorker magazine exposing the free breast augmentation the military was giving to active duty members of its armed forces. For more information concerning “Bullets not Boobs,” visit the website www.bulletsnotboobs.com.
Mary Carey’s hardcore adult movies are distributed exclusively by Kick Ass Pictures, which is based in downtown Los Angeles. Every movie it releases comes with a “Kick Ass Guarantee” that it contains: 1. No Fake Tits 2. No Condoms 3. All-Naked Sex 4. Entertainment Value.
Halford Relaces Ill Osbourne At NJ Sabbath Gig
Thanks Blabbermouth:
Ozzy Osbourne was forced to sit out BLACK SABBATH's performance at Thursday night's (Aug. 26) Ozzfest in Camden, NJ due to an attack of bronchitis. He was replaced at the concert by none other than JUDAS PRIEST frontman Rob Halford. Commented Rob at the show: "Yesterday [Aug. 25] was my [53rd] birthday and I feel as if today is too! I'm getting to sing for one of my favorite bands in the world."
Halford had previously joined SABBATH for two gigs to support Ozzy on his last shows for the "No More Tours" tour in November 1992 in Costa Mesa, CA after SABBATH's singer at the time, Ronnie James Dio, refused to take the stage.
August 26, 2004
Glamour Con Only 2 Days Away
This weekend August 28 & 29, join all the Playmates, Models, Pinups, Artists, Photographers, Celebrities, Collectibles Dealers, Publication Vendors, Agencies for the next fabulous Glamourcon show in Chicago. Holiday Inn O'Hare International - Chicago 5440 North River Road, Rosemont, IL 60018 (across from the Rosemont Convention Center - 1.5 Miles from O'Hare Airport) Saturday - 11am to 6pm / Sunday - Noon to 5pm
Come join the stars in the Holiday Inn's Rickenbacker's Nightclub and Lounge on Saturday Aug. 28, 2004 for great food, great drinks and lots of fun! Meet some of the beautiful models appearing at Glamourcon. Dance the night away while enjoying special Glamourcon inspired drinks.
The fun starts at 8 PM. The best part, no cover! 21 years and older only. Brought to you by the Holiday Inn O'Hare International.
August 25, 2004
SKINNYPUPPY.COM NOW ONLINE
The official site for Skinny Puppy is now open. Skinnypuppy.com, designed by Mantra Media, includes a discography, a new bio, wallpapers, and other goodies wrapped up in a nice design. You can also order the current batch of merchandise through the site.
Jenna Jameson’s Book Hits NYT Bestsellers’ List
By: Marshall Pryor
from avn.com
NEW YORK - It looks like Jenna Jameson has a top 10 hit on her hands. “How to Make Love Like a Porn Star,” the star's ballyhooed memoir with Neil Strauss and the highest profile book in a wave of summer tomes related to sex, made its New York Times Bestsellers List debut, landing at #27 on the Hardcover Non-Fiction list for August 29.
But because the book went on sale August 17, the 27th place ranking reflects a single day of sales. Unofficial sources indicate Jameson’s ranking on next week’s yet-to-be-announced list will be as high as #9. The book has also cracked the top 10 in overall sales at Amazon.com, and the top 20 overall at Barnes and Noble’s on-line site.
“We’re ecstatic,” Paul Crichton, publicity manager at publisher ReganBooks, told AVN.com. “If you base it off a comparison took books of this type, Traci Lords never hits the bestseller list. Pamela Anderson hit #15.”
Even at #27, Jameson’s tome landed ahead of projects by writers like gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson and television commentator Cokie Roberts. Because of the conservative nature of some booksellers in a literary marketplace that depends greatly on store placement and hands-on promotion, Jameson’s initial listings seem specifically impressive. According to the publisher, bookstores have reacted extremely well to the book. “We’ve had no problems, none, for the most part,” Crichton says.
The New York Times list is not only a measure of sales achieved. Its high-profile nature usually leads to more attention by booksellers and distributors. The list is also a cultural touchstone akin to putting a song in the Billboard Top 40, and thus should enhance Jameson’s already considerable celebrity.
Dave Matthews Band Dumps A Load Of Crap
CHICAGO (AP) - The state of Illinois sued the Dave Matthews Band on Tuesday for allegedly dumpig up to 800 pounds of liquid waste from a bus into the Chicago River, dousing a tour boat filled with passengers.
The lawsuit accuses the band and one of its bus drivers of violating state water pollution and public nuisance laws. It seeks $70,000 in civil penalities.
According to the lawsuit, on August 8 a bus leased by the band was heading to a downtown hotel where members were staying. As the bus crossed the Kinzie Street Bridge, the driver allegedly emptied the contents of the septic than through the bridge's metal grating into the river below.
More than 100 people on a river tour were showered with the foul-smelling waste. The attorney general's office said no one was seriously injured.
MK on JBTV TONIGHT!
Tonight the latest MK appearance on JBTV will premier on channel 47 and will re-air in two parts over the next 2 weeks. Host Jerry Bryant was kind enough to have MK's Alex Zander on with his guests Shena Shanell, Messy Stench and Lady Snake.
Tune in and see the television debut of the new I LOVE RICH thong panty which is now a permanent part of the JBTV studio, as well as some great music videos and Zanders pretty Props. (Anything to help the aging Sag look better, right?)
See JBTV weekly on WJYS Ch 62 (Ch 47 on AT&T Cable) Wed 11 PM and Sun. 12:30 AM / Thurs.8 PM Ch. 25
Gene $immon$ On 'Queer Eye For The Straight Guy'
from www.genesimmons.com
"Talked today about a possible (..gulp) 'Queer Eye For The Straight Guy' appearance. They called and asked me if I would do it. I'm a fan of the show. We may shoot on the 28th of Sept. And, while the PR people at most places prefer not to 'leak' any info until they're ready, I don't play like that. As soon as I make up my mind about something, I will let you all know.
And in a really scary post the tongue writes:
"A Gene Simmons (sans makeup) action figure may be coming your way soon." - Now that's creepy. I wonder does it come with a couple wigs?
Rodney Dangerfield to Have Heart Surgery
LOS ANGELES - Comedian Rodney Dangerfield was hospitalized Tuesday for heart valve replacement surgery.
Dangerfield, 82, underwent brain surgery last year to reduce his chances of having a stroke during the heart operation.
Asked how long he would remain in the hospital after Wednesday's operation, he said: "If things go right, I'll be there about a week, and if things don't go right, I'll be there about an hour and a half."
The comic and actor, best known for his self-mocking line, "I don't get no respect," recently released his autobiography, "It's Not Easy Being Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs."
Dangerfield's films include Caddyshack (1980), Easy Money (1983), Back to School (1986), Ladybugs (1992), Natural Born Killers (1994), Meet Wally Sparks (1997), and Little Nicky (2000), among others
He is set to guest star on the sitcom "Still Standing" this fall and will be heard as himself in the animated comedy "The Family Guy."
A television movie based on his autobiography is also planned.
August 24, 2004
And Here Comes BILE!!!
Bile photo by Dan Locke for MK ONLINE
Straight from the bowels of HELL. MK fave BILE coming to a town near you starting in Oct in support of their GREATEST SHITS TOUR! Dates are as folows:
"THE GREATEST SHITS TOUR 1st. half"
Thursday, October 14, 2004 Reading PA
Friday, October 15, 2004C Fayetteville NC
Saturday, October 16, 2004 Spartanburg SC
Sunday, October 17, 2004 Columbia Sc
Monday, October 18, 2004 Knoxville, TN
Tuesday, October 19, 2004 Atlanta GA
Wednesday, October 20, 2004Orlando FL
Thursday, October 21, 2004Fort Lauderdale FL
Friday, October 22, 2004Tallahassee FL
Saturday, October 23, 20041st HBaton Rouge LA
Sunday, October 24, 2004New Orleans LA
Monday, October 25, 2004
Tuesday, October 26, 20041Houston TX
Wednesday, October 27, 20041San Antonio TX
Thursday, October 28, 2004 Dallas TX club DADA Halloween show
Friday, October 29, 2004Kansas c ity MO
Saturday, October 30, 20041st HWichita KS
Sunday, October 31, 2004COklahoma City OK the Green Door. Halloween show
Monday, November 01, 2004
Tuesday, November 02, 2004Kansas City MO
Wednesday, November 03, 2004Des Moines IA
Thursday, November 04, 2004Minneapolis MN
Friday, November 05,2004Milwaukee WI Vnuks
Saturday, November 06, 2004Chicago IL
Sunday, November 07, 2004Indianapolis IN
Monday, November 08, 2004
Tuesday, November 09, 2004Detroit MI
Wednesday, November 10, 2004Cleveland OH
Thursday, November 11, 2004Toronto ON
Friday, November 12, 2004Ottowa ON
Saturday, November 13, 2004Montreal QC
Sunday, November 14, 2004Albany NY
possible Euro'pee'an tour in start of 2005
GLAMOURCON 34 Countdown
THIS SATURDAY
Chicago's Only 2004 Show August 28 & 29, 2004
Holiday Inn O'Hare International - Chicago
5440 North River Road, Rosemont, IL 60018
(across from the Rosemont Convention Center - 1.5 Miles from O'Hare Airport)
Saturday - 11am to 6pm Sunday - Noon to 5pm
TICKETS AT THE DOOR Admission is $20 per day 18 and over ONLY
MEET MK ViXXXen and fashion model Jamie Michelle
and the very first Glamour Con appearance of Marilyn Chambers.
see www.glamourcon.com for all the details and list of cele-beautys.
New Rammstein Video Online
The video for Amerika premiered on August 20, 2004 in Germany and is now online on www.Viva.tv Please choose your connection speed under the version of the stream you want. Dial Up www.viva.tv/player/player.php?id=11004&fid=23005947&format=media_isdn&focus=off
or Broadband www.viva.tv/player/player.php?id=11004&fid=23004151&format=media_adsl&focus=off
It's one of the best and most political videos of the genre since the recent MINISTRY "No W" video.
RAMMSTEIN's new album, "Reise Reise", is scheduled for release on November 2 through Universal Records. The follow-up to 2001's "Mutter" was recorded in Spain and Germany. Production duties on the CD were handled by Jacob Hellner, who worked with the group on "Mutter". RAMMSTEIN's last single, "Mein Teil", entered the German singles chart at position No. 2.
TYPE O Extend Fall Tour:
10.07.04 New Haven, CT Toads Place
10.08.04 Worcester, MA Worcester Palladium
10.09.04 Johnson City, NY Magic City Music Hall
10.11.04 NYC, NY Irving Plaza
10.12.04 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock Cafe
10.13.04 Wantagh, NY Mulcahys
10.15.04 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of the Living Arts
10.16.04 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
10.20.04 Cleveland, OH Odeon Concert Club
10.21.04 Toledo, OH Headliner's
10.22.04 Detroit, MI Harpo's
10.23.04 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
10.24.04 Cincinnati, OH Bogarts
10.26.04 Flint, MI The Machine Shop
10.29.04 Minneapolis, MN Quest Club (early show - 6pm doors)
10.30.04 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Club
10.31.04 Chicago, IL Metro (early show - 6pm doors)
11.05.04 Tampa, FL The Masquerade
11.07.04 Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues (early show - 6:30pm doors)
11.09.04 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
11.11.04 Washington, DC Nation (early show - 7pm doors)
11.13.04 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
Wayans Take On "The Munsters"
The Hollywood Reporter indicates that "The Munsters" are headed to the big screen, thanks mostly to the Wayans brothers.
Keenen Ivory, Marlon and Shawn Wayans have all struck a deal with Universal Pictures to take the classic 1960's television show about a family of friendly monsters who never quite get why people react in terror to them and give it a modern makeover that "will stay true to the original characters, but will place them in a contemporary setting".
The deal means the three Wayanses will write the screenplay as well as produce along with Rick Alvarez through Wayans Bros. Prods. There is a possibility that Keenen Ivory Wayans would direct, though no deal is in the works without a finished script.
WHY I SCREAM WHY! Please Hollywood LEAVE THE CLASSICS ALONE! And again further proof that there is a horrible lack of creative writers out there- AZ
NEW YORK DOLLS Live Album, DVD Due Before The End Of The Year
THE NEW YORK DOLLS are scheduled to release a new live album, entitled "Pre-Crash Condition", in September, according to Gigwise.com. Recorded at Morrissey's Meltdown Festival earlier in the year, the album features recordings from the bands comeback shows. A DVD from same show is also planned for release before the end of the year.
All the releases are dedicated to, and feature, the bands late bassist Arthur "Killer" Kane, who died in July due to complications from leukemia.
In other news, FastLane Records will soon be releasing a NEW YORK DOLLS tribute album, entitled "A Tribute to the New York Dolls: Jetboys of Babylon". The tentative track listing for the effort is as follows:
01. FRANKENSTEIN 3000 w/ David Johansen – "Babylon"
02. FLIPP w/ Steve Jones – "Personality Crisis"
03. GEOFF STARR ROCK 'N' ROLL BAND – "Looking For a Kiss"
04. SLOW MOTOCADE – "Vietnamese Baby"
05. THE TASTE – "It's Too Late"
06. BLACKBIRD – "Trash"
07. R50 – "Bad Girl"
08. THE NEW ROMANTICS – "Subway Train"
09. THE IVs – "Private World"
10. DOGS D'AMOUR – "Puss 'n' Boots"
11. TRIGGER – "Chatterbox"
12. SCIENCE FICTION IDOLS – "Human Being"
13. PHASE 90 – "Who Are the Mystery Girls"
14. CRASH KELLY – "Lonely Planet Boy"
15. KILLINGBIRD – "Frankenstein"
16. JET BOY – "The Alarm MMIV"
Bonus track:
17. AMERICAN ANTHEM – "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory
REPORT: Aurora Snow on Howard Stern Show
Aurora as a Prop w/ AZ in Vega$
Thanks to Devan at www.hardcoregossip.com
Aurora Snow went on the Howard Stern Show this morning and she just fucking killed them. The King of all Media was polite and demure throughout the whole show, inviting her to do the tickle chair for him and accepting it like a man when she declined.
Aurora Snow wore sexy street clothes instead the bikini they offered and stood her ground that she was not the product of a faulty childhood or an absentee father, but that lack of scholarships to white, skinny girls brought her into the business, and that she loves what she does. She managed to plug both Sin City and her website, www.aurorasnowxxx.com, a number of times.
When it was all done, Artie came out with Gary and thanked her for being on the show, inviting her back whenever she wants to return. They loved her.
KMFDM Tour Dates Unleashed
photo by Dan Locke for MK ONLINE
Fri 10/29/04 Farmingdale, NY Downtown
Sat 10/30/04 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance
Sun 10/31/04 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall
Mon 11/01/04 Cambridge, MA Middle East Club
Tue 11/02/04 New York, NY B.B. King's Blues Club
Wed 11/03/04 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero / Balcony Bar
Thu 11/04/04 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
Sat 11/06/04 Cleveland, OH Odeon Concert Club
Sun 11/07/04 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall
Mon 11/08/04 Chicago, IL Metro / Smart Bar
Tue 11/09/04 Minneapolis, MN Quest Club
Wed 11/10/04 Sauget, IL Pop's
Thu 11/11/04 Springfield, MO The Rockwell
Fri 11/12/04 Kansas City, MO Grand Emporium
Sat 11/13/04 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
Mon 11/15/04 Anaheim, CA House Of Blues
Tue 11/16/04 San Francisco, CA The Independent
Wed 11/17/04 Eugene, OR The Jungle
Thu 11/18/04 Spokane, WA Big Easy
Fri 11/19/04 Seattle, WA Fenix / Fenix Underground
And Along Come The Donnas
As summer temperatures cool off, three young bands are looking to keep things hot. The Von Bondies, Auf Der Maur, and The Donnas will all be touring the U.S. this fall, in various combinations.
The fun starts with a Von Bondies / Auf Der Maur co-headliner, running across the Midwest and East Coast from September 17 through October 1. Then The Von Bondies hook up with The Donnas for the month of November, with stops in theatres across the country.
The Von Bondies had a tumultuous start to the year, thanks to frontman Jason Stollsteimer's much-publicized fight with The White Stripes' Jack White. But as they say, any publicity is good publicity, and the band launched an ambitious spring tour upon the release of its major-label debut, Pawn Shoppe Heart.
Auf Der Maur is currently finishing up its stint with The Cure on the Curiosa festival tour. The band - the solo project of Melissa Auf Der Maur (Hole, Smashing Pumpkins) - released its debut album in May.
The Donnas recently finished recording their follow-up to 2002's Spend The Night. They announced in August that the record is being mixed, but gave no projected release date.
Sat 09/04/04 North Tonawanda, NY Gateway Park
Mon 11/01/04 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
Wed 11/03/04 Chicago, IL Metro / Smart Bar
Sat 11/06/04 Minneapolis, MN Quest Club
Sun 11/07/04 Omaha, NE Sokol Underground
Mon 11/08/04 Englewood, CO Gothic Theatre
Wed 11/10/04 Seattle, WA Graceland
Thu 11/11/04 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom
Sat 11/13/04 San Francisco, CA Slim's
Sun 11/14/04 West Hollywood, CA House Of Blues
Mon 11/15/04 Phoenix, AZ Old Brick House
Wed 11/17/04 Dallas, TX Trees
Thu 11/18/04 Austin, TX Emo's
Fri 11/19/04 Houston, TX Meridian
Sun 11/21/04 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
Mon 11/22/04 Charlotte, NC Tremont Music Hall
Wed 11/24/04 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
Fri 11/26/04 Philadelphia, PA Theatre Of Living Arts
Sat 11/27/04 Pittsburgh, PA The World
Do It Cramps Style! Tour and Rarities
Neither punk nor rockabilly has been the same since that fateful day when a fella soon to be known as Lux Interior picked up the future Poison Ivy Rorscach on the side of an Ohio road.
Almost 30 years later, the duo and errant cast of musicians known as The Cramps are still bringing their vinyl-and-spikes live show to the masses, backing a release of rarities and demos called How To Make A Monster.
The Cramps kick off their latest trek September 22 at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe, Ariz. Twenty-nine dates are penciled in so far, including gigs in Houston, Atlanta, Nashville, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Boston, New York City, Detroit, Chicago, Denver and Las Vegas, before winding down in Anaheim, Calif., November 6.
The Cramps have come a long way from Akron, Ohio - first settling in the grimy punk palaces of New York City like CBGB and Max's Kansas City, and eventually winding up on then-fledgling I.R.S. Records label.
There, they issued a string of cult hits like Songs The Lord Taught Us and Gravest Hits. As budding punk stars were wont to do in those days, they also battled it out with their record label -- in The Cramps' case, no less a figure than Miles Copeland.
Those kind of battles aren't generally meant to be won, though, and the ensuing legal tangles kept the band from recording for two years, just as they were hitting their stride. Despite that setback and a revolving door of guitarists and bass players, TheCramps soldiered on, eventually signing with Enigma records in 1990 and most recently with Epitaph.
Wed 09/22/04 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
Fri 09/24/04 Austin, TX Stubb's Barbeque
Sat 09/25/04 Dallas, TX Gypsy Tea Room
Sun 09/26/04 Houston, TX Meridian
Tue 09/28/04 Knoxville, TN Blue Cats
Wed 09/29/04 New Orleans, LA House Of Blues
Fri 10/01/04 Saint Petersburg, FL State Theatre
Sat 10/02/04 Fort Lauderdale, FL Culture Room
Sun 10/03/04 Lake Buena Vista, FL House Of Blues
Tue 10/05/04 Atlanta, GA Coca Cola Roxy Theatre
Wed 10/06/04 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge
Fri 10/08/04 Asheville, NC Orange Peel
Sat 10/09/04 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
Sun 10/10/04 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero / Balcony Bar
Tue 10/12/04 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Smalls Fun House/Theatre
Wed 10/13/04 Cleveland, OH Odeon Concert Club
Thu 10/14/04 Buffalo, NY Sphere Ent'ment Complex
Sat 10/16/04 Boston, MA Avalon
Mon 10/18/04 New York, NY Irving Plaza
Wed 10/20/04 Cincinnati, OH Bogart's
Fri 10/22/04 Detroit, MI Majestic Theatre
Sat 10/23/04 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre
Sun 10/24/04 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
Tue 10/26/04 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
Wed 10/27/04 Salt Lake City, UT Club Sound
Thu 10/28/04 Las Vegas, NV House Of Blues
Sat 10/30/04 Silver Lake, CA Spaceland Of Dreams
Tue 11/02/04 Seattle, WA Showbox
Wed 11/03/04 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
Fri 11/05/04 Santa Cruz, CA The Catalyst
Sat 11/06/04 Anaheim, CA House Of Blues
August 23, 2004
I LOVE RICH To Release Third Album
RICH$TORY Is Written: Chicago band I LOVE RICH Release third album this falland set to embark on "Make Out City Tour"
"Worlds Sexiest band or transvestite junkies the from Mars?"
Though their credentials include having gone through more guitarist than KISS and more drummers than Spinal Tap, and recorded "The Greatest Rocks N Roll Album Of All Time", the true legacy of Rich is now about to begin with the release of "The Year Of The Rich", on Sonic Wave International. No it's not a story of the Dubya Bush era but more of a testament to the vocalist and self-proclaimed "Worlds Greatest Lover" that the band is named for.
Armed with new song titles such as. “If Loving Me is Wrong” (You Don't Wanna' be Right") and "Make Out City", "The Year Of The Rich" is poised to be the biggest return to glam rock since The Darkness, only ILR does it better, has done it longer and makes it a lot more fun than the European platinum selling band.
Formed in 1994 by vocalist/bassist Rich Madden and drummer extraordinaire Drew Blood, I Love Rich immediately took to the fans with a sound that was a unique blend of The Ramones, KISS and early 80's Hanoi Rocks. With songs that were catchy as well at kitschy, and an energetic stage show that is more 80's cock-rock than pop punk, ILR gathered a fan base that still follows them today and continues to grow. In their 10 - year career, the bands music has been raved by press the world over. The band has gone on to open numerous shows for such notable national acts the likes of Nashville Pussy, Night Ranger, Pretty Boy Floyd, Electric Frankenstein, The Quadrajets, The Queers, Cheetah Chrome, Boris the Sprinkler, Sloppy Seonds, The Meatmen, The Murder Junkies, Antiseen and many others
"The Year Of The Rich", is the much anticipated follow up to 2001's "The Greatest Rocks N Roll Album Of All Time" which followed the bands 1996's live debut "Live, Wet, Drippin' With Sweat", a 12 song collection supposedly recorded live in Cambodia and rumored to be the biggest selling cassette in that country. Upon the release of the album the first leg of the 2 year long "Make Out City Tour" will begin.
In the words of lead singer Rich , "We want to bring our rock everywhere it's wanted and quite frankly; probably to a few places that don't want it".
For tour dates and complete band biography photos and more see the I LOVE RICH website at www.iloverich.net
DORO's Most Successful Single Of her Career
The new DORO single, "Let Love Rain On Me", entered the official German Media Control single chart at position No. 65, making it the most successfull DORO single ever and her first single in the German charts since 1993.
As previously reported, the "Let Love Rain On Me" EP, released in Europe by AFM Records, hosts a crop of exclusive tracks of interest to collectors. A regular radio version of the title track (mp3 sample) is enhanced by versions sung in both Spanish ("Llueva En Mi Tu Amor") and French ("Pluie D`Amour") alongside a cover version of JUDAS PRIEST's "Breaking The Law", an exclusive acoustic version of "Rare Diamond" and the video for "Unholy Love".
In addition, two live Doro tracks, "All We Are" and WARLOCK's "Burning The Witches" are featured on the Mausoleum Records' "Twentieth Anniversary Concert" album, a split album shared with recently reformed bands OSTROGOTH and KILLER also released in August. The songs were recorded as part of the Belgian label's commemorative gig at the Vosselaar Biebob venue in May of 2002.
August 21, 2004
MOTORHEAD ~ Chicago Sept 21st -- Nat'l Tour and NEW CD
Motorhead will launch a world tour -introducing the new album to the world in their legendary live shows. Tour dates as follows with more TBA:
Sep 10 Hollywood, CA House of Blues
Sep 11 San Francisco, CA Warfield
Sep 12 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
Sep 14 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
Sep 17 Austin, TX The Backroom
Sep 18 Houston, TX Meridian
Sep 19 Dallas, TX Gypsy Ballroom
Sep 21 Chicago, IL House of Blues
Sep 24 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
Oct 02 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero
Oct 03 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
Oct 05 Baltimore, MD Thunderdome
Oct 06 New York, NY B.B. Kings
Oct 08 New York, NY B.B. Kings
Oct 09 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre
MK On JBTV Next Week
Now in the fourth appearance in 2 years Alex Zander and 3 lovely ViXXXens will represent MK Magazine and shamelessly self-promote current and upcoming projects on the legendary JBTV.
The ViXXens on the show include Lady Snake, Messy Stench and Shena Shanell who isn't actually a ViXXXen but more window dressing.
And there will be an hour of MK genre type music videos on the show which airs Wed at 11PM on WJYS Ch 62, and Thursday on Cable 25 and again at 1230 AM Sunday and the following Monday at 7PM.
Some of the videos will include
Type O, Drowning Pool (starring Jesse Jane) Ministry, Doro, Iggy, Lou reed, Pigface, My Ruin, Skinny Puppy, the Cramps, TKK, The Butthole Surfers and more.
See www.jbtvonline.com for more details and look for photos on their site next week.
New Dates Listed For Type O Negative Oct. Tour
Thrilled as always to be on tour. Peter Steele the happiest singer on the planet bears his trademark smile for the camera.
As we reported here last week the fearsome foursome from brooklyn on the road with Amorphis supporting. dates may change without notice or reason. They are playing Halloween in Chicago.
10.07.04 New Haven, CT Toads Place
10.08.04 Worcester, MA Worcester Palladium
10.09.04 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
10.11.04 NYC, NY Irving Plaza
10.12.04 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock Cafe
10.13.04 Wantagh, NY Mulcahys
10.15.04 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of the Living Arts
10.20.04 - new Cleveland, OH Odeon Concert Club
10.21.04 - new Toledo, OH Headliner's
10.22.04 Detroit, MI Harpo's
10.23.04 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
10.24.04 Cincinnati, OH Bogarts
10.26.04 Flint, MI The Machine Shop
10.29.04 Minneapolis, MN Quest Club
10.30.04 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Club
10.31.04 Chicago, IL Metro (early show - 6pm doors
Spidey 2 DVD In Time For Christmas and Still in the Box-Office Top 10
People with as many personal issues as Peter Parker tend to avoid the holidays at all cost.
Still, his web-slinging alter-ego is set to swing into video stores Nov. 30 with the DVD and VHS releases of Spider-Man 2, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment announced Friday.
Lest you missed the timing of Spidey's home-video debut, its studio didn't, noting that, yes, the superhero will be "arriving just in time for the holidays."
Spider-Man 2, starring Tobey Maguire as the sweaty-palmed superhero, will be the fourth and last of the year's box-office blockbusters to make its DVD debut.
Spider-Man 2, still in the box-office top 10 as of last weekend, has taken in $362.8 million--and counting.
If Peter Parker spent most of Spider-Man 2 battling low self-esteem, his movie bosses at Sony's Columbia TriStar suffer no similar affliction.
The studio is planning a bold invasion of store shelves, with a two-disc Spidey 2 DVD, a Spidey 2 gift set with all sorts of supplemental fanboy material (comic books, artwork, etc.), a Superbit DVD version of Spidey 2 for audio- and videophiles, and a DVD two-pack containing both Spidey 2 and 2002's Spider-Man.
The two-disc Spidey 2 DVD will keep couch potatoes planted on the sofa with more than 10 hours of extras, including a 12-part doc on the making of the Doc Ock-graced movie. Maguire and director Sam Raimi help supply a commentary track to the main feature.
Spidey 2 will have to demonstrate super strength to make its mark on DVD. In addition to competing against the big three (Shrek 2, Passion of the Christ, Harry Potter) for the dollars of holiday shoppers, it will go up against the biggest of them all, Finding Nemo.
The Disney-Pixar fish tale is DVD's reigning sales champ, with some 22 million units sold.
Nothing for Pete to worry about. Really
August 20, 2004
DIGITAL PLAYGROUND & JESSE JANE PROUDLY PRESENT WWW.JESSEJANE.COM
Digital Playground and contract superstar, Jesse Jane are proud to announce the launch of http://www.JesseJane.com , Jesse's ONLY official website. Jesse's major international presence and rapid rise to stardom has created an unprecedented demand for web content. JesseJane.com has been in development for a year and a half; prior to today's official launch, thousands of people signed up, eager to join Jesse's first and only official digital fan club.
Digital Playground, determined to differentiate Jesse's site from the plethora of adult sites, offers members exclusive photo and video content from Jesse's personal and professional life, including detailed looks at Jesse behind-the-scenes. Additionally, Jesse will make frequent appearances during her scheduled chat time; she will interact with her fans via a LIVE video stream instead of the standard typed interaction offered on other sites. In an effort to keep the site personal and real, Jesse will update her diary daily and personally respond to her email.
Website guests can access official Jesse Jane E-cards, photos, desktop photos, banners, shopping cart, news bulletins and FAQ section, LIVE DP Tonight broadcasts, plus Jesse's exclusive biography, filmography, print resume and upcoming appearance schedule.
Digital Playground's http://www.JesseJane.com is updated twice weekly with new video footage and photos. A 30-day membership is available online and costs $29.95. All major credit cards are accepted. National and international dialers are provided for guests and members who prefer to join via telephone.
If you would like to review http://www.JesseJane.com for your Internet or print publication, or for radio or television broadcast, please send your request, along with your press credentials to Adella@DigitalPlayground.com .
Jesse Jane is a trademark of Digital Playground, Inc., and all rights are reserved worldwide.
THERAPY
Here she is the prettiest face in adult. Miss Kaylani Lei. We met her in Vega$ and Grego and I hung out w/ her last night. Fave band the DOORS. That alone won us over, but hot DAMN, lookie.
So tired. Have to do JBTV today. It airs next week kids. Get ready to meet the new ViXXXens, sans Vera. *sigh*
RAWK!
August 18, 2004
...LIFE AFTER ROB ZOMBIE AS SCUM OF THE EARTH
GUITARIST, RIGGS TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM OCTOBER 26
FEATURES MIKE & JOHN TEMPESTA (Powerman5000 & Zombie) AMONG OTHERS
CD FEATURES U-MIX IT TECHNOLOGY
ALLOWS INTERACTIVE SONG REMIX
August 18, 2004 • New York City - While playing guitar with Rob Zombie for
six years, notorious rocker Riggs made a name for himself that he is now
claiming as his own. As Scum of the Earth, featuring Riggs and friends, including Powerman 5000 guitarist Mike Tempesta, Mike's brother and Zombie drummer John Tempesta, SOAD drummer John Dolmayan, and old friends, bassist Clay Campbell and drummer Seven, they will release "Blah… Blah… Blah…Love Songs for the New Millennium," October 26 on Eclipse Records.
The album was written by Riggs with collaborative help from his friends and recorded at Belt of Orion Studios in Los Angeles. Riggs produced the record, which was mixed by Frank Gryner (Rob Zombie, A Perfect Circle) & Brandon Belski (Velvet Revolver, Staind, Static-X).
The sounds of Scum are immediately familiar, yet not derivative. Riggs, the
architect of Zombie’s high-tech guitar grind has reformatted his signature tone
for a new era, and achieved a vibrant vibe that is simultaneously angry,
sleazy and blunt as a battering ram smashing through a trailer park home. His
scathing vocal technique is as spine chilling as it is powerful. “I didn’t really
have a band or anything in the beginning,” Riggs says. “I just had all these
songs, and I picked the best ones and then asked some people to help me out.
It’s amazing how well everything came together. Mike Tempesta even ended up
contributing 2 tracks of his own.”
“Get Your Dead On” and “Altargirl 13” the two songs written by Tempesta
with Riggs, offer a turbo blast of writhing wah-wah guitars, and skittering beats
compliments of his brother and Rob Zombie drummer John Tempesta. This is the first time the two have performed on a record together.
"Get Your Dead On," the first single, will also feature UmixIt™ interactive
technology, which will allow the listener to isolate, violate and remix on
their computer, up to 16 audio tracks of the song by emphasizing, cutting back or removing any instrument or vocal. "Blah…" is the first disc ever to be
released featuring this new technology. "We are always looking for ways to offer music lovers something that lets them be engaged interactively with their music," says Eclipse label President Chris Poland. "We believe that empowering the consumer and inviting interaction is the way of the future for record labels." UmixIt™, based in New York and formed in 2003, is a joint venture between Enterprise Golden Hawk and Webster Hall Records.
Of course, not all of Blah… Blah… Blah… is raw, fist-in-your-face metal.
“Little Spider” is an ominous acoustic-based song with orchestral percussion by
SOAD drummer John Dolmayan. “Pornstar Champion,” a track originally recorded as a musical score for the "Any Given Sunday” soundtrack, is a groove-heavy mix of rhythms, hard rock riffs and samples from Queen’s “We Will Rock You.” Written by Riggs and producer Michael Beinhorn (Korn, Chili Peppers), it was produced by Beinhorn & Irv Gotti.
Scum of the Earth have crafted a rhythmic engine that’s immediate and
propulsive. The moniker? Riggs always thought it was a cool name. He used it to name his publishing company years ago. He tattooed it across his stomach. They used it to name a Rob Zombie song. He likes Scum. "Its really cool when you have the opportunity to see things come full circle," concludes the infamous
guitarist.
GLAMOUR CON 34 Hits Chicago!
"Photo of Stacy Burke courtesy of Glamourcon."
Glamourcon, the consumer show celebrating pinup art and glamour, will be held on Aug. 28/29, 2004 at the Holiday Inn O'Hare International Hotel in Rosemont, IL .
Glamourcon has been held over 33 times around the country during the past 11 years and is considered to be the largest and most respected pinup and glamour related show in the world.
Glamourcon will feature dozens of Playboy Playmates from 1954 to the present as well as scores of vintage and contemporary glamour and pinup models who will meet their fans and sell their autographs and memorabilia. Glamourcon will also present a marketplace of vendors displaying and selling pinup collectibles, art, photos, calendars, posters and autographs. A complete guest list is available at www.glamourcon.com.
The show will be held from 11 AM to 6 PM on Saturday and from Noon to 5 PM on Sunday. Admission is $20 per day and is open to adults 18 years or older. Still cameras are allowed. No video.
Glamourcon will feature dozens of Playboy Playmates from 1954 to the present as well as scores of vintage and contemporary glamour and pinup models who will meet their fans and sell their autographs and memorabilia. Glamourcon will also present a marketplace of vendors displaying and selling pinup collectibles, art, photos, calendars, posters and autographs. A complete guest list is available at www.glamourcon.com.
The show will be held from 11 AM to 6 PM on Saturday and from Noon to 5 PM on Sunday. Admission is $20 per day and is open to adults 18 years or older. Still cameras are allowed. No video.
Members of The MK Staff including AZ, Karlton, JSIN, Jon Nania and ViXXXens will be covering the show. Come and join us for our official Glam Bam After Dark Party.
MINISTRY TOUR UPDATES
Sep 07 Las Vegas NV House of Blues
Sep 08 Phoenix AZ Marquee Theatre
Sep 10 El Paso TX Club Xcape
Sep 11 San Antonio TX Sunset Station
Sep 12 Dallas TX Lakewood Theatre
Sep 13 New Orleans LA House of Blues
Sep 14 Houston TX Meridian
Sep 16 Albuquerque NM Sunshine Theatre
Sep 17 Denver CO Ogden Theatre
Sep 18 Fort Collins CO Aggie Theater
Sep 19 Salt Lake City UT The Velvet Room
Sep 21 San Diego CA 4th & B
Sep 22 Anaheim CA House of Blues
Sep 24 Los Angeles CA House of Blues
Sep 25 Los Angeles CA House of Blues
Sep 26 San Francisco CA The Grand
Sep 28 Portland OR Roseland Theater
Sep 29 Seattle WA Fenix Underground
Sep 30 Vancouver BC Commodore Ballroom
Oct 01 Edmonton AB Red's
Oct 02 Calgary AB MacEwan Hall
Oct 03 Saskatoon SK Prairieland Park
Oct 04 Regina SK Doris Knight Hall
Oct 05 Winnipeg MB Burton Cummings Theatre
Oct 07 Minneapolis MN Quest Club
Oct 08 Sauget IL Pop's
Oct 09 Cincinnati OH Bogarts
Oct 10 Chicago IL The Vic Theatre After Show/Al's Birthday @ NEO till 4AM
Oct 12 Milwaukee WI The Rave
Oct 13 Detroit MI St. Andrews Hall
Oct 14 Toronto ON Cool Haus
Oct 15 Pittsburgh PA Mr Smalls Theater
Oct 16 Worcester MA Palladium
Oct 17 Montreal QUE Metropolis
Oct 19 New York NY BB Kings
Oct 20 New York NY BB Kings
Oct 21 Poughkeepsie NY Chance Theater
Oct 22 Philadelphia PA The Trocadero
Oct 23 Baltimore MD Thunderdome
Oct 25 Washington D.C. - 9:30 Club
Oct 27 Myrtle Beach SC House of Blues
Oct 31 Orlando FL House of Blues
Nov 02 Nashville TN Nashville Municipal Auditorium
Nov 03 Columbia MO The Blue Note
MORTIIS: 'The Grudge' Video Posted Online
MORTIIS' video for the track "The Grudge" has been posted online at www.earache.com/bands/mortiis/grudge_video/player.html
"The Grudge" is the title track of MORTIIS' new album, due in stores in Europe on August 31 and in the U.S. on September 21. The clip was directed by acclaimed Los Angeles director Charlie Deaux and was shot on location in lower Manhattan last month.
MORTIIS will embark on "The Unlimited Grudge" European tour with SUSPERIA beginning on September 15 in Cardiff, U.K.
MORTIIS' new single, "The Grudge", has entered the official U.K. single chart at position No. 42.
ZO2 In Talks With Major Label
AZ and Fiends with ZO2: photo by Karlton
Brooklyn, NY-based trio ZO2, who recently came off a support slot on the KISS/POISON "Rock the Nation" U.S. tour, are rumored to be negotiating a deal with Atlantic Records. The band, who are currently promoting their debut album, "Tuesdays & Thursdays", released independently on their own Splivey Cool Entertainment Inc. label, are also said to be in talks to participate in the upcoming SCORPIONS/TESLA tour.
ZO2 features brothers Paulie Z and David Z (vocals, bass guitar) and Joey Cassata (drums). David has served as the longtime bass guitarist for the East Coast touring company of the holiday favorite TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA and Joey was an understudy with the BLUE MAN GROUP's Las Vegas-based company.
August 17, 2004
RAMONES Anniversary Party To Feature Star-Studded Lineup
PEARL JAM's Eddie Vedder, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS members Flea and John Frusciante, HENRY ROLLINS and RANCID's Tim Armstrong are among the artists slated to perform as part of the RAMONES' 30th anniversary party September 12 at the Avalon Theatre in Hollywood, CA, according to Billboard.com. Also scheduled to appear are RAMONES' Marky and Johnny Ramone as well as producer Daniel Rey.
The show, which is already sold out, will will also host a "once in a lifetime exhibition of RAMONES memorabilia," according to RamonesWorld.com. Proceeds from the bash will be donated to the Lymphoma Research Foundation and the Cedars-Sinai Prostate Cancer Research Center.
THE RAMONES DVD "Raw", is due September 28 via Image Entertainment.
RAMMSTEIN: Helsinki Show Sells Out In 30 Minutes
RAMMSTEIN's upcoming performance in Helsinki, Finland, scheduled for November 24 at the Hartwall Arena, sold out in approximately 30 minutes after tickets went on sale Tuesday morning (August 17). 12,000 tickets were sold to the concert, which will mark the group's first headlining performance in the city in support of their upcoming CD, "Reise Reise".
"Reise Reise" is scheduled for release on November 2 through Universal Records. The follow-up to 2001's "Mutter" was recorded in Spain and Germany. Production duties on the CD were handled by Jacob Hellner, who worked with the group on "Mutter".
RAMMSTEIN's latest single, "Mein Teil", entered the German singles chart at position No. 2. The band are currently preparing to shoot a video for the album's second single, "Amerika", with direcor Jörn Heitmann, who has previously worked with RAMMSTEIN on the videos for "Sonne" and "Ich Will".
More "Batman" Scene Descriptions
With Chicago filming near wrapped, much of the cast has been back in the UK the last few days for a few more weeks. POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD:
"The sequences that they have been shooting in London have been mostly Arkham Asylum scenes for which they are using the awesomely creepy and immense Kings Cross St Pancras Hospital in London. It's a gothic structure and personally if I was ill and was taken there I'd be pretty sure I wouldn't be getting out alive - seriously creepy.
From a guidebook: 'Note the series of dragons - eagle clawed, crocodile tailed, beaked, in pairs, with each pair different. Also small hanging-down bat-like gargoyles.' - so not much set docoration needed there then! The guidebook doesn't mention that it is also one of the seediest and dangerous parts of London, and is teeming with hookers and drug addicts - lets just say that it has the right atmosphere!
Anyway, they have just shot the scene where Crane transforms into 'The Scarecrow' and apparently it does involve the traditional sack mask! It's not a 'costume' kind of event in the same way that other super heros have made or obtained theirs (thinking Spiderman or Catwoman from Batman Returns), this is linked into the character's madness and as it's happening it's not supposed to register that this is the 'getting the costume' moment of the film, it's meant to be a "purely terrifying moment".
The shot has Crane (Cillian Murphy) tied up and captured with a sack over his head and exposed to the gas accidentally, as he stuggles and screams he frees his arms and in obvious frenzy he tears away at the sack revealing a slit for the mouth and a ripped hole for the eye. A 'concerned criminal' (my mate wouldn't reveal too much on plot) is scared and enquires "Dr Crane?", we get an extreme close up into the eyehole of the sack, darkness, and then the eye opens and a unfamiliar voice whispers "Scarecrow". Concerned criminal is murdered offscreen - apparently we keep on the eye throughout. Sounds pretty cool and my mate is over the moon at how this scene looks.
One other point she let slip, the cinematographer (Wally Pfister) has brought in an antique 1927 russian camera from his own private collection this week for the Arkham shoots! He says it gives a nice 'feel'!
New Freddy vs. Jason In Works?
The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that New Line Cinema is in talks with director-producer Sam Raimi for Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash, a franchise-melding movie that would throw together the hero from Raimi's Evil Dead films with villains from A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th. Such a project has been the subject of rumors since Freddy vs. Jason hit movie theaters in August 2003.
In the proposed sequel, Nightmare's Freddy Krueger and Friday's Jason Voorhees would go up against Ash, the cynical antihero survivor of Raimi's Evil Dead films. Bruce Campbell played the character in the trilogy and would play him again if the deal were to close, the trade paper reported.
Raimi would not direct, but he holds rights to the Evil Dead franchise. Freddy vs. Jason grossed more than $74 million, so even if a deal with Raimi can't be reached, New Line is determined to find a way to extend the franchise by introducing a new character or just pitting Freddy and Jason against each other one more time, the trade paper reported.
Jenna On Stern This Morning
From www.AdultFyi.com
story by Gene Ross
New York. Jeezus. Everyone's got a rape story and Jenna Jameson, flashing stones on her fingers worth a $100,000 and more, was on Howard Stern today telling hers when she lived in Montana. Jameson was on the show promoting her book How to Make Love Like a Porn Star [Reagan Books], not so much how to get manhandled like one, however.
Stern complimented jameson for "holding up" and still being the best-looking porn star on the planet. "The Babe Ruth of porn is here." Stern said he had been waxing poetic anout her film, The Masseuse. Stern is ranking that right up there with The Godfather. "You're a good actress in it. It's a porno but you're good." Stern said there was just enough story to it and has been watching it on www.vividvideo.com. Jameson said the movie was shot six months ago. "I got to the point where I wanted to make a movie that is different than anything else that's been done," she said. [Barring the fact that Vivid had at least three sequels in the Nineties to the same titled movie].
Jameson credited Paul Thomas. "I guess he starred off Broadway, Jesus Christ Superstar so he's a really goo actor." Stern said what he liked about Jameson's character is that she plays a masseuse who's reluctant to use her hand. "Somebody told me the weird dude in it is your husband [Jay Grdina]." Jameson agreed about the weirdness but said he was acting. Stern [apparently not recognizing Grdina whom he rattled and insulted on air a couple of years ago] asked if they were still married. Jameson said they've been married a year.
"In porno years that's seven," Stern quipped. Jameson said Grdina plays a Rainman-type character in the film. "he's a stalker." Stern said he plays a creepy guy who comes to Jenna for a massage. "And Jenna agrees to use her hand on him- first she shaves him." Jameson said that part was weird. Stern said the whole bit was erotic for him because Jameson is playing the part of a woman who's resisting. Jameson said they tried really hard with the movie and Stern admitted that he'd watch it with his girlfriend. "That's what we were aiming at," said Jameson. According to Stern his girlfriend Beth thinks that porn is gross including the guys. "I think she could tolerate this."
Stern brought up the bondage scenario and the fact that Jameson goes into the bathroom with Savanna Samson to do a B&D scene. Jameson explained that Samson plays her wife in the movie. Stern said he didn't get to that part yet but notes that Samson is tied up while Jameson is doing stuff to her. "Savanna's tied up- she almost looks like sausage in a tight package- they're squeezing her." Jameson said it took a long time to tie Samson up like that. "She was really uncomfortable because she couldn't move." Jameson claims they broke boundaries with that movie.
"You're usually not allowed to have sex with someone who's tied up." Stern said he's heard that if someone is tied up, there can't be penetration. Jameson said the whole thing was given a green light by company lawyers. "Everything was fine. They gave us the go-ahead." Stern said he was so engrossed by the movie that he didn't pleasure himself to it. Artie Lange also pointed out that there's a billboard on Times Square advertising the movie. "It's like a mainstream film. Jenna is ten feet high."
Stern said when he went to the Vivid website and read the description of the film, he wanted to see that. Stern said the masseuse fantasy gets him going that for once he'd like to get a happy ending from one. "Just give me that one goddamn time in my life." Stern said he once had the opportunity while on vacation but "pussied" out."The masseuse says to me- I get in the room- she darkens the room- she says lay down on the table naked. Just like that." Stern said he was so nervous he couldn't get excited because his penis in its natural state looks like a belly button. Artie suggested that he could have taken the attention away from his penis by taking a shit on the massage table. "It's all misdirection."
Getting back to Jameson's book, Stern said he's mentioned in it. Reading from the book, Stern relates how Jameson, her first time, tried for six months to get on the Stern Show, but that she was not a big fan. Jameson also writes in her book that she was scared shitless of Stern by his reputation for shredding people on the air. According to Jameson, when she finally got booked, she "researched" what she would say to him. Stern asked what she meant by researching. Jameson explained that she went over her "power speeches".
"It's all about woman power," Jameson explained. "Not letting anyone take advantage of you. It didn't really work out." Stern figured Jameson was just coming on air to be sexy and sell tapes. Jameson said it was more of her idea to impress Stern than anything else.
Making note of her jewelry, Stern asked Jameson where she got it. Jameson said her husband gave it to her. "Where's he getting that kind of scratch?" Stern wondered, suspecting that Grdina was spending Jameson's money. Jameson said he does well in his own right. Artie's suspicion was that Grdina runs a coke cartel. Stern believed that was a possibility. Robin suspected it was a phone sex ring. Jameson explained that Grdina was in the phone business.
Though Jameson stated her rings were insured, Stern took it to be a gaudy display of wealth that she was showing off. One of the rings was 13 carats. Jameson's wedding ring is 9 1/2 carats. Given the extent of her jewelry, Stern was more inclined to give Jameson's marriage at least three years. "I didn't realize the amount of bling that was involved."
Again reading from her book, Stern went over a passage in which Jameson said that her first interview with Stern triggered an earlier incident that she had blocked out of her mind. Jameson said she didn't want to talk about it. During her sophomore year in high school, Jameson was apparently gang raped by a group of football players after they knocked her out with a rock in a field in Montana. "They beat you over the head with a rock?" Stern asked incredulously. Stern asked Jameson if she brought them up on charges. She said no. According to Jameson, they weren't friends. "They went to a different school than I did." Answering the question, Jameson said she was the hot chick in high school. "In Montana, of course, I was going to be hot," she stated.
Stern wondered if the attitude of the players was that Jameson was a stuck up bitch and they were going to teach her a lesson. Jameson didn't know if that was the case or not. "I asked for a ride home from the football game and it happened. They just started going down a dirt road. That's not the way to my house. It happened." According to Jameson, she was knocked out cold. "It was horrible. It was really bad." Jameson said they then left her there.
"I woke up- it was a dirt road and I walked home. It was 2 1/2 miles home." Stern asked her why she protected her rapists by not telling on them. Jameson said she didn't want her father, a cop, to kill them. Stern said he's heard that rationale from 50 different women who've had similar experiences. Jameson said, if left to his devices, her father would have gone after them and killed them. Jameson said, from writing her book, she's been able to come to terms with the incident.
THE MANSON FAMILY CHICAGO DEBUT TOMORROW NIGHT
See www.cuff.org
Jim Van Bebber Feature 35mm 93:00 2003 Midwest Premiere
The Chicago Underground Film Festival is pleased to present Jim Van Bebber's THE MANSON FAMILY, one of the most talked about and eagerly anticipated
underground films of the last decade.
Charles Manson and his Family dealt the final deathblow to the peace and love of the 1960's. Van Bebber's epic independent feature paints the most accurate and uncompromising picture of the most infamous cult of all time and the crimes that shook the world.
Conceived in the early 90's as a straightforward docudrama, the film's scope expanded over the years to become a multi-layered final word on the tragic events of August 9th & 10th 1969 as well as the impact those events continue to have on popular culture.
The film combines detailed recreations of the Family members lives, chronicling of the events on the Spahn Ranch that led to the Tate-LaBianca killings and contemporary jailhouse interviews with The Family as well as a chilling look at a group of Manson-obsessed, nihilistic punk teenagers. Connecting these narrative strands is a tabloid television journalist producing a special focusing on The Family.
Stylistically, The Manson Family fuses classic grindhouse horror with an experimentalism rooted in the underground referencing the transcendent death trip of the Cinema of Transgression to Kenneth Anger's hallucinogenic occultism.
The production of THE MANSON FAMILY has become the stuff of legend. Starting it's life as CHARLIE'S FAMILY, rumors circulated about Van Bebber's means of funding his epic; rumors ranging from flipping burgers at a Wendy's to armed robbery. Fueled by a handful of work-in-progress screenings (including an unadvertised midnight preview which stunned a standing room only crowd at the 1997 Chicago Underground Film Festival), the screenplay has been published (Creation Books, London) and the soundtrack CD released (Metropolis) but the film seemed cursed to never be completed. Finally, thanks to an angel deal with Blue Underground UK, completion money was secured and the finished version premiered in England in late 2003. Van Bebber refused to compromise his ultimate portrait of the American nightmare. Be warned, once seen this film will not be forgotten.
"A soul shredding, intense firestorm of cinema verite'; a scalding and courageous debunking of the Manson mythos and a horrifying epiphany of the highest order...Welcome to the belly of the beast". - Chas Balun, Deep Red
Wound tighter than a midnight creepy-crawl. Jack Sargeant
Fahrenheit 9/11 DVD Out in October
Will include previously deleted scenes.
From www.adultfyi.com/NY Daily News
On Oct. 5, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment will release the DVD version of the blockbuster anti-Bush documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11."
Arriving just weeks before Election Day, filmmaker Michael Moore's tirade will unleash a last offensive on the Republican Party by including previously deleted scenes.
The DVD, which sells for $28.95, will also feature new footage of Condoleeza Rice's testimony before the 9/11 Commission and of a press conference held by President Bush after he and Vice President Cheney testified before commission members at the White House.
"We are looking to make this as successful on DVD as it has been in the theaters," says Tracey Garvin, vice president of marketing at Columbia TriStar. The film, still in theaters, has grossed more than $115 million since its release in June and broke the box-office record for a regular-format documentary.
Moore's last film, the Academy Award-winning "Bowling for Columbine," pulled in $12 million on home video.
"October is a great time to release the film because it is prior to ... the election," says Garvin. Reluctant to comment on the influence the DVD might have on indecisive voters in those vital weeks before ballots are cast, Garvin adds, "We are the distributors. We can't speak to the political aspects of the film."
However, the Republican National Committee sure can, and it is firing back with a filmic partisan plea of its own.
During the Democratic Convention in Boston, the GOP premiered a documentary called "Kerry on Iraq." The 12-minute, 15-second film explores the Democratic candidate's views on the war.
"Maybe they will consider distributing 'Kerry on Iraq' with 'Fahrenheit 9/11,'" says Heather Layman, spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee, noting that over 5 million people have viewed the free film at www.kerryoniraq.com.
"That way, people can see John Kerry's ever-changing views on Iraq for themselves."
August 16, 2004
TYPE O NEGATIVE October Tour CONFIRMED/Halloween Show In Chicago!
Type O Negative on the Road, the four dicks from brooklyn on the road with Amorphis supporting. Dates may change without notice or reason.
10.07.04 New Haven, CT Toads Place
10.08.04 Worcester, MA Worcester Pallandium
10.11.04 NYC, NY Irving Plaza
10.12.04 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock Cafe
10.13.04 Wantagh, NY Mulcahys
10.15.04 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of the Living Arts
10.29.04 Minneapolis, MN Quest Club
10.30.04 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Club
10.31.04 Chicago, IL Metro (early show - 6pm doors)
State Nearing Condom Mandate
--Gene Ross
www.adultfyi.com
Porn Valley- So much for the adult industry sucking up to state assemblyman Paul Koretz at Night of the Stars. After being named an honorary chamber of the event, Koretz did the honorable thing, apparently, by calling for mandatory condom use in the adult industry.
In either or language, Koretz indicates that if the industry doesn't comply with what he terms a "sensible request," it would open the door for government mandates further down the line. Koretz is of the belief that the only means to effectively minimize the transmission of HIV and STD's is through the appropriate use of condoms "in every film production, photo shoot or Internet performance featuring sexual intercourse."
Koretz, this past June, chaired a hearing in Van Nuys that brought leaders from the adult industry together with state health reps to discuss safety in the adult film business. Based on input from that hearing, among Koretz's proposals would be a ban on ejaculating into a female body cavity, including the mouth, rectum or vagina and the obligatory use of a diaphragm for vaginal intercourse.
Also in the proposals would be twice monthly HIV testing using PCR DNA. There would also be monthly testing for gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis. Koretz is also advocating a condom for non-oral intercourse after initial penetration.
"This practice, often called 'dipping,' states Koretz, "involves the momentary filming of initial penetration without a condom and before the discharge of pre-ejaculate, followed by the hidden use of a condom for the remainder of the scene. This practice may reduce the risk of HIV infection, but is only a less desirable minimum of protection for performers. No performer should ever be asked to perform unprotected non-oral intercourse for any duration of time, but this compromise may empower performers to reduce their risk and still accommodate a producer’s request for unprotected sex, however irresponsible it may be."
MK ViXXXen Jamie Michelle To Appear At Glamour Con
MK ViXXXen Jamie Michelle will be among the Playmates, Models, Pinups, Artists, Photographers, Celebrities, Collectibles Dealers, Publication Vendors, Agencies for the next fabulous Glamourcon show in Chicago on August 28 & 29
See her in our hotter than ever ViXXXens galleries and see her modeling site at
www.onemodelplace.com/model_list.cfm?ID=48060
Glamourcon 34 Chicago's Only 2004 Event
Moby on Cocaine Binge With Stripper
Source: XFM Manchester
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND-- Bloody hell. Mung bean loving, tofu caressing, non-animal eating, left wing, techno millionaire baldy Moby has confessed to going on a cocaine binge with a lap dancer. Nice one.
Moby made the admission at New York's China Club which hosts story telling nights where punters are encouraged to entertain each other by relating exciting stories or events.
He explained that six months ago he went to a 'gentleman's club' (*cough*) in Times Square, New York, where a lap dancer offered to dance for him. According to the New York Daily News reported, the star refused, but gave her $400 "just to talk" (*splutter*). The paper quotes Moby saying,
"She gave me a bag of cocaine. I'm 38, but I'd never done coke before." Before explaining, "I didn't know you were supposed to share."
When Moby then explained that he took all the cocaine himself, something that greatly irritated the stripper, who got "very aggressive" when she realised he had hoovered up all her gear. In fact Moby had to buy her a $400 bottle of champagne to try to placate her.
Moby then had an unfortunate emergency toilet incident which resulted in him soiling his "sleazy Versace suit", before he went home. Once there he confessed to calling up a former girlfriend who he claims offered to come over and keep the sleepless musician company.
And just in case you thought the mental image you have right now couldn't get any more disturbing, Moby confessed that they then "made love all night." (*shudder*).
Miller Beer's '50th Anniversary Of Rock' Missing One Thing: Black Artists
from MTV.com
The Miller Brewing Co. has tapped the keg of controversy with a promotion designed to commemorate the "50th Anniversary of Rock and Roll." Miller, working with cover images from Rolling Stone magazine, chose rock musicians to be featured on cans of Miller Beer. Icons like Elvis Presley and Willie Nelson made the cut — but questions about the selection process arose when no black artists did.
"Our objective going into the promotion was to get cans that were as representative as possible of the diversity of rock and roll," said Miller spokesman Scott Bussen. "Obviously, we hope people understand our intentions were right. Unfortunately, you have to deal with the real world when putting together a program like this."
The eight-can series, in stores since May, features images of Presley and Nelson, along with Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Blondie, Alice Cooper and two images of guitars. According to Bussen, the reason for the exclusion of black artists — like Chuck Berry, James Brown and Little Richard — had everything to do with licensing.
"The people at Rolling Stone had to get permission from artists or their estates," he said. "That was really a process. We looked to them for the artists we could get, and they came back to us with a list that was pretty limited."
Gary Armstrong, chief marketing officer for Wenner Media, which publishes Rolling Stone, agreed.
"Editorially, we acknowledge the importance of a lot of these musicians in our '50 Years of Rock: Immortals' issue," he said. "On the marketing side, anything we do with these covers, we need the artist's permission. Jimi Hendrix's estate declined participation. Some artists wanted fees, and we weren't paying people to participate. Some had rehab issues, and they didn't want to align with an alcohol product."
The beer cans are part of a Summer of Music promotion by Miller, Rolling Stone, Napster Music and Fender guitars, all culminating with a two-night concert at New York's Roseland Ballroom on September 17 and 18. Bussen noted that "The concert in New York, we had a little more control over. We've got Bo Diddley and James Brown, and also Lenny Kravitz and Wyclef Jean. It's the diversity that we believe represents rock and roll's history over the past five decades."
A statement from Miller read, "We're strong supporters of diversity in all our marketing efforts, therefore we regret any inference of the lack of African-American representation on the commemorative cans as being insensitive to diversity.
"Our original wish list included many legends — African-American and others — but regrettably, we were unable to secure permissions. Obviously, African-Americans have played a huge role in the development of rock and roll and we just blew it.
"Our support for diversity is ongoing, as evidenced by the influential artists who are set to appear at our special two-day concert that wraps up this promotion, featuring artists such as James Brown, Bo Diddley, Alice Cooper, Wyclef Jean, Lenny Kravitz, the Strokes and Velvet Revolver, among others."
"Batman" Chicago Presentation
In what looks like compensation for the San Diego screw up, Wizard Universe reports that screenwriter David Goyer, director Chris Nolan and DC's publisher Paul Levitz revealed exclusive never before seen footage of the new upcoming "Batman" flick this past weekend at this past weekend's Chicago WizardWorld convention. The report includes a breakdown of what was shown:
"The crowd were treated to not only breathtaking glimpses of Batman training in the Himalayan mountains, but a rare look at one of the villains of the movie, the Scarecrow. Also seen was the Batmobile, in action for the first time, as Christian Bale told Morgan Freeman (after trying out a different colored version of the automobile) "Does it come in black?"
The scene following had the ultra-sleak Batmobile lumbering through a dark alleyway on its way to a crime scene presumably. Goyer and Nolan added the design for the Batmobile was chosen not because of what it looked like, but for what it could do. Nolan was always amazed that Batman had this vehicle but never really utilized it in any film, so a thrilling car chase scene is something fans can look forward to.
The montage included a seen of him suiting up in gear and terrorizing thugs on a heist. Lights exploded throughout the warehouse and the climax of the piece was when one of the crooks screamed, "Where are you??." Batman appeared behind him, upside down and with a chilling voice, "Right here!" before lifting him off the ground and into the ceiling".
DANZIG: Toy Figure Set Preview Posted Online
A preview of the forthcoming "3 Faces Of Danzig" limited-edition toy figure set from Medicom Toys in Japan has been posted online at DANZIG's official web site. www.danzig-verotik.com The toys will apparently be released one at a time. No further details are currently available.
DANZIG will be releasing their new album, "Circle of Snakes", on August 24 through Danzig's Evilive label (Regain Records in Europe). The group will headline this fall's edition of the "Blackest of the Black" tour. Also appearing on the bill will be DOYLE (featuring ex-MISFITS guitarist Doyle), MAYHEM, DEVILDRIVER, DEATH ANGEL and EYES OF FIRE.
Special Secret Show This Week At Liars Club
This Thursday night, August 19th, the rock and roll show of the summer will happen when I LOVE RICH and THE METHADONES play a rock and roll show at the LIARS CLUB (Located 1665 W. Fullerton). This is part of the "Super Secret Thursday" show series at Liars Club, though seeing that they mention the show in their Reader ad it's not a really well kept secret, but whatever.
It's going to rock, it's ILR and the Methadones, at the Liars Club, what more could you possibly want? I LOVE RICH will be playing first, roughly 10:30 or so. So get off your ass and come see the rock show!
And as always, bring your hottest, sluttiest friend.....
The YEAR OF THE RICH is coming........
JENNA JAMESON HITS THE ROAD ON TOUR
TO LAUNCH HER BOOK, How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA -- Accompanied by a flock of positive reviews, adult entertainment legend Jenna Jameson sets off this week on a nationwide book tour to help launch How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale, her sizzling memoirs distributed by HarperCollins.
Her multi-city tour starts with an appearance in New York City Tuesday morning August 17th. . First up on the roster is The Howard Stern Show (8:39 an ET) followed by multiple interviews and an in store signing at Virgin Mega Store in Times Square at 7 pm. Her 12-day whirlwind tour ends with a final wrap party on August 28th at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas, where Jenna’s remarkable career in entertainment began when she was still a teenager.
Meanwhile Rolling Stone magazine readers and VH1 viewers (Monday August 16, 10 pm) are getting up-close and personal insights into Jenna through penetrating profiles released this week. The Rolling Stone article by Vanessa Grigoriadis notes that “Indeed, "Jenna Jameson" is a kind of cultural shorthand for ‘porn star,’ tossed off casually in HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm and even romantically linked to Britney Spears' in one tabloid-sparked rumor, something they both deny (‘I wish,’ Jameson says).” Few will resist reading the book after Grigoriadis encapsulates it with this titillating sentence: It “includes revelations ranging from her being raped in Montana as a teenager, to a harrowing account of her addiction to methamphetamine and later Vicodin, to a fling with Marilyn Manson and the size of Howard Stern's member (surprisingly large, though she never spied it unsheathed).”
Following the Stern show, Jenna’s tentative full schedule includes an appearance on Tuesday August 17th on the WP 11 Morning News show, taping an interview for "The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch", which will air the following weekend on CNBC, a segment on Extra! that airs Tuesday evening (at 6 pm ET), and a book signing at the Virgin MegaStore in Times Square (7 pm ET). She’ll also squeeze in phone and in-person interviews with newspapers ranging from the Lexington (KY) Herald Leader to the London Sunday Telegraph.
She stays in New York on Wednesday August 18th, where her schedule is equally hectic, including a nationwide satellite radio tour from the studios of MTV, interviews on both Fox News Channel for “Fox Magazine and CNN for “Anderson Cooper 360” (which will air at 7 pm). The day ends with the book signing (10 pm) and party at Avalon (6th Avenue and 20th Street).
On Thursday August 19th Jenna does another satellite radio tour that will include “The Fisher and Seth Show” on WSUN-FM, Tampa, “The Kidd Chris Show,” on KSRX-FM, San Antonio, “The John London Not Just Sports Show" on KNBR, San Francisco and Brett Haber in the Morning on WWZZ-FM, Washington, DC. Jenna is scheduled to fly to Miami for a book signing on Thursday evening August 19th at Virgin MegaStore (In the Shops @ Sunset Place; 7 pm) and for broadcast interviews on Friday August 20th that will include the "Paul & Young Ron Morning Show" on WBGG-FM BIG 105.9.
Later on Friday Jenna flies to Cleveland for a book signing at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in suburban Lyndhurst (7 pm, 24519 Cedar Road), and on Saturday August 21st she heads to Lexington, Kentucky for another signing at 7 pm at Joseph-Beth Booksellers (161 Lexington Green Circle).
Jenna then heads for Chicago, where she will appear on Monday on local radio and television shows ("Fox News in the Morning on WFLD-TV and "Mancow's Morning Madhouse" on WKQX-FM) before a noon signing at Books-A-Million (144 S. Clark Street.).
On Tuesday Jenna will be in San Francisco for media appearances and ("Mornings on 2" on KTVU-TV (FOX), "John London Not Just Sports Show” on KNBR-AM, and "The Pete Wilson Show” on KGO-AM) and a book signing at Virgin MegaStore (2 Stockton Street, 7 pm).
Jenna will be in Los Angeles Wednesday and Thursday for another round of appearances ("Lovelines" on KROCK-FM on Wednesday night at 10 pm, and “Jamie and Danny" KIIS-AM/FM " on Thursday) and a signing at 7 pm Thursday at Book Soup (8818 Sunset Blvd.). She heads finally for Las Vegas for media appearances and a book signing at Virgin MegaStore (Caesar's Palace Forum Shops, 3500 Las Vegas Blvd. So. - M1) and a private wrap up party at the Hard Rock Café on Saturday night.
Meanwhile, reviews of the book have been positive, with a solid commentary from publishing trade industry bible Publisher’s Weekly and an upbeat review in Entertainment Weekly, which called the book “fascinating.” The book will be available in bookstores nationwide and on her website, www.clubjenna.com.
Jenna Jameson’s memoir, How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale, from ReganBooks/HarperCollins, goes on sale Aug. 18th in bookstores nationwide and on her website at www.clubjenna.com.
About Jenna Jameson:
According to Rolling Stone. Jenna Jameson is the actress who "put the star in porn star," and to New York Magazine she's a "cultural icon." Recognized by Adult Video News as the leading female adult star of all time, she has won virtually every honor the adult industry bestows. She has written a highly anticipated book on her life and sexual adventures for the ReganBooks imprint of HarperCollins, and was profiled by The E! True Hollywood Stories in one of its highest-rated shows of 2003. She has had numerous mainstream movie and television roles, has hosted E!'s Wild On program, has made countless television appearances and has debated at Oxford University in England. Ms. Jameson controls her own film production company and is the chairwoman of ClubJenna, Inc., a product licensing and Internet management firm that handles the Web activities for more than a dozen top adult stars. Vivid Entertainment Group has selected Jenna as a Vivid Girl and films produced by her own production company are distributed by Vivid. Ms. Jameson, who began her career as a Las Vegas showgirl, has appeared in more than 1,000 magazines articles and graced approximately 400 magazine covers from Playboy, New York, Esquire and Penthouse to Glamour, Paper, Cosmopolitan, Allure and Jane. FHM ranks her as one of the 100 Most Beautiful Girls in the World and VH1 says she is among the “100 Hottest Hotties.”
August 15, 2004
''Batman'' filming in the sky over Chicago
Downtown Chicago was once again transformed into Gotham City overnight
This time, Gotham City police had the Batmobile trapped on the top of a parking garage at Franklin and Washington with a camera helicopter keeping a close watch. There was even a small explosion.
The movie 'Batman Begins' stars Christian Bale and Michael Caine. It's due out next summer.
Filming in Chicago wraps up next weekend
For video see: www.abclocal.go.com/wls/news/081404_ns_batman.html#
Jimmy Mofo Produces Porn Star-Studded Music Video
By: Gus Mastrapa from www.avn.com
LONG BEACH, Calif. - Jimmy Mofo, proprietor of the clothing line Mofo Wear, recently completed shooting of a music video for the self-penned track “Sinner for Life.” Hip-hop artist Kemo (formerly of Delinquent Habits) performed the track and AVN award-winning lenser Jane Waters handled camerawork and editing.
"The coolest thing about it,” says Mofo, “is all the girls hooking me up.” Adult stars Belladonna, Flower Tucci, Cytherea, Kayla Marie, Vandalia and Olivia O’Lovely agreed to appear in the video as “Mofo Wear Girls.”
“The video was shot over four weekends,” Mofo says. “What I really wanted to do was get a typical day in the life of the girls.” Some scenes featured starlets smoking marijuana. “I had to include the drug scene because it’s a reality of the lifestyle,” Mofo offers.
The clip is slated to appear on a 90-minute Mofo Wear promotional DVD with behind-the-scenes footage. In addition to the MTV-safe version a more explicit Playboy cut of the video will be produced
Mofo is hoping to use the video to get exposure for his clothing line from Playboy and VH1’s Porn to Rock series.
More info regarding the video and clothing can be found at www.mofowear.net
August 13, 2004
NO FURTHER UPDATES THIS WEEKEND
There will not be anymore updates on MK Online this weekend, till at least later Sunday night. Some of the staff are headed out to the wild to spend some time under the stars and above the water. Thanks for dropping in.
As always, please feel free to keep browsing the site and it's archieves
Have a great weekend and in case you still haven't managed to get you hands on our butt spanking new issue with the lovely Miss Jesse Jane on the cover, it is still available at Tower Records and hundreds of other newsstands worldwide.
CHEERS! From the MK Krue
NICKI JAINE JOINS THE TOURING BAND OF BLACK TAPE FOR A BLUE GIRL
PHILADELPHIA - Nicki Jaine will join Black Tape For A Blue Girl on their upcoming tour in September, contributing guitar, keyboards, and backing vocals to the band, as well as opening for them at various shows, performing material from her current release "of pigeons and other curiosities".
“Black Tape For A Blue Girl is a brilliant band and playing with them gives me the unique opportunity to delve into their art from the inside." Jaine said. "Working with them has given me a whole new perspective on arrangements, songwriting and performing. I'm enjoying practicing their material and I really look forward to performing live with such an eclectic group of musicians."
On August 31, Black Tape For A Blue Girl will release their 9th album, "Halo Star," on Projekt Records. Nicki Jaine will join veterans Sam Rosenthal (electronics), Bret Helm (vocals/acoustic guitar), and Elysabeth Grant (vocals/viola), as well as new touring members Bart Helm (electric/acoustic guitar) and J. DeWolfe (percussion).
The "Halo Star" tour features a rotating lineup of opening acts, including Nicki Jaine, Audra, Drop Black Sky, Legion Within, and Dorien Campbell & the Salame Strings.
Nicki Jaine’s debut solo release,”of pigeons and other curiosities,” is available through her website at www.nickijaine.com.
Tour Dates
09/08/04 Wed. Club Congress, Tucson, AZ (Audra opens)
09/11/04 Sat. Bar Sinister, Los Angeles, CA
09/13/04 Mon. Amoeba Records, San Francisco, CA (in-store performance)
09/14/04 Tue. DNA Lounge, San Francisco, CA (Nicki Jaine and Drop Dead Sky open)
09/16/04 Thu. The Vogue, Seattle, WA (Nicki Jaine and Legion Within open)
09/18/04 Sat. Sabala's Mt. Tabor, Portland, OR (Nicki Jaine and Dorien Campbell & the Salame Strings open)
09/19/04 Sun. The Venue, Boise, ID (Murder Man and Audra open)
09/20/04 Mon. Area 51, Salt Lake City, UT (Mona opens)
More dates to be announced.
MINISTRY Single,"No W" on the Deutsche Alternative Charts
Ministry's "No W" #1 on the Deutsche Alternative Charts - check it out here:
www.public-propaganda.de:8080/charts/FMPro?-db=dacsing.fp3&-lay=CGI&-format=dacsing.htm&-max=20&-sortfield=PLATZ&-find
WAKE UP AMERICA!
August 12, 2004
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE: New CD To Feature Guest Appearances By GARBAGE, DISTILLERS Frontwomen
Trash Queen Manson
GARBAGE frontwoman Shirley Manson and the DISTILLERS' Brody Dalle contributed vocals to an as-yet-untitled cut earmarked for QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE's in-progress new studio album, according to Billboard.com. Dalle is the girlfriend of QOTSA leader Josh Homme.
"It was so much fun," Manson wrote on GARBAGE's official web site. "[Dalle] has a crazy voice. She can really sing and what's even cooler about her is that she has no fucking idea just how good she is."
Manson was similarly enthused about the progress of the QOTSA album. "It's great," she said. "Really REALLY great. You'll love it. And how Josh Homme is not yet a household name is quite beyond me."
As previously reported, QOTSA were previously joined in the studio by ZZ TOP guitarist Billy F. Gibbons. The album will be the group's first since the departure of bassist Nick Oliveri. ELEVEN's Alain Johannes is believed to be playing bass during the sessions.
Jenna's Interview in Rolling Stone
From ROLLING STONE
--VANESSA GRIGORIADIS, Rolling Stone
Arizona- Jenna Jameson has no porn in her house. There are no adult videos or DVDs anywhere to be found, not even the kitchen magnets with Jameson's likeness that she sells on her Web site, and certainly not any replicas of "Jenna's Vagina and Ass" made of "ultrarealistic, lifelike" material and on sale for $159.95, with complimentary lube and talcum powder.
What goes on in Jameson's frilly, pillow-laden bed is lovemaking, and while she doesn't rule out toys, it definitely doesn't include a video camera: "Please!" she squeals. "That's the last thing I want to see in there." It's a balmy Sunday afternoon in Scottsdale, Arizona, and Jameson, wearing a bright-yellow T-shirt, jeans and fuzzy Birkenstocks, is shuffling back and forth from the kitchen to her veranda, which is where she goes to smoke an endless chain of Marlboro Lights. Now thirty years old, she still has the look of a slutty cheerleader, with a thick blond mane swept into a ponytail that's a little too long, blue eyes a little too feral, her upper lip puckered in a sexy snarl even when she's exhibiting no emotion at all, which is often.
She picks at pasta and veggies as her dogs gather at her feet: a couple of puppies, an English bulldog and Stinky, the teacup Pomeranian she's had as a companion for six years. They're always peeing all over the house, and now there's the sound of lapping at a toilet bowl.
"Ugh," says Jameson. "That disgusts me, because then he comes up and licks me."
That Jameson would have such a reaction to an animal's bodily fluids when she makes her living swapping human ones might seem strange, but here at home, a Mediterranean-style minimansion decorated in the mix of suburban and gothic so often favored by rock stars, she's careful to present herself as a normal girl. In fact, the only clue that you're in the house of a porn star is the home office of Jay Grdina, her affable, quirky and not at all creepy husband of one year, the director of her movies, co-proprietor of her production company and Web site, and her only male onscreen sex partner since 1998 ("He doesn't have problems in that department, but still, thank God for Viagra," says Jameson).
With surgical steel and diamond earrings the shape of long fake nails that come to a very sharp point in either ear, Grdina, 36, huddles over a warren of computer screens, editing a grainy image of his wife in a latex nurse's uniform bent over a gurney carrying his naked body.
"Just putting together a short entry for Sundance," he jokes.
The box covers of Jameson's videos sometimes describe her as the "World's Most Famous Adult Star," and indeed, Jameson's name is perhaps the only one, other than Ron Jeremy's, that people who don't watch porn know. Indeed, "Jenna Jameson" is a kind of cultural shorthand for "porn star," tossed off casually in HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm and even romantically linked to Britney Spears' in one tabloid-sparked rumor, something they both deny ("I wish," Jameson says).
Jameson owes a lot of her success to Howard Stern, who booked her constantly in the mid-Nineties and cast her in 1997's Private Parts -- she played the role of Stern's first naked female guest. Since then, she has appeared in ads for Pony and Abercrombie & Fitch, hosted Wild On!, taped a voice-over for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, shown up in videos for Eminem and Korn, and starred in her own E! True Hollywood Story. She has never gone completely mainstream. "I'm so unaffected by the whole friggin' Hollywood scene -- give me the job or shut the fuck up," she says. "I'm not a show pony. I don't want to hang out with you and your friends, and I don't want to leave a message on your answering machine: 'You've reached Scott, he's busy with me right now.' I don't want to play some part where I have to dye my hair, get my boobs reduced and change my name. Do you think people are going to go, 'Oh, that girl Ashley Smith is so cute, what a breakout star'? They'll go, 'Oh, there's Jenna Jameson in a wig and friggin' small titties.' "
This rant is just a hint of the deep anger at the world Jameson explores at length in her new autobiography, How to . . . Make Love Like a Porn Star, which includes revelations ranging from her being gang- raped in Montana as a teenager, to a harrowing account of her addiction to methamphetamine and later Vicodin, to a fling with Tommy Lee and the size of Howard Stern's dick (surprisingly large, though she never spied it unsheathed).
Sex was an outlet for Jameson's pent-up fury at her unfortunate childhood -- her mother, a showgirl, died when she was three; Dad tried but was emotionally distant.
Offscreen, she puts the number of women that she's slept with at 100, and men at 30. "I'm definitely bisexual, and there have been times in my life that I've been so bisexual it's sick," she says. "I love girls. I'll never not look at a girl and think, 'How do you think she tastes?' "
At sixteen, Jameson, who was born in Las Vegas as Jenna Marie Massoli (she chose Jameson because she liked the brand of whiskey), fell in love with the Vegas tattoo artist who did her first tattoos. She says he also did speed with her and encouraged her to start stripping at Crazy Horse Too. She was also raped by a relative of his. A nudie-magazine scout discovered her at the Crazy Horse, but print soon led to soft-core girl-girl films, and then, "Well, one thing led to another," she says. She drew the line at anal sex, which she's never had on camera. "I look at these new girls today, taking on six guys and doing bukkakes, and I think, 'What the hell are they doing?' " says Jameson. "These girls don't know that you have to start slow, baby, and make them pay you more for each thing you do. In my day you hardly had to have sex, let alone two dicks up your ass."
As smart as Jameson was about incrementally selling herself on the way to stardom, since she got there she has been very savvy about what she does and does not need to do. There is relatively little tape of Jameson out there. In more than a decade in the industry, she has shot less than fifty films (which are, of course, relentlessly recut into new DVDs). These days, she makes only one or two movies a year, and they usually feature her in only a couple scenes. "I feel like I've evolved into this different person," says Jameson. "I feel weird doing a sex scene in front of people with my husband. I don't even crave the girl-girl stuff anymore. The fact is, I'm at a point in my life where I don't want to be butt-naked in front of thirty people anymore."
Part of why Jameson doesn't want to do porn anymore is Grdina. She is utterly devoted to him, the way one might be to a puppy love. All over the house are framed collages that she made for him, hotel room keys and feathers glued to a construction board alongside sayings about falling in love cut out from magazines -- silly ones, such as "Boyfriends cop a feel before the elevator door opens," and serious ones, like "It was no accident: You were sent from heaven to take my bad dreams away and let me love again." One doesn't quite fit: "He who angers you conquers you."
"Yeah," says Jameson. "Anger is powerful."
With Grdina around, Jameson has been tamed, for the most part. A lot of Jameson's continued success as a brand can be attributed to Grdina, whose previous enterprises included health clubs in Japan, owning a studio used by porn filmmakers and buying every permutation of phone numbers one could misdial when calling 1-800-CALL-ATT.
Now Jameson is his business, and whether he's looking to guard the love of his life or a valuable asset, he's quite overprotective. He discourages her from answering the door herself and doesn't like her to be home alone; and when she is, he'll send an assistant to play video games in the family room. He wants to gate their neighborhood, for safety, and cameras are strategically placed around the house, with an Internet feed to his office. Jameson also dislikes being recognized, and she finds the gaping Starbucks barista and lascivious gas guy so unendurable that she no longer runs errands. Jameson, in fact, is a very anxious person. She does not like going out in public much these days unless she's promoting something, and in Scottsdale she rarely leaves the house, except to go to a few sushi restaurants; see her horse, which is stabled nearby; and hit one particular tanning salon.
Today, Jameson is even shooting at her house. She's scheduled four photo sets for her Web site, ClubJenna.com, but even the effort of posing solo for Grdina, who is taking the shots, seems to exhaust her. In her walk-in closet, stuffed with brightly colored furs and sequined handbags and bearing a little sign on one vanity that reads queen of everything, she tries to be chipper. Naked under a fur coat, she selects different coordinated bras and panties, lifting a pair of black underwear with rhinestone trim up to the light to see how they're holding up - they got a workout in Briana Loves Jenna and are a little frayed. "Whatever," she says, and lobs them into a small pile of sparkling costumes. "It's not like anyone's going to be watching my fashion sense."
She takes off the fur coat.
"God," she says. "Do I really have to do this?"
Her body is really beautiful. Everything except for her breasts is utterly in proportion, her skin creamy, thighs and ass taut, no evident blemishes or cellulite. She takes a seat on the bathroom sink, spreading her legs wide and showing pink, as Grdina lightens the mood with stories about farting from some chicken they had last night, or pretending he's an invalid using the Clapper, or anything he can think of to make her stop pouting. "Oh, yeah, look at those shoes," says Grdina. "Those are hot, baby. You're going to come home later, and they're going to be a little bit tighter, 'cause I'm going to have had some fun with them." Jameson finally laughs and flicks her tongue against the side of her mouth back and forth.
The shoot moves into the den, and Jameson gets on the floor and arches her naked back against the leg of a massive wooden desk. There's a book on the desk, with her purple lighter resting in the crease, and someone has circled points on a graph of low post-ovulatory points and progesterone levels. Grdina and Jameson have been trying to start a family, and it's not going well. She's been through a battery of tests at a hospital, and the doctors say there's nothing wrong, but she's worried: She and Grdina have never used birth control, and she's never gotten pregnant before, so what does that mean? She's reading books such as The Infertility Cure and Pregnant Goddesshood, and she's heard about different kinds of herbs that might help out. "I really, really want it to happen," she says, her eyes searching mine. "I'm trying to think positive. But sometimes I can't."
It's hard not to see just how guilty, just how ashamed, Jameson feels about her problems getting pregnant -- did she wait too long? Fuck too much? The baby looms large for her, too, because in her mind it's her way out. And now Jameson is talking about getting the tattoos she got from her first boyfriend, the tattoo artist, lasered off. She wants to cut her hair short, too -- it's been so long since she had short hair, because in adult movies guys want the girls to toss their hair around. Jameson and Grdina recently spent two weeks in Costa Rica and loved it so much they bought a house there. She's even planning to take Grdina's last name officially, even though it's "funky-sounding."
"Look: Once a porn star, always a porn star, but I won't do porn anymore when I get pregnant," says Jameson. "There is going to come a time when my little girl or boy is going to look up at me and say, 'Mommy, kids at school are saying you are a porn star.' And I want to be able to say, 'Yes, Mommy was once a porn star, but when you came along, Mommy was no longer a porn star.' " Some couples might get a room ready for the baby; Jameson and Grdina have prepared by putting scenes for thirteen movies in the can, so that the Jameson brand will live on and on.
It sucks to get your period in vegas, but there's not much you can do about it other than take a handful of Motrin, and so that's what Jameson does. She's in a two-bedroom suite at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, and a bunch of Grdina's friends are sprawled across the horseshoe-shaped couches drinking beer, as usual, and watching a video they made earlier of one of them downstairs in the sundries shop, clad only in his underwear. They keep pointing at the screen and laughing at the other customers trying to ignore him and buy sodas in peace; every time one of them hollers out, Jameson gets more and more tense, pacing the room, then standing by the window taking short, angry puffs on a cigarette. "God, can't you get everyone out of here?" she finally snaps at Grdina. "I'm trying to get ready! I could have a tampon string hanging out or something!"
Grdina looks annoyed; Jameson is fully clothed at the moment, and there is a bedroom to change in nearby that she could use easily.
"Chill, baby, chill," he says.
So things are not going great when everyone leaves for the Venetian hotel and casino, where Jameson is throwing a party tonight; she ducks into a VIP banquette and sits back, fuming. A thin, ragged blonde, the girlfriend of a friend, shimmies over in a slinky black dress and perches on her lap; they coo at each other for a moment, but Jameson is again tense. "It's a little uncomfortable: All these girls think that because I'm into girls, I'll be into them," she says. "It's, like, 'Good for you, but don't put a finger up my ass.' "
There's a bodyguard and a rope blocking the banquette, but people keep leaning over. "Do you remember me from that night in New York?" asks a guy with a goatee. "I spent $20,000 on you."
"Um, I think I would remember if you spent $20,000 on me," says Jameson, turning away.
Another man grabs her hand.
"You give me pleasure," he whispers.
"Eww!" she shrieks, cowering. "I'm so over this."
But then a girl comes up to the rope. She's from Sweden, nineteen, just here for a few days and looking like a porcelain replica of Snow White come to life (in a leather bustier). "Can I kiss you?" she asks.
"Sure," says Jameson, breathing heavily, and takes her face in her hands. Their lips linger on each other's, and when Jameson sits down, she's sexy, blissed out. For the first time, she looks relaxed.
Type O Side Project Gets New Name
Johnny has posted on
The side project of Kenny and Johnny - a rock three piece with Rob from Dust to Dust has dropped the name Skynd and will be using Black Water Rising. stay tuned for song samples in the upcoming weeks and a band website at www.blackwaterrising.com (not active yet). more later...
Johnny Kelly spent last winter and spring touring with the band Happenin' Harry and the Haptones.
DUST TO DUST drummer Steve Tobin has been working with TYPE O NEGATIVE frontman Peter Steele in a separate side-project, the details of which have yet to be revealed. Hickey has contributed guitar solos to several songs on DUST TO DUST's recently released sophomore effort, "Sick", which is available through Traynor's own Psyclone Records.
GAUGE To Appear In Chicago Oct 25 - 28
Upcoming MK over and Centerfold and Adult Super Star Gauge will make her Chicago debut this Oct at the Admiral Theatre, 3940 W. Lawrence Avenue Oct 25th through the 28th.
MK met Gauge in Las Vegas at the AVN Expo and will continue their interview with the adult-film performer during her visit in Chicago.
Gauge has been around long enough now to know the industry. She is one of the most talked about performers in the past year! Gauge is known for her incredibly intense sexual ferocity, which can be seen in many Metro releases.
Gauge has a tremendous fan base and is known for her "no nonsense" approach to working. This is not to say that Gauge doesn't have a sweet side and to stay on that sweet side is advisable. At 4"11" she packs a ton of power in a small package. Always ready to do what it takes to get the shot. Recently signed by Metro Studios, Gauge will lead her own series
The club is located at 3940 W. Lawrence Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 773.478.8363
For more information on Gauge see her websites at: www.ilovegauge.com and http://www.xxxgauge.com and see the Admirals site at http://www.admiralx.com
KAYLANI LEI Takes Her Show On The Road!
Los Angeles, CA – Southern California-based fans of Wicked Pictures contract star Kaylani Lei will be able to experience the exotic sensuality of the 2004 Best Actress & Best New Starlet nominee in person as she makes her feature dancing debut at Los Angeles’ Spearmint Rhino Thursday through Saturday, August 12th through the 14th. The club is located at 2020 East Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles California, 90021. Kaylani will be appearing in three shows nightly (8:00pm, 10:00pm, and 12:00am), and additional show information can be obtained by contacting the club directly at 213-629-9213.
Once her LA commitments are completed, Northern California’s Kaylani fans will get their own chance to experience this Asian sensation up close and personal when she comes to the world famous Crazy Horse Gentlemen’s Club August 25th through the 28th for a full eight shows. One of the Bay Area’s most renowned adult venues, The Crazy Horse Gentlemen’s Club is located at 980 Market Street in Downtown San Francisco, CA, midway between 5th and 6th Streets on the North side of Market.
In other Kaylani news, the enterprising Wicked Girl recently hosted a successful adult industry party at the Loggia atop Hollywood & Highland, and continues to host her weekly Internet talk show “Me So Horny With Kaylani Lei” Wednesday evenings at 9pm on www.ksexradio.com. September 15th will see the release date of one of her biggest Wicked Pictures features to date, the Brad Armstrong thriller Eye Of The Beholder.
Yes, Kaylani’s a busy girl with a million things to do, but she’s never too busy to make time for the people who mean the most to her – her fans. So come out and catch the Wicked one when she comes to your town, because she can’t wait to see you in LA and San Francisco.
Dave Matthews Band Denies Flinging Feces
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-boat10.htm
"Chicago Police are investigating whether tour buses for a rock band dumped raw sewage from the Kinzie Street bridge onto people aboard a popular architecture boat tour Sunday... More than 100 people were aboard the packed Chicago's First Lady at 1:20 p.m. Sunday when the sewage was dumped from two tour buses passing overhead, witnesses told police. The sewage splashed onto the boat and into the eyes and mouths of tourists. The boat immediately returned to the dock, and five people went to Northwestern Memorial Hospital for tests and treatment, police said."
VH1 Presents Jenna
Porn Valley- The world's most popular porn star will show the world her most private part: herself on Monday, August 16 at 10PM* when VH1 News Presents "Jenna Jameson's Confessions."
In the one-hour special Jameson reveals many personal details about her childhood, her relationships and her entry into the world of porn for the first time ever. She will take our viewers to some of the places that helped shape her life, like the club where she stripped for the very first time.
In addition to the exclusive interview with Jameson, her husband Jay Gardina, father Larry Massoli, brother Tony Massoli, her Vivid Video producers and Judith Regan, president and publisher of ReganBooks are also interviewedfor the special.
Jenna's autobiography How To Make Love Like A Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale will debut a day after the special on Tuesday, August 17.
Alice Cooper Continues North American Tour in Support of The Eyes of Alice
Alice Cooper has been touring the US in support of his latest release, The Eyes of Alice. He will wrap up one leg of this massive tour of North America, and after a month-long break, resume the tour in the Northeast US and Canada.
Here is the complete updated tour schedule
08/13/04 Clear Lake, IA Surf Ballroom
08/15/04 Saginaw, MI Citadel Riverfest
08/16/04 Detroit, MI State Fair
08/18/04 Escanaba, Michigan Upper Peninsula State Fair
08/20/04 Thunder Bay, Ontario Community Auditorium
08/21/04 Thunder Bay, Ontario Community Auditorium
08/22/04 Winnipeg, Manitoba Arena
09/24/04 Foxwoods, CT TBA
09/28/04 Niagra Falls, NY TBA
09/30/04 Kitchener, Ontario Centre In The Square
10/01/04 Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton Place
10/03/04 Peterborough, Ontario Memorial Centre
10/04/04 Ottawa, Canada Civic Centre
10/05/04 Sudbury, Ontario Arena
10/06/04 Timmins, Ontario AD Sportsplex
10/08/04 Thunder Bay, Ontario Community Auditorium
10/10/04 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Centennial Auditorium
10/11/04 Regina, Saskatchewan Centre for the Arts
10/12/04 Calgary, Alberta Max Bell Centre
10/13/04 Edmonton, Alberta Winspear Centre
10/15/04 Tacoma, WA Emerald Queen Casino
10/16/04 Tacoma, WA Emerald Queen Casino
10/18/04 Redding, CA Win River Casino
10/21/04 Anaheim, CA The Grove of Anaheim
10/22/04 Los Angles, CA Greek Theatre
10/23/04 Henderson, NV Sunset Station Hotel/Casino
10/24/04 Phoenix, AZ Arizona State Fair
10/29/04 Kelseyville, CA Konocti Harbor Resort
10/30/04 Reno, NV Silver Legacy Casino
10/31/04 San Jacinto, CA Soboba Casino
Gene Simmons To Appear On American Idol And To Be Roasted By Friars
From www.genesimmons.com
"On December the 3rd, The Friars of Beverly Hills will be holding a (...o'boy...can't wait to get reamed on this one) Gene Simmons Roast. Yep. And, there will be celebs there who will, in the usual grand style, be drilling me a second butt hole. I probably deserve it. There will be a Friars journal full of ads and stories. A big chunk of the monies will go to Pediatric Aids.
"I am also finalizing a British television series (6 episodes) I will be hosting. We will shoot in early October. More news on this later.
"And, I'll be the fourth judge on 'American Idol' September 4th and 5th in New Orleans. But, in case you think that means you turn on your television sets then, don't. That simply means on those days we shoot. Broadcast dates are announced later.
"We are very close to finally seeing a KISS cartoon series. I've been trying to do this for over a decade. Paperwork has begun. We will see if this actually pans out. I've been to this dance many times in the past...even to the point of having signed contracts. As with most things, it's very difficult to actually make things happen. Talk is cheap, but from all indications, it looks good.
"My cartoon show, 'My Dad The Rock Star' (currently enjoying its second year around the world...it's a bona fide HIT) may soon be coming to America...finally. Talking with a network today. We'll see."
August 11, 2004
Toys "R" Us May Leave the Toy Business
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From the Associated Press
By JEFFREY GOLD, AP Business Writer
NEWARK, N.J. - Toys "R" Us Inc., battered by price wars from discounters, particularly Wal-Mart, is considering getting out of the toy business.
The nation's second-largest toy retailer behind Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced plans Wednesday to restructure its toy business, but said it is considering selling the business outright as part of an effort to dramatically reduce operating and capital expenses.
The $11.6 billion company is also pursuing a possible spinoff of its fast-growing Babies "R" Us, whose 200 stores sell furniture, including cribs and bedding, as well as accessories. The company will begin operating the toy and baby business as separate entities in the meantime.
The Babies "R" Us division has been the company's growth vehicle, and has not been as vulnerable to discounters, Standard & Poor's credit analyst Diane Shand said in an S&P statement affirming its ratings on Toys "R" Us remained on CreditWatch with negative implications.
The company's U.S. toy division, however, has been inconsistent since the mid-1990s, when Wal-Mart ramped up its toy department as it also dramatically expanded the number of stores.
Traditional toys have decreased in importance, as children are turning to video games, computer software, sporting goods, and music for entertainment at younger ages," Shand said.
Babies "R" Us, which represents 15 percent of the company's total revenues, posted sales of $1.76 billion, up nearly 11 percent, for the year ended Jan. 31. Meanwhile, the Toys "R" Us' U.S. revenues fell 4 percent to $6.48 billion. Toys "R" Us has 683 toy stores in the United States and 579 international toy stores. It also sells through its Internet sites.
The announcement "is extremely positive for investors, as one of the critical pieces to unlocking shareholder value in (Toys "R" Us) is separating its crown jewel, Babies "R" Us," said Mark Rowen, an analyst at Prudential Equity Group Inc.
Still, shares fell 27 cents to close at $16.15 on the New York Stock Exchange.
John Eyler, chairman and chief executive officer, said the global toy and Babies "R" Us businesses are at "fundamentally different phases in their growth cycle," and separation would give the baby business more opportunity to continue its healthy growth.
Company officials declined to elaborate on their plans.
Richard Hastings, an analyst with Bernard Sands, was critical of the plan and said the Toys "R" Us announcement "is not as transparent as we would prefer."
The big question is who would buy the toy business, given that the industry has been reduced to cutthroat price wars?
Hastings said a buyer, should one emerge, would be more likely to be a private equity investment than a public company, as happened with rival FAO Schwarz. He could not estimate a price.
"They seem to be throwing this up in the air to see where it lands," Hastings said. "This sounds like the aftermath of some very, very weak results."
Toys "R" Us said Wednesday it would delay releasing its second quarter 2004 earnings until Aug. 23. The figures were to be released Monday. In the first quarter, the company's profit declined 48 percent in its fourth fiscal quarter, which ended Jan. 31 and covered a disappointing holiday sales season. Disappointing results continued into the first quarter, with the retailer posting a wider-than-expected loss and lower sales.
Poor holiday 2003 results helped lead to the bankruptcies of FAO Schwarz and K-B Toys.
Toys "R" Us has been retrenching for much of the last year to improve its bottom line. In November, it said it would close 146 freestanding Kids "R" Us clothing chain and 36 Imaginarium specialty toy stores, which sold educational toys, cutting up to 3,800 U.S. jobs.
Regarding the latest plan, Eyler said, "whatever form the separation takes, these steps should facilitate the execution of a restructured — and substantially leaner and more focused — global toy business that we believe can generate significant cash."
Toys "R" Us said it planned to "substantially restructure" the company's Wayne headquarters, reducing operating expenses in the headquarters and U.S. toy business by more than $125 million by fiscal 2005 as compared to fiscal 2003.
Spokeswoman Susan McLaughlin declined to say if layoffs are contemplated. The company said it has recorded severance and other related charges of approximately $14 million which will be reflected in the second quarter results, and additional charges will occur in subsequent quarters.
The company had 65,000 employees at the end of January.
Toys "R" Us has hired Credit Suisse First Boston to advise it on any sale. The possible retreat comes after Toys "R" Us has spent millions to renovate its stores and sought exclusive rights to certain toys to differentiate itself from the discounters, whom it couldn't beat on price.
"How do you make a profit in a business where margins are so squeezed?" said New York-based independent toy consultant Chris Byrne. "Wal-Mart really has functioned as a category killer in this."
"Ironically, this is what Toys "R" Us was doing in the '60s and '70s, as they were trumping all the regional toy chains," Byrne said, citing Lionel Leisure and Kiddie City.
Byrne said buyers for the global toy business would be scarce, considering the company's real estate liability and debt.
Toys "R" Us said it was focusing on preparing its toy stores for the upcoming holiday season and did not expect to make a decision before then on any store closings.
"Customers should know that we will operate our toy business with renewed energy," Eyler said in the release.
Jim Silver, publisher of the Toy Book, a New York-based industry magazine, said Toys "R" Us said the restructuring could help the company's finances.
"They're looking to make things more profitable. I think that's why you're seeing that there are management changes, they are going to get to leaner and meaner," Silver said, speaking from Orlando, Fla. With store closing expected, he said the company "can be successful as a 500- or 600-store chain."
Eyler will continue in his role as chairman and CEO. Richard Markee, vice chairman of Toys "R" Us Inc., was named president of Babies "R" Us and will become its CEO and president once the companies separate. Toys "R" Us treasurer Jon Kimmins will become chief financial officer of Babies "R" Us, and John Barbour, currently president of Toys "R" Us International, will become president of U.S. toy stores, the company said.
Kinks' Davies Hobbled by Stroke
by Charlie Amter from eonline.com
Dave Davies is working out the kinks after suffering a stroke last month.
The 57-year-old cofounder of the influential British rock band the Kinks collapsed in an elevator June 30 after giving a round of interviews promoting his latest record, Bug, at the London offices of the BBC.
His son, Christian, immediately took the rocker to the hospital, where he remains today.
The guitarist's spokesman, Alan Robinson, says Davies remains in good spirits despite the fact that Davies "is paralyzed on the right hand side of his body." Robinson reassures fans that Davies still retains some feeling and can "still hold a guitar pick."
Robinson says that Davies is "going to need at least another month of hospital treatment." Both Robinson and Davies' son Chris remain optimistic about the Kinks cofounder's full recovery, though.
"The doctors are confident that with physical therapy, he will recover," says Robinson. In a message on his father's Website (DaveDavies.com) last week, Chris Davies writes, "My dad asked me to post a message as he wishes to let you know he is doing well. He is still in hospital in London after suffering from signs of exhaustion. His doctors have advised him to take a break for a few months. Dave will be taking this time off to focus on healing, writing and plenty of yoga!"
Davies has 15 American tour dates for October listed on the concert Website Pollstar.com, but it seems unlikely he will be able to make a full recovery by this fall.
Davies, along with his brother Ray, started the Kinks in the early 1960s. Their debut single, a cover of Little Richard's "Long Tail Sally" was released in February 1964. But it was the band's third single, "You Really Got Me," that helped the Kinks take their brand of infectious guitar pop to the top of the charts worldwide.
The Kinks were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990, but the band hasn't cracked the Top 20 pop charts in the U.S. since 1983's "Come Dancing," which peaked at number 12 on Billboard's Hot 100.
Davies and his brother were hoping to mount a comeback this year to celebrate the 40th anniversary of "You Really Got Me."
This has been a particularly rough year for the Davies brothers. Ray Davies was shot in the leg by a New Orleans mugger in January.
Indeed, Dave Davies is the latest musician over 50 to suffer serious heart problems in recent weeks. On the same day Davies had his stroke, David Bowie, 57, canceled his European tour due to heart-related problems. Isley Brother Ron Isley, 63, also had a minor stroke last month while overseas. And in the past week, former Eagles bassist Randy Meisner, 58, and the Oak Ridge Boys' William Lee Golden, 65, have also suffered heart-related ailments.
August 10, 2004
NEW YORK DOLLS Singer Says The Band's Future Is Up In The Air
NEW YORK DOLLS singer David Johansen has told the New York Times that the band will soldier on with a replacement bassist filling in for late bassist Arthur Kane for the few gigs they have lined up. But after that, he said, the band's future is up in the air.
"We don't have any long-term plans or anything," he said. "We're honoring our commitments, and that's as far as we have any idea about. We've never had any kind of Maoist five-year plan anyway, nor have I with anything I've done. Everything I've done I've just fallen into.
"Most bands are commercial enterprises," he added. "But I'm not in one of those bands."
With regards to Kane, who died on July 13 from leukemia at age 55, Johansen said, "In a cosmic sense the reunion was something that he really wanted. Whatever his disease was, he was holding it in abeyance until he achieved that. If there's anything good about it, it's that."
As for himself, Johansen said that he was enjoying the reunion immensely, but that for him it was not a return to the past.
"I've been around the block a couple of times, and the guy I am now is the guy I like to be," he said. "That era is an element of who I am now. I'm doing it as a kind of devotion, some kind of quasi-religious experience for myself, a ceremony. Otherwise I can't do it."
"You try things on in life," he added. "You wear them for a while, and you see what's next."
NEW YORK DOLLS will perform at Little Steven's International Underground Garage Festival on Saturday (August 14) on Randall's Island in New York City.
AVN and AVN Online Launch Daily News Alert
By: Stephen Ochs from www.AVN.com
CHATSWORTH, Calif. - In a bid to better serve our readership, AVN and AVN Online are launching a daily news alert. The e-mail newsletter promises to deliver the most important stories of the day directly to clients’ inboxes.
AVN and AVN Online’s daily will be the most current, updated breaking news in the adult industry,” said Farley Cahen, AVN’s Director of Internet Development. “This is the result of our clients wanting their news encapsulated. It gives our readers the chance to catch the highlights of the day first, from the primary source.”
The Daily News Alert will provide industry news, photo galleries, and links to exclusive content. “In short, if you need to keep up with the adult industry, AVN will send it right to you,” said Cahen.
Interested parties can view the newsletter by e-mailing webmaster@avn.com
It’s Official: Teagan Signs with Digital Playground
IS IT MISS SPEARS? NO IT"S MISS PRESLEY.
By: Stephen Ochs from www.avn.com
VAN NUYS, Calif - After considering offers from some of porn’s heaviest-hitting production companies, teen star Teagan Presely is casting in her lot with Digital Playground. The 19-year-old star, known as much for her innocent looks as for her raunchy antics, has signed with the company for an undisclosed period of time.
“I looked around the business, and Digital had some really great PR for their girls,” Presely told AVN.com. “I thought it would be a good opportunity to get my name out there, not just doing the stuff I had been doing with gonzo and stuff, but also with features.”
“We’re thrilled to have her,” said Digital Playground’s Adella O’Neal. “She’s sexy, she’s beautiful, and she has so much to offer. She’s amazing. She has so much energy, and she’s excited and innocent. She’s like a breath of fresh air. We’re thrilled.”
Presley’s first scene for DP is in Jack’s Playground 14, a gonzo release slated to street in late September. Her first feature release is a porn-centered comedy entitled Contract Star. The Robby D.-directed video stars Evan Stone, Eric Masterson and Tommy Guns, and features a scene in which Presley performs with another DP contract star, Jesse Jane.
Presley’s previous work has largely been in story-light, gonzo-style videos, so the dramatics required by starring in features represents a new challenge.
“It’s different, definitely,” Presely said. “It’s been a learning experience, that’s for sure, but I like knowing a guy is going to go out, buy my videos, and put them in a VCR and watch them.”
Digital Playground representatives had no comment as to whether there would be other changes to their contract roster.
Johnny Kelly Post Regarding Possible Pending Type O Negative Tour
Touring News
official band quote regarding upcoming tour from johnny:
"yes, there is a tour in the works - we don't know where and when the dates are...the booking agent is doing his thing right now. we don't know when we we are leaving or coming home. nothing is confirmed or booked. As you know, things change, especially tour dates and venues."
"so, as always - when the dates are confirmed by the band/booking agent - they will be posted here, until then - they ain't confirmed and to be treated as rumors."
AZ writes:
Thanks Johnny!
If indeed the rumor turns out to be true this will be a welcome relief top the bland concerts that have been criss crossing the states this sure. With the exception of MINISTRY and SKINNY PUPPY'S respective tours, we feel like we may finally have something worth looking forward to. Possibly good news indeed. But again, as Johnny pointed out, thus far this is unconfirmed.
Goth Tainted GOTHSEND to Get Sneak Preview Tonight
From AdultFYI.com
Porn valley- I don't know what significance August 10 has on the Goth calendar, but for the adult industry it marks the release of Guy Capo's first movie for DVSX, www.dvsx.com. It's titled Gothsend, and tonight Capo holds a premier party on KSEX radio, www.ksexradio.com www.adultfyi.com/read.aspx?ID=5228 to herald the event.
In bringing his troupe of the untanned to the Southern California landscape, Capo unfurls his Bela Lugosi cape but has obviously disavowed himself of the tendency to mimic cultdom's A Polish Vampire in Burbank - the Citizen Kane of Goth movies shot in Burbank, by the way. And so much the better for Capo's not even being aware of the film, if that's the case. Because this talented director has means, often in arresting ways, to make his own mark, forgiving the pun.
Positively reeking of grim atmosphere, the opening sequence of Gothsend roars to death, if you will, in a cemetery with Gia Jordan and Mikayla Cox hugging a tombstone then getting it by Kris Slater. Besides Cox, Jordan and Slater, Gothsend- not to be confused with Porn Star Karaoke at Matt Zane's- includes Jezebelle Bond, Lisa Marie, Reina Leone, Nicki Hunter, Shay lemar, Melanie X, Angelica Sin, Chloe Dior, Little Bit, Master Liam and Joe Friday.
GLAMOURCON 34 Hits CHICAGO
See: www.glamourcon.com/gc34.html for more details
Chicago's Only 2004 Show August 28 & 29, 2004
Holiday Inn O'Hare International - Chicago 5440 North River Road, Rosemont, IL 60018
(across from the Rosemont Convention Center - 1.5 Miles from O'Hare Airport)
Saturday - 11am to 6pm Sunday - Noon to 5pm
Here's a partial list of who will be appearing
The Legendary Adult Star and Actress
MARILYN CHAMBERS
Don't miss this rare opportunity to
meet Ms. Chambers in person
ARIA GIOVANNI
Taylor Wane
Julie Cialini PMOY 1995
Cynthia Brimhall 10/85
Janet Lupo 11/75
Maria Checa 08/94
Audra Lynn 10/03
Stacy Burke
Tonie Aguilera
Jasmine Grey
Chanel Ryan
Walt Davis
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Still cameras allowed. No video.
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Simply show your Holiday Inn O'Hare Int. room key and the registration envelope it came in and your admission FOR BOTH DAYS is free! (One free admission per room per day)
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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Plan to Unplug Bush TONIGHT
On the tailwinds of the energetic Democratic National Convention, held last month in Boston, MA, rock band Black Rebel Motorcycle will play a special fund raising event in Los Angeles tonight, alongside other acts including Michelle Shocked and Concrete Blonde lead Johnette Napolitano. Musicians, activists, fashionistas and entertainment elite will gather at the El Rey Theater to hear top musicians play acoustic sets aimed at “unplugging” President Bush. The event is being set up by the progressive political action committees, The Committee to ReDefeat the President and www.ReDefeatBush.com whose goal is to register one million new Democratic voters in swing states before the November election to help elect John Kerry as the next President of the United States. Other musicians who outwardly support the organization include Anthony Kedis (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Ken Jordan (The Crystal Method), Chris Vrenna (Tweaker) and DJ Christopher Lawrence. Tickets for the event can be purchased online at: www.ReDefeatBush.com.
MARILYN MANSON: Greatest-Hits Track Listing Revealed
Canada's ChartAttack.com has revealed the full track listing for the upcoming MARILYN MANSON "greatest hits" collection, due this fall. The 18-song best-of CD will reportedly feature rare photos and artwork by Manson himself. An accompanying DVD will boast "the entire video catalog," including the previously unreleased uncensored clip for "(s)AINT", directed by Italian actress Asia Argento.
Here's a track listing for MARILYN MANSON's upcoming greatest-hits album:
01. Personal Jesus
02. The Love Song
03. Mob Scene
04. The Fight Song
05. Tainted Love
06. The Dope Show
07. This is The New Shit
08. Disposable Teens
09. Sweet Dreams
10. Lunch Box
11. Tourniquet
12. Rock Is Dead
13. Get Your Gunn
14. The Nobodies
15. Long Hard Road Out Of Hell
16. The Beautiful People
17. The Deflecting God
18. (S)aint
RAMONES: 'Raw' DVD Details Revealed
ABC ePrep is reporting that the surviving members of the RAMONES have released additional details on the band's first DVD, "Ramones Raw", which will be released on September 28 via Image Entertainment. The disc will feature appearances by Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, Bono, Drew Barrymore, and Carly Simon, as well as footage of DOORS guitarist Robby Kreiger performing "Take It As It Comes" with the band at the Hollywood Palladium in 1992. It will come with eight pages of artwork, and a limited-edition version will be released featuring simulated black leather packaging. In addition, the disc will include "I Ramone", a half-hour of concert footage captured in Rome in 1980, just after the release of the band's Phil Spector-produced album, "End of the Century". Shot on film, it laid forgotten in the vaults of an Italian television station for two decades after its one-time broadcast.
"It was a good time in the group," drummer Marky Ramone told Billboard.com. "We were never in Italy [before] and it was something different. We were in Rome and it was [in a park] behind the Vatican ... where the Pope lives! Too bad he didn't want to see the show."
"Ramones Raw" track listing:
01. Blitzkrieg Bop
02. Teenage Lobotomy
03. I Wanna Be Sedated
04. Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World
05. Rockaway Beach
06. Chinese Rock
07. Cretin Hop
08. I Don't Want You
09. Judy Is A Punk
10. I Can't Make It On Time
11. Do You Remember R-n-R Radio?
12. I Just Wanna Have Something To Do
13. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
14. Rock & Roll High School
15. Pinhead
16. Take It As It Comes
17. She's The One
18. Let's Go
19. Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
20. Commando
21. I Don't Want To Grow Up
22. R.A.M.O.N.E.S.
23. Touring
August 09, 2004
MK Meets HUSTLER
Well, we haven't made Playboy or Penthouse yet, but the fine folks over at HUSTLER know who we are. They obviously have great taste. (Now that can be good or bad depending on what your tastes are.)
It has just come to our knowledge that on July 26th www.hustlerporngossip.com did a lil piece on Big Bad MK. Go to the site and check out what they had to say. And while you're at it check out their Adult Video Line and pick one of these awesome and big production budgets have to offer. We have been warned by Sean Carney at HUSTLER that we'll adore the much hyped TABOO and he signed the note Hail Satan. Now what's that al about. Just kidding man, we love ya' Sean.
SKINNY PUPPY TOUR FUTURE, INTERVIEWS, AND MORE
from: www.userpages.aug.com/sgraham
With the European festival dates now over, eyes are now on the Puppies to see what is in store next. It appears that the joint Skinny Puppy / Ministry tour spoken of by Al Jourgensen will not in fact be happening. Ministry will be touring with My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult this Fall, however. Information as to whether Skinny Puppy will be hitting the road again in another format is currently, as always, iffy. I'll let you know as soon as I know something.
In other news, the interview mentioned below has not happened yet. It appears to be the same situation with all of the radio interviews (including my own). Again, We'll inform you as soon as we get word.
There are some new print and online interviews worth mentioning, however. The new issue of Outburn (#26) includes a brief interview with both cEvin and Ogre. The very same issue includes a review of the album, which is given the highest possible rating of 10. Here's a clip from the interview in which cEvin discusses his opinion of Ogre's vocal style on the album:::
"I'm really happy, because I know that progress is about moving forward and not rehashing old ground. And I have to say that lyrically there's not many guys that can step on the same stage as Ogre."
Meridian Music has an in-depth interview with cEvin Key online. He speaks quite candidly about the early days, the internal conflicts within the band, and their current direction.
"[In] The 6 years or whatever that passed, I realized that Ogre and I had really grown, really honed in on becoming better people...adults that would never repeat the past. So we did the show in Dresden and it was overwhelming, 10 000 people showed up. It even FELT like Dwayne was there; after we left the stage there was this HUGE clap of thunder, just like one of our albums...it was just weird. The next day we were on a train to Prague, both just glowing and we got to talking about how great it would be to work together again."
The Greater Wrong of the Right, meanwhile, is still quite well on the CMJ (US college radio) charts. Last I checked the album is #3 on the electronic charts.
Donnas Get 'Behind' New Album
Rock quartet the Donnas will release their sophomore Atlantic album, "The Gold Medal," on Oct. 26, according to a label spokesperson. A video for first single "Fall Behind Me" will be shot Friday (Aug. 13) in Los Angeles. As previously reported, the set was produced by former Marvelous 3 frontman Butch Walker (Avril Lavigne, Sevendust).
Other tracks tipped for inclusion on the new set include "Revolver" and "Don't Break Me Down." "The Gold Medal" is the follow-up to 2002's "Spend the Night," which hit No. 1 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart and has sold 390,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
The group will likely unveil some of the new material at a series of upcoming club shows, beginning Aug. 17 in San Francisco. The group will also play Aug. 19 at Los Angeles' Echo Club and two days later at the city's Sunset Junction Festival, alongside the Like, Ben Kweller and On The Speakers.
From there, the Donnas head to the U.K. for the Aug. 27-28 Reading and Leeds Festivals.
Filming Location for Fantastic Four
Please take a moment to read this note regarding the filming of the 20th Century Fox feature film "The Fantastic Four." FF Productions Ltd. will be working at 300 Low Level Rd. from August 2 to November 12. We will be building a Brooklyn Bridge set on the site. Once construction is complete we will film on the site. After filming has taken place we will dismantle and remove the set. When we have a film schedule in place, we will deliver another notice detailing our filming plan.
"The Fantastic Four" is a feature film based on the Marvel Comics created by Stan Lee. Our story follows four astronauts who, during an experimental space mission that went awry, are genetically and physically altered after being exposed to cosmic radiation. Reed Richards gains the ability to stretch and contort his body; Sue Storm is able to become invisible and create force fields; Johnny Storm can light himself on fire and fly; Ben Grimm becomes a rock-like being with super human strenght. Together they use their powers to fight the evil plans of their nemesis, Victor Von Doom.
August 07, 2004
Porn Rules The World On VH1
By: Frank Meyer from www.avn.com
LOS ANGELES - VH1's new series When __ Ruled The World is a one-hour oral and visual history of pop culture phenomena for VH1. This week things are going to get racy when the subject is pornography. When Rated X Ruled The World, which tells the tale of the rise of XXX rated films in the '70s, debuts tonight at 11/10c p.m.
Among the celebrities interviews in the special are Marilyn Chambers, Ron Jeremy, Sharon Mitchell, Annie Sprinkle, Larry Flynt, John Leslie, Paul Thomas, Nina Hartley, Porsche Lynn, Jamie Gillis, Vanessa Del Rio and many more. Plus, there are tons of terrific photos and clips of legends like John Holmes and Linda Lovelace in their hey-dey.
The program covers the adult film explosion from the rise of Deep Throat and the films that followed, such as Behind the Green Door, The Devil in Miss Jones and The Opening of Misty Beethoven, to porn's influence on mainstream films such as Midnight Cowboy, A Clockwork Orange, Last Tango in Paris and Caligula. It also delves into the popularity magazines such as Playboy, Hustler and Penthouse and books like The Joy of Sex and Fear of Flying.
All in all, When Rated X Ruled The World gives an overview of pornography's rise in popularity in America and its influence on pop culture. Check it out!
REVOLTING COCKS: New Song Available For Download
A brand-new REVOLTING COCKS track, entitled "Prunetang", is currently available for download via the Revolver magazine web site at http://revolvermag.com/bootleg/index.jsp (free registration and copy of the new issue of Revolver magazine required).
MINISTRY side project the REVOLTING COCKS, now featuring MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen alongside Phil "Phildo" Owen (SKATENIGS), John Monte (M.O.D., MIND FUNK, DRAGPIPE), Mike Scaccia (RIGOR MORTIS, MINISTRY) and Mark Baker (ex-FEAR, HELLIONS, SHADOW REICHENSTEIN), are currently in the studio recording a new album, tentatively due before the end of the year.
"It's pretty fucking juvenile," Jourgensen told MTV.com. "There's a cover of [Jimi Hendrix's] 'Purple Haze' on there called 'Purple Head'. Other songs are 'Prunetang', 'Too Small to Taste' and 'Beat It Till You're Tired'. It's so childish because we're having a gas. We're 45-year-old juvenile delinquents. It's good work if you can get it."
MORTIIS HAS THE GRUDGE
Three years of waiting are almost over for Mortiis aficionados worldwide as the Norwegian legend, now with full band in tow, prepare for the release of their new opus - 'The Grudge'. The highly anticipated follow up to 2001's 'The Smell Of Rain' is set for release through Earache Records in the UK and Europe on September 13th 2004 with a US release to follow on September 21st.
'The Grudge' which was recorded at Silvertone Studios in Fredrikstad, Norway contains ten new tracks with production duties undertaken by Mortiis and Vegard Blomberg .Lyrically the album sees Mortiis in an angry and reflective mood as the band deliver a set of highly charged and emotive songs. The tracklisting for the album is Broken Skin, Way Too Wicked, The Grudge, Decadent And Desperate, The Worst In Me, Gibber, Twist The Knife, The Loneliest Thing, Le Petit Cochon Sordide, Asthma (instrumental)
The album will be preceded on August 16th by the release of Mortiis's first ever single in the UK. 'The Grudge' (single edit) will only be available for a limited period and comes in two formats with unreleased exclusive non album material. The CD Digi Pack contains two re-mixed album tracks whilst the two track limited edition 7" inch vinyl poster bag version contains 'Decadent & Desperate'. A video for 'The Grudge' was recorded recently in New York with acclaimed director Charlie Deaux ( System Of A Down)
"Three years is a long time coming" exclaimed Mortiis recently when asked about the album, adding that "I think every minute spent had its purpose and I think people will understand when they hear it.- this is the best Mortiis has done yet. It took me a year to form the band, then another year was taken up with rehearsing and touring, while the last was spent making the album. Then we got the opportunity to do the single, it was all last minute ,the conditions were insane as we had super strict deadlines to meet. The remixes for the single are wonderfully bizarre and way different from the originals."
Mortiis - Mortiis (Vocals, Synths, Programming, Sound Design), Levi Gawron, (Guitar), Asmund Sveinunggard (Guitar), Leo Troy (Drums) - are set to team up with fellow Norwegians Susperia for a major European tour, on a double headline package under the banner of 'The Unlimited Grudge Tour 2004'. Starting in the UK on 15th September the tour will run through 19 countries finishing in Belgium on 14th November. (see full dates below) The tour will be one of the most extensive undertaken by the band. Commenting on the mammoth undertaking Mortiis said "Fifty plus dates - if we survive this, we´ll survive anything!!. I can´t wait to play places where we have never been before like Greece, Bulgaria, Lithuania. But it´s also exciting to return to a lot of the cities we've played before, to play the new songs and basically just go apeshit and get down with the destruction."
SEPTEMBER
Wed 15 UK Cardiff Bar Fly
Thu 16 UK Birmingham Academy
Fri 17 UK Bradford Rios
Sat 18 UK Nottingham Rock City
Mon 20 UK Liverpool Academy
Tue 21 UK Glasgow Cathouse
Wed 22 UK Norwich Arts Centre
Thu 23 UK Milton Keynes Woughton Centre
Fri 24 UK London Ocean
Sat 25 UK Brighton Concorde 2
Wed 29 GERMANY Heidelberg Schwimmbad Club
Thu 30 GERMANY Essen Zeche Carl
OCTOBER
Fri 1 GERMANY Berlin TBA
Sat 2 GERMANY Andernach Juz
Mon 4 DENMARK Copenhagen Vega
Tue 5 DENMARK Arhus Voxhall
Wed 6 NORWAY Stavanger Folken
Thu 7 NORWAY Haugesund Flytten
Fri 8 NORWAY Bergen Hulen
Sat 9 NORWAY Oslo John Dee
Sun 10 NORWAY Horten Scene 37
Mon 11 SWEDEN Gothenburg Musikens Hus
Tue 12 SWEDEN Malmo Kulturbolaget (KB)
Thu 14 FINLAND Helsinki Nosturi
Fri 15 FINLAND Jyvaskyla Lutakko
Mon 18 LITHUANIA Vilnius Mulen Ruzas
Tue 19 POLAND Katowice Mega Club
Wed 20 CZECH REP Prague Abaton
Thu 21 HUNGARY Budapest Red Hole
Fri 22 BULGARIA Sofia Hristo Botev Sports Hall
Sat 23 GREECE Thessaloniki Milos Club
Sun 24 GREECE Athens Rodon Club
Wed 27 CROATIA Zagreb Mochvara
Thu 28 SLOVENIA Nova Gorica Mostovna
Fri 29 AUSTRIA Worgl VAZ Komma
Sat 30 AUSTRIA Graz Orpheum
Sun 31 AUSTRIA Vienna Arena
NOVEMBER
Tue 2 SWITZERLAND Pratteln Rockfabrik Z7
Wed 3 ITALY Bassano Del Grappa Transilvania Live
Thu 4 ITALY Reggio Emilia Transilvania Live
Fri 5 ITALY Milan Transilvania Live
Sat 6 GERMANY Osnabruck Tor 3
Sun 7 GERMANY Munich Garage
Mon 8 GERMANY Nurnberg Hirsch
Tue 9 GERMANY Hamburg Marx Club
Thu 11 HOLLAND Haarlem Patronaat
Fri 12 HOLLAND Rotterdam Baroeg
Sat 13 HOLLAND Arnhem Goudvishal
Sun 14 BELGIUM Vosselaar Biebob
August 04, 2004
HOW TO MAKE LOVE LIKE A PORNSTAR: A CAUTIONARY TALE
By Jenna Jameson with Neil Strauss
“The following is a true story. It is more naked than I have ever allowed myself to be seen. Neither my father nor my husband has been privy to these experiences: they have been a burden and a blessing for me to carry alone. Until now. It is a shocking tale, but it is also one of hope and beauty.”
So begins HOW TO MAKE LOVE LIKE A PORNSTAR: A Cautionary Tale (ReganBooks, August 17, 2004, ISBN 0060539097), Jenna Jameson’s no-holds-barred memoir of how she became the biggest name in the history of adult entertainment and a cultural icon. An alternately tragic and triumphant coming of age story, a freaky and hilarious sex romp, and a remarkable treatise on female empowerment all rolled into one, HOW TO MAKE LOVE LIKE A PORNSTAR: A Cautionary Tale is destined to be one of the most talked about books of the year.
Jameson overcame unimaginable odds on her journey to the top. Drawn into the seedy underbelly of Las Vegas as a teenager, she lived in a world of biker gangs and strip clubs haunted by abuse, rape, and even murder. Even as she clawed her way out, establishing herself in Los Angeles as one of the top models in adult magazines, she battled demons from her past, barely beating drug addiction and leaving behind heartbreaks too numerous to count. Her story is astonishing—not just for the spotlight it throws on the adult entertainment industry, the matter of fact recollection of XXX-rated exploits, and the scores of exclusive photos (many taken specifically for the book or from Jameson’s candid personal collection) that accompany it, but for the thoughtfulness, humor, and jaded wisdom with which she tells it. Above all, HOW TO MAKE LOVE LIKE A PORNSTAR: A Cautionary Tale is a celebration of survival and victory on your own terms.
Jenna Jameson was born Jenna Massoli in 1974. She lost her mother to cancer at a very young age and grew up in the care of her combat vet, vigilante policeman, and sometime criminal father, running wild in the streets of Las Vegas with her inseparable older brother. A biker tattoo artist boyfriend introduced her to Vegas’ strip club scene. When she went for her first try-out, she was turned away because of her braces. She went home, pried the metal off her teeth with pliers, and returned the next day. Within months she was the highest paid girl at the Crazy Horse Too, one of Vegas’ premier venues, raking in thousands of dollars a night by instantly reading her customers’ psychologies and playing to their every fantasy. By that time she had weathered more tragedy and overcome more adversity than most people do in a lifetime. She was 17 years old.
After conquering Vegas as a stripper, Jameson moved on to X-rated photo spreads in LA and eventually to adult films—rising to the top in each arena on a combination of angelic natural beauty, business savvy, and a fierce determination to control her own professional destiny. She became the first contract start of Wicked Pictures, helping make it one of the top adult studios, then later formed her own production company and teamed up with adult industry giant Vivid Entertainment Group.
Jameson broke through to the mainstream as no pornstar had before through repeated turns on Howard Stern’s radio show and as the host of E! Entertainment Television’s coverage of the Cannes Film Festival. Soon she found herself mingling with and being propositioned by the Hollywood elite (note to Bruce Willis: improve your game), dating the likes of Tommy Lee and Marilyn Manson, and winning every award the adult film industry offers. Her meteoric ascent is punctuated by brutal bouts of crystal meth addiction, crazed, painkiller-fueled cross-country stripping tours, and one destructive relationship after another. Hers is a sex, drugs, and rock & roll lifestyle on an epic scale. It makes for wildly entertaining reading.
The story Jameson tells in HOW TO MAKE LOVE LIKE A PORNSTAR: A Cautionary Tale is both unimaginably exciting and terrifying, but most remarkable is her perspective on it. Armed with piercing self-awareness and incredibly strong will, Jameson’s lust for life and playfulness permeate every page of the book. Funny segments and cartoons on How to Become a Male Pornstar, The Ten Commandments (of love and sex), and How to Date a Pornstar (a disquisition on the “suitcase pimp”—her name for the sleazy boyfriend/managers of adult film stars) will keep readers laughing throughout. A first hand glimpse into Jenna’s childhood is also seen through childhood diary entries chronicling, in remarkable honesty, her coming of age, late-developing body, and first encounters with the opposite sex.
HOW TO MAKE LOVE LIKE A PORNSTAR: A Cautionary Tale has all the steamy anecdotes you could ask for—including plenty of stories sure to embarrass some mainstream celebrities—as well as stunning pictures that make it clear why she is the ultimate fantasy material for so many men. But it’s also the moving story of a lost girl making her own way in the world, a clever contemplation on self-determination, and a powerful declaration of empowerment. At the remarkably young age of thirty, Jameson is now an entrepreneur with her own company, a millionaire many times over, happily married, and is healing the wounds with her once-estranged father and brother. She is also the most powerful person in her field, overseeing a vast adult entertainment empire of her own creation.
HOW TO MAKE LOVE LIKE A PORNSTAR: A Cautionary Tale is a frank and unflinching self-examination by a very smart woman who knows that many people don’t approve of her life. And, as with practically every challenge she has ever faced, Jenna Jameson comes out on top in the end.
About the author:
According to Rolling Stone. Jenna Jameson is the actress who "put the star in porn star," and to New York Magazine she's a "cultural icon." Recognized by Adult Video News as the leading female adult star of all time, she has won virtually every honor the adult industry bestows. She has written a highly anticipated book on her life and sexual adventures for the ReganBooks imprint of HarperCollins, and was profiled by The E! True Hollywood Stories in one of its highest-rated shows of 2003. She has had numerous mainstream movie and television roles, has hosted E!'s Wild On program, has made countless television appearances and has debated at Oxford University in England. Ms. Jameson controls her own film production company and is the chairwoman of ClubJenna, Inc., a product licensing and Internet management firm that handles the Web activities for more than a dozen top adult stars. Vivid Entertainment Group has selected Jenna as a Vivid Girl and films produced by her own production company are distributed by Vivid. Ms. Jameson, who began her career as a Las Vegas showgirl, has appeared in more than 1,000 magazines articles and graced approximately 400 magazine covers from Playboy, New York, Esquire and Penthouse to Glamour, Paper, Cosmopolitan, Allure and Jane. FHM ranks her as one of the 100 Most Beautiful Girls in the World and VH1 says she is among the “100 Hottest Hotties.”
Neil Strauss is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Dirt, with Mötley Crüe, and The Long Hard Road Out of Hell, with Marilyn Manson. He writes for the New York Times and Rolling Stone, and wrote and appeared (clothed) in one of the best-selling adult films of all time.
HOW TO MAKE LOVE LIKE A PORNSTAR
A Cautionary Tale
By Jenna Jameson
ReganBooks
On-sale August 17, 2004
ISBN 0060539097
Skinny Puppy Returns At The 'Right' Time
Interview from www.Billboard.com
In the winter of 1982, in an apartment in Vancouver, cEvin kEy and Nivek Ogre got together on somewhat of a lark to begin recording and creating a reaction to popular music: something anti-pop, anti-commercial and most importantly, new.
The experiment birthed Skinny Puppy, a heavily influential cult act in modern music. From 1982 to 1995, the group released a string of groundbreaking albums that were met with critical acclaim. But in 1995, the project came to a screeching halt when group member Dwayne Goettel died of a drug overdose. After the 1996 release of "The Process," the band fractured and remained dormant for years.
The band's principal members continued through projects such as Download, Ritalin, Plateau, Ohgr and the Tear Garden. Content with these endeavors, kEy and Ogre continued touring and releasing albums separately until the summer of 2000, when they were offered the opportunity to reform Skinny Puppy for a festival performance in Europe.
What was intended as a one-off appearance at Germany's Doomsday Festival sparked a new spirit of collaboration, leading to the recently released SPV album "The Greater Wrong of the Right" and a brief slate of U.S. and European tour dates.
Now based in Los Angeles, kEy recently spoke to Billboard.com about the reunion and what the future may hold for Skinny Puppy.
What was it like working with Mark Walk as a producer on this album as opposed to longtime collaborator Dave Ogilvie?
Really good! He brought a lot to the band actually. He acted as the middleman, so to speak, which I feel is a really difficult job with Skinny Puppy. And I was ultimately very impressed with his ability to look at both sides -- the way the lyrical content of the music takes shape and how it integrates in with the music and so on. [He] was very cognizant of all those angles. I would want to call it the hardest job of the album.
How did making this album differ from "The Process?"
We have all had quite a bit of time to develop ourselves in our own solo projects, and we have had a lot of time to have a look back on what Skinny Puppy has meant to us, and what we liked about years in between it. To have those 8 years in between was probably the best thing that could have happened to the band, getting to a stronger place and to be ready to collaborate as adults [laughs].
We went through a lot of really bad things too. I mean, losing Dwayne was one of the worst things that could ever have happened to anybody. Really, it was devastating.
I sort of said to myself at that point, "Well, I have to pick it up for both of us now." We were really at a fortunate place, where we had managed to build up our own studio and our own space. I wasn't too worried when Skinny Puppy broke up because I knew that we would be able to explore something and when we first started exploring the next thing, it was really very exciting. It just felt like we were on a path. Ever since [then] I have really just buried myself in music and study and computers, and programming and playing and really just not thinking about Skinny Puppy.
And then there were a couple of Germans who each year were just calling us up, and saying, "We would like for you and Ogre to play [the Doomsday Festival]." And I was saying, "You guys are crazy! Don't you know?," and they were like, "Yeah, we know, but don't you think that it would be a good thing?"
I hadn't been speaking with Ogre for years, and when I did run into him, I told him about these guys, and he thought that it was pretty funny too. And than he started talking about, "The next time they call, let's push the limit as far as we can." I detected some interest from Ogre, to potentially do it for real, which was also a shock to me. So when they did call, and I sort of gave a hint that this was possible, these two guys just went to the limit and basically made it happen. You can thank them for basically getting Skinny Puppy back.
It was more difficult for us to prepare this live tour than it was to prepare [for] Doomsday and I don't really know why. I don't know if there was some magical force helping us, or whatever, but somehow a show just came together and went off without a hitch. It was just one of those things -- we recorded it as a live album that evening and everything.
Since than we have had such a positive and genuine relationship with each other that we have really been able to move forward. When we were on the train to Prague after playing [Doomsday] in Dresden, [we thought] it was too bad that we did all that work for one show. So we conceived the idea to do a new album, to not be retro-thinking but more forward moving ahead, and not be one of those bands that always has to come out and play 10-year-old songs. So that's where we sit now.
Were there any of the old songs that you missed playing live? Did you ever think to yourself, 'Man, I really miss playing "Smothered Hope?"
[Laughs] Yeah, well, I don't know if you can say I missed playing the particular songs, but you know, when you get into playing songs that you know from the inner most deepest parts, its easier to do than to write new music. There's a part of you that knows what to do without thinking -- it is really weird. We've been rehearsing some really old songs over the last few days, and when I'm not thinking about it, parts come back to me that I used to play live like 15 years ago.
"The Greater Right" is a very live-sounding album. When you recorded it, were you all playing at the same time? Or was it a more clinical kind of recording with lots of overdubs?
With today's technology, anybody can fortunately have their own recording studio in their home. Ogre and Mark have their own studio, and all of the people that I was collaborating with have their own, so there was a lot of exchanging of ideas. Each of us would go back into their own lair and see what would come of these things.
It wasn't done like the records of the past, where we always had to be in the same room. We were all more comfortable with our own rooms and sounds in our own surroundings. It was really an advantage in that sense.
How has your work with Download, Tear Garden and Plateau influenced what you are doing on the new Puppy album?
Well, each of us had several years to go and take a direction or two or three and at least see what was there. And it was really good, because it gave us an opportunity to hone in on what we are and what we wanted to do.
Whenever you're in a band you always think about things like, "What would I do if..." Well, I call it Side-Projectitis. And we sort of got it out of our systems now, and now we have a greater respect for what we bring to Skinny Puppy as individual members, because no one can make Skinny Puppy on their own. It's not something that we can do by ourselves.
It's about owning up and realizing the magic that comes from working with somebody that brings forth this combination. You can't even wish for something like that to happen. Fate takes care of these things sometimes, and you either respect it or you don't. I think that we've found a way to in a healthy way to respect what we have far more.
What were some of your influences when you were approaching "The Greater Wrong of the Right?"
Actually, it was really about not looking to external sources as much as I was looking to internal sources. When you have a 20-year path where your looking at it and saying, "What did I like about that, and what would I want to hone in on," it was more about thinking on that level and then like even going back and using some of the old equipment. Like the 20-year-old equipment that we have to try to go and integrate [with] the original pieces as well as the headspace. I'm a fan of what we do, and I wanted to be true to Skinny Puppy by bringing in all those elements, bringing in a synth that was used on "Remission," pieces from everywhere. People may not pick up on it, but I pick up on it.
What do you feel is the role of noise in music?
When we first started, I was in this other band that was just completely commercially minded and we were all about making music that was sort of designed, like "American Idol"-style. And I really had my fill of that -- it started to really irk me. I was working on an album down here in L.A. in 1984 with Gary Wright, the guy that made "Dreamweaver." We made an album in his home studio, and the studio was full of all of this great modular analog stuff and I had already made "Remission," and I was still in this other band as well. It just made me ill to think that if I was gonna be a musician that I was gonna spend my life making music that I didn't like.
I came back and the first thing I did was to start making music that was sort of anti-music, or anti-commercial music. It wasn't so much about grabbing noise for noise's sake, but I sort of gravitating towards things that just on a personal level. Because I like Throbbing Gristle, I like more noise-oriented stuff, and I always felt like people didn't take it very far as far as rhythm was concerned.
So I just wanted to take what I like about certain things, and than turn it around so it's a new take, which was at the time over-production of drums. And then Ogre was really at the right place at the right time. At the time we really didn't know each other very well, but I knew that just from the time that I had known him that he was quite literate and that he was into a lot of the same music.
But I never really considered making music with him or anything like that up until I was just sort of sitting around in this room making the tracks for what is now "K9." He came in, and I said, "How would you like to do some vocals on this?" just out of the blue. He was like "sure," and I said, "OK, you write the lyrics for it, and I'll come back later and record you."
So he took a lot of time writing his lyrics, and it was just like that. The way we progressed was kind of without a plan. People would ask me, "Well, what's your plan? What's your marketing idea?" I always said, "We don't have any plan. We don't have a marketing idea. We just do what I want."
The shows were largely about just partying and being crazy. And getting together with people that had like minded ideas, building some piece of weird staging, or some theatrical stuff including films and stuff. It was always about doing something that wasn't cheesy. How noise got worked in there, I'm not sure, other than going back to the concept of being anti-commercial.
What can audiences expect? Are you bringing out Drumasaurus, the big drum module?
I'm not drumming on this tour
You're not drumming on tour?
Ha-ha! Surprise surprise! As a matter of fact, I am back to the first days of Skinny Puppy, back to the electronics. I do have drums in my setup, but it's more back to the beginnings again, back to the two-tiered keyboard player with the effects and noise and drums.
Our friend Justin is playing drums for us on this tour. And to be quite honest, he's bringing a lot to this, because he's really nailing the parts. We even kind of look similar to each other, so people might just think it's me [laughs]. He's really blending in seamlessly -- he does all of the fills and all of the parts and it's really great.
[We're] also working with William Morrison, the guitar player from Ohgr. So now it's a four-piece live, maybe even a five- or six-piece, depending on if we can convince a couple of friends. If Otto VonSchrock or Omar or someone shows up, we'll drag them up there and chain them to the setup.
How long are you going to be out on the road?
Forever. Let's just say that we are going to tour this album more than we ever did originally. Right off the bat [we did] 17 shows in the U.S., six festivals in Europe, then to Japan and Australia. Our initiative, then, is to go back and repeat the entire thing, only bigger. This fall, there will be another U.S. tour.
How have technological advances contributed to the way you write your newer songs and perform your older songs?
Technology has certainly changed quite a bit since we started. We've seen the advent of MIDI and even computers coming into the framework. It's just unbelievable how much times have changed. We used to joke about having a computer with instruments in it and being able to record audio into it, like, "Yeah, one day it'll happen." Of course now, that day is already here and passed.
What's funny though is that we still go back and pull out the older equipment, because really, there's never been anything that's just come along and wiped out everything else in a sense.
The older things still have their attributes. The older instruments have a greater depth of sound most of the time. That's why we utilized a lot of that stuff on this album, there's a lot of analog stuff.
[But] when it comes to live and being able to tour around, you have to get something that's more reliable, and there are more reliable things going on today. I don't want to give a direct endorsement, but I will say that the Access Virus KC is a great synth. It's as good as a mini Moog possibly, but it has effects and all kinds of other abilities to be able to travel and tour and everything.
This is the first time that we are going to carry more of our studio as well. So we are multi-tracking live. Before in the past, we used to rely on backing sequences that were already mixed down to a stereo element. This time we are bringing the sequencers on the road so that we can carry the ability to actually flesh the sound out more at each venue. The sound will be above and beyond something that you may have heard before. There have been lots of great moves forward in technology in Skinny Puppy land, no doubt.
Skinny Puppy has always been very political. Were there any particular political ideas or concepts that you wanted to get across on this new album?
Certainly, I think that Ogre is always delving down into the depths of what we are as people and what we think about and dealing with it in a way that is suggestive in the sense that it could touch base with just about anybody, but maybe not the same subject matter. So, you never want to point the finger and say, "This is the definitive meaning of this track," because sometimes, people develop their own meanings for tracks that go deeper.
But when it comes from Ogre, that's not his path, to be unclear. He is very articulate about himself in a way that leaves a mystery of something but also, you can get in there and really figure out what he's talking about if you really look.
Being Canadian and living in the United States for quite some time -- certainly it's a learning experience every day to have witnessed the goings on of 9/11 and since. I think that there are a lot of opinions going around, and certainly Skinny Puppy has our share of political opinions which are somewhat hidden within our music. So yeah, we're making points about everything. I'm not going to go into direct detail because I think that those questions are more answered by Ogre. But yeah, certainly you are right, we are trying to touch bases.
At this point, what does the future of Skinny Puppy look like for you? Are you going to continue making albums?
Sure. We have the support of a label right now, where I don't know how it happened, but somebody out there in label land blessed SPV with being smart. They are really cool. They really came to the table like a fan.
They were trying to get us to make six different versions of the album. That was something we couldn't even do. [But] they want to release it in all sorts of styles and formats, [and] I believe that it's going to come out on double-vinyl as well as a nice six-panel digipak package as the standard release. We could have never talked to Nettwerk about stuff like that.
[SPV is] making a video for a song off the album, "For Protest." Also we will be making a DVD movie, which will be all about the tour. It's going all the way.
-- Jeremy Alisauskas
RAMMSTEIN Set USA Release Date
German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN have set a November 2 North American release date through Universal Records for their new album, "Reise Reise".
The follow-up to 2001's "Mutter", "Reise Reise" (which roughly translates to "Journey Journey") was recorded in Spain and Germany. Production duties on the CD were handled by Jacob Hellner, who worked with the group on "Mutter".
RAMMSTEIN have just issued a new single, entitled "Mein Teil". A video for the track was shot on June 2-3 in Berlin, Germany. A fifty-person crew and director Zoran Bihac, who also directed the "Links 2,3,4" clip, realized the concept for the video together with the band. Other songs set to appear on the CD include "Reise Reise", "Amerika", "Los", "Wo Bist Du", "Dalai Lama", "Keine Lust", "Morgenstern" and "Amore".
McMahon is Dr. Doom in Fantastic Four!
Source: Variety
Variety reports that "Nip/Tuck" star Julian McMahon (pictures) will play Dr. Doom in 20th Century Fox's Fantastic Four.
The "Nip/Tuck" star will play the venerable villain in "Fantastic Four," 20th Century Fox's Tim Story-directed film adaptation of the Marvel Comics franchise. Pic goes into production this month in Vancouver for a July 1 release.
Doom, a crazed scientific genius who hides his scarred face behind a metal mask, goes up against the title quartet of Michael Chiklis (Ben Grimm/the Thing), Jessica Alba (Sue Richards/the Invisible Woman), Ioan Gruffudd (the eminently stretchable Reed Richards) and Chris Evans (Johnny Storm/the Human Torch). Simon Kinberg wrote the script.
The Hollywood Reporter says McMahon was offered the role on Friday and a deal will likely be made.
August 02, 2004
American Bands ROCK AGAINST BUSH
Jourgensen amongst many politically involved musicians in Election 2004 encouraging Youth Vote.
By John Malkin www.alternet.org
Musicians of all persuasion – from punk rock to hip hop to jam band – are fighting apathy and encouraging fans to vote.
"If every Deadhead in the state of Florida had voted in the last election, it would be a very different world today," reflects Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead.
Weir, of course, is referring to Bush's slim 537-vote margin of victory in Florida in the 2000 election. And his point is applicable not only to Deadheads but punk rockers, folkies, indie rockers, hip-hop heads, and metal heads.
Indeed, the ballot boxes should expect a collective punch this November from America's youngsters, who are currently being educated and inspired to vote by hundreds of bands across genres – from the Dead to the Dixie Chicks, NOFX to Death Cab For Cutie – with the help of dozens of supporting organizations. If all goes as planned, more 18- to 30-year-olds will turn out to vote in November than ever before.
Recording artist Moby, who has worked with Rock the Vote, MoveOn.org and many other progressive organizations involved in getting out the vote, takes the pragmatic view: “It's important for everyone to vote and be involved in the political process. Democracy only functions when people participate, obviously.”
If participation is what’s key, then for many organizations, getting the coveted youth demographic involved is job one. "Voting is the new not-voting," says Damian Kulash, singer and guitarist with OK GO, the band that toured with Ira Glass for live performances of the radio show "This American Life." "The disaffected non-involvement that so many of us have been a part of needs to stop. It has stopped."
A variety of groups have been created to help musicians and organizers reach out to young music fans and encourage them to participate in social change through voting.
Music For America is a coalition of musicians, tour coordinators and band managers hoping to get one million new youth voters to vote this November. MFA postcards distributed at concerts remind fans that in the 2000 election, of 27 million eligible voters under age 25, only 10 million voted and in six different swing states the election was decided by less than 10,000 votes.
MFA has joined a wide range of artists and youth political organizations to form the Involver Alliance. The Seattle-based band Death Cab For Cutie is part of the alliance and bassist Nick Harmer says voter registration is available at every concert. But the band won’t tell its fans who to vote for, says Harmer. "Don't listen to us, listen to the BBC!” he says. “We encourage people at our shows to ask questions, go after information and figure out things for themselves."
Jehmu Greene, President of Rock the Vote, cuts to the chase. "This is the most important election my generation has faced. We face the same issues all across the country: healthcare, insurance, the job situation and seeing our friends and family on the frontlines in Iraq." RTV has been pushing voter registration since 1990, with help from MTV and corporate sponsors like Sunkist, Motorola and Ben and Jerry's.
Rock the Vote has worked with the National Council of La Raza, Americans for Healthcare and Native American tribes and has launched a 2004 national bus tour that will travel with bands like the Dixie Chicks, Lenny Kravitz and Erykah Badu to register voters. In July and August the RTV bus will tag along with The Dave Matthews Band on its tour and visit college campuses.
"This generation has the opportunity to rule the nation," says Greene.
During a break from registering voters at the Warped Tour in San Francisco on July 3, 24-year-old Amy Dials, Washington State coordinator for Music for America, echoes Greene's optimism; "If we did vote, we could sway this election." Dials estimates that 150-300 youth register to vote each day at the booth staffed by MFA and PunkVoter volunteers, while bands like Bad Religion, NOFX and Anti-Flag play to crowds of up to 18,000.
"We want to make it punk to vote," declared Brian Baker, guitarist with Bad Religion, which just released a new album, The Empire Strikes First.
PunkVoter was created in early 2001 by Fat Mike, (Mike Burkett) bassist and vocalist with NOFX. "I was upset about the 2000 Presidential election. I thought that Florida was rigged," states Mike. "I figured I had to use my connections and celebrity to get other bands and kids involved in the upcoming election. "
Fat Mike has also created the Bush Administration Retirement Fund Political Action Committee, or BARF PAC. He believes that abortion and the Iraq war are the most important issues facing youth today. "Abortion will probably be made illegal if George Bush wins. And we don't have enough troops in the Middle East and they are going to have to reinstate the draft," he predicts somberly.
Rock Against Bush, a compilation CD produced by Fat Wreck Chords and PunkVoter sold 250,000 copies in three months. It included a DVD of Uncovered, Robert Greenwald’s documentary about the US war on Iraq. And Scott Ritter, the former director of the U.N. weapons inspections team in Iraq and a Bush critic, joined the Rock Against Bush Tour. The second Rock Against Bush CD will be released in August and features songs by Blink 182, Foo Fighters, Green Day and No Doubt.
Al Jourgensen of platinum-selling band Ministry uses a special strategy to encourage fans to become politically active; "It is kind of devious, but between sound-check and show I will trade my autograph for their autograph on a voter registration card."
Many bands have links on their websites to political information and voter registration materials, from the Dixie Chicks’ Chicks Rock, Chicks Vote to Furniture for the People, created by jazz singer Rickie Lee Jones.
The basic message being sent from musicians to their fans is that the 2004 Presidential election is extremely important.
"Bush is the greatest organizer in a way. No one since Reagan has mobilized so many people," explains Jeff Chang, author of Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A History of the Hip Hop Generation and an organizer of the National Hip Hop Political Convention. In June, delegates from 14 states joined a bus tour across the Midwest and Northeast to register voters and convened in Newark, N.J., for an unprecedented effort among artists like dead prez, Kurtis Blow and Bustah Rhymes to develop a national strategy for transforming cultural power into political.
The Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, founded in 2001, is a coalition of musicians, civil rights proponents and youth leaders working with Smackdown Your Vote to get 2 million more 18-to-30-year-olds to register and cast their vote than did in the 2000 election. Events are planned throughout this summer in Boston, St. Louis, Kansas City and during the March on New York for Freedom, Justice and Equality on August 30, all aimed at getting more youth registered to vote.
Rap the Vote, a project of Rock the Vote, works with the NAACP and has appealed to hip-hop fans in the past through TV and radio ads featuring artists like Mary J. Blige, LL Cool J and Sean "P. Diddy" Combs. New ads are being produced for the upcoming election.
Fans of jam bands and improvisational music are the focus of Head Count, which has already registered close to 20,000 fans, according to co-chair Andy Bernstein. The Dead and Dave Matthews will be featured in Head Count ads on TV in October aimed at getting young voters to the polls. Head Count volunteers will also tour between now and November with the Allman Brothers, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Santana, Michael Franti and Spearhead and Crosby, Stills and Nash.
Given the large number of bands and organizations involved in getting out the vote, Air Traffic Control was created by Pearl Jam in April to help musicians navigate the options. "We serve the artists to help progressive musicians sort out their options for activism," says Jenny Toomey, an ATC organizer and musician/activist.
The summer and fall will be exploding with events, concerts and festivals where musicians and bands will encourage political education and voter registration. If you missed Moby at the Take Back America Conference in June, you can catch him, Mark Anthony, DJ Spooky and others at the Apollo Theatre in New York for a concert that will commence the Imagine Festival, a six-day alternative event to the Republican National Convention that begins on August 28. There will be political, cultural, and arts events throughout the city with daily themes like prosperity, unity, and democracy. The festival is being organized jointly by Music for America, MoveOn.org, Involver Alliance, The Knitting Factory and others.
In the end, it is the youth of America that will inherit the politics of America and continue to transform this society through organizing, action and voting. As Moby puts it, “it’s particularly important for young people to be involved in the political process now, … if the neocons and the right wing have their way, then the country that will be left to posterity will be environmentally compromised and Constitutionally dismantled, not to mention poorer and less secure.”
"Democracy is much like a muscle," reflects The Dead's Bob Weir. "If you use it, it gets stronger. If you don't use it, you lose it."
John Malkin is a journalist and musician who hosts a weekly program on Free Radio Santa Cruz.
BATMAN BEGINS TEASER TRAILER ONLINE!
Warner Bros. has just updated the official Batman Begins batmanbegins.warnerbros.com with a first look at the new teaser trailer! Go check it out in all three formats at the link.