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Motorhead’s Lemmy Kilmister: Vampire of the Sunset Strip

Photograph by Pep Bonet / NOOR Lemmy Kilmister may be the most indestructible rocker alive. At 63 years old, he still spends nearly every day he’s not on tour swilling bourbon at West Hollywood’s legendary rocker hangout the Rainbow Bar & Grill — and his band still plays about 150 shows a year. Rolling Stone’s Mark Binelli put in some quality time at the Rainbow (and Kilmister’s nearby apartment, stocked with a mind-blowing array of WWII and Nazi memorabilia) for a profile of Motörhead’s singer/

Published: 2009-10-20 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Radiohead’s Secret Influences, From Fleetwood Mac to Thomas Pynchon

Over the course of Mark Binelli’s interviews with Radiohead for his cover story in the current issue, the band revealed what music and books had influenced them during the recording of In Rainbows and in the past. Click here to browse some of Thom Yorke and Co.’s favorite pieces of culture, from M.I.A. and Fleetwood Mac albums to Gravity’s Rainbow and The Kite Runner. [Photo: Cochrane/PA Photos/Retna]

Published: 2008-01-25 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Radiohead's "In Rainbows", Radiohead, Rock Daily

Eating Us by Black Moth Super Rainbow

The fourth album for the Pittsburgh indie band was produced by Dave Fridmann. [Rock, Indie, Electronic]

Published: 2009-05-29 Provider: Metacritic

Reality Show Recap: ‘The Rock Life’ Debuts With Slash and Ass-Crack Aplenty

Every week The Rock Life follows Los Angeles band Whitestarr as they attempt to make it in the music biz. But who’s following The Rock Life? We are! Here’s our first report: Here’s Whitestarr lead singer Cisco Adler opening VH1’s umpteenth new reality show: “We’re just an average, struggling rock band that’s trying to make it.” However, the unspoken undercurrent from the get-go is that Whitestarr are just an average, struggling rock band whose lead singer is the spawn of the guy who produced Sam Cooke records, lives in palatial Malibu digs, drives a shiny red Caddy and is currently dating Marissa Cooper on The O.C. (clearly this was filmed a while back). Shelved by Atlantic a few years back, they’re looking for a second chance, armed with little more than a Black Crowes shimmy, a Buckcherry ’tude, a stunning amount of self-absorption and pants that don’t always fit right — forget the music, last night’s back-to-back premiere episodes featured no less than sixteen different shots of ass-crack! VH1 debuted two episodes in a row, probably since the expository first episode didn’t have much for actual conflict — be-fro’d guitarist Rainbow tried to convince his girlfriend to stay home from the sold-out Roxy show (“What if I was a lawyer and you came to my job with me?”) and then hot-dogged a guitar solo because Slash (sans sunglasses … yikes) was in the audience. And full-time dancer Tony Potato was concerned over the footing on his dancing platform at the Roxy. But the second episode was classic millennial Monkees antics. Their new manager advises them to “write the hit,” so they all move into Adler’s fancy digs to compose their ticket out of obscurity. And — surprise! — it’s not that simple as they thought! When the manager comes to check on their progress, Adler is frustrated that his band is so drunk and underrehearsed that everything devolves into tuneless flubs and bickering. Adler’s cute little dog dies (if this was the real “rock life,” s

Published: 2007-08-08 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Readers’ Rock List: Color Bands

Photo: Mazur/WireImage Despite one street team’s attempt to ballot-stuff this weekend’s Rock List, echoing the Great “Killers-gate” of 2008, San Francisco punks and inspirers of musicals Green Day were voted the Best Color Band by the Rock Daily readers, edging out other colorful artists like the White Stripes, Pink Floyd and Black Flag. Our Top 20 reads like a rainbow, even if it is missing Agent Orange, the Silver Apples and the Indigo Girls, so check out the entire Rock List: Color Bands below: 1. Green Day 2. The White Stripes 3. Black Sabbath 4. Red Hot Chili Peppers 5. Pink Floyd 6. Deep Purple 7. Black Flag 8. Black Keys 9. James Brown 10. Black Lips 11. Al Green 12. Blue Oyster Cult 13. White Zombie 14. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 15. Black Kids 16. Frank Black 17. Godspeed You! Black Emperor 18. Yellowcard 19. Silversun Pickups 20.  The Red Krayola

Published: 2009-03-30 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists

News Ticker: Andre 3000, “The Dark Knight” and Nine Inch Nails

Photo: Getty OutKast’s Andre 3000 is among those being sued for $2 million by a former art student who claims Andre’s Cartoon Network show Class of 3000 infringes copyright. Timothy McGee claims he proposed the idea of the show to Cartoon Network in 1997 with the idea of having singer Babyface in 3000’s role. The Motion Picture Academy has reportedly reversed its decision to make The Dark Knight score ineligible for the 2009 Oscars. The Academy initially said the film had too many composers — five in total — credited. Elmer Valentine, the co-founder of Los Angeles landmarks like the Whisky A Go Go, the Roxy and Rainbow Bar & Grill, died last week after a bout with several ailments. He was 85. Many of L.A.’s most popular clubs dimmed their lights in Valentine’s honor on December 5th. Drummer Josh Freese has revealed why he’s leaving Nine Inch Nails at tour’s end: He’s expecting his third child in January. “I am not leaving because I got a better offer from another band or because I don’t enjoy it… It’s one of my favorite situations I’ve ever been involved with and I already miss it.”

Published: 2008-12-09 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Morning News Roundup

Rock Reality Show Recap: Bret Michaels Somehow Infiltrates Whitestarr’s World on “The Rock Life”

Every week The Rock Life follows Los Angeles band Whitestarr as they attempt to make it in the music biz. But who’s following The Rock Life? We are! Here’s our fourth report: Thirty Minutes of Rockin’ Reality in Four Sentences: That wacky Whitestarr finally indulge in those long-awaited rocker antics … by having a water balloon fight … with the paparazzi. The shutterbugs have been swarming since lead singer Cisco Adler split with actress Mischa Barton sometime after last week’s episode with no explanation whatsoever (though 50,000 gossip-blog entries from around February might clue you in on the details). Adler whinges, “I wish they would just leave me alone” with no hint of irony over the fact that he’s constantly being followed by a camera crew, soundmen and VH1 producers. Episode bonus: drummer Orbi’s non-plotline (recovering alcoholic tries to reconnect with women) finally connects with guitarist Rainbow’s non-plotline (tyrannical afro dude tries to keep his girlfriend away from the band) with an awkward double date! Most Rocking Moment: The band performs a shaky, sub-karaoke version of “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” with Bret Michaels of VH1’s Rock of Love — is this song destined to invade every show on the network now!? Various girls make out in the front row, climb onstage, unbuckle Adler’s belt and fellate his finger. Least Rocking Moment: Literally laughing and pointing, the band take gassy bass-player Damon to get his colon irrigated. And it’s still less awkward than watching Rainbow try to explain to his girlfriend why she can’t see them play. Ass-Crack Count: Ten. Nine of them belonging Mr. Adler’s friendly backside, the real star of this episode. Which is saying a lot since one of his bandmates had a tube up his starfish for the entire second act. Photo: Edwards/Getty

Published: 2007-08-22 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Reality Show Recaps

Reading Rainbow - "Underground"

Philly duo Reading Rainbow dropped this harmonized and hook-filled 77-second guitar/drum jammer in our inbox yesterday, the first properly mixed track from a 12-song full-length the band just finished taping this past weekend in Virginia. They says it's

Published: 2010-02-12 Provider: StereoGum Keywords: stereogum,indie,rock,mp3,blog

Chace Crawford and Ed Westwick Are Just Roommates, Okay?!

Please say there are bunk beds?Photo: WireImageGossip Girl star Ed Westwick says he and co-star Chace Crawford aren't gay; they just live together. Oprah BFF Gayle King moved into a $7.1 million penthouse on East 57th Street that was purchased in name of Oprah's dead dog, Sophie. A nude portrait of France's current First Lady, Carla Bruni, taken back in 1993 will go up for sale at Christie's next month. JPMorgan chief Jamie Dimon had to work on Easter. Barack Obama's controversial pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, spent Easter lounging at the Ritz in Puerto Rico. ABC will likely cancel Cashmere Mafia, though no official decision has been made. A bunch of tabloid editors think they can see right through the stunts Ashton Kutcher is trying to pull on them in his new E! show, Pop Fiction. Elijah Wood and Lance Armstrong hung out with Playboy Playmates at SXSW. Grey's Anatomy star Justin Chambers got a vasectomy (he's already got five kids). Fall Out Boy is attempting to become the first band ever to play all seven continents by staging a show in Antarctica later this week. Ol' Dirty Bastard's widow and mother are still battling over the late rapper's fortune. The Wayans brothers knocked back four bottles of litchi sake at Suzie Wong's. Two hundred folks posed naked in the Four Seasons' Pool Room for an art project. Jared Kushner is still living in the same two-bedroom Noho apartment he's rented since graduating from Harvard but says he's now looking to buy. France's former First Lady, Cécilia Sarkozy, got married to special-events planner Richard Attias in an intimate ceremony at the Rainbow Room on Sunday. A self-styled Persian prince named David Zandi is trying to convince Disney execs that he should star in Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, but they're not buying it. Andrew Lloyd Webber has written music for his upcoming Phantom of the Opera sequel but has neither a name for the play nor lyrics for the songs. Police officers were casualties of war at Interna

Published: 2008-03-25 Provider: New York Magazine

Radiohead Ineligible for BRITs, Hatching First 'Rainbow' Single

Radiohead's album may be not qualified for 2008 BRIT Awards, but the band continues with the promotion of the album.

Published: 2007-12-01 Provider: Aceshowbiz

'American Idol' Finally Overcomes Its Pink Panic [Taste The Rainbow]

newVideoPlayer("mashidol_defamer.flv", 463, 387,"");At long last, the American Idol chaff has been removed (farewell, STG. Farewell, fan-waving hippie. Farewell, toe-tapping girl--or, rather, hello to Defamer's newest celebrity commenter), and we can focus on the unpolished kernels of wheat vying for karaoke's ultimate crown. Only watching the top 12 boys compete last night, we were instantly struck by something: These are some of the gayest wheat-kernels we've ever laid our eyes on! In years past, producers tried to at least go through the paces of dressing the feyer contestants up as a viable tweenbait, hoping a fedora and loose-hanging necktie would throw their gleefully incurious target audience off of the potent lavender scent. No longer, however. Between Colton "Lesbiman" Berry and Danny "The Singing Christian" Noriega, it seemed as though you couldn't manage to escape someone or thing representin' the G-A-Y on the Idol set: A wall of flames! Ryan Seacrest! That single father who sang "Moon River" and reminded us of that other band! In case you missed the signs--and if you did, we hope you're in coma--Defamer video vixen Molly McAleer has compiled some of the gaylights in one handy montage. Enjoy. americanidol.com

Published: 2008-02-20 Provider: Defamer Keywords: American Idol, Clips, Fox, Gays, Reality TV, Ryan Seacrest, taste the rainbow, Top

Felix The Cat: Collection #3

<b>Felix The Cat, one of the first-ever cartoon superstars, uses his magic bag of tricks in the following adventures:</b><br><br><b>-Getting Rid of Sniffer -</b> Rock Bottom and the Professor need $10,000 for a vacation which Felix won't lend them. The Professor invents a rag doll with an electronic brain to distract Sniffer and steal the money from Felix. When Sniffer accidentally swallows the rag doll, the electronic brain controls him!<br><b>-Poindexter's Toy Robot -</b> While the Professor is sleeping, Poindexter invents a super-toy robot that causes Felix a lot of trouble - especially when it runs away with the sleeping Professor and builds itself a companion!<br><b>-The Mirage Machine -</b> Felix decides to take a vacation, unfortunately the Professor is close behind with his mirage maker playing dirty tricks on Felix. Felix ends up in the desert with his magic bag hidden behind a cactus mirage. When Felix discovers the mirage maker, he has his own fun at the Professor's expense.<br><b>-Bagpipe of Gold -</b> The Professor and Rock Bottom steal the Leprechaun's magic bagpipe to make gold from the rainbow. When Felix comes to King Blarney's aid, they band together with the other leprechauns and play a trick on the Professor and Rock.<br><b>-The Egyptian Treasure -</b> The Professor and Rock uncover the "Great Sphynx" to find the map to treasure hidden in the pyramids. When they start dynamiting the pyramids in their search, Felix shows up to stop them.<br><b>-Poindexter's Abduction -</b> Poindexter is kidnapped by the Master Cylinder and forced to work for him. The Professor sends Felix to Venus to rescue Poindexter, but Felix not only has to deal with the Master, but a monster as well!.<br><b>-Prospecting Uranium -</b>Felix is prospecting fro Uranium in the desert in competition with the Professor and Rock Bottom

Published: 2008-01-31 Provider: Movielink