Behold: The World’s First MTV Twitter Jockey!On Sunday, plus-sized blogger Gabi Gregg — whose Twitter handle is @gabifresh — was crowned MTV’s first-ever Twitter Jockey during the live finale of Follow Me: The Search for the First MTV TJ at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The Detroit native, 24, was one of 20 contestants chosen [...]
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The National: 5/15 Red Hot Benefit High Violet Out 5/11
May 6th, 2010 |
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THE NATIONAL CONFIRM MAY 15 PERFORMANCE AT BAM (BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC) TO BENEFIT
THE RED HOT ORGANIZATION; LEGENDARY FILMMAKERS D.A. PENNEBAKER AND CHRIS HEGEDUS TO DIRECT LIVE
WEBCAST OF CONCERT, PRESENTED BY ZYNC FROM AMERICAN EXPRESS
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The National have confirmed
a special hometown performance for May 15 at BAM (The Brooklyn Academy of Music). The concert comes just days
after the May 11 release of their anticipated new album High Violet (4AD). All ticket proceeds will
benefit Red Hot, a leading international organization dedicated to fighting AIDS through pop culture.
The concert, presented by ZYNC from American Express, will also stream as a live webcast directed by acclaimed
filmmakers D.A. Pennebaker (Dont Look Back, Monterey Pop) and Chris Hegedus (the Oscar-
nominated The War Room the upcoming Kings of Pastry). This will be the first live concert webcast
directed by Pennebaker and Hegedus, and the event will be preceded by a short film from the award-winning
filmmakers.
The National has a lengthy history with Red Hot, having raised over $1 million for the organization through its
Dark Was The Night album and concert, and other initiatives.
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Sufjan Stevens: The BQE
July 21st, 2009 |
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Sufjan Stevens Presents The BQE CD/DVD With Viewmaster Reel
180-Gram Vinyl And Comic Book Due October 20
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Indie folk darling Sufjan Stevens premiered The BQE, a musical film exploring New York City’s infamous Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave Festival in November 2007. The critically applauded performance that featured 36 performers included a wind and brass ensemble, string players, a horn section, projected film footage of the expressway and five hula-hoopers. On October 20, Asthmatic Kitty Records will release The BQE.
The comprehensive package features the CD soundtrack, the DVD of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway film footage, a 40-page booklet with extensive liner notes & photographs and an accompanying stereoscopic 3-D Viewmaster reel. Furthermore, Stevens will release a limited edition double gatefold vinyl edition of The BQE on 180-gram vinyl with a large-scale 32-page booklet including liner notes, photographs and a black and white version of a 40-page BQE-themed Hooper Heroes comic book.
On October 24, 92YTribeca will host the premiere screening of The BQE DVD with an introduction by Stevens. Tickets for this event go on sale July 23 here.
The concept behind The BQE is based largely on the history of New York’s Brooklyn-Queens Expressway — 12.7 miles of urban roadway built between 1939 and 1964 by master urban planner Robert Moses. The Viewmaster, unveiled at the 1939 NYC World’s Fair, was intended to promote 3-D panoramic illusions of the American landscape and serve as advertising for various tourist destinations and motivation for American drivers. The Hooper Heroes comic book, written by Stevens and drawn, colored and inked by collaborator Stephen Halker, follows three extra-terrestrial superhero sisters who use hula-hoops to combat “the Messiah of Civic Projects,” Captain Moses.
THE BQE- A Film By Sufjan Stevens from Asthmatic Kitty on Vimeo.
VH1 Divas 2009 Featuring Adele, Kelly Clarkson, Leona Lewis, Miley Cyrus
July 21st, 2009 |
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More than a decade after its inception, VH1 is revamping its Divas Live concert series with a new crop of upcoming and coming songbirds, the network said in a statement Tuesday. British vocalists Adele and Leona Lewis, former American Idol Kelly Clarkson, and teen star Miley Cyrus will follow in the footsteps of chart queen, [...]