5.17.2011

RICKIE LEE JONES ON TOUR....


Rickie Lee Jones

Hey this is fun! Just got an email from Rickie Lee Jones' PR folks and it took me back in time a little. Haven't heard this tune in forever....

Rickie Lee Jones Teams with Director Ian McCrudden to Document 30th Anniversary of Her Storied Career with Concert Film ‘Rickie Lee Jones – Live in Stockholm’(July 5th on DVD / Stockholm California)

US Tour Dates Confirmed Throughout 2011

Rickie Lee Jones, “one of the most intriguing, idiosyncratic vocalists of our time,” (USA Today) has teamed with Grammy-nominated director Ian McCrudden for her first concert film, ‘Rickie Lee Jones – Live in Stockholm’ (July 5th / Stockholm California ). Filmed on March 7, 2010 at the historic 19th century Berns Salonger, ‘Live in Stockholm’ captures one glittering, sold-out night of the songwriter’s storied 30-year career.

The concert, shot in its entirety, includes the best of her cannon, from her 1979 self-titled debut to 2009’s ‘Balm in Gilead,’ and features the elegantly orchestrated trio of Rickie, Lionel Cole (percussion) and Joey Maramba (bass). The film is in High-Definition with Dolby Stereo & 5.1 Surround Sound.

“I’ve been a fan of Rickie’s since high school,” says McCrudden, who recently directed ‘Anita O’Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer.’ “Rickie is a cinematic songwriter who creates these imaginative worlds with amazing stories. The venue in Stockholm was a fit for royalty. She’s one of the last gilded songwriters.”

Rickie Lee Jones is currently working on her next album for the Concord label, and she’ll be touring the world throughout 2011.

‘Rickie Lee Jones – Live in Stockholm’ (Total time: 154:47)
Selections:
1. “It Takes You There”
2. “It Must Be Love”
3. “Satellites”
4. “Weasel and the White Boys Cool”
5. “Young Blood”
6. “Sailor Song”
7. “Bonfires”
8. “Second Chance”
9. “Living It Up”
10. “Pirates (So Long Lonely Avenue)”
11. “The Real End”
12. “We Belong Together”
13. “Wild Girl”
14. “Chuck E’s In Love”
15. “Danny’s All-Star Joint”

B-Sides: 1. “Falling Up” 2. “His Jeweled Floor” 3. “Scary Chinese Movie” 4. “The Horses” Total Time: 154:47

Tour Dates:
Rickie Lee Jones, Featuring Songs from the First Two Albums (‘Rickie Lee Jones’ and ‘Pirates’)
May 24 – Santa Barbara, CA Lobero Theatre
May 26 – Folsom, CA Three Stages PAC
May 27 – San Francisco, CA Davies Symphony Hall
July 5, 6, 7 – New York, NY City Winery
July 10 – Manchester, UK Palace Theatre
July 19 – Manchester, UK Manchester International Festival
July 28 – Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater
July 29 – Fish Creek, WI Door Community Auditorium
July 30 – Bayfield, WI Big Top Chautaqua
August 2 – Sun Valley, ID River Run Lodge
August 3 – Idaho Falls, ID Colonial Theater
August 4 – Sandpoint, ID Festival at Sandpoint
August 12 – Lowell, MA Lowell Music Series
August 13 – Freeport, ME Discovery Park
October 1 – Bloomington, IN Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts
October 2 – Newark, OH Midland Theatre

Rickie Lee Jones Trio
October 13 – Old Saybrook, CT Katharine Hepburn Arts Center
October 14 – Keene, NH Colonial Theater
October 15 – Quebec City, CAN Societe du Palais Montcalm

Rickie Lee Jones
October 22 – Melbourne, AUS Melbourne Festival
November 3 – Napa, CA the Opera House
November 4 – Saratoga, CA the Carriage House
November 5 – Redding, CA Cascade Theatre
November 6 – Medford, OR Craterian Ginger Rogers Theater
November 8 – Seattle, WA Jazz Alley
November 10 – Portland, OR Aladdin
November 27 – Paris, FR La Salle Pleyel
November 29 – Bilbao, FR Le Salle BBK


www.rickieleejones.com / www.ianmcrudden.com

For more information contact: Carla Parisi at Kid Logic, kidlogicmedia@gmail.com or 973-563-8204

5.16.2011

MORE FUN RETRO ROCK STUFF FROM MY FRIENDS

MUGSY @ The Second Chance, Ann Arbor, MI.

Left to right: David Vought (guitar) Steve Pratt (vocals) Fred Schmidt (drums) Peter Bankert (bass) Joe Gaydos (guitar) (THANKS STEVE!!)

Loved watching Mugsy!


My dear friend Stanley T. Madhatter buttons and photos from the Second Chance/Nectarine Ballroom Facebook Page thanks Cathy!


Scott Dailey sent these in and are these ever cool.... Thanks Scott!












THE AMAZING BRANDO!!!


BrandO

Had a fun phone call today with the VERY Amazing BrandO... My daughter is a huge fan and I am too. We met BrandO in Lansing awhile back at one of his gigs. BrandO is a cool singer/guitar player who write the lyrics and plays guitar featuring Nintendo video game music.



Back before I bought my first computer I was a video gamer. So BrandO and I have a lot to talk about! We went over all my old favorites like Super Metroid, Final Fantasy, Mario RPG and more. BrandO sent in my videos and new tour info for him. He said he may be in Detroit soon..
He is such a talented guy..

BrandO has a very hot website that my daughter Lesley contributes art for check it out!

Hated killing this monster the most!!



From BrandO:

Hey Kim!
Here are the links to the videos:



Zelda 3 Episode 2:

Song of Storms (Ocarina of Time):

Enjoy Your Stay (Hotel Theme from Earthbound):

Zelda 3 is being done in the style of a Rock Opera walkthrough.
Song of Storms was also recorded in Spanish

Enjoy Your Stay is my most recent, and Zelda 3 Episode 3 should be posted within a week or so.

I am also in the process of recording a whole album dedicated to Super Metroid:

I'll be performing at Nerdapalooza in Orlando, FL on July 16th, and at NerdPow October 28th in Columbus, OH.

Hope this helps! Attached are some newer pictures for ya. Feel free to use some from the Facebook as well. :)
Talk to you soon!
BrandO

GUEST POST FROM ROCK PHOTOGRAPHER HEATHER HARRIS

Loved seeing my gift hanging on HH's wall! Thought I would share this piece today XXOOK

The most eclectic and/or rare art resides in my photo studio bathroom. The studio originally was the barn of our 1912 farmhouse, and the back wall of same had been painted with a mural of The Promised Land (some of it seen at left in the photo above) in place of an altar when it was converted to a church for revival meetings. The Ann Arbor Rock and Roll Revival show poster above the utility sink (dating to when I used this space as a darkroom) is a brand new acquisition, a gift from Retrokimmer three weeks ago when I visited there and photographed the Tribute to Ron Asheton/Iggy and The 

Stooges gig. Atop the wood shelf is an old art school oil painting I did, with a 1978 theatre flyer below. It's by Edward Gorey of the London production of "Dracula" starring Terence Stamp, which Mr. Twister and I saw there. 

Below a signature work of Niagara's (Dark Carnival and Destroy All Monsters chanteuse) "This Band Sucks" giclee is an impossibly rare poster of English Boy Ltd., the vintage mid-1960s modeling agency made up of the coolest who's who of Mod/Psychedelic London's fashion, music and art scenes, illustrated with dozens of said scenesters from Brian Jones, James Fox, Suki Potier, Chrissie Shrimpton and Marijke Koger to various Ormsby-Gores and Raineys. And how did Mr. Twister procure this originally? He was one of their models during his sojourn with the cast of Mick Jagger's best film "Performance."

In our upstairs water closet are rock and roll magazines, rock and roll books (plus a Zelda Fitzgerald biography or three,) a large giclee print by Niagara (the Marlene Dietrich at left) and Marijke Koger-Dunham's (besides being featured at English Boy Ltd, the pyschedelic stylist to the Beatles, fine artist and member of The Fool) two fantasy prints. Yes, I have a retro paisley bathroom. Two of these books have appearances by yours truly. Rebel Music by Harvey Kubernik has my shot on the cover, and We Got the Neutron Bomb (History of L.A.Punk) actually quotes me. I had to answer someone's comment of "If I had this bathroom I'd rarely leave it" with my own confession, "I don't do those sorts of things any more."



What's in the downstairs' bathroom? Below, another Niagara giclee ("One of us is loaded,") one of Twister's 60s interior design posters, and an actual original 1973 David Lance Goines print of "Der Blaue Engel" ("The Blue Angel." I guess we like Marlene Dietrich icons in our bathrooms.) Mary Kay, bassist of legendary The Dogs and I both constructed as well as designed this loo, replete with our knocking out part of the wall and tiling over it, building a graceful plaster curve to the tub and, to play up the 1912 aspect, wall-papering all 4 walls and the ceiling (of the latter quoth Mary, "Never again!") During said construction, a faux supervisory Twister would stroll by and ask how Lucy and Ethel were doing! 

The more observant will note the barbed wire embedded in the toilet seat, bottom photograph, pun intended.


NOTE: link directly back to http://fastfilm1.blogspot.com if all elements such as photo layouts or videos aren't here.

5.09.2011

DENIZ TEK AND SONIC'S RENDEZVOUS FLYERS



Deniz Tek and Radio Birdman have the coolest graphics!



Iconic shot of Fred "Sonic" Smith
both flyers are gifts from Scott Morgan.
Thanks Scott!

MACHINEGUN THOMPSON IS IN THE WOODSHED


Talked to MGT today and he is back in the woodshed and the sweat shop gearing up for his upcoming gig in France with Iggy and The Stooges... MGT is hotter than ever and still can pound that kit better than anyone... Here are a few fun videos we made together to get it started...








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5.07.2011

SCOTT RICHARDSON AND KJ KNIGHT: THE FALLEN ANGELS


Scott Richardson

Hey gang! Got a really cool email today from Drummer KJ Knight and he sent me a song from the band The Fallen Angels... So when Scott R called today I got his take on the song "Big River" and KJ was so kind to give us some background on this band. Take a listen... I really like these tunes. Thanks KJ and Scott! xxooK

From Scott Richardson..

Fallen Angels was band we put together after hanging around London 73-74. Had the great Kj on drums, I don't remember where we recorded it but am happy to find out KJ had a copy of it.


I recorded Big River written by Bob Seger because I think it is one of his best songs. There is something about that song that really moves me. I have always loved it. The song sounds as good to me today as when he wrote it. Thanks KJ for sending this in... SR

Big River

Life is like a big river
sinkin' or swim, depends on you
you can take or you can be a giver
if you got love
you're gonna get through
once, a good woman loved me
I was kinda cruel, and she left me one day
now I'm cryin', she loves another
gotta go alone
the rest of the way
take, the advice of a loser
who's been livin' too long alone
follow your heart
follow your rainbow
and one day you'll find
you are not alone
Bob Seger


From KJ Knight

Kim This session was done at ABC Recording Studios, Inc at 8255 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, California in I believe 1975.We recorded three songs, "Big River," "Ride The Wind," and "Someone Like You." The Fallen Angels was a great band and loaded with talent!!!

The group featured Scott Richardson on vocals. Other members included: Richard Haddad Michaels on bass, Mike Nardone on guitar, and me, KJ Knight on drums. Scott Thurston, who later joined Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, played keyboards on a couple of these tracks. Email me for tracks


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