The Experience Hendrix Tour, the all-star tribute to guitar legend Jimi Hendrix, is returning for its first outing in five years with a Fall 2024 US run.
Dates kick off September 19th in Hendrix’s hometown of Seattle and run through October 19th in St. Augustine, Florida. Other stops include Spokane, Reno, Las Vegas, San Diego, Houston, Tulsa, and Nashville.
Get Experience Hendrix Tickets Here
A Live Nation ticket pre-sale for select dates begins Thursday (April 25th) at 10 a.m. local time using the code Riff. General ticket sales start Friday (April 26th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. Fans can also look for deals or get tickets to sold-out dates via StubHub, where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.
The Experience Hendrix Tour brings together some of the best active guitarists and vocalists from the worlds of rock and blues for an evening celebrating the...
Dates kick off September 19th in Hendrix’s hometown of Seattle and run through October 19th in St. Augustine, Florida. Other stops include Spokane, Reno, Las Vegas, San Diego, Houston, Tulsa, and Nashville.
Get Experience Hendrix Tickets Here
A Live Nation ticket pre-sale for select dates begins Thursday (April 25th) at 10 a.m. local time using the code Riff. General ticket sales start Friday (April 26th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. Fans can also look for deals or get tickets to sold-out dates via StubHub, where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.
The Experience Hendrix Tour brings together some of the best active guitarists and vocalists from the worlds of rock and blues for an evening celebrating the...
- 4/24/2024
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
Dweezil Zappa has announced 2024 tour dates celebrating the 50th anniversary of his father Frank Zappa’s albums Roxy & Elsewhere and Apostrophe.
Kicking off on August 1st in Phoenix, the dates — dubbed the “Rox-Postrophy Tour” — will see Zappa reimagine the music from the two albums with “fan-favorite tracks from each record; replete with unique hybrid arrangements.” After stops in Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, Atlanta, and more cities, the tour will conclude with a final performance in Santa Fe, New Mexico on September 11th.
Get Dweezil Zappa Tickets Here
Tickets for the dates will first become available via an artist pre-sale opening on March 13th at 10:00 a.m. local time. For more information on the pre-sale, check out Zappa’s website. General on-sale will begin via Ticketmaster on March 15th at 10:00 a.m. local time, after which tickets can be purchased on StubHub, where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program.
Kicking off on August 1st in Phoenix, the dates — dubbed the “Rox-Postrophy Tour” — will see Zappa reimagine the music from the two albums with “fan-favorite tracks from each record; replete with unique hybrid arrangements.” After stops in Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, Atlanta, and more cities, the tour will conclude with a final performance in Santa Fe, New Mexico on September 11th.
Get Dweezil Zappa Tickets Here
Tickets for the dates will first become available via an artist pre-sale opening on March 13th at 10:00 a.m. local time. For more information on the pre-sale, check out Zappa’s website. General on-sale will begin via Ticketmaster on March 15th at 10:00 a.m. local time, after which tickets can be purchased on StubHub, where orders are 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program.
- 3/13/2024
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
Deep Purple have announced a “Super Deluxe Edition” of their classic 1972 album Machine Head, featuring new stereo and Dolby Atmos mixes by Dweezil Zappa. In fact, you can hear Zappa’s new mix of the iconic “Smoke on the Water” below.
The box set, which arrives March 29th via Rhino, features a vinyl version of the album with Zappa’s new 2024 remix, in addition to three CDs and a Blu-ray audio disc. The first CD contains the original mix and the Zappa mix. The second one features a concert recorded on March 9, 1972, at the Paris Theatre in London. And the third CD contains a previously unreleased concert recorded in April 1971 at the Montreux Casino in Switzerland.
The Blu-ray audio disc, meanwhile, boasts Zappa’s Dolby Atmos mix, the 1974 US quad mix, and a Dolby 5.1 surround mix of select tracks.
Zappa says of Machine Head in a press release, “It’s...
The box set, which arrives March 29th via Rhino, features a vinyl version of the album with Zappa’s new 2024 remix, in addition to three CDs and a Blu-ray audio disc. The first CD contains the original mix and the Zappa mix. The second one features a concert recorded on March 9, 1972, at the Paris Theatre in London. And the third CD contains a previously unreleased concert recorded in April 1971 at the Montreux Casino in Switzerland.
The Blu-ray audio disc, meanwhile, boasts Zappa’s Dolby Atmos mix, the 1974 US quad mix, and a Dolby 5.1 surround mix of select tracks.
Zappa says of Machine Head in a press release, “It’s...
- 2/6/2024
- by Spencer Kaufman
- Consequence - Music
Everett Peck, whose comic-book creation Duckman was adapted into a late-1990s animated series with Jason Alexander voicing the lewd private-eye title character, died Tuesday, June 14, of cancer in California. He was 71.
On the illustrator’s Instagram page, a simple announcement reads, “Mr. Peck has left the studio… Oct. 9, 1950 – June 14, 2022.”
Alexander, who was co-starring on Seinfeld during the 1994-97 Duckman series run on USA Network, called Peck “a genius animator and cartoonist who brought Duckman to life.”
“It was an honor to voice his beloved creation and a joy to have known Everett,” Alexander tweeted yesterday. “He was one of a glorious kind. My best to his family&friends.”
The animated series – the full rarely used title was Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man – was based on the character Peck created for a 1990 comic book published by Dark Horse Comics. Peck created and developed the series, which also featured the voices of Gregg Berger,...
On the illustrator’s Instagram page, a simple announcement reads, “Mr. Peck has left the studio… Oct. 9, 1950 – June 14, 2022.”
Alexander, who was co-starring on Seinfeld during the 1994-97 Duckman series run on USA Network, called Peck “a genius animator and cartoonist who brought Duckman to life.”
“It was an honor to voice his beloved creation and a joy to have known Everett,” Alexander tweeted yesterday. “He was one of a glorious kind. My best to his family&friends.”
The animated series – the full rarely used title was Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man – was based on the character Peck created for a 1990 comic book published by Dark Horse Comics. Peck created and developed the series, which also featured the voices of Gregg Berger,...
- 6/17/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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Everett Peck, the illustrator and cartoonist who created the irreverent Jason Alexander-starring animated series Duckman, has died. He was 71.
Peck died Tuesday in Solana Beach, California, of complications from a long battle with pancreatic cancer, his wife, Helen, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Peck created Duckman for a 1990 one-off comic book published by Dark Horse Comics while pitching the idea for an adults-only animated series. It finally made it to the air in 1994 on the USA Network via Klasky-Csupo (the original production company behind The Simpsons), ran four seasons through 1997 and was nominated for three Emmys.
“Duckman represents the plight of the little guy in an ever more complex and demanding world,” Peck said in a 2009 interview. “Like many of us, he struggles to break even but is ultimately squashed by powers far beyond his control.”
Alexander portrayed Eric Tiberius Duckman, the self-loathing...
Everett Peck, the illustrator and cartoonist who created the irreverent Jason Alexander-starring animated series Duckman, has died. He was 71.
Peck died Tuesday in Solana Beach, California, of complications from a long battle with pancreatic cancer, his wife, Helen, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Peck created Duckman for a 1990 one-off comic book published by Dark Horse Comics while pitching the idea for an adults-only animated series. It finally made it to the air in 1994 on the USA Network via Klasky-Csupo (the original production company behind The Simpsons), ran four seasons through 1997 and was nominated for three Emmys.
“Duckman represents the plight of the little guy in an ever more complex and demanding world,” Peck said in a 2009 interview. “Like many of us, he struggles to break even but is ultimately squashed by powers far beyond his control.”
Alexander portrayed Eric Tiberius Duckman, the self-loathing...
- 6/17/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The words “hologram tour” conjure images of a cold, dystopian future. Video of the Japanese concert sensation Hatsune Miku looks a bit like a scene from Blade Runner 2049. The Tupac hologram is still surreal. And the technology could give Kiss the ability to launch final tours in every city every night into infinity, should they adopt it. One artist whom the practice makes complete sense for, though, is Frank Zappa. A few years before he died, he wrote in his autobiography that he would love to roll out what...
- 4/25/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Steve Ripley, leader of Grammy-nominated country-rock band the Tractors, died Thursday at his home in Pawnee, Oklahoma, following a battle with cancer. He was 69.
With Ripley as frontman, the Tractors scored their biggest hit with their rollicking debut single, “Baby Likes to Rock It,” in 1994, attracting critical attention and rapidly earning a platinum disc for their self-titled debut. While other releases for the group didn’t fare as well, Ripley would continue as a recording artist, songwriter, producer, engineer, radio host (of the popular Oklahoma Rock & Roll series) and the inventor of the “stereo guitar,...
With Ripley as frontman, the Tractors scored their biggest hit with their rollicking debut single, “Baby Likes to Rock It,” in 1994, attracting critical attention and rapidly earning a platinum disc for their self-titled debut. While other releases for the group didn’t fare as well, Ripley would continue as a recording artist, songwriter, producer, engineer, radio host (of the popular Oklahoma Rock & Roll series) and the inventor of the “stereo guitar,...
- 1/4/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
Spinal Tap bassist Derek Smalls’ solo debut isn’t the first rock concept album devoted to the subject of getting old. “Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Ageing),” though, might be the first long player devoted primarily to the physical indignities that come toward the end of the long game — dental, arthritic, follicular and erectile dysfunctions all included. It’s a heavy metal borscht belt album, full of “Take my gall bladder, please” humor updated for rock ’n’ roll’s own sunset years, with the added pleasure of the world’s screaming-est guitarists to go with the screaming gout.
Speaking of impending death, Spinal Tap appears to have finally bought the sex farm. Some time after their last reunion tour in 2009, Michael McKean and Christopher Guest apparently decided 40 years was enough flogging for what began as a one-off TV sketch in 1979. It’s natural that Harry Shearer would be the one carrying...
Speaking of impending death, Spinal Tap appears to have finally bought the sex farm. Some time after their last reunion tour in 2009, Michael McKean and Christopher Guest apparently decided 40 years was enough flogging for what began as a one-off TV sketch in 1979. It’s natural that Harry Shearer would be the one carrying...
- 4/13/2018
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Just like his fellow living Spinal Tap bandmates, Derek Smalls prefers to keep a profile befitting of his name. Though he’s been far from the public eye since Spinal Tap’s last tour in 2009, Smalls is finally on the cusp of doing something he has never done before: releasing his own solo album.
The record, titled “Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Ageing),” is a concept album where Smalls ruminates about nearing the end of the road both artistically and, for all practical purposes, as a person as he nears his 77th birthday. (Of course, Smalls is played by Harry Shearer — who conducted his interview with TheWrap in character.)
It took a trip to a land far away from Spinal Tap’s core audience for Smalls to realize he didn’t want to be another white-haired rock footnote.
“I went over to Albania — a friend of mine was there in a near-death metal band called Chainsaw Vermin — and his bassist is an abuser of every known substance, so I’ve been sitting in with them from time-to-time,” he said in his British drawl. “I thought to myself, ‘Derek, is this where it leads, to sitting in Albania as a substitute bass player? It’s not your journey’s end if you have the choice. It’s not time to put Derek out to pasture just yet.”
Also Read: 'Spinal Tap' Stars Blasted for 'Absurdly' Filed $400 Million Lawsuit
Calling on a wide range of guest musicians, including Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen, Dweezil Zappa, Rick Wakeman, Joe Satriani, Paul Shaffer, Steve Vai, Jane Lynch and even The Hungarian Studio Orchestra, the record is just what you’d expect from an aging rocker. Retaining the same bone-crunching bass lines, Smalls proves that his music can exist outside of his famed band — and tackles aging exactly how you’d expect from a Spinal Tap veteran.
Solo endeavor aside, Smalls isn’t too optimistic about Spinal Tap reuniting for one final go. Smalls said he communicates with fellow members David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel frequently.
“Nig is out in the countryside in Hertfordshire — I think he’s renting it,” he explained. “He got deeply involved in animal husbandry and breeding miniature goats. He’s got his hands full — at least with baby goats. David, I hear from him, but I don’t use the internet because I suffer from addiction– so I use the post — and I will get something from him every once in a while with anticipation, mixed with fear, since he sends it using Chinese pictograms. I don’t know if he’s saying ‘how’s it going mate?’ or ‘congrats on the new record’ or ‘let’s get the band back together again’ or ‘I’ll have the duck and dim sum for three.’ I have no idea if it’s him or Janine [St. Hubbins’ significant other].”
Also Read: 'Spinal Tap' Fraud Suit Balloons to $400 Million Claim; Christopher Guest, Rob Reiner, Michael McKean Sign On
Since Marty Dibergi’s 1984 “This Is Spinal Tap” documentary, Spinal Tap has broken up and gotten back together more times than people have fingers, and, of course, they have lost just as many drummers in the process. But Smalls said he’s not a fan of “This Is Spinal Tap” — in particular the moment in the film where he’s stuck in a pod during an otherwise rousing version of “Rock N Roll Creation.”
“I can’t speak for Nigel or David, but I regard [the film] as a hatchet job,” Smalls told TheWrap. “About 99.9940 percent we found our way to the stage right away, you didn’t see that in the film, did you? No, because he had an agenda. He said he was our biggest fan and wanted to cover our tour. Instead of being fair and helping us get big, he turned us into laughingstocks. It sounds perverse, but I think that’s what it’s about.”
Also Read: Donald Trump With 'Spinal Tap' Audio Goes Up to 11 (Video)
Mainly, Smalls is concerned about a number of incidents that appear in the movie’s final cut that portrayed him in what he deems a negative light. As for the stuck-in-a-pod footage (“It only happened three bloody times on that tour”), he blames Dibergi.
But, it’s the infamous incident at the Milwaukee airport that continues to haunt Smalls the most:
“I got out of the zucchini packing business well in time,” he said. “I’ve never had a problem — with what we call in the business — my power stance. Those were our biggest shows and I thought stagefright and nervousness could have an effect, shall we say. This was nothing more than an insurance policy.”
Even though the band’s salad days came in the late ’70s and early ’80s — when the rock star lifestyle allowed men to behave badly without fear of retribution, Smalls said that Spinal Tap doesn’t have to worry about any lurking scandal.
“I think the #MeToo thing is about power,” he said. “We never achieved any power.”
Smalls said there aren’t immediate plans for a new Tap album or a re-release of their classic albums (“That’s all tied up in legal stuff”). So if you’re looking to get busy to “Sex Farm,” you’re just going to have to dust off that elusive “Smell the Glove” vinyl. That said, don’t expect to see Spinal Tap added to the growing tally of musicians hitting the road for a farewell tour.
“Tap never breaks up,” the bassist told us. “It’s like you’re standing at the beach and you’re looking at the water and all of a sudden the fog comes in, and the sand and the water are gone. The fog, in this case, is reality and the water is Tap. It’s just not there anymore.”
Derek Smalls’ “Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Ageing)” drops on Friday via Twanky Records/BMG.
Read original story Spinal Tap’s Derek Smalls Tells Us About the Band’s Future and That Zucchini Incident At TheWrap...
The record, titled “Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Ageing),” is a concept album where Smalls ruminates about nearing the end of the road both artistically and, for all practical purposes, as a person as he nears his 77th birthday. (Of course, Smalls is played by Harry Shearer — who conducted his interview with TheWrap in character.)
It took a trip to a land far away from Spinal Tap’s core audience for Smalls to realize he didn’t want to be another white-haired rock footnote.
“I went over to Albania — a friend of mine was there in a near-death metal band called Chainsaw Vermin — and his bassist is an abuser of every known substance, so I’ve been sitting in with them from time-to-time,” he said in his British drawl. “I thought to myself, ‘Derek, is this where it leads, to sitting in Albania as a substitute bass player? It’s not your journey’s end if you have the choice. It’s not time to put Derek out to pasture just yet.”
Also Read: 'Spinal Tap' Stars Blasted for 'Absurdly' Filed $400 Million Lawsuit
Calling on a wide range of guest musicians, including Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen, Dweezil Zappa, Rick Wakeman, Joe Satriani, Paul Shaffer, Steve Vai, Jane Lynch and even The Hungarian Studio Orchestra, the record is just what you’d expect from an aging rocker. Retaining the same bone-crunching bass lines, Smalls proves that his music can exist outside of his famed band — and tackles aging exactly how you’d expect from a Spinal Tap veteran.
Solo endeavor aside, Smalls isn’t too optimistic about Spinal Tap reuniting for one final go. Smalls said he communicates with fellow members David St. Hubbins and Nigel Tufnel frequently.
“Nig is out in the countryside in Hertfordshire — I think he’s renting it,” he explained. “He got deeply involved in animal husbandry and breeding miniature goats. He’s got his hands full — at least with baby goats. David, I hear from him, but I don’t use the internet because I suffer from addiction– so I use the post — and I will get something from him every once in a while with anticipation, mixed with fear, since he sends it using Chinese pictograms. I don’t know if he’s saying ‘how’s it going mate?’ or ‘congrats on the new record’ or ‘let’s get the band back together again’ or ‘I’ll have the duck and dim sum for three.’ I have no idea if it’s him or Janine [St. Hubbins’ significant other].”
Also Read: 'Spinal Tap' Fraud Suit Balloons to $400 Million Claim; Christopher Guest, Rob Reiner, Michael McKean Sign On
Since Marty Dibergi’s 1984 “This Is Spinal Tap” documentary, Spinal Tap has broken up and gotten back together more times than people have fingers, and, of course, they have lost just as many drummers in the process. But Smalls said he’s not a fan of “This Is Spinal Tap” — in particular the moment in the film where he’s stuck in a pod during an otherwise rousing version of “Rock N Roll Creation.”
“I can’t speak for Nigel or David, but I regard [the film] as a hatchet job,” Smalls told TheWrap. “About 99.9940 percent we found our way to the stage right away, you didn’t see that in the film, did you? No, because he had an agenda. He said he was our biggest fan and wanted to cover our tour. Instead of being fair and helping us get big, he turned us into laughingstocks. It sounds perverse, but I think that’s what it’s about.”
Also Read: Donald Trump With 'Spinal Tap' Audio Goes Up to 11 (Video)
Mainly, Smalls is concerned about a number of incidents that appear in the movie’s final cut that portrayed him in what he deems a negative light. As for the stuck-in-a-pod footage (“It only happened three bloody times on that tour”), he blames Dibergi.
But, it’s the infamous incident at the Milwaukee airport that continues to haunt Smalls the most:
“I got out of the zucchini packing business well in time,” he said. “I’ve never had a problem — with what we call in the business — my power stance. Those were our biggest shows and I thought stagefright and nervousness could have an effect, shall we say. This was nothing more than an insurance policy.”
Even though the band’s salad days came in the late ’70s and early ’80s — when the rock star lifestyle allowed men to behave badly without fear of retribution, Smalls said that Spinal Tap doesn’t have to worry about any lurking scandal.
“I think the #MeToo thing is about power,” he said. “We never achieved any power.”
Smalls said there aren’t immediate plans for a new Tap album or a re-release of their classic albums (“That’s all tied up in legal stuff”). So if you’re looking to get busy to “Sex Farm,” you’re just going to have to dust off that elusive “Smell the Glove” vinyl. That said, don’t expect to see Spinal Tap added to the growing tally of musicians hitting the road for a farewell tour.
“Tap never breaks up,” the bassist told us. “It’s like you’re standing at the beach and you’re looking at the water and all of a sudden the fog comes in, and the sand and the water are gone. The fog, in this case, is reality and the water is Tap. It’s just not there anymore.”
Derek Smalls’ “Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Ageing)” drops on Friday via Twanky Records/BMG.
Read original story Spinal Tap’s Derek Smalls Tells Us About the Band’s Future and That Zucchini Incident At TheWrap...
- 4/12/2018
- by Daniel Kohn
- The Wrap
The recent outpouring of sexual assault allegations is a watershed moment in Hollywood history, but there’s one question on everyone’s minds: What’s a conscientious feminist to watch on TV these days? The discerning yet moral media lover has found themselves in quite a quandary as admired directors, producers, actors, and comedians have revealed to have abused their industry clout to intimidate, harass, and assault. In response to this universal quandary, musical comedy duo Reformed Whores have composed a plaintive lament to the beloved talent left standing.
Aptly titled “Keep It in Your Pants,” their song begins: “Hollywood has been so irresponsible, each week it seems a new abuser is named. And while I’m happy that people are being held accountable, I don’t want it to affect the way I’m entertained. Of course I think the patriarchy should be dismantled, but not if it means...
Aptly titled “Keep It in Your Pants,” their song begins: “Hollywood has been so irresponsible, each week it seems a new abuser is named. And while I’m happy that people are being held accountable, I don’t want it to affect the way I’m entertained. Of course I think the patriarchy should be dismantled, but not if it means...
- 12/5/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
The children of deceased music legend Frank Zappa definitely aren’t playing in harmony these days. Tensions between Ahmet, Diva and Dweezil Zappa have reached such a heated point that Ahmet and Diva are now seeking relief in the legal arena. In a petition filed in Los Angeles Superior Court last week, Ahmet and Diva are asking permission to establish a website to counter “false and negative publicity and allegations that have been made in the media by third parties, including beneficiaries of the Trust, without causing suspension or removal.” Also Read: Frank Zappa Documentary 'Eat That Question' Acquired by Sony.
- 3/14/2017
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Dweezil Zappa's brother and sister are going after him, claiming he's ruining the Zappa name by spreading lies that tarnish their father's legacy. Ahmet and Diva Zappa just filed legal docs asking a judge to let them start a website to counter Dweezil's claim they are trying to ruin his career by denying him the right to perform his Zappa Plays Zappa tour. Dweezil has gone on a rant claiming Ahmet and Diva...
- 3/13/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Pretty in Pink isn't just a good '80s movie. It isn't just a good teen movie. And it isn't just a good romantic movie. It's just a good movie, period. The John Hughes classic first hit theaters on Feb. 28, 1986, and it turns 30 years old this weekend. The film featured Molly Ringwald as Andie, a high school student whose style belies her working class roots. She's captured the eye of seemingly every guy in school - among them, preppy dreamboat Blane (Andrew McCarthy) and her little hipster buddy, Duckie (Jon Cryer). And the process of Ringwald's character trying to figure...
- 2/24/2016
- by Drew Mackie, @drewgmackie
- PEOPLE.com
Pretty in Pink isn't just a good '80s movie. It isn't just a good teen movie. And it isn't just a good romantic movie. It's just a good movie, period. The John Hughes classic first hit theaters on Feb. 28, 1986, and it turns 30 years old this weekend. The film featured Molly Ringwald as Andie, a high school student whose style belies her working class roots. She's captured the eye of seemingly every guy in school - among them, preppy dreamboat Blane (Andrew McCarthy) and her little hipster buddy, Duckie (Jon Cryer). And the process of Ringwald's character trying to figure...
- 2/24/2016
- by Drew Mackie, @drewgmackie
- PEOPLE.com
Two years ago, composer Eric Alexandrakis wrote an ambient piece of music titled "Cryogenia π [Requiem For Humanity]" that was "very freeform and free-flowing and had this time-warp, evolving vibe to it." He visualized an actor reciting Plato's "The Allegory of the Cave" — a text suggested by his philosophy professor mother — over his music and knew there was only one person whose dulcet, yet eerie voice could complement the piece: John Malkovich.
"He has this very poetic, intellectual, mysterious, academic vibe to him — this blend of classical and edge that you just don't see,...
"He has this very poetic, intellectual, mysterious, academic vibe to him — this blend of classical and edge that you just don't see,...
- 11/27/2015
- Rollingstone.com
In the early Eighties, years before he would perfect brooding menace in Hollywood, John Malkovich was a rising theater star that would perform in front of New York's musical and cultural elite. "When you're a kid from Chicago and you go do a play in New York and David Bowie or Mick Jagger or Jacqueline Onassis show up, the only question you can really kind of think of is, 'Why?'" Malkovich tells Rolling Stone. One frequent attendee of the actor's plays at the time was Yoko Ono.
Three decades later,...
Three decades later,...
- 11/9/2015
- Rollingstone.com
John Malkovich: actor, director, portal vessel, sonic explorer. The performer has teamed with an eclectic group of musicians – including Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon, the Cars' Ric Ocasek, Omd, Young the Giant, Dweezil Zappa and the Dandy Warhols – to create Like a Puppet Show, a Record Store Day Black Friday vinyl exclusive. The album finds Malkovich reciting classical musician Eric Alexandrakis' version of Plato's Allegory of the Cave over original material composed and produced by Alexandrakis, paired with bizarre photos of Malkovich taken by Sandro.
The 11-track Like...
The 11-track Like...
- 9/18/2015
- Rollingstone.com
You'll never forget Miley Cyrus' performance with Robin Thicke (remember him) at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, partly because Miley keeps reminding you... Fuck yeah VMAs!!!!! #VMAs on @MTV Aug 30 at 9pm pic.twitter.com/iiBzMm0l3C — Miley Ray Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) July 20, 2015 The 22-year-old performer will be the host of the 2015 MTV VMAs, set to take place Aug. 30 in Los Angeles. (No, Cyrus isn't the youngest to ever host the honors: Dweezil Zappa was but a teenager when helped co-host the show in 1986 And 1987.) The nominations for the typically rowdy telecast will be announced tomorrow morning at first on the Beats 1 Chart Show (Apple's radio station) at 10 a.m. Est. All nominees will go live on the VMAs site at 11 a.m. Est. What do you think: is the "Wrecking Ball" singer a worthy hostess of the awards show? What music video do you hope gets the most nominations?...
- 7/21/2015
- by Katie Hasty
- Hitfix
After profiling its first-ever sports figure, Billie Jean King, tonight at 8pm, PBS doc series "American Masters" will turn to Jimi Hendrix with "Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Train A Comin'," slated to premiere Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at 9pm. The two-hour doc is directed by Bob Smeaton of "Festival Express" and "Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child," and an expanded home video edition will be released on the same day the film airs on PBS, as well as a CD and limited edition vinyl set for "Jimi Hendrix Experience: Miami Pop Festival," the first-ever release of one of the guitar virtuoso's most sought-after performances. "Hear My Train A Comin'" will include previously unseen performance footage and home movies taken by Hendrix and drummer Mitch Mitchell as well as interviews with Paul McCartney, Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchell, Billy Cox, Eddie Kramer, Steve Winwood, Vernon Reid, Billy Gibbons, Dweezil Zappa and Dave Mason. Check...
- 9/10/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
Dweezil Zappa has gotten a double whammy in his marriage -- first his wife filed for divorce, and now his divorce lawyer has sued him for not paying his bill.According to the lawsuit -- obtained by TMZ -- Dweezil's lawyer, James Eliaser, claims Dweeze owes $37,498.75.Dweezil's wife, Lauren Knudsen, filed for divorce in 2010.According to Dweezil's retainer agreement, the former MTV VJ agreed to pay the lawyer $625 an hour. Dweezil paid a $15,000 retainer at the beginning,...
- 3/29/2012
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
To the avid movie fan and even some of my fellow Pajibans, the Academy Awards telecast is akin to the Superbowl. Hours of pomp and circumstance over the best movie costumes and sound editing, fussing over the clothes people wear to a bloated ceremony and speech upon speech upon falsely modest speech. But for those of you who aren't into all that, you need a little something to distract you for a moment or two and I consider it an honor and a privilege to give you this distraction (which if you're lucky, will get you through exactly that amount of time). Hopefully the list will at least provide you a chuckle, a quizzical expression upon your face and a few ideas for naming your next child, pet or blow-up friend; whatever the case may be. After all, according to the media, we--the regular people--enjoy doing everything we can to...
- 2/27/2011
- by Cindy Davis
The Grammys will never be hip, but between Gaga's egg and Cee Lo's muppets they were in danger of becoming essential viewing
This time we knew for sure which came first: the chicken or the egg. Lady Gaga emerged from an egg-shaped cocoon to lead a troupe of dancers through her gay anthem Born This Way a good hour before Cee Lo Green, sprouting feathers from an armoured breastplate, was joined by Gwyneth Paltrow and a horde of muppets for his hit Forget You. Any award show would be happy with one such performance, let alone two.
The Grammys will never be hip. In fact, its stiff-limbed, you'll-have-to-speak-up-sonny image is almost a badge of honour. Hence its absurdly early cut-off date for eligibility, which consigned Kanye West to tweeting his opinions from home instead of eyeing up trophies. Hence the stolid propriety of its 109 categories, which means that most of...
This time we knew for sure which came first: the chicken or the egg. Lady Gaga emerged from an egg-shaped cocoon to lead a troupe of dancers through her gay anthem Born This Way a good hour before Cee Lo Green, sprouting feathers from an armoured breastplate, was joined by Gwyneth Paltrow and a horde of muppets for his hit Forget You. Any award show would be happy with one such performance, let alone two.
The Grammys will never be hip. In fact, its stiff-limbed, you'll-have-to-speak-up-sonny image is almost a badge of honour. Hence its absurdly early cut-off date for eligibility, which consigned Kanye West to tweeting his opinions from home instead of eyeing up trophies. Hence the stolid propriety of its 109 categories, which means that most of...
- 2/15/2011
- by Dorian Lynskey
- The Guardian - Film News
The 2011 Grammy Awards were big for the ladies -- country trio Lady Antebellum took home the most awards with five, while Lady Gaga earned three. Eminem had two honors, but Alternative Rock group Arcade Fire won the coveted Album of the Year.
Here is the full list of winners:
Album Of The Year
The Suburbs -- Arcade Fire
Recovery -- Eminem
Need You Now -- Lady Antebellum
The Fame Monster -- Lady Gaga
Teenage Dream -- Katy Perry
Record Of The Year
"Nothin' On You" -- B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars
"Love The Way You Lie" -- Eminem Featuring Rihanna
"Forget You" -- Cee Lo Green
"Empire State Of Mind" -- Jay-z & Alicia Keys
"Need You Now" -- Lady Antebellum
Best New Artist
Justin Bieber
Drake
Florence & The Machine
Mumford & Sons
Esperanza Spalding
Song Of The Year
"Beg Steal Or Borrow" -- Ray Lamontagne, songwriter (Ray Lamontagne And The...
Here is the full list of winners:
Album Of The Year
The Suburbs -- Arcade Fire
Recovery -- Eminem
Need You Now -- Lady Antebellum
The Fame Monster -- Lady Gaga
Teenage Dream -- Katy Perry
Record Of The Year
"Nothin' On You" -- B.o.B Featuring Bruno Mars
"Love The Way You Lie" -- Eminem Featuring Rihanna
"Forget You" -- Cee Lo Green
"Empire State Of Mind" -- Jay-z & Alicia Keys
"Need You Now" -- Lady Antebellum
Best New Artist
Justin Bieber
Drake
Florence & The Machine
Mumford & Sons
Esperanza Spalding
Song Of The Year
"Beg Steal Or Borrow" -- Ray Lamontagne, songwriter (Ray Lamontagne And The...
- 2/14/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Over the course of his still young career, Justin Bieber has managed to appeal to people across a number of different genre lines. His ubiquity in the pop world is undeniable, and he is continuously picking up credibility in the R&B and hip-hop worlds as well (thanks to a number of key collaborations and endorsements). However, it's unlikely that Bieber will appeal to the metal community any time soon, though that could certainly change when the Super Bowl rolls around. Bieber will appear alongside Ozzy Osbourne in an advertisement for Best Buy that will air during the big game on Sunday night, February 6. The content of the ad is being kept under wraps, but it marks the first time that Bieber will be teaming up with Osbourne and will certainly make for unlikely bedfellows for both of them.
However, despite his well-earned reputation as a badass, Ozzy has been...
However, despite his well-earned reputation as a badass, Ozzy has been...
- 1/27/2011
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
A Conversation With Dweezil Zappa Mike Ragogna: You have a new live record out titled Return of the Son of... Now, this isn't exactly a Frank Zappa greatest hits album, so what were you going for with the selections on this project? Dweezil Zappa: Well, first of all, people should know that it is a record that's listed under my name, Dweezil Zappa, but the music is taken from the Zappa Plays Zappa touring band, the project I've been doing since 2006. It's a combination of performances that I thought were really stand out performances in terms of the way the band played and also the way the band interacted with the audience. There seems to be a spark that you can sense that we're all having a fun time and a good performance. It's a double CD set, so there's a...
- 7/13/2010
- by Mike Ragogna
- Huffington Post
Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has announced some exciting new initiatives for his Silverlake Conservatory of Music.
Established by Flea and Keith Barry in 2001 to facilitate music education by providing affordable or free lessons and instruments, the Conservatory’s eight classrooms are filled with instruments, teachers and students, with instruction, discussion, laughter and, of course, lots of music. To these students, the Scm represents a future full of the joy of music and the sense of accomplishment felt by those who make it.
The charity is happy to announce that it is running an online fundraising auction for a brand new Fender guitar amp, with all proceeds going to its music facilities. The G-dec 3 Thirty model amp comes packed with presets and loops from some top artists, including Eric Johnson, Charlie Benante and Frank Bello (Anthrax), Phil Collen (Def Leppard), Joe Trohman (Fall Out Boy), Brad Paisley, Dweezil Zappa,...
Established by Flea and Keith Barry in 2001 to facilitate music education by providing affordable or free lessons and instruments, the Conservatory’s eight classrooms are filled with instruments, teachers and students, with instruction, discussion, laughter and, of course, lots of music. To these students, the Scm represents a future full of the joy of music and the sense of accomplishment felt by those who make it.
The charity is happy to announce that it is running an online fundraising auction for a brand new Fender guitar amp, with all proceeds going to its music facilities. The G-dec 3 Thirty model amp comes packed with presets and loops from some top artists, including Eric Johnson, Charlie Benante and Frank Bello (Anthrax), Phil Collen (Def Leppard), Joe Trohman (Fall Out Boy), Brad Paisley, Dweezil Zappa,...
- 5/20/2010
- Look to the Stars
The wife of rock guitarist and former MTV VJ Dweezil Zappa is calling it quits on their five-year marriage. Lauren Knudsen, citing irreconcilable differences, filed for divorce two weeks ago, Los Angeles court records show. Knudsen is seeking sole physical custody of their daughters, Zola Frank, 3, and Ceylon Indira, 1, with legal custody to be shared. She's also seeking spousal support from her husband. A rep for Zappa wasn't immediately available for comment. Related: Split! The Year's Biggest Breakups...
- 3/29/2010
- by Ken Lee
- PEOPLE.com
Somewhat unfairly sneered at by critics as a misguided exercise in overblown camp dressed up as satire, and relegated within Arnie's overall body of work to the category of "minor Schwarzenegger" (as if such a thing even exists), this dystopic actioner stands the test of time as an overlooked, under-appreciated gem. A riotously over-the-top vision of a world gone mad, where government and the entertainment industry work in harmony to promote the status quo and the oppressed masses are distracted by television, encouraged to direct their anger at manufactured enemies of the state who run the gauntlet of a high-tech gladiatorial arena in a fight for their very lives.
It also serves as a somewhat seminal, landmark moment for the Great Man, earmarking the moment when at the zenith of his popularity and the height of his prowess Arnold went meta. The tagline for the original 1987 release of The Running Man...
It also serves as a somewhat seminal, landmark moment for the Great Man, earmarking the moment when at the zenith of his popularity and the height of his prowess Arnold went meta. The tagline for the original 1987 release of The Running Man...
- 2/12/2010
- by Neil Pedley
- JustPressPlay.net
Lisa Loeb is an American actress, singer, and songwriter who sprung onto the musical scene in 1994 with the song "Stay (I missed you)." She was the first musical artist ever to have a number one single without being signed to a recording contract. Lisa was born on March 11, 1968 in Bethesda, Maryland but was raised in Dallas Texas. Her mother, a homemaker, and her father, a gastroenterologist, remain in Dallas today. When Lisa was young, she attended the all-girls private school, The Hockaday School. She has three siblings Debbie, Benjamin, and Phillip, all of whom are involved with music. Speaking about her childhood, Lisa says "I don't think I can tell any stories about how I lived in a van in Alaska. I grew up in the suburbs, I even had my own room. We weren't poor. Everything was normal." Lisa began writing her own songs at the age of six,...
- 12/9/2009
- by jmaurer@corp.popstar.com (Jennifer Maurer)
- PopStar
Fresh off her marriage to "The Tonight Show" producer Roey Hershkovitz, '90s alt-culture crush Lisa Loeb is pregnant with her first child. While she hasn't really been a part of the pop music conversation since the turn of the millennium, Loeb may be one of the most iconic characters to come out of the grunge era. She was a folksy singer-songwriter who got her big break when her song "Stay (I Missed You)" got placed on the soundtrack to the 1994 Ben Stiller comedy "Reality Bites," broke out as a single and turned Loeb into a chart-topping star even though she didn't have a record deal. If you were of a certain age in 1994, Loeb was probably the cornerstone of your celebrity crushes, and if you were an especially impressionable person at that time, she might have even informed your entire outlook on the opposite sex. Loeb wasn't the first...
- 9/3/2009
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
Coldplay is loud. Tia Carrera is cheap. Jennifer Hudson is simply riveting. The night's backstage doings—and sayings—at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards: 5:00 p.m Pt.: Dweezil Zappa teared up on the pre-show telecast, and he's tearing up back here as the prime-time show starts—overcome by the moment (he won for Rock Instrumental Performance), and memories of his father, it seems. Chris Brown and Rihanna won't make tonight's show; people like Zappa wouldn't have missed it for all the world. • "I've actually read books before," Desperate Housewives' Beau Bridges shares. And while that's nice to know, I believe he means he's...
- 2/8/2009
- E! Online
Legally Blonde beauty Selma Blair has married her rocker beau Ahmet Zappa in a low-key ceremony at actress Carrie Fisher's Beverly Hills mansion. Blair, 31, and her 29-year-old boyfriend of just six months were due to exchange nuptials at the Ritz-Carlton in Marina Del Ray, California, but switched locations at the last minute. A source says, "Selma wore a simple gown with no veil." The pal adds that the guest list for the traditional Jewish ceremony "was very small" and included Zappa's sister Moon Unit and brother Dweezil with girlfriend Lisa Loeb.
- 1/30/2004
- WENN
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