Though you wouldn’t know it from their Twitter feeds which are as ambiguous about location as ver, rumor has it that the Jersey Shore cast has landed in Miami to start filming Season Two!
TMZ reported yesterday that the cast was told they’d definitely be headed to South Beach sometime this week. Camera crews reportedly descended on our favorite guido’s homes to film the pre-flight packing routine just as they did last season (footage of which was seen on ‘Before the Shore’).
There’s no word on whether or not Pauly D tried to pack his tanning bed for the flight from NJ to FL. Hopefully, MTV preempted that by providing an in-house salon – because, let’s face it, they would have to put 7 beds in the house or else we’d be watching footage of the cast standing in line waiting their turn under the lights.
Also, did you guys catch MTV’s Fist Pumpin’ Spring Break special with Pauly, Snooki and the Situation? We got to see a bit of their GTL routine and learned that Pauly and the Sitch don’t really know how to do laundry at a laundromat.
We also learned that Snooki and Pauly D supposedly hooked up on their last night in the shore house…though that seems like a bit of a ploy to snag viewers than the truth. If it’s true, Snooki got around that night as we saw her making out with the Sitch in the hot tub in the season one finale…why didn’t we see her and Pauly D? (Or for that matter, why didn’t the Sitch see her with Pauly seeing as how they roomed together?)
It could have happened though. Afterall, Pauly did leave us with this gem of a quote from episode 2:
In a weird Snookers world, like me and Snookers would make the best, like, little guidos and guidettes, little poofs and blow-outs on our little kids.
[lastfm]Stone Temple Pilots [/lastfm]got SXSW 2010 off to an intense start with last night’s performance at Austin Music Hall.
The show was packed with signature tunes like “Plush” , “Creep” and “Big Empty” as well as blistering cover of The Doors’ “Roadhouse Blues”. Click here for more.
Below is a little taste of what went down last night.
Remember when music videos mattered and music artists got as much publicity for their videos as for the songs, sometimes more? I always thought that was odd as it was likely a director putting his or her stamp on the artist/group’s sound rather than the music artist coming up with the idea. That being said there are some groups that consistently produced interesting videos, probably the best recent example would be the White Stripes who partnered with a number of great directors to produce video shorts that were works of art on their own.
Though the video is basically dead since MTV stopped promoting them heavily, there are still interesting shorts being produced. The internets were all atwitter (see what I did there) about ‘Telephone’ by Lady Gaga, which I thought was stupid, and the song sucked, but at least she is trying something (you can watch it on her site). The Gorillaz, being a band comprised of cartoons, have used video heavily during their career, with their concerts consisting of a mix between live performance and projected performance.
This video is a great example of what the medium is capable of producing. An interesting song, a defined style to the video, an homage to movies (looks like the same 70s action/chase movies Tarantino referenced in Death Proof) and a badass celebrity cameo. And really, isn’t everything better with Bruce Willis?
MTV has put their foot down about airing Lady Gaga’s New Video ” Telephone” ft. Beyonce. MTV believes this video will cause way to much controversy, because of the content in the video. Although, MTV believes this video should only be aired late night,other stations will most likely follow MTV and not air the video as well. The crazy thing about this situation is that, when you tube world premiered the video on the internet, over a million viewers watched the video. Check out the video.
Need we say more? (FOOL’S GOLD, SOUTHERN FRIED, DIM MAK, EXPLOITED)
Around for over a decade German DJ and producer MALENTE has released a total of five albums since the year 1999. The origin of his name „Malente“ is based on the fact that he was born in a small town in northern Germany, which is called Malente (since this question is frequently posed…).
The Music: After his first 12″ „Fertig“, Malente´s debut album „The Spirit Of Malente“ (UNIQUE Records) is released in 2000, including the unforgettable „I Sell Marihuana“. Combinig organic 70s funk with electronic sounds.
Four tracks from his second album „No Risk No Funk“ (2002) breezed through to single-releases! The Video of „We Came To Party“ was broadcasted by MTV and by the German music-channel VIVA. Since 2004 Malente got more and more into dirty electro.
Malente releases his works now also MOONBOOTQIUE Records, the label of DJ team Moonbootica. Following the MOSTON & MALENTE single „In The Sky“, Moonbootique over the years release „Washington“ (2004), „Crowdrock/Tight With You“ (2005), „Hot Daddy” (2006) and “Killer Applikation” (2007 wich is being played by Tiga, Chris Lake, Crookers etc).
Rip It Up“ (2005), Malente’s third album, shows his path from organic funk to kranky electro madness. At the End of that year, Malente releases the first 12“ „Like A Freek”. This piece of vinyl immediately enters the top 10 of the DCC and held its place for seven weeks.
2006 Malente presents ManroX: Theme From Manrox“ (Luscious Sounds), and does Moston & Malente „The 2 & Only“ (Splank!), embraced by English mags from I:DJ to Mixmag! Also his first DJ-Mix CD is put out 2006: „Top Of The Clubs Vol.30“ (Kontor).
The 2nd single from the „How Can You Still Stand To Stand Still“ album, again a big seller named „For The Revolution“, is followed by the release of that album in late 2006. With this album Malente is moving from breaks, heading into digital dirty rockin’, fidgety electro stuff.
2007 Malente starts off with two 12″es in the top10 of German Club Charts at the same time! „Killer Applikation” (peak #2) and „Open Secret” (also #1 in www.juno.com salescharts). The follow up “tHIS MANROx” backed with “Sp€nd Ur Ca$h” reaches #7 May.
What wasn’t mentioned before is that Malente loves remixing. Over the years he reworks tunes by Mason, Moonbootica, Bob Sinclar, Coburn, Turntablerocker and many more. That’s why he put together the CD-Compilation including the best Malente remixes so far plus a brand new Malente DJ-Mix CD. The Double CD “Whow” hit the stores in late October 2007. A Vinyl Album Sampler 12” is released with it and in December Moston & Malente’s “F*cked Up” 12” another single from the album.
Beginning of 2008 German DJ and producer Malente is voted Top National Act of the German Club Charts DCC 2007. After constant touring in 2008 MALENTE&DEX hysetric rave anthem “Hyperactive” comes out on EXPLOITED. Supported by Djs like Sinden, Crookers, Fake Blood, Surkin, Jesse Rose, Erol Alkan, A-Trak, Dave Clarke, Zombie Nation.
In october a new more funky but wobbly Moston & Malente on SPLANK! surfaces. „Do The Right Thing“ supported by Tittswoth, Larry Tee, Foamo, Hostage, Heavyfeet, Bassnectar
2009 MALENTE releases his first 12″ “Bring That Lead Back” on SOUTHERN FRIED (Fatboy Slim’s Label). The follow up „Music Forever“ (April 09) which fuses chicago house with rave and raw electro is pole positioning the German Club Charts DCC for 7 weeks in a row. DJ support by Etienne De Crecy, Lee Mortimer, Kissy Sellout, Midfield General, Groove ArmadaDave Spoon, Shinichi Osawa, Peter Kruder, Jason Nevins, Erick Morillo and even Axwell.
Beginning of September Malente&Dex “Lions / Gipsy Kings” comes out on EXPLOITED. It’ll set the tone for further Malente&Dex releases. More House, Worldmusic and groove. Away from pure rave. Supported by Tiga, Fake Blood, Brodinski, Sinden, Renaissance Man, Steve Aoki, Riva Starr, Feadz, Mixhell, Douster, Tomboy, Edu K +++
In October Malente debuts on A-Trak’s FOOL’S GOLD with the disco-ish „I Like It“. It’s getting plays by Pete Tong as well as Annie Mac on BBC Radio 1, massive DJ Support, reaches the Beatport general chart No.1 spot, stays top 10 for 3 weeks and is pole positioning the German Club Charts for 7 weeks. Huge hit record.
November sees the new Malente&Dex featuring Bonde Do Role – „Bangkok“ (EXPLOITED) a fusion where traditional Thai music meets Baile Funk with stunning remixes by Douster, DOP, Freeform Five, Roundtable Knights. Plays from Claude Von Stroke, Untold, DJ Hell, Brodinski, Stlye Of Eve +++
For the last release of the year Malente is teaming up with Jay Robinson from Dub Frequency (CHEAP THRILLS) for an EP on SOUTHERN FRIED: „Do Your Head In“ is pure Bassline madenss and comes with mixes by Sharkslayer, Sticky K, Sharam Jey. Supported by Boys Noize, Laidback Luke, Riton, The Bloody Beetroots, Drop The Lime and even Bob Sinlar.
To finish off a successful year, Malente is voted #1 Act of 2009 in German Club Charts DCC for the second time after 2007.
2010 starts off with MALENTE vs AZZIDO DA BASS - „They’re Killing It“. It’s a kranky stomper that is so far out that you’d have to invent a genre for it. This is out in March and his debut on Steve Aoki’s famous DIM MAK label.
Also there are upcoming and just out mixes for Armand Van Helden, Motor, Larry Tee, Sticky K, Dada Life, Congorock, Bassnectar and Sharam Jey amongst others.
But producing is not his only passion. Malente lives for his DJ-sets where he’s playing a lot of unreleased material and special edits. Solely last year he travelled the USA, Canada, Australia, Thailand, Indonesia, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Russia, Ukraine, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain and more. When Malente is playing one of his outstanding DJ-sets, PARTY is to be expected and no puristic bullshit.
www.malente.dj and www.myspace.com/malente and listen / read / watch!
It’s Friday… ready for your weekend? Because we finally have some good news. And we need it, in light of what’s been a tough couple of weeks for Hollywood. First of all, we don’t always hear the words “grassroots campaign” and “successful” when it comes to TV (usually, people launch them when one of their favorite shows gets canceled and only once in a while do their letters – or truckloads of peanuts – make any kind of difference). But here’s one that worked. It’s official: much beloved 88-year-old Betty White will indeed be hosting “SNL” on May the 8th – which coincides nicely with Mother’s Day. So mark your calendars for some May must-see late-night TV viewing. Then we have another broadcast coming up – this one about some amazing young stars who decided to climb a mountain for clean water. You’ll definitely want to check it out (and we already know Justin Timberlake’s planning to, since he’ll be introducing the program on MTV this Sunday at 9 p.m. ET/PT). It’s a pretty astounding documentary called “Summit on the Summit: Kilimanjaro”, and the people in it have quite an incredible story to tell. This past January at the PCA’s you probably recall hearing about the campaign to provide clean, safe drinking water to kids around the world. As in, that which so many of us take for granted is something that almost a billion people go without every day. Thus, PCA has partnered up with Children’s Safe Drinking Water and a few intrepid young stars who decided to make a difference. In a big way. And it turns out, they really did. Grammy-nominated musician Kenna, Lupe Fiasco, and actors Jessica Biel and Emile Hirsch and a few of their pals decided to climb the legendary Mt. Kilimanjaro (which is the tallest peak in Africa) in order to raise awareness of the global clean water crisis. The group made the 6-day 50-mile trek and we get to watch it all unfold in Sunday’s broadcast. Summit on the Summit’s brought to you by the people at PUR Water Filtration who believe that Everyone Deserves Clean Water. It’s a pretty great cause, and one that all of us can easily get behind. If you want to help out, it’s easy. Just go to Facebook.com/pur and become a fan. And while you’re at it, let us know what you think about Sunday’s movie. For now, voice your choice in today’s featured poll and tell us which of these 4 Kilimanjaro climbers is your favorite.
When I first discovered this show I, as well as my mother, was a little horrified with the idea. Glorification of teen pregnancy came to mind, but after watching the show intently, I have formed a different relationship with it.
It is freaking genius.
Of course, you cannot have a show like this on MTV without some young girls, and maybe boys, looking up to these figures and thinking that they would like to be like them one day (I am talking more about stardom and being on a reality show than the way the characters of show live their lives). However, for me, the girls mostly give an example as to what not to do with your teen years, ie. you don’t want to be at home changing your baby’s diaper when you could be at your schools homecoming game. This show displays to teens the harsh reality of bringing a human being into the world.
It also shows what dickheads the guys you dated and fell in love with in high school are. Last nights episode was about a girl named Ann who became pregnant from her high school boyfriend Adam (I think). He was supportive at first, and she thought that the baby would bring them together (a HUGE mistake that many teens make, and an obvious misconception, as shown last night). He was there when the baby was born, and that was just about it. He constantly would rather work on his car or go hunting for quail than spend time with his newborn baby. Although Adam did not cheat on Ann or get thrown in jail for drunkenness (both things in the previous few episodes), he proved himself to be the worst father and hugest piece of shit yet. Why?
He is the only father to proclaim his newborn baby as a mistake. In a text message. Piece. Of. Shit.
Absolutely disgusted me. He is the perfect example of why you should not have babies very young, as the maturity level is not anywhere close to being ready for parenting. This is what it took for Ann to finally break things off with Adam, change the child’s last name, and rid herself of that worthless piece of crap. It is sad that she had to wait until he insulted a completely innocent little angel to realize that he is shitty. THE shittiest. But, everyone had a breaking point, and that was hers. At least she didn’t stay with him to put up with more of his shit. Moral of the story: If Ann had waited a little longer before pregnancy she would have come to the realization that he does not deserve her attention, never mind her child a.k.a WAIT.
When MTV’s once-popular reality show The Hills premiered in 2005, it was a simpler time. Lauren Conrad was just a Teen Vogue “intern” living at the Palazzo across from the Grove. Her best friend was a still-human Heidi Montag. And Spencer Pratt was merely a far off nightmare waiting to happen. LA was their playground, and SBE’s popular nightclub Area was the scene of many of their nights out.
She seems to be into it. via SBE
Flashforward to 2010. I don’t feel the need to explain what’s happened on The Hills in the past five years, as MTV’s writers have done a good enough job of that on their own. However, as Area closed down last week, I feel it’s appropriate to take a moment to adknowledge the dead bar that gave the world Audrina, Brody, and Lauren Bunny.
Replacing Area comes Industry, a new futuristic, modern, club. Sounds original. Hopefully Industry can make its predecessor proud and eventually spawn some more trainwrecks that we’ll one day love to hate.
Industry is located 643 N. La Cienega Blvd in West Hollywood.
Those of you who have read previous entries will know that I have little time for the vapid enterprise that is MTV. For me it embodies everything bad about the world today; it is loud, bright, colourful, extremely fast, but has ZERO to contribute to the evolution and betterment of mankind. In fact, it is my contention that modern popular culture, particularly TV, is actively holding the human species back, keeping us in suspended animation while real life passes us by. Keeping us believing that winning the X-Factor is both possible and desirable. Fooling us that Susan Boyle is anything more than an avergely-good singer that Simon Cowell chose to be his latest cash-cow. MTV is the fly sitting atop the cone of dog shit that is modern popular tv.
‘Bully Beatdown’ is the latest offering for the delectation of the cerebrally impoverished. It is a show so tasteless, offensive and flawed that it beggars belief. Ok, the conceit is thus: A couple of wimpy, effete-looking guys have a problem. This problem always comes in the form of some large lump of scarcely-human organic matter, usually called something like ‘Duke’, who has been making their lives a ‘living hell’. Physical abuse, having loud parties, damaging property, refusing to pay rent, are all examples of what these morons do to their semi-female prey to warrant the show’s attention. Now, you might have thought that standing up for yourself, taking legal advice, or calling the police might be a suitable courses of action in such situations. Well, you’d be wrong. What is actually called for is whining to MTV and getting them to offer the bully the chance to fight an MMA professional (and possibly win $10,000) in the hope they will get their heads kicked-in.
The show is presented by a truly sickening individual known as Mayhem. Mayhem used to be a pussy, just like the pussies that called the show. He used to get bullied, just like the pussies that called the show. He decided to stop being a pussy, just like….no wait. Anyway, we see that this contest has two possible outcomes: 1. The bully gets battered and the ladyboys get all the cash, or, 2. The bully wins the fight and pockets some or all of the money. As this is meant to be popular justice, let’s briefly examine what the possible outcomes of this process teach us about right and wrong.
In scenario 1, the more commonly occurring one, the bully is left battered, humiliated, and potless. Revenge is truly sweet, the bully gets a taste of his own medicine and the victims get a decent slice of cash, presumably with which to buy new corsets. This is REAL justice, and, if you haven’t worked it out, if you ever get bullied, the same logic justifies you hiring someone to go and do exactly the same thing, or worse, to the person bothering you. REAL justice is, therefore, the preserve of those who are in a position to hire thugs, or those with access to MTV executives - maybe that’s the same thing. It is about revenge, it is about money. Nice. But is this what the Founding Fathers really imagined for the Republic?
Scenario 2, is even more problematic. Picture this: The pussies call MTV and inform them of their plight. MTV is ’sympathetic’ and challenges the bully to fight the MMA pro. Bully accepts and duly kicks the pro’s arse. Bully departs the scene with a wry smile on his face and 10,000 clams in his back pocket. Pussies are left stood there still feeling aggrieved and now knowing that they are also responsible for their nemesis’ increase in wealth. If that were to happen, would it be possible to sue MTV for any resultant suicide? Worth a thought.
Unleash your inner Guido — Anytime, Anywhere — with the Guidofy, a “super-advanced” new iPhone, iPod Touch application based on by the Guido phenomenon inspired by the cast of MTV’s Jersey Shore.
With just a stroke of the fingertips, fans can tan themselves to a tangerine and get heavily-gelled — just like Ronnie, The Situation, Pauly D, and the rest of your favorite beer-guzzling barflies from the year’s most controversial reality smash.
Here’s how it works: Users transform themselves, friends, family, and even pets into well-chiseled Guidos with the help of a computer-generated makeover and a bronzer tool that gives fans the infamous Guido glow. The creators of the Guidofy are winning such rave reviews for the application, they’re already working on a guidette version of the program.
You can visit Guidofy.com for more information. To download the application, visit iTunes.Apple.com.
Unleash your inner Guido — Anytime, Anywhere — with the Guidofy, a “super-advanced” new iPhone, iPod Touch application based on by the Guido phenomenon inspired by the cast of MTV’s Jersey Shore.