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.
Anyone who did not grow up in the 1970’s or 1980’s would probably not even know what K-Tel Albums were.
If you grew up in that era, you had a lot of music filling the airwaves…..but very few options on how you could actually own particular songs.
If you had a favorite song…
You could go out and by the whole album in which the song appears…..but if you were like me, you were too cheap to buy a whole album for 1 or 2 songs that you liked, seeing as how you would be stuck with 10-12 other songs that you could not have cared less about.
You could buy a 45-RPM Single record of the song. These were easy enough, but buy enough .45’s and they start piling up all over the house, and having to go to the record player to change the dang record every 3-4 minutes was a real pain in the butt, especially for a World-Class lazy person like myself.
You could get your Ghetto-Blaster or Stereo System with the built-in cassette deck, and you could sit patiently by the radio, waiting for your favorite song to come on, at which point you could manually record it, along with endless chatter by the DJ at the beginning and end of the song in question.
When all those options were not enough, you had K-TEL.
K-Tel Records was a company that produced music albums from the early 1970’s to the mid 1980’s and beyond (Well beyond..). They were the “Mix-Tape” Kings of Record Albums, producing inexpensive Albums which contained a variety of the popular songs of the day. Musically, they were all over the place….. A typical K-Tel Album might feature everything from Barry Manilow, to Kiss, to KC and the Sunshine Band, to Engelbert Humperdinck, all on the same album.
Every K-Tel collection that was ever released was billed as “the greatest collection of hits EVER!!”…..
With such a variety of music, you might only like 10 of the 15-20 songs on the album, but price-wise, it was still the best route to go if you were too cheap to buy an artist’s entire album.
The audio quality of the songs were not always the greatest as the songs were heavily compressed to fit as many songs onto an album as possible. In some cases, songs were actually shortened in order to squeeze in more music.
Think of them as the “Dollar General” of Album production during the 1970’s….
I was heavily into the taping songs off the radio onto cassette tapes myself, but I did own quite a few albums, and a bunch of them were K-Tel Albums.
The company imploded during the DOT.COM bubble of the late 1980’s…..but did not die….
K-Tel International is based in Winnipeg, Canada and is still cranking out music compilations, often under the “As Seen on TV” logo.
If you are shopping in your local “Dollar General” or some other low-end retailer, and you see an amazing collection of modern music at too good of a price to be true……you are probably looking at a K-Tel product.
But, they are still going strong…..bringing inexpensive, cheap music to tightwads around the World!
Former So You Think You Can Dance Canada contestant Romina D’Ugo been dancing for her life since she was a small girl. She does it yet again, this time as the aspiring dancer/choreographer Zoe in the new MTV, made-for-TV movie, Turn the Beat Around (premiering, Friday, February 26, 10 p.m. Eastern/Pacific)
In Turn the Beat Around, Romina, as Zoe, partners with a wealthy nightclub owner to take disco from offstage to back on center stage. For a review of the movie, click here.
Prior to the movie’s premiere, The Ride talked to Romina about dance and disco. Here’s what she had to say.
So how has appearing on So You Think You Can Dance – Canada prepared her for the movie?
Romina knew many of the other actors in the movie, who also happened to be contestants on the show, thus making the environment more comfortable. Generally, says Romina, some people (we’re talking about non contestants) take being on the show as asset; others don’t. Although she was in the Top 20 and left the show after 2 weeks, it shocks her that she is still recognized. In the end, she says, the show got her name out there.
So was Romina like the character, working a day job all the while dreaming of dancing professionally?
The most regular, non performing job she’s ever had was a lifeguard at age 15. When no patrons were around, she and a fellow lifeguard used to turn on the stereo and salsa by the pool.
Did she ever want to be a choreographer like her character Zoe?
Yes, especially when she was a little girl. She also wanted to open her own dance studio then and become a veterinarian. In high school, Romina was in a school sponsored choreographers’ workshop, where she and her fellow students got the chance to have their works performed on stage. Romina, who considers herself a “very visual person”, enjoyed the process of having to select the lighting, makeup and costumes for her dances. “The teachers allowed us to put whatever we want on. They allowed us to explore the other side of dance. It helped a lot of my performing as a dancer. “
How did she make the transition from dancing to acting?
Romina’s been dancing most of her life competitively and professionally. She was acting during the same period of time but not professionally. “I loved to do it for fun but I never really knew I could do it as as a career.” After college, she decided to purse acting in earnest.
She sees acting as important key to being a great dancer. For Romina, when dancing doesn’t include a performance element, it becomes mechanical. “It becomes art when you add the acting component.It gets audiences to move, to feel an emotional connection.”
'Turn the Beat Around': Romina D'Ugo and dancers at Jason Derulo music video audition (courtesy: MTV)
‘Turn the Beat Around’ has a disco theme; so what is Romina’s favorite disco song?
She says, “It’s difficult to narrow it down to one. I don’t have a favorite…I love all of ABBA. I love the soundtrack from the movie Mamma Mia.” And although she heard the song “Disco Inferno” numerous times while filming the movie and even afterward at a photo shot, she says she never tires of the song.
It’s no secret that some people aren’t fond of disco music (to say the least). So, I had to ask, why the hate?
Romina thinks that anything that has received such widespread popularity is going to receive some backlash. “It gets to a point where people say, ‘I don’t want to see it any more.’” Some of the hate, says Romina came from rock artists and DJs who she says “got bumped to the side” thus causing some “resentment” and “jealousy” and “started spreading the opposite sentiment towards [disco].” Disco, she says, which celebrates the “eccentric,” makes no apologies.”You either love it or hate it”.
What is her favorite dance style?
Like her favorite disco song, she finds it difficult to choose one. “I love salsa but I need hip hop, jazz, and fox trot too.” Romina loves it when a number of dance styles are blended in one performance. “I’m a medley kind of girl.”
Finale of 'Turn the Beat Around' (courtesy: MTV)
We know about the disco hate, what would she say to those people who don’t want to watch because it’s “disco”?
“It’s not a documentary on disco or a story about disco. It’s about human life,” says Romina. “Everyone has dreams. Everyone has issues. Everyone has things to overcome. It’s a story about personal journey not really about disco itself…It’s a feel good story..And the dance sequences are great. Visually compelling. There are so many elements to watch. It’s about whatever inspires you as an individual. For this character, it happens to be disco.”
Finally, what advice would she give young dancers?
Young girls and boys often approach her. They are afraid to be themselves, afraid to put themselves out there, their souls on display. Romina tells them that they must do it for the audience. “When you are on stage, in movies, or in theater, people see you live full lives, lives that they can’t necessarily live because they have shielded themselves,” says Romina.
“You have to make [your work as a dancer] about personal growth [as well as developing your technique], ” says Romina. “If you don’t add that element, like I said before, it becomes mechanical. When people go to the theater, they want to see your soul; they want to live through you.”
She also tells them that it’s a difficult task that requires hard work and perseverance. “You keep chipping away at this art. Little steps are like huge steps. I tell them not to give up, as cliche as it sounds.”
So one of my all time favorites–Terry Richardson–recently shot the boys of MTV’s the Jersey Shore for an upcoming issue of Interview magazine. A few of the, presumably unused, shots can be seen on Richardson’s web diary*. Bar Refaeli is also rumored to appear in the shoot, which is strange because I never took her for a boob-sling wearing, techno loving, foul-mouthed “guido” but I’ve been wrong before. Lord knows Leonardo is all about the G.T.L. Or not.
Long story short, Terry Richardson is a boss and Mike “The Situation” may or may not have a severe case of razor burn. Less G.T.L more shaving cream, Mikey.
I’ve been having a lot of really crazy dreams lately. I’m not sure what they mean or if they are meant to mean anything at all but I’ve been thinking that maybe I could write some kind of fantastical story from them one day. That is, if I can be bothered to add that to my long list of “stuff I’d really love to do that I never have time for!”
Anyways, I had one dream the other night that felt a bit like a monster horror film. The first part of the dream is a little blurry but I do remember the part where myself and a group of friends were trying desperately to trap a pterodactyl in a dungeon and set it on fire.
This isn't a real pterodactyl by the way... duh!
Goodness knows why I was dreaming about a pterodactyl but it was pretty scary. It was jet black with bright glowing red eyes and no matter how much I tried to prod the thing into this little dungeon, it kept trying it squeeze-out. At one point, I almost set it alight but it wriggled away. It was enormous!
Enough of my crazy dreams… I finally got round to watching and reviewing Thirst. I was in a bit of a reviews-based mood on Monday so I ended-up reviewing Up on DVD as well. Thirst was ok and Up is just amazing.
My review of Thirst
My review of Up
Next week I may review Jennifer’s Body on DVD although I’m unsure how much I’ll actually enjoy it. I’m sure my boyfriend will get some kind of enjoyment from that one (Megan Fox *ahem*)!
I’m currently writing this blog with MTV Two blaring in the background. It’s Fall Out Boy’s Top 20 Comedy Videos. “Stacy’s Mom” by Fountains of Wayne is really bizarre. I mean, Rachel Hunter doing a kinky lap-dance for what is, essentially, a really wee boy is a bit odd. Ah, good old MTV eh? I’m no prude and I do enjoy my fair share of musical MacDonald’s-for-the-ears once in a while, but I guess, it just seems bit too much sometimes.
We’re gearing-up to do our first gig of the year this Friday – These Monsters album launch. Everything seems to be in hand, which unnerves me slightly as something mostly always goes wrong. We shall see. I’m really looking forward to this show though and the bands are really ace plus most of our friends should be down – Friday night party!
Well, this blog post was just a mere distraction from actual work. I better get back to it. Hopefully no more dreams of weird, scary pterodactyls tonight!
Snooki Posts Sexy Pics of Herself in Bikini, Ignores Nude Photo Rumors
Us Weekly
The Jersey Shore’s Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi has no problem stripping down on Twitter.
Snooki, 21, posted two pics of herself cavorting in a skimpy bikini on the microblogging site within the past 24 hours.
“me last year! i cannot wait to start training tomorrow! motivation to get back into shape jeezeeee nicole,” she wrote in one caption. Said another, “Training tomorrow Yes, Yes, Yes!! Gettin that ipod set!”
One topic she’s surprisingly quiet on?
Those rumors that it’s really her in those nude pics circulating the Web, despite the wall color and furniture appearing to be the same as her bikini pics.
On Monday, a new graphic photo of Snooki hit NakedSnooki.com. A photo purported to be her crawling nude on all fours was published Friday.
Breaking News…Snooki Naked Photos Released…See Real Nude Photo!!!
“bids actually coming in fast and furious. well up into the 5 figs at this point. some buyers just wanted to see more…” read a message posted on NakedSnooki’s Twitter.
More than 500,000 visitors have checked out NakedSnooki.com since Friday, the site boasts.
I grew up watching videos on MTV. I’m not shocked by this news since they haven’t played a video since Clinton was in office. It is a bit depressing to see them put the official nail in the coffin. I guess they now have full reign at as much shitty reality programming without criticism from the people that remembered when they were music television. Bravo MTV. Now get to work on the next season of the Jersey Shore (kidding cause your station sucks ass).
According to The Wrap, MTV dropped the “Music Television” tagline from its logo. Just in time, we guess. MTV will turn 30 next year.
And you know what they say about people over 30.
We like this quote from the Los Angeles Times’ coverage: “The people who watch it today, they don’t refer to MTV as music television. They don’t have the same emotional connection that, say, the people who are writing about [the logo change] do,” MTV’s head of marketing Tina Exarhos said.
Sorry, Tina, but the the people who watched MTV even 15 years ago stopped referring to it as music television. MTV used to be a place to discover new music. That ended many, many years ago.
BTW, the original image was designed by Frank Olinsky and his team at Manhattan Design. According to Olinsky, the his original design did not include the “Music Television.” Rather, that was one of those executive memo suggestions. Rolling Stone included a link to Olinksy’s Web site history.
I found myself fascinated last spring with a show on MTV called 16 and Pregnant. When a sequel came out this fall following four of the mothers, I was thrilled that the two moms I identified with most were to be featured. Maci was a top student and star athlete who got pregnant by a Levi Johnsonesque boyfriend. I found myself imagining how sadly different my life would be had I walked in Maci’s shoes. I think it would’ve killed me to watch my friends go off to college while I stayed behind with my baby and his worthless Peter Pan daddy. To be pressured by his parents to stay with his useless, party-boy ass like she was, I know would’ve sent me over the edge.
I’d have loved to hear from his parents on the reunion show what their take was on them pressuring Maci to stay with their son after seeing the footage of him partying all night with his buds while she stayed home with the baby. I wanted to throw something at the TV when Dr. Drew tried to excuse his lack of interest in his son by saying it was because fathers don’t love their children as deeply as mothers. That is the biggest pile of dog poop I’ve ever heard! Maybe YOU don’t feel that passionately about your kids, Dr. Drew, but I know more than a few fathers who love their children as much or more than Maci loves her son Bentley.
I was most touched by Catelynn and Tyler, the young couple who decided on adoption. Catelynn’s living situation when she got pregnant was straight out of Jerry Springer. Catelynn’s mother April has the gaunt, hard-knocks look of a long-term substance abuser and the nomadic address history to match. April’s latest Mr. Right(now) is Butch Baltierra, a career criminal with a penchant for burglary and home invasions whom she met after his most recent prison release…he is also Tyler’s estranged father.
If the Foxworthyness of having your significant other’s parent as your step-parent weren’t bad enough, the unrelenting haranguing by Butch and April toward the young couple for choosing adoption was over the top out of bounds. The vitriol didn’t stop even after the baby was born. Instead of being supportive of Catelynn and Tyler as they started their senior year of high school, the anti-adoption vitriol screamed at them by these so-called parents ramped up to the point that Catelynn had to move in with Tyler and his mother, a single (and thankfully stable) mom.
I found myself screaming @ the TV everytime Butch or April berated them for choosing adoption. I wanted to reach through my flatscreen to give whichever one was on the receiving end of their diatribes a big hug and say, “You made the right choice, you’ll see.” My heart ached when I saw the young couple second-guessing themselves, thinking maybe could’ve done it.
Fact is, Catelynn would have brought the baby (named Carly) home to a house so chaotic that the infant being removed by Social Services wasn’t only a possibility, but very real likelihood. I adopted a little girl who was forcibly removed by Child Protective Services from a home life very similar to Catelynn’s with Butch and April. Tyler and Catelynn will be fantastic parents when they are older, but were smart NOT to move their daughter into that hellhole,
If we’re honest, had they kept Carly there probably wouldn’t be a Tyler and Catelynn at all, as anyone who watched the show can tell you. Week after week, we saw what a mess the other couples’ relationships had become. The fact that Tyler and Catelynn are so solid isn’t an accident – they weathered the hardest of storms together – giving yet another gift to their daughter. Between them and the couple who adopted their baby, she’ll have two examples of what real love is. Carly will know she was created and raised by people who love her AND each other. You can’t ask for more than that.
Nothing has been officially decided yet (or at least announced to the general public) but rumor has it that Miami, FL is officially on the short list of 10 cities MTV is looking at to film Jersey Shore’s second season. As we reported earlier this week, MTV also asked the castmatesif they had valid passports so something South of the border may happen as well.
TMZ obtained a letter from MTV producers sent to the owners of Miami’s Mynt Lounge to receive clearance to shoot inside the club in March and April, so now we have an official time period of filming as well.
So will the cast members be fist pumping in Miami next?
It would make sense as March-April would catch the coveted Spring Break rush as well. I can see scores of college students planning last minute trips to the locale to catch a glimpse of their favorite guidos.
We’ll keep you updated as we hear more about potential locations!
Olivia Newton-John is one of the most successful female singers in music history.
She has long been one of my personal favorite singers.
She was born in England in 1948 but moved to Australia at a young age and was raised in that country.
She released her first solo album, “If Not for You“, in 1971.
She had great success in the 1970’s with most of her hits charting in the Billboard Adult Contemporary or Billboard Country Charts.
Though she faced resentment within the Country Music community as a “foriegner” singing Country music, she won the coveted Country Music Association Female Singer of the Year Award in 1974 over the other nominees which included Country Music legends Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, and Tanya Tucker.
Her music thrived thoughout the 1970’s and soon she was charting hits on the Billboard Top-40, BillBoard Adult Contemporary, and BillBoard Country Charts.
She appeared in the 1978 Musical Film “Grease” alongside John Travolta and that film launched another group of hit songs that kept her anchored on the Charts.
“Grease” went on to become the top-grossing Musical in Hollywood history.
In 1980, she appeared opposite Hollywood screen and dance legend Gene Kelly in the film “Xanadu“.
Olivia and John Travolta re-teamed in 1983 for the film “Two of a Kind“.
The 1980’s continued to see Olivia Newton-John have tremendous success on the Charts.
Over the course of her career, she has released such hits as:
If Not for You
Have You Never Been Mellow?
I Honestly Love You
Let Me Be There
If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
Please Mr. Please
Come On Over
Sam
You’re the One that I Want (With John Travolta)
Hopelessly Devoted To You
Twist of Fate
A Little More Love
Deeper than the Night
Magic
Xanadu
Suddenly (With Cliff Richard)
Physical
Make a Move on Me
Physical
Soul Kiss
and many, many more.
To date, she has charted 13 singles into the Billboard Country Top-40 Charts.
She has charted 27 singles onto the Billboard Top-40 Charts.
Five of her singles reached #1 on the Billboard Top-40 Charts.
She has released 24 Studio Albums during her career.
She has been nominated for 12 career Grammy Awards.
She has won 4 Grammy Awards during her career.
The video for “Physical” won the Grammy for Best Music Video in 1982.
She has a Star on the Hollywood Walk-of-Fame.
She is a Breast Cancer survivor and spends much of her time supporting various Cancer Awareness Causes.
She continues to occasionally tour and still makes frequent television appearances. She is slated to guest-star as herself on an episode of the hit show “Glee” in 2010.
I wrote to her last year as part of my autograph collecting hobby as she was nice enough to send me a signed photo. A truly classy Lady!
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.
The Jersey Shore’s Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi has no problem stripping down on Twitter.
On Monday, a new graphic photo of Snooki hit NakedSnooki.com. A photo purported to be her crawling nude on all fours was published Friday.
