Trailer - World War Z

A U.N. employee is is given the job to travel around the world in a race against time to stop the outbreak of a deadly zombie pandemic. 



World War Z is a based on the post-apocalyptic 2006 novel of the same name by Max Brooks. It is set for release in June 2013 and stars Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Eric West, and Matthew Fox. 

Trailer - Anonymous

The question has been out there for some time in the literary world. Did William Shakespeare write those sonnets and plays? This is the trailer for the upcoming movie 'Anonymous'. It takes this question into account and gives one possible answer. 


'Anonymous' is directed by Roland Emmerich and stars Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, and Joely Richardson. The movie is set to be released Sept 2011. 

Consumed Links - March 11, 2011

Here we go, dear readers, with another round-up of things found around the web. 




LimeWire has settled with music publishers... so who is next? (billboard)


Duff McKagan has started a money management firm for musicians. (rollingstone)


Slipknot's Corey Taylor doesn't feel there will be a new Slipknot album. (nme)


Knowledge Magazine discusses what the most essential dnb tracks of 1994 are. (knowledge)


Some of you may recall the alternative for downloads for Napster in 1999... Epitonic returns. (mashable)


A rare Spider-man comic has sold for an amazing price. (contactmusic)


And lastly....


William Powell apologized for writing 'The Anarchist Cookbook'?  (mental_floss)


RIP Mike Starr

Useless Fact Of The Week

It is said that the first illustrated book for children was published in Germany in 1658.

Consumed Links - November 24, 2010

Due to the holiday this will be a short week of posts. Here are a few things to tide you over....


Can't Hollywood come up with something original? Apparently Warner Bros. is set to remake the 1992 movie, "Buffy The Vampire Slayer." (thewrap)


URB magazine recently posted an interview with DJ Eclipse and Joe Abajian of Fat Beats... (urb)


Industry Execs Call out PC magazine for encouraging piracy??? Really. (billboard)


And finally...


Ky-Mani Marley has put out a memoir titled 'Dear Dad'. (Mi2N)


For those of you that celebrate.... HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Consumed Links - November 19, 2010

It appears to have been a busy week across the webs... here's a little run-down of what I caught.


So, the upcoming "Wolverine" movie will not be a sequel? (contactmusic)


For those that are into this sort of thing... here is some video footage of Sebastian Bach getting arrested. (tmz)


The Beatles finally making a deal with Apple to be on iTunes could have been big news. However, it was leaked a day before and well, we didn't care. (npr)


Prefix has listed the ten best songs under a minute. There are some good choices in my opinion. (prefix)


Is Jimi Hendrix the Patron of Alt-Blackness? (just read this before deciding) -- popmatters


And finally... 


What Wha? -- "South Park" sued for infringement? (abc)

Consumed Links - October 28, 2010

It has been quite a busy week. Here's a run-down of a few little things that I came across.

With the latest announcement of memoirs coming out from David Bowie and Keith Richards, is this the season for tell-alls? Read More at The Wrap.

Recently, Spin shared some rare photos of Joy Division. See HERE

 LimeWire finally shut down? READ HERE

A borough in Mexico has made the Guinness Book of World records... with the biggest ENCHILADA!

And finally for now....

According to the BBC, privacy watchdogs are re-examining Google to find out just what personal information had been collected. BBCNEWS

'Pet Sematary' To Return

The 1983 book, 'Pet Sematary', by Stephen King is about to get another movie treatment.


The book, about a family from the city who move to near a burial ground that reanimates whatever is buried there in demonic form, was turned into a movie in 1989.  Paramount Pictures has decided it wants to bring new life to the story.


According to the Hollywood Reporter, Matthew Greenberg (1408) is writing the script. Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Steven Schneider are set to produce.

Items Of Note

Been browsing the 'net a lot recently and I thought I would share some articles and things I have come across:



Can free internet and musicians rights co-exist? That is what the FCC is being challenged with...
(FCC Faces Challenge)



LA Weekly interviewed Urb magazine founder Raymond Roker about his decision to put the magazine as print on hold. (LA)



Will it be a hit? Samantha Fox returns with a collaboration with Marc Mysterio. (beatportal)

Here's the link for youtube in case you can't remember who she is - SF



RIP to the Captain.... (LOU)



And finally, for now - Out Now -

Freedom, Rhythm & Sound: Revolutionary Jazz Original Cover Art 1965-83

Conversation Piece : Jimi

James "Tappy" Wright, a former roadie for Jimi Hendrix is claiming in a new book that his manager, Michael Jeffery, murdered him.



The official story has always been that Hendrix, at the age of 27, chocked on his own vomit while sleeping.



Now, Wright is claiming in his book that Jeffery admitted while drunk that he killed Hendrix in an insurance scam a year after his death. He claims that Jeffery feared that his client was moving on to a new manager when their deal ended in December 1970. (Hendrix died September 1970) Wright goes on to say that Jeffery went to the Samarkand Hotel in West London and stuffed Hendrix full of pills and wine.



Wright also states that Jeffery had also taken out a life insurance policy on Hendrix in the amount of $2million with himself as the beneficiary.



Hendrix was found by ambulance personnel in the room of Monika Dannemann, a woman he only knew for a few days. He was found alone, in his clothes, on his back with a gas fire burning and the door wide open.



There is no record of who made the call for help.



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Now, here is my question... Jeffery died in a plane crash two years after he was to have "confessed." Why in that time span from confession to death didn't this guy, Wright, let the cops in on this?



This book that "Tappy" Wright has written , "Rock Roadie", is to recall his life and times with various acts during the Sixties. Was this just some made up story to get the book published?


Why write a book now? Also, aren't most of the people who were around then dead?



This reminds me of the story of how Jim Morrison did not just die in his bathtub in France but died in a bathroom stall in a French club.



And Courtney had Kurt killed......



Why do people who could possibly have an impact on the history of the people they loved take so long to say something? I could be wrong but I feel that if you have this sort of information and (say it's true) you wait over 30 years to say something so that you can cash in on some money... you are pathetic.

Book- Dimebag Darrell: He Came To Rock

Following his tragic death in 2004 by a gunman while performing onstage, Pantera/Damageplan guitarist, Dimebag Darrell has ben commemorated with nearly everything from a clothing line to magazine issues. The legacy continues with brother and bandmate Vinnie Paul's book, "Dimebag Darrell: He Came To Rock," that is released under his Big Vin Records imprint.



For the book, Paul and their father, Jerry Abbott, put together personal photos along with friends,releatives, photographers, and crew members to show many sides of the fallen guitarist. Writers Susan Doll and David Morrow collected anecdotes from members of bands, such as Anthrax and Metallica, and friends to make this a more personal story.



The book will come with a special remastered version of 2005' "DimeVision."




For more: Big Vin Records

Kuti Biopic In The Works

A biopic is being developed about Fela Kuti by Focus Features. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the studio has acquired the book "Fela: The Life and Times of an African Musical Icon" by Michael Veal as source material.



Fela Anikulapo-Kuti was known as a pioneer of the AfroBeat genre as well as a human rights activist and political maverick.



He passed away in August 1997.

Kiedis To See His Scar Tissue Become A Show.

It is being reported that HBO is developing a series based on Anthony Kiedis' memoir, Scar Tissue.

The series is said to be a Wonder Years - style comedy focusing on the Red Hot Chilli Peppers frontmans' early life.

The show will begin with his move from Grand Rapids, Mich., to live with his father in West Hollywood. It will center on his relationship with his father, said to have been a drug dealer who hung out with rock stars. A focus will also be West Hollywood and Los Angeles in the early 70s including rockstar encountered by Kiedis and his father.

Variety is reporting that Kiedis is heavily involved with the project and may narrate the story and/or make a cameo.

Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy

"Remix...." is a new book by Lawrence Lessig examining the art of remixing and the laws that we have harm creativity. It has now been released and is being sold through stores such as Amazon and Barnes and Noble. It will soon be released under a Creative Commons license from Bloomsbury Academic.



From the product description :
The author of Free Culture shows how we harm our children—and almost anyone who creates, enjoys, or sells any art form—with a restrictive copyright system driven by corporate interests. Lessig reveals the solutions to this impasse offered by a collaborative yet profitable “hybrid economy”.



Lawrence Lessig is a Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and founder of the School’s Center for Internet and Society. Professor Lessig is the author of Code v2, Free Culture, The Future of Ideas and Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace, and has been a columnist for Wired, Red Herring, and the Industry Standard.

Click here for a link to the website: REMIX

New Memoir On The Way.....

Eminem has a memoir due to come out on October 21st called "The Way I Am". This should keep fans busy while they wait for the new album titled "Relapse" to arrive. The book will feature handwritten, personal photos, and sentiments about his violent past.

Here is an excerpt in which he ponders his erratic behavior:
"When I look back at myself during those years when everything was blowing up, I think maybe at first I was a little, you know, too aggressive and loud. It was like I had this voice and I had to be heard. ''Don't f*ck with me,' to the point where people must have been wondering, Why is this dude so angry? Is he on crack? Is he on crystal meth? I go back and see old interviews and even now I wonder, Why was I so hyper?

At this time there is no release date for the album.