I chose this song for this weeks flash back as I've now grown tired of this weeks weather! Dont get me wrong, i like the snow. I made a snowman, peppered my niece with snowballs & on Monday night went for a late night walk in the snow but i feel that its great fun for a day or so but when your pavement is still an ice rink 5 days after the intial event and you've been taking Salt from work to grit your drive...its begins to feel like a bit of a joke ting!
Im sure I'm not the only one that feels this way so with the help of Roy Ayers hopefully we'll see change soon!
If you haven't already noticed, i like clothes...in a big way! I often nightly find myself scouring the internet looking for new clothes to cop. Whats annoyed me recently is that i constantly find myslef looking at stuff i cant afford and tonight was no different!
I came across a designer named Darren Romanelli aka Dr Romanelli. After seeing the Nike Swoosh on the garment a looked down at the price and i nearly fell of my chair...nah, i seriously nearly dropped my Mango Rubicon (would have been pissed) over my keyboard and fell on the floor for true !
The dudes recyled/reconstructed Nike garments are currently fetching between £1498 - £1640 as he reserects old pieces and injects life into them with the addition of leather panels and trims.
If the credit crunch means nothing to you, take a peek and 'add to basket'!
N.E.R.D are set to headline the Relentless NASS festival in Somerset, which takes place from July 10th-12th.
A friend of mine who is working on the project told me a while back that it was in the pipeline, but now it’s 100% confirmed. The event is expected to be one of the collective's only UK appearances this year.
The festival, which takes place on The Bath & West Showground, will feature its own skate park, while additional acts performing at this year's event are expected to be announced soon.
Tecktonik is a form of dance that caught my eye a while back. It’s a mixture of techno and old school breakdancing. It was born in France and has spread through mainland Europe and now other parts of the world through word of mouth and video sharing sites like wild fire. With the rise of electro and dirty house, I predict it won’t be too long until we see the Tecktonik craze of flailing arms and quick foot movements take the UK shores.
Now this is an outburst if ever I heard one... Christian Bale directs he’s fury reminiscent of an American Psycho at the Director of Photography on the set of the up and coming film Terminator Salvation. I understand that you want to focus on your scene, but i think that Christian takes it a little over board to say the least.
In other film news the trailer is out for the film Bronson. The film is about Michael Gordon Peterson aka Charles Bronson, who was initially put in prison in 1974 and, with only three months spent outside ever since. To date he's served over thirty-four years, a figure you can see increasing on the official film site.
The reason he's served so much time is because he's a rather violent prisoner, and he last received a life sentence for hostage taking. Amazingly he's spent some twenty-eight years of his sentence in solitary confinement.
Noel Clarke is one of the names up for the Orange BAFTA Rising Star Award, and it's not just for his acting but his overall film work, for he has written and directed films that he's starred in, and appeared on Doctor Who for a number of episodes. Despite most recognising him for Doctor Who, his talent has been applied to Kidulthood and Adulthood and a number of television appearances. The Orange British Academy Film Awards, aka the BAFTA's, have an award where the public can vote for the winner, not some panel of film insiders but the audience, and this year there's a great selection up for the award, Noel Clarke being one of them.
Clarke starred in Doctor Who as Mickey Smith, and so his rise began. Perhaps that's what gave him the leverage to push forward the film he wrote Kidulthood. His television career continued, mainly with the Doctor, but it was when he had the chance to add a sequel to Kidulthood and did so rather remarkably by writing and directing the film Adulthood.
Not only has he appeared for three years in one of the BBC's flagship television series that gains worldwide audiences, but he's written one film then wrote and directed its sequel within two years of each other. Now that's pretty impressive, Noel your 'Hustlin Ard'!
It's curious to see where his career is going, but there's a definite feel that he's keeping it very British and will continue to develop his own projects. I think it's a testament to his talent that he has already gained writer and director credits for critically acclaimed feature films. He's well deserving of the nomination for the Orange BAFTA Rising Star Award, and i for one will be hoping he wins.
You can vote for Noel Clarke for the Orange Rising Star Award at this year’s BAFTA’s by clicking here
Certain members of the family tree have been banging this one for a hot minute. One of the biggest RnB tunes of 2008 has finally seen the video released.
Ghetts - Sing for Me (Remix)
I was loving this one from the first time I heard the snippet at the end of the original. I’m thinking Ghetts might well have a big year. Personally i’ve been a fan for a while and this one should be a banger!
Before the line up has been announced, tickets for the Glastonbury festival have sold out. The news means that the 'Glasto' is back to its renowned form with tickets selling out many months in advance. The last tickets went yesterday after they were briefly put on sale following the end of the successful deposit scheme.
A second release of tickets will be available from 9am on Sunday 5th April 2009, although in order to do so you must have registered beforehand to be eligible to buy a ticket. But it's unlikely that there will be a huge number of tickets available on that day and will be priced at £175 (plus a booking fee of £5).
However the Somerset event, which takes place from June 26th-28th, is not the only MUST in the music festival calendar. Other mainstays include; V Festival, Reading and Leeds, O2 Wireless, Bestival, Latitude, Love Box, The Big Chill, Global Gathering, and The Isle of Wight. These tickets either go on sale in the next couple of months or are on sale now. I’d definitely recommend the experience.
I fought the sleep to stay up and watch a really close Super Bowl XLIII which was won by the Pittsburgh Steelers for a record 6th time. I did so well at fighting the sleep that now that i want and need to sleep...i just can't seem to do it!
I've been tossing and turning in my bed for what seems to be forever and i just couldn't seem to drift off so i just thought F**k it and got up, picked up my camera and took these...at 5:38am!
I’ve been gone for a minute...but I’m back now! No seriously, I apologise for the delay in my post but everything’s okay again...because Colby O’Donis is here!
Who’s Colby O’Donis I hear you ask? Well if you didn’t know, he’s the 19 year old RnB singer-songwriter that music mogul Akon has managed to lock in his case of artists, signed under the label ‘Kon Live’. I was extremely surprised to hear how old this guy actually was, as his talent seems so mature and his voice is technically sound.
Colby hasn’t just popped up from nowhere though. At the age of nine he worked with the hit-makers responsible for Backstreet Boys, N*Sync and Britney Spears to name a few, developing his craft and homing in on his song-writing ability. He was even asked to sign a record deal with Babyface’s label at the tender age of 15!
To cut a long story short, this guy has done so much in so little time it amazes me...supporting artists such as JoJo, Brian McKnight and N*Sync...collaborating with Justin Timberlake...he even worked with Michael Jackson in the legend’s own studio, releasing the single ‘Your Love in My Life’...What more can I say? As soon as I heard his voice early last year, I just knew he was going to be huge, and was so excited about him. I can imagine the fight that the major labels must have had to secure him and Akon the Convict won (although his label is in conjunction with Interscope)!! Coby is, of course, featured in the bridge of label-mate Lady Gaga’s hit ‘Just Dance’, but here’s some of the material he also released last September from his debut album ‘Colby O’:
‘Dont Turn Back’
My Fav...'So Beautiful’ with Akon...listen out for Coby’s backing vocals and lead on the second verse!
Sorry guys, I was so excited that I had to tell you all about CHRIS CORNELL whilst I’m here. This is what happens when I’m gone too long...there’s too much to say mayn! Not sure if you know who he is, but Chris Cornell was the lead singer and songwriter of rock bands SoundGarden and Audioslave back in the 90s....and guess who he’s been working with? Yep...Timberland (of course)! Timbo’s produced his new album, ‘Scream’, set for release early this year. I heard Chris’ debut single ‘Part of Me’ a few days ago, and knew it was going to be huge! I think it sounds a bit ‘Prince-ish’ mixed with some Maroon 5 melodies...Unfortunately the video hasn’t been released yet, but as soon as it is...Hustle ‘Ard will bring it to you!
