Category: Artists (Page 168 of 262)

Quick, before the lawyers step in…

…check out the 350+ concerts streaming at WolfgangsVault.com, part of a huge archive left by the late promoter Bill Graham, who recorded just about every concert he produced in San Francisco (Fillmore West), New York (Fillmore East) and lots of other venues. I’m currently listening to “Bye Bye Love” from a Cars’ 1978 show at the NY Palladium, and I have to say, the quality is pretty damn good.

Milli Vanilli to return

Pop music’s most infamous duo are slated to return as the subject of a biopic, with Jeff Nathanson at the helm. Nathanson, if you recall, wrote Catch Me if You Can, which really didn’t do too well at all. But perhaps this will be a new leaf overturned. After all, how many movies will star phonies as phonies? That is, assuming this bipic will actuallyhave stars. God knows it’s going to need something if it doesn’t want to go straight to Lifetime.

Come Dancing! (Seona Dancing, that is…)

Fans of “The Office” will no doubt recall David Brent’s settlement-financed single – a cover of “If You Don’t Know Me By Now” – but were you aware that Ricky Gervais himself was actually a member of synth-pop duo in the ’80s? True story…and God only knows how it’s taken this long to appear on my radar, given that I’m such a massive fan of ’80s synth-pop to begin with.

The band was called Seona Dancing…that’s pronounced Shawna Dancing, ta very much…and since you’re probably still wondering, no, this isn’t a joke. You can go to Gemm.com and find the band’s two singles available from several different vendors…or check out this photo here, from their unofficial MySpace page:


(That’s Ricky on the right.)

And even more oddly, the songs – which can all be downloaded at no charge here – are rather good. Personally, they remind me a bit of B-Movie. But for a few twist of fates here and there, we might well be listening to “More to Lose” or “Bitter Heart” on Flashback Lunches today.

Don’t hold your breath for a reunion tour, though. It’s clear from that this clip that Gervais can’t look back on these days without cringing.

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