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KC and the Sunshine Band

TUNE-IN ALERT: KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND TO SHAKE THEIR BOOTY AS PART OF FOX & FRIENDS ALL-AMERICAN SUMMER CONCERT SERIES 

Shake, Get Down & Like It! Celebrating the 40th anniversary of some of their biggest international hits like “Get Down Tonight,” "Shake, Shake, Shake (Shake Your Booty)," "That's The Way I Like It," and more topping the pop charts, the creator of "happiness through music" Harry Wayne “KC” Casey, of KC and The Sunshine Band hits New York with a jam-packed media tour. Keep your eyes peeled and ears open to see and hear KC LIVE on the following national shows (all times EDT): Friday, August 7 8:00 a.m. | Fox & Friends All-American Summer Concert Series on FOX News Network Wednesday, August 12 10 p.m. | Erin Burnett Out Front on CNN Additional appearances that will air in August include Al Jazeera America and CNN’s The Seventies. KC and The Sunshine Band On Tour: 08.08 Tropicana / Atlantic City, NJ 08.14 Old Town Amphitheater / Rock Hill, SC 08.15 Downstream Casino / Quapaw, OK 08.20 Indiana State Fairgrounds / Indianapolis, IN 08.22 Delta Downs - Delta Center / Vinton, LA 08.28 Monticello Grand Casino / Santiago, Chile 08.29 Monticello Grand Casino / Santiago, Chile 09.19 Ontario Town Square Amphitheatre / Ontario, Canada 10.03 University of Buffalo Stadium / Buffalo, NY 10.29 Ziggo Dome / Amsterdam, Netherlands 10.30 Ziggo Dome / Amsterdam, Netherlands 11.13 Paragon Casino / Marksville, LA 11.20 Prairie Band Casino / Mayetta, KS To learn more about KC and The Sunshine Band and to find more details about their upcoming tour dates, visit heykcsb.com.

Who Will Toss My "Salad Days" ?

Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90) coming to DVD on September 18th, streaming now on Vimeo The critically acclaimed documentary chronicling the rise of punk rock in Washington, DC  Check out an exclusive clip at IndieWire and the trailer below It's about punk, a whole decade of it, now you get why I posted this...

Scott Crawford and Jim Saah's Salad Days: A Decade of Punk In Washington, DC (1980-90) has been selling out screenings in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, Chicago, and more. The documentary film that examines the early DIY punk scene in the Nation's Capital. It was a decade when seminal bands like Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Government Issue, Scream, Void, Faith, Rites of Spring, Marginal Man, Fugazi, and others released their own records and booked their own shows-without major record label constraints or mainstream media scrutiny.  Contextually, it was a cultural watershed that predated the alternative music explosion of the 1990s (and the industry's subsequent implosion). Thirty years later, DC's original DIY punk spirit serves as a reminder of the hopefulness of youth, the power of community and the strength of conviction. Director/writer Scott Crawford is a music journalist, musician, and graphic designer. As a teenager in the DC suburbs, he started a fanzine called Metrozine that documented much of what was happening in the DC hardcore punk scene in the 1980s.  "The DC punk music scene that I grew up with in the 1980s has always been a big part of who I am," says Scott. "I interviewed a lot of these bands for the first time over 30 years ago while doing a fanzine. Approaching them all again decades later offered a type of perspective and reflection that I wanted to capture in a film." Crawford was also quoted in both Dance of Days and Banned in DC - the two most definitive books on the early DC punk scene. In 2001, he launched Harp Magazine and served as its Editor-in-Chief for over seven years. Crawford also launched the online music portal Blurt in 2009. Serving as Director of Photography, Saah is a native of Washington, DC who has worked professionally in photography and video for over 25 years. He has shot for a variety of publications and websites ranging from the Washington Post to Rolling Stone. He's also an experienced videographer whose credits range from union organizing films to music documentaries. Recent films he has worked on include movies about the bands Wilco, Death Cab for Cutie, and Eddie Vedder. On a side note, OBEY and Shepard Fairey were heavily influenced by the DC hardcore scene. Shepard has used numerous DC hardcore legends such as Ian Mackaye of Minor Threat and Fugazi, Henry Rollins of State of Alert and Black Flag, and Bad Brains in his artwork. When hearing that Crawford and Saah were planning a West Coast release of their film, OBEY wanted to get involved. They created this T-shirt which is on sale now (along with other cool Salad Days merchandise)HERE. Quick Facts: * Salad Days reached its Kickstarter goal in 6 days. * Features never-before-seen photographs and performance footage of dozens of DC punk bands. * Interviews with Ian MacKaye, Henry Rollins, John Stabb, Thurston Moore, Dave Grohl, and others * Original score by guitarist Michael Hampton (SOA, Faith, Embrace, One Last Wish) DVD Pre-Order:  http://bit.ly/1T3e709 Blu-ray Pre-order:  http://bit.ly/1INahXL  Amazon:  http://amzn.to/1faxxTO

Kiss Me Kate

Wedded Bliss:
Kate Pierson & Monica Coleman

"The Love Shack is a little old place where, We can get together" - Love Shack, B-52's

Congratulations go out today to Kate Pierson of the B-52's on getting married to her longtime girlfriend Monica Coleman over the weekend in Hawaii! They have been together since 2003.

The B-52's are one of my favorite groups. I remember attending the CD release party for Cosmic Thing at the now defunct club Probe in Los Angeles, CA.

It was an exciting evening and the crowd was treated to a live performance by the group who arrived to the party in style on a Cadillac Convertible.

Pierson addressed accepting herself to Spin in it's February 2015 issue:

"All our friends — so many friends are gay or lesbian and transgender. We’re just in that world. We all went through the devastating time of the AIDS crisis and I think that galvanized us to be more activists — AIDS activists. I think through that struggle we’ve tried to do a lot of benefits and stuff. I think the meaning of ‘gay' became more solidified," she told the mag. "One of the things the B-52s wanted to accomplish was for people to embrace their difference and encourage people to be who they are and accept themselves."

Feel the love with the B-52's at: 

https://www.facebook.com/theb52s

Alexander Skarsgard is a Drag

Just One Of The Girls
l-r Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgard &
Director: Marielle Heller

Alexander Skarsgard who played the vampire most likely to do bad things to you, Eric Northman on HBO's True Blood recently appeared on the red carpet in drag of all things for the premiere of his movie: The Diary of a Teenage Girl.

Was he shooting an audition video for RuPaul's Drag Race? Showing support for one of his co-stars, drag performer Peaches Christ? No one knows for sure, but talk about attention getting!

The Diary of a Teenage Girl,  is based on Phoebe Gloeckner's graphic novel set in 1976, Skarsgård plays Monroe, a 35-year-old man who is dating Chloe (Kristen Wiig) and later begins an affair with her 15-year-old daughter Minnie ( Bel Powley).

This may explain the choice of outfit, being as the subject matter will most likely stir up controversy, so why not add a little more fuel to the fire?

You go Skarsgard!

Read a teenage girl's diary at: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3172532/?ref_=hm_otw_t7

Pulling The Rabbit

Watch Me Pull A Moby Out Of My Hat

You know that ancient old trick that magicians do, pulling a rabbit out of a hat?

Well I bet none of those rabbits has ever been an orange one.

Artist/Musician Moby attended the Playboy Mansion's A Midsummer Night's Dream party dressed as a giant orange bunny. Holy shades of Harvey!

While I am not sure of the significance of this, but I do know that I love Moby's music.

Happy Moby Monday!

Check out more of Moby's tricks at: http://www.moby.com/

He's Just An Edgar Allan Poe Boy

What do Edgar Allan Poe & Black Cats have in common? 

Edgar Allan Poe's Black Cats: Two Adaptations by Sergio Martino & Lucio Fulci

Edgar Allan Poe's celebrated story The Black Cat has provided the inspiration for numerous films over the years. But few adaptations are as stylish as those offered up by the twin Italian titans of terror, Sergio Martino and Lucio Fulci.

In Martino's classic giallo Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key, teacher Oliviero (Luigi Pistilli, A Bay of Blood) finds himself under suspicion for murder when one of his students - and mistress - is found brutally murdered. As more bodies start to pile up, the arrival of Oliviero's attractive niece (Edwige Fenech, Five Dolls for an August Moon, All the Colours of the Dark) brings with it complications of its own. 

In The Black Cat, from that "other" Godfather of Gore, Lucio Fulci (Zombie), Scotland Yard Inspector Gorley (David Warbeck, The Beyond) find himself summoned to a sleepy English village to investigate the recent murder of a young couple. With no obvious signs of entry at the murder scene, Gorley is forced to start considering the possibility that his suspect may not be human... 

Finally together on Blu-ray and in stunning new 2K restorations from the original camera negatives, fans can enjoy the double-dose of terror that is Edgar Allan Poe's Black Cats - Italian-style!

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS:
-Brand new 2K restorations of the films from the original camera negatives
-High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
-Original Italian and English soundtracks in mono audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray)
-Newly translated subtitles for the Italian soundtracks
-Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtracks
-Brand new interview with director Sergio Martino
-Dolls of Flesh and Blood: The Gialli of Sergio Martino - a visual essay by Michael Mackenzie exploring -Sergio Martino's unique contributions to the giallo genre
-Stephen Thrower, author of Beyond Terror - The Films of Lucio Fulci, on The Black Cat
-Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly-commissioned artwork by Matthew Griffin
-Limited Edition 80-page perfect-bound book featuring new writing on the films, Poe's original story and more, illustrated with archive stills and posters
-Much more to be announced!

RELEASE DATE: OCTOBER 13th

Pre-order at Amazon: http://amzn.to/1RMWmH0 

Things Luke Perry Says: "It's Just Not Relevant"

Luke Perry
I'm Not Watching!

So there is an a Beverly Hills 90210 tell all being made by Lifetime. So what does the former star of the show, Luke Perry who played "bad boy" Dylan McKay have to say about this?


"I don't even watch my own actual self on TV. Why would I watch this? No, I don't see it happening," 

You go Mr. Perry! Beside I liked your appearance on OZ when you went full monty best.

Woof!

Luke on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000580/?ref_=nv_sr_1