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Grace Jones Pulls Back Up To Your Bumper

[ 2 Comments ]Posted on December 11, 2008 by admin in Music

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

I knew It All Along…Grace Jones Is Made Of Chocolate


Grace Jones Gets Her Head Examined

When Grace Jones first broke onto the scene over twenty years ago, my genderblending friends and I welcomed her to the club, but always thought of her more as a Jean Paul Goude media creation and personality than a true talent. Well, after 19 years of silence, she’s back to prove us wrong. Her new CD Hurricane ranges from the obligatory dub-derived club grooves to the unexpectedly sensitive and soulful , with masterful production (thanks to Sly and Robbie, Brian Eno and Tricky) that makes you feel like you’re opening a new present over and over each time you listen. The release cleverly manages to capture the essence of her early sound while somehow sounding timeless in spite of the extensive use of electronics, kind of like Seal’s secret dark sister. Although the cover art is suggestive of Goude’s other media creations (check out this classic Citroen ad featuring Grace Jones on YouTube) it was actually conceived by artist Tom Hingston. And yes, that’s an actual mold of Jones’ head in the photo here, rendered in chocolate.

Everything That Happens Finally Happened Today

[ Comments Off ]Posted on August 18, 2008 by admin in Music

Monday, August 18th, 2008

The new Byrne Eno Release is available with streaming previews

David Byrne sent me an interesting e-mail today. He let me know that the The new Byrne/Eno collaboration Everything That Happens Will Happen Today was happening today. They’ve done some creative things with this release, one of them being the dirty trick of offering a Deluxe Package for $69.99 that includes four bonus songs, a short film about the album, a screensaver app (meh), an “Everything That Happens” miniature hardbound book, and immediate access to download all the songs in various formats. They’ve also cleverly offered the little embedded player seen here. A little advice David: you’re pretty tech savvy; your people could’ve made it resizeable, and they could’ve included a frigging volume control! I’m going to ponder spending the $69.99 after I stream the songs for a bit, a nice option.

Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

[ Comments Off ]Posted on July 31, 2008 by admin in Music

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Unless they happen on August 4th

David ByrneExcept the release of Brian Eno & David Byrne’s album of the same name, which will happen on August 4th, 2008. The music will be available exclusively at everythingthathappens.com with free previews and a free song, and it actually goes on sale two weeks later. Can’t wait for some new Byrne & Eno? Then make your own by remixing studio quality tracks from the 1981 release Bush of Ghosts. They’ve generously provided all the necessary tools and files at the Bush of Ghosts remix site .

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