I'm the DJ

This friday 5/9 my dear friend Diane and I make our debut as DJ's! We're DJing a shopping party event at the Dream Hotel in Midtown Manhattan. I'm really excited!! I'll have pictures of us behind the turn tables posted next week.

On another note, even though I haven't watched "American Idol" since the season of Sanjaya, I saw a clip of one of the finalists from this season David Cook singing one of my very favorite songs of all time..."Baba O'Reily" by the Who. Just the sheer fact that a Who song was sung on "American Idol" is seriously cringe worthy but David Cook's version is just awful...he made the song so soulless. I'll spare you all by not posting the clip!

And cause I'm a geek like that.....

Going off the music topic for a quick second and mentioning historical books and films.
A few months back I had mentioned that I had read the book "Manhunt-the 12 Day search for Lincoln's killer" by James L. Swanson. The book is about the search for John Wilkes Booth the man who assassinated Abe Lincoln and the conspiracy around the assassination of President Lincoln, JWB and his co co conspirators planned to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William Seward all on the same night. The person who was to kill Andrew Johnson, George Atzerodt got drunk and lost his nerve, the person who was to kill Secretary of State William Seward, Louis Powell attacked Seward and his son injuring them both severely. "Manhunt-the 12 Day search for Lincoln's Killer" is one of the most riveting, fascinating and scariest books that I have ever read!! That book got me so interested in John Wilkes Booth's story, the manhunt and the Lincoln conspiracy, that I read another book on the subject called "American Brutus" by Michael Kaufman. "American Brutus" is more of a biography on John Wilkes Booth and delves more into the conspiracy then the manhunt.

Anyway I was really excited to read that HBO is planning on making a mini series based on the book "Manhunt-the 12 Day Search for Lincoln's killer" and so far Harrison Ford has been cast as Everton Conger who was one of the main DC police detectives who lead the manhunt for John Wilkes Booth. I'm kinda meh on that bit of casting news cause in my mind Harrison Ford doesn't have enough intensity for that role, but who knows he's a good enough actor where he maybe able to pull off the role. I would have cast Harrison Ford as Lafayette Baker who was the head of the DC police force at the time and I would have cast Edward Norton in the Everton Conger role.

I totally think Johnny Depp should play Booth! Even though Depp is about twenty years older then Booth was at the time of the assassination I totally think he can pull it off. He's got the right look and the right intensity for the role!! I also think that Orlando Bloom could play a really good Booth. Even Jude Law can pull off Booth well.

Here's how I would cast the rest of the film "Manhunt":

Brad Pitt or George Clooney: Edward Doherty(the leader of 71st NY Volunteers sent to capture Booth)
Jessica Lang: Mary Suratt (one of Booth's conspirators)
Casey Afleck: David Herold (one of Booth's conspirators who was on the run with Booth)
Sam Rockwell or Mike Myers: George Atzerodt (one of Booth's conspirators)
Tom Hanks, Liam Neison or David Statharin: Abe Lincoln
James Broadbent: Edwin Stanton (the Secretary of War)
James Cromwell: William Seward
Joaquin Phoenix or the kid from "ET" Henry Thomas: Lewis Powell


Those are my pics...wishful thinking is that the casting director for the film "Manhunt" is an indie music fan and reads this blog!! Or maybe hopefully the casting director and I think a like!!

Something to take you back...

Only in the late 70's and early 80's could their be a variety show staring a Scottish bubble gum band, co staring a midget actor, freaky puppets and a woman in a scary witch outfit. With Borscht belt comedians, Cousin Oliver from the "Brady Bunch" and Chaci from "Happy Days" as special guests. And there you have the genius of Sid and Marty Kroft!! Below is the Bay City Rollers doing their version of Dusty Springfield's "I Only Wanna Be With You" from their TV show which was one of my favorites as a small child. Hearing the Bay City Rollers music again makes me have a whole new appreciation for it, they had some really good well crafted pop songs.

Can someone please explain something to me???

Every couple of years the fashion industry will elevate a new model to "it girl" status. In the 80's it was Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista in the 90's it was Kate Moss, Shalom Harlow and Amber Valetta. Now it seems the latest fashion "it girl" is a model from the UK who is New York based by the name of Agyness Deyn. Agyness, is a tall skinny androgynous looking girl who supposedly has lots of edgy rock and roll style. She does lots of "edgy" fashion shoots and ads, the most mainstream ads she does is for Burberry and Armani.

I personally don't get it. To me she looks like a combo of Bob Geldof's (creator of the of Live Aid concerts for all you kids not in the know) late wife Paula Yates and a little ten year old boy. I just feel like what's she's trying to do with her look and her persona has been done before and it's a little bit on the boring side.

Anyway now Agyness is trying her hand at singing, she's released a single with the New York based band Five O'Clock Heroes called "Who". Below is the video clip. Vocally Agyness isn't that bad but she's not great nor unique, she's meh vocally, the song is not groundbreaking at all and the video is a bit on the boring side. Now that I've given my opinion, I'm curious to know what you guys think of this clip and song??

Also linked below is Paula Yates' wikipedia entry complete with picture so you can see my point.


Who


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agyness_Deyn




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Yates