Taken from www.johanheltne.se:

2008-15-12
I dag skickas singeln “Hjärta. Instinkt. Principer.” ut till radio- och tv-stationer. Sedan tidigare finns videon att kika in. Särskilt Jonathan ser tuff ut.

2008-03-14
Nu är det klart. Vetenskapliga bevis för att Jesus lever släpps den 26 maj. Det är sisådär två och ett halvt år efter första inspelningen. Två och ett halvt år! Det som från början var ett litet kompisprojekt blev till slut ett stort kompisprojekt. Jag har till och med släppt in ansikten jag aldrig sett, nu när slutet och början är nära. Skivan distribueras av underbara dotshop.se, där går det att förbeställa. Och pr görs av göteborgare, vilket känns helt logiskt. Det ska bli spännande att se om människor som till exempel du tycker om. Hur som helst tycker Rickard om, det är skönt.

Johan Heltne - Hjärta, Instinkt, Principer
Give it a chance

Toronto - So yeah, my Penguins lost last night. Yeah I was a bit pissed and smashed a half empty water bottle against my coffee table, which wasn’t the best idea. But that’s life. They’ll rebound and finish them off on Saturday, and make an extra 1.3 million dollars in the process. But here’s a funny video from the game the other day:

Off the site: http://penguinsvideoblog.blogspot.com/

Toronto - This week’s installment of STCBM involves the 1995 Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue duet - ‘Where The Wild Roses Grow’. This song practically writes itself as a movie (as most Nick Cave songs would).

Where the Wild Roses Grow
This movie would take place in the 60’s, someplace sunny - maybe San Diego. Theres a serial killer (maybe Clive Owen) on the loose. This guy is a flamboyant playboy - rich, successful, wife and kids, the whole nine yards - but he has a taste for one thing - blood. Influenced by some obscure book or artist, he secretly believes all beauty must die and hence starts on a serial killing spree by killing beautiful ladies. The bodies are left in a field just outside the city, where the wild roses grow. As the movie progresses, we will see this guy struggle to lead the double life and slowly lose his mind.

So I guess this movie would be about a alcoholic down on his luck cop (Liam Neeson) who gets assigned the case. Depressed ever since his wife got eaten alive by a Great White Shark while surfing, the cop just goes thru the motions in his life, only making his money so that he can put his daughter, Elisa Day (played by Scarlett Johannson) thru college. As he gets more and more entangled in the case, he realizes that the killer is Elisa’s professor, but he can’t put get enough evidence to put him away and his daughter thinks he’s just a delusional alcoholic.

Anyways, obviously theres some kind of climax where she is in trouble and the his father has to prevent her from being another murder victim. Someone dies, but I can’t figure out who yet.

Probably not a blockbuster film, but it would make for some good drama.

 

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MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

(Toronto) Really, this show was a maybe for me, but when Rickys’ friend had an extra ticket, it became a must see.

We got there in time to hear the opener, The Mobius Band. I felt bad when they took the stage and started playing because they essentially played in the dark. The low mood that was used to illuminate the slew of instruments on stage as people entered the Phoenix, also served as performance lights for the Mobius Band. Needless to say, seeing them live didn’t want me open up iTunes to listen to them again. Bring on the Black Kids.

Since they formed in Jacksonville, Florida two years ago, Black Kids have:

-Got press in NME after performing at the Athens Popfest
-Released an EP for free download
-Got a ‘Best New Music commendation and an 8.4 from Pitchfork
-Signed with Quest Management (who manages Bjork and Arcade Fire)
-Named one of the best new bands of 2008 from Rolling Stone
-Recorded their first full length, Partie Traumatic with Bernard Butler form Suede
-I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You debuted at #11 in the UK.

So yah, they are riding some momentum into this year for sure. I guess the most obvious thing that I was interested in seeing was if they were actually Black or not. Upon them taking the stage I found out that the Black Kids are two-fifths black. The five-member ensemble took the stage in the usual American Apparel hoodies and T’s and reminded me, visually at least, of The Go Team! As for their sound, they have some catchy, dance tunes that I am sure will be re-mixed and released in the coming months.

Their stand out single “I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You” was the highlight of the show for sure. If you are a band and you are selling a t-shirt with the title of one of your songs on it, it had better be a good tune. Songs that I hadn’t heard, such as I Wanna Be Your Limousine and Look At Me When I Rock Wichoo (it is really spelled that way too) were pleasant surprises that were not included on there downloadable EP earlier this year.

Apparently at their live show, their front man, Reggie Youngblood, starts every song with “Hey Toronto…” I’m not too sure how they are going to feel about this in Boston on May 12th. Maybe he thought we in attendance couldn’t remember where we were? I hate that shout out shit that bands do.

Ricky made a good comparison on the way home that they seem to be on the same track as Vampire Weekend. The lead singer has a unique sound, they are fun, and they are getting lots of press. They’ll be back in the coming months for a headlining show, guarantee.

Overall, a good show. When they come back, I want them to be louder with more energy.

After Black Kids, Cold Cut went on. If you saw them and want to leave a note about their contribution to the evening, please do.

 

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