Superman meets Bela Lugosi

Just in time for Halloween, tonight's episode of Smallville featured Bauhaus' "Bela Lugosi's Dead." The episode was called "Thirst." In the episode Lana joins a sorority (scary!) and she becomes a vampire (not as scary as the sorority) hence "Bela Lugosi's Dead." As she's about to feast on Clark the song comes on and it never sounded better. Yes I realize Bauhaus on a WB show is weird for you purists out there but gimme a break. By the way does anybody remember Goth Talk on Saturday Night Live? It used "Bela..." as its theme song. Goth Talk was a brilliant sendup of the whole goth thing. Chris Kattan and Molly Shannon were two dorky goth kids. I miss Goth Talk they need to bring it back. Bauhaus are currently on tour. Sadly no Texas dates, but they'lll be touring through 2005 into 2006. So dig up your old goth gear and hit one of the shows. They're going to have a Halloween show in San Francisco at the Fillmore.
Hit bauhausmusik.com for tour dates and stuff and stuff.



"White on white translucent black capes
Back on the rack
Bela Lugosi's dead
The bats have left the bell tower
The victims have been bled
Red velvet lines the black box
Bela Lugosi's dead
Undead, undead, undead
The virginal brides file past his tomb
Strewn with time's dead flowers
Bereft in deathly bloom
Alone in a darkened room
The count
Bela Lugosi's dead
Undead, undead, undead..."

Her name was Kylie... She was a Showgirl...

Kylie Minogue is releasing a DVD of Showgirl, her greatest hits tour next month. Despite her health problems, Kylie won't deny her fans the pleasure of seeing her Showgirl spectacular. So far, November 21st is the UK release of the DVD, so far NO date for the States but I'm sure it'll be released next year around February or something like that. For those impatient types, like me, just wait for the import, which will cost an arm & a leg for simply being a DVD, but it's Kylie so it's worth it. Just remember to get it in
the NTSC format not PAL.

Here's how she sells it on her website, kylie.com:
Kylie's triumphant 'Showgirl - The Greatest Hits Tour' comes to DVD on November 21st. This dazzling live extravaganza pays homage to the showgirl, one of the most exotic icons of the 20th century and represents Kylie's finest moments in music, performance and style.

Who could forget that 'infamous' corset, the truckloads of feathers, the amazing stage set, those groundbreaking dance routines, the stunning costumes and, of course, all those classic hits spanning the last 17 years? No wonder Kylie sold out a staggering 23 nights in the UK alone, breaking the record for the most nights played by a female performer at London's Earls Court Arena, the Birmingham NEC and Glasgows S.E.C.C. (The record at the Manchester Evening News Arena is still held by Kylies Fever tour!)

If you went to one of the shows here is your chance to relive the magic of that special evening; if you missed out then here's your opportunity to be part of the audience for the biggest and most ambitious show of Kylie's career. From the Moulin Rouge to the Folies Berger, from the Doris Girls of the Paris Lido to the entertainment palaces of Las Vegas, from the underground burlesque bars of Soho to the Busby Berkeley musicals of the thirties, Kylie's show pays tribute to the showgirl in all her forms and guises.

The DVD release of 'Showgirl' will feature a brand new edit of the show to the one that was broadcast in the UK and includes a behind-the-scenes documentary looking at all aspects of the show's creation from set design and costumes through to music and choreography. Extras include 'Showgirl' screen visuals and a ROM section featuring wallpapers and screensavers for your PC!

'Kylie - Showgirl' will be released in the UK on November 21st, in Japan on November 16th, and in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Ireland on November 18th. The show will also be broadcast on TV across Europe throughout November - Eastern European fans can catch the show on HBO on 5th November. Keep logging on for news of more transmission dates as we get them.

'Kylie - Showgirl'

Track listing


"Showgirl"
1. Overture ( Orchestral Intro)
2. Better The Devil You Know
3. In Your Eyes
4. Giving You Up
5. On A Night Like This (New version)

"Smiley Kylie"
6. Shocked (Uses element of "Do You Dare?" and "Keep On Pumpin' It")
7. What Do I Have To Do (Uses elements of "What Kind Of Fool?" and "I'm Over Dreaming (Over You) )
8. Spinning Around (Uses musical elements from CeCe Peniston's "Finally," her own"Step Back In Time," and Brothers In Rhythm's "Such A Good Thing")

"Denial"
9. In Denial (with recorded vocals by Pet Shop Boys' Neil Tennant)
10. Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi (Updated version) that turns into
11. Confide In Me (Updated version)

"What Kylie Wants, Kylie Gets"
12. Red Blooded Woman with the chorus of "Where The Wild Roses Grow" her duet with Nick Cave
13. Slow
14. Please Stay (New Version)

"Dreams"
15. Over The Rainbow
16. Come Into My World (Ballad Version)
17. Chocolate
18. I Believe In You
19. Dreams

"Kylesque"
20. Hand On Your Heart (New Version)
21. The Locomotion (New Version)
22. I Should Be So Lucky (Performed as original)
23. Your Disco Needs You

"Minx In Space"
24. Put Yourself In My Place
25. Can't Get You Out Of My Head

Encore:
26. Especially For You (Singalong)
27. Love at First Sight

EXTRAS

Behind The Feathers Backstage Documentary
Showgirl Screen Visuals
Showgirl ROM Section

Desperately Seeking Madonna

Madonna got back to her New York club roots this past weekend to promote her new album, Confessions On A Dancefloor. But did Madge ever really leave the dancefloor? No way Jose, not a night goes by without some Madonna single being played in any club/ bar gay or otherwise. This weekend saw Madonna hitting the Roxy and MisShapes at Luke & leroy's.

Found the sexy pic over at:
http://www.misshapes.com/pages/partyphotos.php?d=10-22-05

This Thursday sees the premiere of her new video "Hung Up" on VH-1 and they're going to re-air I'm Going To Tell You A Secret too.

Speaking of Madge there's a special edition of Confessions On A Dance Floor is on Amazon.com, the special features include:

a 40 Page Picture Book
an 80 Page Blank 'Journal' Book (includes some diary entries from Madonna)
a 1 Bonus Track (Fighting Spirit)
Fan Club Membership (???)
Slip Case

The Special Edition CD is released in the US on Tuesday 13 December and Monday 12 December for the rest of the world.
It's terrible it's not being released the same day as the regular album. Oh well guess I'll just have to buy both. Madge knows this & that's why it's being done. I just can't wait an extra month, that's just me.

Mis-SHAPES...MisTakes....MisFits

I'm so jealical, I'm completely pea green...it looks like the MisSHAPES crew are hosting MADONNA today at their weekly Saturday night party (S - A - T - U - R - D - A - Y nights!!!) in New York. The MisShapes crew are Geordon, LoveLeigh, and Greg K. Madonna producer Jacques Lu Cont (aka Stuart Price, The Thin White Duke) is deejaying tonight at MisShapes. He has toured with Madonna, done remixes for Gwen Stefani and recorded songs for and produced Madonna's new album Confessions On A Dancefloor and records under the name Les Rythmes Digitales.


October 22nd is Geo's Bday Bash with guest dj's Jacques Lu Cont and Junior Sanchez.
Here's some info. you can find out their site to get to MisShapes.
"MISSHAPES IS ABOUT GREAT MUSIC AND WE BELIEVE GREAT MUSIC HAS NO GENRE BOUNDARIES IT'S ABOUT SONGS THAT JUST MAKE YOU WANT TO DANCE AND HAVE A GREAT TIME"
EVERY SATURDAY :: 11PM - 4AM
Luke & Leroys 21 7th Ave S , New York 10014
(Corner of 7th Ave and Leroy - 3 blocks south of Bleecker)

By Subway MTA
1, 9 TRAIN at Houston St.

$5 Door [ if not on list ]

For guest list inquiry RSVP
rsvp@misshapes.com

Here's the bulletin they posted on myspace today:
"a ray of light shoots into misshapes tonight
tonight is geo's birthday at misshapes, and we have a VERY special guest tonight, and if you want to make sure you get in and see her make sure you get there right at 10pm sharp.
not kidding. i have a secret and if you believe in american life and wanna get into the groove, come and express yourself, maybe vogue a bit on the dance floor you will be there before 11pm at the latest. spread the word.

xxx"
In the past memebers of The Killers, My Chemical Romance, Franz Ferdinand, Annie, Boy George, Yoko Ono, the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, Hillary Duff, and Hedi Slimane have all deejayed or attended MisShapes.

MisShapes have a radio show every week on East Village Radio every Thursday from 10PM-12AM PT. Go to
http://www.eastvillageradio.com/displayshow.php?showname=Misshapes
to check it and download their podacst.
It's absolutely brilliant. If you're a music fan you'll surely love MisShapes radio. They play everything from Siouxsie & the Banshees to Madonna to The Smiths to The Artic Monkeys to the new Strokes songs to Franz, Garbage and Lil' Kim. Even the leaked Paris Hilton song "Screwed" has gotten airplay. And it all works. They have a really good ear and aesthetic. You'll hear lots of exclusive new songs and some really great new wave, rock, pop, dance, hiphop it's all there baby! The last episode of their show played Madonna's "Hung Up" three times and it sounded great each and every time.
Here's how they sell it on the EVR site "Join the Misshapes dj trio for a preview of new, unreleased rock/pop and new wave dance hits. A little taste of what their Saturday night party is all about."
Go check out their myspace profile at: http://www.myspace.com/themisshapes
or their website at http://www.misshapes.com

Halloween Costume Ideas for the '05

While I have no idea what scary mask I'll don this year far be it from me to dispel some advice to y'all for the right Halloween ensemble. The right Halloween ensemble requires weeks of research. You have to take the pulse of the culture, examine the zeitgeist, so and so forth. The right Halloween costume requires buzz. You have to have that "Oh Look!" factor and a Paris Hilton costume will just not cut it this year.


1) Anderson Cooper- No news anchor has more buzz than our favorite CNN anchor. Don a blue button down shirt, some worn in cargos, and add some cleverly sprinkled on baby powder on your noggin and you're Anderson. (Just think of Seth Myers on SNL who channeled Anderson on the season premiere).

2) Hurricane Katrina survivor - It's terrible to make light of a terrible situation but this is not so much of a costume as it is a tribute to the survivors. This costume requires little detail. It's more of what you wear around the house when your friends aren't around than a costume. You know the t-shirt I'm talking about.

3) A FEMA worker or Micahel Brown- just stand around in your FEMA t-shirt and do NOTHING, absolutely nothing.


4)Edie Sedgwick - No dead socialite besides that old hag Paris has more buzz than Edie. She's everywhere & she's going to be everywhere next year too. Every fashion rag has some old stock photo of her or some doe-eyed waif channeling her in a black & white top for a fashion spread. With Factory Girl in production you'll be ahead of the curve. No one will recognize you but you'll know you're a dead Warhol superstar, what more could you ask for! (And if you can get a sidekick to be Warhol to your Edie you'll be in the money)


5) Gerard Way of MyChemicalRomance - Every goth/ punk girl or confused boy's fantasy. All it takes is a lil' eyeliner, Dad's old suit, and some pancake white & you're Gerard. Croon at your own discretion.


6) Tom & Katie's baby- It'll probably be green since rumor has it it's a test tube baby & that whole "Scientology" business what with the silent birth and all. Perhaps you can be TomKat's baby meets an iPod. Hmmm.


7) Kanye West- Don an argyle or a polo, some flashy sunglasses and scream "George Bush doesn't care about black people...get down girl go ahead, get down"

I'll Tell You Something...I Am A Wolf....

Hurray, Shirley Manson posted a new diary entry on garbage.com & of course it's a great read for any garbage fans out there. Here it is word for word.

October 19,2005
Well what can I say here that hasn't already been said in a million and one interviews and hundreds of shows about "Bleed Like Me" and the past year in which we promoted it? What a fucking crazy time.

From the top ten album entries to the sold out shows. From all the hand painted signs and the flowers and the gifts and the tears and the love and the stories and the giggles and the song requests and the sweat and the big smiles.Thankyou so much to our fans for making this year so memorable and exciting and worthwhile.Thankyou for giving us perspective and delighting us and even for moving us to tears at times.

This tour has been insane.Maybe our most insane to date which is really saying something, seeing as we have toured like maniacs for ten years and have seen everything there is to see on tour except maybe for the state of Alaska, some of the more exotic parts of India and Africa and that weird place that British Airways keeps sending my lost luggage.

Apologies once again to the fans in Seattle for the cancellation of our scheduled show way back in March due to the fact that a particularly virulent strain of european flu that I caught in London following our show at Scala. I was taken down and out by it . Despite the fact that I was quite literally desperate to play our first show on US soil in 3 years,I swear I was so weak I just couldn't pull myself out of bed for love nor money.

Thanks also to everyone who showed up to our "why do you love me"
video shoot. You were adorable and stoic and we love you for waiting around for so long and still being good natured about it.

Thanks also to everyone who's favourite song off the new record was "bleed like me" because I know you and you've been there and you deserve a little extra in your stockings at christmas.Some people have accused me of overdramatizing in that song which always makes me smirk inside because anyone who would say something like that is unlucky enough to have cut themselves off from life and therefore will never understand what I'm talking about and I'm not exactly sure at this point that I even want them to.Let them eat cake and get their jollies off to Ashley Simpson.

Highlights of the year? Oh god.........................where do I start?!!!!

Well definitely the Olympia in Paris.Our first show in 3 years went off without a hitch and I felt like it was all a delicious dream and I was Maria Callas.

Playing at the Tabernacle in Atlanta the night our album entered the US charts at #4.

Meeting Siouxsie Sioux for the first time at the Brits and not feeling let down.She remains a wonder to me.

Making a video for "Run Baby Run" by literally going on the run with Sophie Muller through London,Paris,Berlin and Istanbul.Laughing so much I thought I was going to be sick and having tea and cake in the tearoom of the Pera Palace Hotel and thinking that if life was always this bizarre I would be happy forever.

Playing on stage every night with Eric Avery.What a stud.
Having Debbie Harry come backstage after our show in NYC and telling me she enjoyed the show.

Visiting Budapest for the first time and falling in love with the city.It's unbelievbably beautiful.

Seeing My Chemical Romance play the Download festival at Castle Donnington and hearing the audience sing along with every word. (I love him.I love him.) Going on stage at a festival in Serbia at 3am during an unbelievable thunder storm.

Watching The San Antonio Spurs play live in the play offs on a multitude of telly's all over europe at a variety of different hours in the middle of the night.(I love Tim.I love Tim.) Flying over Paris at midnight in a private plane after performing at Glastonbury and being able to see the Eiffel Tower sparkle and shine through the clouds.

Hanging for an afternoon with my beloved Jack in Detroit and drinking way more vodka before a show than is considered prudent for a woman over 30.

Seeing Arcade Fire playing the KROQ Inland Invasion and being able to tell Will what a Captain Ahab-like figure on stage he is when he goes out there and gives it up with his wondrous band.

Hearing Juliette and the Licks and actually having to concede that there IS an actress out there who can actually make a decent rock record.

Playing every night to people who knew the words to all of our songs,including obscure B-sides.

Having Cameron Diaz shimmy up and tell me she loved me at a tv show in Australia. Very VERY cute.

Getting tons of really cool free shit at MOOKS headquarters in Melbourne,including a fabulously named pair of "shirley" jeans.

Singing four "Mash-Ups" with Peaches for Amsterjam at Randals Island,NYC. It was such a joy to get to work with her. She is the shit and I was spellbound.

Drinking a bottle of pink champagne every night for 2 weeks straight every night during our tour of Australia.

Meeting Burt Reynolds at Leno and have him speak to me in an extremely convincing scottish accent.Very funny and very sweet and oh lordy lordy was he a hot piece back in the day.

I could go on and on but I won't.Suffice to say it's been a glorious year.

So what's next I hear you wondering? I have absolutely no fucking idea. All I know is that I have eaten more vegetables,fresh fruit and fish in the past two weeks since I got home than I have consumed in 10 months. My hair has stopped falling out,my nails have stopped breaking and I've beaten back yet another vile attack of peri-oral dermatitis! I am back working out with a trainer. I've seen my shrink more than once. I've been with my godchild to see the new Wallace and Grommit movie. I've played cards with girlfriends. I've beaten boyfriends at scrabble and I've caught up on all the tv shows I TIVOED whilst I've been gone. I've roasted a chicken and I've made pumpkin soup. I've gone picking apples in a beautiful Wisconsin orchard and I've gone to Motorcross,drunk Miller lite,ate brats and lusted at the riders tear up the tracks. I've burned through books and become insanely obsessed with Itunes which has become unfortunately, my very own rabbit hole within a rabbit hole and I pray it doesn't become my ruin. Oh yeah.....and I accidentally left a pot on the stove for 3 hours and came home to billowing black smoke and the realization that I had come dangerously close to burning down my appartment.

I guess I could go on and on but you get the picture.
I'm enjoying living a normal,grounded existence whilst trying to figure out what i want to do next.

As for the boys? I'll leave them to fill you in on their movements.
But for the time being.............WATCH OUT. Things aint done.

Deep deep heavy heavy thanks,
Shirley
x

found this over at: http://www.garbage.com/news/journal.php?uid=324

I've always have loved Shirley's take on things & her great taste in music which has pushed me in very interesting directions.

I Ain't No Hollaback Girl

I'm super duper excited. Gwen Stefani's Harajuku Lovers tour finally kicked off this past Sunday, October 16 while I was at the Nine Inch Nails concert in San Antonio. And after some research I have learned she is performing her new song "Orange County Girl."
Gwen's set is about an hour and twenty minutes.
Meshell Ndegeocello is on bass and backup vocals and former Bruce Springsteen and David Bowie drummer Zachary Alford is also in Gwen's backup band.
The second song she performs is "What You Waiting For?." She is also of course performing "Rich Girl," "Hollaback Girl," "Cool," and "Luxurious." Sad to say NO! NoDoubt songs. That sucks, "oh well, whatever nevermind." Couldn't she have at least performed the songs she wrote on her own like "Simple Kind Of Life" or "Suspension Without Suspense."
Her other new songs, that debuted at her L.A.M.B. runway show, are called "Breaking Up" and "Candyland," I don't know if she performing any of these just yet.
I also have read she wrote a new song with Tony Kanal called "Fluorescent Lights." I hope all the new songs will be on her new album due out soon.

Here are some pics from behind the scenes of the new video:


"Luxurious" is going to be her next single and she's already filmed the video. Stefani looks very Chola/ pachuca in it.

She's finally achieved that California chola look she's been dying to get. I know she's going to get some flak about the Isley Brothers sample on the track cuz everyone is going to associate it with the Notorious B.I.G. & they're going to say she's ripping him off. WHATEVER!

L.A.M.B. is being reissued this month.
The newly repackaged L.A.M.B. is going to be a 2-CD set with a whole new cover. CD1 is the album we all know and love and CD2 is a bonus cd with a whole bunch of remixes. This is the new cover

to be released oct 17 in Australia and Germany Oct 14th (according to amazon.de)
Disk 2
1. What You Waiting For? (Jacques Lu Cont's Twd Mix)
2. What You Waiting For? (Jacques Lu Cont's Twd Dub)
3. What You Waiting For? (Live)
4. Harajuku Girls (Live)
5. Hollaback Girl (Hollatronix Remix By Diplo)
6. Cool (Photek Remix)
7. Hollaback Girl (Dance Hollaback Remix By Tony Kanal)

Gwen is a busy busy girl. Busy lil' bee Stefani is not only on tour, rereleasing L.A.M.B., releasing a second solo album, a shoe line with Royal Elastics, an accessories line with Sanrio, a new video & single for "Luxurious" but she's also releasing a DVD very soon. Her guest vocals can be heard on the new charity single "Tears In Heaven" to benefit the victims of Hurricane Katrina along with Scott Weiland, Pink, Mary J. Blige, Elton John, Kelly Osbourne, Ozzy Osbourne, Rod Stewart, Steven Tyler, Robert Downey Jr. and Gavin Rossdale and the new Pharrell single "Can I Have It Like That" She also appears in Pharrell's video.

Thank God for nodoubtweb.com, which is one of the best NoDoubt fan websites out there, for all the juicy info.

tHIS wEEKEND, i wONDER wILL tHERE bE a bUZZ aBOUT tHE nEW mADONNA sINGLE aT tHE cONCERT?

Madonna You Spin Me Right Round Baby...Right Round !!! XOXO

Thank God for the hackers and the bloggers & all the impatient assholes out there. I just finished listening to the new Madonna single "Hung Up" for the millionth time & I lovelovelove it. And its bloody brilliant of course. It's right up there with "Music," "Into the Groove," and "Ray of Light" and every other brilliant Madonna pop song.
After all that foreplay with the moto commercial & the lil' snippets left & right I finally got the release I needed. I like this new direction it's very old school carefree Madonna meets Gwen Stefani-ripping-off-Madonna/ meets Kylie-ripping-off-Madonna/ meets gay disco/ meets Giorgio Moroder /meets ABBA (duh cuz it like samples ABBA), meets Blondie covering "Hanging On The Telephone." It's bubble pop electric!!! It's SUPER KAWAII!!! It's a lil' slice of heaven. It's stars and rainbows and that jazz. It's perfect for the dancefloor. "Hung Up" is the new mirror ball.PopJustice is right, Stuart Price is now up there with Richard X. I can't wait to hear the plethora of remixes of this track. Too bad David LaChapelle's not doing the video but that Johan R-whatever his name is did a good job on the video he's already directed for my girl Madge hello - remember "Nothing Really Matters" with Maddie's red eyebrows & kimono. The lyrics to ":Hung Up:" are practically asking everyone to download the song before it's "OFFICIAL RELEASE" with all that jazz about time going by so slowly (the official debut is this coming Monday October 17) And then it hits iTunes Tuesday the 18th. But how could I wait all weekend??? Waiting is for poor people.

ooh ooh this my shit !!!!

found this image over @ madonnalicious.com

one more week to go b4 the single is on iTunes.

Anna Get Your Gun...Quick Bitch!!!

Well Miss Anna was hit in the face with a pie over the weekend. PETA finally fucking got her. They actually got Anna Wintour in the face. Those fucking crazy looney birds. And of course she was wearing fur during the debacle. I read about this & found the startling photo @ gawker.com. Bloody Brilliant!!! So now Miss Anna for sure does not like FAT PEOPLE, ANIMALS, PARIS & PETA.
Miss Anna not liking fat people is obvious but it also is backed up by a very reliable rotund resource: In one of my favorite sound bytes of all time Andre Leon Talley told Oprah "Miss Anna does not like fat people..." That's right up there with Wolf Blitzer's slip up during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina saying the victims of Katrina were just "so poor & so black..." right before going to commercial and the obvious Kanye West mad rant "George Bush does not care about black people..." This has been a great year for crazy talk.
Poor Wintour, not only are they filming The Devil Wears Prada but now this. Mizz Wintour needs to go get a witch doctor to give her a major cleansing cuz this year is ending terribly for her. What shall the Conde Nasty do about this all???


Wolf Blitzer on The Situation Room, (9-1-05)
"so many of these people, almost all of them that we see, are so poor and they are so black, and this is going to raise lots of questions for people who are watching this story unfold."
WHAT'S THAT EVEN MEAN? OH WOLF! YOU SO CRAZY!

found this over @ http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0509/01/sitroom.02.html

breathe in...

I read you and God I'm good at it I'm so spot on
Chord shapes in air go press that dissonance if you dare
And you breathing in finesse an innocent
From her partying

And I'm high enough from all the waiting
To ride a wave on your inhaling
And I'm high enough from all the waiting
To ride a wave on your inhaling
'Cause I love you no?
Can't help but love, you know...

What part of no don't you understand I've told you before
To just get off my case this isn't happening stop this now
And I where was I? I have to be somewhere
Now where did I put it?

And I'm high enough from all the waiting
To ride a wave on your inhaling
And I'm high enough from all the waiting
To ride a wave on your inhaling
'Cause I love you no?
Can't help but love you, no...

Is this it is this it is this it?

Yes hello we're back and we're taking calls
Now what was the question?

And I'm high enough from all the waiting
To ride a wave on your inhaling
And I'm high enough from all the waiting
To ride a wave on your inhaling
'Cause I love you no?
Can't help but love you, no...