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Shepard Fairey does Times Square
Nov 9th
NYLON TV caught up with notorious street artist Shepard Fairey during his live installation in Times Square.
Pixies Meet Salvador Dalí
Nov 8th
Exceptional artists ahead of their times. Pixies’ song “Debaser” paired with the 1929 movie to which it refers, Un Chien Andalou by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí. Minotaur, possibly the greatest box set set of all time, will be released Tuesday. Buy it!
Rare Beatles Help! Memorabilia up for Auction
Nov 8th
According to Reuters, Cameo Fine Art Auctioneers will offer seven black-and-white photographs of the Beatles sitting on a grassy field, taken by a teenage girl on the last day of filming for their movie Help!, for sale this week in London. Estimates place the value of the package at somewhere between ₤2-3,000.
Gwyn Blanchard, then a 13-year-old student, trudged half an hour in the rain with a group of friends to the set of the Fab Four’s second film, hoping for an autograph, but wound up being invited for a chat with her idols.
“We knew that the filming was going to happen that day. Being kids, we hatched a plan,” said Blanchard, who lived near the site.
Read the rest of the article HERE.
Post-apocalyptic living: a home in a shopping cart?
Nov 5th
Brooklyn-based artist Kevin Cyr is preparing for the apocalypse in a rather unique way!
Kevin Cyr’s functional sculptural piece Camper Kart seeks to explore the issues of housing, mobility and autonomy.
Check out the article in Brand-X at this location.
Photo credit – Kevin Cyr
The Beatles Go Digital!
Nov 4th
The Beatles are releasing a limited edition apple-shaped USB drive containing pretty much their entire catalogue just in time for Christmas. The release marks the first time Beatles catalogue has been sold legitimately as digital, non-CD files. Vinyl versions of the reissues are expected to be announced shortly.
Visit The Official Beatles Shop for all the details and to pre-order.
Picasso Fails to Sell
Nov 4th
According to The Wall Street Journal, Christie’s Modern Art Sale failed to generate its typical excitement in last night’s evening sale. Bummer. Read the full article HERE.
Nobody wanted the night’s priciest work, a ruby-red portrait of Pablo Picasso’s wartime lover Dora Maar, “Tête de femme,” that was expected to sell for at least $7 million. The painting stalled at $6.4 million.
Apple Planning Subscription iTunes TV Service?
Nov 3rd
According to ChannelWeb, Apple is looking to do to the television business what it has done with the record industry – take it over!
Apple (NSDQ:AAPL) is pitching TV networks about a new service that delivers TV programs via its iTunes software and store across a wide range of hardware via a $30-per-month subscription service.
The networks are both intrigued by and wary of the new potential service, according to a Monday report in The Wall Street Journal’s All Things Digital blog.
Rather than tying such a service to its Apple TV box or a rumored table device, Apple would make the TV shows available for subscription via iTunes as early as next year, wrote Peter Kafka in the All Things Digital blog.
Read the rest of the article HERE.
Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” Highest-Grossing Concert Film Ever
Nov 1st
Sony Pictures has declared that Michael Jackson’s This Is It is now “the highest-grossing concert film of all-time” with an estimated gross in excess of $100 million worldwide, so far. Not bad for only having been in theaters for 5 days! The studio has also announced that the much-publicized “2 weeks only” run in theaters has been extended beyond Thanksgiving.
U2 Release Rare Video Footage
Oct 29th
Rare, behind the scenes footage of U2′s recording sessions for The Unforgettable Fire (starring Bono’s 80′s super-mullet) has been released. Multiple deluxe re-issue packages of the album were released Tuesday. More info available at this location .
Foo Fighters to Play Live Gig on Facebook!
Oct 29th
Foo Fighters will release a deluxe CD/DVD retrospective package, creatively-entlted Greatest Hits, on Tuesday, November 3rd. As part of the promotional blitz surrounding the album’s release, the band will perform a live show on Facebook Friday, October 30th at 7PM PST. Details are available at this location.
