The cast of GLEE flew to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to sing the National Anthem for the third game of the World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Yankees. Amber Riley, who plays Mercedes on the show, sings the lead vocals.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
GLEE TV - World Series National Anthem
The cast of GLEE flew to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to sing the National Anthem for the third game of the World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Yankees. Amber Riley, who plays Mercedes on the show, sings the lead vocals.
Carving the Pumpkin
Gay Family Values gets the family together for a traditional carving of pumpkins.
For more with Gay Family Values, you can subscribe to their YouTube Channel here.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Lotte Lenya - September Song
Lotte Lenya is just an amazing singer. I love her. Sure, her style seems to be on the dated side, but she was born in 1898, and left us in 1981. She was married to composer Kurt Weill, and is perhaps best known as the Rosa Klebb in From Russia With Love and as a name in a song so dubbed by Bobby Darin and Louis Armstrong while singing Mack The Knife, her husband's best known song. But she was an important singer and performer on the world stage, first in Europe, and eventually in New York. Her work in the Bertold Brecht and Weill musicals Three Penny Opera and The Seven Deadly Sins certainly set the mark for many actresses in decades to come.
Here is a clip of her singing Alabama Song from The Rise & Fall of the City of Mahagonny, another great work by Brecht and Weill.
Garrin Benfield - It's Gonna Be Fall
Here is a song that is appropriate for the season by one of my faves, Garrin Benfield. I desperately want to see him performing live - I just love his music so much. This is a song written by his brother, Jeff Gore.
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New Music - Adam Lambert Debut Single
Lambert Covers: Top is for the single, bottom for the CD.
Adam Lambert previewed his first single on the Ryan Seacrest show this morning. For Your Entertainment is the debut from the album of the same name. The album is to be released at the end of November. For more information, go to Adam's official website here.
Worth Another Listen - Deee-Lite
In 1986, Lady Miss Kier met DJ Dmitry, and they started working on music together. Soon thereafter, Towa Tei was added to the mix, and Deee-Lite was established. Prior to this, Lady Kier was working to establish herself in the fashion industry, and was active in the club scene, which is where she met Dmitry. As well as the musical partnership, they entered into a romantic one.
In 1990, they released World Clique, and their big style and their animated performances set them apart from the crowd, and sent them moving up the charts. The album went to #20 on the US charts, while the first single, Groove Is In The Heart, practically lived at #! on the Club charts, and scored #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Their second single was Power Of Love, which again topped the dance charts, but they never saw a single fly up the pop charts again. Far from one-hit-wonders, they had secured six #1 songs on the US Club charts, starting with Groove Is In The Heart, through to their last single, Call Me, in 1995, after the band had called it quits. In 1992, they scored a #1 with Runaway.
In many ways, I feel as though Lady Miss Kier paved the way for performers like Lady GaGa and Katie Perry to top the charts today. Lady Kier's outrageous sense of style, and bold and brash musical style, certainly were setting the trends, not following them. In 1994, Lady Kier and Dmitry ended their relationship, and the band were finished as well.
Lady Kier disappeared for a while, living and working in the UK, and returned to the US a few years ago. She is rumored to be working on a new musical project, and has many fans on the edge of their seats while the rumors build. To find out more about Lady Miss Kier, go to here official website here or her MySpace page here.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Halloween Places in SL: Serendipity Haunted House Ride and Bentham Forest
Those looking for a fun Halloween show will find one in the Serendipity sim, where a haunted house ride awaits to take people through it’s corridors.The sign over the house reads “The Greatest Halloween Ride in the World - EVER!” This over-the-top exaggeration aside, the haunted house is a very good one. The few times I was here, the exhibit was always a bit crowded. So one will have to wait for a while for everything to rez, notably the ride seats of which once someone sits on them, they will began to slowly move down the track after a few seconds. It is recommended that visitors set their viewers to midnight, switch off music and make sure sound effects are on, stay in the seat, and for the best view go to mouselook
The “twenty rooms of terror” offer much to scare the visitors. For over fifteen minutes, one will be taken through graveyards, swamps, rickety buildings, monster habitats, hellish caverns of lava, and other scenes. As I went down the track, I could overhear (via type) couples on dates ahead “shriek” at the sights and laugh nervously. At the entry/exit area, there are a few freebies one can get, including a Halloween flag and some virtual candy.The ride is at Serendipity (175, 100, 28) and will be up until November 5
While haunted houses are full of things that bop up as if to say “boo,” other places are more subtle in their spookiness. The Bentham Forest, also known as the Bentham Haunted Dark Forest, is among those. The sim is dark and foreboding, with dim lights making one wonder if something is out there looking upon them.The place is highly detailed, with paths one can go down, or off them if more daring. With many places to look around in, there are some secrets to uncover. I heard there were some quests that could be found there to complete, though I have yet to find them. Still, this spooky sim is a fun and scary place to explore on Halloween.
The sim is at Wasted Night (79,117, 25).Bixyl Shuftan
New Music - Josh Zuckerman - Got Love?
Late in the summer, I ran a post for the single of Josh's upcoming album, Got Love? You know I love my out and proud rockers! The title song was a great rocking single, perfect for his gritty vocals. So I have purchased the album, and as with his other music, I love it. I'll get the shallow part out of the way early. Josh is quite hot, and when I seew video of him playing his low-slung guitar, I melt a little. Which he does in this live version of the first single - the official video was in the prior post.
The new release has 12 songs, all very good. I think Josh is rocking a little harder these days, and I am liking that very much. To Be Today kicks off the album, with a sweet opening that quickly moves to some solid guitar work. The sweet voice quickly moves aside for the growl I love. Then the title tune comes out, with a strong message and a guitar that blasts from the get-go. '
Black white doesn’t matter, gay, straight, thin, or fatter
When love is the answer, got no more fear…Got Love!
I Thought You Loved Me is next, and it is rock with a punk edge. The driving beat is matched with the intensity of the unrequited love. Let Love In returns to a more stadium rock approach, more melodic in nature and a a chorus that tells a lover "Love should be easy…love shouldn’t be so hard. Love can be healing…just let your guard down." Mother I is a wonderful song, offering thanks to what his mother taught him, including rocking with a slight alt.rock feel. Then If Prayer steps up to the plate, showing off a more soulful side, complete with the astonishing lyrics "If prayer is you really talking to GOD, Then listen to your gut cause GOD is talking to you." I Fall In Love Again slows it down and uses the piano to drive the ballad, and Josh's voice smooths it out and warms my heart. When We Dance adds a bit of Spanish flavor to charge the uptempo rock to another level, and really brings up the sexual quotient as well. Whoo!
My Inspiration is a highly personal song, a mid-tempo ballad that mixes up the feel with some interesting acoustic guitar and a little horn action. Take reminds me a bit of the 80s bands I loved, with tempo changes and at times a ska feel. The next song is so timely, called Our Wedding Song. It starts with a rocky version of the Wedding March, and then establishing what he wants to say with the third line "And here we are with friends and family gathering to watch us as we cry With tears of joy that remind us who we are and where we were." The final cut is Small Percentile, which returns to the ska feel, with a bit of 70s adult film score, with the wah-wah of the guitar. The search for love is never easy, is it?
So I love the album, and am just so damn glad I bought it. Josh's music makes me happy, and a little hot. Can't ask for much more, can you? I've never seen him play live, but I think I have to do that sometime, and hopefully soon. Here is a video from an earlier album, Out From Under. The song is Something Inside, a really sexy number.
You can buy this album at iTunes, CD Baby, and Amazon. You can find out what Josh is up to at his website here.
Those Amazin' Phils
Last night, the Philadelphia Phillies defied the odds and took the first game of the World Series in New York, defeating the New York Yankees 6-1. They played exceptionally well, although most ESPN pundits have made the reigning World Champions the underdog for the series. Cliff Lee pitched a great game, and the gorgeous Chase Utley had a wonderful night, hitting 2 home runs to get the Phillies off to a 2-0 lead. Now, I tend to find baseball to be a dreadfully slow and boring sport, but do watch the playoffs. And in celebration of my shallowness, one of the reasons I watch is those baseball players can be very good looking. These Phillies certainly are. And so are some of the Yankees, but they didn't win game 1, and aren't my 'home team.'
Cliff Lee
Chase Utley
Cole Hamels
Ryan Howard
Jayson Werth
Jimmy Rollins
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