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06.30.09Some Mighty Fine Guitars and MemorobiliaEvidently it's auction season. I know little about the world of fine art and music memorabilia, but I do have an email alert set up with Christies to let me know whenever there's a pop culture auction coming up. This one is a doozie with extremely rare guitars from John Lennon, Brian Jones, and Jimi Hendrix as well as a ton of Oasis, Beatles, and Who memorabilia. The auction takes place tomorrow, July 1st, at 10am at Christie's London, South Kensington auction house. What? You're not in London for the two week art auction season? If you're fascinated by this kind ...
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06.22.09Who can resist a six year old’s request for illegal fireworks?from thecolorawesome's posterous
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06.15.09The “New” New Order: Bernard, Stephen, and Phil but no HookieIt's official. After over a year of speculation, former New Order members Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris and Phil Cunningham have formed a new band without ex-bassist Peter Hook. There is no word as to weather or not Gillian will be a part of the group. The collective, Bad Lieutenant, features Blur's Alex James on bass duties, Sumner told BBC Newsbeat that they have already completed recording an album, set for release in October. "I'm very proud of it, it's a very good album," Sumner said. "It's pretty guitary too because we've got three guitarists in the band." New Order formally split last summer, ...
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06.09.09Les Pattinson picks up bass for Wild SwansLes Pattinson, the retired bassist for Echo and the Bunnymen, has been coaxed out of retirement to play two live shows for his mates, The Wild Swans. According to the Wild Swans website, "After a 21-year absence, The Wild Swans will play two exclusive gigs at Static Gallery, Roscoe Lane in Liverpool on the 23rd & 24th July. Static is a small, intimate venue. Only 200 tickets are available for each night. The band will showcase songs from their forthcoming album The Coldest Winter for a Hundred Years as well as classics from their repertoire." Tickets available via The Wild Swans website. ...
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06.06.09Video: Phoenix’s Lisztomania Brat Pack MashupI'm sure this unofficial Lisztomania video violates all sorts of copyrights, but it's a wonderful romp through a great song using video footage of some of my favorite movies from high school. Evidently the savvy gents form Phoenix agree. According to Boing Boing, "AvoidantConsumer did such a good job, the band even posted on their official MySpace page and, according to Swide, Phoenix have gone on record saying the unofficial Lisztomania Brat Pack version is "our best video."
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05.25.09Bye bye Sasquatch!Sasquatch is a dome deal for me. Back to Seattle tonight and then to SF in the morning. - Paige, live from the Sasquatch Music Festival Posted via email from thecolorawesome's posterous
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05.23.09Backstage @ SasquatchThe Doves are about to hit the main stage. Wifi access where art thou? - Paige, live from the Sasquatch Music Festival Posted via email from thecolorawesome's posterous
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05.22.09Happy Birthday, Phil!Claire Grogan and I would like to wish Phil a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Stop by The Bus Stop in Seattle tonight if you'd like to wish him well in person. See you there! Here are a few mp3's to put you in a birthday mood: Altered Images - Happy Birthday Ting Tings - Happy Birthday (Altered Images Cover) Bird & The Bee - Birthday Roykosopp - Happy Birthday Altered Images video after the jump. Continue Reading...
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05.14.09The Color Awesome now available via KindleAmazon has opened the floodgates on its Kindle publishing. As of this week, emerging blogs (like this one) can publish alongside the corporate big boys. You can check out The Color Awesome for Kindle on Amazon.com here or load it directly from your Kindle with their amazing WhisperNet service. So, if you don’t mind reading blogs on a device that makes them appear chunky and ugly, then sign up! If it were up to us, we'd make it available for free, but Amazon sets the price for subscriptions at $1.99/mo. (publishers get 30%) and hopefully they’ll fix the image quality very ...
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05.12.09Confirmed: I’m Shooting Sasquatch!No, I'm not going postal on Bigfoot. I'm shipping my six-year-old off to the grandparents and then I'm flying north to help Phil celebrate his Birthday and then I'm headed to the Gorge to photograph the Sasquatch Festival for three days. I'll be photographing for one of my favorite guys, Ice Cream Man. We're even going to try some new toys for live blogging and photo coverage from the festival. My shooting schedule is quite ambitious, 10 bands Saturday, 14 Sunday and 16 on Monday. I'm most looking forward to The Doves, M83, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Animal Collective. ...
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05.10.09Happy Mother’s Day: Timberlake and Samberg’s “Motherlover”It's Mother's Day. What have you done for *your* mom lately? I almost peed my pants when I first saw this on SNL last night. Justin Timberlake is one funny guy. The cameos by Susan Sarandon and Patricia Clarkson are the icing on the cake. This download is from Hulu and avoids the commercials from NBC. Hope you enjoy! Full Lyrics after the jump. Continue On to See Mother Lover Lyrics....
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05.08.09Friday’s Random RollupHow about this for a random twitter #followfriday ?Rania Al Abdullah, Queen of Jordan, joined the tweeting masses yesterday. Follow her at @QueenRania (via TechCrunch) Expenses tight? Build your own cigarbox guitar or ukulele. These homemade instruments make some damn fine music in the hands of Keni Lee Burgess and Shelley Rickey. (via BoingBoing) 5 Minute Ice Cream sounded too good to be true. The verdict? Seems like it's more like a high-fat smoothie, but it's still yummy and quick. (Instructables via LifeHacker) Paige's second "twat of the week" award goes to Todd Marcum, recently arrested for shocking his kids with an ...
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05.07.09Bunnymen’s Ocean Rain is Officially Out of This WorldAccording to NME, Our longtime favorites Echo And The Bunnymen will be launching a copy of their seminal 1984 album 'Ocean Rain' into outer space: "NASA astronaut Timothy Kopra is set to take a copy of the classic album, his favourite record, with him when he blasts off to the International Space Station on June 13." Here at The Color Awesome, we're also very excited about the live Ocean Rain reissue. It's scheduled for release on May 30th via the Bunnymen. The box set will include a live version of the album recorded in the Liverpool Arena last November, plus a DVD ...
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05.07.09Daft Punk to pen soundtrack for ‘Tron 2.0′.We've heard rumors off and on for the past few months, but now it's official. Daft Punk is composing the soundtrack for Tron 2.0. For those of you too young to remember, Tron is the 1982 sci-fi classic, staring Jeff Bridges. I fondly remember renting a projector and Tron on 16mm for a whopping $75 back in 1985 when I was in charge of entertainment at 4-H camp. The Disney sequel will see Jeff Bridges reprise his role as Kevin Flynn, while Joseph Kosinski will direct the film. The previous film's director, Steven Lisberger, returns as producer. The film is scheduled ...
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05.07.09Death Cab on CNN: “the perfect marriage of four guys”So I'm home sick with the flu. It's amazing what you'll find trolling the web mindlessly for hours. Evidently Chris and Nick of Death Cab for Cutie stopped by CNN yesterday to chat about all things Death Cab. I really dig Nick's short new summer 'do, but seriously, don't you think the point on that beard's getting just a little out of hand? I've tried to embed the video in this post, but CNN must be under the weather, too, as their video embed scripts keep giving errors. You'll need to click here to see the CNN Death Cab for Cutie ...
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05.04.09Objectified: Consuming DesignGary Hustwit, Director of Helvetica, the documentary about typography, graphic design and global visual cultre, is at it again. His newest project, Objectified, explores industrial design and the manufactured objects we surround ourselves with on a daily basis. You know them, your iPod, your sunglasses, your toothbrush. Objectified explores the creative process behind these everyday objects. The film contains interviews with some of today's top product designers and looks at how the things they make surround our every day lives. Some recent want/buy/have purchases from me have included a pair of Persol sunglasses, Dyson's Root 6 handheld vacuum and a hooded ...
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04.30.09Deb Googe: Join Me For A Drink?So you're sitting at Six Arms on Seattle's Capitol Hill. Fresh from a Sunday afternoon nap, ready for an IPA and some pub grub. Some girl who looks exactly like Deb Googe from My Bloody Valentine walks by. What do you do? Well I would run down the street after her - and I did. I walked quickly out of the restaurant and loudly said, "excuse me!". She turns around and I ask "Is your name Debbie?". The answer is "yes" and I proceed to become more of a shaking, bumbling geek than ever. I told her that I'm a huge fan and ...
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04.29.09The Bran Flakes: Play What You LikeI'm a huge fan of the Goodwill Dollar LP bin. You've seen those poor, deserted records - children's learning LP's, religious sermons and presidential speeches, hypnotism records to help you stop doing whatever it is you should stop doing. These records are more expensive at used record stores and usually have a post-it on them that says "hey djs" or "great for sampling." They are fun for a listen or two or maybe intros or transitions on your cool new mix tape. But who really knows what to do with them once you buy them? The Bran Flakes, that's who. The Bran ...
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04.23.09First Quarter Check UpThe first part of any year is pretty tough for new releases. Major artists generally don't release much until February giving fans enough time to recoop financially from the holidays. As usual, I feel blessed to have not only a great love for music, but friends who are also complete nut jobs for the newest, coolest thing. Here are my favorites of the year so far: Continue Reading...
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04.20.09Happy 420! New Video – Family Guy “Bag of Weed”Happy 420, everyone! I really wanted to drive down to Porter Meadow at UC Santa Cruz photograph their annual "420 Celebration", especially since it's 90 degrees here in Palo Alto today. However, there are some photoshoots you just shouldn't take your kids to and this would definitely be one of them. So in the spirit of the day, I give you the new ditty from Family Guy, "Bag of Weed". Usually Family Guy's humor is just a tad too mean for my tastes, but this one is a hoot. Stewie shows Brian how to get people to fight for his cause ...
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