So I don't normally like blondes but I'd have to be blind not to appreciate the hawtness that is this week's HOT BASTAGE OF THE WEEK...
it's Jason Stackhouse y'all - the sex addicted always naked Ryan Kwanten from True Blood - which has its second season premiere this Sunday! Can not wait!
Okay there is new Swivek coming out... I know how you're all waiting with baited breath. We have done over 20 songs and tried to include the ones that will grab ur knitter and won't let go. Luckily I have pals who are willing to help me out with such things... and luckily I am also bitchy enough to decide to override my pals so here (take a deep breath) is the final song choice for the new Swivek album EVERYBODY HATES YOU:
01. Get Hurt 02. Art Attacks 03. Rock Hard 04. The Time Has Come 05. Dead In The Water 06. Urban City 07. Everybody Hates You 08. It's Not That Simple 09. Melted Away 10. Havoc 11. Never See You Again 12. Whenever 13. Little World
and we're shooting a video SOON! so stay tuned for new releases as they come.. and sometime next week the final date of arrival will be sent out!
If Tim Curry was a theme he would have to this year's Bubbatunes theme cause it seems he just keeps popping up. Last year we did his two albums Fearless and Simplicity and just last week we did his first album Read My Lips. Well this week's brand new Bubbatune doesn't feature Tim Curry in music it does have a little something to do with him.
bub138 TIMES SQUARE SOUNDTRACK (1980; June 8, 2009)
Our brand new bubbatune is a real gem I picked up very cheap and it's still kind of rare. The soundtrack to the 1980 new wave/punk rock film Times Square about two juvenile delingquents actually featured Tim Curry in the film but not on the soundtrack. Oh well that's okay cause we have plenty of music on here.
Produced by Robert Stigwood, the head behind RSO Records, this is jam packed with both originals written for the film (or exclusive to the film) and mixed with a sprinkling of super cool new wave/underground/ punk/ pop from the likes of the Pretenders, Talking Heads, Joe Jackson and so much more.
The lead off track was the first single - Suzi Quatro's "Rock Hard" which didn't do any chart action here but did do some stuff on the UK side of things. The second single actually charted in the US as it was a duet with Robin Gibb and Marcy Levy called "Help Me!" which somehow doesn't stick out as much as you might expect a Gibb brother tune to stick out when its in between the likes of Gary Numan and XTC.
Speaking of XTC also seeemingly exclusive to the soundtrack is their song "Take This Town" a super cool power pop chord busting track that was also released as a single (and once again didn't chart). Some other people probably more known for behind the scenes show up with Desmond Child (Uber pop/rock songwriter of the 80s) with his band Rogue and their late night disco/rock song "The Night Was Not." Also here is DL Byron who isn't known to many people but he did write that little ditty "Shadows Of The Night" my girl Pat Benatar ended up recording.
Power punk and fun come from the Ramones "I Wanna Be Sedated", the Ruts' "Babylon's Burning" and the Leivas' favorite "Pretty Boys" by Joe Jackson. Originals "Damn Dog" and "Your Daughter Is One" are sung (and/or co-sung) by the films star Robin Johnson who is pretty fierce in her takes. She also sings with David Johansen on "Flowers In The City" another uber cool punky new wavey track.
Patti Smith's "Pissing In The River", The Cure's "Grinding Halt" and the Pretenders "Talk of the Town", the Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime" add more angst to the mix, while the cool sounds of Lou Reed's "Walk On The Wildside", Gary Numan's "Down In The Park" and Roxy Music's "Same Old Scene" add more layers to the fun to be had.
The film was released on DVD for a short while but is now super hard to find under $50 but I am dying to add it to my collection as it seems right up my alley. For now I'm more than happy to have this classic soundtrack added to the Bubbatunes list of soundtracks (Xanadu Mount Olympus Mix, The Pirate Movie Soundtrack, Roller Boogie Soundtrack and Valley Girl - the Ultimate Collection).
bub138 Various Artists - TIMES SQUARE SOUNDTRACK Track List: 01. Rock Hard (Suzi Quatro) 02. Talk of The Town (The Pretenders) 03. Same Old Scene (Roxy Music) 04. Down In The Park (Gary Numan) 05. Help Me! (Marcy Levy & Robin Gibb) 06. Life During Wartime (Talking Heads) 07. Pretty Boys (Joe Jackson) 08. Take This Town (XTC) 09. I Wanna Be Sedated (The Ramones) 10. Damn Dog (Robin Johnson) 11. Your Daughter Is One (Robin Johnson & Trini Alvardo) 12. Babylon's Burning (The Ruts) 13. You Can't Hurry Love (DL Byron) 14. Walk On The Wild Side (Lou Reed) 15. The Night Was One (Desmond Child & Rogue) 16. Innocent Not Guilty (Garland Jeffries) 17. Grinding Halt (The Cure) 18. Pissing In The River (Patti Smith Group) 19. Flowers In The City (David Johansen & Robin Johnson) 20. Damn Dog - Reprise - The Cleo Club (Robin Johnson)
This week's Hot Bastage is another one of those model boys but hey they make money looking good so why not feature it right? Besides some of this guy's pix make him look like he's totally stoned and dumb as a box of rox and I do have a soft spot in my nether regions for that kind of thing.
It took me a while to track down a copy of our latest Bubbatunes addition but by golly I did it. Last year we gave you the Tim Curry albums Fearless and Simplicity and now we are onto the one that started it all - Tim's 1978 debut full lengthed album Read My Lips.
bub 137 - TIM CURRY - READ MY LIPS (June 3, 2009)
Read My Lips has never had an official CD release so it was high time you were able to get all of Tim's eclectic hook on rock. According to Tim Curry uber fans this is by and far their favorite of Tim's 3 albums. I'm not sure if I agree but I can say it is definitely worht a few spins. The highlight of the album is the reggae version of The Beatles "I Will" which was released as a single but didn't do anything on the charts.
The lead off track is an interesting little piece of pop/rock written by Carole Pope who had a few songs in the 70s and 80s, the lyrics are a bit insane but it is a fun listen. "Wake Nicodemus" is a Scottish folk tale set to some insane music while "Alan" is a cool ballad that seems to be about Alan Ginsberg but I could be wrong - it's definitely about a writer who has been in a bar fight. The best of the ballads is "Sloe Gin" - an excellant tune that makes you feel drunk and lost in the city. The cover of Joni Mitchell's "All I Want" is the most straight up rocker here. The other interesting takes on covers include the final cut, "Anyone Who Had A Heart" that Tim pulls off just as good as any female diva has done and the Al Jolson imitation on "Harlem On My Mind" is a lot of fun.
Read My Lips is actually a pretty interesting listen though I have to admit "Brontasaurus" is a little too out there for even me, but as a whole album it certainly adds a certain cool art rock element to the album. Along with 1979's Fearless (which boasted his one hit single 'I Do The Rock') and the rock of 1981's Simplicity - you could have one fun little Tim Curry listening party.
The only official CD ever released of Tim's music is a 1980's compilation that included songs from all of his three albums plus live versions of Dylan's "Simple Twist of Fate" and a live version of "Alan" so we have included them here as bonus tracks.
TIM CURRY - READ MY LIPS(bub 137) Tracks: 01. Birds Of A Feather 02. Wake Nicodemus 03. I Will 04. Brontasaurus 05. Alan 06. All I Want 07. Sloe Gin 08. Harlem On My Mind 09. Anyone Who Had A Heart Bonus Tracks: 10. Alan (Live) 11. Simple Twist Of Fate (Live)
Ha! Last night's MTV Movie Awards was something you couldn't pay me to watch but thanks to that wonderful world of the internet, it took two minutes for the video of Bruno falling from the rafters and tea bagging Eminem to hit the 'net. This picture is worth a thousand bad raps.
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SHORT VERSION: Bradley Jacobson is a singer/songwriter, sometime actor, sometime writer, audio engineer and producer, and all around happy dude. He was the singer/songwriter of the electronic trashy punky pop band Swivek, but is now a "solo" artist releasing music under his own name.
bub138 TIMES SQUARE SOUNDTRACK
bub138 Various Artists - TIMES SQUARE SOUNDTRACK
bub 137 - TIM CURRY - READ MY LIPS
