Dave Sitek sounds like a super fun person to work with in the studio. Scarlett Johansson wins points for convincing him to produce her debut album. The spent a full month at the Dockside Studio in Maurice Louisiana recording an album with that features music by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Celebration! ([More →])

So much news to cover today, so few fingers to type it with! I’m not sure why those androids want to be human. I’d rather be a cephalopod! I could write 3 stories at once, and still have an arm left for tea, and another left to hold a blunt! ([More →])

HIGH LINE FESTIVAL Curated by David Bowie

More great festivals-hand-picked-by-eccentric-artists news (see also Jarvis Cocker’s Meltdown) :

The High Line Festival will grace New York City from May 9-19th and features these bands :

Laurie Anderson
Air
Arcade Fire
Deerhoof
Bang On A Can All-Stars
Claude Cahun
Daniel Johnston
Ken Nordine
Laurie McLeod
Legendary Stardust Cowboy
Meow Meow
Ricky Gervais
The Polyphonic Spree
The Secret Machines

The National
Kate Havnevik
TV on the Radio
School of Seven Bells
Dirty Projectors
Robert Stillman’s Horses
Michael Gira
The Bellmer Dolls
Dragons of Zynth

Meow Meow :

According to the Festival’s website :

The H&M High Line Festival is a new multi-discipline arts festival that will be curated each year by a different artist. The inaugural edition, curated by David Bowie, will run May 9 to 19, 2007.

The ten-day mash-up of music, film, comedy, visual art and performance will highlight some of David’s favorite artists. The best of the best.

The festival will take place in venues near the High Line, an elevated rail structure soon to open as a public open space which runs through the Meatpacking District, West Chelsea and Clinton/Hells Kitchen. A portion of ticket sales will go to benefit Friends of the High Line, the 501(c)3 organization currently working with the City of New York to transform the 1930’s rail structure into a park, set to open in 2008.

The Highline :

The High Line itself is a 1.45-mile-long elevated rail structure in Manhattan. It once raised trains up off the streets, but has been abandoned since 1980. The Friends of The Highline nonprofit group hopes to restore it to a usable condition, then dedicate it for public enjoyment. What a great cause - the increase of public space!!

The Highline from the top :

In addition to all this fabulous entertainment for NYC, the rest of us can reap the benefits of Time Out New York’s special section on the Highline Fest.
Features :

Laurie Anderson interviewed by David Bowie!
The story of cabaret artist MEOW MEOW
David Bowie vs. Ricky Gervais
And plenty more - just check out High fidelity - the TONY feature.

check it - Yeah Yeah Yeahs! Modest Mouse! Stephen Marley! the Wailers! M.I.A.!

enjoy…

Lollapalooza 2007

August 3-5 2007
Grant Park, Chicago IL

the festival organizers have also announced that Chicago will be its home until 2011

the one chance for online presale tickets at a mere $45 for a 3-day pass sold out in 30 minutes! if you purchase tickets now, it will cost $165 (NO service charges!) the price will increase any day now, to $195 for 3 days entry.

Pearl Jam
Daft Punk
Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals
Muse
Iggy & the Stooges
Modest Mouse
Interpol
My Morning Jacket
Satellite Party
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Snow Patrol
the Roots
Patti Smith
Kings of Leon
the Black Keys
Regina Spektor
Spoon
Lupe Fiasco
TV on the Radio
Pete Yorn
G. Love & Special Sauce
Paolo Nutini
Amy Winehouse
LCD Soundsystem
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Silverchair
Femi Kuti
Yo La Tengo
the Hold Steady
Jack’s Mannequin
Stephen Marley
Sound Tribe Sector 9
M.I.A.
Slightly Stoopid
Blonde Redhead
Sparklehorse
Sean Lennon
!!!
Blue October
Son Volt
Motion City Soundtrack
Polyphonic Spree
Peter Bjorn & John
Silversun Pickups
CSS
the Rapture
the Wailers
Roky Erickson
Tapes n Tapes
Heartless Bastards
View
Cribs
Fratellis
Ghostland Observatory
Tokyo Police Club
Rhymefest
Soulive
Cold War Kids
Annuals
Fields
Electric Six
Jim Noir
Elvis Perkins in Dearland
Sam Roberts Band
Black Angels
Charlie Musselwhite
Aqueduct
Juliette & the Licks
Dios
Viva Voce
David Vandervelde
Los Campesinos!
Chin Up Chin Up
Ryan Shaw
Colour Revolt
Satin Peaches
Illinois
Arckid
Mickey Avalon
The 1900s
Bang Bang Bang
Bound Stems
High Class Elite
Carey Ott
Matt Roan

so yeah, MOG had it first -
Satisfied Mind posted that shizz yesterday.

i pulled this lineup off pitchf*#ck to be official….