Are you "Hungry Like the Wolf"? Do you "Save a Prayer" for 80s and 90s new wave-rock? It's video lunch time, and we're wondering if the mere mention of Duran Duran will make you "Come Undone." Whether your name is "Rio," or you're one of the "Girls on Film," in this un-"Ordinary World," August 10th is Duran Duran Appreciation Day.
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In No "Ordinary World," It's Duran Duran Appreciation Day!
Don't Hit Your Sister: Duran Duran @ Fox Theater, 4/14/11
It was my fault for kissing them. But to a pre-teen in the 80s, a set of glossy, glamour-shot liner notes are as close to a love letter as, well, a love letter. Uncle Gary, an exceedingly patient man, had been shrieked to the edge of reason by Duran Duran, and threatened to leave us in the desert. It was 1985 and for this family vacation I packed only a pink bandana (reason unknown), a Walkman, and Arena on cassette.
Coachella 2011: When Kanye Was In Indio Land, Let My Platform Glow
Coachella 2011 concluded its triple shot, sun-splattered slumber party with Simon Le Bon, Kanye West, Simon Le Bon, Kanye West, Simon Le Bon, Kanye West and Simon Le Bon. And Kanye West. On a glowing platform.
LAist @ SXSW: Day 2 - Bad Brains, Duran Duran, OFF!, Trash Talk
One of the best parts of the festival is the general air of conviviality - is that Austin or SXSW? Either way, impromptu meet-ups and recommendations (bands, food, clubs, directions) have been flowing freely, which means you can throw out your preconceived notions of where to go and what to see. We're thinking this trip is going to be about uncovering the special. Sort of like last night - our favorites were Trash Talk, OFF!, Bad Brains, and Duran Duran.
LAist @ SXSW: Day 2 - Queens of the Stone Age, Duran Duran, Black Angels
While SXSW is at heart a showcase for tomorrow's new groups, Wednesday night was a chance to see some of today and yesterdays breakout groups. The Palm Desert, California natives, Queens of the Stone age headlined the Rolling Stone showcase at La Zona Rosa. Kicking off their 2011 tour in style, QOTSA blew through a blistering performance of their debut album and then a set of hits. They were preceded by the Austin-bred Black Angels, who's moody atmospheric psych-rock provided the perfect lead in to Josh Homme's dark, riff heavy rock.
See "The Mayor of Sunset Strip" Tonight For Free
It's easier to name bands that Rodney Bingenheimer didn't discover on his long-running KROQ show, but if you're familiar with the works of Blondie, the Ramones, Duran Duran, Depeche Mode, and The Smiths, it's probably because Rodney first spun it on 106.7 soon to be followed by other stations across the country.
Best Ad of the Week: Old Spice, Ahoy
What do you get when you mix Bruce Campbell with Duran Duran? Hilarity of course, since mixing Campbell with just about anything will crack you up. The actor teamed up with director Sam Raimi way back in 1978 in Within the Woods, the predecessor to The Evil Dead, which was the predecessor to The Evil Dead II, the movie that got them both famous. While Raimi is busying himself with talking about what it...
American Idol: Big Hair and Bon Jovi
As a product of the ’80s and growing up outside Philly, this particular LAist poster never got into Bon Jovi. Maybe it was the big hair. We don’t know. But we preferred the skinny, pasty guys from England. Think John Taylor from Duran Duran or Martin Gore from Depeche Mode. So we were really, really not excited to cover tonight’s American Idol. By 8:03 PM, we were having flashbacks and could already smell the...
Dance Dance Revolution - Girl Talk @ Coachella
Red Hot Chili Who? The Good The Bad And The Wha? Clearly, the belle of this year’s 104 degree ball was Pittburgian genius, Greg Gillis, aka Girl Talk. This master sampler/DJ/remixer melted faces on Saturday night with his awe-inspiring, intense nonsense -- super creations of musical hybrids -- a dozen songs spliced together to create something overwhelmingly familiar and entirely new. Energy, energy and more energy -- a giant screen flashed four frames reading...
LAist Interviews John Amato of CrooksandLiars.com
John Amato, once known as the sax-man for the likes of Duran Duran, Goo Goo Dolls, and Ringo Starr, is recognized today as the man behind one of the most popular blogs on Earth, Crooks and Liars. We stole the LA resident and LAist reader for a couple minutes before he sat on a panel at the Knight New Media Center's Covering Politics in Cyberspace seminar. Click here to subscribe to the LAist podcast and...
Where Are They Now - Richard Blade
LA's airwaves have been blessed with legendary personalities over the years - Chick Hearn, Vin Scully, Jim Ladd, and Rodney on the Roq just to name a few. Just as important was Richard Blade who for decades educated LA over KROQ's air by spreading the good news of Depeche Mode, The Smiths, Duran Duran, The Cure and so many of our favorites from the '80s when KROQ ruled the world. His "Flashback Lunch" hour...
Extra, Extra - Oh You Will Be Mine
- Jimmy Carter has been in LA building houses for the needy. He's 82 - Voice of America
New Music Tuesday - The Softlightes, The Papercuts, Lucinda Williams, The Orphans, Grace Jones, Blue Oyster Cult, The High Llamas, Anaïs Mitchell, Skid Row, Dr. Who, Field Music, Van Morrison
Original Soundtrack - A - Team [Mike Post & Pete Carpenter] (Silva)
Rodney finally gets his Star on the Walk of Fame
The white smoke slowly rose from atop the Angelyne billboard which meant the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce had decided who would get stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007.
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