Buzz Guide: Where The Wild Things Are, Giant Robot And Glee
We’re starting a new weekly feature here at Buzznet in an effort to spread propaganda share with you things that we think are awesome. Each week, a different Buzznet staff member (and sometimes, a band member or community member) will give praise to the best in music, movies, art, television, books, and whatever else they’re digging. AND YOU WILL LIKE IT! Or not. But come on in and enjoy the fun!
So I’m (Panasonicyouth) handling this week’s inaugural run of the Buzz Guide. Expect the unexpected!
MUSIC
There’s few things I am more excited and enthused by right now than Strike Anywhere’s Iron Front. Released less than a month ago on Bridge 9 Records, it’s a refreshing and inspiring slab of incredibly catchy melodic hardcore. Half this site listens to pop “punk” and completely ignores melodic hardcore. WHY. I am changing that. If you like your music to be infectious, fast, and thoughtful, get into this.
BOOKS
So, reading the Twilight series is painful to me, so I need something to wash away all the bad feelings. I’ve been doing that with John Ajvide Lindqvist’s Let The Right One In before I go to bed. It’s incredibly haunting, poetic, and terrifying. I’ve got less than 60 pages left and I’m in love. THIS is how you write about vampires and love. Also, it’s all about being bullied and we all know my childhood was TRAUMATIC, so this book has already earned a soft spot in my heart.
MOVIES
Look, call me a hipster. I DON’T CARE. This movie is so wonderful for expanding on the subtext in the children’s novel to create a two-hour extravaganza of joy, anger, fear, and sadness. THIS IS NOT A CHILDREN’S MOVIE, ALSO. It’s a movie for adults who read the book as children. And it is glorious. Near tears? Yep. Smiling ear to ear? Gotcha. Wishing it never ended? That makes a fine movie. Go see Where The Wild Things Are.
TELEVISION
I don’t actually have cable (THANK YOU, HULU), but I don’t miss this show. GLEE is not perfect, but what it does get right redeems everything else. Subversive, hilarious, and wildly entertaining. It’s an appreciation of music and, to a greater extent, of all of us in high school who did what we loved, even though it made us unpopular. Also: Jane Lynch. I’m a fan.
ART
The Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles (located in Little Tokyo) just started their sequel to their 2007 Giant Robot exhibit. Let it be known: I LOVE GIANT ROBOT. This exhibit is a celebration of all things Giant Robot and focuses on artists who have either appeared in the pages or on the cover of the magazine. If you live in Los Angeles or you’re going to be here before January 24, 2010, make a point to go.
INTERNET
And the best thing I’ve come across on the Internet this week is Movember, a movement to raise money and awareness for prostate cancer. Grow gross, disgusting, and slightly ironic mustaches during the month of November for a good cause. I’m sorry, that sounds like the best idea of all time. Head on over to the Movember site and see how you can help!
Signing off,
Mark/Panasonicyouth
Show Off Your Glee Contest
Show off your Gleekness and hold up your “L”. Take a picture and submit it to be entered to win 1 of 5 limited edition autographed Glee prize packages. Deadline to enter is November 18th at 11:59 am PST.
Gabe’s Face Is On Pete’s Body. Permanently.
I’ve heard of people getting rings tattooed on their fingers after they get married, but getting your friend and label-mate’s FACE inked on your calve for selling a million records? That’s a new one. Pete Wentz, blazing trails as always.
In case you’re a little lost on this, it started when Pete made a promise to Gabe Saporta that if the first single from their sophomore release Hot Mess went to platinum, he would get a Cobra Starship related tattoo on his body to commemorate the achievement. Well, as you know, the single “Good Girls Go Bad” exceeded all expectations.
And Gabe chose an image of himself with the phrase “Gabey Baby Made Me Go Bad” for the occasion.
Discuss.
Paramore Announce Next Single, Talk About Video
Go get your shovels, Para-fans, because it stands to reason that Brick by Boring Brick is the band’s next big single.
Hayley Williams explains, “Brick By Boring Brick is about not accepting reality and understanding that you don’t have to make everything frilly or pretty-sounding for it to be interesting. Life doesn’t have to be some grand production, and some of the boring parts of being alive are actually the greatest. The song is about breaking down those walls and finding out that the centre of it is what really matters.”
Glasswerk National reports that BBBB will be out on November 23rd, along with an acoustic version of the track.
Paramore also spoke to MTV about the music video for the song, which they filmed here in Los Angeles with director Meiert Davis.
Hey remember how I had a dream that I was on the set of that video? Proof:
“There’s a castle in it.” commented bassist Jeremy Davis. “We essentially came up with the treatment and had a bunch of directors send in their other ideas, and each was a little bit different that the others. It’s our first video that’s not performance based. We were all, like, characters in a fairy-tale land.”
YOU GUYS. IT’S LIKE IM PSYCHIC. Anyway, that video is coming out next month, exact date is yet to be determined.
I’m so excited because I ADORE THAT SONG.