PET SH@P B@YS The Best Of SAINT KEN Remixes
Volume 7

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01. Miserablism (Saint Ken's Extended Remix)
02. It Doesn't Often Snow At Christmas (Saint Ken's Full Mix)
03. Being Boring (Saint Ken's Electric Dance Remix)
04. Hedonism (Saint Ken's Denial Club Mix)
05. Forever In Love... (Saint Ken's Special Club Mix)
06. Too Many People (Saint Ken's Original Club Remix)
07. Sexy Northener (Xaylor Hooligan Mix Edit)
08. Miracles (Xaylor Re-Mix)
Bonus. Robbie Williams Vs PSB - Tripping Potemkin (Saint Ken Mash)
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Rihanna Broke Promise To 'Never Love An Abusive
Man'

Rihanna broke her own promise when she reunited with Chris Brown days after he violently beat her up in February - because she had sworn as a youngster never to fall in love with an abusive man after witnessing her own mother's torment.[...] Read more!

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34 Down, 18 To Go "Circus Parade" (52 Books, 52
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Originally published in 1927, Jim Tully's novel Circus Parade collects the gritty, dark stories of traveling carnival workers at the turn of the century. The term "noir" doesn't quite fully capture the essence of Tully's prose, which probes the...

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Chimaira and Unearth - Electric Ballroom Camden -
October 12th 2009

It was a temperate Monday evening in mid October and with a long night of metal ahead of them the metalites with their long hair, band t-shirts and camouflage, were queuing in abundance along Camden’s dimly lit high street. Our friends across the sea[...]

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Steven Tyler Has 'Quit' Aerosmith

Steven Tyler has quit Aerosmith, according to the band's guitarist Joe Perry.[...] Read more!

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Pomegranates Interview

Pomegranates are on Myspace and you can buy their awesome record here

Pomegranates hail from Cincinnati and have just released their latest LP entitled Everybody, Come Outside!, a swooning beauty of a shoegaze tinged indie pop record. Jacob, the drummer, kindly answered a few questions we had for them about fruit, narrative lyrics and Bono...

Would you start by just telling us a little about yourselves? What's the Pomegranates origin story and what are the passions that define you all?

More or less we came together because of our love of making music, and wanting to pursue more seriously than an occasional weekend gig. We all wanted to play music for people and make a positive impact on peoples lives. A couple of us were friends from previous bands, high school, or were friends of friends who heard a band was forming.

Would you describe Everybody, come outside! as a concept album? If so, could you summarize the narrative for us?

ECO! is indeed a narrative... It involves a disillusioned young person and their attempt to escape the mundane. In the process he meets a time traveler and travels through space.

Your music evokes a real sense of innocence, yet throughout Everybody...it seems that it's an innocence slowly becoming tinted by sorrow or a sense of realization. Is that fair to say, and if so, where do we stand at the end of the album?

I think there is a hint of melancholy for sure. Ultimately though I think we hoped to convey a sense that even though things may not be what you or expected or turn out the way you plan, life is lovely and you can find beauty and truth in many different ways. Hopefully that doesn't seem too melodramatic!

Following on from the last question, is it important to you guys that your personalities and feelings are reflected in the songs, or is it more the case that the songs can't help but express them?

Hmm... Some songs definitely have a more personal tinge, and others just sort of happened. I think a lot of art is that way. Authors writing crazy disturbing crime thrillers from the perspective of a lunatic, or a painter painting really positive joyful images, when in fact he is a tormented heroine addict. So I think it just depends on the songs. I'd say its a mix of things we are feeling, things we want to feel but aren't necessarily, and some we just felt would help the story a bit.

Although there are elements of shoegaze in some of the songs, as a whole the Pomegranate sound is unique; how do you interact/internalize with your influences?

Like many, or maybe all, artists; when we listen to music, read a book, or watch a movie, it shapes our own personal life and as a result often ends up showing up when we write songs. We see how someone else's art challenges us or hits a nerve, and we want to see if we can put our own spin on that feeling and capture that feeling in a different way.

And how do you make sure your sound stays fresh as you keep writing new songs and touring hard?

Man. Its hard to say. Hopefully we just keep pushing ourselves and making music we are proud of.

What are your plans for the future?

Well, we have a new album pretty much written. We are figuring out what to do as far as label things go. We are touring in the US at the moment, and are planning a UK trip in the winter or spring, which is quite exciting.

And what would be your ideal UK tour? (who with, which venues, perfect rider! etc)

I think we would all love to tour the UK with say... Doves or U2. [ed: really?!?!] We all love those bands. It would also be fun to tour with a great band called The Answering Machine who're on Heist[orhit - the label Poms are signed to] as well. Lovely people! I'm not very familiar with too many venues over there, so it's hard to say. As far as rider, lots of fresh healthy food, fresh juices, and a nice clean place to stay. Nothing to elaborate. Maybe some Marmite to really give us the full UK experience!

We're told you recently donated some proceedings from your last full tour to a landmine charity? What inspired the give?

Well, some one jokingly yelled out Poms not Bombs at a show. We made shirts that said Poms Not Bombs and were hoping to make enough from them to donate profits. We had been wanting to try and support some cause, so I did some research and learned about how devastating land mines have been for much of the world. We teamed up with International Campaign to Ban Landmines (IBCL.ORG) and have been distributing literature on the topic. Its something that not too many folks, especially in the USA are aware of.
Unfortunately, we havent really been able to make any sort of profit to donate, as we have been printing our own materials, but we definitely have seen people take an interest in the issue when we talk to them a bit at a show and hand them a pamphlet. Often encouraging action is more important than money. Hopefully someday we can turn a profit and support their efforts even more.

And how do you feel about certain high-profile bands (e.g. Coldplay, U2) and their charitable efforts? A step in the right direction or more of a semi-philanthropic ego trip?

I think its a step in the right direction. I don't see how bands using the opportunity to influence those in positions of power and direct revenue towards problems and hurting people could be considered a negative thing. Maybe I don't read enough interviews, but Chris Martin or Bono have never seen particularly ego-centric. And if they are, better to be ego-centric about the good they are doing than some one like Noah Gallagher who seems to be ego-centric about how great he thinks his music is.

- What would your 5 track DJ mini-set playlist be?
Harmony - Starflyer 59
Running from the Cops - Phantogram
Also Ran - French Kicks
Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads
All the Kings Men - Wild Beasts

Despite the fact that you inevitably get asked this all the time, It's still important for our readers to know; What is your favourite fruit, and why? Is it indeed the Pomegranate?

Haha! Im not sure what my favorite fruit would be. To be honest I had never eaten a pomegranate before we chose it for our name. I was just aware of it from mythology, Biblical references, and so forth. I am into just about any fruit, especially in the form of a juice or smoothie. I do love strawberries (especially chocolate covered)

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CONTEST The Wooden Sky @ Lees Palace November
13, 2009

Frank YangIt’s been over two months since The Wooden Sky released their fine new album If I Don’t Come Home You’ll Know I’m Gone, and in that time they’ve toured across this country and the one below, made a documentary and gathered accolades wherever they’ve gone, but they’ve yet to play a proper hometown show [...]

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Directors Profile: Werner Herzog

Our director's profile this week takes a look at the man, whom we see below shrugging off an air rifle attack and emphasizing a fundamental value for all artists: "The poet must not avert his eyes".

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Werner Herzog is a self-made, Munich-born director, claiming that all he needed to get started as a film maker was an encyclopedic entry that he read at the age of 14, along with a camera that he stole from the Munich Film School, and his work as a welder that funded his films in the 1960s.

As a person, Herzog seems to possess a calm, intrepid and hugely observant force. He constantly comments on human desire and the crossing of paths between man and nature. Below we have a clip from Herzog's remake of Nosferatu, also rewritten by the director, and for what it lacks in the original masterpiece's sheer terror, makes up for in supreme atmosphere and emotion.

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Playing Count Dracula in this film is the eccentric actor, Klaus Kinski, whom Herzog used in two of arguably his greatest achievements, Fitzcarraldo and Aguirre, the Wrath of God, and whom he said was the only person who taught him anything. They were disfunctional best friends, known for their ugly arguments on the sets, where Kinski would be the extreme aggressor and Herzog the silent receiver; a silence which was once reported to have disturbed nearby native tribesmen. The importance of their collaborations of course, was the results on film. See below the comparison of Jason Robards' performance in the original Fitzcarraldo with that of Kinski.

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The main character of Brian "Fitzcarraldo" Fitzgerald is a man who becomes consumed by a mass obsession with a colossal project, which is what reportedly happened to Herzog, as an irony, when making the film. His works are mostly linked with a common theme centering around a tragic hero, with an outlandish ego, following a seemingly impossible dream. This theme is brought to reality in Herzog's hugely acclaimed documentary, Grizzly Man, an archive of footage and commentaries revolving around Timothy Treadwell, an environmentalist who spent 13 seasons living amongst the grizzly bears of Alaska, with the belief that he alone could save them from human threats, and was eventually killed by them.

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While Herzog defends Treadwell as a film maker, he makes it clear that the man was irresponsible as a naturalist. He uses this film to explain the normal occurrence of death, as well as the unforgiving environment of mother nature. Ultimately, it's an incredibly skillful portrayal of the life of a unique individual; whether or not you support Treadwell's work, or believe that he got what was coming to him, you will feel more in touch with him as a human being than you will with anyone else from reading or watching their biographies.

This is what makes in my view, Werner Herzog's greatest achievement in his whole career. He is a director who expresses great anthropological philosophies and works with narrative in a documentary better than any one else.

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Mix For The Weekend VI

Hooray!  Its the weekend and we have some great music in store for you just as we have in our[...]

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SLIM TWIG RELEASES SPIT IT TWIG! VOL.2, EMBARKS
ON NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

Toronto's song-sculptor and shape-shifting performer *Slim Twig *is capping off a hectic year by releasing the second volume of his *Spit It Twig! Mixtape series* before heading out on a string of North American dates. This follows the release of Slim[...]

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