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Rock The Boat in London This Year, 'Pirate Radio'-Style
Today, "Pirate Radio", or "The Boat That Rocked" as it is known in the U.K., opens nationwide. The movie is based on the true story of a few rogue rock-and-roll deejays who broadcast from ships anchored just outside U.K. during a 1966 ban of rock music by the BBC. That same spirit is still alive in the U.K. today and here's how you can capture it.
Where to Stay:
Keeping with the anti-establishment theme of the film, The Pavilion Hotel in London certainly doesn't play by the rules. Every room in the hotel has an over-the-top theme and is decorated in loud colors and mismatched patterns. The bathrooms are small, the building is old, there is no elevator, this is not the Ritz, but what it lacks in amenities, it makes up for in character. The price is right too, rates start around £60 a night.
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Britney Spears Is A Virgin Girl For Her Australia Tour
Boy oh boy, it's been awhile since Britney Spears did anything notable, let alone something travel-related, but last week she flew right back onto the scene and it was on a V Australia plane. BritBrit is currently playing to somewhat sold-out crowds around Australia on the Down Under portion of her "Circus" tour, and V Australia was chosen as the official airline partner of the tour.
What does that mean? Well, first it meant that Britney and all of her dancers, band, set designers, tech people and assorted crew headed to Oz on a V Australia plane on November 3. About that flight, Britney tweeted: "Longest flight ever but we had a great time. Really cool plane and the V staff took great care of us. So excited to be here!" She wrapped up the first concerts in Perth over the weekend, and now she'll be flying on Virgin Blue to upcoming dates in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne.
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Five Unexpected And Interactive Musical Attractions
By now, you've probably seen the video of commuters playing on the subway staircase-turned-piano keys that a group installed in a Stockholm station, but this isn't the only unexpected musical attraction out there in the world.
As parks and squares become more than just gathering places, but areas of interaction and public art, we're seeing more and more small new attractions to stimulate your senses of wonder and creativity. So, when you're traveling about and whistling to yourself, end a day happily by checking out one of these Five Unexpected and Interactive Musical Attractions:
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V Australia Can't Wait To Get You Down Under With An Aussie Rock Band
The always spunky Richard Branson and his Virgin team are no slouches at putting together clever promotions, and this time his Aussie long-haul airline V Australia has got a smart one going called Jet with JET.
One jet, of course, is the plane that V Australia is going to fly you in from Los Angeles to Sydney. The all-capitals JET is the great Aussie rock band that will be on the plane with you, and then will perform at the Homebake Music Festival once they back to Oz.
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Entering Musical Bohemia With Franco Battiato At NYC's Le Poisson Rouge
More than a music venue and beyond an art space, NYC’s Le Poisson Rouge is a self-proclaimed “creative asylum,” and its historic address (the site of the legendary Village Gate) is an inviting refuge from Bleecker Street’s rowdy, pub-crawling NYU crowd.
This week, we stopped by here—one of our "Best Live New Music Venues"—for a performance by Italian musician Franco Battiato. But the experience is so much more than just him; it's the entire venue. You'll see why...
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NYC Will Become Deadhead Mecca In March For Grateful Dead Exhibit
Deadheads, book your New York City vacation now, as the New York Historical Society has announced that in March 2010, they will mount an exhibition of the Grateful Dead Archive. It will be the largest exhibition of its kind ever, and is sure to have fans breaking out their Jerry Garcia-brand ties for the occasion.
According to the official description, "Grateful Dead: Now Playing at The New York Historical Society", as the exhibitions is called, "will chronicle the history of the Grateful Dead, its music, and phenomenal longevity through an array of original art and documents related to the band, its members, performances, and productions." If you've been a hardcore fan for years, be sure to look closely at the piles of fan mail that will be exhibited, just in case you ever wondered why Phil Lesh never responded to your sincere letter asking him to play at your prom.
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Jaunted's Guide To California Fall Concerts Al Fresco
Hollywood Hoedown al fresco, anyone?
With a torrent of flash flood warnings in San Francisco and standing water bathing the streets of Los Angeles, California is looking decidedly un-Californian this week. We get it; it's fall, time for leaves to change colors and a crisp chill to hit the air, but us Golden State natives know that the wet weather will pass and we'll still have a solid few weeks to enjoy being outdoors before it becomes truly unbearable. And by unbearable, we mean 50 degrees.
Catching music al fresco is one of our favorite ways to take advantage of the amazing climate, like thousands of Bay Area young'uns will be doing this weekend when they descend upon the Treasure Island Music Festival. But if MGMT, Grizzly Bear, and pushing your way through a crowd of Doc Martens (who brought these back, anyway?) doesn't do it for you, there are other options on the concert docket.
More on outdoor concerts after the jump.
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Silversun Pickups at the Brand New Fillmore Charlotte
When you think of the Fillmore the first thing that pops into your head is sparkling chandeliers, thick ruby curtains, a wooden dance floor and legendary shows. The legendary auditorium on Fillmore and Geary hosted *everyone* in the sixites, and when it was reopened in the eighties it didn't skip a beat. We have been lucky enough to see plenty of shows at the SF Fillmore, thus when we heard Charlotte was opening a new Fillmore in June of 2009 we were anxious to check it out.
Charlotte is a millennial city in every way and in the midst of a ten year boom, so it makes perfect sense that the Fillmore brand chose the Queen City as a key spot for Fillmore brand expansion.
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Treasure Island Music Festival Offers Indie Rock Oasis In San Fran
For Pitchfork-reading, Ray Ban-sporting music fans, the Treasure Island Music Festival delivers nothing less than a heaven sent lineup. Acts getting heavy airtime on hipper-than-thou radio stations, including MGMT, Beirut, Grizzly Bear, and club kid heroes MSTRKRFT, will all be on-hand from October 17-18 in San Francisco to get the youthful masses shaking in their skinny jeans and buffalo plaid shirts. Make no mistake, this festival is cool incarnate.
The artificial island lies in between San Francisco and Oakland and is accessible by the Bay Bridge if you're driving, or a MUNI line from within SF. Now in its third year, the two-day event is skewed more toward electro/dance on Day One and what you might broadly call "indie rock" on Day Two. We're excited to see psychedelic performers The Flaming Lips headlining Sunday's affair; we predict trippy lights, costumes, and frontman Wayne Coyne climbing over the audience in a plastic bubble, as he's known to do during their set.
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Cue Strings! How to Get Tickets To The LA Philharmonic
These days, buses and benches in Los Angeles are emblazoned with one of two images: an ad for Cougar Town, or a photo of an enthusiastic, curly-haired conductor with the text, "¡Vibrante Gustavo!" or "¡Bienvenidos Gustavo!" scrawled across it in bold letters. This animated man is Gustavo Dudamel, the young Venezuelan conductor who has just assumed a lead post at the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Everyone from Vogue to 60 Minutes has been buzzing about his arrival in the City of Angels, and after a free preview at the Hollywood Bowl last weekend, it's official: He's arrived.
It's difficult not to buy into the hyped-up excitement about Dudamel, especially when he's drawing comparisons to Leonard Bernstein and it's said his youthful energy might save the state of classical music in the U.S. Talk about expectation. That said, we're itching to see the man in action just as much as the next classical enthusiast. The question is how, especially when ticket demand for a Dudamel-conducted show is ridiculously high.
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It's A Good Concert When Even The Drum Set Goes Crowd-Surfing
When you think of live music venues in Chicago, is the first thing that pops into mind the bright-lit vintage marquee of the Chicago Theater? If so, get ready to have your mind blown by learning what actually are the hot spots for concerts these days; one hint: they aren't clubs and they aren't sit-down theaters.
In true Chicago style, the city's forgotten spaces are being reclaimed for art and community—we once went to a Ghetto Gourmet dinner (a roving dinner party) in an old church loft, stained glass windows and all. And one old ballroom, the Logan Square Auditorium, is seeing its own fair share of shows this season. We headed into Chicago's hipster haven to experience the Israeli band Monotonix this last Saturday night, and we'll just say that it was an experience all right. Read on for all drum set crowd-surfing details...
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Start The VW Camper Van And Get Going To Phish-Fest
Phish has been rocking out all summer long after announcing that they were back from retirement. Now they are looking to celebrate the season with Phish Festival 8, another installment of their sporadic get-togethers. The band, along with those who follow them around, are headed out to Indio, California from October 30 to November 1.
Think of this year’s festival as a sort of musical way to celebrate Halloween. The band is planning to cover a classic album in its entirety, but so far, their choice of album remains a secret. We’ll trust that they’ll pick something that their fans will enjoy—sorry Annie Lennox, this probably isn’t your year to be honored. Besides the cover concert, they will also be featuring an all-acoustic set on Sunday at noon. This concert brunch will also feature coffee and donuts for those with the munchies.
