1. Deadline is reporting that Dianne Wiest and Chris Cooper are negotiating to play the leads in HBO’s forthcoming Noah Baumbach-helmed adaptation of Jonathan Franzen’s award-winning novel, The Corrections. We approve heartily!
2. Dark Blood, the movie that River Phoenix was filming at the time of his death, might be getting released almost 20 years later, thanks reedits from the director and some possible voice-over work from River’s brother Joaquin Phoenix. [via Vulture]
3. The Jeff Mangum-curated winter installment of All Tomorrow’s Parties has been pushed back to March due to “a set of extremely unfortunate and unforeseen circumstances.” Refunds will be available for ticket holders who can’t make the new dates. [via NME]
4. Multiple Tony award-winning writer Robert Lopez, who collaborated with Trey Parker and Matt Stone on The Book of Mormon, will also be teaming up with them for upcoming episode of South Park that will air on October 26. We expect big things! [via ArtsBeat]
5. Criterion will finally release a digitally-restored version Godzilla Blu-ray/DVD this January; along with a load of special features, you’ll be getting both the 1954 Japanese original as well as the 1956 American remake of the film, which starred Raymond Burr. [via Slashfilm]
Perhaps the most gloriously strange thing about All Tomorrow’s Parties in Asbury Park last weekend was the sight of Oneida playing an eight-hour set of extremely loud improvised noise music in a bowling alley. We couldn’t help but feel for the venue’s staff, who’d were looking glassy-eyed and traumatized by the end of the day — but it was still a pretty fantastic spectacle, and it got us thinking about some of the other weird and wonderful places around the world to see music. We’ve pulled together a selection after the jump — but obviously, it’s a big old world out there, and there must be plenty more. So, what are your favorite weird live music venues?
There is so much great music at All Tomorrow’s Parties’s yearly New York festival that it can be easy to neglect the great selection of classic Criterion Collection films on view throughout the weekend. But this time, the plethora of great viewing options was much harder to ignore, thanks to the gorgeous posters created for each film by a diverse group of independent comic artists. We were wondering when these great pieces would turn up online, and now we’ve found them, thanks to Super Punch, which has collected most of the weekend’s posters. After the jump, check out comic book-style covers for everything from Night of the Hunter to Naked Lunch to Easy Rider.
Fall may not officially begin until late September, but we all know that summer unofficially ends Labor Day weekend, as temperatures plummet and kids head back to school. It’s an especially sad time for live music fans, with the Coachellas and Bonnaroos and Lollapaloozas but a distant memory. Thankfully, though, there are more incredible autumn audiophile events than you might guess. After the jump, we round up 10 of our favorite upcoming happenings from around the country. Add your suggestions in the comments.
We have nothing against Rolling Stone: We’re not its audience, and we know that. But we still couldn’t help but be sorely disappointed by its “40 Reasons to Get Excited About Music” issue. Black Eyed Peas at No. 1? Katy Perry? The obligatory “Animal Collective rulez teh underground” entry? Yawn!
But rather than whine and criticize, we’ve resolved to be constructive by providing a list that we hope will actually introduce readers to stuff they didn’t already know about and celebrate the accomplishments of under-appreciated bands, venues, labels, websites, and other music-related phenomena. With that in mind, we’ve enlisted some guest suggestions from our favorite music writers and put together Flavorpill’s very own 40 Better Reasons to Get Excited About Music — a list you don’t have to shell out five bucks to read.
For many music critics All Tomorrow’s Parties is the high-point of the festival season. Most music festivals are designed for teenagers; Barry Hogan’s creation appeals to an audience that is at once more niche and varied — the weirdos, if you will. One of the things that really sets ATP apart from other fests is its guest curators. As Hogan told us last August, “We try to pick people who have an interesting take on pushing bounds. The festival is not dictated by what’s trendy and what’s not, it’s more a case of trying to pick curators with interesting record collections.”
On Friday they’ll be announcing the curator for ATP New York 2010. In anticipation of tomorrow’s news, we asked Flavorpill staffers who they’d like to see curate this year’s festival. Add to our list in the comments.
Barry Hogan, you warned us: The schizophrenic lineup that the Flaming Lips curated for 2009′s All Tomorrow’s Parties fest could only have been dreamed up by indie-rock’s favorite acid-damaged elder statesmen. You saw the Lips’ penchant for both the beautiful and the deranged reflected in the juxtaposition: well-mannered indie-folk acts like Iron & Wine and Sufjan Stevens sharing the stage with drone and agro-rock heavyweights like the Melvins, the Jesus Lizard, and Boris. Rounding out the lineup’s highlights were sets from festival favorites like Animal Collective, Deerhoof, and the Flaming Lips themselves, while the Feelies and Suicide gave performances of their respective debut albums in their entirety.
Since its inception in 2000, All Tomorrow’s Parties has embraced its role as the alternative to traditional summer rock festivals. This September, ATP returns to New York keeping the three-day event’s focus much the same as last year. Friday brings the “Don’t Look Back” series, where artists play a seminal live album of their choosing. Saturday is set of bands curated by ATP, while Sunday has a set curated by the Flaming Lips. We talked with ATP founder Barry Hogan about the upcoming lineup, and his future plans for fest.
Flavorpill: What was your motivation for inviting the Flaming Lips onboard?
Barry Hogan: We try to pick people who have an interesting take on pushing bounds. The festival is not dictated by what’s trendy and what’s not, it’s more a case of trying to pick curators with interesting record collections. I feel like when you go to see the Flaming Lips, when they’re playing on tour, they have interesting support acts — from Deerhoof to Black Moth Super Rainbow. I felt like if they were curators on Sunday, they’d probably pick some weird and interesting stuff, and it seems to have paid off! [laughs] Read More »
Flavorpill favorite David Cross is curating a comedy stage on Friday night, which leads us to believe his friends Eugene Mirman, Todd Barry, and Jon Benjamin might show up; The Jesus Lizard and Iron and Wine will also play that evening.
Translation: You’re going to have to buy some tickets, rent a car, and make the 90-mile drive to Monticello.
