X-Factor for DJs: Simon Cowell’s new global TV show revealed
Is this cop the next contestant on X-Factor for DJs?
(photo from Stanton Warriors epic takedown at their Detroit Show)
(Via MusicWeek)
15:26 | Wednesday January 25, 2012
The new format of the still-unnamed show has already been developed. It will be co-produced by Syco and Overbrook.
According to a statement from the joint partners, it “will capture the incredible rise of the DJ phenomena”. It has been in development for over a year – with a broadcast partner in both the US and the UK due to be announced shortly.
Simon Cowell said: “We have been working on this show for over a year and we wanted to partner with the right people. As soon as I met Jada and Miguel from Overbrook, I knew they would be our ideal partners. DJ’s are the new rock stars, it feels like the right time to make this show.”
“This show will comb the world to find a new breed of talent,” said Jada Pinkett-Smith, ” I am happy to be creating it alongside Simon Cowell, the Sony team, and my partner Miguel Melendez, on behalf of the Overbrook family.
“We are thrilled to be working with Simon Cowell and our partners at Overbrook on what we know will be a tremendously successful global format,” said Andrea Wong, President of International Production for Sony Pictures Television.
His name is David Lynch, and he is a caffeine addict
David Lynch has recently announced, with pride, that he’s curbed his coffee consumption from 20 cups to a mellow jog of 7. Jesus christ. In the spirit of The Huffington Post (where this piece originally was featured) I’m tempted to rewrite it as my own, but that would be close to heresy. Although, I do notice that even the Lyncher fudged most of this from his inspirational book on creativity, ‘Catching The Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness and Creativity’ which I highly recommend, and can be heard as an audio book here, read by jittery dark lord himself.
Inspired by one professor’s infectious enthusiasm for Emily Dickinson, Obsessed is a new HuffPost Culture series exploring the idiosyncratic, all-consuming passions of public figures and unknowns alike. Through a mix of blogs and interviews, these pieces will highlight the elusiveness of whatever it is you just can’t live without — whether it’s blue jays, Renaissance fairs or fan fiction — or, as in the case of David Lynch, coffee. If you have an obsession to share, drop us a line at culture@huffingtonpost.com.
I am pretty much obsessed with coffee. I’ve been drinking coffee on a regular basis since I was in the ninth grade. In the ninth grade, I met my soon-to-be good friend, Toby, on the front yard lawn of my girlfriend’s house. And during that first conversation with Toby, he happened to tell me that his father was a painter, a fine art painter. Hearing this news that an adult could be a painter — an explosion went off in my head and from that moment on all I wanted to do was paint. And for me, the world of a painter held much coffee.
Coffee became tied to what I called “The Art Life.” I loved to go to diners and drink coffee and try to catch ideas for the work. Coffee has always seemed to facilitate thinking and catching ideas. Not only that, but the flavor of coffee is beyond the beyond good.
Even bad coffee is better than no coffee at all.
For a long time, outside of diners, I drank a lot of instant coffee and I would drink it from styrofoam cups. For many years, I drank probably 20 cups of instant coffee per day. One of the things I discovered from drinking coffee in a styrofoam cup was a kind of fantastic visual trick. If you have a full styrofoam cup of coffee and you move the cup slowly on a certain type of surface, a vibration will come forth and ripples will appear on the surface of the coffee. And if you push the cup a little bit faster as it’s vibrating, individual droplets will leap out of the ripples and dance all along the surface of the coffee. I always wanted to film this effect, but I never have. And nowadays, the environmentalists tell us that styrofoam cups aren’t so good, so I haven’t had an opportunity to see this trick filmed.
Coffee and coffee drinkers have appeared in a couple of my films, I guess most notably Twin Peaks and Mulholland Dr.
A couple of years ago, my friend Erik who worked with me asked me why I didn’t get my own line of coffee. I thought it would be a good idea and I began to test many different types of coffee. I finally found a coffee that I loved more than all the rest. And during blind tests I would always pick that one coffee.
I contacted the company that made it and together we worked on slight variations for a house roast, a decaf, and an espresso blend. This became the David Lynch Signature Cup Coffee. And I really like it very much. My friend who came over today had a decaf cup and said it tasted very good. I now drink about seven large cups per day, and I really look forward to each new cup.
Maybe there’s not an idea in every bean, but for me there are many good ideas hiding in coffee.
Guerrilla 24 – Winter 2012 Update
So, I’ve been wearing out my Guerrilla 24 jeans as much as possible since they arrived at my doorstep one balmy fall afternoon. I’ve decided to track my progress through this photo series. I can’t say there has been a tonne of creasing or fades since I’ve worn them out. They’ve held up quite well in all respects and the denim has softened up a bit, although there is a bit of minor dye loss in the lower cuff area.
I shot this series with a giant in the field of iPhonegraphy and photo illustration. His name is Dan Cristea, aka @Konstruktivist. If you have an eye for well thought out artistic photos, I highly recommend you look him up. After all, over 40,000 Instagram followers can’t be wrong.
Moonrise Kingdom – Trailer 1
I hated overnight camp. I felt left out from everything, maybe because I wasn’t suburban enough. I don’t know, but this looks fun. I’m excited to see what dry wit and chemistry Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola might dream up.
Jokers Of The Scene – JOT5 EP Preview
I got snared into going to the Gladstone Hotel for New Year’s Eve the other week and the only thing that made the stupid 40$ cover charge justifiable was that I would be seeing one of my favourite Canadian Fool’s Gold Record’s DJ teams rock the house. In anticipation of the night, I did some googling, and lo and behold, it turns out that the god damn interview that I did with them for AOL Spinner’s SXSW preview coverage a year back is quoted on their wiki page, aaand i’m the only journo quoted. You’d think that they’ve had some better press out there, but I’m not complaining :)
Well, it’s nice and all, but i think this new JOT5 EP album cover and album preview probably has a bit of a broader appeal.
Killing Jokes 1
Black Mountie
In Order To Trance
Organized Zounds
Killing Jokes II
But just to prove that I’m not messing about. ( click to enlarge ;)
The Joy Of Books
No books were harmed in the filming of this video.
(Source: Type Books Toronto.)
Museum Secrets – Season 2
I’m not gonna lie, I’m pretty excited about Museum Secrets – Season 2. Being an ancient history geek and Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations studies grad from U of T has its benefits when it comes to specialty TV these days. One of the great things about the Museum Secrets series is that they always have a heavy interactive/web portion to each episode. You can check out all the extras at www.museumsecrets.tv.
Glerups: Warm and Woolly, Especially When Wet
Glerups are an exciting product from the Scandinavian land of warm and fuzzies, a.k.a. Denmark. I quite like the vibrant, earthy, woolly tones that they’re available in. But what are they exactly? It’s a sock, it’s a shoe, it’s a combination of both that is ready for indoors and outdoor use and abuse.
Made from 100% wool, the makers of Glerups actually encourage users not to wear socks with them, exploiting the natural fibre’s natural self-cleaning attributes and their ability to keep warm even when damp, five times warmer than any other fabric even.
Glerups come in three styles, the slip-on, the shoe and the full on ankle boot. All models are lined with calfskin soles that provide whisper soft steps, and come in a wide variety of colours. So far, you can order yours at www.glerups.ca. I’d love to be able to see what a pair can do in this cold-snapping of a Toronto winter we’ve been experiencing.
Pingu’s THE THING
As a horror/gore buff I’m ashamed to admit that I don’t remember watching John Carpenter’s The Thing, or the shoddy remake of recent years, but I have reconnected with my favourite Swiss penguin mime, Pingu. This claymation remake is impossible to resist.
Active Child – High Priestess (CFCF Remix)
My favourite Montreal slo-disco producer CFCF has recently released this remix for Active Child, one of the more interesting groups on the post-dubstep/chillwave/borderline witch house groups to emerge from the Vagrant Records roster. Ok, he’s probably the only one. Listen to the end for the pan flute solo (!!) and check out the full album here on iTunes: http://bit.ly/youarealliseeitunes
