July 22, 2008 - Updates to The Mediaburn Radio Weblog are forecast to be infrequent over the next few months as Gary Santoro is working on other projects.
Please do check back with us at this locality or keep us subscribed in your RSS software.
P & L.
kristinslist.net She is your Virgil on the descent into L.A.. Kristin's List. There are plenty of events guides in Los Angeles, but none has as personal a voice, as finely honed an aesthetic (the Neutra font is an inspired touch) or as discerning an eye as Kristin's. Her weekly emails and web listings are one woman's recommended sampling of the most interesting music, film, architecture, food, fashion, literary and unquantifiable events across the megalopolis. And so far, it's completely ad-free. [MetaFilter]
No '90s band matched the wit and pop appeal of Pulp and their charismatic frontman Jarvis Cocker. After This is Hardcore came out in 1997, Jarvis described it in the press as having almost destroyed his band, life, and sanity, but man, was it worth it. Almost as good as its predecessor, the modern classic Different Class, This is Hardcore and our favorite single off the record, "Party Hard", were Pulp to a "T": lines like "Can you show me a good time?/Do you know what one looks like?" cemented our beliefs that Jarvis is in fact Oscar Wilde reincarnated with a Bryan Ferry fetish.
While you are out and about tomorrow, why not pick up a free EP from The Dandy Warhols? Starting on Saturday, the band will be giving away an exclusive EP, Earth To The Remix EP Vol. 1, which will be available at over 400 stores nationwide. The remixes were done by each of the Warhols themselves, ranging from spaced-out dub to electonica.
The EP is being given away to help spread the world about their upcoming new album, ...Earth To The Dandy Warhols, which is landing in stores on August 19 via their own Beat The World Records. To see the entire list of stores who will have this EP available, head over to recordstoreday.com.
Earth To The Remix Vol. 1
01. "Come The F**k On" (A Peter Holmstrom / Jeremy Sherrer Remix)
02. "THE MONSTER MISH" (A Taylor-Taylor / Jacob Portrait Remix)
03. "Welcome To The Skin-Up" (Fathead / Jeremy Sherrer Remix)
04. "Dub In The Lotus" (A Zia McCabe / Jeremy Sherrer Remix)
The Spirit Trailer Now Officially Online. Lionsgate has now officially brought online the new trailer for Frank Miller's The Spirit . Opening December 25, the adaptation of Will Eisner's comic book series stars Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes, Sarah Paulson, Paz Vega, Jaime King, Dan Lauria, Stana Katic, Johnny Simmons and Louis Lombardi. ["SuperHeroHype.com - 5 most recent stories"]
Eva at papierdoll.net Cause = Effect (especially when it comes to Burberry).
We published a news story early this morning that looked at the increase in sales at Burberry, particularly in the US. While my esteemed colleague and counterpart Meghan went through numbers and all the boring details explaining how Burberry managed to increase sales in the US, I have the luxury of looking qualitatively at how [...] []
Los Angeles' media companies are bleeding, and it is not just restricted to LA Times: both the trades Variety and The Hollywood Reporter are doing their own reorg efforts. THR laid off 12 people last week, including 10 editorial staffers, reports Folio. The layoffs are part of Nielsen Business Media's "reengineering" effort to streamline workflow across all publications, the company spokesperson told Folio. This comes after THR redesigned and relaunched its print and online editions in April. Also in April, Nielsen Business Media laid off about 40-50 staffers, across its media publications of Adweek, Brandweek, Mediaweek, Editor & Publisher and THR.
How long before NBM comes on the market, officially? Its counterpart Reed Business Information, owner of Variety, is in the process of being sold and we understand the book is finally out for prospective buyers.
Scottish singer Amy MacDonald is sickened by a stabbing at this weekend's T in the Park festival - and insists youngsters should put down their knives.
1. 
Los Angeles' media companies are bleeding, and it is not just restricted to LA Times: both the trades Variety and The Hollywood Reporter are doing their own reorg efforts. THR laid off 12 people last week, including 10 editorial staffers, 
Read more!