The Seminole Tribe agreed to the biggest purchase outside the U.S. by an American Indian group.
Conspiracy theorists rejoice! Lock stock in step with the impending release of the new James Bond action thriller starring the fan favourite premature hate-on for Daniel Craig, come LA s 60 s spy anthem inspired Bitter:Sweet. Assembled for the wreckage of LA trip hop scenesters Supreme Beings Of Leisure, Bitter:Sweet concoct a mix of lounge-friendly, martini sipping electronic spy-pop that will have the ladies reaching for their Swarovski encrusted cell phones and the men unbuttoning to expose their mystic tanned pecs.
Now that winter is rolling around, how I miss sunny plastic LA. Directed by Jason Cook. Watch the music video (qt).
It s a double double: champion and low-fi video. Not bad pattern forming from yesterday s DJ Champion post, heh? This single is the second of two new tracks off the Fatboy Slim greatest hits package.
Vocals feature Lateef the Truth Speaker, although the US version also includes vocals by Sharon Woolf. Production-wise, it s Norman Cook s retro big-beat bag of tricks, with a synth riff sound pulled of some old Inner City club anthem from the eighties. It s effective in shoe shuffling, although lacking any real brain stimulation.
The video, directed by Nothing To See Here, has everyday objects used as tumbling dominoes. Watch the music video (qt). Swamp blues fused with electronic beats?
That is the sound of the first video from electronic artist DJ Champion. And while first impressions would suggest he is a British bloke with a pasty complexion, Champion AKA Maxime Morin has been a fixture to the Montreal scene for roughly 10 years. He plays Toronto as part of the CASBY Awards, November 22nd, as well as a solo show at Lee s Palace on November 24th.
Watch the music video (qt). by Douglas E. Welch, myword@welchwrite.
com The Lost Gardens, the second in a (hopefully) on-going series by Anthony Eglin picks up the story of Professor Lawrence Kingston following the murder and intrigue surrounding the discovery and theft of a unique blue rose, the Holy Grail of gardeners. This story is recounted in The Blue Rose and my review can be found in this previous post. In this new story, Kingston is hired to restore a huge manor garden to its former glory after the property is inherited, unexpectedly and unexplainably, by a young, American woman.
When a dis-used chapel is found on the property, complete with a skeleton in its well, Kingston is again involved in detective work, archeological mysteries and murder. While not quite as action-packed as the first book, The lost Gardens is a grand combination of gardening lore, history, mystery and action-adventure. Kingston become even more likable than before, less curmudgeonly and might even be falling in love again.
Eglin gives a charming feel to the English countryside, despite the untoward events that occur and leads the reader down a wandering garden path to an exciting and satisfying conclusion. Don t know what to give? How about an Amazon Gift Certificate!
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