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&lt;p&gt;We at KGRA are excited to bring you a sneak peek of the new Primal Scream video for &amp;#8220;Movin&amp;#8217; On Up (2013)&amp;#8221;, the lead single from the Star Trek Into Darkness soundtrack. A little tribble told us that Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie is a total Felicity freak and jumped at the chance to work with director JJ Abrams&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MyAYk5OzeO8" width="560"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/42598444223</link><guid>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/42598444223</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:32:43 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title>KGRA Presents: Rock Factoids</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_meu55fi0aX1qz8ylw.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Due to the decline of recording artist royalties, Ben Folds would have to sell twice the amount of Christmas gifts in 2012 to fund his girlfriend’s abortion than he did in Ben Folds Five’s 1997 hit single, “Brick”. Illegal downloading hurts everyone.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;(Source, RIAA)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/37662743436</link><guid>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/37662743436</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:02:22 -0600</pubDate></item><item><title> Metallica Finally Reveal Hidden Images on the Cover of “The Black Album”</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma5b8vy7dQ1qz8ylw.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;After years of speculation, the band Metallica finally revealed what is actually hidden on the cover of their breakthrough 1991 album. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The album, which is eponymously-titled but known widely as “The Black Album”, features cover art that looks to be nothing but a blank, black square. But over the years, fans have speculated that there may be something lurking behind that darkness, something too faint to be seen with the human eye. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Drummer Lars Ulrich and bassist Robert Trujillo represented the band as the unveiling took place yesterday afternoon at the Reptile House in the Oakland Zoo.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“People have been bugging us for a long time about this. We felt the time was right to end the rumors once and for all. Ladies and gentlemen, the hidden images,” said Ulrich.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And with that, he pulled a sheet off of a giant, cleaned up image of the album cover, clearly showing a coiled snake in the bottom right hand corner and the band’s signature logo at the top left hand corner.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The reaction was clearly mixed among the people gathered in the small room. A few audible gasps peppered the tiny crowd, along with the sound of several loud high fives. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“Oh I think it’s pretty neat. I’m not really into Metallica, though. I’m just here at the zoo with my daughter.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;For some it hit closer to home.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“You know, I was still just a fan when it came out,” said Trujillo, who joined the group in 2003. “My friends and I would argue back and forth while we listened to it. One guy would be like, that’s totally a spring man. And we’d all be like, nah, I don’t know. Me personally? I thought it was some brass knuckles down in the bottom corner and somebody’s flattened face up at the top there. It made sense, being a metal album and all. But a snake is pretty cool.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Ulrich said he felt like a huge weight was lifted off his chest. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“It’s finally over. I will admit, it was really fun. You don’t see a lot of mystique like that in rock n roll anymore.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The band had nothing more to announce other than some tour dates in Australia next year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Reported by KGRA reptile reporter, &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/tut___"&gt;Joe J&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/31279098586</link><guid>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/31279098586</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:13:09 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Moods Like Jagger: Stones Singer Distraught After Failed Fundraiser</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9kz99vUMt1qz8ylw.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It seems when rocker Mick Jagger finally completes his new solo album; he’ll be doing so on his own dime.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Jagger had hoped to fund the project via the alternative funding website, Kickstarter.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“The complexion of the record industry is completely different since Sir Mick released his last solo album (2001’s ‘Goddess in the Doorway’). Record companies are running their operations with a never relenting view on the budget. Mick doesn’t take kindly to penny pinchers on the other side of the vocal booth.” says Sir Leigh Feltmond-Peltmondo, Jagger’s ‘Director of Internet Relations’. “When Sir Mick is in that groove, he doesn’t want to have to worry if there is enough cash for the tape operator to have his tea break.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Jagger presented his plea via an eight-minute film, directed by noted video director, Anton Corbijin. In it, Jagger speaks from the lounging area of his ski Chalet in Switzerland.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;(From the presentation, entitled, “Come Up to My Cloud”)&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;“No longer do we have to be beholden to record executives and their hidden agendas. With your help, I can deliver the music directly to you. There is no division. In the end, I am you…and you are me. Please help and become part of the dialog at Kickstarter.com/SirMickJagger.”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Jagger’s impassioned plea fell on deaf ears, as the project ended more than seven and half million dollars short of its eight million dollar goal.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“We obviously misjudged the market. People just don’t care about supporting the arts like they used to. It’s a real shame. We had an all-star lineup for the album: Don Was, Shooter Jennings, Quad City DJs, Bobby McFerrin, Zakk Wylde and many more,” says Feltmond-Peltmondo. “Sir Mick was so distraught, he flung his salmon mousse into the hot tub&amp;#8212;that’s just not him. Sir Mick loves salmon mousse.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Critics have suggested that Jagger’s expectations for his Kickstarter were unrealistic and that the premiums for participating were paltry compared to other projects.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;(Via Jagger’s Kickstarter page)&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;10 Dollars or more = 1 “I Helped Mick Jagger” sticker&lt;br/&gt;100 Dollars or more = 5 “I Helped Mick Jagger” stickers&lt;br/&gt;1000 Dollars or more = 75 “I Helped Mick Jagger” stickers&lt;br/&gt;10,000 Dollars or more = 150 “I Helped Mick Jagger” stickers, MP3 download of completed album. Special “Thank You” in a plain text file accompanying the MP3s.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“I think this is a fitting slap in the face for a bloated dinosaur like Mick Jagger,” says Jim Gibbs, curator of the music blog ‘Seagram’s Music Mix’. “The day of unlimited budgets for artists is over. Come on Mick, get with the program. Ever heard of Garageband?”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Feltmond-Peltmondo says Jagger is undeterred. “Sir Mick is going to try again. He spent three thousand dollars on stickers and there’s no way he’s going let those boxes sit in his foyer. He’s in it to win it.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/30532103366</link><guid>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/30532103366</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:45:29 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Malibu Man Charged With Fabricating Dylan Quotes</title><description>&lt;p&gt;In the wake of the recent “Dylan quote scandal,” a Southern California resident has been accused of fabricating a startlingly large number of Bob Dylan quotes — “Maybe thousands,” say researchers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The man, who lives in the seaside community of Malibu, is suspected of inventing quotes and attributing them to Dylan over a long period of time.  “This could go back five decades,” said noted Dylanologist Ajay “Doneeda” Webberman. “We’re talking about small quotations, larger excerpts; even entire interviews.”&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Scholars became suspicious when they noticed, through new methods of textual analysis, a consistency in wording across much of the material attributed to Dylan over the years. “As many as 98% or 99% of ‘Bob Dylan’ interviews may have actually been conducted by this guy,” Webberman said. “It’s shocking — he must have been presenting himself as Dylan for years.”&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;At press time, a new detail had emerged: the suspect, believed to be a Midwestern native in his early ’70s, may have written almost all the lyrics published under Dylan’s name during the legendary artist’s career.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;“Everything except ‘Visions of Johanna’,” said a researcher. “That was written by R&amp;amp;B star Robin Thicke, for his stepmother, Joanna Kerns.”&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/29535312877</link><guid>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/29535312877</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:33:53 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Great Moments in Indie Rock History</title><description>&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;1989: In a novel partnership, Saab pays $250,000 for an advertisement on the cover of Slint&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;Tweez&amp;#8221; LP. (Both the automaker and the &amp;#8220;post-rock&amp;#8221; genre would later be absorbed by General Motors; Saab and post-rock both filed for bankruptcy in late 2011.) &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(One in a series)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/29304761855</link><guid>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/29304761855</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2012 20:38:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Great Moments in Indie Rock History</title><description>&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;8/26/94: Lou Barlow&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;license to confuse&amp;#8221; is revoked when he signals left, but merges right, on I-95 North after a show in Providence, R.I.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(One in a series)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/29297246978</link><guid>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/29297246978</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2012 18:49:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>David Bowie Discusses His Brief Ban from Saturday Night Live</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m853axVlF11qz8ylw.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Editor&amp;#8217;s Note: This nugget was found by &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/tut___"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Young Master Joe J&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, folded into a copy of Tower Records &amp;#8220;Pulse&amp;#8221; magazine from 1999. We can only surmise it was intended for an earlier version of this site, &amp;#8220;Gibby Haynes Death Pool&amp;#8221;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;While rock musician David Bowie’s return to Saturday Night Live this weekend may seem like a routine promotional appearance for his new album “&amp;#8217;Hours&amp;#8230;&amp;#8217;”, many may be surprised to learn that it bears the weight of some behind-the-scenes controversy.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“I was banned from the show,” said Bowie from his dressing room while waiting to do a soundcheck.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;From Milton Berle to Sinéad O&amp;#8217;Connor, many celebrities have been banned from the comedic institution for a variety of reasons over the years. The show’s creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels is usually the one who wields the hammer in such matters, and the incident in February of 1997 was no different.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Earlier that week, Bowie had expressed interest in appearing in a sketch to Michaels over dinner one evening. Michaels let his writers know the next day and they came up with an idea which Bowie initially approved of.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“The gist was that I was somehow roped into a low budget telly advert for a Brooklyn bakery. They wanted me to sing about their pastries or what have you. One of the things they came up with was a version of my song, ‘Watch That Man’. But instead, in the chorus I would sing, ‘Try our flan’.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Bowie took issue with the way the writers wanted him to pronounce the word “flan”. While either of the two main pronunciations is generally accepted, the veteran rock star and food connoisseur was miffed at saying it the “wrong” way.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“David is a man of the world,” said Michaels. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“He’s seen it all. And he takes food very seriously. I get that. But when you are running a big, live production like we are, last second changes can be complicated.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;While Bowie expressed misgivings throughout the week, he eventually agreed to do the sketch as written. But as the show was being broadcast live he changed his mind. He backed out after his first musical performance and the sketch had to be scrapped and replaced. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Late-game changes are nothing new to Saturday Night Live. The show is more than prepared to handle sudden disruptions. And although Bowie’s late decision to bow out of the sketch did anger Michaels, it was not what ultimately got him the boot. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“I was scheduled to perform a single from my ‘Earthling’ album called ‘Telling Lies’. Just before the band took the stage I decided to take the piss out of Lorne a bit because I knew he wasn&amp;#8217;t happy with me.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;What happened next may have looked completely innocuous to the viewing public, but it was a deliberate statement that cut one man to his core. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Instead of the new single, the band played 1981’s “Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)”, a song that Michaels confessed to Bowie in private was “absolutely terrifying” to him.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“We got to talking about this and that at dinner one night and Lorne’s SNL hiatus in the early 80s came up. He told me how it was the darkest period of his life and he described how much cocaine he did while listening to my “Scary Monsters” album. Just mountains and mountains of the stuff. Sometimes straight off the record sleeve. Those were his words. I want that to be clear about that.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;When the song was over, Bowie was immediately escorted from the studio.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“They didn’t waste any time. The real shame of it was there was a lovely fruit basket in my dressing room that I wanted to take back to my hotel. I obviously didn’t get to. I was very sore about that. Still am, to tell you the truth.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Michaels declined to go into specifics about his decision to ban Bowie, but he did confirm that the ban happened. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;So why is Bowie back this weekend, only three years removed from the incident?&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“We’re mates. We have been since the 70s. He knows now that I was just trying to get a rise out of him. Maybe I could have done it less, I don’t know, showy. But the air has been cleared, obviously.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;This week’s host Jerry Seinfeld had no idea that his musical guest was ever banned.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“Get out. I did not know that,” said Seinfeld. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Michaels and Bowie had dinner this week, as they did back in 1997. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“Let’s just say that we didn’t get into too many deep, dark secrets this time around,” said Bowie.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/28567497608</link><guid>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/28567497608</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:13:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>"Soulseek, more like Bowlofdicks"</title><description>“Soulseek, more like Bowlofdicks”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;p&gt;Starting Monday, in a historic partnership with the latest innovators in copy-protection, all computer users attempting to illegally download any of the Ice-T/Body Count catalog or torrent any episodes of Law &amp; Order: Special Victims Unit will see this message, and their I.P. addresses will immediately be forwarded to the FBI.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For Ice-T, who recently spoke out against gun control in the wake of the Aurora shooting, this marks a stunning break with his previous anti-law enforcement stance. Kim Gordon’s Real Age will keep you posted with any updates as we continue to F5 his Twitter page.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/28227108531</link><guid>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/28227108531</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2012 18:44:35 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Former Live Vocalist Offers Transcendent Cleansing With New Product</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7f6jaZFbp1qz8ylw.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Singer/songwriter, Ed Kowalczyk has thrown his hat into the lucrative personal hygiene ring with a new line of intimate cleansers.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“One day, I realized this product didn’t exist and I couldn’t understand why,” says Kowalczyk.  “I knew it was up to me to make it happen. I knew I could make something that could clean people’s bodies and souls, all with a direct connection to my artistic integrity.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;That product became “Ed Kowalczyk’s Artisanal Douches” and is available for preorder on the artist’s website this Friday.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“The first thing I want people to know is that this is a douche for everyone.  Woman or man, child or animal&amp;#8212;anyone can benefit from the cleansing properties of my product. It’s specially formulated with ingredients that bridge the mind/spirit/body. It doesn’t matter if you’ve just completed a sabbatical in Tibet or played a round of tennis for a ‘save the dolphins’ benefit, my product will get you clean, inside and out.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The main line comes in three signature “characters”, “Secret Samadhi”, “Selling the Drama” and “Sandalwood”. Those who desire a more personalized cleaning experience can opt for “Ed Kowalczyk’s Artisanal Douche: Select”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“E.K.A.D.S. is special blend that I create through collecting your personal spiritual data in an exhaustive interview (via email). I take that data and pray over it near a babbling brook on my property.  When the breeze is just right and the light over the horizon begins to die, I light some sage and say an Inuit incantation.  Then I head over to my personal herb garden and pluck out ingredients inspired by my thoughts about you and create something really special. It comes in a hand-fashioned dispenser made from a ram’s bladder with my signature on it.  You also get a jar of the mud near the brook where I thought of you and a copy of my solo CD, ‘Alive’.  At $2300, it’s a steal. I defy you to find a custom artisanal douche any cheaper.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Does Kowalczyk expect a high demand for this product?&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“I’ve been into douching since Live’s ‘Mental Jewelry’ days. I believe in its power completely. It’s changed my life. Ask anyone who knows me; I’m a Sensei of douching. I think this is a great way for me to connect with my fanbase.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Pre-orders start this Friday at edkowalczykhandmadedouces.to. Ed will also be signing bottles at the Hobby Lobby in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and The Crying Seal Bookstore in York on August 11th.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“I’m bringing my guitar and kalimba. I’ll be telling stories about my journeys and educating about douching all afternoon. Stop by.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/27566326143</link><guid>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/27566326143</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:14:49 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>"Chief Justice Roberts has shown that he is nothing more than an Illuminati-backed puppet of the..."</title><description>“Chief Justice Roberts has shown that he is nothing more than an Illuminati-backed puppet of the Obama administration, and the members of KoRn do not approve of the government’s erosion of liberty. To Roberts, A.D.I.D.A.S. only means “All Day I Dream About Socialism.””&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Jonathan Davis, frontman of KoRn, and part-time author of infowars.com’s “Freakonomics Must Be Leashed” column&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/26239773632</link><guid>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/26239773632</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2012 18:44:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Bill Murray to appear in the buff in Smashing Pumpkins video</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="341" src="http://i.imgur.com/FeJe5.jpg" width="497"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Billy Corgan says that his newest work, the multi-album concept project &lt;em&gt;Teargarden by Kaleidyscope&lt;/em&gt;, is the most ambitious thing he&amp;#8217;s ever undertaken. Now he&amp;#8217;s pushing things a step further.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;Well, the entire thing is based around the concept of Tarot, which employs a lot of spirituality and symbolism, and one of the most spiritual things I know is the human body. It&amp;#8217;s a symbol of life and everything that represents. I like that. And I believe the imagery is especially potent when it is a famous person.&amp;#8221;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Following in the footsteps of alternative groups such as The Flaming Lips, who featured a nude Erykah Badu in a recent video, and Sigur Ros&amp;#8217; utilization of Shia LaBeouf&amp;#8217;s penis in their newest avant-video masterpiece, Corgan divulged that the video for his newest single &amp;#8220;The Celestials&amp;#8221; will feature a naked Bill Murray.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;I saw the latest Wes Anderson movie and I realized that Murray was a very artistic soul and could understand what we were going for. The video will be as raw and powerful as we can possibly make it within the limits of Murray&amp;#8217;s contract stipulations. He will be standing fully nude in front of a white screen for the duration of the song while various substances are poured on him. No edits whatsoever.&amp;#8221;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Murray brought with him a litany of demands for disrobing on film.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;He specifically outlined certain things he did not want appearing on his nude body, particularly anything with any connection to his previous works. No meatballs, nothing painted on him in any way that could be construed as a stripe and, he was very adamant about this, no Dan Aykroyd Crystal Skull Vodka. We weren&amp;#8217;t really planning on using any of that, but he was insistent.&amp;#8221;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Even though the overall concept of the video is similar to Badu&amp;#8217;s turn with The Flaming Lips, Corgan insists he originally had the idea for the &amp;#8220;Today&amp;#8221; video back in 1993. However, the cast of Seinfeld turned down the offer to paint pink ribbon scars onto an ice cream truck with their genitals.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;Since [the first full album of the &lt;em&gt;Teargarden&lt;/em&gt; project] &lt;em&gt;Oceania&lt;/em&gt; represents the laughter quadrant of the Tarot Cycle, I thought this was an appropriate time to finally do it. But more than that, I can&amp;#8217;t think of anything more ironically tragic than a vulnerable funnyman. It&amp;#8217;s all part of the Kaleidyscope that is life.&amp;#8221;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The video for &amp;#8220;The Celestials&amp;#8221; will appear briefly on youtube.com July 3rd, after which it will likely show up on either Vimeo or Dailymotion.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/25770475084</link><guid>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/25770475084</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2012 02:34:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Ricky Gervais announces newest series, Neutral Pilk Hotel</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img height="302" src="http://i.imgur.com/O68DG.jpg" width="454"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Karl Pilkington. Photo credit: Mark Riddles, KGRA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Neutral Milk Hotel&amp;#8217;s &lt;em&gt;In the Aeroplane Over the Sea&lt;/em&gt;, the classic 1998 rock opera about a man who desires to have sex with a deceased Jewish child while a multi-ethnic brass orchestra accompanies, is about to get a make-over from one of the foremost names in gut busting.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Fat comedian Ricky Gervais and &lt;em&gt;Tooth Fairy&lt;/em&gt; co-star Stephen Merchant have announced their latest project, &lt;em&gt;Neutral Pilk Hotel&lt;/em&gt;. The project will follow the travails of frequent Gervais/Merchant collaborator Karl Pilkington, of &lt;em&gt;The Ricky Gervais Show&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;An Idiot Abroad&lt;/em&gt; fame, as he attempts to faithfully re-create the recording of &lt;em&gt;Aeroplane&lt;/em&gt; in it&amp;#8217;s entirety.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;Steve and I were just sitting around talking and thought it would be a good laff (sic) if we made Karl play an over-driven guitar whilst singing about the Holocaust,&amp;#8221; said Gervais in an interview. &amp;#8220;Just imagine that bald simpleton trying to get his mind around lo-fi audio production. We sent him out to Denver and had someone teach him how to play a singing saw. He&amp;#8217;d never heard of such a thing! [cackles]&amp;#8221;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;We wanted to call it &lt;em&gt;The Diary of An(ne) Idiot&lt;/em&gt; but the right cunts at the Anti-Defamation League just didn&amp;#8217;t see the cheekiness of it, I guess.&amp;#8221;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;Neutral Pilk Hotel&lt;/em&gt; will air on HBO and pitchfork.com this fall. No word yet on whether the project will be animated for future airing on Cartoon Network&amp;#8217;s Ad-ult Swim.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Jeff Mangum could not be reached for comment, because he&amp;#8217;s touring again or something. Have you heard that? If you have any tips on whether Jeff Mangum is touring please send them to KGRA.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/25584678470</link><guid>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/25584678470</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:35:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>"Sound of the City"</title><description>&lt;p&gt;In honor of Kevin Costner &amp;amp; the Modern West&amp;#8217;s new album, here are some more celebrity bands that sound like apartment buildings:&lt;br/&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Manchester Heights (Steve Coogan)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Northern Field (Sherilyn Fenn)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Gateway (Chevy Chase)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Southern Hills (Cillian Murphy)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Paradise Home (Mike Farrell)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Cedar Creek feat. Sean Young (Sean Young)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Gardenside (Rob Morrow)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Towers at Lakeview (Kenneth Branagh)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Harbor (Richard Belzer)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;River Rise (Andie MacDowell)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mountain View (Christine Cavanaugh)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Coastal Waters (Edward James Olmos)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/24831958092</link><guid>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/24831958092</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2012 14:45:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Kid Gordon's Real Age presents A Kid Gordon's Review!</title><description>&lt;p&gt;KGRA&amp;#8217;s (little) sister site &lt;strong&gt;Kid Gordon&amp;#8217;s Real Age&lt;/strong&gt; has received an advance copy of the new single from Guided By Voices&amp;#8217; upcoming third comeback album, The Bears For Lunch. Here is site editor &lt;strong&gt;AKid&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#8217;s review of both the A and B-sides:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Unfortunate Route of the Liquor Captain&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;Are these guys British? I thought they died.&amp;#8221;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topiary Cockpit Wallflower&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;This is some emo shit. I can&amp;#8217;t stand it. I&amp;#8217;m leaving.&amp;#8221;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;AKid is a high school student and editor-in-chief for Kid Gordon&amp;#8217;s Real Age. We have received an e-mail from AKid alerting us that this review was not written by him and may have in fact been written by his brother who is &amp;#8220;Not a true Radiohead fan.&amp;#8221; We have accepted AKid&amp;#8217;s apology and hope that we can move forward from this unfortunate incident.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/24728900930</link><guid>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/24728900930</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 23:57:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>A KGRA DID YOU KNOW?</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Did You Know?&lt;/strong&gt;: With the break-up of affable goof-rock group Ween, they and R.E.M. are now the only two bands that aren&amp;#8217;t together?&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/24080888520</link><guid>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/24080888520</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 15:43:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Technological Ecstasy: Black Sabbath Unveil New Drummer</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4hpj9Rqvu1qz8ylw.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The remaining members of Heavy Metal pioneers, Black Sabbath unveiled their new drummer at a press conference today.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“I would like to introduce the newest member of the Sabbath family, DR. GROOVE,” says, Ozzy Osbourne.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Sabbath fans have been treated to an acrimonious back and forth between disgruntled drummer, Bill Ward and the rest of the band on Facebook in recent weeks. Each camp has issued numerous press releases, blaming the other party for making a full Black Sabbath reunion impossible.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“We just couldn’t come to terms with Bill and we needed to move on,” says bassist, Geezer Butler. “We wish him all the best, but we are going ahead with DR. GROOVE.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;DR. GROOVE aka DR-202 is a drum machine released, along with DR. SAMPLE, by the BOSS/ROLAND of Japan Corporation in the year 2000 to target the emerging acid house / drum and bass music scenes.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“It’s more than just a drum machine,” says guitarist Tony Iommi. “It’s got a flanger and reverb on it too. It can also run on batteries.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Much like other high profile groups who lost classic members (Judas Priest, Journey, Yes), Black Sabbath found Ward’s replacement in the world of tribute bands, specifically, Toronto’s, Dad Sabbath.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“It’s a group of blokes who get together a few times a year and play at garden parties and gala luncheons.  I mean, they are pretty crap, but from the YouTube videos we watched, DR. GROOVE is always on the beat,” says Butler.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“When we got the call, I was a bit shocked. I bought DR. GROOVE after our drummer moved to Montreal. I thought it sounded pretty good for a drum machine, but not good enough to be considered real drums,” says Jim Duck, who is the vocalist for Dad Sabbath. “They offered us ten thousand dollars, which was great because I think I paid like fifty bucks for it at a garage sale.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Do the members of Black Sabbath feel that fans will accept DR. GROOVE?&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“If I’m being one hundred percent honest, a bloody drum machine is probably pretty low on the list of complaints the fans are going to have about us this summer,” says Osbourne.  &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Black Sabbath will be performing at several major festivals this summer.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/23621444315</link><guid>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/23621444315</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 14:36:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>LuLu’s Kids? Lou Reed, Masked Metalheads, Set Collaboration to “Stun”</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42wmu7Q3k1qz8ylw.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;No one was more surprised by the commercial and critical failure of the Lou Reed / Metallica album, “LuLu” than Lou Reed himself.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“I felt like a laughingstock and a failure. I seriously considered hanging up the guitar for good. I spent a lot of time just puttering around the Village, feeling sorry for myself, until I realized that it wasn’t my fault at all.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Where does Reed lay the blame for the disastrous, “LuLu”?&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“It’s Metallica’s fault completely. Those guys are tools. They should have never agreed to the collaboration in the first place. They’ve made tons of shitty albums. I’ve made like one. I’m a national treasure. Failure is a new concept to me; those Bay Area bozos are steeped in bad ideas. Somebody should have warned me.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Reed’s newest project is another collaboration with a heavy metal band. This time it’s Cincinnati, Ohio’s, disguised metal marauders, Mushroomhead.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“It’s a concept album based on the movie ‘Bebe’s Kids’ by the late Robin Harris. I saw it one night on Netflix streaming and it changed my life.  Laurie bought this thing called a ‘Roku’ and it’s amazing. Like the size of a stack of drink coasters, and you can watch movies on it. Amazing.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“Bebe’s Kids” is the story of man who takes a group of ill-behaved children to an amusement park, with disastrous results.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“I wrote most of the songs from the perspective of the youngest Bebe Kid, Pee Wee,” says Reed.  “Of all the kids, his journey was the most interesting to me.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;How did Reed come to decide to collaborate with Mushroomhead?&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“I picked a band that isn’t particularly respected by their peers, so they would be easier to bend to my will. I listened to one of the their albums once. Total shit. These guys are really lucky to have me.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;What do the members of Mushroomhead think of the collaboration?&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“We’re really lucky to have met Lou. He’s a genius. I was painting his bathroom last week and he bought me a Subway sandwich for lunch. He’s a fucking classy guy. His boyfriend is kind of weird though. He insists on talking though a Skype headset all the time,” says Mushroomhead bassist, ‘Pig Benis’. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;What are Reed / Mushroomhead’s touring plans?&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“I guess we are going to put a new roof on his lake cottage next weekend and then maybe do some county fair gigs this summer.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Reed disagrees, “I won’t be touring this album. I’m booked up for all of August in Paris.  I’m doing a series of ‘Public Squabbles’ with John Cale for France’s Ministry of Arts.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;“Lou Reed w/ Mushroomhead Present: Bebe’s Kids” will be released on double CD / triple LP June 12th.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Editor’s Note. Mr. Reed’s comment about ‘hanging up the guitar’ should be taken as a metaphor, as he owns no guitars with headstocks, thus making actually hanging one up physically impossible.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/23116092793</link><guid>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/23116092793</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:36:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>"The only arrogant dwarf I wanna see on the cover of Rolling Stone is Prince!"</title><description>“The only arrogant dwarf I wanna see on the cover of Rolling Stone is Prince!”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;The ghost of Lester Bangs, in his semi-weekly FaceTime &lt;span class="st"&gt;séance &lt;/span&gt;with Jann Wenner.&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/22956471126</link><guid>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/22956471126</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 01:26:59 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Breaking the Fourth Wall for a Moment</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ifu2J3WV1qz8ylw.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Musicians don&amp;#8217;t have to lose their sense of humor to make great and lasting music.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Adam Yauch will forever be in our hearts.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Love and Respect,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;-RZ&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/22391412306</link><guid>http://kimgordonsrealage.tumblr.com/post/22391412306</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 13:18:30 -0500</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
