Bye!

See you later, everyone! It's my last (half-)day as editor of Vulture. I'm really proud of the blog and the important stories we've broken � crucial, game-changing news about movies, contemporary art, and quality television programs. I'm proud to have been here in good times and bad times, embracing our joys and sharing our sorrows.

But I'm afraid it's time to move on. People keep asking me, "Where are you going now?" and then they look uncomfortable when I say "Nowhere!" and laugh merrily. But it's true! I turned down the hopeful entreaties of Paul Dergarabedian � even when he raised my salary offer and explained that one number was larger than the other number � and considered, but passed, on a job as Ben Silverman's personal tiger groomer. So I'm heading off into the sunset unencumbered. Well, I have to write an entire book by January. I'll also be contributing to Vulture and to the magazine every once in a while. Whatever, my plans are boring. What about your plans? What are you up to this fall?

Thanks to Lane for making me laugh every day, and thanks to Everett and Lori for making even the worst posts look good. Thanks to Ben, Jessica, Sara, and Nick for excellent editorial support. Thanks to my fellow bloggers, especially Chris and Jessica, the two finest gay men I have ever met. Thanks to all my other New York and nymag.com colleagues, plus all those people at MenuPages who I'm sure are very nice. And thanks to our enthusiastic readers, who never hesitate to praise a post or explain why we are morons who don't understand the majesty of caterwauling amateur David Cook.

After the jump, see video of my proudest-ever moment at Vulture. Bye!

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David Byrne & Brian Eno, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

27 years agone David Byrne of Talking Heads and Brian Eno of everything cool in music since 1973 made My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts. Its early sampleology, mixing third gear world ethicity with first base world engineering science and intellectualism, was, to put it simply, i of the most authoritative releases of the terminal 50 age; presaging music's rush into imminent globalism and the blurring of genre boundaries. Reunited, the pair take come up with a completely different beast. Anyone expecting boundaries to be broken here will be sorely foiled. Anyone expecting something intriguingly and sometimes maddeningly infectious will be in fortune.

With a crew of ambient guitar player Leo Abrahams and F-Ire Collective jazz figurehead, drummer Seb Rochford, Everything That Happens Will happen Today is in turns slinky, poppy, shopworn and fantastic. Sometimes all at erst. Described by Byrne as 'Electronic gospel', initial listens put you in mind of the space-age country twangs of Eno's Apollo soundtrack, but with vocals. Yet once you amaze past the foursquareness of some of the arrangements then it's the inside information that get going the neurons firing.

With Byrne intoning over Eno's musical ideas we get the geekiness of Byrne's voice filled to bursting by Eno's trademark dulcet harmonies. Songs like Home and Life Is Long (featuring, shock horror, a brass section) seem simplistic on the surface, thus far repeated plays make them harder and harder to resist. It's just the anticipation of hearing something world-shaking that gets in the way.

There are some blunders. The urban endanger of Feel My Stuff with its skittering forte-piano intro, or Poor Boy seem oddly empty, which is interesting as these are the numbers that most nearly resemble the stuff that made the pair famous.

But for every slightly misjudged step you get something as sweet as Life Is Long or One Fine daylight, which in true Enoesque fashion seems to both resemble some township intone AND a sea shanty.

No, it's not going to change your life. No, it's non remotely up there with the classics. But dammit, it's Eno and Byrne, and it's lovely.

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Axel Rudi Pell

   
Artist: Axel Rudi Pell

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   Metal
   Metal: Heavy
   Rock: Hard-Rock
   Other
   

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Discography:


   
 Diamonds Unlocked

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 11


   
 Mystica

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 10


   
 The Ballads III

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 11


   
 Kings and Queens

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 10


   
 Shadow Zone

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 10


   
 Ballads

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 10


   
 The Wizard's Chosen Few [CD 2]

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 9


   
 The Wizard's Chosen Few [CD 1]

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 10


   
 The Masquerade Ball

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 10


   
 The Maquerade Ball

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 10


   
 The Ballads II

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 11


   
 Oceans Of Time

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 10


   
 Magic

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 10


   
 Black Moon Pyramid

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 14


   
 Between The Walls

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 10


   
 Between The Wall

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 10


   
 The Ballads

   Year: 1993   
Tracks: 10


   
 Eternal Prisoner

   Year: 1992   
Tracks: 9


   
 Nasty Reputation

   Year: 1991   
Tracks: 9


   
 Wild Obsession

   Year: 1989   
Tracks: 10

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German guitar player Axel Rudi Pell is one of cloggy metal's masterminds, thanks to his volute playacting techniques and pinch-hitting riffs which crafted Pell as a mainstay in the hard john Rock genre for the majority of the hair metal '80s. His first band, Steeler, kicked off a mild calling in Europe during the early piece of the decennary, issuing trey albums (Steeler [1984], Rulin' the Earth [1985], Strike Back [1986]) prior to 1987's Undercover Animal, which signaled the beginning of Pell's long-sought solo calling. This professional junket allowed Pell to fully queer his riveting playing big businessman and collaborations betwixt he and other musicians. His 1989 debut Wild Obsession showcased ex-Steeler's bassist Volker Krawczak and vocal good luck charm from Charlie Huhn, simply 1991's soph effort proved Pell's finding. Cruddy Reputation was heavier, throttling with Rob Rock on vocals and a unequivocal stance for Pell to too breach upon neoclassical influences. Later albums such as Black Moon Pyramid (1996) and Oceans of Time (1998) were exquisitely down pat, churned-up interchangeable sounds of Rainbow and Deep Purple. Axel Rudi Pell proven his single star status, most celebratory, like guitar champion Yngwie Malmsteen, throughout the '90s as well, issuing a veer of releases spell left over a chief force out among the German charts.





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Angelina Jolie: 'Disney Offends Me And My Children'

Angelina Jolie and her two daughters have been left upset by Disney because none of their movies feature African princesses.

The pregnant star and partner Brad Pitt are disappointed by the lack of different cultures featured in children's films and are urging the movie giant to be more diverse.

The actress insists educating their children about culture is important in the Jolie-Pitt household.

She tells OK!: "(So) even the colour of the children in the cartoon matters.

"There still isn't a Disney princess that's African and it's very difficult because our daughters' getting into princesses right now and it upsets me."

Jolie and Pitt have three adopted children: Maddox, Pax, and Zahara, as well as biological daughter Shiloh.

Rowling offers glimpse into Harry prequel

LONDON (Reuters) - The secret of what happened before boy
wizard Harry Potter went to Hogwarts will be revealed through
the unusual channel of a charity auction next month.


Author JK Rowling has penned an 800-word outline of a
prequel to the seven book series that has made her into a
billionaire which will be sold at the auction on June 10 by
bookseller Waterstones.


The outline, which ends with the line "From the prequel I
am not working on -- but that was fun!" is one of 13 story
outlines written for the auction by famed authors including new
Bond writer Sebastian Faulks and Nobel laureate Doris Lessing.


"What's Your Story? just gets more and more exciting -- all
these brilliant works by amazing writers and illustrators,
every one a small masterpiece," said Waterstone's chief Gerry
Johnson.


"We never dreamed that JK Rowling would donate something so
precious, and we're incredibly grateful."


The money raised will go to charities English PEN and
Dyslexia Action.


Other authors who have donated outline works are Lisa
Appignanesi, Margaret Atwood, Lauren Child, Richard Ford, Neil
Gaiman, Nick Hornby, Michael Rosen, Axel Scheffler, Tom
Stoppard and Irvine Welsh.


(Reporting by Jeremy Lovell; editing by Paul Casciato)