Martin Scorsese Directing a Bob Marley Documentary Next

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20070830_bob_marley.jpgThis post was posted by Alex Billington and I happened to stumble upon it on this site. and I think the original article came from this site.

With a man like Bob, there are just too many to stories to tell and just too many ways to do it. Here’s a parcel of the article on the said site:

Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese is incredibly busy these days, finishing a Rolling Stones documentary titled Shine a Light due out in a few months and starting pre-production work on a thriller titled Shutter Island. Announced today is the addition of another documentary in Scorsese’s line-up, this one about legendary reggae musician Bob Marley. The currently untitled film has been authorized by Marley’s family and is aiming for release on February 6th, 2010, the same day as Marley’s would be 65th birthday. I only need one word to describe this: awesome!

Bob Marley’s oldest living son, Ziggy Marley, is a well-known reggae musician as well. Ziggy enthusiastically commented on the announcement, saying, “I am thrilled that the Marley family will finally have the opportunity to document our father’s legacy and are truly honored to have Mr. Scorsese guide the journey.” The same production team behind the Rolling Stones documentary Shine a Light will be again working with Scorsese on this documentary.

Continue reading the article here.

“Marley was a pioneer not only because he single-handedly brought reggae to the world, but because his passionate, socially observant music has become a yardstick against which all reggae will forever be measured.”

April 6, 2008 | Filed Under Of Broken Chords and High Notes | 1 Comment 

Traffic! Panic?

It’s just 5 days past April and my webspace has had an incredible or should I say “good” amount of traffic. For five days, my traffic has surpassed the average hits per month.

It may be good news as more people will now be able to read my blog entries but in return, too much traffic may cause my bandwith usage to go up and eventually I will be billed for excess traffic.. LOL!

As of now, I’m just overwhelmed though not all visitors came to read the entries, I suspect most of these came from people who are using Stumble. Still, I’m OVERWHELMED! It makes me want to post more interesting entries. :)
Here’s the screen shot of my overall traffic for the whole existence of my space. CLICK THE THUMBNAIL:

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April 5, 2008 | Filed Under Of Anything Black and White | 1 Comment 

CBGB OMFUG email!

f-a-07-09-cbgb.jpgOh My Freaking Underground GOD! [ that’s what OMFUG stands for me..] Just registered myself for a CBGB email address. Nothing signficant though, but I am a big fan of the club that I just so wanted to have an email address with their domain name. The club hosted some performances of Hardcore/Punk’s best bands like Agnostic front and the Ramones.

Bohoo! For everybody’s sake, here’s a brief history of the club:

CBGB (Country, Blue Grass, and Blues) was a music club at 315 Bowery at Bleecker Street in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Founded by Hilly Kristal in 1973, it was originally intended to feature its namesake musical styles, but became a forum for American punk and punk-influenced bands like Ramones, Television, the Patti Smith Group, Mink Deville, The Dead Boys, The Dictators, The Fleshtones, Richard Hell & The Voidoids, Blondie and Talking Heads.

The storefront and large space next door to the club served as the CBGB Record Store for many years. Eventually, in the late eighties, the record store was closed and replaced with a second performance space and art gallery, named CB’s 313 Gallery. The gallery went on to showcase many popular bands and singer/songwriters who played in a musical style more akin to acoustic rock, folk, jazz, or experimental music, while the original club continued to present the best in harder, louder post-punk, metal, and alternative rock acts.

The club closed in October 2006. The final concert was performed by Patti Smith on Sunday October 15.[1] CBGB Fashions (the CBGB store, wholesale department, and online store) stayed open until October 31 at 315 Bowery. On November 1, 2006 CBGB Fashions moved to 19-23 St. Mark’s Place, where it remains today.

Sad but true, the bar has stopped operations since 2006. It was one of my dream to play in CBGB or just watch any band play in CBGB. Well, at least their website http://cbgb.com is still running and now I have my own email address@cbgb.com. w00t!

For more info, check this WIKI LINK..

April 3, 2008 | Filed Under Of Anything Black and White | 2 Comments 

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