Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (2009)

Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (2009)

In Tinker Bell and the Lost TreasureTinker Bell's greatest adventure yet takes place in Autumn, as the fairies are on the mainland changing the colors of the leaves, tending to pumpkin patches, and helping geese fly south for the winter. The rare Blue Moon will rise, and when its light passes through the magical Fall Scepter that Tinker Bell has been summoned to create, Pixie Hollow's supply of pixie dust will be restored. But when Tinker Bell accidentally puts all of Pixie Hollow in jeopardy, she must venture out across the sea on a secret quest to set things right..

Along her journey Tink meets new friends, including Blaze, a cute and courageous firefly that helps Tinker Bell complete her mission. It's a long and dangerous journey, full of astonishing encounters, a few narrow escapes and a daring rescue by Tink's friend Terence. Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure is an exciting adventure and a once-in-a-blue-moon experience for the entire family.


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Fashion Focus Chicago 2009 Dress Code Fashion Show

Fashion Focus Chicago 2009 Dress Code Fashion Show
Millennium Park's Chase Promenade - Chicago, IL, USA - October 23, 2009
by Tamara Jenkins, photo by Percy Ollie, Jr.

2009 marks the fifth year of Fashion Focus Chicago, the city's one-week series of events celebrating and showcasing local talent in Chicago's budding fashion community.

Launched in 2005, Fashion Focus Chicago is an initiative that promotes the 375 independent fashion boutiques and 400+ designers living and working in the city and includes shopping, industry seminars, networking events and, of course, runway shows such as Macy's presents the Designers of Chicago, Gen Art's Fresh Faces and Dress Code, the Chicago Fashion Design Schools fashion show.

Held in Millennium Park's Chase Promenade, Dress Code featured the top five student designers and recent graduates from Colombia College Chicago, Illinois Institute of Art- Chicago, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the International Academy of Design and Technology.

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Buckcherry, Interview with Josh Todd

Buckcherry, Interview with Josh Todd
Interview Conducted June 2009
by Jackie Lee King, photo by Dan Locke

Buckcherry was formed after lead vocalist JoshTodd met lead guitarist Keith Nelson through their tattoo artist after discovering a common love of AC/DC. The duo made a few demos before being joined by bassist Jonathan Brightman and drummer DevonGlenn, calling themselves Sparrow. Sparrow began performing around the Hollywood club scene, receiving a strong, local following due to their old school rock and roll vibe, and were signed to DreamWorks Records shortly after. The group changed its name to Buckcherry after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from a record label called Sparrow, with Buckcherry being a spoonerism of Chuck Berry, however, the group said it was inspired by a drag queen acquaintance of theirs named Buck Cherry.

Josh Todd and Keith Nelson did perform together along with ex-Guns N' Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum (also of The Cult) at the Randy Castillo tribute concert. Speculation ensued that Josh Todd would become the lead vocalist of the Project headed up by Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum. Josh Todd spent a month in the studio, reportedly completing 10 songs, but was abruptly dropped from the project by Slash. Scott Weiland of the Stone Temple Pilots was eventually chosen to helm the band that would become known as Velvet Revolver.

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Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)

Get ready, for the dawn of a new age! Manny, Sid, Diego and Ellie are back for more pre-hysterical hijinks when Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs stomps onto Three-Disc Blu-ray Disc/DVD Combo Pack October 27 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. The third film in the outrageously popular Ice Age franchise, the sub-zero heroes return another wild and fun adventure. Scrat is still trying to nab the ever-elusive nut (while maybe finding true love); Manny and Ellie await the birth of their mini-mammoth; Diego the saber-toothed tiger wonders if he's growing too "soft" hanging with his pals and Sid the sloth gets into trouble when he creates his own makeshift family by hijacking some dinosaur eggs. On a mission to rescue the hapless Sid, the gang ventures into a mysterious underground world, where they have some close encounters with dinosaurs, battle flora and fauna, run amuck, and meet a relentless, one-eyed dino-hunting weasel named Buck. The coolest animated comedy of the year, Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs features hilarious performances from Ice Age veterans Ray Romano ("Everybody Loves Raymond"), John Leguizamo (The Happening), Denis Leary ("Rescue Me"), Queen Latifah (The Secret Life of Bees), Seann William Scott (Planet 51) and Josh Peck ("Drake & Josh"), along with newcomers Bill Hader (Forgetting Sarah Marshall), Kristen Wiig ("Saturday Night Live"), Jane Lynch ("Glee") and Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead).


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Push Play – Red Hot and Burnin' it Up!

Push Play – Red Hot and Burnin' it Up!
Subterranean - Chicago, IL, USA - October 13, 2009
by Anita Maree Lande

You will be drawn in by the good looks of this four piece band from Long Island, NY. But then you will be spun in by the fun, pop-rocking songs that will leave you craving for more. The band is currently on tour promoting their new CD release called Found on their Midnight Romeo Tour. When the band took stage, the mostly all female crowd of fans were ready to rock. CJ Baran - the model-looking lead singer and guitarist took control and led off the night with their perfect pop-rocker Watch It Burn which led into Heart Attack and the whoa-whoa sing-along Away,Away. Other catchy tunes performed were Barely Legal and Start Again. The band seemed thrilled to be back in Chicago and they all shared lead vocals when they did a knock-out Push Play version of the Beastie Boys hit - Fight For Your Right. They also performed Covergirl - a high energy song about finding that perfect face in a magazine and their big smash of the night was their own Midnight Romeo. The band selected one lucky girl from the audience, led her on stage, and she was their Midnight Juliet as they sang their song to her.

This band has the makings of being the next big thing. Definitively Push Play to take a listen to this band!


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Jonathan Coulton: Year of the Monkey, or how a musical [evil] genius coded.

Jonathan Coulton: Year of the Monkey, or how a musical [evil] genius coded.
Interview Conducted August 2009
by Jackie Lee King

Please find attached the final and completed interview with Mr. Coulton. It has come to management's attention that many of employees have been listening to his "geek culture" songs and have been downloading his music from the Internet. This is a practice that we do not support. Although we do recognize his genius when it comes to his deadpan comedic performances that often inspire many to go out and appropriate his music to compose art, parody videos [Editors Note: Ironic], and even a dance craze or two (i.e. the song "Code Monkey")

It is very brave for Mr. Coulton to have left his corporate job many years ago, in the midst of having his second baby. No, he did not have the baby, his wife did. Upon leaving his programming position he set out to complete 52 songs in 52 weeks with his 'Thing a Week' project. Upon successfully completing this task he set out to bring his music to the masses though mini-tours across this great nation of ours. This is documented in his current DVD release, "The Best Concert Ever," though the ideals and stories continued herein do not necessarily represent the opinions of our parent corporation, nor its affiliates; Mr. Coulton is out there on his own. We do not support the abuse zombies, monkeys, (evil) geniuses, or any of the individuals who may be subject of his commentary. We have zero-tolerance for Henchmen that support his silly songs. The abridged, sanitized, and cleaned up and compliant version of the interview follows.

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Summer's Fall Fashion Show Debuts the Hottest Trends to Transition

Summer's Fall Fashion Show Debuts the Hottest Trends to Transition
63rd Street Beach House - Chicago, IL, USA - September 12, 2009
by Sommer Thorton, photos by Percy Ollie, Jr.

There couldn't have been a more perfect venue for last weeks Summer's Fall Fashion Show. The roof of the 63rd Street Beach house in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood provided a natural runway and backdrop to display the hottest designs for Summer and Fall by 828, Personal Privilege, and (emee). As the sun glistened against the shores of Lake Michigan the models ripped the runway to soul and techno remixes. It was like watching a glamorous show in a decadent castle.

Though unique, the three local lines had one common thread-They addressed the need for transitional pieces that take can be worn late Summer to Fall. Especially in Chicago, the weather can change from summer solstice to blistery fall in an hour. So early September to late October when the sandals and spaghetti straps are put away and ladies hold off donning boots, they're left with few options.

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Stephen Gately: Gately and the Glory Days of Boy Bands

Stephen Gately: Gately and the Glory Days of Boy Bands
(March 17, 1976 – October 10, 2009)
by Joy Anne Icayan

Stephen Gately is dead. For the kids of this generation, the name means nothing, but for us growing up in the nineties, the era of boy bands could have lasted forever. Stephen Gately was famous being one half of Boyzone's voice, the other half belonging to Ronan Keating, the rest of the band functioning as synchronized echoes and backdrop for the band's music videos. Gately came out and broke the hearts of many girls. He however, stood by his decision to go public, using the band's own theme song No Matter What to fuel his bravery: No matter what they tell us / no matter what they say. In the same year, a Filipino trashy film about a lone man in a mountain tribe who needed to impregnate pretty and half naked tribeswomen used the song for a sex scene. It was proof that adults didn't think much of boy band music.

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Rachel Williams, Interview

Rachel Williams, Musical truth in the midst of lovers and liars.
Interview conducted in June 2009
by Jackie Lee King

I met Rachel Williams in the media room during the annual CMA Fan Festival in Nashville. We were both taking a break in the action when I commented about how healthy she eats. Her response was, "this is not commonplace." After a bit conversation we both introduced ourselves and realized that we should have set up an interview. Considering our agendas were full up for that day we agreed to catch up over the phone a week later.

The budding siren, a native of Belleville, MI, conquered the club and fair circuits of Michigan and surrounding states in her teens, handling the bulk of booking responsibilities herself, but she finally gained national exposure on the USA Network's Nashville Star2. Working as a waitress at the time the show aired, she soon became known to two million viewers as "that Cracker Barrel girl."

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Halestorm: There's a Hale storm a commin, to your town!

Halestorm: There's a Hale storm a commin, to your town!
Interview conducted in June 2009
by Jackie Lee King, photo by Dan Locke


Halestorm formed in York, Pennsylvania in 1998 while in middle school, Lzzy Hale (lead vocals, rhythm guitar) and her brother Arejay Hale (drums, percussion), which now includes Joe Hottinger (lead guitar, backing vocals) and Josh Smith (bass, backing vocals). Lzzy grew up no more than a stones throw away from another famous Pennsylvanian, Taylor Swift, as her family probably bought a few trees from Swift family's Christmas Tree Farm over the years. That's where the similarities end. Halestom is a hard rock band that was singed to Atlantic Records a few years ago and has just released (April 2009) their first self-titled major label record.

I had lined up an interview with Lzzy at Rock on the Range (ROTR) in Columbus, Ohio but because of the madness of festival shows, I only had time to get a picture and a kiss on the cheek. The phrase, "call me" was uttered and I didn't think much of it; sometimes you just miss a great interview, luck of the draw man. It was about a week later that I got the confirmation that I would be doing a phone interview with her while in the midst of some tour dates. Among other things like cooking, i.e. crock pot donuts and where to find polenta on the road, this is what we talked about.
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311 Fall & Winter Tour Preview

311 Fall & Winter Tour Preview
by Dan Hargesheimer

311 once again announce they will be taking to the road this fall and winter, to help promote their newest release, Uplifter. The fans are psyched to hear the energetic, positive songs that 311 continue to pump out and play live, because they do it with all their heart and soul year after year!

The guys of 311 will take their fall and winter tour all they way from Tokyo, Japan, to Chicago, to a couple of stops in Texas, for a total of 21 shows in a matter of a few months. The stop in Tokyo will take place at the end of September then the majority of the tour will start at the beginning of November. Opening acts include State Radio, Kottonmouth Kings and Slightly Stoopid.

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Jay-Z Performance at the House of Blues- "Once in a Lifetime"

Jay-Z Performance at the House of Blues- "Once in a Lifetime"
House of Blues - September 8, 2009 - Chicago, IL, USA
by Sommer Thornton, photo by Raymond Boyd

Jay-Z's swag was on a million last night. Wearing all black with an icy black charm, Jigga had a stance of a man ten feet tall...modest billionaire at the least. His free concert, sponsored by Samsung and AT&T, was part of the Summer Krush concert series, an exclusive tour that previously featured acts like Mariah Carey, Nelly, and Good Charlotte. The fact that only a few hundred of Jay-Z's loyal fans could attend made the one-hour performance a truly unique experience.

Jay-Z and his comrade, Memphis Bleek, Rocafeller Records veteran artist, ripped the stage. Not only did fans get to sample new songs from Jay-Z's new album "Blueprint III", released that morning, but they saw him perform some of the hottest cuts from his last 3 albums. Songs like "Takeover" and "Allure" had little air play. Still fans sang along so fervently that Jigga stopped the performance and jokingly asked the audience to help him remember the lyrics to a new song, "Venus vs. Mars."


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