ASD loves Kat Williams' pimp game, especially his Boondocks character, A Pimp Named Slickback. You know, it's like A Tribe Called Quest -- you say the whole thing. Borat's prostitute, Luenell, will serve as a fitting host for the American Hustle Premiere at Mezzanine. Pimps up, hos down:
Live Nation is proud to announce the exclusive Bay Area screening of Katt Williams' new movie, "American Hustle". This event will take place on Friday, November 16th at Mezzanine in San Francisco and the show starts at 9pm. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis. There will be music and dancing at the conclusion of the advance screening.The advance screening of "American Hustle" will be hosted by Luenell. Luenell was one of the few actual actors in the 2006 hit mockumentary-styled comedy film, Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. In it, Luenell plays a prostitute of the same name, a hooker with a heart of gold. She has also been seen on the BET comedy series Comicview.
Disregard all those pictures of Nikki Sixx on your milk carton. Somebody pulled him out of limbo so he could put out a book:
Nikki Sixx has written a book, The Heroin Diaries, which is a number 7 NewYork Times bestseller! The book is comprised of old journals that Sixx kept
in 1986 and 1987 while struggling with his drug and alcohol addictions. It's
an extraordinarily compelling story, and is actually the first ever book with a corresponding soundtrack.
Nikki's promotional book tour will be swinging through SAN FRANCISCO on October 28, 2007, at Barnes and Noble, 11 West Hillsdale Blvd Hillsdale Shopping Center starting at 2:00pm.
Where would drug awareness be without the help of washed-up rock stars?
Queens of the Stone Age rock so hard, their gutbucket guitar riffs must spew on over to an extra night:
SECOND SHOW ADDED! ON SALE NOW!QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
The Warfield
Fri., December 21st, Doors 7:00 PM/ Show 8:00PM
Tickets are $29.50 main floor (general admission) and $29.50 balcony (reserved seating) plus applicable service charges...all ages
Due to overwhelming demand a second Queens of The Stone Age show has been added. Limited tickets for December 20th are currently still available.
Tickets are available at www.livenation.com.
Now if only they would bring back Oliveri and Grohl.
Put away your precious vinyl copies of Zoso and Houses of the Holy, 'cause now you can download Zep's entire catalog on iTunes:
Led Zeppelin is coming to iTunes for the first time with Mothership — a double album featuring the very best music from one of the greatest rock bands of all time. If that simply isn't enough Led Zep for you, we have literally everything in the form of The Complete Led Zeppelin, which includes the band's entire discography. They'll both be available on November 13.
Check out the iTunes link.
Siouxsie
Mantaray
(Decca)
God, it's good to have Siouxsie back. Not that she really went anywhere; since dissolving the Banshees after 1995's Rapture, the Goth goddess has recorded and toured with former side project Creatures, re-formed the Banshees for a spell and now—peek-a-boo! — released her first proper solo album. Sassy, sophisticated pop, Mantaray slinks around the fringes of Siouxsie's catalog and struts onto the dancefloor for the marimba-laced "Loveless" and electro-rocker "About to Happen." "They Follow You" has more than a hint of "Kiss Them for Me," but the rest of Mantaray moves to the chill-out room, sometimes too much so. Siouxsie's critique of consumerism, "Drone Zone," has a little trouble finding a pulse, and buzzy Bo Diddley beat "One Mile Below" just sort of hovers in place. But "If It Doesn't Kill You" is a postmodern torch song like Portishead in their prime; Siouxsie, her voice both cautionary and enticing, could show Amy Winehouse a thing or two. Speaking of, the brassy, John Barry-like swing of "Here Comes That Day" makes it hard to believe Sioux hasn't been tapped to record a James Bond theme. Chris Cornell? Sheryl Crow? Please. With Bond 22 now in the works, someone sign Siouxsie up. -- Chris Grey
I've been waiting years for someone else to capitalize on the gimmicky genius of Easy Cheese, but never expected it to go quite so far. Get a load of this: Pancakes and waffles in an aerosol can. No mixing, no dishes, no dripping, just pure propellent-driven mastery.
Batter Blaster promises " organic light and fluffy pancakes ... in minutes!" and I'm only slightly disturbed by the "pressurized, patent-pending process." Yet as The Grinder points out, there's something about the hokey TV ad on the site (bottom left corner) that just screams parody. Is it possible that Batter Blaster doesn't even exist? According to one commenter, it is an actual product. Here's hoping.
-- Brian Bernbaum
This will either be the coolest-looking thing, or stupidest looking thing I have ever seen. From the PR:
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::: SAT: Thriller Dance! ::::Saturday, October 27
Organized by Allegra Hirschman
Dolores Park on main steps facing Dolores Street
Performance at 3PM sharp
Dancers meet at 2PM
Thrill The World is a worldwide ATTEMPT to break the Guinness World Record
(GWR) for the Largest Simultaneous Dance with Michael Jackson's "Thriller."
Thousands of people in cities around the world will learn the " Thriller"
dance and perform it at the exact same time on October 27/ 28, 2007. To
learn the dance so you can join in on the record breaking performance visit
http://www.thrilltheworld.com/
-David Downs
The second edition of that venerable bastion of haute cuisine known as the Michelin Guide is out, and here are the not-so-shocking results: Thomas Keller's French Laundry in Yountville is the only restaurant in Northern California to receive the coveted three star rating, defined as "exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey."
Of the 600 restaurants visited by Michelin critics, 384 got one star, which translates in Michelin talk as "very good," including four San Francisco newcomers: Ame, Coi, Cortez and One Market. The only real losers this year are Bushi-Tei in San Francisco and Dry Creek Kitchen in Healdsburg, which both lost their single star rating from last year. I still don't understand what the hell tires have to do with restaurants, but whatever.
-- Brian Bernbaum
Looking for a little culture to go with your fright wig and black nail polish this Halloween? Chloe Veltman scares up a few not-to-be missed local performance events.
