Who would’ve ever imagined an advertisement for a new Web browser could actually carry an inspirational and moving message? Well, leave it to Lady GaGa to do just that in her “Edge of Glory” inspired ad for Google Chrome, below:
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Lady GaGa’s Inspirational Ad for Google Chrome
Monday, June 20, 2011
ERASURE Announce New Album Tomorrow’s World and US Tour!
While we’ve known ERASURE’s Andy Bell and Vince Clark have been hard at work in the recording studio for the past several months, we didn’t know when their new album would be completed. Well–the wait is over! The band announced today that their new studio album, entitled Tomorrow’s World, will be released this Fall from Mute Records. Also this Fall, ERASURE will tour the US with their Tomorrow’s World Tour, which stops at Orlando’s House of Blues on September 2nd. According to ERASURE Information Service:ERASURE RETURNS WITH BRAND NEW ALBUM TOMORROW’S WORLD + ANNOUNCE FIRST US TOUR DATES IN 5 YEARS!
Synthpop pioneers Erasure are back with Tomorrow’s World, the band’s first album in more than four years. The new album is out Fall 2011 and is produced by one of the UK dance scene’s most exciting new talents, Frankmusik, whose remixing credits include Lady Gaga, Pet Shop Boys, Ellie Goulding and Far East Movement, and whose solo album Complete Me debuted at number 13 in the UK Albums Chart. Tomorrow’s World was mixed by Rob Orton.
After Erasure’s triumphant return to the stage for Short Circuit presents Mute at the Roundhouse, London – a one-off performance which saw Vince Clarke perform with very special guests Alison Moyet and Feargal Sharkey – plus a performance at 2011’s Ultra Music festival, Erasure is bringing the new album to the USA for their first tour in five years.
The 25-date US tour begins on August 31st in Tampa, continues through September, and finishes in Seattle on October 6th. Tickets go on sale on Friday June 24th. Venue presales (not the EIS presale!) – which will offer a chance to preorder the new album Tomorrow’s World – will start on Wednesday June 22nd, see the Erasure website for details.
Tomorrow’s World was written in New York, London, and at Vince Clarke’s cabin studio in Maine following a short break, which found Andy Bell recording and releasing his second solo album Non Stop, and Vince Clarke reuniting with former Yazoo partner Alison Moyet for a recent tour. It was recorded in Maine, London and Los Angeles between January and June 2011, with Vince using his vintage collection of analog synths for the final touch. The end result is a collection of electronic songs that sound totally contemporary and classic at the same time. All songs are written by Bell and Clarke.
Tomorrow’s World is set for release on Mute in Fall 2011.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Lady GaGa Debuts Video for “Edge of Glory”
While “Edge of Glory” Lady GaGa’s third single from Born This Way peaked at the #3 spot on the Billboard Chart several weeks ago when it debuted, the pop superstar just released the video for the song on Thursday of this week. The video is a little less flashy than her previous ones. But the performer’s flare for the theatric is ever so present; and the quality of the song and its meaning (GaGa wrote the song about the death of her grandfather and the final moments she was able to spend with him prior to his death) shine through. This week, Born This Way finally fell from its #1 spot at the throne atop of the Billboard Albums Chart. It fell to #2 behind Adele’s new release 21. To date, Lady GaGa has sold over 1.5 million copies of Born This Way and the album has spawned 4 top-10 hits, with the title single (“Born This Way”) remaining in the #1 spot for a whopping 6 weeks! Born This Way is available at retail outlets nationwide and for digital download through iTunes from Interscope Records. Take a look at the video for “Edge of Glory” through VEVO below:
West End’s Love Never Dies Closing; Australian Production Gaining Momentum
Playbill is reporting today that Love Never Dies, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s sequel to The Phantom of the Opera is closing on the West End. The tumultuous West End production opened to mixed critical reception. Webber also intervened with the show and rearranged key elements of the original staging by replacing the director and creative team for the West End’s Love Never Dies. According to the article:
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies, his continuation of The Phantom of the Opera story, will shutter at the West End’s Adelphi Theatre Aug. 27. It was previously booking through January 2012. No press statement has been issued, but the troubled musical, which originally opened in March 2010, had previously been revamped last December, after a brief hiatus for production changes to be implemented. Original director Jack O’Brien and choreographer Jerry Mitchell have long departed the project.
While this staging of this show is closing, the Australian mounting of the production is garnering terrific reviews. Webber himself is delighted in the Australian version of the show and has been quoted as saying this is the version he wants to bring to Broadway sometime this year or next. As Playbill explains:In May, an entirely different production was launched in Melbourne, Australia. At the time, Lloyd Webber told the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, “I would like this show to go everywhere because I think it’s just the best. This is the show that should go to Broadway without any question.”Webber is currently securing the financial backing the show needs to run on the Great White Way. The production closing on the West End had an opening budget of $9 million.
Friday, June 3, 2011
Research Accepted for Presentation at 2011 Conference of American Public Health Association
I received some GREAT news yesterday! My proposal to present my research:Blackwell, C.W. & Eden, C. (2011, April). Human papillomavirus and anorectal knowledge in men who have sex with men.was accepted for presentation at the 2011 Annual Conference of the American Public Health Association (APHA). APHA is the nation’s premier organization of public health professionals. Getting accepted to present at APHA is an incredible honor and it is by far my biggest accomplishment for a professional presentation in my career! I am very excited to be presenting in Washington, DC in November!
Born This Way Debuts and Stays at #1!
Not that it is of any real surprise, but Lady GaGa’s new album Born This Way debuted as the #1 best-selling album in the country and has remained there for the last two weeks! In addition, Billboard announced today it is projecting the album to remain #1 next week as well. It has already sold 1.1 million copies! The album is also #1 in Billboard’s Dance/ Electronica Chart and Digital Albums Chart. Born This Way also debuted and remains at #1 in the UK, Germany, and Canada! The album has already spawned 4 top-10 hits for GaGa, including “Born This Way” (which shattered records in its debut at #1 and remained the top single for 6 weeks!) “Judas,” “Edge of Glory,” and “Hair.” Born This Way is available in retail outlets nationwide from Interscope Records and from digital download from iTunes and Amazon.