New Jimmy Page Book from Genesis

Led Zep guitarist and actual Rock God Jimmy Page is the latest in a selected line of celebrated talents to get the Limited Edition treatment from Genesis Publishing. Genesis, if you don’t know, creates exquisite limited edition, lovingly made and depressingly priced, signed autobiographical photo books. Jimmy joins the publishers list that includes Clapton, Bowie, Spielberg, Richards and Shankar, who have all featured in the celebrated series. For Jimmy’s part, his handcrafted tome features 650 unseen pictures from his personal archive, bound lovingly in leather and Perspex, with a silk and leather slipcase to keep it in the condition that a £395.00 book should remain in.

Got the Bones to spare? Go buy it HERE and then come around to mine so I can shed a tear over its beauty.

'Hey Jude' Flowchart

by Sarah Goldblatt

Download: Underworld ‘Scribble’

Essex boys Karl Hyde and Rick Smith, aka Brit dance legends Underworld are back in business with their first work in 3 years. ‘Scribble’, from their 6^th studio album out this summer, is a free offering from the boys and co-producer High Contrast, and it’s waiting for you now over at www.underworldlive.com .

Download: The Cure ‘Alternative Rarities 1988 – 1989’

Painted Goth legends The Cure are shaping up for release of a loaded Deluxe Edition of ‘Disintegration’, their eighth studio album, by launching www.thecuredisintegration.com, where they’ve offered up a stack of demos, pictures, liner notes and a stream of 2 new songs ‘Tuned Out On RTV5’ and ‘Fuknnotfunk’.

More interestingly, they’re also streaming a rarities album of unheard demos and live tracks, which some naughty boys over at  Chain of Flowers have put up for a sneaky download. If you are feeling equally fiendish, you can get it HERE.

Check below for the tracklistings.

NWA ‘Straight Outta Compton’: Expletive Only Mix!

Like your Gangsta Rap tough? Ever thought that NWA’s seminal game changer ‘Straight Outta Compton’ is a little weak, a bit soft? Wanna hear it with everything BUT the explicit content edited out?

You’re in luck Player! Go Here!!

The ‘Fright Night’ Remake

If I blogged on every proposed remake/reboot of classic 80’s and early 90’s movies, then Standard Love Affair would become  entirely devoted to me crying my eyes out. Just off the top of my head I’ve recently read about the studios having a second pop at Commando, Red Dawn, Valley Girl, Conan, Total Recall and Highlander. Luckily, most of the remakes bandied about never really seem to materialise (save Karate Kid).

But some do! Oh, vampires are so sexy right now, and every studio seems to have a bloodsucker flick ready to go in to production. Rumour has it that the unbearable Michael Bay has snapped up my beloved ‘Near Dark’!!! I’d give my eyes to stop him moving on that one. Unfortunately, some slip through the net, and I somehow missed the growing momentum of the ‘Fright Night’ remake, until it was too late.

If I had known sooner, if somebody had just picked up the phone, then I could have been well on my way to LA with a trunk full of petrol bombs way before www.deadline.com could announce that Colin Fucking Farrell has been signed up to play Charlie Brewster’s new vapyric next door neighbour Jerry Dandrige!!

With that kind of casting precedent being set, I’m surprised that director Craig Gillespie hasn’t managed to shoehorn someone like perpetual douchebag Shia Labeouf into the role of Charlie Brewster, and further accelerate my race towards glorious suicide. For those who care to dwell upon this horror any further, the role of Brewster went to Anton Yelchin, the little dude who played Chekov in the new Star Trek movie. Meh!

Happy Birthday Stevie Wonder!