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Катя Красснер в связи с планирующимся выходом книги - собрания перлов фанатов, которые за все эти годы ей присылали в Ask Katy открыла блог на МайСпейсе
http://www.myspace.com/askkatybook

А заодно и решила рассказать о каждом из ДД (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Kicking off 2007
Current mood: chipper
Category: Music

OK, so it seems like ya'll like the blogs

So I will keep doing them




A popular question that people ask of me is what the band are REALLY like….and while I am probably not the most objective person to ask, I do think I have a decent perspective. I am, after all, their longest standing employee (Dave C started one month after me)….


So I will start with the singer. Cause he's the easiest for me to do.


First of all, he is WAY smarter than he lets on, and I am certain he does this on purpose. He doesn't forget a thing you tell him, even if you told him ten years before. He will reference it back to you in some form, some way, some how, and totally knock you for a loop. "You remembered that?!" I say. He never answers, he just looks smug. I am never sure if telling him a secret is a good idea.


He is – contrary to what seems to be popular belief – one of the most considerate people I have ever met. He always looks people in the eye when speaking to them – a trait I admire and am often surprised is not universal.


What else can I tell you about him that wouldn't embarrass him or me? He likes to tease me. He makes fun of the way I speak. Often. He tries to teach me something new whenever I am with him. Sometimes, months later, he will tell me that what he told me that day was completely made up. I want to get mad at him for doing that, but I never do. He is my lunch buddy and whenever we are together we almost always have lunch together. We are dessert buddies too and he always divides whatever we share right down the middle. He is fair that way.


My opinion matters to him.


Sometimes, I read things fans write about him and it makes me sad. He is probably one of the most genuine people I know.




I have different types of relationships with each of them. Simon is the brother I always wished I had.




January 3, 2007

Currently listening :
Notorious
By Duran Duran
Release date: By 29 June, 1993

[Viccc]

Плей-лист от Ника от 25 января 2007 года:

New playlist from Nick
Category: Music


Nick's choices this time around:

"Downtown" from Liberty
"To the Shore" from Duran Duran
"Medazzaland" from Medazzaland
"What Happens Tomorrow" from Astronaut

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Вот еще статья про Ника на myspace.com:

Nick Rhodes Joins Bono, Phillipe Stark, Karl Lagerfeld & Bryan Adams, Among Others, To Design Exclusive, 'RockCouture' Guitar

DURAN DURAN keyboardist, Nick Rhodes, has joined BONO, PHILLIPE STARK, KARL LAGERFELD, BRYAN ADAMS and a host of other stars to design and create his very own customised guitar, which will be on display as part of the 'Born To Rock' exhibition at HARRODS in London, from this coming Friday, February 2nd until Saturday, March 3rd, 2007.

This stunning exhibition, which was launched at Galeries Lafayette in Paris, and then played to record-breaking crowds and rave reviews at the National Museum of Ireland for eight straight weeks, gathers together over 150 priceless guitars, many of which have been either specially designed and built or never displayed before.

Divided into three stunning categories: 'Born To Rock™' showcases:

-- More than fifty unique and individually customised pieces, which together form the "RockCouture™" collection

-- An unprecedented collection of rare and vintage guitars - including the world's first electric guitar known as the "Frying Pan" (1931); and

-- Legendary guitars that have been played by many of the world's leading rockers, including Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Noel Gallagher, the Edge, Marc Bolan, Neil Young, and blues great Rory Gallagher.

Amongst the most inventive and spectacular displays, the Nick Rhodes' Guitar is a stunning "state-of-the-art" masterpiece, for which a Fender was hollowed out and the entire front of the body was replaced with a digital screen that allows customized film footage to play across the entire surface. This has created something that is both visually dynamic and unique – and that, in itself, was a technical challenge, that required design engineers in both the US and UK for the customization. Now an absolute one-of-a-kind, the guitar has a hefty price-tag attached to it – and promises to raise a significant amount for the exhibition's charitable causes when it is auctioned off later this Spring

Commenting on the guitar and forthcoming "Born To Rock™" exhibition Nick Rhodes said; "The Fender Stratocaster is a true design classic, visually it has remained much the same since it was first launched in 1954, so it was a real challenge to create a new interpretation. As a keyboard player, I was thrilled to be asked and decided to turn the guitar into a TV monitor. Since this had not been done before, I encountered numerous unexpected technical difficulties, but with the help of an expert team we were able to carve out the interior of the guitar body and pack it full of pixels. We then replaced the front plate with a semi translucent material so that the images generated would shine through. It was also very important that you were still able to play the guitar, so it simply has one additional cable which links to the computer providing the video content. When I curated the film we are using, it became evident that stark, graphic visuals and psychedelic patterns worked best. I am proud to say that this is the world's first TV guitar, I named it The Pixelator."

Within the exhibition, the Nick Rhodes Guitar will feature as one of the "RockCouture™" collection, alongside customised guitars, personalised and uniquely designed by a veritable who's who of artists and designers from the worlds of art, fashion and pop, including Bono, Bryan Adams, Phillipe Stark, Patrick Cox, Sir Peter Blake, Lord Richard Rogers, David LaChapelle, Jennifer Lopez, Graham Coxon, Philip Treacy and society jeweller Theo Fennell. Following the exhibition, these guitars will be auctioned off by Christies, with a view to raising over £1,000,000 for a number of different charities, nominated by the individual creators, including Keep A Child Alive, Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres, and Amnesty International.

Both the "RockCouture™" collection and "Born To Rock™" were conceived and curated by Ian Spero, the CEO of leading music marketing agency BigTime.TV.

DURAN DURAN are currently in the final stages of writing and recording the follow-up to their multi-platinum 'Astronaut' album (2004). The new album which is due for release in the Summer, will feature a collaboration with Justin Timberlake and three tracks produced by Timbaland (Missy Elliot/Jay Z/Justin Timberlake/Snoop Dog).

DURAN DURAN will join Sir Elton John, Bryan Ferry, Joss Stone and Pharrell Williams amongst others to perform at the Concert For Diana on the 1st July at Wembley Stadium. The band are expected to tour again later this year.


www.rockchic.tv
www.borntorock.tv
www.duranduran.com

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Новости и открытка от Ника из студии на MySpace:

"As I write to you, we are all sequestered together in a London studio amidst the tools of creation: guitars, keyboards, drums, percussion, computers, racks of effects and miles of cables connecting our raw ideas as they are committed to song. These are the final recording sessions for our forthcoming album. What seemed like a poem without an ending is finally starting to make sense, every moment another groove, another tune and some scattered words are married in musical alchemy.

This journey began in September 05 in the hills of Tiburon overlooking San Francisco, the same view that inspired many a Beat poet effortlessly stirred a rhythm in our band of gypsies. The genetic code of Duran Duran began to unravel and by the time we departed there was an air of confidence, a feeling that we had nearly completed the next album... but then fate always hides a card.

Our metamorphosis throughout 2006 developed in unexpected ways, maybe Kafka could have concocted an explanation, but the fiction became friction and our reality changed. Looking back has never been an appealing view for this crew. In September 06 we reconvened in New York City with one black suit down. Our sound exploded with pop culture's brightest flowers, we unlocked some doors that had been closed for far too long, and released a startling energy which manifested itself in the songs. The vision became clear, we returned to everything that had lured us in when we first met, the room was on fire.

Today I am smiling because I believe the genesis of this project has led us blindfolded to where we want to be, and here in London right now is that place, we are working with producer Nate Hills and engineer Jimmy Douglas, the combustion is not containable. I could try to conceal my excitement and anticipation for unleashing this record, but I'm not a good liar... This is for us, this is for you, for me it is without question the most exciting, vibrant, over amped Duran Duran release for many new moons, so let's see where the space ship takes us."

Nick Rhodes
03-2-07

A postcard from the studio

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Новый плей-лист от Роджера на myspace от 27 февраля:

New playlist from Roger
Category: Music


Roger has chosen the profile's latest playlist:

Out of My Mind (Perfecto Mix) - from the Out of My Mind CD single
Sound of Thunder - from the first album
Nice - from Astronaut
Rio - from Rio

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Новый плей-лист от Джона от 20 марта 2007 года на MySpace.com:

New playlist from JT
Category: Music

There's a new playlist on the profile's music player, chosen by Mr. John Taylor, and now we can have five songs on the player!

JT's picks are:

"Meet El Presidente" from Notorious
"Too Much Information" from The Wedding Album
"Lay Lady Lay" from Thank You
"Chains" from Astronaut
"Planet Earth (Night Version)" which is available on the Singles 81-85 box set


А также новая эксклюзивная фотография группы:

Сообщение отредактировал Viccc - 21/03.2007 - 11:24

[Eleanor Rockby]

"Chains" from Astronaut

А также новая эксклюзивная фотография группы:

Класс... моя любимая песня! )))

Жаль, что фотка маленькая.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[rokakosha]

Класс... моя любимая песня! )))

Жаль, что фотка маленькая.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

ага ничегошеньки не видать на ней...
а вот chains мне ненравится (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)

[Midnight Sun]

ага ничегошеньки не видать на ней...
а вот chains мне ненравится (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)

да ну, офигенная песня, по-моему... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)

[Viccc]

Новый плей-лист от Саймона от 27 апреля:

Fame
Thank You
To the Shore
We Need You
Silent Icy River

[Midnight Sun]

Новый плей-лист от Саймона от 27 апреля:

Fame
Thank You
To the Shore
We Need You
Silent Icy River

отлично, у меня нет 3-х песен из пяти... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

[Viccc]

отлично, у меня нет 3-х песен из пяти... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

См. личку. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)

[Midnight Sun]

См. личку. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)

смотрю (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

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Новый плей-лист от Роджера на MySpace с комментариями:

My current fave Duran moments of all time ...

Wild Boys 12" (aka Wilder Than Wild Boys Extended Mix) - still irresistibly stomping.

Hungry Like the Wolf - an all-time favourite with our live audiences.

Instant Karma - I think this version beats all other brands!

Virus - techno rocker that narrowly escaped from the "Astronaut" album at the last minute ... but one of my favourites from that period.

Notorious - A classic slab of '80s funk that's amazing to play live.

[Song list with notes by Roger Taylor]

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[Viccc]

2 NEW SONGS on Simon’s new playlist

NITE RUNNER - Well I think it's the funkiest thing we've done

FALLING DOWN – A song from the heart. Pride comes before a fall, but this song is about the enduring nature of human dignity and the will to survive even the most difficult situations – it's about hope.

SIN OF THE CITY – We have John to thank for this lyric about a tragedy at a nightclub in New York City. I think it's a very important track of "The Wedding Album."

TO THE SHORE – because it wasn't on the American version of our album, here it is now (that was later amended, wasn't it). People always ask me what a "sanhedralite" means. I thought it was a proper word but really, it wasn't.

WE NEED YOU – because we do...need you!

Сообщение отредактировал Viccc - 09/09.2007 - 14:54

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DURAN DURAN
Red Carpet Massacre, the new studio album
Released on Epic, November 13, 2007


Duran Duran's RED CARPET MASSACRE marks an all time creative high in the band's illustrious 29-year career. Like all good things, it came to those who waited.

By May 2006, after a two-year tour in support of their previous album ASTRONAUT, Duran Duran had completed 14 songs for a record provisionally titled 'Reportage.' But according to singer Simon LeBon "When we sat down and listened to what we had done on our own, we didn't feel we had a lead track, so we got in touch with Timbaland, who was the only producer out there that we knew we all liked." America's most pop savvy producer was more than happy to help and a session was duly set up at the Manhattan Center Studios in New York in September of the same year. What none of the band realized prior to taking off in this new direction, however, was that one of their biggest fans, Justin Timberlake, was also keen to get involved in the project, so when they arrived in the US he made room in the middle of his album release campaign to spend time in the studio with them.

But as if this new collaboration wasn't enough to really change things up, in the midst of all this, guitarist Andy Taylor split with the band, and with his departure the remaining four band members opted to change tack and start over completely.

"It was a real revelation working with producers that just understood the 'groove factor'," enthuses keyboardist Nick Rhodes "And this really brought back the heart and the spirit of Duran Duran. They're an extraordinary team," he continues. "They have a fantastic chemistry in the studio."

"With these guys on board it was as if Duran Duran had been taken and surrounded in chrome," adds bassist John Taylor.

"In the past we always went to the big cities to work with the people that were having hit records on the dance floor," explains drummer Roger Taylor. "When we got to New York last year we found that inspiration again."

With three glorious tracks under their belt (Nite-Runner, Skin Divers and Zoom In), the new Duran left US shores and returned to the UK where they proceeded to make an album that sounded quite different to 'Reportage' with a new production team headed by Timbaland's right hand man Nate 'Danja' Hills and long-time Timbaland collaborator Jimmy Douglass. According to drummer Roger Taylor; "the first time we met Timbaland we were very impressed with this guy sitting in the corner, Nate Hills. Not only was he one of the most incredible beat guys we'd ever come across, he was also a great musician – which filled the gap that might otherwise have been left with Andy gone. So after the initial sessions in New York, we basically kidnapped him and took him to London. He's got so many ideas. Talent in bucket loads."

Most of RED CARPET MASSACRE was recorded in three sessions: the first with Timbaland, with a guest spot from Timberlake, at the Manhattan Center Studios in New York; the second phase on the band's home turf, Sphere Studios in Wandsworth, London over Christmas 2006, presided over by Nate Hills and Jimmy Douglass. And the final burst at Metropolis Studios in West London, produced by Hills and Douglass in early '07.

And that would have been that, had it not been for a chance meeting in Birmingham in the Spring when Simon LeBon hooked up again with Justin Timberlake during his UK tour. "Justin asked to hear everything we'd recorded and at the end he said, 'I think you need an Ordinary World to round things out.'" Duran's 1992 smash, Timberlake revealed, had been his favorite song when he was a pop crazed 14 year old. And as LeBon remarks, with powerful understatement: "What goes around, comes around."

A few days later when Justin's tour touched down in Manchester, England, Duran Duran and Timberlake got together in Blueprint studio and spent 36 hours writing and recording Falling Down – a tune destined to rank as one of the finest pop songs of the early 21st century and now the first single from their upcoming release. Marking one of Timberlake's first solo productions, this 'tempo-ballad' as Justin describes it is "very Duran Duran. He (Simon) wrote some very melancholic/inspirational/cryptic lyrics that are beautiful," explains Justin. "I think it's certainly one of the best lyrics that Simon's written for a very long time," concurs Nick.

Its parent album RED CARPET MASSACRE is consistently bold and adventurous. "We had to let go of most of our old ideas of what it means to be a band making this," notes bassist John Taylor, a point which is expanded by Nick Rhodes: "Most of our producers this time had never worked with a band before, and we'd never worked without a guitarist." "We really had to put our egos aside," adds Roger Taylor. "We've always been very self-contained in the past."

All four band members agree that they have never worked so hard and fast on any album as they did on RED CARPET MASSACRE. The results, however, speak for themselves. A stellar album that is daring and contemporary and yet quintessentially Duran Duran.

"By the time we get to finish an album," explains John. "It always feels to me like 'wow'… there's a book in there. This is another massive chapter in the band's history. We've made a record that we all feel really good about."

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Tracklisting, with comments by Simon LeBon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Roger Taylor and Timbaland

The Valley
Music: Duran Duran and Nate Hills
Lyrics: Simon LeBon
Co-produced by Duran Duran, Nate Hills and Jimmy Douglass

JT: "This was the breakthrough, the crossover, the song we could build an album around. We set up the gear in the control room and came up with a progressive groove. It's ended up becoming the album opener and feels like the perfect track to start our upcoming shows with."
SLeB: "It's about looking at life as moments rather than achievements. It's about making one's way through the trials and tribulations of life."


Red Carpet Massacre
Music: Duran Duran and Nate Hills
Lyrics: Simon LeBon
Co-produced by Duran Duran, Nate Hills and Jimmy Douglass

NR: "Punk electronica - a bit like Warm Leatherette, the 1979 track by the Normal. Very tongue-in-cheek and very apropos of where we are now in the world with regards to reality TV and the whole 15 minutes of fame existence."
SLeB: "It's about Hollywood 'A-listers' having a go at each other – about the fantasy of celebrity and the media. It's sex, seduction and glamour - all the things we stand for, which is why we made it the album title. We wanted something with teeth."


Nite-Runner, with Justin Timberlake and Timbaland
Music: Duran Duran, Justin Timberlake, Timbaland and Nate Hills.
Lyrics: Simon LeBon, Justin Timberlake and Timbaland
Co-produced by Duran Duran, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake and Nate Hills

NR: "This was the first collaboration we did with Justin, Tim and Nate. It felt like we were in a nightclub. When we finished it we knew we were on the verge of something new."
SLeB: "This reminded me of NOTORIOUS when the band first split and we worked with Nile Rodgers."


Falling Down, with Justin Timberlake
Music: Duran Duran and Justin Timberlake
Lyrics: Simon LeBon
Produced by Justin Timberlake

NR: "It's a really beautiful, fragile song. It was so easy. Sometimes that's the mystery of making music and writing songs. It can be just natural and happens there and then, and other times you can struggle for weeks and not get what you want."
SLeB: "It's about a crash I had when I was racing a motorbike, the thoughts that ran through my mind before I hit the ground. As soon as I got the chorus, Justin was like, 'That's it!!'"
JT: "It's easy to be esoteric. It's so much harder to write from the heart. This is an important song for Duran."
RT: "I'd just got back from my honeymoon in St Lucia and the phone rang. Justin was talking about us recording the new Ordinary World. An hour later we were all in a van driving to Manchester."


Skin Divers, featuring Timbaland
Music: Duran Duran, Timbaland, Nate Hills
Lyrics: Simon LeBon and Timbaland
Co-produced: Duran Duran, Timbaland, Nate Hills

Timbaland: "That one hit me instant."
JT: "This is the song that best captures the sense of Timband meets Duran Duran. It wrote itself during a jam and then Tim finished off his parts a couple of months later when he was in the UK - very late at night, after a gig. He came down to the hotel ballroom and just recorded them on a laptop. f#$king genius. When you are that talented you don't need too much technology to create the magic!"
NR: "This is my favorite track. A real hybrid of Timbaland and Nate's grooves and our live playing. It's riddled with hooks."


Box full o'honey
Music: Duran Duran and Nate Hills
Lyrics: Simon LeBon
Co-produced by Duran Duran, Nate Hills and Jimmy Douglass

NR: "I started playing some chords late one night in the studio and it sort of grew from there."
SLeB: "It's my best lyric on the album. I can see the person I'm writing about, my 'queen of tumbledown.' No, I won't say who she is. People seem to be able to really relate to this song. It touches them in an emotional way."


Tempted
Music: Duran Duran and Nate Hills
Lyrics: Simon LeBon
Co-produced by Duran Duran, Nate Hills and Jimmy Douglass

JT: "This is the dance party track. It's arms in the air for French discos."
SLeB: "Nate Hills said before we recorded this, 'do you wanna go up, or go down?' It's about dance-floor politics."
NR: "It was instant smiles as soon as we gave in to our disco temptation. Which is always a good sign. It's like a song inside a mirror ball."


Tricked Out
Music: Duran Duran and Nate Hills
Co-produced by Duran Duran, Nate Hills and Jimmy Douglass

NR: "We set out to do something unusual for the live show, a special moment. Usually the instrumental song is the one that doesn't make the album and ends up as a bonus track, so I'm very happy we all liked this one."
SLeB: "I was going to do a melody over it but then I thought I'd leave it. This gives me a chance to change my shirt during the concert!"
RT: "This takes us back to our roots. 1979, Joy Division, Siouxsie, post punk with a bit of techno."


Zoom In
Music: Duran Duran, Timbaland, Nate Hills
Lyrics: Simon LeBon
Co-produced: Duran Duran, Timbaland, Nate Hills

NR: "This is a very cool mixture of electro and rock. It feels very super-cyber-futuristic. The drum track was really one-take, all the way through."
JT: "Very Timbaland, very Nate, very New York, a real transition track for us."
SLeB: "It's about the Second Life virtual world that exists on the web which Neil Stevenson writes about in his novel Snow Crash, where you can create an avatar. The sound was angular, digital, something from a different perspective."


She's Too Much
Music: Duran Duran and Nate Hills
Lyrics: Simon LeBon
Co-produced by Duran Duran, Nate Hills and Jimmy Douglass

SLeB: "It's about my 16 year old daughter Saffron. She was in the studio that day and triggered the lyrics. I didn't know I was writing about her until the second line 'she's everything head first.' It tells a story. It's a soft moment on the album."
NR: "This is a key track, a story telling ballad, which touches base with our traditional songwriting."
JT: "We built this up in a very textural way around the chords."


Dirty Great Monster
Music: Duran Duran and Nate Hills
Lyrics: Simon LeBon
Co-produced by Duran Duran, Nate Hills and Jimmy Douglass

NR: "It's about the elephant in the living room. We brought in a sax player for this one and said to him 'play something that's really 'sick'.' And he did and it really made the track."
SLeB: "It's a song without a chorus. It doesn't pay off in the way that everyone expects."

Last Man Standing
Music: Duran Duran and Nate Hills
Lyrics: Simon LeBon
Co-produced by Duran Duran, Nate Hills and Jimmy Douglass

SLeB: "This one has very soft vocals."
RT: "This is one of my favourites. We did a lot of overdubbing with Dom Brown, the guitarist we use for our live shows."
NR: "The missing link between this album and our last, 'ASTRONAUT'. Simon is so good at assuming a character."