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They said it couldn't be done, but we managed to fit an entire Family in our 12x 12-foot studio; and besides, The 404 Podcast has never been that great at following orders. Today's episode welcomes Vanessa, Joe, Sebastian, James, Christina, and Brent from the band Family of the Year, who submit themselves to a chat about their new EP Where's the Sun, new music marketing 2.0, Bogie Ogretrons, which band member has the longest legs, and what it's like to share a shower with six other people in a tiny RV touring across the country.
Till there is change our hearts stay pierced upon these walls. (Mature Content: User discretion is strongly advised for intense subject matter.)
Ep. 143: The Sit On It Episode
This week's episode is inspired by Natali's incredibly appropriate (if not unintended) comment from last week's episode. Really, if you haven't heard it, check it out. Then listen to today's show where we discuss a wide array of chairs on which to sit. That's right, chairs are the "it". Why, what were you thinking?
The 404 430: Where we Microsoft Courier your enthusiasm
We couldn't record today's Podcast without spending a little time on Gizmodo's big unveiling of Microsoft's secret tablet PC. The blog is reporting that even though our first inclination is to call it a tablet, it's really more of a booklet, with two 7-inch(ish) screens with multitouch, a 3MP camera on the back, and a fancy stylus for clicking, writing, dragging, and drawing. In typical 404 fashion, we have to poke fun at the fact that while a long plastic pen is very innovative, we wish it had fully functioning voice recognition, but as we've seen from the Google iPhone app, that technology will likely never be perfected. In the meantime, it looks like the Microsoft booklet will materialize before the fabled Apple tablet.
Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson star as divorce mediators and lifelong friends who have never met a wedding they couldn't get themsleves into. Guided by a secret set of wedding crashing rules, the pair find their way into a different wedding and different bridesmaid's heart every week. But when they crash the social event of the season, one of them falls for the engaged daughter (Rachel McAdams) of an influential and eccentric politician (Christopher Walken) and decides to break the rules in pursuit of her. This leads to a wild weekend at her family's palatial estate where the ultimate crashers quickly find themselves in way over their heads.
Ep. 132: The crap we don't need episode
Poor Molly is home with the dreaded pinkeye! This week we honor her crustiness with an episode about stuff we really don't need (which presumably includes conjunctivitis), plus a very special Pink(eye) Watch.
Teairra Mari: "Make A Girl Feel"
The newly crowned "Princess Of the Roc," Teairra Mar, wasn't even born when Eric B. and Rakim unleashed ?My Melody,? the hip-hop classic who's sample is featured in her debut single, "Make Her Feel Good." But when the 17-year-old Detroit native heard the bass-heavy gem recycled she immediately knew she had found the cornerstone of her signature sound. Teairra Mar recalls, When I heard that track, I was like, "This is the one, because it's simple but also huge." The enthusiasm that "Make Her Feel Good" set off at The Island Def Jam Music Group marked a defining moment in Teairra Mari's young career, which began at age 12 when she started recording rough demos in her cousin's basement. Despite scoring a local radio hit with one of those early songs, four years passed before Teairra Mari's demo landed on the desk of Island Def Jam Group Chairman, Antonio ?LA? Reid, who signed the then 16-year-old singer on the spot at a brief meeting where she performed live. "I couldn't believe it," she says. "I was crying because I was so happy. I feel like everyone's behind me, which is a great feeling to have coming from a time when it seemed that nobody believed in me or wanted to hear me." In the first creative collaboration since Shawn ?Jay-Z? Carter became President of Def Jam Music Group, he and LA Reid recruited hit-making songwriter, Sean Garrett (?Lose My Breath,? ?Goodies,? ?Yeah!?), to help translate Teairra Mar??s innermost thoughts and emotions into lyrics. The two successfully completed "Make Her Feel Good," a defining first single from forthcoming album scheduled to be released June 7, 2005 on Roc-A-Fella Records. "Make Her Feel Good" is just a peek into her full-length album, which she describes as a girl's dictionary. "When Sean started writing the lyrics for "Make Her Feel Good," it was because of stories I was telling him about my guy friends," explains Teairra Mari, whose musical influences and inspirations include Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin (her grandmother sang back-up for the Queen of Soul), Prince, Sade, Patti LaBelle and Minnie Ripperton. This is just the beginning.
The Black Heart Procession: "Did You Wonder"
The Black Hearts Procession offer a tune about a day where everything goes wrong.
Mother's Day is right around the corner and Molly Wood is filling in on a very special episode of Top 5.
Once again the performance was shot at Shepperton on one of the model stages which had interestingly recessed walls that suited the mood of the lighting. We had originally planned to shoot the exteriors in the city over a weekend but couldn't afford the necessary insurance, so we ended up shooting in an industrial park in kent where two of the band worked. We used an Arri 3 for this one and managed to get it onto 1500ft of stock. Fortunately the bands know their songs inside out and usually nail each take in one. Which is just as well. The telecine was done by Kye at the Mill, who gave the exteriors a very nice European feel. More informatioa is available at www.visualabuse.com
