Michael Jackson – History
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Eric Riedl Throwaway from The Dimestore Crew
Monday, February 28th, 2011 at
10:00 pm
The Dimestore crew is working on a new video called The Duece. Check out all the throwaway Eric Riedl has stacked already.
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Hell Awaits
Monday, February 28th, 2011 at
9:00 pm
I hate intros like the one in Hell Awaits, but the rest of this Canadian gnar monster is pretty impressive.
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Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’: Story Behind The ‘Glee’ Cover
Monday, February 28th, 2011 at
8:00 pm
MJ classic is mashed up with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ ‘Heads Will Roll’ for post-Super Bowl episode.
By Aly Semigran
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Madonna, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and now, finally, Michael Jackson. The cast of “Glee” has covered plenty of icons during their first two seasons, but it’s taken 33 episodes to get around to the King of Pop.
With a huge catalog of Jackson songs, the singing, dancing students of McKinley High paid homage to the late singer with one of his biggest staples (and, arguably, the greatest music video of all time) with their take on “Thriller.”
The groundbreaking single from Jackson’s best-selling album of the same name was mashed up with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ “Heads Will Roll” for the post-Super Bowl episode (titled “The Sue Sylvester Bowl Shuffle”), featuring a zombie-fied “Glee” cast.
Bound to become a smash all over again (though with its nonstop rotation at Halloween parties and wedding receptions until the end of time, it’s never truly gone away), here’s a brief history of the dance/pop classic.
Released on January 23, 1984, “Thriller” was the seventh, and final, single to be released from Jackson’s smash record. According to the RIAA, the album (released by Epic Records) has gone gold 29 times, narrowly edging out the Eagles’ Greatest Hits 1971-1975 for the title of best-selling album of all time.
In 2009, MTV News estimated that the Thriller album was poised to go triple diamond, meaning 30 million records sold in the U.S. alone.
After Thriller‘s other singles (including “Billie Jean,” “Beat It” and “Wanna Be Startin’ Something”) dominated the charts, it was time for the spooky, undeniably original track to take over. The song “Thriller” also appeared on many of Jackson’s other albums, including the compilations HIStory and Number Ones.
Clocking in at a little under six minutes (though the radio edit was closer to four-and-a-half), the song features pop-music mainstays like synthesizers but shakes things up with its spooky sound effects, including creaking floors, howling and thunder.
The song was produced by Quincy Jones and written and composed by Rod Tempterton and spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #4.
But it’s the music video for “Thriller” that truly made it the phenomenon it was in the ’80s and continues to be today. Less a music video than a mini-motion picture, the video (over 13 minutes long and directed by John Landis) won three MTV Video Music Awards and has been named the best music video of all time by many outlets, including VH1 for the special “VH1: 100 Greatest Videos.”
The chiller features Jackson in that iconic red leather jacket on a date with his girlfriend (played by Ola Ray) before things go terribly awry. After all, as Jackson (whose disclaimer at the start of the video reads, “This film in no way endorses a belief in the occult”) sings in the opening line, “It’s close to midnight and something evil’s lurking in the dark.” Cue werewolves, zombies, Vincent Price’s soliloquy and one of the most memorable dance sequences ever.
The video was (no pun intended) a monster hit. As the Los Angeles Times notes, “At the height of the song’s popularity, MTV would run the 14-minute ‘Thriller’ video twice an hour.”
Choreographed by Jackson and Michael Peters (who, as the LA Times also reported, appears in the video as one of the zombies) and with makeup by Oscar-winner Rick Baker (also an undead “Thriller” extra) was made with a huge budget of an estimated $500,000.
Still, the efforts paid off. Landis (who told the “Today” show back in 2009 that no one wanted to give them the funds to make the risky vid) made the accompanying 45-minute documentary about the venture, called “The Making of Thriller.” Featuring the behind-the-scenes wizardry, as well as the music video in full, it would go on to move more than 10 million copies.
Since then, the signature song and video have seen their share fair of tributes in movies (notably in the 2004 comedy”13 Going on 30″) and TV (“South Park,” “Family Guy,” “30 Rock,” among others), not to mention the countless flash mobs that have gone viral. (Remember the prisoners in the Philippines who became overnight phenomenons on YouTube?)
Even with the “Glee” number, this likely won’t be the last incarnation of “Thriller.” Billboard reported in October that a “Thriller” film is in the works. With a plot allegedly revolving around Price’s narration, Kenny Ortega, who directed Jackson’s last effort, “This Is It,” will reportedly helm the project.
Since Jackson’s untimely passing on June 25, 2009, the song and video’s legacy continue to live on. In the week following Jackson’s death, “Thriller” was the best-selling track in the U.S., with sales of 167,000 copies on the Billboard Hot Digital Singles chart.
Then, in December 2009, “Thriller” was the first music video to ever be inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. It seems “no mere mortal can resist … the thriller” after all.
What did you think of the “Thriller” mash-up on “Glee”? Let us know in the comments!
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T-Mobile says AT&T, Verizon iPhones be slow
Monday, February 28th, 2011 at
7:00 pm
T-Mobile is burning a lot of ad dollars lately telling us our AT&T and Verizon iPhones — running on HPSA 7.2 and EVDO Rev A respectively — are slower than the Android phones they have running on their HSPA+ network. Take a look at what you get from Android? phones vs iPhone®. The full [...]
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Underwater photos by Freddy Cerdeira
Monday, February 28th, 2011 at
6:00 pm
We’re stoked to present an amazing collection of underwater photos by Brazilian photographer Freddy Cerdeira. The detail, colours and haunting beauty of his photos is quite something. Check it out… www.clubofthewaves.com/surf-photographer/freddy-cerdeira.php www.freddycerdeira.com
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2011 WSBK Phillip Island Superpole Results
Monday, February 28th, 2011 at
5:00 pm
Results of Superpole from Phillip Island:
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Oscar Night Ruled By ‘The King’s Speech’
Monday, February 28th, 2011 at
4:00 pm
‘Inception’ nabs four awards, one more than early awards-season fave ‘Social Network.’
By Eric Ditzian
Colin Firth poses with his award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in “The King’s Speech”
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“The King’s Speech” entered the biggest night in Hollywood as the clear front-runner to win top honors and did not stumble at the 83rd Academy Awards, nabbing four wins out of 12 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Colin Firth and Best Director for Tom Hooper.
“Inception” ended up roping in four wins as well, one better than “The Social Network,” which lost out in all the major categories after beginning awards season as a potential dominant Oscar presence yet losing momentum over the past month. The evening, in fact, unfolded without a single upset in the major categories, from Melissa Leo’s (“The Fighter”) early Supporting Actress win to the Best Picture triumph for “King’s Speech.”
Firth could have begun penning his Best Actor acceptance speech months ago. When he finally got the chance late in the night, he began, “I have a feeling my career has just peaked” and ended, again self-deprecatingly, “And now, if you’ll excuse me, I have some impulses I have to attend to backstage.”
Check out backstage photos of the big Oscar winners.
A very pregnant Natalie Portman (“Black Swan”) swept aside six-time nominee Annette Bening (“The Kids Are All Right”) for Best Actress. Entirely more serious than she was at the Golden Globes, when she laughed about getting to sleep with baby-daddy Benjamin Millepied, Portman instead ran through a dizzying list of thank-yous, acknowledging everyone from her parents to her publicists to director Darren Aronofsky, to whom she said, “You are fearless and a visionary.”
Up until the minute the directing award was handed out, no one could decide if Hooper or David Fincher (“The Social Network”) would end up the champ. In the end, Hooper soared on the strength of what he dubbed the “triangle of man love,” whose points apparently include Firth, Geoffrey Rush and the director himself.
The show kicked off with a high-concept, “Inception”-inspired cold open as hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway entered into the worlds of the Best Picture nominees and some beloved past films — from the boxing ring of “The Fighter” to the rehearsal studio of “Black Swan” to the time-traveling DeLorean from “Back to the Future.” The duo then sauntered out onto the stage at the Kodak Theatre and segued into a short, shared monologue in which Hathaway congratulated Franco on his Best Actor nomination and lamented that she wasn’t honored for her work in “Love & Other Drugs.” “It used to be, you get naked, you get nominated,” she joked. “Not anymore!”
Wearing a tuxedo and high heels, Hathaway popped up later for a musical number, riffing on “On My Own” from “Les Misérables” and accusing Hugh Jackman of bailing on a planned duet (following their song-and-dance number from the 2009 Oscars). Franco then joined her, in a blond wig and hot-pink ball gown, because, well, does Franco really need an excuse to be weird?
The first major award of the night went to Leo, who bested some stiff competition for Best Supporting Actress but might have been upstaged by the presenter bestowing her award. The 94-year-old Kirk Douglas commandeered the stage, haltingly telling jokes and clearly enjoying his moment in the spotlight, before announcing the winner. When she finally accepted the award, Leo struggled to keep her composure, unleashed a naughty word that the censors bleeped and profusely thanked the Academy for respecting her work.
Long the heavy favorite for Best Supporting Actor, Christian Bale surprised no one when he collected a win for “The Fighter.” More surprising, however, was how the often-reserved star fought off tears as he thanked his wife and daughter. Bale also shouted out the film’s cast and crew, saying of Leo, “Melissa, I’m not going to drop the F-bomb like she did. I’ve done that enough already!”
The writing awards went to two first-time nominees, with Aaron Sorkin nabbing Adapted Screenplay for “The Social Network” and David Seidler taking home Original Screenplay for “The King’s Speech.” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross nabbed Original Score for “The Social Network,” and Original Song went to 20-time nominee Randy Newman for “We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3,” which also won Animated Feature Film. Honorary Oscars went to Eli Wallach, Francis Ford Coppola, Kevin Brownlow and Jean-Luc Godard, who did not attend the ceremony.
In the evening’s funniest moment, Hathaway and Franco presented a series of faux-music numbers courtesy of the magic of Auto-Tune. Rupert Grint and Emma Watson unwittingly found themselves taking part in a song called “Tiny Ball of Light,” culled from “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1″ footage, and “Eclipse” star Robert Pattinson ended up crooning a little ditty alongside Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner titled “He Doesn’t Own a Shirt.”
Did the Oscars get it right? Let us know in the comments!
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Michael Jackson – History
Monday, February 28th, 2011 at
3:01 pm
- Artist: Michael Jackson
- Label: Epic
- Album: HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
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Google updates search to massively bias original content
Monday, February 28th, 2011 at
2:00 pm
Google has just made a change to its search engine that noticeably impacts 12% of all queries. Yet again, it is aimed at reducing the prevalence of non-original content farm content in search results. It also heavily biases sites with “original content and information such as research, in-depth reports, thoughtful analysis,” increasing their chance of being at the top. This only affects google.com at the moment, but it will be rolled out to other domains in due course.
Last month Google publicised its first anti-content farm maneuver — and while that only affected 2% of queries, we still noticed a significant increase of traffic here on Download Squad. Then, just a couple of weeks ago, Google launched the Personal Blocklist, an extension that lets you filter out content farms from your search results.
With today’s massive alteration of Google’s search algorithm, it really could mean the difference between life and death for ad-supported sites that produce original content. A quick look at our logs from last night suggest that it could be a very big boost indeed.
It should be noted that the results from the Personal Blocklist haven’t been used yet — but apparently, Google’s search changes filter out 84% of the sites that users have been blocking with the extension; a sure sign that Google has hit the nail on the head.
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