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| 3/10/04 |
Schizophrenic plummets on
Billboard chart ...And in its second week, 'NSYNC member JC Chasez's solo album Schizophrenic will plummet 65 slots to #82 on sales of 15,000 copies, making it the hardest-hit album in the top 100.
Res Mag review: Plug It In vid This March has borne forth the joyous reignition of one of the most successful video partnerships of recent years. Traktor, the party responsible for Basement Jaxx's raucous "Where's Your Head At?" have again teamed with the London duo to offer up the red hot "Plug It In." Jaxx's Simon and Felix star in the video as security guards at a mail-order operation called Second Hand Super Models. They are employed by a pig-mask favoring boss who markets robotic babes to bachelors looking to get, shall we say, plugged in. By simply inserting a power cable into a jack near the base of each unit's spine, lonely men can frolic with sexy stewardess "Mile Heidi" or a variety of models sporting archetypically foxy motifs such as a cop, bride or gym bunny. Of course, Traktor knows how important marketing is for any product and the Pig-Boss follows suit by hiring N' Sync's JC Chasez to star in a flashy infomercial showcasing the bendy talents of his wares. Chasez belts out his oft-Jacko inflected bit with a zeal that is nearly superfluous considering the extremely gifted talent Traktor coached from their well-worn casting couch. The ad works a wee bit too well and the Jaxx guards are soon enough compelled to break into the warehouse after hours to frolic with the show room floor models. Their test drive is initially a tasteful melee of mechanized booty thrusts yet the rent-a-cops get too greedy and are rewarded for their lust by a flaming, melting, mangled mess. Entertaining to be sure, and likely to arouse some hot-blooded response from would-be clients and feminists alike. But then again, those familiar with the joyous teat-to-milk-to-teat slanted video Traktor crafted for wonky rave rockers Prodigy a few years back will take solace in the fact that our Santa Monica-based Scandinavian swordsmen have made a video that most, if not all of us can enjoy. And of course, Astralwerks and XL did the right thing in coming back to Traktor. Especially considering the most hotly tipped track on Jaxx's latest LP Kish Kash, ("Lucky Star," featuring Dizzee Rascal) was shackled with a video that was at best, confusing. As for Traktor's picture perfect return to form, an insider at their Santa Monica offices put it best by saying, "Although the cynical kids in the know will ask why we keep making the same story. I refer to Jung (the figure skater): "There is only one story to tell. Now stop playing with yourself!" Los Angelenos can catch the video on the big screen at the March RES Screening Series event at the Egyptian Theater on March 30, or on the really small screen at: http://www.traktor.com/musicvideos/index.html
DanceStar USA winners announced ...BEST REMIX (Worldwide Remixers)
DanceStar USA celebrates world of dance music The glitz and glamour of DanceStar USA -- The American Dance Music Awards 2004 more than lived up to its Hollywood-style hype Tuesday night at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami. In just its third year since crossing over to the United States from England, DanceStar -- one of the highlights of Winter Music Conference week -- attracted a star-studded group of presenters and performers, from host Carmen Electra (who couldn't stop gushing about how infamous socialite and fellow host Paris Hilton is) and her rock-star husband, Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro, to Boy George, Tommy Lee, Yoko Ono and Moby. ...Other performances include the band Motorcycle racing through its hypnotic hit As the Rush Comes, which has scored significant airplay on Party 93.1, and England's Audio Bullys, which won Best New Artist Album for Ego Wars, tearing through a lively medley. Only 'N Sync boy-bander JC Chasez's abrasive performance of his song Some Girls Dance with Women fell flat... |
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