Lots of people (
including us, sorta) were all freaked out about the condo construction next to the famed Capitol Records building's studios and what affect the giant underground parking garage might have on the studio's famed echo chambers. Thankfully, a compromise has been worked out between the builders and Capitol that can allow Katy Perry to record unlistenable b-sides at the studio
and overpriced condos to be built. Terms that have no meaning to me whatsoever like "sound baffle" are being thrown around in the settlement, but in the end, it's probably good to keep somewhat irreplaceable things like the echo chambers intact, even if it slows the inevitable encroachment of condos. [
LAist]
Idolator
Remember that Iggy Pop biopic starring Elijah Wood? That Marvin Gaye biopic starring the guy from Law & Order? Kirsten Dunst playing Debbie Harry? Zooey Deschanel (or was it Melissa Etheridge) as Janis Joplin? Andre 3000 as Jimi Hendrix? Lenny Kravitz as Hendrix? What about Laurence Fishburne as Hendrix? You probably remember none of those movies, because after tons of buzz, they all faded away into the veritable Bermuda Triangle that is music-biopic development. Why do so few music biopics actually make it through development, when they usually go onto success and acclaim, whether they're put out by Hollywood (Ray, Walk The Line) or indies (24 Hour Party People)? Variety lays it out.
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