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The "special guest" who came out during Perry Farrell's DJ set at Lollapalooza was none other than famous lesbian Samantha Ronson. How cutting edge are her playlist skills? So next-level, she's not embarrassed to spin a song that her stepdad played on. (Slash also showed up, what with "showing up" seeming to be what he's really good at these days.) [MTV Newsroom / Photo: Getty]
this one's [not] for the children
Tough Break, Kiddos: Kidzapalooza Los Angeles Is Off
Speaking of festivals and children, if you were planning on seeing Slash and Gary Oldman (?!) at Kidzapalooza in Los Angeles later this summer, make other plans. Artist scheduling conflicts are forcing a postponement of the West Coast festival until 2009, although it appears the Chicago version is still on. This is just like in 2004, when I had my hopes up to see Bumblebeez 81 at Lollapalooza and that ended up getting cancelled. Perry Farrell, you've hurt me before. Why must you take it out on my kids as well? [NME]
Perry Farrell will continue his mission to indoctrinate a whole new generation into the ways of satellite parties, unfortunate cardigans, and people making great pets this September, when Kidzapalooza breaks free from the shackles of Lollapalooza and becomes its own standalone event at the Hollywood Bowl. The show will feature both performances by Farrell and "special guests" and booths that offer breakdancing lessons and "rock and roll hairdos," whatever that means. Me, I'm just hoping that this means some bright-eyed entrepreneur out there will try and use Kidzapalooza to bring juice box-sized versions of smart drinks to market. Remember those? They always got so gritty when you got to the bottom! [Hollywood Bowl / NME]
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The Worst Album Cover Of The Year Tournament: Welcome To A Very Expensive, Very Purple Bash
It's a new day, so let's put politics aside and move on to the "Bad Photoshop" bracket in Idolator's inaugural Worst Album Cover Of The Year tournament. In one corner, we have the No. 8 seed, Jennifer Lopez's $60,000 ode to the power of sparkles. And in opposition, we have Perry Farrell's Satellite Party, which shows that Mr. Farrell's computer-art skillz are almost as good as his taste in guests. Whichever one wins, we know one thing: Staring at the above one-two punch means that our field of vision is going to be tinted purple for at least the next six hours or so!
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We hear that former Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt has left Satellite Party, Perry Farrell's WTF-list project that went straight from the flash mobosphere to the cutout bins. Related: Today's news flow has had a rather strong resemblance to my still-in-my-closet collection of videotapes containing old Dial MTV and Headbanger's Ball episodes. (Anyone know if LA Guns did anything newsworthy in the past 24 hours? Because that would really cap the day.)
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I was excited to see the newest issue of American Photo had devoted itself to the inherent rockingness of photography, but knew I was in for a bumpy ride just by merely glancing at the cover, which offered a neon smorgasboard of musicians-turned-photogs: Mick Fleetwood, Lenny Kravitz, Graham Nash, Perry Farrell, Melissa Auf Der Maur, Patti Smith, John Mayer, Lou Reed, Jakob Dylan, Michael Stipe, and Bryan Adams. Really.
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Pro Gear, Pro Attitude: American Photo Has Visions Of Rock, But Fails To Paint A Pretty Picture
I was excited to see the newest issue of American Photo had devoted itself to the inherent rockingness of photography, but knew I was in for a bumpy ride just by merely glancing at the cover, which offered a neon smorgasboard of musicians-turned-photogs: Mick Fleetwood, Lenny Kravitz, Graham Nash, Perry Farrell, Melissa Auf Der Maur, Patti Smith, John Mayer, Lou Reed, Jakob Dylan, Michael Stipe, and Bryan Adams. Really.
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Those of you who have heard Satellite Party, the new flashmobbed-up project from Perry Farrell, have probably been wondering one thing: "Why did Jane's Addiction break up?" (Okay, that probably comes to mind after "Huh??," but still.) Well, Farrell places the blame squarely on the menace of reality television: More »
Perry Farrell Will Not Be Guesting On "Rock Star" Anytime Soon
Those of you who have heard Satellite Party, the new flashmobbed-up project from Perry Farrell, have probably been wondering one thing: "Why did Jane's Addiction break up?" (Okay, that probably comes to mind after "Huh??," but still.) Well, Farrell places the blame squarely on the menace of reality television: More »
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Perry Farrell Throws A Satellite Party In A Bio-Dome
We had to post about the first video from Satellite Party, the Perry Farrell project in which the former Jane's Addiction frontman flaunts his ability to entice a motley crew of guests, if only because of the split-second shot around 30 seconds in, where guitarist Nuno Bettencourt looks like he's on the verge of turning into Glenn Danzig (perhaps in the follow-up clip, he'll sprout a pair of "Her Black Wings"). Is this the dark side of going green coming to light?
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Perry Farrell Can't Contain His "Hollywood Homicide" Fandom
As part of his non-stop campaign to get every single celebrity in the world to join his new band, Satellite Party founder Perry Farrell holds a press conference with actor (and apparent pledge-drive volunteer) Josh Hartnett. Next week, Perry goes after Tea Leoni, John Amos, and OMC.
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