Posts with tag supernova
Posted Jun 20th 2007 6:37PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Celebrities, Rock Star
So. I saw
Rock Star contestant Storm Large in a coffee shop yesterday morning and nearly started hyperventilating. (It's a super small coffee shop and I didn't have the balls to ask for a photo) You see, I have had a bit of a girl crush on her since I saw her perform live
last year. Anyway, she was dropping off her new CD to her friend behind the counter.
I went online and found it and
here it is. You can preview the tracks on
CD Baby and on her
MySpace page (Warning: "Ladylike" is profane, but also awesome). This new album is the first in a pair of CDs she's releasing, called Side One and Side Two. Side One, which came out earlier this month, was recorded with the house band from
Rock Star. She's touring it with her band, The Balls, starting tonight in Seattle. Besides hits such as "Ladylike" and "Beautiful", it also includes a cover of the Pixies' "Where Is My Mind". Side Two comes out early next year.
Posted Jan 30th 2007 5:21PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Music and Variety, Watercooler Talk, Rock Star
The New York Post has a
great Op/Ed about why the band Rock Star: Supernova sucks. If you'll remember, Lukas Rossi won the competition last summer and the right to be the lead singer of a band full of crusty or virtually unknown rock stars. According to the Post, the band's tour is far from being sold out. In fact, 11th row seating is still available for tomorrow night's show at Radio City. Good seats are also available at upcoming concert locations. And, the band's album didn't even break the Billboard Top 100. This is in stark contrast to season one, where INXS got a new lead singer and sold out its concert tour.
Why doesn't anybody care about these Supernova guys? NYP says it's the name (
already used by a punk band), the '80s hair band music, the lack of superstars in the group, and a dirty, dirty old man named Tommy Lee.
Why do you think no one is interested in this band?
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Pop Candy]
Posted Oct 16th 2006 10:37PM by Brett Love
Filed under: CBS, Music and Variety, Rock Star
Strange things are afoot at the Circle K. While there is no official word from the band, it seems that Storm Large, Magni, and the Houseband have all been axed from the upcoming
Rockstar: Supernova tour. Trying to piece together why is where things get a little muddy. Storm posted a somewhat tongue in cheek entry on
her website confirming that they have all been dropped. She brings up that the decision was a financial one and is pretty gracious about asking people to still support everyone involved.
Not everyone comes off as that happy with it though. As the story has gone on there are a lot of posts being copied between different sites attributed to different members of the Houseband. Over at Television Without Pity
one shows up that begins with "Nate (Morton, drummer from the Houseband) just sent me this..." which would purport to be a response from the Houseband. I'll leave it up to you to decide the legitimacy of the posts, but it gets into some of the details from the band's perspective.
Continue reading Storm, Magni, and the Houseband get the boot
Posted Sep 13th 2006 11:55PM by Deidre Woollard
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, CBS, OpEd, Rock Star
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S02E22) Well, as was reported earlier, they won't really be called Supernova now that a judge has ruled they can't use that name but the ragtag rockers have picked their lead singer. Like Big Brother's finale last night, this one was a total snore resulting in a reveal that everyone already knew anyway (anyone who reads internet rumors that is).
Continue reading Rockstar: Supernova: Finale
Posted Sep 13th 2006 9:54AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: CBS, Music and Variety, Rock Star
Hey, guess what? You can't steal another band's name, dude. A judge ruled that Tommy Lee's band has to change its name after the finale of CBS'
Rock Star: Supernova, because another band already has the name 'Supernova'. The original Supernova is a punk trio out of Orange County, California. They filed suit
earlier this summer and got an injunction yesterday to prevent CBS, creator Mark Burnett and every member of the band from performing or recording under the name Supernova.
The new
Rock Star band, whatever they're going to be called, goes on tour starting on December 31. Maybe we'll find out their new name when they crown a winner tonight?
Posted Sep 13th 2006 7:06AM by Deidre Woollard
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, CBS, OpEd, Rock Star
This is the last chance for the rockers to do their thing to impress the voting fans and they really do give it their all. But first a blast from the past. Ryan Star got the nod to do the encore based on fan votes and sings his original
Back Of Your Car. His album will be called Dark Horse (after his name on the show) and he wins a car. Sometimes it seems like the ones who already left the show are getting the better deal.
Continue reading Rock Star: Supernova: Last Performance Night
Posted Sep 7th 2006 12:39AM by Deidre Woollard
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, CBS, OpEd, Rock Star
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S02E20) There's been talk for weeks about a
fix being in on
Supernova. Certainly with every reality show I have to ask myself how much is truly the natural evolution of the game and how much is about what makes good television. With a competition like this it's even more tempting to speculate. After all, if you were creating a new band and putting your faith in a new lead singer, would you leave it up to fate or the whim of the public? In this case, I think Supernova might do well to listen to what the fans are telling them.
Continue reading Rock Star: Supernova: Week 10 Elimination
Posted Sep 6th 2006 1:40AM by Deidre Woollard
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, CBS, OpEd, Rock Star
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S02E19) This week we learn what the watchers of webisodes have known all along, Dilana can't write songs and Lukas doesn't think he needs to try too hard. Both Lukas and Dilana are talented and have been fan favorites since the beginning of the show but neither one of them has really had to battle too hard to stay at the top of the heap. That ends tonight.
Continue reading Rock Star: Supernova: Week 10 Performances
Posted Aug 31st 2006 7:04AM by Deidre Woollard
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, CBS, OpEd, Rock Star
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S02E18) Tonight was the much anticipated (at least by me) chance to see Lukas finally play with Supernova. Is it just me or did the room suddenly turn golden when he took the stage? Now I love Lukas like a fat kid loves cake but I did notice that he doesn't interact with the band as well as Toby did. I still think the goth leprechaun would be better as a solo act.
Continue reading Rock Star: Supernova: Week 9 Elimination
Posted Aug 30th 2006 8:08AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: CBS, Music and Variety, Rock Star
I don't even know how this is possible. Hollywood gossip columnist Janet Charlton swears she knows who will win
Rock Star: Supernova and even goes so far as to reveal the winner's name
on her website. How does she know this when the show is live? The season finale and grand reveal of who will lead the new Supernova band is scheduled for September 13th.
The name of the supposed winner is after the jump:
Continue reading Rock Star: Supernova winner leaked?
Posted Aug 30th 2006 7:26AM by Deidre Woollard
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, CBS, OpEd, Rock Star
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S02E17) Dilana is still reacting from her bad night and her meltdown makes it worse. When the camera comes around at the house, she smashes a glass and runs off. The glass hits Magni on the forehead. All that drama comes to naught everyone is all business by song time. It was fan choice night for the rockers giving us an insight into how the voters really see each singer.
Continue reading Rock Star: Supernova: Week 9 Peformances
Posted Aug 24th 2006 7:45AM by Deidre Woollard
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, CBS, OpEd, Rock Star
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S02E16) My my, Dilana has a high opinion of herself. She proved this week that she is no media darling. Boasting about her large fan base is not a way to encourage voting. Ryan feels that Dilana is not humble or kind to those who are not as popular ( conveniently forgetting his own treatment of Dana). When the rockers have their press day, Dilana says that Lukas is moody and Toby and Magni are not serious about the band. Honesty or total self-destruction, I'm not sure but she sure isn't winning any fans inside the house.
Continue reading Rock Star: Supernova: Week 8 Elimination
Posted Aug 23rd 2006 7:50AM by Deidre Woollard
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, CBS, OpEd, Rock Star
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S02E15) The song selection battle gives us a chance to see Dilana naked (nice abs) and Storm feeling angsty and sad until her magical Verizon phone makes it all okay. This week everyone gets a little more competitive. All of the real clunkers are gone but that doesn't mean that there aren't still a few shabby performances in the mix. Not that Dave Navarro and the Supernova guys would notice, tonight they seem to love everyone. Must be the calming influence of Gilby's dog Chopper.
Continue reading Rock Star: Supernova: Week 8 Performances
Posted Aug 15th 2006 11:28PM by Deidre Woollard
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, CBS, OpEd, Rock Star
One of the problems with performance-based shows is that as the group of contestants gets smaller the amount of filler gets higher. Unfortunately since most of what we have seen of the "rockers" has been onstage, watching them cavort drunkenly is like watching strangers. Last season we got a bit more of the dynamics of the group. This season's crowd is both more seasoned and less fun. Even their letting off of steam looks like work.
Continue reading Rockstar: Supernova: Week 7 Perfomances
Posted Aug 10th 2006 8:56AM by Deidre Woollard
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, CBS, OpEd, Rock Star
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S02E12) On
Big Brother, much of the talk is of getting rid of the "floaters" who are just coasting along. The same is necessary for
Rock Star and tonight Supernova took another step in that direction. After all, the surviving contestants tonight get to go to Vegas and not everyone there is Vegas worthy. Check out
Dave Navarro's blog, even he is getting restless. And so the double elimination is no suprise but who goes is.
Continue reading Rock Star: Supernova: Week 6 Elimination
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