Archive for October, 2005

Marilyn Manson Plans Children’s TV Program

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Marilyn Manson & Dita Von Teese

Marilyn Manson spoke with Neil Sean of Sky News about his plans for a children’s television program. “I like the idea of a little me putting across my thoughts and ideas,” he said. “It will start out as a web extra and, if successful, we plan to turn it into a standalone kids’ cartoon. Will they be frightened? Why should they be, it’s only me.”

In other news, The Bosh is reporting that Marilyn Manson and his fiancée, burlesque performer Dita Von Teese, plan on sucking each other’s blood at their wedding. A source for the Daily Star said, “Marilyn and Dita wanted something more meaningful and romantic, to capture their coming together in front of their loved ones. They felt that exchanging their life blood was a beautiful way of cementing their love, rather than slipping on a ring and giving each other a quick snog.”

Though their wedding sounds morbid, it won’t be trashy. Dita singled out Britney Spears’s 2004 ceremony when she recently spoke about what she didn’t want when she walked down the aisle. ContactMusic.com quotes Dita as saying, “Whatever we do, it’ll be much more glamorous that Britney’s wedding. Fancy wearing a pair of old tracksuits! Our wedding will set an example of how to dress…I’ve been planning our outfits ever since he proposed last year.”

New York In The Seventies

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Joey Ramone

Originally titled SoHo Blues, Allan Tannenbaum’s book of photos from his work as SoHo News chief photographer is now called New York in the 70s. Published by Feierabend Verlag, the book is 272 pages in tabloid format. It features a reminiscence by Yoko Ono and a foreword by noted author P.J. O’Rourke. You can view some of the pics online. Here is a selection of Music related pics and some Nightlife snaps.

DEVO
pic: DEVO

Blondie
pic: Blondie in the studio

Led Zeppelin
pic: Led Zeppelin backstage

More of Allan’s amazing galleries here

Fan Convicted Of Wearing ‘Religiously Insulting’ T-Shirt

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Cradle of Filth

According to a story published in the October 18, 2005 edition of the Metro newspaper, a British teenage heavy metal fan has been handed a community service order for wearing an offensive t-shirt.

Adam Shepherd, 19, was reportedly convicted under new anti-hate laws which ban people from displaying religiously insulting signs. The teenager was arrested after a woman complained to police when she saw his shirt, which promotes extreme heavy metal band Cradle Of Filth.

The t-shirt shows a picture of a nun in a pornographic pose. On the back is a comment about Jesus.

Cradle of Filth
The Offending T-Shirt

The top was being worn by Shepherd’s girlfriend when a police officer approached her. As soon as the teenager realized there was a problem, he told the officer it was his and swapped tops with his girlfriend. But he refused to take it off or cover it up and was arrested.

Shepherd, who bought the shirt in his hometown of Weymouth, Dorset, admitted the charge. Weymouth magistrates gave him 80 hours community service and told him to pay £40 costs (approx. $71).

Meanwhile, MediaWatchWatch.org.uk reports that Adam “can’t have been prosecuted under the ‘new anti-hate laws’ because they do not exist.” However, a bit of research shows that the wearing of this T-shirt has led to at least two previous convictions in the U.K.

Dale Wilson, 35, of Norwich, was arrested by two police officers as he walked to the newsagents on Halloween 2004. He pleaded guilty to “religiously aggravated offensive conduct.” He was eventually discharged and told to “grow up.” He paid £150 costs (approx. $266), and the judge ordered that the T-shirt be destroyed.

Back in 1997, Rob Kenyon, 29, of London was found guilty of committing the offense of “Profane Representation under the 1839 Act” by Bow Street Magistrates Court. He was fined £150.

Cradle Of Filth drummer Nicholas Barker was also arrested in Dover and charged with “creating a public disorder” for wearing the same t-shirt. There were no further proceedings against him.

From the NME: In 2001, the then-Lord Provost of Glasgow, Alex Mosson, campaigned to have the t-shirt prevented from being sold at Tower Records. The record shop was raided on two occasions by police, and eventually agreed to stop stocking the garment. The Catholic League of America, back in 1998 (amusing “Victory for Sickos” story) and 1999 (their call to action), also complained bitterly about the t-shirt.

Howard Stern Prepares for Life Without Limits

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Howard Stern Sirius Radio

When Howard Stern crosses over in January to satellite radio and his own pay-per-view cable channel, he will do so from a new Midtown Manhattan studio loaded with the kinds of accessories that one would expect to find if the Playboy Mansion were given an extreme makeover.

At the touch of a button, a rack will drop from the studio’s two-story ceiling to reveal a selection of bikinis, for those guests who can be cajoled out of their street clothes.

A corner of the studio - which is located not at a gentleman’s club but on the 36th floor of the McGraw-Hill Building at Rockefeller Center - has been outfitted with water-resistant walls and floors, for any gags that might involve whipped cream.

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Apple Ads We’d Like To See

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on October 19, 2005
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Seems Dogmatic has taken a bit of an Apple kick lately. What with the array of new developments over at Cupertino with new iPods, iMacs and updates to Apple’s Pro range later tonight (and the launch of the Australian iTunes store next week) - what better way to celebrate the world’s best computing experience than a buxom blonde showing off her ummm iBook?

Jenna Jameson Jackson Guitars

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Jenna Jameson Jackson Guitars

Porn icon and Dogmatic fave - Jenna Jameson has made something of an entrance into the music business, after lending her likeness to a new range of guitars.

The sexy blonde, who appeared in the video to Eminem’s hit track ‘Without Me’, is featured on a limited range of Jackson/Fender guitars, which sell for $1,200 (US) each.

And fans of the XXX-rated star are being urged to snap up the instruments as soon as possible, as only 300 of them will be made this year.

Jameson, assures, “It’s an amazingly well-crafted instrument and I’m sure it will find its way into some pretty good bands”.

This is released a series of collectables via the Jackson Guitars website.

As soon as we get a shot of the new Jenna guitar, we’ll post it right here at Dogmatic. Stay tuned!

Lemmy Action Figure

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Motorhead's Lemmy Action Figure

SEG has entered into an agreement with Bravado International for figural and statue rights to the infamous band Motörhead. For the past 30 years, Lemmy Kilmister and his band Motörhead have seen and done it all and lived to tell about it. And what’s more amazing is that they’re still going strong. Not only did Motörhead pick up a Grammy in 2005, but they’re still out on the road playing to sold out crowds around the world. Viewed by his peers and the masses as the “Godfather” of hard rock music, Lemmy has become an indisputable icon that has etched his place in history as one of the best.

SEG is proud to announce it will be releasing a highly detailed figure of Lemmy Kilmister in the Spring of 2006 with a statue of the iconic Warpig logo in the Fall of 2006.

Vivid Valley Documentary Series

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Briana Banks and Jenna Jameson

On October 1 Playboy TV premiered the first episode in a 13-part weekly one-hour documentary series that goes behind the secretive, closed doors of Vivid Entertainment, the world’s largest adult film company. Vivid Valley, a World of Wonder production from award-winning producers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato (’The Eyes of Tammy Faye’, ‘Party Monster’, ‘Inside Deep Throat’), focuses on the other side of Hollywood - the multibillion dollar adult film industry.

Granted an unprecedented all-access pass into the hidden world of adult films, Vivid Valley takes a fly-on-the-wall peek into the public passions and private lives of Vivid’s stars and their boss Steven Hirsch, the 42-year-old who created a hugely successful business using the tactics of the old Hollywood studio system - building a stable of bright young stars under exclusive contract.

“Over the last few years, Steve Hirsch’s Vivid Entertainment has been almost singly responsible for propelling adult entertainment into the mainstream with crossover stars like Jenna Jameson and massive billboards towering over Times Square,” said Mark F. Mauceri, vice president, Playboy Worldwide Programming. “Vivid Valley is sure to entertain and fascinate the uninitiated with its intimate look at the company’s gritty inner workings.”

Fenton Bailey, co-CEO of World of Wonder added, “It’s a testament to the considerable courage and artistic commitment of Playboy TV that they are airing this series which no other network dared.”

Vivid Valley follows the Vivid Girls through their professional and personal relationships on the set and at home, revealing their sometimes unexpected opinions on everything from plastic surgeries, drug abuse and recovery, child-rearing, romance and religion. Some of the most popular names in adult entertainment are represented including Jenna Jameson, Briana Banks, Sunrise Adams, Mercedez, Tawny Roberts, Savanna Samson, as well as Hirsch and acclaimed adult film directors Paul ‘PT’ Thomas and Chi Chi LaRue.

Vivid Valley will be supported with webisodes and podcasts on World of Wonder’s. Based in both Los Angeles and London, World of Wonder has recently created and produced the hit series ‘Show Biz Moms and Dads’ for Bravo, ‘Transgeneration’ for the Sundance Channel, and ‘Movies That Shook The World’ for AMC.

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Today’s Your Birthday!

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Umm it’s my birthday today and it is at the time of my life where one begins to wish these days don’t come around every single year! Got some fun planned for tonight for yours truly and my girlfriend, but i’ll be glad when this day is all but over. I’ve listed below some notables who also share a birthday today… good to see some cool names in there such as Thom Yorke from Radiohead and Leeroy Thornhill from Prodigy. Those two are of my own age bracket too which is kinda cool.

  • Heinrich Himmler, Nazi Gestapo chief (1900-1945)
  • Desmond Tutu, Anglican Archbishop in South Africa, winner of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize (1931-)
  • Oliver North, former US National Security Council aide (1943-)
  • John Mellencamp, US singer (1951-)
  • Vladimir Putin, Russian President (1952-)
  • Tico Torres, musician with Bon Jovi (1953-)
  • Yo-Yo Ma, cellist (1955-)
  • Simon Cowell, British record executive and TV judge (1959-)
  • Toni Branxton, US singer (1968-)
  • Thom Yorke, US rock singer of Radiohead (1968-)
  • Leeroy Thornhill, US rock musician (Prodigy) (1969-)

So, happy birthday to me!

Pamela Anderson: American Icon

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Pamela Anderson: American Icon

Sante D’Orazio, America’s most sought-after celebrity photographer with a life-long interest in the pin-up phenomenon photographed Pamela Anderson in a one-day session in the fall of 2000 on the terrace of a mansion in the Hollywood Hills. The results of that photo session are now available in a large-sized coffee table book called ‘Pam - American Icon.

“Pamela Anderson is a living, breathing, walking work of art. She’s the personification of Pop Art. If you put her in a room by herself, she’d be a great exhibition.” - Photographer Sante D’Orazio.

Originally commissioned by Playboy, these photographs capture Anderson at a peak of larger than life voluptuousness. These are images that capture a primal moment as expressive of its time as Bert Stern’s Marilyn Monroe or Avedon’s Nastasia Kinski with snake.

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