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Perhaps all the articles about this American group decided to begin with a discussion of the group's name. Naturally, almost 9 years ago, it was just a joke, but now ironed as a marketing ploy. "And they have a nice music, and the name right," - something like that said the patriarch of Russian AK Trinity muzkritiki the possibility of organizing concerts. Now none of the four members of the group can not recall the reason for the choice of the original, non-original names. "KISS said that at some point they were called that. But they have the guts" - tells me Kyle. "Problems with the organization does not happen, but sometimes club owners artachatsya. Well, to hell with them." - Geoff-and like the other members care little censorship. "Do you even know what Fuck - fuck it.'s Just that sometimes foreigners think Fuck - it's like" damn "or" shit "", - as Ted explained to me symbolic donat-a (in Russian - a donut) and cucumber on branded t-shirt Fuck. On their brand label combination of fingers of two hands symbolizing sexual intercourse, although a native of the USSR, the composition is unlikely that obvious.
    
So, ladies and gentlemen, FUCK:


 
Tim Prudhomme

    
Musical tastes - Bubble gum music. TP: "This is the 70th music for children, such as Teletubbies. I already large collection of records. Very rhythmically."

    
Tim Prudhomme - the main vocalist and guitarist. Bomzhevatogo has the look. The leader of the group it can not be called, even though he at first glance the most artistic. Recently moved from New York with his girlfriend-wife in one of the states 600 kilometers to the south. "We bought a house there very cheap. New York too expensive housing." Quipped on a quiet and peaceful life, he almost seriously declares: "I've got a small garden, you can grow flowers." Shortly after the creation of Tim moved for his girlfriend in New York, where he lived for several years: "There is very expensive.'re Constantly faced with the choice to go to a concert or a beer." Musical tastes - Bubble gum music. "It's music the 70th for children, such as Teletubbies. I already large collection of records. Very rhythmically." Tim also played the guitar is not the last album, Two Dollar Guitar: "Actually, I'm a very mediocre guitarist. Simply we Tim-th [Foljahn] are good friends, then they needed a guitar player, but I had nothing to do." Tim is very calm and special enthusiasm for the game with $ 2 Guitar did not state: "The truth is, I do not want them to be. Later I played with $ 2 Guitar during the U.S. tour."

Ted Ellison

    
TE: "Before leaving [on tour], I warned the customer in advance that I will not have 2 months. But then sometimes I check email at home - it's all right "

    
Ted Ellison - bassist. A man working as saying, "from the plow." Tall and smiling. In California native has a wife, son, 2-years old, and a private company for the production of shatter-proof glass window. He lives in general, satisfied, and the group does not interfere with business, "Before you leave [on tour], I warned the customer in advance that I will not have 2 months. But then sometimes I check email at home - it's all right." When the story of the new Russian attending the concert Yuppie Flue in Moscow, said: "We in San Francisco the same story - after the Silicon Valley city flooded juvenile rich men in expensive BMW and mobilnikami. They think they can buy everything. Many artists left the city, for this reason. And earlier, the city was so cool. "

Geoff Soule

    
GS: "Now I'm homeless, already two months. Before leaving on tour I have handed over all the stuff in a locker"

    
Geoff Soule - drummer, guitarist, vocalist, also plays on the children's piano. The most shy member of the group does not like to be photographed. Makes the web-site of the group, is also responsible for a donut with cucumber and the composition of the fingers of two hands, the author of the story, previously published SOUP-ohm. Previously worked as a programmer: "It was possible to earn a little. Now I'm homeless, already two months. Before leaving on tour I have handed over all the stuff in a locker.'ll Be back - will have to find an apartment." He was extremely pleased donated vodka: "Be sure to write to you about how she drank."

    
Kyle Statham

        
KS: "Then everything except the floor had to do - and sound insulation, and walls, and equipment gradually bought"

    
Kyle Statham - guitarist, drummer, vocalist. Studio owner Fuck Headquarters, where they were recorded almost all the albums the group. It is to his studio flocking intermediate drafts of the other three band members. Studio he built the house in the basement of the house where he lives, "I can not imagine now how I did it. Today, I would not be pulled. Then everything but the floor had to do - and sound insulation, and walls, and gradually bought the equipment." Employment - writes in his studio the other groups. "Somewhere along the album in two weeks. Money are small, but you can live."

    
Fuck The band is a legend - they met after a noisy party in a police cell. As incredible as it sounds, but the refutation of the legend is nowhere. And the guys support it properly. Just drinking a beer in the kitchen Gothenburg club Gump, the question is about as original acquaintance Geoff said shyly, "Well, that's not entirely true." But the law did not manage to find out - who does not split.

    
Either way, it is believed that the group originated in 1993 in Ouklande, California, where cheap and good wine, although a girl in a bikini on the streets do not go. "It's to the south, we have a rather cold, but warm enough to sleep on a bench" - dispels myths Geoff. Not writing a single full-length album with the group, Tim moved to New York. In fact, his true shape group received only after that.

    
How can it have a group where one of the 4 members live at a distance of several thousand kilometers, and the other three are scattered rather big California? Virtually between the recording of the album the band members exchanged tapes with sketches of songs of various musical ideas. Then call up and discuss. Then Fuck Headquarters are in for a few days and recorded a few songs. Then are leaving, and again calls up, discuss, overplayed. And then finally meet in the studio and record an album. Only recently found in schools once. "Well, here you have agreed that, for example, by 30 May all need to send tapes with sketches." "Something like this. Somewhere in the beginning of May, everybody understands that it is necessary to come up with something urgently and hurriedly cram all sorts of absurd ideas and send entries to me," - commented Kyle. All members of the group agree to such a situation. They did not argue, as most of the other groups, the society does not bother each other as a result of long-term association. "We rarely see each other, even I and Kyle, who live closest. Only when recording the album and the tour," - Ted. "I think a lot of groups working on the same lines," - says Kyle.

    
Fuck the music does not fit extremely seriously. For them it is not a means of existence, It's all about fun! Such a slogan can be described activity Fuck. And in this, and that the children can write an interesting and good music - the uniqueness of the group. When you listen to their albums, you feel that the group enjoys record-kicks just this feeling accompanies Fuck all the time.
    
Musically they are diverse that from country ballads to punk humiliating. Although the typical indie guitar sound and the former belonging to the label Matador makes itself felt: "Before, we were constantly compared to Pavement, but we're very different," - says Geoff. "That's Yuppie Flu were very similar to Pavement. When we played together in Italy, the newspaper wrote:" Fuck play music in the style of Pavement ". People came to the concert and before them Yuppie Flu: production tools like Pavement, vocals so similar. Last Yuppie Flue record is very good [the boat ep], they are original steel ", - Tim. With the Yuppie Flue guys are great friends. Tim: "They [Yuppie Flue] think that their concert in Moscow sponsored mafia, this royal appointment with them was not there. Seems they have earned a lot of money."

    
The assets of five full length albums, plus a collection of previously unreleased. After a bit of tape and a split singles with other groups, the first two albums "Pretty ... Slow" and "Baby Loves a Funny Bunny" in 1996 released the label's three co-Rhesus / Walt / Esther. Rhesus - own label on which they periodically release a seven-inch single, and the remaining two labels attracted because of lack of funds. "Pretty ... Slow" is no longer on the market, and in the opinion of most of the album - filthy. But the "Baby Loves a Funny Bunny" periodically re-released, thanks to the original design of album sales stable - album packaging is made in the form of a cardboard box of Swedish matches. Then he had a contract with Matador-ohm on two albums - "Pardon My French" (1997) and "Conduct" (1998). Then they became giants of the modern indie scene, and even toured with Cat Power. Eyewitnesses say it was a very strange sight: the beginning to the stage Fuck-fun from the heart, joking and ape, then appeared Chan Marshall - she could not finish the song, crying. "Actually, it was then difficult time. She cried every night," - says Kyle. Since then, they go on tour alone. "We had such a good American van. He died during their last U.S. tour, had to leave him in the middle of the road" - sorry Tim. Ted: "He was such a great, We all equipment at the end of the wagon loaded, and then hung the hammock 2"! "It can not be!" "No, really - two hammocks," confirms Geoff. Trucks are all very sorry. "Usually, lead the tour and I Kyle" - Geoff. "I do not know why they are so sleepy today. Lately sleep all the time while I'm driving" - a contradictory statement of Tim-a.

    
Why Fuck left the Matador-eh? "They are very badly maintained our last album for them [Conduct]. We come to town, and there is a new release, no one knew. So we called on Matador, and they told us that everything is under control and all this nonsense. Now they no longer produce electronics, even hip-hop. Steve [Shelley - owner Smells Like Records] hired especially for us spokesperson. Everywhere aware of the release of Cupid Cactus and clubs full of girls. general to our concerts comes a lot zhenschin ", - Tim. Cupid Cactus came out in Valentine's Day (February 13) with cacti in the form of heart and a phallus on the cover. "Making friends we have made in Belgium" - Geoff. The band on the album Set as: Todd, Harold, Darin and Scott. "This is our middlenames", - said Geoff. In all fools day (April 1), the Italian label Homesleep was a collection of previously unreleased with a bonus in the form of two clips of savory. This compilation of the group: the sexy one, the funny one, the shy one, the boy next door. Ted: "It's not personal, just decided to be called so."
    
    
Its all about fun

    
From a short speech in the port city of Gothenburg on the west coast of Sweden, they put on quite a shock to the few fans (20-30): Ted played bass with a blindfold and a cloak of super-hero with the subsequent explosion of firecrackers in his hand, Tim played bass for standing Ted-back and while he dudel on the tube. After the concert, one of the Swedish rockers, Fuck played in front of a local rock band Galimov, said: "Good performance, we thought you much easier."

    
After the concert, Kyle on his laptop-e master of composition for California 20-second collection of songs where the voice of Ted-and said: "Let's have some pizza". "Damn, how would I cut down to 20 seconds" - lamented Kyle. For a group with an average duration of about 2 minutes of the song, it must be not a difficult task. "20 seconds of very little. Couple of days I've recorded Ted-a, then put a drum machine, but still a lot of work. Generally 2 minutes - the best format, we do not soared the length of the songs, just happens", - Kyle. Well, fellows, neither their plate is not boring, it sounds fresh and raises vitality.
    
    
elk

        
TP: "I have the whole group helped him to climb."

    
Performance in Gothenburg European Moose was part of the tour. Elk (Moose) - photos by Ted-and the huge elk taken during the previous round in any amusement park. "I have the whole group helped him to climb." In Europe, guys love to perform. According to Tim-and especially in Italy, "There's great food, warm and delicious food ...". But Geoff Kyle and more like Iceland, where they will play as many as 3 times before returning to his homeland, and excitedly talked about the natural geysers and warm baths. The highlight of the last round for all became hipparsky district in Copenhagen, where all stoned cheap grass.

    
Back in the United States. Will change ideas. A couple of years and we will hear the new album, which may be released on July 7 or the day of the constitution of Russia, who knows?

    
The question of the future plans for them somehow inappropriate. "Ladies and gentlemen, you know they say that rock and roll will never die, and we are living proof of that - and not die. Ladies and gentlemen, get ready to be blastoff sounds of today and tomorrow." - So once opened the concert Tim. Then the band played something in the style of classic rock by going to thrash about with keyboards a la Doors.

B.B. Cunningham sings 'Let it all hang out'












B. B. Cunningham Jr. was lead singer of the Memphis rock band the Hombres. The band scored a hit for 13 weeks in 1967 with the song 'Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out).'




Photo by Claude Jones


B. B. Cunningham Jr. was lead singer of the
Memphis rock band the Hombres. The band scored a hit for 13 weeks in
1967 with the song "Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)."


The late Memphis musician B.B. Cunningham will be recognized with a
place on the Beale Street Brass Note Walk of Fame, with a ceremony set
for May 29 at 6 p.m. inside the recently opened Jerry Lee Lewis’ Club at
310 Beale St.





Cunningham was killed in October 2012 while working as a security guard, investigating an incident at the Cherry Crest Apartments.





Born into a musical family — his father was crooner Buddy Blake and
his brother Bill Cunningham would help found pop-soul group the Box Tops
— Cunningham had a long and interesting career. A graduate of Messick
High, he played in a series of teen combos, eventually forming the
Hombres who scored a chart hit with the garage classic “Let It All Hang
Out” in 1967. After the Hombres’ career slowed, Cunningham worked behind
the scenes at the famed Sounds of Memphis Studios.





In 1971, he moved to Los Angeles where he served as chief engineer at
Independent Recorders, working with the likes of Billy Joel, Elton
John, and Lou Rawls. He would ultimately return to Memphis a few years
later, launching his own studio.



Starting in the late-’90s, Cunningham spent 15 years as a member of Jerry Lee Lewis’ band. He released a solo album, Hangin’ In, in 2003, and continued to perform with various local outfits until his passing.





The Brass Note event is free and open to the public. Cunningham’s
honor will mark the 125th note that’s been awarded since the program was
founded by Performa in 1986. For more information, go to
bealestreet.com.





Noted Memphis musician B.B. Cunningham
Jr., a longtime member of Jerry Lee Lewis's band, was killed in a
shooting early Sunday morning, according to police and a member of his
family.



The incident happened just before 2 a.m. Sunday morning at the Cherry
Crest Apartments in Southeast Memphis. According to police, the
70-year-old Cunningham, a security guard in a neighboring apartment
complex, heard a shot in the Cherry Crest Apartments and went to
investigate. When police arrived at the complex at 1460 Cherry, both
Cunningham and a 16-year-old boy were found dead from gunshot wounds.



Reached at his home in the Washington D.C. area, Cunningham's brother
Bill, a founding member of '60s Memphis pop-soul band the Box Tops,
could only verify that his brother had been shot and killed in the
incident.



Sunday afternon, bloodstains and a latex glove left behind by police
could be seen in the courtyard of the rundown apartment complex.



Byny Garcia lives in a unit on the second floor, across the courtyard
from the shooting. He was listening to music when he and his wife heard
the gunshots.



"It's like five or six shots. I don't think anything about this because it's common," he said.



Garcia pointed to the bloodstains near a sapling, saying that's where
the teenager fell. Cunningham was about 30-40 feet away, near a
stairway.



"I liked him. We have a good memory from him," Garcia said about
Cunningham. "He'd take care of the old people and the Spanish kids. He
was a good person. We don't feel good at this moment."



Garcia said his wife, who didn't speak English, saw a black man and a
white woman flee from the scene, possibly in a green Honda.



During a career that spanned more than 50 years, Cunningham proved
one of the most versatile talents in Memphis, working as a musician,
frontman, songwriter, session player, engineer and producer.



Born Blake Baker Cunningham Jr., he was the product of a musical
family. His father was a crooner who recorded under the stage name Buddy
Blake, cutting a pair of pop vocal numbers for Sam Phillips' Sun
Records and Memphis International label in the 1950s.



At 14, the junior Cunningham became the youngest member of the local
musicians union. He helped his father run the family's Cover Records
label, for which he served as session player, producer and artist,
releasing a series of solo sides in the late-'50s and early '60s.



A student at the musically fertile Messick High
— home to members of Booker T. and the MGs, guitarist Reggie Young and
many others -- B.B. Cunningham led the Six O'Clock Boys, scoring a small
regional hit with "Ivory Marbles." He established a national reputation
in 1965 as member of the touring version of Ronnie and the Daytonas,
known for the song "G.T.O."



That band would eventually morph into the Hombres. Cunningham would
play keyboards and sing for the group, which scored a #12 chart hit with
"Let It All Hang Out" in 1967. A classic of the garage band era,
Cunningham's reading of the song would endure — it would be featured in
the early-70s Nuggets album, be used in Cameron Crowe's 2005 film
"Elizabethtown," and in recent ads for Foster's Lager.



After the Hombres career slowed, Cunningham went to work behind the
scenes at the famed Sounds of Memphis Studios. In 1971, he moved to Los
Angeles where he served as chief engineer at Independent Recorders,
working with the likes of Billy Joel, Elton John, and Lou Rawls.



He would ultimately return to Memphis a few years later, launching
his own studio. Since 1997, Cunningham had also been a member of Jerry
Lee Lewis' band. He released a solo album, Hangin' In, in 2003, and
continued to play with and inspire several generation of local musicians
up until his passing.



























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Graceland Before Elvis



Graceland, Before Elvis


By Michael Lollar, 
Memphis Commercial Appeal 
Thursday, January 8, 2009


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Ruth Cobb is one of the few people outside Elvis Presley's family to visit the upstairs of Graceland. It was before it opened as a tourist attraction, and Cobb, who lived there before Elvis, soon learned her old upstairs bedroom had been turned into a music room.


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Cobb visited in 1967 at the invitation of Elvis' grandmother, and later when the Presley family planned to turn the home into a tourist attraction. It reminded Cobb of her own music career and left her slightly quizzical about a few decorating changes.

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Charles and Ruth Cobb, who were residents of Graceland, show a photograph of Ruth's father, surgeon Thomas D. Moore, with one of the family's registered polled Herefords at Graceland Barn, taken in the 1950s.

"We did not have a jungle room growing up," she says. There was also no fabric on the ceiling of the billiard room in her day.



"We didn't have a billiard room," she says.




Other distinctive touches added during Elvis' ownership of Graceland drew little attention from Cobb, but there was one: "Elvis didn't like the chandelier we had in the dining room. It came from New Orleans. He put up some garish thing."

As part of this week's observations of Elvis' birthday, Graceland is celebrating its 70th anniversary, and mementos of its early years are part of a new tour.

Cobb, 82, and her husband, retired lawyer Charles Cobb, 86, married in 1948. She had grown up at Graceland as an only child. When she married Charles Cobb, they remained at Graceland with her parents at first while Ruth toured the country as part of a professional harp ensemble. She would later become harpist for the Memphis Symphony Orchestra from 1953 to 1973.

Her father, Dr. Thomas Moore, was a prominent surgeon and urologist. Her mother, Ruth Brown Moore, was a volunteer who enjoyed club work and became president of the Tennessee Association of Garden Clubs. They built Graceland in 1939, naming it for Ruth's great aunt, Grace Toof, who had left the farm to Ruth's grandmother.
The grandmother divided her 520-acre farm into three parts, leaving it to her three children. Two of them sold their shares to Ruth's father.

The house on 20 acres began as what Ruth Cobb calls "just a comfortable country home." It would become as familiar to America as Tara, Scarlett O'Hara's home in "Gone With the Wind," and it would rival Monticello, Mount Vernon and other once-private homes among the biggest tourist attractions in the country.
There, Ruth's father taught her to shoot well enough that she once downed three geese with a single shot. He also taught her to fish in a 25-acre manmade lake behind the house. But her first love was music. Ruth played the piano, but she loved the harp, studying, then touring with one of the world's leading harpists, Carlos Salzedo.
Her favorite music was classical, but Ruth says she liked all music from country to Elvis' music. "I wasn't really crazy about his music, but my mother marveled at his hymns," she says. When her mother decided the property was more than she wanted to keep up, she asked Ruth and Charles if they would like to stay.
"We just didn't have time to take care of a big house," says Charles. "It cost $1,000 a month to keep it up. The yard alone was like trying to take care of a golf course. We had a yard man who worked two to three days a week."
When the property was put up for sale, Ruth said there were three potential buyers -- Sears Roebuck Co.; a private party who wanted to turn it into an exclusive restaurant, and Elvis. By then, most of the surrounding land had been sold to developers for a subdivision, and the lake behind the house had been drained. Ruth says a church, Graceland Christian Church, wanted to buy 5 acres on the northwest corner of the property.
Sears and the restaurant interests did not want to split the 5 acres off for the church, but Elvis said he would be glad to have a church next door, she says. That helped seal the deal. Elvis bought the property for $102,000 in 1957.
When the church next door, Graceland Christian Church, eventually decided to move, the Presley family bought back the land and turned the church into the headquarters of Elvis Presley Enterprises.
Ruth and Charles built their own home in Coro Lake and later moved to Central Gardens before retiring to Trezevant Manor.

Charles met Elvis during the closing on the sale of Graceland, but Ruth never met him. She has since returned to Graceland as a tourist with her grandchildren. "I thoroughly enjoyed it, but it didn't feel like home," she says.

Life at Graceland before Elvis, narrated by former resident Ruth Moore Cobb.





Published Jan. 6, 2009


Do you know that?



Mrs. Virginia Grant, the relator (real estate agent) that sold Graceland to

Elvis afterwards wrote a booklet of the transaction.

Here's the short version;

Mrs. Grant accidentally met with Gladys outside one of Memphis' major

department stores, Lowenstein's East, Feb. 11th 1957. When she walked out of

the store she noticed "the most gorgeous pink Cadillac I have ever seen".

After learning that it's Gladys sitting inside "this beautiful vehicle" she

raps on the closed window to get her attention and they start to chat.

Gladys learn that Mrs. Grant is in fact a relator, who remarks,

"I heard that you folks would be interested in finding a good farm".

Gladys said this

was untrue but they actually would like to find a few acres with a big house

somewhere out of town. Grant then said that she had a nice seven-acre site.

But as Gladys and Vernon (who was inside the store when Grant talked with

Gladys) was leaving that very day for LA to visit with Elvis they would

instead welcome any referrals when they got back home again. Then on

Saturday the week after Vernon calls her and he wants to see the house she

had talked about. After the party (Grant, Vernon and Gladys) arrives at the

site, Grant detects only a vague interest and writes in her booklet, "I had

made the error of showing them property of a much lesser value than they

expected to buy. Fortunately for me I discovered my mistake immediately...".

Gladys then asks her, "Don't you have anything to show us with a Colonial

home?". Although the Graceland listing was with another relator, and the

fact that Mrs. Grant had never even been in the house, that's what she

suggested, "Oh yes, on Highway 51 South as you approach Whitehaven Plaza,

there is the most beautiful Colonial mansion which a friend of mine has for

sale - it's thirteen beautiful acres too". Gladys wanted to see the house

that very day, and loved it, as did Vernon. By 6 pm. Mrs. Grant had their

offer, contingent on the approval of Elvis, not later than 8 pm. the

following Monday.

When Monday came Elvis showed up early, and slowly walked through Graceland

for the first time and sat down with the piano. He got up and remarked,

"This place sure needs a lot of work done on it".

Mrs. Grant's heart sank.

Then he continued, "This is going to be a lot nicer than Red Skelton's house

when I get it like I want it".

Mrs. Grant's heart soared.

Elvis was ready to sign, and he wanted to close the deal as soon as

possible. The story was also, as I understand it, well covered in Memphis

Press-Scimitar with daily coverage of the house buying for almost a week.

Elvis told the reporter; "I want the darkest blue there is for my room, with

a mirror that will cover one side of the room. I probably will have a black

bedroom suit, trimmed in white leather, with a white rug". He also said he

intended to have a hi-fi receiver in every room and that he wanted the

entrance hall painted to resemble the sky with clouds on the ceiling and

dozens of tiny lights for stars.

Gladys commented, "I think I'm going to like this new home", while Vernon

complained, "We just had the old place fixed up like we wanted it, now we

have to start all over again...".

Elvis also remarked on the basement bathrooms were marked "Boys" and

"Girls", and that he thought that the first thing the house needed was a

swimming pool on the south side of the house with a large sunken patio

leading up to the pool. He also said that he wanted a six-foot stone fence

across the front and up the sides of the property, (the wall also made it

easy for Gladys to have her chickens again, and to hang out washing behind

Graceland as it was not so easy for fans to grab the clothes with the

fence). Elvis also noted the house had garage place for only four cars...

June 21, 2013

Harness Horse, Volume 53

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Traci Lords: Underneath It All

Traci Lords: Underneath It All

Traci Lords - 2003 - Social Science - Limited preview
The former adult film star discusses the painful events of her childhood that prompted her to run away, tracing her descent into addiction, her work as an underage porn actress, and her decision to start over in mainstream film.

Sin City Advisor's Topless Vegas: Complete Guide to Strip Clubs, Topless ...

Sin City Advisor's Topless Vegas: Complete Guide to Strip Clubs, Topless ...

Arnold Snyder - 2009 - Reference - Limited preview
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Swaggart: The Unauthorized Biography of an American Evangelist

Swaggart: The Unauthorized Biography of an American Evangelist

Ann Rowe Seaman - 2001 - Religion - Limited preview
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Ordeal

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Mar 14, 2013
 

A Guilty Verdict in the Steubenville
Rape Trial is only 1 step toward progress because the Culture of
"STUPIDVILLE" Exists Far Beyond Any One Community.

Sea to Sun
Recordings' artist, Traci Lords, has recorded a powerful musical anthem
with a video that is an "in your face" social outcry, in support of
victims of sexual assault and is a direct reaction to the teenage rape
case in Steubenville, Ohio. The case and Traci's willingness to
discuss her own rape as a 10 year old in Steubenville have generated a
Media firestorm in recent days including major TV Network interviews
with Traci on CNN's Piers Morgan Live, and CBS's OMG! Insider as well as
the initial debut on SIRIUS/XM's The Morning Jolt with Larry Flick
(Out-Q Radio).

The song Stupidville was conceived when Lords,
outraged by the specific details of the case, felt compelled to speak
out through the power of music, in order to reflect her own experience
and give a voice to the "Jane Doe's" of the world. Fellow Sea to Sun
writer & artist, Sylvia Tosun (a Human Rights activist, and award
winning songwriter/composer) collaborated with Traci to carefully craft
her lyrical message in preserving Traci's authentic and personal
feelings, while infusing a poetic touch.

The musical track,
produced by Anton Bass & Anthony Fonseca (aka Monikkr), starts with a
stripped down and vulnerable delivery, but gradually stirs into chaos,
writhing with a vibration that matches the intensity of the subject
matter. World-class drummer, Steve Hass, adds to the fury on this
recording while Traci Lords delivers a searing vocal performance, thus
becoming a natural Advocate for all who have been victims of sexual
violence.

The raw intensity of the production on both the song
and the video arose naturally from the need to call attention to the
impending trial. With no time to waste, Traci and the Sea to Sun team
wrote and recorded the song in less than a week. The video, which draws
from Traci Lords' self-produced and directed short film Sweet Pea as
well as current event footage and a PSA from Anonymous, was produced in
less than 48 hours by Reality Engine Studios (Matyas Kelemen &
Mikhail Gervits), and Chris Banuchi.

Sea to Sun is a boutique
independent record label based in New York City that specializes in well
crafted songs with contemporary cutting edge productions. They have
joined this cause with their Artist, Traci Lords, as a result of a
genuine desire to help bring awareness and cultural change, and to
instill more dignity in today's youth.


Traci
Lords exploded on the scene in 1986 via a tabloid TV feeding frenzy.
Reporters had a field day with the notorious teenager who had left
behind an abusive home and landed on the pages of Penthouse Magazine.
America was fascinated with the eighteen-year old sexpot who reportedly
had starred in dozens of hardcore porn movies and dared seek a
legitimate acting career. People laughed but Lords marched boldly on.


“The past is the past” she said, “and I’m done with all that.” She
enrolled in the famed Lee Strasbourg Threat Institute and was soon cast
in her first feature film, Roger Conman sci-fee cult hit, “Not Of This
Earth.” A review in the Los Angeles Times cut to the chase: “The answer
is yes, she can act!” Faint praise indeed but Stephen J. Cannell was
impressed enough to cast her opposite Kevin Spacey in his critically
acclaimed television show “Wiseguy.” Lords held her own and the industry
began to take notice.
A series of guest starring appearances on such popular television
shows as “Nash Bridges,” “Tales From The Crypt” and “Married With
Children” followed. But it was John Waters’ “Cry Baby” that elevated her
to the level of an actress to be reckoned with. She was cast opposite
Johnny Depp and once again demonstrated a flair for comedy. But her past
continued to cost her roles. A multilingualism fiercely driven young
woman, Lords refused to be dismissed. ” I worked too hard for fifteen
minutes of fame,” she said. “I’m gonna need at least double that” and
then she broadened her net and took it.




While working on shows like “Roseanne” and “Melrose Place,” Lords’
musical aspirations lead her into a parallel career as a
singer/songwriter. She made her recording debut as a guest vocalist on
the Manic Street Preachers’ “Little Baby Nothing” and then went on to
record her debut solo album “1000 Fires” for Radioactive/MCA Records.
The Juno Reactor-produced first single, “Control” proved a smash hit
reaching a peak of #2 on the Billboard Dance Charts. Shortly thereafter,
it was chosen for the soundtrack of the film “Mortal Combat” which
ultimately earned Traci her first double platinum album. Her second
single, “Fallen Angel” piqued the interest of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’
Chad Smith and Dave Navarro whom Lords convinced to remix the track.
Their version was dubbed “The Honeymoon Stitch Mix” and the critics and
fans ate it up.




Once again, Lords defied the odds and opportunity came calling. She
was invited to perform “Fallen Angel” in the film “Virtuosity” starring
Russell Crow and Elden Washington. Then the latex wearing club kid set
up camp where few women were welcome…the male dominated DJ circuit.
With her lip gloss in hand she hit the road redefining the role of DJ
and rocked the house for Perry Farrell’s late night Appaloosa crowds.
Farrell later said: “I remember Traci Lords making electronic music and
spinning records long before Madonna ever got the idea. Traci was
always way ahead of her time.”


In the blink of an eye, she was off again, challenging Wesley Snipes
to throw down in the massively successful sci fi/horror/action movie
“Blade.” Lords shone in her role as the bass vampire “Raquel,” and
“Blade” took a big bite out of the competition claiming the number one
movie in America title. While the sexy bloodsucker hypnotized audiences
all across the world, Lords delighted in killing them softly. Around
that time, she was cast as a serial killer in NBC’s series “Pro-filer.”
When her character was caught and killed at the end of the season she
went on to executive produce her next film, “Extramarital” which whetted
her appetite for more work behind the camera.
But the spotlight beckoned once again and Lords won Best Actress at
the US Comedy Arts festival for her portrayal of a Wisconsin brewery
worker in the Miramax/Dimension film “Chump Change”.


Lords “Take all prisoners and feed them… cause you may need them
later” attitude endeared her to many. “Kind, sassy, self-deprecating,
hard working, completely down to earth and she bakes a wicked chocolate
cake!” said “First Wave” producer Chris Brancato in an interview.
Brancato cast her as the ballsy leader of a militia force known as the
“Raven Nation” in the Francis Ford Coppolla produced sci-fi series.
Lords relocated to Vancouver, Canada and spent a year battling aliens.
Lords’ addition to the cast boosted the show’s ratings over 20% and
contributed to the fledgling SciFi Channel’s success. “It was a very
important time in my life. I was by myself in Canada. No friends,
family…no one really. It forced me to stop for a minute and really think
about who I am.”


And thought she did.




Then she wrote it all down. Supercooling published her autobiography
“Traci Lords Underneath It All.” Publisher’s Weekly raved:



“Frank,
opinionated, intelligent and drenched in emotion, the rare celebrity
memoir that will have readers cheering Lords on as they speed through
its gritty big-souled pages.” She toured the United States promoting her
memoir appearing on such shows as “Oprah”, “Biography” and “Larry King
Live.” The book has gone on to become a best seller in Japan, Sweden,
and Serbia. She followed it all up by writing /directing her first short
film, “Sweet Pea” for the Fox Searchable. She then rediscovered her
singing voice recording “Sunshine” “What Chas Gonna Do” and “You Burn
Inside Of Me.” The songs were featured in the hit series “Joan Of
Arcadia” and can be found on crybaby.com
Her unique voice can be heard today in many forums, from animation (
“The Chosen One” ) to video games (“True Crime New York City,” for which
she took Best Supporting Actress at the Spike Video Game Awards.)
In the summer of 2007, Traci was featured in the Lifetime movie
“Point Of Entry” and starred opposite Bill Pullman and Taryn Manning in
Matthew Wilder’s “Your Name Here.”


By summer’s end, Lords was gearing up for a brand new journey, that
of motherhood. Later that fall, Traci and husband Jeffery welcomed a
baby boy whom they named Gunnar.




2008 kept Traci busy. Delighted by motherhood but tempted with an
outrageous opportunity, she went back to work only months after the
birth of her son. Lords jumped at the chance to work with filmmaker
Kevin Smith.”I had no intention of going back to work so soon but I read
the script and couldn’t stop laughing,” Lords said in a recent
interview. “My character ‘Bubbles’ is a real hoot with a special skill,”
she said. And how could I resist working with Seth Rogen and Elizabeth
Banks? “Zack And Miro Make A Porno” raised a few eyebrows. And Traci won
a few more fans.


More comedy followed. Including, “I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell” which is based on Tucker Max’s outrageous best-selling novel.


By years end, it was back to the dance floor! Lords signed to Sea To
Sun Records and saw her first single “Last Drag” shoot to the top of the
dance charts. The video, was directed by legendary film maker Zalman
King.


Then once again, she shifted gears. Filmmaker Richard Bates Jr., cast
Traci along side Sallyanne Accord, John Waters and Malcolm McDowell in
“Excision”.
In January 2012,”Excision” premiered at the Abundance Film Festival.
The controversial film created quite a buzz. And Anchorman snapped it
up. It was released in October and has already become a cult classic.
Excision earned Traci the best reviews of her career. The critics are
calling it “A tour de force” performance.


Currently,Traci voices the role of Layla in “Hitman : Revolution”.
Her new album “M2F2″ in now available on iTunes.


She has several projects in the works.



 Including a new show for Las
Vegas!




“It’s the one thing I haven’t done yet”! And I’m really excited
about combining my musical and theatrical skills.
Traci Lords resides in Southern California with her Husband, 5 year old son, Siamese cat and a feisty beta fish named Goldie.




Music & Lyrics (c) & (p) 2013 by Sea to Sun / Global Frequency
www.TraciLords.com
Twitter: @theTraciLords
Facebook: www.facebook.com/tracilords
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PHOTOGRAPHY DEREK KETTELA
FASHION ANNA TREVELYAN
TEXT ALEX PENNEY
MODEL TRACI LORDS

FROM SCANDALOUS BEGINNINGS TRACI LORDS HAS FOUND PERSONAL
TRIUMPH BY TELLING IT ALL WITHOUT APOLOGY. NOW, WITH HER ROLE IN THE
CULT FILM EXCISION, SHE IS READY TO STAKE HER CLAIM AS AMERICA'S NEXT
MILF


Marlene Dietrich once said that “Sex is America’s
obsession.” If this is true, then Traci Lords is perhaps our favorite
fetish. First making headlines as a real-life Lolita in 1986—appearing
in numerous X-rated films and magazines while underage—Lords navigated
the ensuing scandals with defiant poise, which lead to genuine crossover
success in Hollywood. She epitomized ’90s cool, flaunting her signature
blonde locks and glossy red pout both in films and on television. Her
debut album, 1995’s 1,000 Fires, put a celebrity face to
techno, years before dance music would invade mainstream pop. Since then
Lords has released an articulate tell-all, and she continues to sing,
act, produce, and direct. Now in her 40s and happily married, the
provocateur and mother of one is turning heads again, with a campy role
in this year’s Sundance swensation Excision.

Your look is iconic. Who were your idols growing up? 
Traci Lords The
first time I remember thinking Wow was Marilyn Monroe—the red lips and
the pale skin. I really related to blondes. My neighbor, a friend of my
mother’s, was a gorgeous woman, and she always had the cat eye. I
remember the makeup and shoes the most. I’m still a bit of a shoe whore.

Which are your favorites? 
TL Louboutins,
definitely. They kill your feet, but they’re fantastic. They make me
feel very powerful. My husband is an iron-worker and one day they asked
my son at his preschool, “What do your parents do?” and he said, “My
daddy walks on high ledges and my mama walks on high heels.” [Laughs]

Let’s talk about Excision. 
TL We
worked so hard on that movie. Ricky [Bates Jr.] put together a really
great cast. People will be surprised to see AnnaLynne McCord in a
completely different role than she plays in 90210. It’s her Monster role.
My dear friend John Waters is really a breath of fresh air. When his
face came on the screen [at Sundance], he didn’t say one word—he merely
raised an eyebrow and the whole place just went crazy.

You’ve played a mother in your last two films (Excision and 2011’s Au Pair, Kansas). How has being a parent changed your life? 
TL When
you go through a pregnancy, you find yourself holding on to the rail.
It’s not that you want to hide, but you nest. You want to blend into the
mommy world—that was definitely my instinct. Then it was like, What the
fuck am I doing? I’m not a soccer mom! I’m determined to teach my son
[about sex]. I really want him to love and respect women and know that
sex is wonderful.

Where do you find the confidence to be as open and honest as you are about your past? 
TL I
don’t have any skeletons in my closet. What are they going to say, that
I did drugs and had sex? I wrote a book about it! It was at a time that
kind of feels like black-and-white movies, it was so long ago. When I
did porn, people were trying to figure out if they wanted VHS or Beta.
Is anybody really even interested in that anymore? I guess you have one
time to make your impression, and mine was as this kind of badass Lolita
sex star. So people will always think of me that way. I can’t help but
laugh as I sit here in my mom sweats and Uggs. I’m not as wild as I was.
Fortunately I have the ultimate bad-girl reputation. John [Waters] once
told me that everything that happened to me was a blessing because I
never have to do another bad thing in my life. People will just assume
that I’m cool.

You seem to have made peace with that chapter of your life. 
TL As
I’ve gotten older I’m just looking around going, Wait a minute, what
exactly is this thing I’m supposed to be ashamed of here? For a long
time it hurt me, then I realized that was nonsense. At some point my son
will say, “Mom, do you know what so-and-so said?” That conversation
will happen. It’s unavoidable. I’m really fortunate—my husband is proud
of me and knows where all the bodies are buried, knows all my secrets
and he absolutely loves me. That’s what makes me strong and keeps my
feet on the ground, even in my six-inch heels.

How has your Hollywood experience changed over the years? 
TL I’m
past my Hollywood expiration date, but I’ve just always had the
attitude that it doesn’t apply to me. I’ve never fit in or run with a
certain crowd—eventually there was a crowd that ran with me. Now I’m
trying to figure out what I am in my 40s. I’m definitely working on
creating my own projects. I’m not the kind of person who sits by the
phone.

What is the secret to staying so good-looking? 
TL I’m
blessed with really great skin. I haven’t done the lotions and the
potions and the Botox—not that I’m against plastic surgery or any of
that, but there are some pretty bizarre-looking faces in Los Angeles.

You’ve really done it all. Is there anything you’re burning to do now? 
TL This
is going to sound really funny, but I want to talk more about sex. I
want to be the Martha Stewart of sex. Not in a vulgar way, I just think
that sex needs to be celebrated. I’m talking about things that are
erotic: lotions, oils, stimulants, and music—porn for your ears. We have
a whole new generation of people growing up looking at stuff that is
so…I don’t want to say ugly, but so clinical. Sex is a gift. There’s
room for beauty and sexuality. I want to build an empire of
romance.Traci Lords In Los Angeles, 2012 

 

Review: Traci Lords: Underneath It All

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I absolutely LOVED this bio! I can't wait to meet her one day, and I already have most of her movies (not the adult rated ones). Read full review


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User Review  - Robyn - Goodreads

I
love Traci Lords with my whole being. I first came across her when she
sang on one of my favourite tracks 'Little Boy Nothing' and later on
when I first watched Cry Baby. It's hard to be a fan and ...
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User Review  - Jeffrey McKinley - Goodreads

An
excellent book about an extraordinary lady who conquered the odds of
her early missteps. It is easy to judge people for the choices they
make, especially when they are young. When you read a ...
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User Review  - Bobby - Goodreads

I
didn't know much about Ms. Lords, I knew she did porn as a teenager, I
knew she did some John Waters movies that I LOVED!!!! I met her in
person, and loved her.... She was a beautiful woman and so
friendly...Then I read her book and I appreciated her even more.
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User Review  - Xiaofei Guo - Goodreads

I
do not remember how I end up reading this book. But the life of Traci
is absolutely dramatic and inspirational. I cannot image how she survive
in a family with such irresponsible parents. The ...
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Traci Lords: Underneath It All

Front Cover
Supercooling, Apr 30, 2013 - Biography & Autobiography - 304 pages
The moving, gripping, and tell–all autobiography of Traci Elizabeth
Lords, a former child porn queen, electronica maven, and cult movie and
TV star.



At 14, Nora Kuzma ran away from home and ended up on the
dirty streets of Hollywood. She fell in with a fast crowd, and her
dreams of modelling soon landed her a spectacular centroid in
Penthouse magazine, where at 15 she became internationally known as
'Traci Lords'. From there she appeared in numerous adult films and
magazines, denying her past and battling a deep addiction to cocaine and
men.



Three years later she got out. This is her memoir – a tale of
loss, redemption, and ultimate survival as Traci Elizabeth Lords takes
you into her secretive past, faces her demons, and shares her
extraordinary journey of personal growth.



Snippets of Traci's
story have been told here and there, but this book will set the record
straight. What happened to her as a child to make her pursue a porn
career? Why was she blamed as the person who brought down porn in the
late 1980s? How many sex movies did she really star in? Why did she
quit?



 There's more misinformation floating around about Traci Lords than
almost anyone.



This book sets the record straight.





Review: Traci Lords: Underneath It All 

I
have to say I was surprised at how eloquent and well spoken Traci Lords
is. I haven't read a TON of memoirs, but hers is by far the most
intelligent, insightful, and poignant by far o all I have ...
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Enjoyed the sad tale of what being in porn's all about. Read full review

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User Review  - Izzy Rey - Goodreads

This
book was less about the industry and more about a girl who was
unfortunate enough to have large breasts at ten and a step-father that
noticed. The unusual circumstances that lead a 14-year-old ...
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User Review  - Jason - Goodreads

Book
I picked up for sale at a local library near from me. Was with someone
at the time there so I bought book to read while I waited. Have read a
lot of bio and autos before whether I been a fan of ...
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About the author (2003)

Traci
Elizabeth Lords has starred in dozens of films and television shows,
including Cry-Baby, Stephen King's The Doorknockers, Melrose Place, and
First Wave. Her groundbreaking album 1,000 Fires was a critical and
dance club hit. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two cats.



 This is her first book.