David Lynch received an upgrade to "officer" in France's Legion of Honor. The filmmaker's entry into the prestigious legion came in 2002 when he became a "knight" — the first rank of five. President Nicolas Sarkozy called Lynch, the mind behind some of Hollywood's eeriest films in recent years, "a profoundly normal guy" as he presented the award.
"What is really strange is that people think you are a very original guy," Sarkozy said. "What's crazy is life, not the perspective that you bring to life."
Lynch, 61, has received Oscar nominations for "The Elephant Man," "Blue Velvet" and "Mullholland Dr." Charlotte Rampling and Roman Polanski attended the ceremony for Lynch at the French presidential palace.
Across town, The Police, fresh off a reunion concert in Paris, received a French award for their contribution to the arts Monday.
French Culture Minister Christine Albanel honored the rock trio of Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers as chevaliers of the Order of Arts and Letters at a Paris ceremony.
"We are very happy to be among your knights," said Sting, speaking in French. The Police are known for hits such as "Roxanne," "Message in a Bottle" and "Don't Stand So Close to Me."
If last week was the ukulele episode, this week is the guitar one.
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For this show, Ryan's sleepy, tired, and exhausted - that's the famous dwarf and his two obscure cousins. He actually meant RE-welcome when he talked about S.L.U.D.G.E., as we've definitely played S.L.U.D.G.E.'s music in the past.
1. S.L.U.D.G.E. "Sorrowladen"
2. Negatrude "Hate Me"
3. Act As If "On Your Hands and Knees"
4. Moxy Phinx "Dog Tag"
5. Liquid Blue "Making Up"
Again, sleep-deprived Ryan probably stated some of the artists' webpages incorrectly, so please check out our Podcast Artists link list on the right-hand side of the page for accurate URLs.
Ryan talks about himself, much to the chagrin of everyone in the known universe*.
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1. The Sumner Brothers "Girl in the Window"
2. Lythium "Fish Out of Water"
3. Heather Donaldson "Alone in the Dark"
4. Pauline Boeykens "Dolomiten"
5. Michelle Newman "Goodnight Kiss"
6. DREAD:WAR "Blood of the Pharaoh"
*Speaking of the known universe**, check out Google Sky, the Google Earth add-on at earth.google.com.
**Speaking of Mutiny Universe, check out the following links mentioned in the podcast: Mutiny Universe News, Radio@MU Archive, and Elan Vital Blog.
Ryan talks about recording a podcast (how reflexive!), the Youtube/CNN debate (which he didn't see), and documentaries.
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Notes: Podcaster > Pop filter > Microphone (on applicable mic stand) > XLR cable > USB-powered pre-amp > USB cable > Computer > Recording program (as simple as Audacity, or as overkill as Pro Tools, which is Ryan's weapon of choice).
Check out this week's Podcast Artists on the link list to the right:
1. Michelle Newman "Pay It Forward"
2. Negatrude "Home"
3. Lythium "Say Goodbye"
4. Michelle Newman "One Last Time"
More notes: Ryan recommends reading Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. It's guaranteed to either preach to the choir or piss off the opposing point of view, or any reaction in between and beyond.
This is one strange trip of an episode: New Co-Host, uninvited guests, new Traffic Report, and...well, Ryan and music.
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1. Heather Donaldson "Lonely Without You"
2. Heather Donaldson "Honeybee"
3. Negatrude "Save Yourself"
4. DREAD:WAR "Blood of the Pharaoh"
5. Liquid Blue "Rescue"
6. Michelle Newman "Pay It Forward"
(Check out our list of Podcast Artists on the right-hand side of this page for links and more information.)
Cheers...alright,
Ryan
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Exhausted and with nothing otherwise useful to talk about, Ryan reads and answers some "Would you rather?" dilemmas at http://www.wouldyourather.co.uk/. In between that, he plays some music:
1. Heather Donaldson "Honeybee"
2. The Spaceshots "Greetings My Glorious Graces"
3. Michelle Newman "Silly Girl"
4. Chelsea Williams "You Don't Wanna Know"
5. Moxy Phinx "Centerfold"
Cheers...alright,
Ryan
This is the first Radio@MutinyUniverse.com podcast. Ryan's banter has been kept to a minimum (for now...).
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We'd like to thank all the artists that have given us permission to put their tunes on the rotation. We're currently looking for more artists to feature for future podcasts. Of course, we're going to play our current batch of artists again (as long as they're cool with it). Aside from DeRamos-composed filler music, here's the first show's playlist:
1. Starlight Cinema "Left Coast Cinderella"
2. Moxy Phinx "Only Me"
3. Lythium "Science"
4. Lythium "Fish Out of Water"
5. Chelsea Williams "Run"
6. Negatrude "Carbon"
7. Moxy Phinx "Aphrodite"
8. Oliver Charles "Almost (Remix)"
The show is 30 minutes long. You can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes...soon (knock on wood!). Again, I'm approaching independent bands/solo artists to play some of their songs...songs that I personally like. If you are a recording artist and would like to be featured on the show, please contact us at radio@mutinyuniverse.com (the same name as the show!).
Thanks,
Ryan DeRamos
