Ooh, here's a bonus!

I promised we'd stalk follow Andy through his book promo, so here we are again! This one is thanks to Duraffinity!

Pre-Power Station JT and AT

Here's a long one from '83 that would be a pretty good interview if it didn't sound like fans were being slaughtered backstage. Ok, it survives anyway, and focuses on a lot of the excesses (and music, too). After reading Andy's book, it's weird to imagine what was probably going on behind the scenes here!

Andy's Book--starting to hit the media!

Andy's starting to make the talk show rounds for Wild Boy, so we're going to try to stalk him keep up with him on his trek!

Here he is on The Big Breakfast last week. There's a few tech issues with the footage, but it's still very worth it to hear his perspective on the look and the excesses.



And if you haven't gotten a copy yet, what are you waiting for?! Click below and get one!

Sunday Potpourri

Here are some completely random clips to wrap up the week!

"New Moon On Monday"--Vh1 promo clip that doesn't make much sense:



The Devils (Nick and Stephen Duffy, as if you don't already know that) doing a snip of "Big Store":



Andy Taylor ignored? Here's some Andy video facetime:



I include the last one because I just started Andy's book, Wild Boy, yesterday. Ironically, I also finished it yesterday! Talk about a captivating read. I'll be posting a review very soon, but i the meantime, let's give the boy a shout out!

It's Caturday!

If cuteoverload can have Caturday, so can we!

First, actual cats!



Now, Cat People! Doing "Come Undone" on TV (pretty straight forward cover, too!)!



C'mon, Cat Power, give us a Duran cover!!

It's Friday...Stay UP ALL NIGHT with Daniel Abraham's mix.

Big Thing and other bits producer Daniel Abraham is our producer du jour. Did you know that his mix of "Drug (It's Just a State of Mind)" almost split Duran up? Apparently JT was so unhappy that DA's mix didn't make the record, that he threatened to leave. Luckily it ended up on the "Do You Believe in Shame?" 12", or we all would have been crying in our root beers a lot earlier.

Enjoy the mix!

Producer of the day - Jonathan Elias!

Forgot about him, didn't you?! Jonathan first came into the Duran realm when he worked with JT on "I Do What I Do" for the Adrian Lyne film 9 1/2 Weeks, and later produced one of my favorite Duran albums, Big Thing. A film composer and conceptual genius, he was an unlikely producer of what would be Duran's most house music influenced album, but somehow it worked. Little known factoid you'll learn in a minute: he wrote the original MTV theme song (so we've all been deeply influenced by his work and didn't even know it!). Duran members and friends were later featured on Jonathan's grand album showcased here, Requiem for the Americas.

Let the record show that this might be my most journalism-worthy post yet! I get a gold star today!

The Ultimate Duran Producer - Nile Rodgers.

Besides being one of my favorite producers on the planet just in general, it doesn't hurt that Nile Rodgers worked with Duran off and on throughout their entire career (and one would anticipate that we haven't seen the last of their collaborations). Back in the heyday when I was in junior high, my school library had a copy of, of all things, Popular Mechanics magazine that featured an article on music production (?? I know, why?) where they interviewed Nile. After about 6 months of reading it every time I was in the library, I think the librarians finally stopped rolling their eyes at me (but hey--at least it gave me a break from searching Vogue for pictures of Renee Simonsen or Yasmin (at the time) Parvenah...).

So geek out with me at some cool Nile interviews!

New poll AND new feature!

New poll is up! Now that Duran has owned being a brand, let's find them the perfect tour sponsor. Up for grabs are American designer and I'm sure Duran-influenced-at-some-point Michael Kors, hip electronics icon Apple, Juicy Couture (no explanation necessary), and, not my doing, Botox. :::throws a dirty look to my partner in Duran crime:::

PLUS, you can now let your voice be heard in a NEW way. Scan your eyes down below my 'Girl on Film' explanation of myself, and you'll see that you can now become a 'Bunnychucker'! In case you may suspect that you're the only person who reads this blog (and I can guarantee to you that you're not. There's quite a few of you out there now!), this will be a fun way to get to know each other a little more.

Producer week!

Thank you to everyone who succumbed to my subliminal messages voted in our last poll for Duran Duran's next producer. The results were:

Dana Detrick - 85% (w00t!)
Mark Ronson - 28%
Linda Perry, Diddy, an Jonathan from Korn - big fat zeroes

So YAY! Now we just need to convince DURAN of this!! Time to break out my subliminal gear persuasive skills again!

In honor of our poll, this week we're going to spotlight other Duran producers. Today we've got a little Red Carpet Massacre info, which looks like it came from A&E. It doesn't really hit the "producer" info until Part II (but it's not like I wasn't going to include Part I, too!). They discuss Timbaland giving them an enema (or making them more enigmatic, you pick the visual you prefer), and comment on Reportáge, the album that would have been had Andy stayed, produced by Michael Patterson.

Business and marketing geeks (like me) will also love their discourse on being a brand. THIS ONE IS FULL OF WIN! Enjoy!

Nite running in Smallville.

I in no way expected to find about a million Smallville clips featuring Duran songs, but boy did I! "Nite Runner" hasn't gotten enough love yet, so I this one stood out. Happy Friday!

La la la Lost.

"Save a Prayer" might not be a big stretch of the imagination, but it works...

Heroes, just for one day...

Man, "Falling Down" is really popular for these fan videos, apparently. Here's a tribute to Heroes with a little help from Duran.

2 more days!

I'll admit, 'pick Duran's next producer' is not the sexiest poll ever, but I promise, it's fun to vote anyway (*subliminalmessage* plus, you'll want to pick ME! *subliminalmessage*)! Make sure your voice is heard over in the side panel!