I JUST got an email from a chaseology.com reader with amazing news for some hot young musician... read below.

Hello Musicians!

Kellindo (lead guitarist and MD for the Janelle Monáe Band) will be holding auditions for a drummer to join him and Ms. Janelle Monáe on stage!
Audition Date: Saturday, August 29, 2009
Where: Apache Cafe
64 3rd St NW
Atlanta, GA 30308
(404) 876-5436
When: 10am-5pm
ALL drummers MUST be Atlanta based.
Please send your resumé, youtube links, photo, EPK, etc. and any other relevant information to band@wondalandarts.comand you will be contacted with an audition time.
Please come prepared to jam and play all songs from Ms. Monáe's epic release, Metropolis: Suite I of IV: The Chase Suite!
We look forward to meeting you and may the force be with you!

The Wondaland Arts Society
News Association and PR Tree

I'm definitely excited to hear that Kenna is releasing new material in the fall.

Aaliyah in true form...

So I'll start this entry off by saying; I'm not a huge huge huge Jay Z fan. Don't get me wrong I definitely grew up listening to Jay Z, I enjoy a lot of his songs, but not enough to ever want to see him live or anything like that. I think he's a great rapper but a lot of his stuff is either hit or miss with me. A lot of this stems from me not being a HUGE fan of Rap music in general. I listened to "Run This Town" a few times since it leaked online. I will say I like NO I.D. as a producer, he's definitely making his mark. The song itself is sort reminiscent of T.I.'s "Live Your Life"---maybe it's just me. Similar tempo & feel + plus Rihanna is featured on both tracks. It underwhelms me. The video I really like. Anthony Mandler directed it. This year he directed Robin Thicke's "Dreamworld" video, The Killers' "A Dustland Fairytale", and recently Maxwell - "Bad Habits". Let's not forget the visually stunning video he directed for Rihanna's "Rehab".

Personally, I'm a huge proponent for the post-apocalyptic aesthetic. I have an obsession of sorts with media related to the subject. This video is sort of a modern take on Tupac's "California Love which was a modern take on the eighties movie "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" which was probably a modern take on something else. I like Mandler's use of fire and light. The colors are crisp and dark. The looks/wardrobe are befitting; stylish and contempo but still true to the theme. Overall I like the video way more than I like the song.

Christina Aguilera's officially gone from "Dirrty" to nerdy.

After venturing into raunchy R&B and jazzy torch songs, the pop star's next album is shaping up to include a blog-a-rific parade of indie faves, with edgy Sri Lankan MC M.I.A., electropunks Ladytron, and Brooklyn-based songwriter/singer Santigold just emerging as Aguilera's latest announced collaborators.

Calling in to her own online radio station on aperadio.com, Aguilera named those artists, but didn't reveal too many details about her album, which is expected to be released in late 2009 or early 2010. "I know I can't let too much out the bag too soon," she said [via MTV]. "I just can't, 'cause I really want you guys to be surprised and to experience firsthand what I'm talking about or what I'm not talking too much about."

As previously reported, Aguilera's been working closely with Australian solo artist Sia, who rose to fame via her lead vocals for Zero 7, and other rumored collaborators have included Le Tigre and Goldfrapp, although Aguilera's reps have yet to confirm their participation.

Christina Aguilera sure has come a long way from her "Genie in a Bottle" days. For her upcoming September album, Light & Darkness, she recorded songs with British electronic acts Goldfrapp and Ladytron, plus former Zero 7 singer Sia, as SPIN.com reported last summer.

Now, Perez Hilton says that über-feminist punk group Le Tigre will join "Xtina" in the studio to work on the album.

Known for their bold lyrics and outspoken support of gay/lesbian and women's rights, Le Tigre had been on a musical hiatus since 2007. Dogged by rumors of a split, singer Kathleen Hanna (formerly of the "riot grrrl" band Bikini Kill) took to the group's MySpace in April to proclaim that Le Tigre had not broken up. And now comes this news.

In fact, Sia might be the one responsible for getting Le Tigre on board with the project. She and bandmember JD Samsom have been romantically linked -- and as she told SPIN.com, she thinks Christina is "rad"!

[source.]

Download/Listen to one of her classics...
Christina Aguilera - So Emotional

I sees it & I needs it.

As she proved in this summer’s Star Trek, Zoë Saldana shines when she’s surrounded by guys. Happily, the 31-year-old actress has another high-testosterone sci-fi epic in the works: James Cameron’s hotly anticipated special-effects bonanza Avatar, set in the 22nd century. Meanwhile, photographer Michael Roberts beams Saldana back to Harlem’s glamorous past, while the author reads the Hollywood tea leaves for her immediate future.
By Krista Smith WEB EXCLUSIVE August 18, 2009

Zoë Saldana likes being the girl in guys’ movies. This past summer, as Lieutenant Uhura in Star Trek, she locked lips with Spock aboard the androcentric U.S.S. Enterprise, knocking the popcorn out of the laps of Trekkies everywhere. “I love acting with men,” she says. “I tend to gravitate toward roles in movies where I get to be the only girl.”
Zoe Saldana

This Christmas, the self-professed sci-fi fanatic and classically trained ballerina will return to the screen for more testosterone. Saldana, 31, will try to solidify her place in the Hollywood hierarchy with James Cameron’s Avatar—quite possibly the most anticipated movie in years (and, at a rumored cost of more than $350 million, certainly the most expensive). Written by Cameron—with uniquely Cameron-esque ingenuity—Avatar is set in the 22nd century, amid a war between earthlings and the once peaceful indigenous tribe of a distant planet. Cameron buffs starved by the studio’s strict muzzle will at least be pleased to know that the film, more than a decade in the planning, was shot in 3-D and boasts never-before-seen special effects. “The story is so compelling,” says Saldana. “It’s definitely going to be one of those movies you have to watch more than once.”

Avatar isn’t Saldana’s first brush with cinematic royalty. Her breakthrough, in 2004, occurred in the Spielberg-directed Tom Hanks vehicle The Terminal. “I was 25, and all of a sudden I heard ‘Steven wants to see you.’ It was mind-boggling,” she says.



It’s a role she might never have landed had she not stolen the screen in Center Stage, the niche hit about ballet-school competition that may have unintentionally spawned every subsequent dance movie and reality show. “Ballet has always been my first passion, but I simply didn’t have the feet, and I have way too much pride and ambition to just be in the corps,” she says.

Up next are roles in Takers, a heist movie starring Hayden Christensen, and Neil LaBute’s Death at a Funeral, featuring James Marsden, Chris Rock, and Danny Glover. But don’t expect this native New Yorker to allow her ethnicity to define her career. “I’ve done roles that anybody would have done,” she says. “I’ve never helped any girl get the quarterback. I left with the quarterback.”

Given this type of moxie, it seems doubtful that Saldana will end up in anyone’s corps.



[SOURCE.]

DOWNLOAD: Maroon 5 - Pure Imagination
LISTEN TO: Maroon 5 - Pure Imagination

you know this one, it's the song from the 1971 movie Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory!

The GreenLight Festival is designed to be an affordable showcase that displays the diversity of urban music in the South-East U.S. The festival line-up represents various sub-genres of Hip Hop and Pop music. The face of Hip Hop is constantly evolving and Atlanta is leading the way with providing diversity in the music produced here. So it only makes sense that Atlanta gives the "green light" to what's next in music.

On August 21, 2009, come experience the next wave of music trends emerging from Atlanta and the SOuth-East U.S.

Nappy Roots (http://www.nappyroots.com)
A. Leon Craft (http://www.myspace.com/aleoncraft)
ALIen (http://www.iamaalien.com)
Kesan (http://www.myspace.com/kesan)
The Redland (http://www.myspace.com/theredland)
The Canz (http://www.myspace.com/thecanzmusic)
FKI (http://www.myspace.com/fkimusic)
Retro Sushi (http://www.myspace.com/retrosushi1)
Sean Teezy (http://www.myspace.com/seanteezy2cocky)
V. Sizzle (http://www.myspace.com/vsizzle)
Yung CEO (http://www.myspace.com/iamyungceo)
Fresh Squad (http://www.myspace.com/fresh_squad_boyz)
Prince Lano (http://www.myspace.com/princelanomusic)
Doja (http://www.myspace.com/undergroundqueen9)
Young Envy (http://www.myspace.com/envyatlanta)
Jay Pistol (http://www.myspace.com/therealjaypistol)
Knock Out Boyzz
Iasia

www.GreenLightFest.com

Special $5 Advance Tickets @ www.ticketalternative.com

...Just added Taste (http://www.myspace.com/tastemusic08) to the line-up...

My birthday weekend was spectacular. Had a great surprise party put together by my roommate. Some of my best buds were in the building. We played a series of inappropriate games and enjoyed each others company. I even smashed my face in the cake for tehe's and giggles. Friday we went to dinner at Marlows Tavern for dinner, it wasn't a birthday dinner, it was dinner and it just happened to be my birthday. I sipped Woodchuck Cider and enjoy myself. Special shout out to everyone who came to both of events. Saturday I had sushi, saw District 9 & then I sat in Subway at Atlantic Station and had iced tea and chewed the fat with some friends. Later that night I got laid (2nd time in 3 days, I got laid Wednesday too, FTW). Sunday I went to a local coffee spot and made gallons of creative kool-aid with one of my new writing partners. We're working on this sci-fi project, it was crazy. Finally, to top it all off. I had dinner at Gordan Biersch with some people from Deeper Love and I had a blast. We shut the place down. I had to write about this because it's so rare that I have a weekend this relaxed and entertaining.

until next time.
all my love.
- chaaaase.

check out Calvin Harris's new video for the single "Ready For The Weekend". I honestly think Calvin Harris is one of the best electronic artist out right now. His last album [I Created Disco] was freaking super, I listened to "Colors" yesterday.It's a must have for the collection, it's great for casual gatherings and quiet evenings at home. His new album (2nd) album Ready for the Weekend is set to be released on August 17, 2009. Featuring his #1 single "I'm Not Alone" and his second single "Ready for the Weekend", that actually just came out a few days ago (August 10). Check it out. Comment.

click here to see the interview.
"...my favorite Ivy League girl would've
been Lauryn Hill---who went to Columbia."

V V Brown - Shark In The Water

Go VV.
I like this video...
...even though it reminds me a little of Solange's video for T.O.N.Y.

DOWNLOAD: Spree Wilson - EVIL AnGEL EP.
I'm currently listening to it. I feel it, I don't know if I like it though. I don't know, I'm gonna give it a couple hours to marinate and give it another listen a little later. Check it out either way, support independent artist. You can't beat free music.
myspace.com/spreewilsonexperience
myspace.com/spreewilsonexperience
myspace.com/spreewilsonexperience
myspace.com/spreewilsonexperience

Back in April I heard Spike Jonze and Kanye we're collaborating on a short film. The film entitled "We Were Once a Fairy Tale" will be released on iTunes September 8th. I'm assuming it's the video for the "See U In My Nightmares" single (if it's a single) because the title is one of the lyrics. I'm interested to see how this looks visually and how Kanye performs as an actor. You know I have a thing for dynamic duos, I'm sure this is going to be pretty amazing, it's fucking Spike Jonze.

Here's a spoiler (aka synopsis):

In the film, Kanye plays himself drunk at a club acting belligerent and boastful, telling starstruck club-goers that the song playing in the club is his. He wanders into a side room where he encounters a beautiful woman. They start having sex and then he passes out on her leopard print dress. When he comes to, he finds himself in the VIP room with his pants down – he was hallucinating and fucking the pillow. The realization startles him and he rushes to the bathroom where he vomits what look like rose petals.

Then it gets weird.

Kanye finds a bowie knife in the bathroom and cuts into his stomach, spilling a torrent of more petals. He digs in the knife deeper and then with his hand rips out a small furry rodent, like a demon, only its quite cute. When Kanye realizes it’s connected to him with an umbilical cord, he pulls it hard, ripping it out of him for good. He then puts the demon on the sink and hands him a tiny bowie knife to fit the critter’s scale who then uses it to commit hari kari.

The short, written and directed by Spike Jonze, walks the fine line between self aggrandizement and self mockery that runs through all of Kanye’s endeavors. But the filmmaking is on point, with cinematography and sound design that authentically renders that feeling of being really disoriented in a nightclub. One doesn’t need to love Kanye to love the film, but the Jonze short takes what people love and hate about Kanye’s persona and then pushes it into a new, trippy realm. And in case you’re wondering, the answer is no, Kanye still can’t act. The film features the song “See you in my Nightmares” from 808s and Heartbreaks, remixed and pretty severely tweaked by Spike Jonze’s brother and N.A.S.A.‘s Squeak E. Clean (Sam Spiegel).

Bluey Robinson's 'I Know' Official Digital Release date!! - 14th of September!! - iTUNES iTUNES!!

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I expect style, spectacle, and a supernova.
Oct 04, 2009 HSBC Arena Buffalo, New York
Oct 07, 2009 TD Banknorth Garden Boston, Massachusetts
Oct 10, 2009 1st Mariner Arena Baltimore, Maryland
Oct 11, 2009 Wachovia Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Oct 13, 2009 Xcel Energy Center Saint Paul, Minnesota
Oct 15, 2009 Madison Square Garden Arena New York, New York
Oct 16, 2009 Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, New York
Oct 17, 2009 IZOD Center East Rutherford, New Jersey
Oct 28, 2009 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio
Oct 29, 2009 Verizon Center Washington, District of Columbia
Oct 31, 2009 Palace Of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills, Michigan
Oct 31, 2009 Palace Of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills, Michigan
Nov 02, 2009 United Center Chicago, Illinois
Nov 05, 2009 Toyota Center Houston, Texas
Nov 07, 2009 New Orleans Arena New Orleans, Louisiana
Nov 08, 2009 American Airlines Center Dallas, Texas
Nov 10, 2009 US Airways Center Phoenix, Arizona
Nov 11, 2009 Cox Arena at Aztec Bowl San Diego, California
Nov 13, 2009 Mandalay Bay Events Center Las Vegas, Nevada
Nov 14, 2009 Honda Center Anaheim, California
Nov 16, 2009 Staples Center Los Angeles, California
Nov 18, 2009 Save Mart Center Fresno, California
Nov 20, 2009 ARCO Arena Sacremento, California
Nov 21, 2009 HP Pavilion At San Jose San Jose, California
Nov 22, 2009 HP Pavilion At San Jose San Jose, California
Dec 02, 2009 Pepsi Center Denver, Colorado
Dec 03, 2009 Tingley Coliseum Albuquerque, New Mexico
Dec 03, 2009 Tingley Coliseum Albuquerque, New Mexico
Dec 05, 2009 Sprint Center Kansas City, Missouri
Dec 06, 2009 Scottrade Center Saint Louis, Missouri
Dec 09, 2009 Bank Atlantic Ampitheater FT Lauderdale, Florida
Dec 11, 2009 Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia
Dec 12, 2009 Greensboro Coliseum Complex Greensburo, North Carolina
Dec 13, 2009 Norfolk Scope Arena Norfolk, Virginia
Dec 15, 2009 Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, Connecticut

DOWNLOAD: Babyface - As Soon As I Get Home

B.O.O.T.A.Y - Spank Rock and Benny Blanco are: Bangers & Cash


This is insane. I'm enamored.

Listen: Bluey Robinson - I Know (Ryan Leslie Remix)

DOWNLOAD: Phoenix - Fences
Just stumbled upon these guys. Their out of France, this song is great.
Phoenix on MYSPACE
Phoenix OFFICIAL WEBSITE

Alice Smith's voice...Damn.

A lot of people are sick of Drake. I'm not though. I think there's a LOT of hype surrounding him and he's got dickriders gallore, but beyond all of it Drake is talented and he'll definitely make his mark. This is actually his first magazine cover. The FADER issue #63 hits newstands August 18th. This shot is by Jonathan Mannion.

I was perusing some of the submissions to BET's Black Filmmaker's Challenge.
I actually caught the very end of this one on television about a month ago.
It is such a poignant piece and really explores something that I feel is too often ignored.
watch a riot in the dark here.

my birthday is in a few weeks...no plans as of yet.
i'd marry anybody that bought me a Nikon D(ANYTHING).
this cake would be cool too.
all my love.
-chase.