date: june 8/97
okay.. here are the official dates (as promised) that beck will be appearing at during year's H.O.R.D.E. festival.. go out and get your tickets NOW... also, beck will be attending the L.A. premiere of Steve Hanft's film 'Kill the Moonlight'.. Steve is, of course, the guy that directed videos for 'Loser' and "Where It's At" as well as many other videos.. and beck is, of course, the guy who used the lyrics "i'm a driver/i'm a winner/things are gonna change/i can feel it" from this film.. anyways.. beck's gonna at the film's opening and will perform an acoustic set at the screening.. for the full story, check out MusicCentral.. here are the H.O.R.D.E. dates:
| Date |
City |
State |
Venue |
| August 1/97 |
Somerset |
WI |
Apple River Amph. |
| August 2/97 |
East Troy |
WI |
Alpine Valley Music Th. |
| August 3/97 |
Tinley Park |
IL |
New World Music Theatre |
| August 5/97 |
Vernon |
NY |
Vernon Downs |
| August 6/97 |
Hartford |
CT |
Meadows Music Theatre |
| August 8/97 |
Mansfield |
MA |
Great Woods Center |
| August 10/97 |
Saratoga Springs |
NY |
Performing Arts Center |
| August 12/97 |
Wantagh |
NY |
Jones Beach Amph. |
date: june 5/97
first off, as reported earlier, 'jack-ass' will indeed be the next single released in North America.. we're hearing some reports that a video shoot is getting underway.. expect it to hit the public on july 6.. Butch Vig of Garbage is pumped to remix the tune.. should be interesting..
check beck out on the tube! Wall of Sound reports that beck will be one of many bands featured on an upcoming 'in concert' series on PBS! check it..
No Doubt, Beck, and Metallica Featured on PBS's On Tour
PBS has jumped into the live-concert fray with On Tour, a new show featuring a slew of live acts. Sting, Steve Earle, Nil Lara, and Amanda Marshall all kick off the premiere one-hour episode, with No Doubt, Metallica, Beck, Blues Traveler, Smashing Pumpkins, and the Cranberries to follow soon. Armed with twelve cameras and a forty-eight-track audio system, the On Tour crew traveled across the globe from April to August in 1996 to record concert footage as well as interviews and glimpses of backstage life. "We want viewers to have the feel of being at a live concert," says On Tour producer John Diaz. "We really feel the vitality of this vastly eclectic range of talent is going to come right through the television screen as no previous filmed concerts have ever done before."
The footage comes from all over: the first episode features a Sting show from Vancouver, B.C.; Steve Earle in London, Ontario; Nil Lara's 1996 HORDE performance in Buffalo, N.Y.; and Amanda Marshall playing at the First Avenue in Minneapolis, M.N.. Thirteen episodes are in the can right now, so check your local PBS listings for days and times and set your V.C.R.s!
look for beck alongside the refreshments, lustre and cibo matto when episode #4 airs.. for the the full list of bands that will be appearing on this special.. and on what episode.. click here..
date: june 3/97
oh no! beck's down! everybody stand back and give the man some air! this from Wall of Sound:
Beck: He's a Limper, Baby
That swanky cane Beck is using onstage these days is more than a fashion accessory, it's a physical necessity. The Odelay kid sprained his right foot early last Monday in Milwaukee during a performance. "I was doing a show," he explains. "Entertaining people." Beck was onstage during an afternoon radio concert when he "sort of twisted my foot." Then it was off to St. Louis for another show the next day, where he "kind of aggravated it, yeah.'' X-rays were taken, but there was no break. Luckily, the sprain wasn't severe enough to require a cast, but it did make walking difficult. Undaunted, his performance at another radio show in Pontiac, Michigan, on Wednesday was an inspired effort; even though he was relying heavily on his cane for support, he was his usual commanding self onstage, right down to the floor slides on "Where It's At." But the cane was more than just a crutch--it was also a swashbuckling prop. "I'm gonna try to temper myself," he says of future performances while the foot heals. "We'll see if that happens. It's hard to refrain from getting into playing when you're onstage, especially with a good audience." And there are lots of audiences in Beck's future. After this swing of radio-station shows ends on Tuesday, he jets back to Europe for several major shows (including the giant Glastonbury Festival in England), and then on to Japan. Finally, it's back to the U.S. for a series of HORDE dates. "I don't really have a lot of expectations," Beck says of the latter. "We've done a lot of festivals, and we've played with Neil Young before. I'm hoping it's an open-minded audience, maybe a little older than the Lollapalooza audience. We definitely want people to enjoy themselves while we're playing. We'll see when we get there.''
by the way... here's a link to a review of that Philadelphia Y100 Fez-tival that just went down.. looked like a pretty good show..
date: may 30/97
here's some more beck stuff:
- thanks to fellow beckhead Oliver for letting me know that beck will be playing at the Philadelphia Y100 Fez-tival on June 1.. according to Oliver, "it's going to rock!" (what beck show doesn't?).. not only will beck be there, but squirrel nut zippers,
matthew sweet, cheap trick, toad the wet sprocket, james, lucious jackson, space, and eleven other cool bands will be rockin' the town like a moldy cruton..
- this isn't really that big of a deal.. but i thought i'd post it for all of my fellow canadian beckheads out there.. (for you americans, check the band 'sloan' out.. if beck likes'em, that gotta be doing something right).. from DAMN (Daily Alternative Music News):
Sloan Impresses Beck
A huge festival in Pontiac, Michigan, on Wednesday night saw Halifax darlings Sloan share a stage with Beck and Pavement among many others, and apparently Beck was so taken by Sloan's hair and clothing sense (that's a joke...it's about the music, man) that he invited the boys who penned "Underwhelmed" to open for him at his Boston gig last night.
- keeping with the hip-hop theme from yesterday, this from Wall of Sound:
Dr. Octagon Opening for Beck
Dr. Octagon, the hip-hop collective that made its stunning debut a few weeks ago with Dr. Octagonecologyst, just announced dates and venues for its debut live-show gig opening for a couple of Beck shows. On May 28, a Pontiac, Michigan, show will mark the first time the band takes the stage in front of an audience, and it will be followed by another show on May 30 at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. "I'm really looking forward to playing with Beck because his audience is pretty much our audience," said the Automator, one third of the Dr. Octagon trio. "We're both kinda urban and kinda weird." Onstage, the Automator runs the drum machine, DJ Q-Bert joins him on the turntables, and Kool Keith handles the vocals. The three will be assisted by several other hip-hoppers, including Sir Menelik, who will act as their "hype man," and De La Soul's Prince Paul, who will host the entire show. Following their dates with Beck, Dr. Octagon will join the Lollapalooza tour, while Beck will hook up with Neil Young and the rest of the HORDE.
date: may 29/97
with the new wu-tang clan album coming out next week, all eyes are on the wu-gambinos and their next move.. rumors about a tour with rage against the machine, the cd's track listing and the enhanced cd portion have fueled the frenzied anticipation of this double cd-set.. so what does this have to do with the beck? well, it looks like the RZA of wu-tang and beck are going to be teaming up on a hip-hop album.. the complete story from New Music Express:
BECK'S MASTER CLAN!
BECK, WU-TANG CLAN's RZA and members of CORNERSHOP are all involved in a hip-hop supergroup album being put together by Dust Brother Mike Simpson, Dr Octagon collaborator The Automator and De La Soul producer Prince Paul. The album has been described as a hip-hop 'Four Seasons' - a reference to Vivaldi's celebrated concerto. Work on it is due to finish in July with a release in the autumn. DJ Shadow is also featured on a handful of the tracks on the album. The Automator said: "There's going to be a lot of singles on it. Everything is 'hood-oriented. We ended up making tunes rather than long, drawn-out pieces." Dreamworks, the Steven Spielberg and David Geffen-backed company that Mike Simpson A&Rs for is, not surprisingly, among the labels foremost in the running to sign the project.
date: may 24/97
sorry there haven't been a helluva lot of updates lately.. but to be honest.. beck really hasn't been doing that much newsworthy stuff! aside from releasing his latest single from 'odelay' and signing on to the H.O.R.D.E. tour (still waiting to get those confirmed dates!) mr. hansen has been laying relatively low.. however HERE's and interesting tidbit.. beck teaming up with .. bill gates? check it - Wall of Sound reports:
Beck, one of the biggest names in today's music world, is teaming up with the biggest name in the high-tech industry, Microsoft, and their highbrow publication Slate. The New York Post reports that the Grammy-winning artist will be contributing an article that documents a typical day in the life of the very atypical rock star for the May 26 issue of the cyberzine. The piece will appear in Slate's Diary column, which has featured similar articles written by various poets, politicians, and other notables. Michael Kinsley, former left-wing commentator on CNN's Crossfire and current editor of the online publication, personally tapped Mr. Odelay to pen the piece. Already proven to be a successful lyricist, Beck will now have a chance to flaunt his literary prowess. Fans who are more interested in his music, however, can catch him this summer on the HORDE tour.
to peep the article online, click here and boogie over to slate magazine's webpage..
date: may 11/97
the H.O.R.D.E. tour will never be the same.. added to an already impressive line-up (Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Kula Shaker, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Primus, Morphine and many otheres) will indeed be Beck who has been confirmed for dates between August 1-13.. he'll be hip-hopping on the main stage warming it up for the great Young and Co.. some tentative tour dates can be found on SlowJam Central.. when they all become available, you'll see'em here..
date: may 6/97
let's start of with the good stuff.. the beck web had THIS online:
"i'm a driver, i'm a winner.. things are gonna change, i can feel it.."
Those infamous word uttered in Beck's breakthrough song "Loser" are from "Loser" director Steve Hanft's new independent film; "Kill The Moonlight" about a month in the life of a race car driver. Beck has contributed 3 previously unreleased tracks for the films soundtrack, which will be released on Sympathy For The Record Industry in early June. The tracks; "Leave Me On The Moon", "Underwater Music", and "Last Night I Traded My Soul's Intermost For Some Pickled Fish" are folky "One Foot in the Grave"esque tunes. The movie itself will premiere on June 13 in Los Angeles at Laemmle's Sunset 5 Theater..
hooray! new beck tunes! the rest of this stuff isn't exactly new news, but i thought i'd throw in this info just for anybody that hadn't heard anything about them yet..
- SlowJam Central reports that beck is going to be appearing in a documentary based upon last summer's Tibetan Freedom Concert.. the concert featuring beck, the beastie boys, sonic youth, foo fighters, the smashing pumpkins and many others, was an all-star affair for a good cause.. the film is due out this fall..
- in case you haven't seen it yet, beck is on the cover of this month's Rolling Stone magazine..
- the new singles to be released off of 'odelay' are 'jack-ass' and 'sissyneck'. everybody in north america will get 'jack-ass' and we should get a video in july.. if you're in the u.k., listen for 'sissyneck' on a radio near you.. (i would have preferred 'sissyneck' here.. but who am i?)
- beck on the H.O.R.D.E. tour? apparently beck is really close to signing on to this year's tour.. what a great show that would be.. beck along with headliner neil young, morphine, primus and others.. talk about crazy with the cheese whiz!
date: may 2/97
quick update!
aside from the news on a remix album, it looks like beckheads around the globe will be getting their hands on some new ORIGINAL material from beck sometime in the near future.. according to an exclusive interview on SloJam Central by squeegee, a new record released on one of beck's side labels, K Records, could be on the way.. here's an excerpt from the interview:
SQUEEGEE: I heard a new album on K is going to be coming out soon; when is this coming out and is this older material?
BECK: Yeah, we started recording it in July of '94 and we recorded about 15 songs. And those sat around forever. Then I went back last June and did a bunch more. So at this point I just need to go back and finish the songs from the two sessions.
because it's coming out on K records, it's really tough to get a date on this.. but at least we know something is on the way! wow! for all the info and the entire interview.. click here and jet to SloJam!
date: april 30/97
hey! the site's been up a week! kudos all around..
here's a little more info on the new beck remix album.. this was originally posted in the online music mag Addicted to Noise on April 9/97.. (so i'm a couple of weeks behind.. give me a break.. i'm still getting the hang of this!)
Addicted To Noise staff writer Gil Kaufman reports:
Little Beck Hansen seems to have really arrived. The cover of SPIN, the cover of Rolling Stone (where he slags the SPIN cover, nice touch), a million-selling album... So what's next? No, he's not going to Disneyland, he's going to Remixland.
Joining the ranks of Bjork and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, the diminutive showman will be releasing a remix album later this year that will feature a number of previously unreleased and European-only rewrites of the hits from his Grammy-winning album Odelay.
Scheduled for inclusion are a Lloyd ("Lawdy Miss Clawdy") Price mix of "Where It's At," also retouched by the Dust Brothers, fifth Beastie Boy Mario Caldato and U.N.K.L.E., Jon Spencer's version of "Disko Box," which was included only on the European version of Odelay, and the Noel Gallagher and Aphex Twin re-engineering of "Devil's Haircut."
The still-untitled set will also contain a mix of the falsetto slow jam that didn't make it onto the album that Beck's been playing in the encore portion of his shows. According to a source at his label, DGC, the remixes are all in the can and the only hold-up is the clearance of all the samples, which could delay the planned summer release until early fall.
Just how large is Beck living these days? Well, a source told us that the singer, (who turned down a fat sum from a beer company that wanted to use "Where It's At" in a cheesy commercial), was recently asked to do a photo shoot for one of those highly-suggestive milk mustache ads, although his people said they "weren't even sure if he drinks milk."
date: april 23/97
great news for beck fans around the world! word is that we'll be getting our hands on some new (sorta) beck material sometime in the summer or early fall! local radio station CFNY in Toronto reports that beck is putting the finishing touches on a remix album that will feature various cuts off of 'Odelay' in different forms.. unfortunately, it seems that beck and the people at Geffen are having some problems clearing the use of various samples used in the remixing the songs, so things may or may not get pushed back further.. keep checking back here for the latest info on this exciting project!
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