Muse: Bellamy Confirms Hudson Romance Rumours

MUSE rocker MATT BELLAMY has confirmed he is dating Hollywood beauty KATE HUDSON - and is "nervous" ahead of an imminent meeting with the actress' mum GOLDIE HAWN.
Hudson, who has been single since splitting from baseball star Alex Rodriguez late last year (09), sparked rumours she is in a new relationship with the musician after the pair was spotted enjoying an intimate date in May (10).
Gossip reached fever pitch after the How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days stunner supported Bellamy during his band's slot at British music festival Glastonbury last weekend (26/27Jun10).
Now the rocker has admitted they are a couple, and Hudson has arranged a date for the star to meet her legendary mum later this month (Jul10).
He tells Britain's The Sun, "I'm meeting her (Hawn) next week... I'm already nervous. I don't want to make the whole experience even more embarrassing.
"She's (Hudson) great. Everything is going very well. We are actually glad and enjoying spending time with each other. She had a great time at Glastonbury."
The star even hints they may wed: "Ask me again about marriage in a couple of months."

Muse a toast to Vermeer

I've never met Ektoras Binikos, but his cocktail recipes have been intriguing me for many a year, and I'm sure that you, too, would be pretty fascinated by a guy who tried to incorporate dried blood into a cocktail.
The people who hired him to create the drink wouldn't allow the blood, so he tried to add some tears - a specific woman's tears, of course - to the drink, but they didn't go for that, either. It was back to the drawing board.
Ektoras is a Greek born artist who tends bar in New York City, and any decent search engine will lead you to sites where his work is on display. I'm particularly fond of his video, "Explaining an Image to a Stuffed Hare (After Joseph Beuys)," though I'm sure it's not to everyone's taste.
The "blood and tears" drink was created for the 60th birthday party of performance artist Marina Abramovic. She's a woman who is fond, it seems, of freezing herself onstage, and she incorporates other acts of self mutilation into her art form, too. It's not actually my cup of tea, but the world would be oh-so-boring if people like this weren't among us, right?
Being denied permission to use human body fluids in his drink, Ektoras went for cayenne pepper, instead. Good choice, right? But this wasn't any old cayenne pepper. It was cayenne pepper that Abramovic had placed under her pillow and slept on for seven nights, "so that it would absorb her auratic energy," he told me.
The birthday party was a big hit. People such as Lou Reed and David Byrne turned out for the event - it was held at the Guggenheim Museum in New York a few years ago - and Binikos' cocktail was a big hit, too. "As everyone toasted her, a strong auratic energy vibration simultaneously connected Marina with everyone in the room," he said.
More currently, Binikos sent me a recipe for a drink that he calls the Milkmaid. He created it to celebrate the painting of the same name by Johannes Vermeer. There's no milk in Biniko's Milkmaid cocktail, and there's no bread pudding in there, either - the maid in the painting is sometimes thought to be making that dessert - but there's an ounce of geneva from the Netherlands in there, so the ever-so-Dutch Vermeer would probably approve.
Although you'll have to go to the bother of making a citrus-mint syrup to make this baby, give thanks for the fact that you don't have to track down Marina Abramovic so you can persuade her to sleep on some cayenne pepper for you.

'Camera's Muse' at Mitchell Gallery

"The Camera's Muse: Photographic Portraits from the Collection of Robert M. Infarinato" - 40 black-and-white portraits, many by acclaimed photographers including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Arnold Newman, Ansel Adams, Alfred Eisenstaedt and Ruth Bernhard - is on view starting Nov. 1 at the Mitchell Gallery at St. John's College.
An interpretative reading, opening reception and family program will be held Nov. 1, beginning at 2:30 p.m. with an exhibit related presentation by Annapolis actor, writer and musician Tim King and musician John Starr. From 3:30 to 5 p.m., art educator Lucinda Edinberg and collector Robert Infarinato will co lead a tour of the exhibit, which will be followed by a hands on workshop.
Infarinato began collecting photographic portraits in 1984. His personal collection now consists of some 200 portraits and includes many of well-known artists such as Duke Ellington, Pablo Picasso, Carl Sandburg, Georgia O'Keefe and Alberto Giacometti.
His collection includes portraits that capture well-known artists in private moments. For instance, Infarinato describes one of his numerous jazz portraits: "Duke Ellington is seated on a piano bench in his dressing room, looking away from the piano and music. There's a closet full of suits, his desk is covered with his personal effects, a tie hanging down a lamp, and things are all over the place. This is his space. He is taking a moment to smile for someone who is in his dressing room. He's all about the music ...
He'd take a piece of new music on to the stage and say, 'OK let's play it.' This image evokes him and his world."
Another photo, of Alberto Giacometti taken by his good friend Henri Cartier-Bresson, shows a gallery space. "There are two statues of human figures: the one on the left is bent. The one on the right in the back is totally erect. Giacometti is walking between them, carrying another statue.
He is bent over, with a cigarette in his mouth, in a similar stance to the statue on the left. This is a man in his milieu. He is not working on a sculpture. He is a sculpture."
When describing his collection Infarinato says, "These are 'situational photos' ... I look for something that reflects some aspect of the person, more than a headshot. I look for context. It doesn't matter if the person is famous or not famous. The person in the photo may be unknown and the photographer may be a great. Or perhaps the image itself is well-known and the subject is not recognized, and may never be seen again. In the fabric of life the subject wouldn't stand out, but as a portrait it does."
The exhibit is on view through Dec. 17.

Muse Announces Receptor 2 Gets Solid State Drive

Muse Research and Development, Inc. is debuting a new Solid Sate Drive (SSD) technology option for the esteemed RECEPTOR 2 PRO line of hardware plug in players at the 127th AES show in New York City. SSD dramatically increases the data throughput of the RECEPTOR 2 PRO and PRO MAX for greater polyphony and lower latency, as well as increasing the ruggedness of an already robust design by replacing the traditional rotating hard drive with solid state drive technology with no moving parts.
The SSD option is available on either the RECEPTOR 2 PRO or RECEPTOR 2 PRO MAX models, and offers either 128GB or 256GB of storage. These new storage devices dramatically enhance the performance of the already impressive RECEPTOR 2 pro or PRO MAX by increasing the speed at which data is read from the drive by a factor of up to 5 when compared with a standard hard drive mechanism. The result is a dramatic increase in polyphony, along with reduced boot time, faster sample loading, and the ability to run some sample-based programs at much lower latency settings

second Twilight film, Muse remixes song

London (ANI): British alternative rock band Muse is set to be one of the bands contributing to the soundtrack of New Moon, the second film in the Twilight series. The band, from Devon, have remixed a song off their latest album 'The Resistance', called 'I Belong To You', for the soundtrack, reports the BBC.
The soundtrack will be released on October 19, a month before the film. Included in it are The Killers (A White Demon Love Song) and Radiohead's Thom Yorke (Hearing Damage), who have written brand new tunes. Other artists who've contributed include Editors, Lykke Li, and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Death Cab for Cutie song Meet Me On The Equinox is the title track to the film, and it was Zane Lowe's hottest record in the world on his Radio 1 show last week. The first Twilight soundtrack has sold more than 170,000 copies in the UK so far and more than 3.5 million copies worldwide.

The full track listing is:

1. Death Cab for Cutie Meet Me On the Equinox

2. Band of Skulls Friends

3. Thom Yorke - Hearing Damage

4. Lykke Li - Possibility

5. The Killers - A White Demon Love Song

6. Anya Marina - Satellite Heart

7. Muse - I Belong To You (New Moon Remix)

8. Bon Iver & St. Vincent - Rosyln

9. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Done All Wrong

10. Hurricane Bells - Monsters

11. Sea Wolf - The Violet Hour

12. OK Go - Shooting the Moon

13. Grizzly Bear - Slow Life

14. Editors - No Sound But the Wind

15. Alexandre Desplat - New Moon (The Meadow)

UK charts to Muse's new album proves irresistible

LONDON (Reuters) British rock band Muse shot straight to the top of the UK album charts with their new release "The Resistance" outselling the next three top albums combined, the Official Charts Company said on Sunday.
British World War Two armed forces' sweetheart Vera Lynn, who last week became the oldest living artist to have a number one album, dropped a place to number two with "We'll Meet Again," a collection of her best known songs.
That meant singer Peter Andre, whose marriage break up with glamour model Katie Price, has dominated tabloid newspapers in current weeks, had to settle for third place with his new release "Revelation."
U.S. rapper Jay-Z was another new entry in fourth with "The Blueprint 3," while singer-songwriter David Gray's "Draw The Line" went into the charts in fifth place.
In the singles chart, Taio Cruz, whose writing and production talents have been used by the likes of Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears and the Pussycat Dolls, debuted in top spot with "Break Your Heart."
David Guetta featuring Akon stayed in second place with "Sexy Chick," while Madonna was a new entry in third with "Celebration."
Jay-Z featuring Rihanna and Kanye West remained in fourth with "Run This Town," with "She Wolf" by Shakira climbing 20 places to fifth.

Muse: 'would say yes' to Bond song

Rock band Muse have said they would be keen to record the theme for the next James Bond film.
"It's something we'd probably say yes to, or at least give it a good go," drummer Dom Howard told the BBC.
The new Muse album The Resistance, released this week, sees the band blending their stadium rock sound with strings and opera.
"Certainly some of our music fits with the James Bond vibe and I think it could work," Howard said.
Dom Howard talks Vera Lynn and James Bond
Daniel Craig is due to return as James Bond in the 23rd adventure of the series, although no production date has been announced.
The last James Bond theme Another Way to Die was recorded by Jack White and Alicia Keys.
Duran Duran were the last British band to record the Bond theme, more than 20 years ago, for 1985's A View To a Kill.
"The last few have been pretty good," said Howard. "But I think we could do a good job.

Alicia Keys and Jack White performed the theme song for Quantum of Solace
"United States of Eurasia (from new album) could have worked but it's probably a bit late for that now."
He added that bassist Chris Wolstenholme was a big Bond fan.
Orchestral symphony
The Resistance is the follow up to 2006's Black Holes And Revelations and features a three part orchestral symphony called Exogenesis.
So would Muse consider writing a full film score?
"Matt 9Bellamy) did the end credits for a film called The International," said Howard. "It's not something we've done as a band, but we sometimes get asked for that kind of thing.
"It's a bit weird in the Hollywood world, because you spend a lot time being told what to do and that's a bit of a pain because we like to do what we want.
"So, I think if you can find a director you can acually relate to, and it's a great film, and you know you can work well together, then it could be a possibility."

The Resistance reviewed Muse's

On The Resistance, Muse's fifth album, the band go big. A shocker, right? Not really. Since they first appeared as vague Radioheaders with 1999's Showbiz, it was appartend that grand schemes and notions of musical grandeur danced in the band's collective head.
Now those dreams are made manifest: Muse have grown up, grown into their appetite, and they create the sort of bombast that makes 'bombast' a much less deformed word.
Early into the recording, maverick guitarist and musical redical Matthew Bellamy hinted that The Resistance would be "orchestral" and "classical," sending shivers down many a spine. Would Muse lapse into a cringe inducing, ego inflated ELP/Rick Wakeman prog odyssey?
The good news is, not difficultly. Sure, Muse want to impress us, but more than that, and more significantly, they want us to feel. And because that impulse is so genuine driven most critically by frontman Bellamy, who writes the bulk of the material we do feel. In this day and age, that's saying something.
Bellamy has all of his authority lined up like ducks in a row here. There's Berlioz and Lizst, and a whiff of Rachmaninoff for nice measure. Chopin he virtually name checks, having included a passage from Nocturne In E-Flat Major in the shameless Queen tribute United States Of Eurasia. The same goes for opera I Belong To You features parts from Samson And Delilah.
But we also catch some Debussy and Gershwin (intentional?), along with an overall framework that recalls the epic theatre of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill.
OK, you're scared, right? Don't be. On first listen, The Resistance is a masterwork that offers plenty of aural thrills. Bellamy's Manson guitars are locked on 'stun' throughout, although we do have a artifice, and it's a major one: He's a bit of a tease.
Every time Bellamy launches into a mind melting or soul magnifying solo, he pulls back, as if to say, "That's enough." This can be annoying since too much of a good thing is a great thing, and not enough of a good thing is a cheat.
That's the problem when you want to cram so much music into each song something's gotta give. Bellamy's a modern day rock god shred king, right up there with the best of them. On The Resistance, when he should let us bathe and luxuriate in his six string triumphs, he gives us brief, refreshing showers.

Muse in Ranbir's life

Deepika Padukone needs to wake up, there is a new muse in Ranbir Kapoor's life. Well not in his real life but in his upcoming movie Rocket Singh: salesperson of the Year where Shazahn Padamsee will be making her debut. Shazahn is the daughter of well known theatre personality Alyque Padamsee who had acted in the Richard Attenborough's award winning film Gandhi

Shazahn Padamsee has featured in different ad cause before being signed for the movie. Interestingly her mother Sharon Prabhakar will also be starring in the movie. The Yash Raj Films movie whose shooting has at present started is being directed by Shimit Amin who had directed the blockbuster Chak De! India.

Muse agreement to sell out in record time

TICKETS to Muse's hugely await Teignmouth agreement sold out in record time yesterday.
Overjoyed fans are celebrating after waiting line outside the Carlton Theatre for more than 24 hours to get tickets to The Den Seaside Rendezvous agreements.
Matt Bellamy, Dominic Howard and Chris Wolstenholme made an appearance in the town on Thursday night and happily new world chat with waiting fans.
Matt said: "It has been great to see all the fans waiting up, I also announcement a few older Teignmouth residents queuing too. It is great to know our music is getting across to different generations."
Box office staff sold an allowance of 5,000 tickets within one hour of them going on sale, with extra selling out by mid afternoon.
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However, national online ticket sales sold out in 20 minutes as fans fenland websites. Internet auction sites were yesterday already re-selling tickets at a whopping £840 a pair.
Hundreds of dedicated fans braved cold conditions overnight so they could buy the £37.50 tickets for the appearance on Friday, September 4 and Saturday, September 5.
By 9am yesterday, the queue snaked from the theatre's box office appear on the stage, around The Den, past the Beachcomber cafe and towards The Point car park. Some camped out from 8.30am on Thursday.
Newly opened restaurant, Take 2 in the Riviera Cinema building, played Muse hits ahead of the ticket booths opening.
Roger Smith, chairman of Teignmouth Players, the voluntary administartion which runs the theatre said: "Teignmouth has never seen anything like this. It has been amazing. The fans have been wonderful. They waited all night and have been in excellent the holy ghost throughout."
The band, who have twice won the best live appearance title at the Brit Awards, haven't played on home area since 1995 and the break to see them locally has gone down a storm with people of all elds.
Charlotte Mortimore, 21, and Sam Taylor, 20, from Teignmouth, were the first to get their Saturday gig tickets despite a last minute hiccup when Charlotte realised she had lost her bankcard.
But after a few panicked minutes she got her hands on four for the Saturday night event. Both said they were "ecstatic".
Charlotte said: "We are so excited now. It's going to be amazing. Last night was so much fun, we have not had any sleep, and stayed up all night chatting to people and playing drinking games."
Sam added: "We are going to celebrate with a few drinks before going home to bed for a upstart."
Brothers Jakk and Harry Tranckle, from Teignmouth, queued with friends.
Jakk, 19, said: "I am absolutely shattered but it was worth the wait.
"I've been listening to Muse since I was 12 years old. I think it's amazing they are going to be playing in their home town."
Harry, 22, added: "I can't believe it's only two weeks. It's going to be excellent."
Dale Stewart, 22, of Teignmouth, said: "This is a once in a lifetime chance. They have not forgotten where they have come from and that is great."
Jacqueline Daviss started queuing at 1.30pm on Thursday and got Saturday tickets for her and children Emily, 19, Jazmine, 14 and Oscar, six.
She said: "There has been a wonderful atmosphere. The great thing was that the queue was full of local people. My children have grown up with Muse so I think it's brilliant they have remembered their hometown and are putting on these concerts."

Muse Announce Devon Shows

Muse have announced two homecoming performance in Devon.
The rockers will play the tiny Teignbridge Den on September 4 and 5 after getting special agreement from the local council.

Muse release their latest epic album The Resistance soon after on September 12.

The band said they wanted to avoid the ordinary London warm up presentation by heading back to their roots.

They had been in talks with the council for weeks bassist Chris Wolstenholme even attended meetings to help the adjudication.

Tickets are likely to be given to locals first.

In recent years Muse have headlined Wembley Stadium and festivals including Glastonbury and V so these two performances will certainly be a different experience for them and fans!