City & Sounds

     MTV confirmed Thursday that they will no longer be airing season 2 of the controversial teen series “Skins”. The series first originated from the UK series which is now entering it’s 6th season. UK’s policy towards what they air on television is way different then America’s. In the UK you can air stuff like this without it being a problem. According to the Parent Television Council, “Skins” was described as “child pornography”. Many blame the PTC for the cancellation of the US series and scaring off all the advertisers. “You have to remember, “Skins” premiered in America after the most expensive ad campaign in MTV history, which highlighted these unknown non-actors in a series of sweaty sex piles and rave dances. They weren’t trying to bury the sexual aspect of the show, they were trying to play it up. And it worked, in part because of the campaign and partly because the U.K. “Skins” had such a huge fan base over here to begin with. The series premiered to 3.26 million viewers, which is more than the U.K. show ever brought in (about three times as much) and one of the biggest in the network’s history. But a funny thing happened after the first episode: The ratings plummeted. And they kept plummeting.” according to Salon.com. “It’s about the lives and loves of teenagers, how they get through high school, how they deal withtheir friends, and also how they circumnavigate some of the complications of sex, relationships, educations, parents, drugs and alcohol. The show is written from the perspective of teenagers, reflects their world view, and this has caused a degree of controversy both in the UK and the USA,” creator Bryan Elsley said in a statement, posted on MTV’s website beginning of the year. In my opinion the only reason US remade the UK series was to make money. First of all why would you hire underage actors who have little to no experience and have them indulge in crazy illegal acts to be aired on television. MTV should have seen this coming.

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It is revealed in this French article, for a new cologne that Julian Casablancas is the face of to be released in September, that he will be releasing another solo album. Thanks to Google translate, this reveals a follow-up to the Strokes frontman’s Phrazes For The Young (2009) will apparently be released next year in 2012. As a huge fan of his, I am definitely excited for this next album.

Until then, check out the Strokes’ latest album, Angles, in the meantime.

http://juliancasablancas.com
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Listen to Angles Right Here

This is such a beautiful photo. Seriously can’t wait to catch her performance August 2nd at Nassau Coliseum. Get your tickets before they sell out!

Catch her day 3 video of “Seven Days of Femme Fatale Tour”

Also check out her exclusive interview with Mark Steines from ET.

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Femme Fatale Tour set list according to Just Jared!

Here’s the Femme Fatale concert set list:

1) Hold It Against Me
2) Up N’ Down
3) 3
4) Piece of Me
5) How I Roll
6) Big Fat Bass
7) Lace and Leather
8) If You Seek Amy
9) Gimme More
10) Drop Dead Beautiful
11) He About To Lose Me
12) Boys (Remix)
13) Don’t Let Me The Last To Know
14) Baby One More Time
15) S&M
16) Trouble For Me
17) I’m A Slave 4 U
18) Burning Up (Madonna cover)
19) I Wanna Go
20) Womanizer
21) Toxic
22) Till The World Ends

   Lady Gaga’s Sister Natali Germanotta Joins Her On CFDA Red Carpet.

They show slight resemblance. It’s crazy how she lives a “normal life” according to Yahoo. She tweets about her first year in college and other “normal” things. She’s a first-year fashion design student at Parsons design school in New York. I think it’s crazy how your sister is Lady Gaga and you seem to have a normal life. LOL yeah right.

“Relient K” confirmed yesterday that they will be covering “Justin Bieber’s” song “Baby”! What do you guys think? I personally think that’s pretty rad. A lot of people are criticizing but hey who cares. Good for them.