Best Movies 2008 (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Directed John Lasseter, Pixar's co-founder and director of Toy Story 1 & 2, A Bug's Life and Cars (along with co-director Rob Gibbs), Unidentified Flying Mater is the fifth in a series of Cars short films (originally titled "Cars-toons"). The computer animated short premiered on The Disney Channel on Friday, November 20th 2009. Mater tells a tall tale about the time he met a UFO and saved...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
— DIANE CLEHANE You never know who you're going to meet on any given Wednesday at Michael's. I've chatted with former presidents, Oscar winners, and tabloid targets who have made the usually unflappable crowd turn and stare, but it's those unexpected, below the radar moments that are often the most fun. When GM Steve Millington introduced me to Jerry Casale of Devo, one of my favorite ‘80s...
webcastr (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Bob Lewis and Gerald Casale of Devo perform at the 9:30 Club on Sunday.
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News In the 21st century, aren't things supposed to function well? That wasn't the case during Devo 's first of two shows at the Vic Theatre in Chicago. Before the band performed their recently-reissued 1978 'Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo' in its entirety, a video containing old footage of the band was supposed to screen. But once the lights dimmed and the projectionist...
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive Although plenty has plenty has changed in the world in the three decades since Devo released their acclaimed debut, 1978's 'Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!' the New Wave rockers don't see much of a difference. "Things don't change, and the people that want to change things are either stymied or eliminated," bassist/vocalist Gerald Casale tells...
Line Out (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Devo member Mark Mothersbaugh and possibly other band mates will appear on KEXP today at 3 pm. The plan is for DJ El Toro to interview Mothersbaugh & co. and, if all goes well, have Devo spin some records. Devo play the album Freedom of Choice in its entirety tonight at the Moore . A review of last night's Devo show—in which they performed Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! —is forthcoming....
SibLINGSHOT ON THE BLEACHERS (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
A mere two years after Booji Boy stiffed in their native US, and an overseas deal with Stiff Records soured in the UK, Ohioans Devo signed on the line with major league hitters, Warner Bros. The rest - as some say - was almost history. Produced in Cologne, Germany, by Brian Eno on the recommendation - in part - of chums Bowie and Pop, " Q: Are We Not Men ? A: We Are Devo ", the resulting...
morphizm (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
I recently interviewed Devo’s head mutant Mark Mothersbaugh about his busily devolved life. Lately, it includes taking Devo on tour to perform full-album concerts of its recently reissued classics Are We Not Men? and Freedom of Choice. But it also includes crafting up deranged rugs for your home and mine, where a homosexual cyclops ponders the [...]
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
When Devo was at its peak nearly 30 years ago, founding members Gerry Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh sublimated their political ire into biting social commentary. At the time, the band's ironic restraint and knack for humorously-tinged performance art worked in favor of the furious undercurrent b...
Wired: Underwire (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
< previous image | next image >> Nearly four decades after Devo first deranged pop culture, the band returns Tuesday with a U.S. tour — and a cool line of bizarro rugs from head mutant Mark Mothersbaugh. Is that not cool? The band — singer Mothersbaugh, bass guitar/synthesizer player Jerry Casale, lead guitarist Bob Mothersbaugh, keyboardist/guitarist Bob Casale [...]
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive With the rerelease of two of their landmark albums -- their 1978 debut 'Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!' and their 1980 masterpiece 'Freedom of Choice' -- Devo are reliving many of the memories of what made the early stage of their career so special. Before their debut, the Ohio-born band was riding high with artists like David Bowie -- who nearly produced...
LAist (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
When Devo first appeared on the scene in 1978 (1977, if you were hip enough to be at a punk show where their independent film/ music video “The Truth About De-Evolution” was screened in between bands), there was nothing remotely like them under the sun. In a heavily macho scene, they offered a stiff, robotic alternative. Highly conceptual, wickedly funny, and possessed with a knack for...
Sound On The Sound (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
“De-evolution is real. We’re here as the house band on the titanic.” This is the how DEVO’s Gerard Casale describes his band in the above video feature, wherein they reflect on why the band started and how the times aren’t all that different today. These New Wave pioneers (who’s tunes can often be heard blasting [...]
thus spake drake (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Parents and stoners (and stoner parents) alert. After a long drought, the final batch of episodes from Season 2 of the toddlericious Yo Gabba Gabba will finally see the light of day shortly, on the channel formerly known as Noggin (to be re-christened Nick Jr, which we were already in the habit of calling it). The week of October 12 will bring five new episodes, featuring guests like Andy Samberg,...
kingblind (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Devo Whips Up Record Deal, Suits Up For Tour Devo is headed back to the future thanks to new deal with Warner Bros. Records, the group's original major label, and a series of concerts celebrating a pair of older albums. The company has announced a "unique, ground-breaking worldwide partnership" during which it will "internationally service all aspects of the band's career, including...
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