MAY 25TH 2005
	"QUEER" VIDEO ON STÉPHANE SEDNAOUI DVD COMPILATION posted 12:10 GMT+0 The Directors Label returns on September 13th 2005 with simultaneous releases from four more of the world's most acclaimed music video directors, once again produced by Richard Brown for Palm Pictures. Volume 7 will be a Stéphane Sednaoui video compilation that will include Garbage's video for "Queer" as well as a Shirley Manson interview. Also on this DVD will be Red Hot Chili Peppers's "Give It Away" (that are on the cover of this DVD) and "Scar Tissue" videos; Tricky's "For Real", "Pumpkin" and "Hell is Around the Corner"; R.E.M.'s "Lotus", Björk's "Possibly Maybe" and "Big Time Sensuality" (two versions); Alanis Morissette's "Ironic"; Massive Attack's "Sly"; Youssou N’Dour & Neneh Cherry's "Seven Seconds"; U2's "Mysterious Ways" and "Discotheque (new director’s cut)", as well as other music videos, short films, animations, artists interviews and a 52 Page Book with diary of photos, storyboards, sketches and comments. [source: directorslabel.com / greggerg @ garbage.proboards15.com]

MAY 24TH 2005
	GARBAGE ON 'STREET SCENE' BILL posted 09:30 GMT+0 Garbage are among the acts confirmed for the 2005 edition of the San Diego Street Scene festival. Set for July 29-30 at an area adjacent to the city's Qualcomm Stadium, the event will feature more than 30 artists, like Snoop Doog, the White Stripes, 311, the Black Eyed Peas, the Pixies, Flaming Lips, Method Man, Kasabian, (International) Noise Conspiracy, etc. With pre-sale tickets already sold out, $65 weekend passes for the event go on sale Thursday (May 26) via Street-scene.com and 888-487-4347. A limited number of VIP passes, which include two tickets, parking, a special entrance and a VIP area within the event grounds, will be available for $300. [source: billboard.com]

MAY 22ND 2005
	RUN BABY RUN COMPETITON RESULTS posted 00:05 GMT+0 Thanks to everyone who entered this competition! With more than 200 submissions, it was very hard for me to select who would get the CDs. I received some of my favourite pics more than once, so if any duplicate submission won the CD, it went to the first person submitting it. The 4 winning pics are below, and who won the CDs were: Chase Sanders, Phil, Amanda Mongeon and Veronica Read. Thanks everyone! In the galleries from the debut album and Version 2.0 you can find 125 new pics (you can find some difficulties opening some images. This will be fixed soon)! Enjoy them!!

MAY 21ST 2005
	RUN BABY RUN RELEASE DETAILS posted 11:40 GMT+0 The official site posted the artwork for Garbage's forthcoming European single 'Run Baby Run' yesterday. Here's some important extra info you need to know such as release dates: the single will be released in Europe on June 20th and will also be the Australian single, to be released on July 10th. The details on these releases are as follow: Maxi CD (Europe / Australia): Run Baby Run / Honey Bee / Never Be Free / Badass (October 2003 Ruff Demo) 2 Track CD (Europe): Run Baby Run / Honey Bee A 'Never Be Free' Promo CD-R surfaced in 2003 and caused some stir on the fans community at the time, yet no recordings appeared. More info at the Garbage Discography site. [source: garbage.com; garbage-discography.co.uk; garbage.de]

MAY 20TH 2005
	GARBAGE TIDBITS AND RUMOURS posted 02:55 GMT+0 * The next Garbage singles have the following release dates: Sex Is Not The Enemy (UK) should be released on June 13th, while Europe's single, "Run Baby Run" should be released on June 20th, with a video around the beggining of the same month. * Some of the b-sides that weren't released from Bleed Like Me's album recordings have the following working titles: Honey Bee, Hanging with the Bitches, Never Be (Free?) and Guilty. No official word has been said about this b-sides or to which will be released on this singles. * On a Washington Post Interview, Butch said he hopes to put together a box set of B-sides and rarities, hopefully including "Go Pack Go," a crunchy stadium-style update of the Green Bay Packers chant by the 6 Packers (recorded on tour by the Madison crew, No Doubt and the Distillers). He also said "I've been bugging the band for a few years to make what I call 'the bummer record,' all really slow, Leonard Cohen-style songs, just super depressing yet intimate, because I love Shirley's voice on those kinds of things. I think we could make an amazing record that would probably be commercial suicide!" * Recent *rumours* state that "Sex Is Not The Enemy" may be the soundtrack for a comercial advert in the UK. No official word or confirmation has been said about this: either if there will indeed be a comercial nor for what brand. Recent *fan speculations* point this possible advert to Coke. [source: garbagedisco.com/forum (Rob, Liu, shirleebee); garbage.de]

MAY 16TH 2005
	GARBAGE TO PLAY CZECH REP., HUNGARY, SERBIA & SLOVAKIA posted 01:44, updated May 18th 11:35 GMT+0 Garbage will headline the Rock for People festival in Czech Republic on July 5th. Go to the official website here. Then they head to Budapest, Hungary on July 6th. The band will also play in Serbia, on the Voda Main Stage of the Exit 2005 festival with The White Stripes, Apocalyptica, Ian Brown and Fatboy Slim on July 8th. Go to the official website here. On July 15th, they're playing the Pohoda Festival in Slovakia. Official website here. Complete tour scheudle here. [source:garbagedisco.com/forum thanks to Ringwraith,garbidz & Agota]

MAY 15TH 2005
	'SEX IS NOT THE ENEMY' VIDEO ONLINE posted 05:45, updated 13:15 GMT+0 The video for "Sex Is Not The Enemy" is now online at garbage.com. This has to be (in my opinion) one of the best Garbage videos ever, in terms of concept and directing. Click here to see the video or go to the official site, Exclusives section. Screen grabs available on Garbage Box photo gallery.

MAY 13TH 2005
	'SEX IS NOT THE ENEMY' PROMO CD SURFACED posted 00:45 GMT+0 The first "Sex Is Not The Enemy" promo CD surfaced on eBay. This will be the next UK single, while "Bleed Like Me" song will be promoted in the US and "Run Baby Run" will be the next European single. Check the great Garbage Discography site for extra information! [source: garbage-discography.co.uk - thanks to Rob]

MAY 12TH 2005
	Y100ROCKS.COM FEZTIVAL 2005 CANCELLED posted 02:25 GMT+0 The Y100Rocks.com FEZtival has been cancelled. Tickets are refundable at point of purchase. Y100rocks.com are bummed that they didn't get the support they needed to pull it off, so unfortunately, the show had to be cancelled. They thank the bands and to the fans who purchased tickets for the show, where Garbage were also scheduled. [source: y100rocks.com]

MAY 9TH 2005
	'SEX IS NOT THE ENEMY' VIDEO TEASERS + BAND BLOGS posted 23:50 GMT+0 Video preview pics of 'Sex Is Not The Enemy' are now on garbage.com, on the "Exclusives" section. Go there for the previews of this hot video that should premier somewhere around the weekend! Also new on the official site are the band blogs. So far, only Steve updated his with some text and very cool pics. Shirley's diary should be up there soon.
	GARBAGE BOX'S 'RUN BABY RUN' PROMO CDS COMPETITION posted 23:50 GMT+0 Garbage Box is having an "Oprah moment" right now so I decided to offer my visitors the chance to win one of four Run Baby Run promo CD singles! All you need to do is send me an e-mail (adress on the right column) with the subject "Garbage Competition" and attach your favourite Garbage picture from the debut or Version 2.0 era (1995-1999) not featured on this site's gallery. It can be a promo pic, a magazine scan or a fan pic and you can submit up to three pics. The best and rarer ones will win a CD, and my favourite submissions will be featured on the growing Garbage Box's gallery! Good luck!! You can enter the competition from ANY part of the world (shipping's on me) and no age restriction applies here!

MAY 8TH 2005
	'BLEED LIKE ME' PROMO CD SURFACED + VIDEO DOWNLOAD posted 13:55 GMT+0 The first "Bleed Like Me" promo CD single surfaced, and besides the album track, also features a radio edit (more info can be found on Garbage Discography site). This will be the next American single, and the video for this song can already be seen on MSN, garbage.com or downloaded at ohwir.net.
	GARBAGE COVER PATSY CLINE'S 'I FALL TO PIECES' posted 13:55, updated May 11th 2005 GMT+0 Garbage started covering the Patsy Cline song "I Fall To Pieces" on their latest Nashville, US concert last Friday. No recordings have surfaced yet to back up this info. Read the lyrics here. [source: garbagedisco.com/forum]

MAY 6TH 2005
	'RUN BABY RUN' PROMO CD SURFACED posted 13:45 GMT+0 The first "Run Baby Run" promo CD surfaced! This will be the next European single, while "Bleed Like Me" song will be promoted in the US and "Sex Is Not The Enemy" will be the next UK single. Check the great Garbage Discography site for extra information! [source: garbagedisco.com/forum - thanks to Liu]

MAY 5TH 2005
	WATCH THE 'BLEED LIKE ME' VIDEO ! posted 13:26, updated 23:30 GMT+0 Watch the exclusive world premiere of Garbage's new video for "Bleed Like Me" off their new album "Bleed Like Me", on MSN. Go to their site to watch this video HERE. Go to Garbage Box's gallery to watch some screen grabs. [source: garbagedisco.com/forum - thanks to DryiceX]
	GARBAGE: GUITARS! posted 02:55 GMT+0 By Steph Jorgl | May 2005 This is a really huge guitar record for us,” says Butch Vig, producer, drummer and songwriter for Garbage. Vig put his name on the map when he produced Nirvana’s ground-breaking Nevermind and Smashing Pumpkins’ Siamese Dream. The new Garbage record — released in April 2005 — is called Bleed Like Me. This release varies from the band’s past as an electronica-heavy act, but better represents what they’ve always sounded like live. SIGNAL PATH “This time around, we made a conscious decision to get in the room and turn the amps on so we could get some feedback, so that it resonates,” says Vig. “When the sound comes into the pickups, it just rings differently than if you’re sitting in a chair in the studio. We would run some of our guitar tracks into the Line 6 XT Pro Pod, and some into Matchless, Mesa Boogie, Marshall or Fender amps. We also used a German amp called the Diezel—they are great for the crunchy stuff.” “We used the Littlelabs PCP Distro to split the guitar signals to the different heads and Pod,” explains engineer Billy Bush. “All of the amps were routed to the same old Marshall 4x12 slant that we have at the studio.” “But if there was a secret weapon on the guitars, it was the Palmer Speaker Simulator that we used,” says Vig. “It’s designed so you can record in your house without an amp, but it sounds better than even a DI. It’s got some tonal controls and it sounds very much like the amp is right in your face.” They also used some Chandler TG-2 and Channel pre amps, and the Groove Tubes ViPRE, Focusrite 430, and Manley SLAM as preamps for guitar tracking. MIC POSITION The guitar tracks for Bleed Like Me were recorded using an assortment of mics — positioned carefully to satisfy Vig’s ears. “We tried to use good microphones: a Neumann FET47, the RODE NT2, and a Shure FM57,” he says. “We also used the Royer 121 ribbon mics and Coles ribbon microphones. We moved them back from the amp maybe six inches or so, and would line them up so we could get them all in phase.” They also used a Brauner KHE-VM1 as a room-ambience mic. “I like to turn it up, put some headphones on, but then not have anyone play the guitar or any other signal coming through,” he says. “Then I’ll just listen to the different tones of the background hiss and move it around, so I can kind of balance the low with the high, bright, clear sound. And once we get those set up on a session, we’ll make sure they’re in phase so we can mix or match—or pick one—and that can take a while.” They usually end up with four mics, plus the Pod and the Palmer. “Then we split between those and figure out what is best for the recording,” he adds. PROCESSING “Now, as we work on a song, it kind of starts getting mixed as the song gets farther along,” says Vig. This process is enabled by the twin Pro Tools HD rigs that Vig has set up at Smart Studios and at his home studio. “I’ll start putting in automation, EQing and balancing and panning things,” explains Vig. “I like the Massenberg EQ because it’s got a great high and low pass filter. When you’re recording a lot of big guitar tracks, sometimes you want to put in a high pass at 60 Hz or 80 Hz. That way, you still get the fundamental body, but it doesn’t have all the sub stuff making the song sound muddy.” TRACK NOTES Some songs on Bleed Like Me have 60 or 70 tracks — but not all playing at the same time. “It might just be an extra texture on the chorus,” he says. “But most of them boil down to a riff or a chord progression that Duke and Steve would play. Then we would layer the electronic things underneath the guitars. But the electronic elements are still way secondary to the core of the record.” “We wanted to turn the amps on,” says Vig, “and crank it up, versus just plugging in and doing the same four bars over and over a hundred times.” SESSION FILE DATE: March 2003-December 2004 STUDIO: Smart Studios LOCATION: Madison, WI ARTIST: Garbage PROJECT: Recording guitars ALBUM: Bleed Like Me PRODUCER: Butch Vig and Garbage ENGINEER: Billy Bush [source: eqmag.com]

MAY 3RD 2005
	BUTCH VIGS ANSWERS HIS EITHER/OR CHOICES posted 01:15 GMT+0 Butch Vig was the premier producer of the alternative rock boom of the early 1990s, helming records for bands including Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins and Sonic Youth, before finding success as a performer with the group Garbage. Born in the small dairy farm community of Viroqua, Wisconsin, Vig studied piano as a child, picking up the drums during his teen years; after two years as a pre-med student at the University of Wisconsin, he dropped out to pursue a career in music. Recently he took time out of his busy schedule to play “EITHER/OR” with ARTISTdirect. AD: Beer or Wine? BV: Wine! I'm in love with Dan Duckhorn's wines lately: the Paraduxx, a red Zin blend, and the Duckhorn Sauvingnon Blanc! I always crack a bottle or two at a party, and my friend Mike X says that I'm becoming the Duckhorn distributor of Silverlake! AD: On the Rocks or Straight-Up? BV: Vodka on the rocks, sometimes with a splash of seltzer. AD: Pizza or Sushi? BV: Sushi...pizza makes me schluffy. AD: Corn or Flour? BV: Corn. AD: The Onion or The Simpsons? BV: Hard to choose, they both make me laugh. I'd have to say the Onion because we always have it lying around the studio. AD: Stars Wars or Lord of the Rings? BV: I'd have to say Lord of the Rings, but I'd rather vote for Harry Potter. AD: Ashley or Jessica? BV: I'll go with Ashley....she's a bit more of a beautiful mess. AD: Favre or Marino? BV: Are you kidding me? You're talking to one of the band members of The 6 Packers, who wrote the Lambeau anthem, Go Pack Go! Farve is so fun to watch....and Marino never did win a Super Bowl. AD: Lakers or Packers? BV: Oh man, now your really getting into it with me. As far as I'm concerned, the Packers are THE GREATEST TEAM IN THE HISTORY OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS. Plus, being from Wisconsin and now living in LA, I take some pleasure in being a Laker Hater. AD: Packers or Badgers? BV: I'm a UW Badger alumni, so I watch some of the games. But at the end of the day, it's all about the Pack. AD: Madison or Milwaukee? BV: Madtown. AD: L.A. or N.Y.? BV: Silverlake, Los Angeles! AD: Hot or Cold? BV: I like it exactly 78 degrees...is that hot? AD: Sunrise or Sunset? BV: Sunset, I never see sunrise, unless I've been a bad boy. AD: U2 or R.E.M.? BV: Tough choice...I gotta go with U2 because they are still making great music, and in my eyes currently hold the heavyweight title: "The Biggest Band In The World". Plus, we've toured with them, they are super cool, and we got to fly on the band's personal jet! But I can't dis REM. Both bands set a standard for many aspiring musicians on how to carve out your own path in the music biz and retain your dignity. AD: The Replacements or Husker Du? BV: I'm a huge fan of the Replacements. Paul Westerberg is a brilliant songwriter. AD: Smashing Pumpkins or Nirvana? BV: I can't choose between them, it's like picking a favorite child. This one is a tie! AD: Zwan or Foo Fighters? BV: Man, you're really trying to get me into trouble aren't you. I'll go with the Foo's, cuz I gotta give Dave some props for playing on “Bad Boyfriend,” and we're going to be playing with them in Russia next month. But I heard Billy's new solo album and I really like it...lots of synths and electronics. AD: Summerfest or Coachella? BV: Summerfest. There are so many bands you can see over the course of a week, and the ticket prices are really a bargain. But if you want to see the hot bands of the moment, I'd go to Coachella. Now if they could only figure out how to get in and out of the festival site a bit easier. AD: Producing or Performing? BV: Producing, cuz I love being in the studio. But I still like performing because you get that endorphin rush from making a glorious noise and indulging yourself in front of an audience! [source: artistdirect.com - thanks to deadwood]

MAY 1ST 2005
	HAVE YOUR MUSIC LISTENED AND JUDGED BY SHIRLEY MANSON posted 21:35 GMT+0 Drag those amps to the garage and prepare to annoy the neighbors. This fall the JANE CD is once again for readers, by readers. If you're in an unsigned band, lsubmit your original music, written by you. Here's the deal: * Your music will be listened to and judged by Shirley Manson. * Maybeline New York, Shirley Manson and JANE will host a live judging event, where we'll make our selections (once you've voted online, of course). * Ten tracks will be chosen from 10 bands/musicians for the complete CD. * The CD will be released in Fall 2005. Go to www.janemag.com/readercd for complete rules and information on how to send us your music. No purchase necessary. All entrants must be 18 or older and a legal resident of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia as of date of entry. Submissions due July 30, 2005. [source: Jane mag. - thanks to idols.95mb.com that will be back soon]