Hami will be releasing a collection of all his works for cinema, television and stages. The album will feature themes from “Hadafe Asli”, “Salam”, “Pato Zamin Nazar”, “Mardane Koochak”, “Poshte Shemshadha” and “Bekhatere Sogand”. To mention a few.

Another celeb to whom maternity has been extra kind and generous is the British television presenter Holly Willoughby! This lovely lass has always been well-endowed, however pregnancy has made her blossom and reach her full potential! Amen to that!lol

And considering the area of blooming, one could think that I am the almighty responsible!lol Sadly I can’t take credit for that, but mother nature can!

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“Coma 2″ is once again announced for release, due out next week! No title available (bad sign!) but there will be nine new tracks featured on it. Nima Varasteh is said to have arranged the entire album. Varasteh also arranged Benyamin’s HIT-debut album “85″!

And finally Ali Lohrasebi’s forever postponed album looks like to see the light of day within the next 14 days, with 14 tracks and thus titled “14″! The album includes even the HIT-theme of the TV-series “Delnavaazaan” and is the work of Behrouz Saffarian, Reza Sadeghi and Mohsen Yeganeh, to mention a few.

99% of all song-submission emails I recieve are mass-mails or better said spam-mails bulk-sent to all possible blogs and websites in the Iranian online community! What bothers me though, if we pretend that the spam itself isn’t enough, is that they have no sense whatsoever for common decency and courtesy, to include a greeting and signature to at least give  a serious impression and stand out in the junk! I dont know who replies to such emails, I for sure dont!! If you don’t personalize an email dont expect a reply back! Let alone get your “ahange fogholade ziba” submitted! If you have ever wondered why underground music blogs mark basically every single uploaded song as described above then wonder no more! Its a ridiculous template used for submission, created by the submitters themselves!!!! Now go make sense of it!

My old blue obsession!

I sometimes take nightwalks in the woods. If you have ever watched Twin Peaks then you can imagine the scenery!lol But seriously, there is no way to describe the refreshing and vitalizing feeling of embarking the realm of nature at night. So humbling. It clears my mind and puts me and my being in perspective. Living in Sweden I have the luxury of witnessing the midnight sun lighting up the woods during the summer and the glowing snow during the latter half of the year. Recently I’ve started feeling the winds of winter sneaking up on me, slowly. And the chill always reminds me of a certain song that I first heard 20 years ago. A song rather insignificant to the world and even to its singer, the former SMOKIE frontman Chris Norman’s career. But highly significant to me as I walked an entire night listening to this song on repeat, at the age of 15! A sweet agony or bitter pleasure, whatever you choose to call it, is always evoked in me when hearing this song ….”The Night Has Turned Cold“.

The Brits might not be world-known for their beautiful women, in fact the opposite, however ironically they always manage to get their best specimens and put together the best looking all-girl bands! A skill they have truly perfected in recent decade. One of their latest manufactured all-girl bands is “The Saturdays”, who somehow remind me of the delicious candies I used to eat when I was kid. Namely the British QUALITY STREET!

I wonder if its the colors of their outfits that remind me of the colorful wraps or the colors of their skins that remind me of the assorted sweetness!

These gorgeous ladies derive name and fashion inspirations from the 60’s however presented with the typical British girl-band POP sound (which on the other had is not the best of its kind and has repeatedly failed proving itself internationally appealing). The art-directors of the band are so conscious and consistent when it comes to the image and artwork of the band’s pictures and products that it should be a lesson to anyone aspiring to present a popular product. The use of color is central in The Saturdays’ concept, even their selection of the girls is color-based. Aesthetically the ethnic blend of beauties provide assorted eye-candies as mentioned above and commercially the target group of young urban teenage girls from mixed ethnic backgrounds will have someone in the band to relate to. This color signature makes them recognizable as The Saturdays’ at the very first glance! Beneath is the cover image and artwork for their brand new album, you can clearly see how they have used an image in a thought-through composition and color combination. Colors are added and removed in order to achieve a trademark.

Pay attention to the original photo and see how they have replaced two of the girls images in post-production, added colors and digitally altered some of the details like the feathers just to nail the balance of the composition right. Compare the shorts of the girl to the right in both versions for instance! Check out the lettering and choice of font. This is the work of a perfectionist, no doubt about it!

Ershaad announced that 6000 artists have been registered for social insurance and more are on the list to get insured this year. Among these are musicians, actors, sculptures and painters.

Top designer Tom Ford is constantly on the rise! As a fashion aficionado one can’t help but to admire Ford, he is perhaps one of the few - if not the only - designers who himself/herself looks like a model and dresses fashionably. Why eat straight from the fridge when with just a bit of effort you can throw together a nice meal of whats in the fridge, Ford argues. The same principle applies to clothes, according to the man.

This fashion icon has recently crossed over from his home realm to a new one, namely the film industry. In his directorial debut Ford has adapted the acclaimed Isherwood novel “A Single Man”.

Being openly gay, despite desired by many women, Ford has taken on the challenge of dedramatizing the still controversial subject of homosexuality in a dramatic way. Ford’s work has been praised for its pictorial perfection and philosophical complexion. Parallels have been drawn to another novel-turned-movie namely “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly“, in terms of tone and atmosphere.

The unexpected grandeur of “A Single Man” has already been awarded in all film festivals that it has been shown at. I’m a huge fan of Ford’s and can’t wait to see his new creation in motion!

The culture and art division of the Institution of Imam Khomeini has announced that a music festival is planned for the celebration of the religious founder of the Islamic Republic next year. Due to the fact that Khomeini himself aspired to poetry in his youth (of which several pieces have been used for lyrics by domestic artists), the institution has made it clear that POP music will have its special place in the festival! This rather controversial news is further underpinned by the latest BBC reported news about Ayatollah Khamenei’s thoughts and comments regarding music and the need of reviewing and reconsidering the (religiously) legal conditions and regulations in relation! The question is what these indirect signs of legitimization of music, the POP music in particular, indicate more importantly why “now”! Last time they loosened restrictions and legalized POP back in 1997 it gave an illusion of liberty, eased the public pressure and bought the regime some time. Will this religious legitimization of POP do the trick this time around, in the direct aftermath of this summer’s events?!

As I’ve told you before I’m a vinyl nerd! I stopped buying 1991 when the CDs took over the market and picked it up again few years back when they started to once again releasing mainstream records on vinyl. During the 90’s mainly DJ material were released on vinyl. This clip of the Durans shopping for vinyl at the vinyl heaven Amoeba Music in San Francisco is really cool and John’s argument for starting buying vinyls again is pretty much my own! Watch.

One of my own Duran Duran original vinyls, the LIVE album “ARENA”. Considering the New Romantic that I was (am!), I recall skipping class just to get to the store in order pick up this record on sale one day! One of my first LPs. It’s perhaps my most worn out disc with lots of scratches! It was before I knew how to handle the fragile black beauties. What’s interesting is that the album is double folded, featuring a booklet with photos and all the lyrics. God how disappointed I was when the CDs came and made all the eye-candies (images and artwork) of the albums much smaller!

As a first sign of IRI’s intention to hold its promise regarding the commitment to children’s music, a concert was held on the International Children’s Day in Tehran featuring various young musical talents on stage. The ensemble preformed “Chahaar Fasl”.

Finally got my hands on an original copy of the rare and sought after “V” magazine cover from last year! If you think shooting a magazine cover like this is just a piece of ass …cake, then let me tell you that you’re wrooooong! There is much more work put behind this cover than Gisele’s firm behind. Those cheeks don’t just oil themselves up you know, oh no! An ill-fated someone was actually hired and assigned for the greasy job. A manual laborer, probably underpaid as well (despite the perk)!

Now what I need to know is where I can sign up for this lucky bearded B:s job!lol Since obviously I’m in the wrong profession!! hehe

Following the recent medial attack by Sirvan on Reza Sadeghi’s professionality, the Khosravi brothers (Sirvan and Xaniar) have created an album for a Sadeghi sound-alike by the name of Behnam Safavi! The second song from the album, the title-track, has turned rather popular and created a buzz for this debut.

Note: thanks to Ahmad

Note: thanks to Siamak

Last year I told you about my discovery of Jay Sean and his Jayded Records’ plans to take over USA (I just realized I posted that on Christmas eve, what a devoted blogger!lol). So he’s been over there for the past few months, promoting his music and now his first single “Down” featuring Lil’ Wayne has sold platinum! That’s mah boy! Keep an eye out for his upcoming album “All Or Nothing”, which is the US edition of his latest album. The way he is advancing I have a feeling the album is going to be off the hook! Here is a video recap of his time in the US of A so far:

In an interview with ETMEAAD, Reza Sadeghi admits that his songs weren’t stolen as previously claimed but leaked through his friends whom he had trusted with the songs. It’s my own fault he says. But those songs were mere “ridiculous” demos of songs which will be great surprises for the listeners, just like “Vaaysaa Donyaa” was. However it will not repeat that album in any way, Sadeghi points out. He also says that the rap segments heard on the demos didn’t belong there but was meant to prove to some friends that even rap goes well with his music. Unfortunately that particular demo was stolen by this stranger from my hard-drive (huh?! It seems like Mr. Sadeghi cant make up his mind whether his songs were stolen or given to friends who later leaked them!). I have nothing against the rap as a genre he says, I even like Hichkas’ rap and meaningful lyrics however it is beyond my personal capacity to rap in my songs. The song of mine which Yas covered and rapped to was with my permission, he met and asked me in the airport once and I liked his decent approach. The leaked Arabic demo was my attempt to try new lingual waters, Sadeghi explains, since I speak Arabic fluently it was the chosen language for the experiment. Regarding Sirvan’s latest accusations Sadeghi says that even though he acted young and reckless in the media he is still determined to give him full credit for all his efforts. In the new album I have actually learned from the last album’s lesson of success and given more and more songs for others to arrange, he says. Arrangers like M. R. Cheraghali and Mehdi Zanganeh. The better work they produce the better I have to preform to keep up, that’s motivation for me Sadeghi adds. One of my biggest fears, after previous failures, is to remake my older songs on the legal albums. Other arrangers makes this easier for me. Sadeghi says that usually when you ask arrangers to pay attention and consideration to certain things in a song they get offended (Sirvan?), but my new team are all working together with me and not on their own! I have also chosen to open the album with a ballad this time so that people wont think that since my one time TRANCE opener succeeded I’ll make it a tradition, he says. I will have more TRANCE on the new album though, some with even more personal relevance than my ballads Sadeghi makes clear. Other than that this is my most organic and orchestral album til’ date. I am now 30 years old and reached a point in my career where I should be used as a musical reference for other artists and fans, therefor I have to establish my legacy with more responsibility.

Sadeghi further explains that he doesnt care what image or packaging is used for the album as long as its cheap and can be sold on the market. He doesnt intend to shoot any more video-clips either, but he thanks all those who create clips for his songs on youtube. But please don’t upload our music for download, he begs, at least not before a few months after the release. You do us a favor to promote our music, just give us a chance to sell first! Sadeghi claims he only intends to do professional music for another three years before retiring, unless he finds a drive that gets him going til’ he’s ninety (there comes the lifeline!). These years I intend to use to create my signature and establish my legacy, not any irrelevant video making. So far I have 200 or 300 songs written, Sadeghi claims. About his experiences with IRIB so far he regrets that it has been negative, none of the songs made for TV has been properly credited so I would think twice before engaging a next time.

Sadeghi has in a few months older interview openly dissed Sasy Mankan as a decadent individual and a sorry excuse for a singer! Lately however he refers to him as “Chichi Jaankan”! The interviewer asks him why he dislikes Sasy so much and Sadeghi replies that he doesn’t dislike him as a person but rather the cultural deviation he stands for. The arrangements are admittedly good but with an ancient and refined culture like ours with great classic and modern poets why must he sing “del o bluetooth kon .. (bluetooth your heart)”? I will never let my family listen to this nonsense, its an insult to the listeners’ intelligence, Sadeghi cries out! People might enjoy it but its because they don’t know any better! This is what happens when our youth don’t have proper musical references (pay attention that he has previously in the interview nominated himself as one!). For example I told my stylist and album designer that I will never get fashionable nor make my hair spiky! Everywhere in the world people with little clothes, earrings and soul-patches are considered abnormal but here they are considered modern (eh, let me get this straight …so its normal to make a fashion statement by dressing always in black and make your entire band dress like you but not to be fashionable? Its alright to be a grown-up man with a ponytail but spiky hair is decadent? You are old enough to recall that 20 years ago they would have shaved it off for you right there on the street as abnormally feminine!!), Sadeghi complains.

Is it just me or are these two like peas in a pod?lol I have to say that I seldom comment within the interview, but lately the amount of self-righteous comments from artists inside the country is just making it impossible for me! There is only so much hypocrisy and pretentiousness I can take!!

As you might know the network pulled the plug on the Terminator spin-off “The Sarah Connor Chronicles” after the second season. Due to failing and fading popularity.

However this unique handmade promotion replica is getting more popular and sought after as there is only one of its kind! This is truly one exceptional bust (pun very much intended). The resemblance is so striking that even Summer Glau herself is mesmerized by her bust!