KG's precious still held hostage

Her attempt to threaten the mythical criminal creature 

with a frightening song of the week 

doesn't seem to work... um.... very well?!?

KG's Precious - found!

I knew it!

Have you seen this mythical criminal creature??

Relevant information should be given to the following blog:

I heart mythical creatures.

My fav Rob vid: "The Hug"

It's from one of my fav Rob moments on video: 

The Q&A session with the audience at the Austin Film Festival in Oct 2008. When he hugs that little girl and almost pees his pants with laughter and embarrassment. It's unbelievably sweet!

Transcript:

• Audience member Maya (little girl): "I have two questions. Uh one, could you sing to us?"
  
• Rob: "You know how I sounded in the movie. I’m terrible." 
  
• Maya: "Um, can I hug you?"
  
• Rob: "Yeah, if you want. You’ll probably be really disappointed, though. Ok, ok."  (walks over to the girl and hugs her with prompting from audience)
• Rob: "Are you alright? I don’t know what to do. I’m emotionally retarded, that’s why I’m never having kids" 

Here is the link to the video of the full Q&A session. The scene in question starts at about 5:50.

It's a must-see!! Enjoy...

What I like about this video too: 

It is all BEFORE Twilight. The director of "How to be", Oliver seemed to think he had made a snap, because he had (unknowingly) cast the "guy from Harry Potter". (LOL) He had NO IDEA what lay ahead...

• Oliver (to Rob): "When I cast you for the part I didn’t know about Harry Potter, I mean you said to me “oh yeah, whatever” and I was like “whatever”.  But it was after that, when we cast you, after, they were saying ‘Oh, you know you cast this guy that was in Harry Potter blah blah blah,” like you know, the telegraph person to look at, and I was like ‘Really? Ok, he just seemed right for the part, ya know, not that we didn’t have genuine casting choices, we just lucked out that we got the right person on the right day, you know.  That’s the way it works I guess, luckily.  But you know, two years or a year of looking for the right person, makes you eventually get lucky." 
  

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RPattz: I.NO.ROBOT (thought so)

...well, in fact I was just guessing, when I wrote the 5 reasons why Robert Pattinson being a teen idol is a blessing for the world. 

Quote: "And, other than the Disney puppies, he's not told by anybody to pretend to be someone he is not (or if so he just doesn't obey)." 

OK - the following is an excerpt from an interview with Rob, published by the Spanish "Los 40 Principales Magazine" this February:

Q: Weren’t you sent to media training after you were chosen for the role (of Edward)?
A: Yes. My agent kept getting messages like “he’s resisting the training!” (laughs), I just didn’t want to answer like I was a robot. Not even little children like to hear the same answers, it’s boring!

{twi-movie quote mode ON}  Like I said!  {twi-movie quote mode OFF}

Now with first hand confirmation of my guess, 

I heart Mr. Pattinson even more.

(found that interview over at the Robsten Lovers)

'New Moon' soundtrack hopeless

PREFACE

I was thinking about the Twilight Examiner article 'New Moon' Soundtrack Hopefuls. It's not the first time that I was mentioned in connection with that term. So - just because I wrote a twi-spired song - am I a 'New Moon' soundtrack hopeful? Straight answer: No. I'm not. I can't be - for several reasons. I'll give you three. But before I do so... 

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JUST FOR THE RECORD 

Getting "One Wolf" on the soundtrack was neither my intention nor my motivation for writing and recording it. It was a thought I admittedly had allowed myself to think some time later though, in pleasant moments of daydreaming ;-)

"But you've uploaded it and promoted it on the internet", you might say. Yes, I did. Sure! I'm an artist/performer, and like any other of that species, I long to be heard. With artists, this is very common (you can google it... LOL). So I made my work public. But unlike certain other well known young singer/songwriter ladies, I didn't campaign.

I don't want to dish these surely talented fellow artists, but lately... 

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SOME REALLY OVEREGGED THE PUDDING 

During the last couple of days alone, there've been daily mailings from one of these 'New Moon' soundtrack hopefuls on myspace and elsewhere, asking its multiple recipients to write to certain media and persons in charge and say: "Hey, I just found this artist and her song must be on the soundtrack!" There are petitions and circular letters they demand to be signed. 

Besides the fact, that such behaviour has to be treated simply as spam (which maddens me), it's also quite ridiculous. What do they think? Like this is the way to gain a director's or music supervisor's artistic respect? It's like these crazy fangirls throwing themselves on Robert Pattinson, as if that would be the way to make him fall in love with them... a wee bit embarrassing, huh? Even worse, some of their songs are really good - but this begging kinda depreciates them. Just my two cents though. But ok -  these girls are young. And here we are:

•••

THE FIRST REASON

I'm NOT young. Which plainly is one of the main causes why I'm not a 'New Moon' soundtrack hopeful. Just in case you haven't noticed yet: I'm even too old to play Bella's mom in the movie, ok? And even if I had recorded the musical masterpiece of the century, there'd be no way it would be considered for a movie with a target audience like 'New Moon'. Briefly: If you can't put me on MTV, you can't put me on the soundtrack. In case you're a Twilight Mom, about to shout "Objection!" right now - face it: in financial terms you are merely part of a minority, providing a welcome extra income to those whose job it is to bloody sell as much cd copies as possible.

(Just to save what is possible of my self esteem, I'd like to point out that at least I still look younger than Madonna - before breakfast, that is. Ok? Good.)

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THE SECOND REASON

I'm German. And I'm in Germany. Big obstacle! 

It is almost impossible to bring yourself to the attention of the people in charge over such a distance. Even if I lived next door, I'd still have to hang on the phone and keep on knocking all the right doors literally day and night. (Did you know that this was exactly what Paramore, respectively their management did to get the deal? Or were you deluded into the romantic idea that they were accidently brought to light by some talent scout? That's not the way such things happen.) 

So, with no badass agent spending his nights sleeping on the music supervisor's threshold, your demo cd is most likely to rot in some abandoned paperbox, among thousands of others, unnoticed.

Actually, I do have an agency agreement with a Hollywood-based film music library where my music (including "One Wolf") can be cleared and licensed. But that doesn't help to prevent my songs from the rotting process mentioned above. And last but not least:

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THE THIRD REASON

I'm indie. No fame here, at least no international fame. And with respect to the success of the first movie, they'd rather go big time now. Even if this might be a misjudgement on my behalf and Alexandra Patsavas will be going to fight for her beloved indie musicians with claws and teeth - in what parallel universe would I be possibly one of them?

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RESUME

All this (plus several other points) considered, I really never was a 'New Moon' soundtrack hopeful. I just wrote that song, because I was moved and drawn into that romantic overkill by the books of Stephenie Meyer, and creating music was my way to deal with it. It still is. Creating my animated little vids is my way to deal with it. Writing this blog is my way to deal with it. And guess what? It works. I am having a lot of fun. Especially with my fellow twi-bloggers.

So f*ck the soundtrack, I'll keep going. Take or leave it. Love or hate me. I am a 'New Moon' soundtrack hopeless" and I'm having a ball!

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New Moon Soundtrack Hopefuls

Presenting less than a handful 

of "small" music productions 

possibly suitable for the 

"New Moon" soundtrack, 

to my surprise popular Twilight Examiner Amanda Bell 

was so kind as to include my 

twi-spired tune "One Wolf (Jacob's Song)" (featuring my first pathethic attempt of making something like a video, that is) in her list. 

I am really, really honored. Thanxalot, Amanda!