It’s been announced that there will be a High School Musical 4. It won’t have stars Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens, unfortunately, but will replace them with a new cast of singing and dancing actors. It won’t be released to theatres (instead it will screen on the Disney channel) and will be unleashed in 2010.
We have all kinds of HSM stuff in the YA section – oh look at it all:
High School Musical (soundtrack)
High School Musical (DVD)
High School Musical 2 (soundtrack)
High School Musical 2 (DVD)
High School Musical 3 : Senior Year (soundtrack)
High School Musical : The Concert (Live DVD)
High School Musical : The Essential Guide (Book)
A few new DVDs (and one CD/DVD) have arrived:
» Disposable Hero (M) – This is a documentary about Brian Deegan, a freestyle motorcyclist who has won the most awards in his sport. He’s also lost several organs in the process.
» Futurama : The Beast with a Billion Backs (PG) – The second feature-length Futurama DVD. (Rather than reviving the television series, a total of four films will be made.)
» Batman : Gothic Knight (M) – These six episodes of the animated television series form, taken together, form one complete film.
» My Chemical Romance : Things That Make You Go Mmmm! (M) – A documentary about My Chemical Romance, featuring interviews with the band and people close to them, shot in New Jersey where the band began. Also …
» The Black Parade is Dead : My Chemical Romance – This is a CD and a DVD; the CD is a recording of a live concert in Mexico City, and the DVD a concert in Mexico and Hoboken, New Jersey, in the U. S. of A.
Not many new CDs and no new DVDs doesn’t allow for a very long post. Sorry!
Solid Ground – The Black Seeds. Perfect summer music (weather permitting). This is the Wellington group’s fourth album, and would have been #1 if the Mama Mia soundtrack hadn’t been so popular with people who normally don’t listen to music. Don’t get me started!
Clubbers’ Yearbook – Various. “30 dance remixes of this year’s biggest tracks on 2 CDs,” states the cover. It features Rihanna, The Killers, Mika, Klaxons, and many others.
5 Years Get Physical - Various. Get Physical has become one of the world’s top dance labels, and this 2-CD album collects new tracks and remixes of their top artists.
Waiting for the Weekend : Vol 2
Various artistsContains many cruisy songs that are great (as the cover suggests) for the weekend. Relaxing songs you can just shill out to as it contains a range of recent famous singers, usually played on the radio. Suprisingly I found, they were mainly male artists which was a shame because as a female, it’s nice to hear some female artists too. Didn’t know that many songs when I looked at the playlist at the back but it was ok.
~ Jessica (17)
Pegasus in Space, by Anne McCaffrey
This story was a really good read and I am giving it 5 stars. This story revolves arround Peter, a Kinetic who is also a Paraplegic. At the beginning of the book he moved his body with Kinesis and by the end he could walk normally thank to a Micro-Talent Amariayah. I recommend anyone to read this book.
~ Zach (15)
This isn’t a review of a CD but it’s topical nonetheless!
Breaking Dawn, by Stephenie Meyer
This is an amazing author, she knows exactly what people want from a book and she gives it, and more! Her books are about romance. And not the kind of puppy love that you get in high school and can’t even remember the name of when you’re older. This is the kind of love that exists until the end of time, that renders both parties useless and unable to survive without the other. Everyone who I have talked to has read this book and absolutely loved it, because it’s not just about vampires that only fantasy lovers read. This is a book everyone loves because although it’s about the supernatural it’s so completely human that it makes you want to cry. This is a truly amazing end to a mystical, magical spell-binding series about true love that conquers everything.
~ Alex (15)
Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!
The Mint ChicksI liked the fact that the Mint Chicks are a New Zealand band. The titles of their songs were original e.g. ‘ She’s back on crack’. I liked their use of guitars. I think that you should listen to this CD in its entirety because then you really get the feel of the music. My favourite track was no. 10 – ‘Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!’ The message that the CD gives to me is that you’re unique & just because you’re crazy doesn’t mean you’re dumb. The cover artwork was unique because they had a guy on a green bull with red horns. The guy on the bull says the last word of the CD title, it’s in his speech bubble. They used all the colours of the rainbow, so the CD is really colourful. I’d recommend this CD because it’s a pretty good CD & you should support NZ music.
~ Anneke, 15
It’s that time again… we got some interesting reviews again this week (keep sending them in). Here’s one that grabbed our attention:
Machina: the machines of God
The Smashing PumpkinsMachina is a rock album with soul. The lyrics to all the songs are deep and meaningful, and the band experiments with a range of different instruments to support Billy Corgan’s signature (almost whiny) voice.
Without damaging the album’s flow, The Pumpkins explore various music genres. ‘The Everlasting Gaze’ has a relatively fast pace, and a hard edge to it, whereas ‘I of the Mourning’ (one of my favourite tracks) is slower and softer. Billy Corgan’s vocals range from heartless to heartbroken … he has complete control over the amount of emotion he expresses in his voice.
Overall, Machina is a brilliant album, but it just doesn’t compare to Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (another of The Smashing Pumpkins’ albums). Still, I would DEFINITELY recommend it.
~ Mereana, 13
More new CDs have arrived. You may be pleased to learn that YA CDs are free to reserve and issue on a YA library card.
» Oracular Spectactular – MGMT. Very popular and a favourite with the critics. This album comes with ‘enhanced content’, excitingly.
» Awesome Feeling II – Various. This is a compilation from Real Groove magazine, capturing the ’Sound of Young New Zealand 2008′.
» The Best of Radiohead – Radiohead. There are 29 songs on this double-CD, and all of them are awesome. It doesn’t have any songs from after 2005, however.
» TCG – The Cheetah Girls. Initially created by Disney for a couple of films.
» Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces – Seether. A South-African post-grunge band. ‘All negative space with very little beauty,’ according to one critic.
» The Release Party – Dilated Peoples. This is actually a DVD, documenting an independent hip hop group over a 10-year period. It comes with a bonus CD. Great for fans of Dilated Peoples.
» Workers Leaving the Factory – The Actualities. If you like Arcade Fire and Coldplay you will like this (second) album, Sam tells me. The Actualities are a Wellington band.
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