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The Youth Group were implicitly known to Australia when the American teen television drama, “The O.C.” selected it and started playing the band’s cover of  “Forever Young” by Alphaville constantly for the entire season. It is a real embarrassment if you throw them into the emo dumpster or if you grasp this against them because this group got more things working for them than the other bands within the O.C. soundtrack.

At last, the indie rockers are getting much-deserved recognition after years of opportunity acts to visiting artists like Elliot Smith, Death Cab For Cutie, and Coldplay. Since they are being featured, The O.C. won an ARIA award for Breakthrough Single for the cover song in 2006, and definitely raised their band profile.

It’s difficult to point out what makes the Youth Group stand out. Is it Toby Martin the songwriter / lead singer’s melancholic, endearing vocals? Is it the wonderful music that sounds both sad and sunny at the same time? Whatever the real reason for it, the band offers fine emo.

The Youth Group’s most distinguished works are their second and third albums, respectively. You could depict comparisons and notice the band’s development, thus, it is suggested to listen to both. The second album Skeleton Jar from their Ivy League Records of 2004 was halfhearted, and the sales were also average. The band had until now to sharpen their beats and there is barely any disparity in tempo and structure. The song “Shadowland” however, is clearly the piece that saves their second album and you get the sense that they are at last stepping in the right course on how their music be.

Youth Group’s album number two proved a huge channel to Casino Twilight Dogs (Anti Records, 2007), the band’s more refined venture and most commercially successful. The music from this album sounded more accurate, harmonizing delicate elements from Martin’s lyrics and vocals with soft rhythms accompanied by lively guitar play. This album triumphs with a set of songs that would touch you to hit the repeat button. There is the “Daisychains” that makes you feel like to weep without even knowing why. The amazingly deceptive “Sorry”, an appetizing treat of irony enclosed with pop. The “Start Today Tomorrow”, which completely describes the wonders of idleness. And, even the more serious “The Destruction of Laurel Canyon” that shares about the 2005 California landslides, is emotionally stunning.

The Youth Group’s third album shimmers and shines with all the notes properly fixed to its right place. It is considered a great album to search out the band more. It is great to spare a time to listen to their music.

To those who are fans of the slighter known 80’s British band, the Youth Group will be your friend in the music world.

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The One Mic Nite Open Talent Showcase (OneMicNite@gmail.com), happening every Monday night in New York’s East Village, is a combination of of indie music or dance, theatre, poetry, art, and informal networking, in an open mic acoustic style setting. Latin Alternative Music Conference opens in New York July 7-11, and is geared towards the marketing of Spanish-language alternative music while striving for maximum exposure for Latin artists and repertoire in the U.S. marketplace. The Los Angeles Post Production Group (LAPPG) is a member driven organization for anyone with an interest or passion for film finishing and the post-production process, and will be meeting July 8 featuring Robert Mellette from ‘Dances With Films’ as well as A.J. Tesler and Jenny Stames from Independent TV Festival. Several panels are held during the first weekend of the Long Island International Film Expo – usually consisting of a distribution panel, a scriptwriting panel, legal music panel and a filmmaker panel and breakfast, running July 9-19 in New York. The Fourth meeting of The Lacuna (Net)works Film and Tv Networking happens on July 10 in London, and is suited for film makers, crew, actors, models, writers, photographers to do some networking, talk about premieres, meet new people and contacts, get business cards exchanged.

The 17th International Animation Festival, Anima Mundi 2009, in Rio de Janeiro, July 10-19, will present competition screenings, special programs, retrospectives, international guests and professional workshops, particularly one called, Open Studio, that allows the spectator to become the creator and exercise their imagination in seven different visualization techniques. Bryan Bertino, a writer/director who made his feature film debut with The Strangers. will speak at the July 11 Alameda Writers Group Meeting, July 11 in Glendale, about breaking into Hollywood, the struggles of directing your own work, and how he’s built his career. The Urban Individualists, a multicultural network of collaborating individualists working under the direction of Helene Ruiz (ruizhelene@aol.com), will be present at a July 17 public reception in Williamsburg, Brooklyn featuring music and poetry, opening an exhibition of works that will “dissect and examine aspects concerning the heart, from the banal to the complex.” The Sacramento Film and Music Festival, running July 17-26 in Sacramento, likes to point to a track record of picking films that go on to win major awards and/or achieve distribution beyond the festival circuit. But they also puts on “Sac Music Seen”, an original program for the Festival that pairs local filmmakers and musicians to make music videos, where bands submit their music and filmmakers provide the images.

Casual Games Association holds its annual agenda of events for the casual games industry, July 22-25, Casual Connect Seattle, bringing together talented and knowledgeable experts in the field for essential learning and  networking. Actress Scarlett Johansson will open LA Shorts Fest July 23-31, a festival accredited by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, and that reportedly attracts more than 10,000 moviegoers, filmmakers and entertainment professionals looking for new talent. The Fourth International Conference on the Arts in Society, in conjunction with the Venice Biennale, happening in Venezia, July 28-31, addresses a range of issues and themes relating to the arts in society, and is a conference for any person with an interest in and a concern for art practice, public art, art theory, research and policy, curatorial and museum studies, and art education in any of its forms. The Independent Television Festival is a festival for independently produced, original and innovative television pilots and webseries in West Hollywood, July 31 to August 6, and with the support of institutions like Comcast, Current TV, Brightcove and FX and the talent of pilotmakers from all over the world, ITVFest facilitates independent production beyond the silver screen as a viable platform in which directors, writers and producers can showcase their original visions for the small screen.

The above events are only a sample of what is fully listed. Complete details are on the “Media, Entertainment and Performing Arts Industry News and Events” page. Video and podcast versions of this news summary are also available at popular video sites around the Web like MySpace, YouTube, Daily Motion, as well as on The Actor’s Checklist podcast blog. Follow the posting of the news summary on Twitter at: twitter.com/actorschecklist. This month on the video news summary you will again see a dynamic array of artists in performance of film and music. These videos are now available on the Free Home Video Showcase which now serves as an archive for all past video presentations but without the audio news narration. The Actor’s Checklist is proud announce the return of the photo gallery which you can visit to upload valuable head shots or other photos of your choice, create profiles, and use your pictures or others found on the gallery as ecards which you can email to friends and associates with messages.

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Nirvana has been known for belting out chart topping numbers time and again. This is the time, when Nirvana shot into fame for reasons not closely related to their music. In fact, this time around, it was for their poster boy. The story actually dates back to 17 years back, when the parents of Spencer Elden dropped him into a swimming pool.

An underwater photographer shot him then, which went on to be a part of Nirvana folklore. This time around, almost 17 years later, Spencer Elden tried to recreate the magic. And he did that and how! The cover image instantly got  a lot of popularity. Of course the music of Nevermind rocked, but the cover image definitely did its trick.

It is also reported that Spencer’s parents were paid all of $200 for the promo. What remained to be seen was why did Spencer’s parents agree to perform this daredevil stunt and especially on their small kid. This could easily have been fatal. It did not and this stunt later went on to be a part of the Nirvana band for sure.

People, who have seen Nirvana’s meteoric rise as a music band claim that a lot of what Nirvana is today is because of the cover image. I for one, disagree to this thought because Nirvana did indeed do its bit in producing chart topping numbers. Now with that being said, you must note that when something like this cover image goes up, it is bound to generate quite a bit of curiosity.

What made Spencer Elden to go for a replica shoot now? As much as the original cover image generated curiosity and popularity alike, Spencer’s latest shoot in itself generated quite a bit of buzz. Of course, the only difference between the two shoots was that the original shoot was that of a naked baby, whereas the latest one is that of a young guy in his shorts.

And really, that is where the differences end. You would find that the motivation behind both the shoots is almost the same, if not exactly. While this is being said, you would also find that a lot of Spencer Elden did recently was to make improvement on his image and brand name. Importantly, this shoot comes on the back of some rather weird encounters Spencer has been having over the last year or so. Being the “Nirvana Baby”, he was invited for a bath in the pool of a wealthy woman, it is reported.

While the whole world waits with bated breath, as to how the latest offerings of Nirvana would pan out, one thing is for sure – Life could never be the same again for Spencer. And yes, life could also not be the same for the Pasadena swimming pool, where both the shots of the Nirvana baby took place.

If there was an advertisement that has generated curiosity and popularity alike, it has to be the Nirvana shoots. How Nirvana fares really is point besides, but for now, let Spencer Elden soak in his new found celebrity status!