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DROPS<br />
Actor, musical talent and entrepreneur Niatia<br />
“Lil Mama” Kirkland just made her theatrical<br />
debut portraying the late Lisa “Left Eye”<br />
Lopes of the iconic girl group TLC in the new<br />
biopic CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story on<br />
VH1. Most recently, Lil Mama served as a judge<br />
for seven seasons on MTV’s America’s Best<br />
Dance Crew. CrazySexyCool airs at various<br />
BOLSHOI BALLET<br />
NIATIA “LIL MAMA” KIRKLAND<br />
times in different markets. For air times, check<br />
http://mtv.com. For more information about Lil<br />
Mama, contact Darren Dickerson, 213-712-8260<br />
or darrentpr@gmail.com.<br />
Nov. 16-Dec. 8 is set aside for the world premiere<br />
of ¡Ser!, a new musical at the Los<br />
Angeles Theater Center focusing on a woman’s<br />
quest to find herself in the Americas while<br />
exploring her sex and love affair with soccer.<br />
Written and performed by Karen Anzoategui,<br />
with musical collaboration by Louie Perez of<br />
Los Lobos, CAVA and Walter Miranda, ¡Ser!<br />
is a personal narrative examining a queer<br />
Latina’s strained relationship with each of her<br />
two homes: Los Angeles and Buenos Aires. For<br />
tickets, call 866-0811-4111 or see http://thelatc.<br />
org/2013/shows/ser/.<br />
LOUIE PEREZ<br />
The Flaming Lips will release a brand new<br />
six-song EP featuring new music inspired by<br />
Summit Entertainment’s upcoming feature<br />
film Ender’s Game, which hits theaters on Nov.<br />
1st. The title track “Peace Sword (Open Your<br />
Heart)” was written exclusively for the film, while<br />
the remaining five tracks were all inspired by<br />
the book upon which the film is based as well<br />
as the motion picture itself. For more details,<br />
contact rick.gershon@wbr.com.<br />
Singer-songwriter Eric Slater has released his<br />
music for Kevin Snyder’s short film, Following<br />
the Blind. The film is a parable telling the story<br />
of a charismatic character<br />
who turns out to be blind<br />
and eventually leads a<br />
massive flock of people<br />
off of a cliff. “The moral<br />
of the song deals directly<br />
with the ‘sheep and the<br />
shepherd’ situation, where<br />
the number of sheep<br />
seem to vastly outweigh<br />
the number of shepherds,”<br />
says Slater, “It’s a<br />
critique on egos and the<br />
absurdity of thinking one<br />
way is right and another<br />
is wrong.” Following<br />
the Blind is distributed<br />
globally by MondoTunes (http://mondotunes.<br />
com) and is available at iTunes. Contact the<br />
artist directly at eric@ericslater.com.<br />
Relativity Music Group is set to release the<br />
music from Free Birds, opening nationwide<br />
on Nov. 1st. Soundtrack composer is Dominic<br />
Lewis (Clash of the Titans, Puss in Boots,<br />
X-Men: First Class). Social Distortion’s cover<br />
of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s classic<br />
song “Up Around the Bend” is included<br />
exclusively as the first song of the soundtrack.<br />
The full Free Birds soundtrack will be released<br />
on Oct. 29th. Listen to Social D’s cover of CCR<br />
here: http://rol.st/1869YEG.<br />
Texas singer-songwriter TV series Troubadour,<br />
TX has begun its third season with new artists<br />
and special appearances. Kris Kristofferson<br />
serves as segment host and Stacy Dean<br />
Campbell is host of the award-winning<br />
22-episode series. Kristofferson offers personal<br />
stories throughout the series and his thoughts<br />
of what it is to be a singer-songwriter. Campbell<br />
gives viewers a look into the lives and behind<br />
the scenes of today’s Troubadours. Visit http://<br />
troubadourtx.com or http://aristopr.com for<br />
further information.<br />
Emerging Pictures has announced its 2013-<br />
14 Bolshoi Ballet LIVE season of Ballet in<br />
Cinema HD presentations from Paris-based<br />
Pathé Live. Showing on movie screens in<br />
over 300 multiplexes, art<br />
houses, museums and<br />
ERIC SLATER performing arts centers<br />
throughout the US and<br />
Canada, the 2013-2014<br />
season rolls out with four<br />
live performances. See<br />
http://emergingpictures.<br />
com, http://balletincinema.<br />
com or http://operain<br />
cinema.com for complete<br />
information.<br />
Prince recently released<br />
the video for his single<br />
“Breakfast Can Wait,”<br />
(debuted at No. 2 Most<br />
Added at Urban A/C), which will be featured<br />
on his upcoming album, Plectrum Electrum<br />
(release date TBA). For the video, he enlisted an<br />
18-year-old video director. Her name is Danielle<br />
Curiel, and she is also the star of this video.<br />
Prince is not in the video at all. He wanted<br />
the video to be a creative encounter, offering<br />
fresh, young talent to “visualize” together. He<br />
was there for the shoot, and approved the<br />
treatment, but gave all control to this 18-yearold.<br />
There were no managers, agents, label<br />
people there––just young talent collaborating for<br />
a unique experience. For more details, contact<br />
llousararian@rogersandcowan.com<br />
OPPS<br />
NerdVsWorld, a UK-based Nerd Culture<br />
Podcast, is seeking actors, writers, musicians,<br />
32 November 2013 musicconnection.com
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