The Normal

The Normal is the recording artist name used by English music producer Daniel Miller, a film editor at the time, who is best known as the founder of the record label Mute Records.

Background

In 1977, Miller had split up with his girlfriend. A friend suggested that he read a book he himself had just finished. The book was Crash (1973) by J.G. Ballard. He felt that Ballard's writing took him five minutes into the future; the novel was to be a major influence in the music he would produce as The Normal. Miller was disillusioned by the fact you needed to learn three chords to be in a punk band, so he decided to purchase a synthesiser. His thinking was that you only needed to learn to press one key on a synthesiser. After buying a Korg 700s synthesiser from Macari's music shop in London, Miller recorded and released a single under the name The Normal. This was "T.V.O.D."/"Warm Leatherette". Both tracks were minimalist electronic songs influenced by the Crash novel. He wanted the sound of the recordings to be visual, like driving along a highway between large buildings then going through a tunnel. The single was recorded in Daniel Miller's house using a TEAC four track tape recorder and the Korg mini700s synthesiser.

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I Wanna Be Sedated

"I Wanna Be Sedated" is a song by the American punk rock band the Ramones. It is one of the band's best known songs. It was originally released on their fourth album, Road to Ruin, in September 1978 and was the B-side of the UK single "She's the One" released on January 10, 1979. The song was later released as a single in the Netherlands in 1979, then in the U.S. in 1980 by RSO Records from the Times Square soundtrack album.

History

"I Wanna Be Sedated" was written by Joey Ramone. In an interview about the song, Joey explains the chorus:

Music video

The music video for the song, directed by Bill Fishman, was released in September, 1988 (nine years after the song was originally released) to promote the compilation album Ramones Mania. The iconic video features the Ramones sitting at a table (left to right: Johnny, Joey, Marky and Dee Dee), nonchalantly reading and eating corn flakes. Meanwhile, the background room erupts into a meeting place for nuns, acrobats, ballerinas, monsters, cheerleaders, clowns, doctors, fetish nurses, and smoking schoolgirls. The film is intentionally sped up to show the excitement of the background, while the band's actions are in regular motion. This was achieved by having the band members move very slowly, while the crowd moved normally, and then speeding up the film. One of the video's characters is a young Courtney Love.

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List of Entourage episodes

Entourage is an American comedy-drama television series created for HBO by Doug Ellin, who also serves as an executive producer along with Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson, Dennis Biggs, Rob Weiss and Ally Musika. The series, loosely based on Wahlberg's own experiences of the film industry, follows Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier), a New York born actor living in Los Angeles as he struggles with the ups and downs of a career in Hollywood. He is aided, and often hindered, by his entourage, which consists of his half-brother and struggling actor Johnny "Drama" Chase (Kevin Dillon), his childhood friend and manager Eric "E" Murphy (Kevin Connolly), his ruthless agent Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven) and his other long-time friend Turtle (Jerry Ferrara). Entourage premiered on HBO on July 18, 2004 and aired its final episode on September 11, 2011. A total of 96 episodes were aired over eight seasons.

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (2004)

Season 2 (2005)

Season 3 (2006–07)

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ALBUMS

Electrospective: Electronic Music Since 1958 released: 2012
The New Romantics released: 2009
New Wave: The Platinum Collection released: 2008
My Astral Dreams released: 2008
A Man and a Machine released: 2008
Essential New & Electro Wave released: 2007
Mute Audio Documents released: 2007
Mute Audio Documents Rarities released: 2007
Mute Audio Documents 1 released: 2007
Only After Dark: The Sound of the Rum Runner released: 2006
Only After Dark: Nick Rhodes & John Taylor Present... released: 2006
Essential Electro Wave released: 2005
Just Say Sire: The Sire Records Story released: 2005
Süddeutsche Zeitung | Diskothek: 1978: Ein Jahr und seine 20 Songs released: 2005
England's Dreaming: 25 Tracks Before, During & After Punk released: 2004
Nag Nag Nag released: 2004
Death Disco: Songs From Under the Dance Floor 1978-1984 released: 2004
Virgin Mega Music: Goth released: 2003
Aktion Mekanik released: 2003
Essential 80's: New Wave released: 2003
This Is Electroclash released: 2003
Rough Trade Shops: Electronic 01 released: 2002
Me Without You released: 2002
Real Retro Electronic Beats Classix released: 2001
Rough Trade Shops: 25 Years released: 2001
20 Jahre U4 released: 2000
Machine Soul: An Odyssey Into Electronic Dance Music released: 2000
Nine O'Clock Drop released: 2000
Dressed in Black, Volume 1 released: 1999
Club Wave 1 released: 1999
Electropop Essentials released: 1999
New Wave Club Class-X, Volume 8 released: 1997
Warm Leatherette / T.V.O.D. released: 1997
New Wave Club Class-X, Volume 4 released: 1995
<> Fetish Compilation, Volume 1 released: 1995
Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits of the '80s, Volume 1 released: 1994
Hardest Hits, Volume 2 released: 1994
Electrocity, Volume 1 released: 1992
Nervous Systems released: 1992
Just Say Yes, Volume 6: Just Say Yesterday released: 1992
The Indie Scene 78: The Story of British Independent Music released: 1991
Indie City 1 released: 1988
Some Bizzare Album released: 1981
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