Happy Halloween from AMFM!

We Were Once a Fairytale: Kanye West

There's been a lot of talk about Kanye West's mini movie, "We Were Once a Fairytale," directed by Spike Jonze, who recently did "Where The Wild Things Are." Jonze also directed the video for West's "Flashing Lights" video. The movie was leaked online last week and posted to West's blog, only to be pulled because production wasn't quite finished.

The video shows a pitiful and inebriated West making a fool of himself in front of anyone who will listen, where he stumbles off alone to the bathroom and spews rose petals in the toilet.

The movie takes a turn after a sick and sad West is lying on the floor of the bathroom, and finds a knife to seppuku himself. Seppuku is a form of Japanese ritual suicide. Unlike the rest of humanity, West bleeds rose petals. The ending is a bit odd. West pulls a hamster-like creature (termed West's inner"beast") from his body and urges it to do the same...

The mini movie is an interesting look at the creative side and raw side of Kanye West. Check it out below!

Can Chris Brown Transform Ya?

Last week was Rihanna, now it's Chris' turn to come back with the video for his first single, "I Can Transform Ya," following the legal and relationship battles.

Question is can he transform public opinion? Brown's video premiered on MTV Jams, rather than MTV, and his video definitely received less buzz than videos past. Rihanna's new song released last week hit the web like wildfire, while Brown's flickered in the wind.

The video takes on a "Transformers" theme, most of the action occurring in front of a white background. Perhaps he is returning to simpler things, or perhaps he wasn't able to pull out all the bells and whistles he could before he "transformed" Rihanna. The video features Lil' Wayne, Swizz Beats...and Tyrese makes a random cameo at the end. Can Chris Brown transform you? Check out the video yourself.

Art For All!

Lines for the the Guggenheim today are probably going to be pretty long! In honor of the Guggenheim's 50th anniversary, the museum is celebrating today by waiving the $18 fee for entrance! For one day, anyone and everyone can enter the Frank Lloyd Wright designed art realm. New York Art connoisseurs, ordinary folk, that homeless guy from 5th Avenue...Come one, come all!

The Wait is Ova!

The wait is finally over for a new track from Rihanna after the Chris Brown turmoil. It will be interesting to see the types of themes Rihanna will have in her up coming album, "R-Rated," that is supposed to drop November 23rd. The new album is supposed to be packed with some top notch collaborations with Justin Timberlake, Kanye West and Neyo.

Rihanna's newest song, "Russian Roulette," (written and produced by Neyo) was just leaked to the internet today, and amfm has it here for your listening pleasure. It's a slower song-It's definitely not a dance anthem, which Rihanna is known for. But, it's still a good song if you're in the mood for something slow...It's odd that this would be the first song, and not something catchier to get the fans pumped. Sadly we will all have to wait a little bit more to get the entire album.

Desert Flower

Ethiopian Supermodel, Liya Kebede, can be seen in the film Desert Flower. The film was adapted from the book, and is the autobiography of Waris Dirie, a Somolian nomad turned supermodel, turned social reformist against female genital mutiliation- a common practice and problem in Africa's Somolia.

The film also stars Happy-Go-Lucky's Sally Hawkins. It hasn't been released in the States yet, but is set to come in the near future.

May the Fierce Be With You

Christian Siriano has many titles under his belt aside from designer extraordinaire: the fiercest man alive, the youngest winner of Project Runway History (and perhaps the most talented yet...), and the next Marc Jacobs according to Tim Gunn.

He can now add three more things to his list. He's got a line of shoes and goodies at Payless, he's currently traveling around promoting his new memoir/inspiration book, Fierce Style: How to Be Your Most Fabulous Self, and he just got a deal with Bravo for a TV show.

Nothing but fabulous, and more in the making!

http://www.christianvsiriano.com/

Christian Siriano for Payless Shoes

Let's Play Hockey!

Hockey, a budding band from Portland, Oregon released their debut album, Mind Chaos last month, and has been recieving a lot of buzz lately. They sound a bit like a modern version of The Strokes. It's happy music! They just performed their song "Too Fake" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. And yes, you might have heard that song on a JCPenny commercial too...

In case you were wondering for yourself, here's the song and another song from the album, "Song Away."

Metric on the Mind

In case you did too...here's some Metric to get you through the day. Surprised there isn't a video for "Help I'm Alive." Definitely cannot wait for a "Satellite Mind" video, hopefully there is one! The last clip is from their documentary, and focuses on the softer side of the goddess of Metric, Emily Haines.