Katy Perry Performs On SNL

Katy Perry was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live this weekend. She also took the opportunity to perform in a skit making fun of her recent Sesame Street controversy.

Check out Katy’s performance of “Teenage Dream” and “California Gurls” –

Is it just us or does something sound a little “off”?

Musicians Unknowingly Involved In Guantanamo Torture

A coalition of artists outraged that music, including theirs, was cranked up to help break uncooperative detainees at Guantanamo Bay is joining retired military officers and liberal activists to rally support for President Barack Obama’s push to shutter the Navy-run prison for terrorist suspects in Cuba.

The music may have been used in controversial interrogation methods (aka torture) in which detainees are forced to listen music at extreme levels for hours on end.

Pearl Jam, R.E.M, and Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails are among the musicians who have joined the National Campaign to Close Guantanamo, which launched Tuesday.

“At Guantanamo, the U.S. government turned a jukebox into an instrument of torture,” said Thomas Blanton, executive director of the archive, an independent, nongovernmental research institute.

Based on documents that already have been made public and interviews with former detainees, the archive says the playlist featured cuts from AC/DC, Britney Spears, the Bee Gees, Marilyn Manson and many other groups. The Meow mix cat food jingle, the Barney theme song and an assortment of Sesame Street tunes also were pumped into detainee cells.

“We have spent the past 30 years supporting causes related to peace and justice. To now learn that some of our friends’ music may have been used as part of the torture tactics without their consent or knowledge is horrific,” said R.E.M in a statement. “It’s anti-American, period.”

“It’s very scary to think that you might go crazy because of the music, because of the loud noise,” said Ruhal Ahmed, a former detainee who is suing the government for the abuse.

TILLY AND THE WALL

This band came to us out of nowhere… from Sesame Street.  Yea thats right, maybe we enjoy a little sesame street every now and then!  Who knew this awesome band would appear and have us completely side tracked.  Tilly and the Wall is fun, energizing, and BRIGHT!  Yea, get ready for the massive crazed color scheme you’re about to feast your eyes on.  The good news is, they do not look put together.  Some bands that have a very loud look tend to all look the same, however with Tilly and the Wall you get a loud burst of bright energy but from 5 completely different individuals.  They sang (and stepped) to the ABC’s on Sesame Street, and they rock out with more kids in their Alligator Skin video.  We love that they are rockin’ out with kids!  Maybe thats why their energy is so contagious.  You can see all their videos and more here:  www.tillyandthewall.com

 

Check out their video for ‘Sings Songs Along’ -