{"id":1560,"date":"2012-02-22T18:01:19","date_gmt":"2012-02-23T00:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=1560"},"modified":"2012-02-22T18:02:22","modified_gmt":"2012-02-23T00:02:22","slug":"mud-honey-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=1560","title":{"rendered":"Mud Honey Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The names \u201cMudhoney\u201d and \u201cNorah Jones\u201d represent pretty distant points on the musical spectrum. One is a classic Seattle grunge band whose corrosive sound and squalid look helped define an era. The other is a beautiful, classy chanteuse with 12 Grammy Awards.<\/p>\n

But the two have an unexpected nexus in Russ Meyer, the B-movie director whose infatuation with very-full-figured women made him a pioneer of \u201csexploitation\u201d film.<\/p>\n

Mudhoney, the band, is named after a 1965 Meyer film, and on Tuesday Ms. Jones announced that her next album, \u201cLittle Broken Hearts,\u201d to be released by Blue Note\/EMI on May 1, will have a cover inspired by the (semi-) famous poster for the same film, in high-contrast black and white with orange highlights. In place of the film\u2019s tagline, \u201cPassion debased by lust \u2026 leaves a taste of evil!,\u201d the album cover gives its title. And in place of the other copy on the original poster, like \u201cA story never told so frankly \u2026 so imtimately!\u201d and \u201c\u2026 a film of ribaldry and violence made from the juice of life!,\u201d Ms. Jones\u2019s cover has, well, nothing.<\/p>\n

The announcement for the album, which is produced by Danger Mouse (a k a Brian Burton), explains:
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