"My newfound love for The Rockford Files (and for RTV in general) is partly nostalgia (for my childhood, for the ’70s), but part of it is the fact that Jim Rockford, the self-employed private detective (“$200 a day, plus expenses”), is such a great creation. I love that he lives in a run-down trailer in the parking lot of a restaurant by the ocean in Malibu."

As part of her guest editing of magnetmagazine.com, Juliana has now shared her thoughts on The Rockford Files, animal prints, and, as you do, the 'Puppy Bowl'.

"I never decided to become a singer. Singing was just something I always did. From the time I could make noise come out of my mouth, I was singing. I made up songs in the car when I was three or four years old. My mother always told me I used to make up songs about the scenery we were passing by. And I’d sit in the back seat and sing."

Quote taken from a Q & A with Juliana Hatfield posted today on magnetmagazine.com, which Juliana is guest editing this week.

Juliana's patronage of the Puerto Rican Save A Sato dog rescue project is featured in her recent blog post and an article in Samaritan Magazine.

Due to heavy snow, the Mountain Stage event scheduled for tomorrow (Feb 7) has been cancelled.

An example of Juliana's art.  View this picture in higher res and a whole bunch more on Juliana's official blog.

This is one of four alternate cover art ideas designed by Jordyn Bonds originally considered for Peace & Love.  See the other three alternates at Juliana's official blog.

"When you can accept limitations, you stop fighting them. I think that is what the record is about."

Read more about the new album's themes, the recording process and Juliana's plans to retreat from music and touring in an extended Q & A at Boston Magazine.

Juliana is scheduled to appear for a Mountain Stage event at the Culture Center Theater, Charleston, WV, USA on February 7, 2010.  

Other artists performing during the evening include Dashboard Confessional, The Watson Twins, Clare and the Reasons and Brooke Waggoner.  Ticket info here. 

Update on 2010-02-06 10:42 by Craig

Due to snow, this show has been cancelled.

Two songs from Peace & Love - Let's Go Home and Evan, can be heard now at Direct Current.

"TV is not reality. Even reality TV is not reality. Cameras and microphones and lights trailing a person during a dramatic, difficult period of her life is not reality; it's something else. It's commerce. It's exploitation. It's entertainment."

Juliana discusses fame, loneliness and reality TV in her take on VH1's Celebrity Rehab show. Read the article at Stereogum.

There are some interesting views on Heidi Fleiss's appearance, not least as Fleiss is currently also 'starring' in the UK show Celebrity Big Brother. 

A little gem has appeared on YouTube over the festive period uploaded by cathoderoy and discovered by forumites at the official board. 

From a live show in 1995 there is a cover of The Jayhawks' Blue.  This is followed by a rare live recording of Only Everything's epic closer You Blues, complete with nostalgic 90's grunge guitar work, and a drumkit-crashing, stagediving appearance from the much missed Jeff Buckley, who had been the support act that night. 

"One thing I’ve noticed is that people who look good on TV often have either very small heads or very large ones.

I was standing behind a former MTV veejay in a coffee shop yesterday afternoon and he had a skull the size of a coconut."

After wiping the slate clean in July, Juliana is blogging again.  Instead of themes based around her songs as before, her new one suggests just-like-the-rest-of-the-internet random bloggy irrelevance.   Read more on 'Hello' at Juliana's official site.

Juliana performs a vocal duet on Night The Bells Rang - a new song by Ryan Schmidt from his forthcoming album Black Sheep, Run, scheduled for 'early 2010'.

Listen to the song at ReverbNation or here:

Update on 2010-10-22 19:23 by Craig

The album is due for release on June 1, 2010.
 

Update on 2010-10-22 19:25 by Craig

The release date is now November 2, 2010.  Really.

...(but hopefully not) Forever.

Ever fancied strumming a few Juliana tunes but couldn't work them out or be arsed? This last week Rob DiCaterino has posted a series of video guitar lessons on his blog, offering interpretations of Don't Let Me Down, Little Pieces, Close Your Eyes and The Fact Remains.   To conclude his 'Juliana Week' he's also posted some photos and vids of Juliana's shows.

The new homepage at julianahatfield.com"I always try to learn from painful experiences, and to forgive myself and others - and to move on, with an open heart and mind. At some point one realises that anger is a real waste of energy, it's draining and damaging, and one learns to deliberately let go of it, and the letting go brings a lightness, a new freedom and hopefulness that may unfortunately be hard to sustain at all times.  Peace and love are ideals toward which we reach."

Juliana, on the title song from Peace & Love.  Read her track by track comments on the whole album at the newly revamped official site.

Peace & Love pre-orders from Europe, Australia and Japan are now being taken at Juliana's site,  priced at $12 plus $6.50 shipping. This is in addition to the North American (now clarified as USA and Canada) pre-orders announced last week. CDs will be in limited numbers available from Juliana's site and "a few other places".  

Juliana Hatfield (photo: Jonathan Stark)Pre-orders for Peace & Love are now being taken at Juliana's official site.  The price for the CD is $12 plus $3.50 shipping in the USA and Canada. Overseas orders are not being taken at present.

Also, song clips of Dear Anonymous and Let's Go Home can now be heard on Juliana's MySpace site.