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30-737: For the television series known before watershed as Secret Diary, see Secret Diary of a Call Girl . 2002 studio album by Girl Talk Secret Diary [REDACTED] Studio album by Girl Talk Released 2002 Genre Mashup , glitch , noise , avant-garde Length 39 : 45 Label Illegal Art Producer Gregg Gillis Girl Talk chronology Secret Diary (2002) Unstoppable (2004) Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Secret Diary

60-611: A Wired magazine Rave Award. Feed the Animals was number four on Time 's Top 10 Albums of 2008. Rolling Stone gave the album four stars and ranked the album #24 on their Top 50 albums of 2008. Blender rated it the second-best recording/album of 2008, and National Public Radio listeners rated it the 16th best album of the year. Gillis' hometown Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , named December 7, 2010 "Gregg Gillis Day". In 2007, Girl Talk appeared in Good Copy Bad Copy ,

90-421: A call girl , under the pseudonym Belle. The series focuses on her professional and private lives and on complications that arise when these collide. She receives help and advice from her best friend Ben ( Iddo Goldberg ). In the second series premiere, a new call girl is introduced: Bambi ( Ashley Madekwe ). Hannah becomes close friends with Bambi and often advises her. Hannah, as the main character, also narrates

120-469: A documentary about the then-current state of copyright law and remix culture . In 2008, he appeared as a test case for fair use in Brett Gaylor 's RiP!: A Remix Manifesto , a call to overhaul copyright laws. His parents, in one scene, complain to him about his frequent stripping during his performances. Gillis began producing music with AudioMulch software, which he still uses, played live from

150-543: A high-end call girl in London. The series was written by Lucy Prebble , who is also the author of the plays The Sugar Syndrome and Enron . The series has been compared to Sex and the City by many critics, mainly due to its humorous approach to sex. The series, set in London , revolves around the life of Hannah Baxter (Billie Piper), a young woman who lives a secret life as

180-511: A mash-up. The New York Times Magazine has called his releases "a lawsuit waiting to happen", a criticism that Gillis has attributed to news media that want "to create controversy where it doesn't really exist", citing fair use as a legal backbone for his sampling practices. Gillis has given his own different explanations for the origin of his stage name, once saying that it alluded to a Jim Morrison poem and once saying that it alluded to an early Merzbow side project. In 2009, he attributed

210-503: Is a sadder, more wistful quality to the photography here, as if Belle were living in a kind of London fog, which, of course, she is. The series was mainly well received by critics, with Tim Goodman of The San Francisco Chronicle saying, "there's surprise at how much you've underestimated its quality." It was graded A− by Entertainment Weekly , which said, "you will find a rather fascinating drama." Entertainment Weekly also commented on Billie Piper's portrayal of Belle, saying, "Piper

240-458: Is different from Wikidata Articles with hAudio microformats Album articles lacking alt text for covers Articles with music ratings that need to be turned into prose Secret Diary of a Call Girl Secret Diary of a Call Girl is a British drama television series that aired from 27 September 2007 to 22 March 2011 on ITV2 , based on the blog and books by the pseudonymous Belle de Jour . It stars Billie Piper as Belle ,

270-451: Is extraordinary, intermittently talking right to the camera in a straightforward, conspiratorial manner, the way a prostitute who's really good at her job would talk to a client." It was less well received, however, by The New York Times , which said, " Secret Diary has amusing touches, but not enough to sustain an entire series." Whilst reviewing Series 3 of Secret Diary of a Call Girl , Gerard O'Donovan of The Telegraph opined that

300-476: Is the debut studio album by American musician Girl Talk , released in 2002 on Illegal Art . The album was later made available for purchase through a " pay what you want " pricing system on Illegal Art's website. Track listing [ edit ] "Let's Start This Party Right" – 2:26 "I Want You Back" – 3:27 "Ffun Haave To" – 5:12 "What If..." – 4:22 "Time to Get Glamorous" – 4:51 "Unicorn vs. Gravity" – 2:16 "The Right Stuff" – 5:48 "Fun in

330-613: The Region 1 version of series 1 was released on 6 January 2009. Series 2 was released soon afterwards, in June. Again, much of the music was replaced due to high licensing costs. The television series is rated R18 in New Zealand as it contains sex scenes and offensive language. The show [...] uses London in somewhat the same way Sex and the City used New York – we see a lot of bright lights, fancy restaurants, and expensive apartments – though there

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360-753: The Animals All Day Full Court Press (with Wiz Khalifa , Big K.R.I.T. , and Smoke DZA ) EPs Stop Cleveland Hate Bone Hard Zaggin' Broken Ankles (with Freeway) Related articles Illegal Art Trey Told 'Em Authority control databases [REDACTED] MusicBrainz release group Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Secret_Diary&oldid=1005084719 " Categories : Girl Talk (musician) albums 2002 remix albums Illegal Art albums Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

390-547: The Illegal Art website. A U.S. tour in support of All Day began in Gillis's hometown of Pittsburgh with two sold-out shows at the then-recently completed Stage AE concert hall. Since Gillis releases his music under Creative Commons licenses , fans may legally use it in derivative works. Many create mash-up video collages using the samples' original music videos. Filmmaker Jacob Krupnick chose Gillis's full-length album All Day as

420-666: The Sun" – 3:44 "Jumpin(g)" – 3:23 "Friends 4Ever" (featuring Matt Wellins) – 4:14 References [ edit ] ^ Cramer, Stephen. " Secret Diary – Girl Talk" . AllMusic . Retrieved October 31, 2013 . ^ "Girl Talk Shop" . Illegal Art . Retrieved August 12, 2016 . External links [ edit ] Girl Talk on Illegal Art User-editable breakdown of samples and timings for Secret Diary v t e Girl Talk Studio albums Secret Diary Unstoppable Night Ripper Feed

450-599: The UK. The following weekly viewership statistics are from the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board . The series premiered in the United States on Showtime to the highest ratings the cable channel had seen in four years for a television premiere. The series debut reached almost one million viewers, its closest rival, Dexter , premiered to 604,000. The showing held on to an impressive 70% of its lead-in audience that tuned in for

480-459: The first series began on Showcase on 22 November 2007. The second series debuted on The Movie Network on 19 January 2009. In the United States, Showtime aired the first series of eight half-hour episodes beginning in June 2008, with a commitment for an additional 12 episodes. Robert Greenblatt, Showtime's president of entertainment, initially considered buying format rights and recasting it with American actors, but he ultimately decided that

510-452: The first weekend, he was joined by Too Short , E-40 , Juicy J , and Busta Rhymes . On the second weekend, he was joined by Freeway , Waka Flocka Flame , Tyga , and Busta Rhymes . In the years following the release of Broken Ankles, Girl Talk continued to tour and play festivals. He also began to do more production and collaborative work with other artists such as Wiz Khalifa, Young Nudy, T-Pain, Smoke DZA, Bas, and G Perico. After

540-785: The fourth-series premiere of Weeds . Bone Hard Zaggin%27 (EP) Gillis began experimenting with electronic music and sampling while a student at Chartiers Valley High School in the Pittsburgh suburb of Bridgeville . After a few collaborative efforts, he started the solo "Girl Talk" project while studying biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland . In school, Gillis focused on tissue engineering . Gillis states his musical inspirations are Squarepusher , Aphex Twin , Just Blaze , Nirvana and Kid606 among others. He has also stated interest in punk rock , as well as noise musician Merzbow . He stated that he

570-448: The name to Tad , the early 1990s SubPop band, based in Seattle . Gillis has said the name sounded like a Disney music teen girl group. In a 2009 interview with FMLY , Gillis stated: The name Girl Talk is a reference to many things, products, magazines, books. It's a pop culture phrase. The whole point of choosing the name early on was basically to just stir things up a little within

600-448: The original was "fantastic"; Greenblatt also noted that "it's very hard to find American actresses who are comfortable doing nudity." The second series aired on 18 January 2009. On 6 November 2009, Showtime announced that the show's third series would return on 25 January 2010 at 10:00pm. Showtime scheduled the fourth series to premiere 7 April 2011, at 10:30pm. The first series was released on 7 January 2008 on Region 2 DVD . Series 2

630-626: The series 3 premiere ITV2 aired a one-off interview between Piper and Brooke Magnanti , who had written under the Belle de Jour pseudonym, entitled, Billie and the Real Belle Bare All . Piper stated that the fourth series was to be the final. The series was first broadcast on 27 September 2007 on ITV2 in the United Kingdom. It was watched by 1.9 million, a record (which has since been beaten by Bionic Woman ) for ITV2. In Canada,

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660-469: The series was commissioned for a third series, even before the second series was aired. Series 2 became complicated to film due to Piper's pregnancy and body doubles were hired. The filming of series 3 began at the start of 2009, once Piper had recovered after the birth of her son in October 2008. Piper also stated she would be taking on the role of executive producer of the upcoming series as well. Ahead of

690-523: The series with Tiger Aspect Productions . The series was initially developed with Channel 4 and when Channel 4 passed on the project, ITV took over. The series aired in a late-night 10pm slot, as part of ITV2 's "XXL Thursday" programming block. The theme song is an excerpt of " You Know I'm No Good " by Amy Winehouse . The song runs whilst the intertitle plays, showing Belle applying make-up and getting dressed, interspersed with shots of urban London. Both series 1 and 2 consisted of eight episodes:

720-401: The series, sometimes through voiceovers but more frequently by breaking the fourth wall . During the first series, the episodes are held together by a light story arc . Series 2 and 3 rely heavily on story arcs, mainly in the form of Hannah's romances, with Alex and Duncan respectively. The rights to the blog were bought by Silverapples Media (Avril MacRory and Paul Duane ), who co-produced

750-522: The show focuses too much on Piper's character, saying "All the characters, apart from Belle (Piper), are about as two-dimensional as cardboard cut-outs – and no more engaging." The series was also accused of glamourising and being a misrepresentation of prostitution. Piper hit back at the claims saying, "We've only been exposed to the drug-fuelled, sex traffic side – but the fact is, there are middle-class, cultured, well-read women who take part in this job." The first series averaged 1,242,125 viewers in

780-517: The small scene I was operating from. I came from a more experimental background and there were some very overly serious, borderline academic type electronic musicians. I wanted to pick a name that they would be embarrassed to play with. You know Girl Talk sounded exactly the opposite of a man playing a laptop, so that's what I chose. Gillis is featured heavily in the 2008 open source documentary RiP!: A Remix Manifesto . Girl Talk released his fifth LP All Day on November 15, 2010 for free through

810-652: The soundtrack for Girl Walk//All Day , an extended music video set in New York City. In 2014, Girl Talk brought out Freeway as a special guest during a show at the Brooklyn Bowl. They announced that they were releasing a collaborative EP together called Broken Ankles . The project was released on April 8, 2014. Gillis played at the Coachella Festival in 2014. For the first time in one of his live shows, artists performed their vocals over his mash-ups. During

840-413: The success of his album Feed the Animals , for which listeners were asked to pay a price of their choosing, Gillis made all of his other albums similarly available via the Illegal Art website. Night Ripper was number 34 on Pitchfork 's Top 50 Albums of 2006, number 22 on Rolling Stone 's Best Albums of 2006, and number 27 on Spin's 40 Best Albums of 2006. In 2007, Gillis was the recipient of

870-470: Was first introduced to the genre of Plunderphonics by John Oswald . Gillis has also stated that he was always into hip-hop and pop music . As he aged, he started to like older musicians such as The Beatles . Gillis worked as an engineer, but he quit in May 2007 to focus solely on music. He produces mash-up remixes, in which he uses often a dozen or more unauthorized samples from different songs to create

900-407: Was released in the United Kingdom on 2 March 2009 and like the first series classified 18. On the same day, a four disc box set edition consisting of both series 1 and 2 was released. On both sets, much of the popular music was replaced due to high licensing costs. The entire series is also available to download on iTunes and to stream on Netflix UK, Lovefilm UK and Tubi . In the United States

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