Living up to their image as Springsteen’s bizarro nerdherd offspring, The Hold Steady have recorded “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” as a personal favor to the Twins musical director Kevin Dutcher, who’s evidently a big fan. Likewise, Head Steady Craig Finn is an enormous Twins fan (as you well know if you’ve ever […]
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The Hold Steady record un-ironic version of baseball staple
April 4th, 2007
Keith Richards snorted dead dad
April 3rd, 2007
Debunked, unfortunately! Death-defying Rolling Stones guitarist, Keith Richards has admitted to NME that in 2002 “I snorted my father. He was cremated, and I couldn’t resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow. My dad wouldn’t have cared,” he said, adding that “it went down pretty well, and I’m still alive.” Of course, […]
U.S. Congress Representative Mike Doyle goes to bat for Girl Talk
April 3rd, 2007
Well, this just about never happens. A politician who at least modestly comprehends what sampling is all about: “I want to tell a little story about a local guy done good,” says U.S. Congressman Mike Doyle (D – PA) in a recent statement during a hearing on the future of radio. “His name is Gregg […]
Carry Beck on your back
April 3rd, 2007
Beck’s choose your own adventure album cover for The Information proved so, well, inspiring to the (hush, hush) Scientologist that he decided to extend the idea onto, uhh, satchels or Sketchels, rather. Yes, you too can carry an ultra- trendy bag with Beck emblazoned on it and artwork by French artist Genevieve Gauckler. The bags […]
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The Good, The Bad & The Queen release live, itunes-exclusive EP
April 3rd, 2007
With only a smattering of live shows in the US this spring, Damon Albarn’s dowdy postcard from London, The Good, The Bad & The Queen, hit the NYC Apple store on March 12th for a quick set, which has, rather opportunistically, turned into an exclusive live EP on itunes.
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The Cure to work with Ashley Simpson?
April 2nd, 2007
Please, God, let this be an April Fool’s joke. Why, oh, why would The Cure have anything to do with Ashley Simpson? First it was an appearance on Blink-182’s final record. Ok, bad, but not hopless. Then it was a duet with Korn for its unplugged session. Worse, and pretty much unforgivable. So, now, any […]
Paul Weller spits on portait of Sting at Cancer benefit
March 30th, 2007
Apparently, I had Paul Weller all wrong. He hasn’t lost his edge, despite years of boring, watered down soul records. At the Teenage Cancer Trust concert on March 28th, Weller saw a portrait of Sting hanging in the corridor at Royal Albert Hall in London and decided to spit on it. Accoring to NME, he […]