Not sure what’s up with Prince’s globalistic, thematically titled new record, but the promising news is that former proteges, Wendy & Lisa, who were also illustrious members of the long-missed Revolution, appear alongside Prince for the first time on record since Parade in 1986. Prince has recently signed with Columbia to distribute Planet Earth, which […]
Entries from June 2007
Prince reunites with Wendy & Lisa for Planet Earth
June 12th, 2007
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Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett replace Gorillaz with Chinese monkey opera
June 12th, 2007
While Albarn has all but proclaimed Gorillaz dead, he and Hewlett have been hard at work on their next venture- an ancient Chinese folk tale in the form of an opera. The pair is very much aware of the difficulty selling such an idea to the masses, as Hewlett explains: “People are scared of operas, […]
Tags: news
FTC investigates Burn Lounge as a Pyramid scheme
June 12th, 2007
Well, no shit. And, of course, Columbia, SC boasts the largest contingent of suckers in the country. Here’s a rundown on how it all works. You’d have to be pretty daft not to see it’s a thinly veiled cross between iTunes and Amway.
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Enjoy The National with any mildly invasive outpatient procedure
June 11th, 2007
I had an endoscopy today, which is a fun little procedure wherein a GI specialist jams a robot camera down your throat, into your stomach, and, if you’re lucky like I was, way down into the nethers of your small intestine. That’s not the interesting part, though. When I was lying on the table with […]
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Morrissey chooses final resting place
June 11th, 2007
A few tufts of gray hair and Morrissey is already grave shopping? Perhaps, it’s just to prove that his penchant for melodrama is alive and well, even though you might not be able to tell from his latest record.
Tags: gossip
Fell in love with a pixel?
June 8th, 2007
Fujiya and Miyagi’s video for “Ankle Injuries” is pretty similar to Gondry’s genius vid for Whites Stripes’ Fell in Love With a Girl. (via Metafilter)
Tags: video
Tommy Lee hates on God in Italian
June 8th, 2007
[kml_flashembed movie=”http://youtube.com/v/5IpouLxdBME” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Perennial moron, Tommy Lee, typically shouts the most offensive things he can have an assistant whisper in his ear before a show. So, at Motley Crue’s recent performance at the Gods of Metal festival in Italy, the joke was on Tommy when some random girl suggested he shout “vulgar […]
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