Entries from August 2007

Hipster Olympics

August 26th, 2007

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Tags: humor

Mark Ronson’s Dylan – blonde on bland

August 26th, 2007

Not content to leave well enough alone (or in the case of his and Daniel Merriweather’s “Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before” cover…let dead dogs lie), Brit and brass man Mark Ronson has given Bob Dylan’s “Most Likely You’ll Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine)” the hot fuzz treatment. And while we’ll […]

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Tags: link · news · track review

Jose Gonzalez “Down the Line” video

August 24th, 2007

The new record, In Our Nature, is out September 25 via Mute. Andreas Nilsson directs this quietly disturbing, pig-faced tale.

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Tags: video

The Rolling Stones’ Shine a Light trailer

August 24th, 2007

Directed by Martin Scorsese. Still, it doesn’t look like it will rival Cocksucker Blues or even Gimme Shelter… And what the ass is Christina Aguilera doing in it?

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Tags: video

The female Pete Doherty?

August 24th, 2007

This elevator is in free-fall. The latest Amy Winehouse escapade has her being photographed covered in blood and scratches, running away from her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, to get into a car with strangers, only to be seen locked arm and arm with him mere hours later. It all sounds very stable, much like a day in the […]

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Tags: commentary · gossip

…And, oh, the sickening greed

August 24th, 2007

So, music news is all over the fact that Morrissey allegedly turned down 75 million to reform The Smiths. If it’s true, I applaud his decision. Whatever his motives (and I’m sure they’re catty and sinister at the core), at least he retains his integrity. It’s not about the money. How many bands can say […]

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Tags: commentary · gossip · news

The Cure postpone fall tour

August 24th, 2007

Since Robert Smith needed more time to come up with words that rhyme with “again”, his band’s fall tour of North America has been pushed to the spring to coincide with the release its 13th, as-yet-untitled new record. Beyond that, guitarist Porl Thompson is looking pretty bad ass these days. The fact that he’s back in […]

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Tags: news