Entries from August 2007
Hipster Olympics
August 26th, 2007
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 […]
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.
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?
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Tags: news