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Finally, a former executive at MTV comes clean about something most people who don't like rap already know: All the homophobic posturing and bright iconography on oversized hoodies is gay. And no, we're not using that word in the un-PC, "this is stupid sense." It's really, truthfully, 100% homosexual. Don't believe us? Well check out this Guardian article about Terrance Dean, the aforementioned exec who just wrote a big ol' tome about homo-thug subterfuge in the hip-hop "industry." Can't wait till Suge Knight receives his copy!
Hey, this is the new Peaches video for "Get It," and if by "it" she means "a stomach ache that makes me want to punch things" then she's right on. Hate to see what the ol' undercarriage look like.
Snoop Dogg performed "Sensual Seduction" on One Life to Live, giving housewives everywhere a little bit of excitement during laundry day.
Here is a sampling of the song's lyrics:
"Goes da chick with da real pretty face, big ass booty and ity-bity
Waist I whispered in her ear little mama what you drink? I know you a
Freak, but you knoe I aint gon' say shit, see my game is
Outrageous, I got it tippin crippin exchange and fuck-faces, but it
Ain't no use to rush da bus
Cause I wouldnt want to have her to rush!"
Do you like Amy Winehouse? a) I feel sorry for you, and b) you should check out the woman who she ripped off: Sharon Jones. Ms. Jones is a middle-aged former backup singer and Riker's Island prison guard who was "rediscovered" in the late 90s, eventually finding her way to Daptone Records to record and tour with house band the Dap-Kings. Oh yeah, and her voice will simultaneously give you goose bumps and gooey underwear. She's that good. If you don't believe me just watch the damn video. It's for "Tell Me" off her latest album 100 Days, 100 Nights.
After the Stone Temple Pilots and just-announced Candlebox album, we kind of gave up on any quality band from the last few decades getting back together. Then, wouldn't you know it, we get smacked upside the ears with this announcement from Spinner. If you don't know who the Feelies are do yourself and humanity a favor and seek out Crazy Rhythms to find out why just about every asshole with a penchant for upstrokes who's into "post-punk" is eternally indebted to them. Another bonus: They and Yo La Tengo are possibly the only decent musical exports from the Garden State, and, no, that movie wasn't good.
Hope you're in the mood for blissed-out space pop from a really skinny dude who also happens to play in some band called Deerhunter. Earlier today Bradford Cox, aka Atlas Sound, posted a free EP companion to his Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel album that came out earlier this year. It's only got two "real" songs padded out by three instrumentals, but how can you complain when you don't even have to go through the effort of stealing the thing? Get it here.
We just wanted to take a sec to direct you toward largehearted boy's blog. It's one of the only consistently thorough places on the web to get information about new CD and DVD releases without the layer of snark and jaded cynicism you usually see elsewhere. Stop by today for a roundup of all of this week's notable releases with a special focus on Elvis Costello's new album.
In the unfortunate case that you couldn’t make the Jarvis Cocker in-world appearance/concert on Wednesday, someone was kind enough to send us a transcript of the whole thing. So we selected the best nuggets and copy and pasted them below. You would of thought the tech guys or whoever might have foreseen the cuss-filter turning his surname into a fucking censored speech bubble from a comic strip, but hopefully that’s Jarvis’s idea of a larf. If not, what’re Dick Butkus and Dick Van Dyke gonna do when they sign up for an account? Bet you didn’t think about that one, did ya tech guys? Click that “Read More” thing to get to the Q&A excerpts. PS: The best is the last one about John Peel's funeral.
