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Fallon Does Young Doing Fresh Prince
Last night while watching Jimmy Fallon, I witnessed the single greatest moment of TV I’ve seen all month — Jimmy pretending to be Neil Young, covering the “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” theme song. It’s so perfect, and dare I say beautiful.
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The Dead Weather @ MHOW, November 17, 2009
Once again another stellar show from The Dead Weather, this time at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. The band performed songs off their debut album, Horehound, as well as one new song, “No Horse”:
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Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach — Perfect Together
Last night I went to the NYPL Live event featuring a conversation between filmmakers Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach . I’ll be honest, I never was huge fans of either of them before going into the talk, but now consider me among the converted. Their two hour long talk — where they ...
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Kate Moss and Depeche Mode Make YSL’s Parisienne Commerical
Kate Moss writhing around in ecstasy + Depeche Mode ’s “I Feel You” = a smoking hot commercial for YSL’s new perfume, “Parisienne”:
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My One Sentence Review of “Phrazes for the Young”
Now that I’ve had a chance to listen to it — my take on Julian Casablancas’s new album, Phrazes for the Young : “It sounds like a Strokes album from the future, recorded in 1985 — liking it.” Julian will do a host of shows in LA this month, then off to ...
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“Phrazes for the Young” Is Now Out!
Today Julian Casablancas ’s debut solo album, Phrazes for the Young is now out in stores and on iTunes for only $4.99 . Of course the question is… What do y’all think of it? Video from last night’s secret show at Spaceland is now up on the YouTube: Some ...
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Sondre Lerche Auditioned for “Spider-Man” Musical
The impending Spider-Man musical ( Spider-Man Turn on the Dark ) makes me giggle with delight. It seems like possibly the worst and best idea I’ve ever heard. I love J ulie Taymor , so I’m definitely going to see it, and the idea that Bono and the Edge are doing the music makes it ...
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CMJ 2009: Music for the Thinking Man
Yes, I’m JUST getting caught up with CMJ right now as I’m sitting here watching the World Series (no, I’m not sure why I’m watching). Here are a few photos from the excellent After the Jump showcase that we held at the beautiful Brooklyn Bowl on Oct 24th. Seriously, if ...
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CMJ 2009: Boys Who Make Dancey Music
Catching up from last weekend — so many activities! OCTOBER 22nd Started the evening at the SPIN offices for a special rooftop performance by Portland, Oregon’s Hockey . Like The Rapture and The Virgins before them, these boys know how to get girls dancing. Love love love ...
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