Loading ...ARTIST: Scarlett Johansson
ALBUM: Anywhere I Lay My Head
RELEASE DATE: May 20, 2008
WEB DEBUT: April 30, 2008
Archive for April, 2008
ScarJo’s Tribute To Tom Waits Is Actually Dave Sitek’s Tribute To Ivo Watts-Russell
Wed Apr 30 2008 by anthonyjmiccio
Seven Videos That Got Away From Me During Blogging Hours
Wed Apr 30 2008 by Maura
It’s the last day of the month, a time for desk-clearing and “to do” list-finalizing and, in the case of April 2008, celebrating that a pretty horrible 30-day stretch is near its end. With that in mind, I’m going to use the last posting day of each month for “Rule Of Sevens,” in which I put together a couple of seven-item, mostly-commentary-free lists–from aborted post topics to my current best-of-the-year rundowns–for your reading pleasure. In the first installment, please enjoy these seven videos that I really wanted to post on various days during April, but didn’t, for reasons ranging from “I got distracted and watched it five times in a row instead” to “All I can really say about this song is ‘it’s awesome and you should listen to it now.’”
Extreme Reunited? Get The Funk Out!
Wed Apr 30 2008 by anthonyjmiccio
Looks like Who cover bands aren’t the only thing Gary Cherone has going on after all. Extreme is putting the finishing touches on a new album, with Nuno Bettencourt at the mixing board possibly even as I type! It will be the band’s first album since 1995’s Waiting For The Punchline, so I’m hoping they’ll name the album The Punchline if they don’t decide to go back to the whole roman numeral thing (V Alive, maybe?).
You Know Who Doesn’t Suck <i>That</i> Much? The Doors.
Wed Apr 30 2008 by anthonyjmiccio
While I’m surprised at how profuse the reaction was to Dan’s outta nowhere but fairly mundane blast at the Lizard King and his bandmates yesterday, I’m sympathetic to those aggrieved to see that we’d give rock and roll’s preeminent shaman so little respect. So I figured it’d be only fair to share some reasons why I, personally, do not hate the Doors.
CSS’ Creative Path Is Littered With The Corpses Of Bygone Alt-Rock Stars
Wed Apr 30 2008 by Maura
Those of you who lived through the ’90s, when “alternative music” broke and was subsequently broken, may remember the unfortunate cycle endured by a few bands who stormed out of the gate with a strong first single: The song would be inescapable, the album would be mostly decent, and the follow-up… More »
Bye Bye Brooke: Tonight’s “American Idol” Elimination Adds Some Vinegar To The Bittersweetness
Wed Apr 30 2008 by Maura
What more is there to say, except that I hope she stops crying by the time this episode airs on the West Coast? (But I don’t think that’s really likely, to be honest.) More »
Jimi Hendrix Estate Not Very Pleased About The Jimi Hendrix Sex Tape
Wed Apr 30 2008 by Maura
The Jimi Hendrix estate has responded to allegations that their cash cow is in a sex tape that’ll be released by Vivid very soon, and it sounds sort of non-denial denialy to me: “On behalf of both the Jimi Hendrix Foundation and Brave New World, I want to address the despicable news in regards to… More »
Has-Beens Busta Rhymes and Linkin Park Have Finally Made It
Wed Apr 30 2008 by anthonyjmiccio
“Is Simon A Good Kisser?”: Welcome To Another Awkward Episode Of “American Idol”
Wed Apr 30 2008 by Maura
I just got home from a dinner out and I turned on my TV to find that American Idol is kind of crazy. Paula Abdul is making MC Skat Kat references! The first girl who Simon Cowell kissed–and his first crush!–is on the call-in segment and saying that he’s “aged very well”! Natasha Bedingfield performed a semi-hookless dance song that sounded like a filler track from 1988-ish Z100! The two girls are the bottom two, thus avoiding all “Jason was robbed” spoiler possibilites! Ryan Seacrest is pretty visibly addled, possibly because his saying “We’re out” instead of “Seacrest out” last night spelled his certain doom and also possibly because he’s still drunk from the bender that he so obviously needed after last night! Live-action commentary of the show’s final 15 minutes after the jump.
Radiohead Already Over The Whole Free Download Thing
Wed Apr 30 2008 by anthonyjmiccio
The “pay what you want” online release of In Rainbows may have set Trent Reznor and Billy Corgan off to discover their own maverick ways, but it looks like Thom Yorke is a little tired of the brave new world. “I think it was a one-off response to a particular situation,” said Yorke. Rather than admit that he’s loving the taste of Dave Matthews’ crunchy granola over at ATO, or that financially the online release of In Rainbows wasn’t all that it could have been, he’s crediting his anomie on the lack of “significance” it would have if they did it again. It’s always about significance with you, isn’t it, Thom?
