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videodrone

New Kids On The Block Suffer Fools Gladly (But They Still Love Their Fans)

The problem with reunion tours: Before you hit the road, you have to deal with the kinda-dim interviewers who weren't prepped on your current activities, a lack of planning that only serves to accentuate how socially awkward they are when they have to go off-script. Exhibit A being New Kids On The Block's appearance on Today, during which the dippy interviewer asked them what they'd been up to, then demanded that they dance in the rain for her, in such a way that it was abundantly clear that she was on the Guns N' Roses side of the great late-'80s middle school debate back in the day. (My favorite part of the clip, of course, is when two of my current interests—Jon Knight and the popping housing bubble—come together when he talks about how his fame isn't really helping move inventory in his real-estate business.) [Video HT to Jezebel]

12:00 PM on Fri Apr 4 2008
By Maura Johnston
836 views, 16 comments

Latest by capnbecki: My roommate dragged me to a Jon Knight show in Ferndale a few years ago and he didn't even finish one song, but yes, the entire audience was women my age. Even though I'd been a fan back then, it more »

do your thing on the runway

"America's Next Top Model" Makes Music Fierce Again

Last night, Tyra Banks commanded the stringbean drones populating this season of America's Next Top Model (seriously, when they run to Tyra's glaring portrait to read their new assignment off the ticker—out loud, in unison, shrieking—I half expect it to read "DRINK THIS KOOL-AID") to become the living embodiments of America's most memorable music genres: R&B, metal, emo, pop, country, folk, punk, house and... grunge! I normally would leave all ANTM analysis to animated-GIF maestro Rich Juzwiak, but when am I ever going to get to riff on glamorous trash like this again. Click the photos to see how each model represented her assigned genre. [Photos via The CW]

10:00 AM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Anthony Miccio
1,359 views, 4 comments

Latest by orangepixistix: @af607105: You have been watching Project Runway, haven't you? Dominique made me think of an evil Cher... more »

fashion

Breaking: Vampire Weekend's Mothers Dress Them Funny

This weekend, Vampire Weekend cemented their superstar status, joining the ranks of such timeless acts as 3-D, the Tragically Hip, the Bus Boys, Timbuk3, and the Hothouse Flowers as musical guests on Saturday Night Live! There's been a lot of talk about whether these guys are really Columbia douchebags or just playing up an image of Columbia douchebags and while there've been some salient points about the precarious position of class and race, we... wait a minute, what the fuck is that guy wearing? Really? A scarf the size of a tent? Indoors? He looks like Stuart Little after he curls up for a nap inside a shirt sleeve. More »

9:30 AM on Mon Mar 10 2008
By Christopher Weingarten
3,269 views, 56 comments

Latest by SpeedyGonzalas: "Going preppy is punk rock if you think about it." You are so OTM. GG Allin was an Izod wearing bastard weren't he? Preppy asshole, that GG. more »

from the vaults

RIAA: Murderers, Terrorists, And Other Criminal Minds May Be Graduating To Pirating Music

Yesterday the RIAA-produced video In Trial, which covers the societal dangers of music piracy, made its way out to torrent sites, and among its contents are instructions on how to get RIAA investigators qualified as expert witnesses, a guide to identifying pirated CDs, and the above bit, about the links between people who profit from pirated music and people who deal weapons, populate terror cells, and murder their fellow man for sport. Surely I'm not the only person who thinks that this particular bit on the "kill 'em all" impulses of miscreants dealing in fifth-generation copies of Graduation would hit home a little more effectively if it were accompanied by a bangin' soundtrack? [Listening Post / Gizmodo]

12:40 PM on Thu Feb 21 2008
By Maura Johnston
786 views, 7 comments

Latest by Klatoo: So essentially what their saying is this: When you go to a black market area that sells guns and drugs and is plagued by violence, they also sell pirated CDs sometimes. Who would have suspected that violent career criminals don't respect copyright? more »

idolator's american idolatry

Carly Smithson Explains Herself (Sort Of)

During last night's episode of American Idol, Carly Smithson (née Hennessy) came sorta-clean about her major-label past, talking about how her label "imploded" after her album came out—although said label, MCA, didn't so much "implode" as "get absorbed by Geffen a few months after that Wall Street Journal piece about the piles and piles of money they spent on her came out." And Carly's mention of her current job highlighted another interesting detail about that story that has nothing to do with major-label excess: It reports, in its closing, Carly getting her first tattoo ("an intricate cross on the small of her back that she hopes will impress her fans")—and now she owns a whole parlor! Crazy, right?

10:45 AM on Thu Feb 21 2008
By Maura Johnston
1,542 views, 5 comments

Latest by Jim Thome's Self-Cleaning Oven: @kityglitr: If the votes don't turn out how kityglitr would like it's rigged! Don't be an idiot. more »

it's only selling out if you do it for the right price

Art Brut Can Handle Its Own Licensing, Thank You Very Much

Art Brut is the latest band to be taken under the wing of T-Mobile's advertising department with the above ad, which debuted during the Grammys last night and which is, I guess, supposed to serve as a testament to the band's canniness as far as its ability to market itself. While I do think that your average non-blog-reader will be able to figure out that the Brit collective is a real band—and not just some ad exec's caffeine-fueled "inspiration"—more easily than she was with Of Montreal's T-Mobile spot from a few months back, part of me wonders why Art Brut's reps didn't fight to have the band's name chyroned on the screen for maximum Google potential. You just know that Teyana Taylor would have her lawyers write a "my name must be on screen for at least four seconds" clause in her contract. [MySpace; warning, embedded remix of OneRepublic's "Apologize" inexplicably within*] More »

2:00 PM on Mon Feb 11 2008
By Maura Johnston
890 views, 16 comments

Latest by Ahh! Jim lad!: @JudgeFudge: Or a young Hitler without the 'stache. Good thing Eddie got into the arts. more »

great moments in awkwardness

The Plain White T's Muse Speaks: What She Really Wants To Do Is Run

This morning, Today sat down for a chat with Delilah DiCrescenzo, the young Olympic hopeful who inspired the Plain White T's "Hey There Delilah" and who'll be attending the Grammys next month as lead singer Tom Higginson's date. Even though she has a boyfriend! Who, she claims in her delay-plagued chat with Meredith Vieira and Matt Lauer, is actually completely fine with her going on said date, although one wonders how much he was gritting his teeth when he reiterated that fact. DiCrescenzo is, bless her heart, saying that her Grammy appearance will be a good opportunity for her to humanize track and field before this summer's Olympics in Beijing, although one does wonder if her definition of "humanize" means, in part, "getting a sweet correspondent's gig if the whole running thing doesn't work out come Olympic Trials time."

12:15 PM on Wed Jan 23 2008
By Maura Johnston
9,642 views, 46 comments

Latest by poptimist: Beautiful boy is a John Lennon song, not a Beatles song. Just saying. more »

on the scene

We Take The "Best Albums Of '07" Listmaking To The Streets

On a drizzly night this week, Idolator videographer Alex Goldberg headed out to the corner of Bedford Ave. and N. 7th St. in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to find out what the people—that is, people who weren't too busy fiddling with the placement of their year-end lists to actually leaved the house—enjoyed listening to in 2007. What was the most popular album among the people he surveyed? Kala. What came in second as far as responses go? "I don't really listen to music"/"I didn't really pay attention this year." And this is from people who are standing mere blocks away from an actual store where recorded music is sold. Perhaps we should send him to a station outside the soon-to-be-former Virgin Megastore next.

3:30 PM on Fri Dec 21 2007
By mjohnston
648 views, 4 comments

Latest by Laurrel: I thought that was Jermaine from FotC for a moment... got my hopes up. more »

on the scene

Idolator Meets Paramore's Frozen Faithful

As part of their trip to New York, the spitfire chick-fronted emo outfit Paramore played a "first come, first served" acoustic set at the Helio store in SoHo yesterday. Idolator videographer Alex Goldberg hit up the line outside to see how long the band's fans would wait in the not-really-all-that-warm November weather for the chance to see an unplugged performance by the band, find the one person in line with a Y chromosome, and deduce whether or not the mobile carrier would be able to say that this bit of cross-promotion had actually resulted in people abandoning their Sidekicks and Blackberries.

2:00 PM on Thu Nov 29 2007
By mjohnston
821 views, 6 comments

Latest by Hoodster777: I look pretty damn good for someone that could barely feel their fingers, lol. And the wait was totally worth it, the set was amazing!! more »

The Road To Crazy Town Is Apparently Paved With Crack

15 comments

wtf

Who Knew That You Could Tango To Fall Out Boy?

I'll admit that I'm pretty much unaware of Dancing With The Stars beyond the fact that it pulls in boatloads of viewers, although this clip—in which Jennie Garth and Derek Hough do, indeed, engage in a rigorous tango to the strains of "The Take Over, The Break's Over"—is making me think that it's for the best. More »

2:00 PM on Tue Nov 20 2007
By mjohnston
2,389 views, 6 comments

it's only selling out if you do it for the right price

Of Montreal's T-Mobile Ad: Cell Phone Companies Now Pandering To The Blog Demo

When Of Montreal's ad for T-Mobile came on during last night's American Music Awards, my initial reaction was along the lines of, "What music-blogger hell did this crawl out of?" And it still stands. I mean, reunion-show jokes? Band meetings that are conducted in fancy-ass hotel rooms while Kevin Barnes and Co. are in full stage makeup? I'm going to hazard a guess that most of the Daughtry fans watching the show didn't realize that Of Montreal is, you know, an actual working band with records out, especially with the feather-flying celebration at the ad's end. More »

1:30 PM on Mon Nov 19 2007
By mjohnston
10,305 views, 16 comments

Latest by droplet: I've been to some OM shows, and they were fun! But maybe Kevin realizes that he won't be able to pull off the the semi-androgynous, non-threatening cute twee guy act for much longer. It's really hard to do that after more »

last night's party

Jonas Brother Sends An S.O.S. Out To The American Music Awards' Set Designer

If you missed the American Music Awards performance by Disney Channel stars-in-waiting the Jonas Brothers, not only did you miss the one moment of the show where the audience seemed excited to be watching—thanks to a truckload of hormonal preteens being shuttled in for the duration of the Brothers' spunky "S.O.S."—you missed its one spontaneous moment, which was brought to you by Joe "The Middle One" Jonas tripping and falling on the shattered glass that heralded his and his brothers' arrival onstage. Not only should Joe be proud of his pretty much instantaneous recovery—he didn't even have to drop his tambourine to spring up!—he should be very, very thankful that his brother's lyrics didn't compare his bad relationships to walking into a pit of poisonous snakes.

11:00 AM on Mon Nov 19 2007
By mjohnston
1,169 views, 4 comments

Latest by catdirt: all i'll say is that as i was walking to work a few saturday's ago, i passed by the san diego house of blues that was having a mid day jonas brothers concert and it was the most batshit crazy more »

etiquette

This Just In: Axl Rose May Not Be The Best Houseguest

Last night on Late Show With David Letterman, Slash stopped by to plug his new book and clear the air with Axl Rose, although maybe doing so by talking about how Axl kicked his grandma off her perch on the couch so he could crash out until mid-afternoon—and how Axl responded to being rebuked for his couch-ganking by jumping out of a moving car—wasn't the best plan of action for doing so, given his, uh, temperament. Guess we'll be seeing another Velvet Revolver album in the next few years!

11:30 AM on Wed Oct 31 2007
By mjohnston
1,233 views, Comment

the vault

Before They Were Famous, The Arcade Fire Were Just These Guys Who Opened For Chromeo

While cleaning out his archives, Gawker's Jim Lehnhoff unearthed some video that he shot of the Arcade Fire all the way back on April 11, 2004, at the First Unitarian Church in Philadelphia. (They were third on the bill, playing behind the Unicorns and freakin' Chromeo, and in front of The Ponys.) Anyway, he donated it to us for "research" purposes; while Win Butler does engage in some flopping around the (teeny!) stage during this performance of "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)," this clip is notable for the fact that the band doesn't really need Christmas lights, mariachi bands, or Web 2.0 trickery in order to put on a pretty damn compelling show. Ah, 2004—were we all that much more innocent then?

5:35 PM on Tue Oct 30 2007
By mjohnston
7,228 views, 22 comments

Latest by CxHtdui: Are there anymore videos of this show? This concert was absolutely amazing, and I'm glad someone got at least one song on tape. After this, I remember the Unicorns doing an easter egg hunt on stage during their set and more »

not safe for lunch

Going Inside Steven Tyler As He Creates "Sound At Unusual Frequencies"

This morning, Steven Tyler and throat surgeon Dr. Steven Zeitels appeared on Today to promote their Sunday-night appearance on the National Geographic Channel's Incredible Human Machine; if you ever wanted to know just what happens to the insides of the Aerosmith frontman's throat when he hits that high note in "Dream On," then this is going to be the show for you, as the program will reveal the stretching and straining that Tyler's vocal chords undergo during the course of a show. Appetizing! I only wish they'd recreated the vocal-chord-cam live, as I'd love to see what his innards looked like when he squawked that high note at the 0:58 mark. Aspiring vocalists, remember: Warming up is very important.

1:40 PM on Fri Oct 19 2007
By mjohnston
574 views, 5 comments

Latest by dabug: Ashlee Simpson's vocal cords are hotter. more »

gimme more doubletalk

Translating The TV Ad For Britney Spears' New Album


I caught this ad for Britney Spears' Blackout yesterday on TRL, where it's presumably airing because "Gimme More"'s off-the-chart status has resulted in only a seven-second clip of its chorus being played on the show, as opposed to a thirty-second clip that includes a verse. The ad is not only notable for the way it recuts the "Gimme More" video into something even more incoherent, but because buried within its 30 seconds are a bunch of statements that could be seen as coded messages from Britney's label, Jive, to the album's intended audience: More »

11:35 AM on Fri Oct 19 2007
By mjohnston
4,213 views, 8 comments

Latest by chickenpotpy: Does anyone else think it's weird that her album is coming out exactly one year after KFed's? Ooo, maybe this means she'll follow in his footsteps and perform a song and a half at the West Hollywood Halloween Parade! more »

on the scene

Meeting The CMJ Attendees, Part Three: You Can Fool Some Of The Music Geeks Some Of The Time

One thing we keep hearing over and over, even among the rock critics, is that no one recognizes any of the bands playing CMJ this year. So we decided to send Alex Goldberg out with a list of fake band names to see if anyone would cop to knowing about a band we had made up a few hours before. Was the joke on them or us? More »

8:45 AM on Fri Oct 19 2007
By jharv
825 views, 8 comments