From the looks of the (unpausable) video embedded in her homepage and the emblazoned words "WEBSTORE COMING SOON," it looks like M.I.A. is on the verge of launching a clothing line that harnesses her bag-of-exploding-markers graphic-design aesthetic. Note: Her contribution to the "in the future, everyone will have their own 15-hoodie licensing agreement" era is advertised in part by some footage of dogs humping and sniffing each others' rears, so it may not be 100% work-safe. [
M.I.A.]
Alient Ant Farm will get its own version of the budget compilation
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection in May, which is rather odd. In case you've forgotten, the smooth criminals' major-label debut,
ANThology, came out in early 2001, which would seem to exclude them from 20th century mastery. So is Universal too cheap to create a new logo? Is the band engaging in irony? Did no one notice/care? This may be more absurd than when Creedence Clearwater
Revisited put out one of these. [
AbsolutePunk]
Starbucks is going to give away cards that can be redeemed for songs at the iTunes Music Store for five weeks beginning Oct. 2. In what sounds to my blog-addled ears like a take on the "music blog promo track" idea, each day's card will be good for a different song from the latte-approved likes of Dave Matthews, KT Tunstall, and Bob Dylan—as long as their records aren't put out by Warner Music Group or Universal Music Group, that is. [
NYT]
Idolator
The one thing that people always ask me about the really for real this time forthcoming release of Chinese Democracy, even if they've never listened to Appetite For Destruction in full: "So wait, does this mean I'm going to get a free Dr Pepper?" Well, according to a spokesperson for the plum soda, it does! Although the process of getting said beverage will be a little more labor-intensive than finding a can of it in your mailbox on Nov. 25, alas.
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