<![CDATA[Idolator: pairings]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[Idolator: pairings]]> http://idolator.com/tag/pairings http://idolator.com/tag/pairings <![CDATA[Britney Spears Continues To Get Great Advance Publicity For Her Album]]> Imported gossip rag OK! is "revealing exclusively" (has a more noxious phrase ever been coined?) the rumor that Britney Spears is going to let her ex-beau Justin Timberlake guest on her forthcoming album, which is being worked on now for a December release. Why you'd want someone who dissed you in public whose most recent collaboration was a semi-dud Madonna song to be on your "comeback" record is beyond me, but I guess I'm writing about it, so we all know where the joke's landed, no? [OK! / Photo of happier times: Getty]

]]> http://idolator.com/399112/britney-spears-continues-to-get-great-advance-publicity-for-her-album http://idolator.com/399112/britney-spears-continues-to-get-great-advance-publicity-for-her-album Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:30:00 EDT Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=399112&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Wayne Kramer Will Kick Out The Jams With Just About Anyone]]> The Presidents Of The United States Of America (authors of "Lump") were joined by not just one, but two formerly Jewfro'd musical legends at LA's The Roxy last Friday: Satirical visionary Weird Al Yankovic, who reworked the Presidents' big hit as the Forrest-saluting "Gump," assisted in what was an undoubtedly transcedent cover of "More Than A Feeling"; and MC5 axeman Wayne Kramer, who helped essay the perennial "Kick Out The Jams" earlier in the night. Preliminary YouTube searches provided no documentation of either performance, but they did reveal another run through the anthem courtesy of Kramer and three other goofballs who've seen better decades.



A year ago, Wayne was joined by guitarrorists Slash, Tom Morello (in acoustic Nightwatchman mode) and Nuno Freakin' Bettencourt at SXSW for a stirring rendition of the MC5's "Skunk (Sonically Speaking)." Sorry, "Kick Out The Jams."

Here's the MC5 themselves, for comparison's sake.

Just imagine two bald dudes pogoing with de-stringed basses alongside and you get the picture.

Weird Al and MC5 Endorse The Presidents Of The United States Of America [AntiMusic]

]]> http://idolator.com/372405/wayne-kramer-will-kick-out-the-jams-with-just-about-anyone http://idolator.com/372405/wayne-kramer-will-kick-out-the-jams-with-just-about-anyone Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:30:00 EDT Anthony Miccio http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=372405&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Rihanna To Break Out The Glowsticks At The Brit Awards]]> After mixing "Umbrella" up with The Time's "Jungle Love" at last week's Grammys, Rihanna is set to perform the umpteenth "live remix" of the song at Wednesday's Brit Awards. Her foils this time: The Klaxons, who told Radio One that their take on the still-pretty-ubiquitous hit will be "an electronic version with guitars on it." Which sounds to me like it could describe the original take on the song, but apparently Rihanna's people disagree in a hilarious way! "They've got this funny idea of what our band sounds like and we've done three or four different versions," the band said. "Her people kept sending versions back going 'No, this sounds more like you.'" Perhaps her management thought that she would actually be working with the Jacksons? [Guardian / Photo: AP]

]]> http://idolator.com/357607/rihanna-to-break-out-the-glowsticks-at-the-brit-awards http://idolator.com/357607/rihanna-to-break-out-the-glowsticks-at-the-brit-awards Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:00:38 EST Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=357607&view=rss&microfeed=true