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Pause the DVR, because a case of flu-related sniffles will keep Miss Jackson from dropping menstrual science on this week's edition of Saturday Night Live. Attn. producers now scrambling for a last-minute replacement as Lorne Michaels fumes: Bo Bice should be free by the weekend. UPDATE: Looks like SNL has gone the non-Bice route and tapped Mimi instead. [MTV]

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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
3,585 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 »

videodrone

Wilco On "SNL": The Role Of Jeff Tweedy Will Be Played By Vincent D'Onofrio


While a lot of the scuttlebutt from this weekend's Saturday Night Live will probably be about Hillary Clinton's bright-eyed cameo and Andy Samberg's spot-on Diablo Cody impersonation (complete with Nate Dogg reference!), I thought the most notable part of the episode was the fact that, for the first time in forever, the band actually sounded good. Wilco's two songs were, for the most part, free of the mixing problems and cruddy amplification that have plagued so many other bands playing the Grand Central Station-decorated stage. (But surely I'm not the only one who a) thought Jeff Tweedy looked a lot like the also-cameoing Vincent D'Onofrio and b) got annoyed when the Law & Order "chunk-chunk" was used during D'Onofrio's too-brief appearance, since the spinoff he appears on doesn't use that sound anymore. What, did Jeremy Sisto cancel at the last minute? Hmph.) "Hate It Here" is above; "Walken" is after the jump. More »

8:41 AM on Mon Mar 3 2008
By Maura Johnston
1,559 views, 13 comments

Latest by lucasg: nels is currently injured. he hurt his left hand/wrist somehow, so maybe he was taking it easy. he's supposed to record a new album with mike watt soon, but it's been pushed back until april because of whatever he did more »

It's kind of strange this New York Times story on the YouTube semi-popularity of "Iran So Far," the love song to Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that aired on last week's Saturday Night Live, didn't mention the fact that NBC had to pull the clip from its YouTube channel—and its site—because of an unauthorized Aphex Twin sample, isn't it? [NYT]

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thank you, richard

IDM Pioneer Makes First Tiny Impact On American Pop In Almost A Decade

That inescapable-for-48-hours Saturday Night Live spoof featuring Maroon 5's Adam Levine and SNL's Andy Samberg—the zzzz/overlong one about which some of you were griping we neglected to post in favor of Kanye's self-mocking appearance—has been mercifully yoinked from the Web before we had a "Lazy Sunday" moment, thanks to Samberg using an ill-begotten sample from Aphex Twin. More »

2:00 PM on Tue Oct 2 2007
By jharv
2,067 views, 14 comments

clips

Videodrone: Linkin Park Hasn't Lost Its Ability To Leave Us Numb


Pay close attention to this Saturday Night Live performance by Linkin Park, because around the 50-second mark, you can actually witness the last sad death-moan of rap-rock: As the rest of the band members try to pretend that they're not playing a fourth-tier 3 Doors Down song, the DJ throws in a few "hey, remember when we used to do this?" scratches. It's almost adorable—like the Rottweiler that refuses to stop piddling on the neighbor's petunias, for old time's sake. More »

11:20 AM on Mon May 14 2007
By Brian Raftery
849 views, 14 comments

Latest by Tenno: I wish they had just released a funk album. That'd be rebellious and snarky right there. Iiiiiiiiiiiiii just waaaaaaaaannt to dance! To dance dance to dance! more »

dick in a box

"D--k In A Box": The Inevitable Remakes Begin

It happens every winter: After months and months of bellyaching about how Saturday Night Live isn't funny anymore, how the whole thing has become a string of talk-show and awards-show parodies, and how "Weekend Update" has grown so smug and glib it deserves its own new word ("smlib"), one sketch comes along and makes everyone forget how crappy the show has become. Last week's "Dick In A Box" bit is clearly this season's amnesia inciter, and YouTube evidence suggests that no freshman-year winter break is complete without an afternoon spent filming your own version (or filming a puppet commentary on said versions). It's fun for now, but we have to wonder: Is YouTube all of a sudden allowing "dick" to be thrown around on the site without tagging it as inappropriate? Or are they, much like the rest of America, willing to give anything Justin Timberlake-related a pass? More »

3:49 PM on Tue Dec 26 2006
By Brian Raftery
54 views, 1 comment

Latest by MosH8ed: SNL is still a bunch of shite. That said, any skit that has anything to do with the "lonely island" boys is comedic gold! more »

clips

Justin Timberlake's Gift Guide: Color Me Badd Goatee Not Included

What a difference 15 years make, no? That's Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake (and a lot of hair gel) giving "I Wanna Sex You Up" a, uh, slightly more up-front—and generously Yuletide-themed—spin on this week's Saturday Night Live. (We'd say more, but we don't want to spoil it; we're just happy that this clip replicates the obligatory singing-in-front-of-the-East River shot that so many videos from that era indulged in.) More »

8:32 AM on Mon Dec 18 2006
By mjohnston
2,388 views, 4 comments

saturday night live

"SNL" Postmortem: Beck Shows Off His String Section

Anyone who's read one of the kazillion reviews or blog posts about Beck's recent tour knows that a) he uses marionettes, and b) at one point, all of his band members sit at a kitchen table, playing their utensils. This "Clap Hands" clip shows off both live-show staples, which means that not only does Beck now have to come up with something completely new, but that SNL finally featured a floppity haired puppet on that wasn't Andy Samberg.

Beck, "Clap Hands" (Saturday Night Live) [YouTube]

5:38 PM on Mon Oct 30 2006
By Brian Raftery
577 views, 1 comment

Latest by SirLoin: With all the recent Beck-lash going on about him being a corporate, xenu-loving faux-hipster, one thing still remains totally true: That was pretty fucking awesome. more »

saturday night live

'SNL' Postmortem: The Incredible Shrinking My Chemical Romance

We were pretty excited when we heard that My Chemical Romance was set to play Saturday Night Live—but alas, their performance on Saturday's show was somewhat lacking. Playing in the audienceless vacuum that is the SNL set didn't help matters, but picking the downtempo "Cancer" as their second song proved to be their downfall—if any band should not go the traditional rocker-then-ballad singles-release route, it's these guys, who derive about 90% of their strength from speeding up, and turning up, the most over-the-top aspects of rock and roll. More »

11:15 AM on Mon Oct 23 2006
By mjohnston
320 views, 14 comments

Latest by AcidReign: .....SNL's long been famous for humbling hit bands. I don't know if it's the room, sabotage, or just the band being tight, but often the worst performance of any band is when they're on SNL. My vote for absolute worst more »