Kurt Loder is going to be on this Sunday's episode of The Simpsons—because it's an "episode about the '90s"—but what he really wants to do is play a victim on Law & Order: SVU. Dude, at least if you go on Criminal Intent, your character might be able to die with a little more dignity. Just saying! [MTV]
- The members of the Strokes are taking a year off. Which year? 1978? [NME]
- New Order has allegedly split up, for the blimpteenth time; meanwhile, London-based children's-rock outfit Gnu Order is still available for birthdays and picnics. [NME]
Despite the fact that they haven't released an album in nearly a year and a half—and that, for all we know, may not put out another one until the Raconteurs stop racontouring—the White Stripes have somehow become the biggest rock band on television: Last night's Veronica Mars (pictured) featured two characters dressed up as Jack and Meg; an early episode of the always-on-the-cutting-edge Studio 60 had a failed sketch on the siblings, requring poor Nate Corddry to wear a black wig; and Bart Simpson faced off against the band in the Simpsons season premiere.
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