The Week That Was
Get ready to jam your GD head full of drugs, because The Flaming Lips are playing "Dark Side of the Moon" on the first night of Bonnaroo.
Friday: LYFE, NOT DRUGS, BITCHE$.
STR8 UP LYFE!!!!! Oh, sorry, I’m just so happy that Kanye’s back
to substantially blogging that I wanted to cop his prose style. From
his most recent rant, I’ve managed to glean the following:
- Fuck the man/your coloring book.
- Live your life (sans cocaine).
- Wear the crazy clothes that designers themselves refuse to wear.
- You can’t imagine how tough it is to be a true icon, but Kanye can. He can handle your hate.
- You are born naked. Love, Kanye.
Saturday: Oh hey, My Morning Jacket. It’s been too long, really. Thanks for scheduling a tour! Though it’s only a few dates, I really think the old “quality vs. quantity” adage comes in handy here. From the end of April to the first few days in May, they’ll frequent southern locales like Birmingham, Nashville, Charleston, and New Orleans.
Sunday: Alright, let’s pull out our calculators. How much did Avatar make this week? $31 million. I can stomach that, I suppose. What I can’t stomach is the fact that Edge of Darkness make just around $17 million. Last week, it was The Tooth Fairy giving me a heart attack. But frankly, I’d rather see The Rock in a tutu than hear that Mel Gibson made a profit by playing the token character of “angry/vaguely psychotic dad.”
Monday: I’m sorry. Perhaps
I’m just not smart enough to appreciate her music, but I do not like
Joanna Newsom. I’m in the whole “she has the voice of an annoying
kindergartener” camp. However, I can appreciate that it’s a big
ol’ deal that she’s coming out with a new album, and I’ve got
to give her credit for having some great cover
art.
What I can appreciate is a
preciously-named covers collection by Peter Gabriel. On February 15,
Virgin releases Gabriel’s covers album called Scratch My Back.
You can hear him sing tunes by all the cool kids! Also known as Arcade
Fire, Bon Iver, David Bowie, and Radiohead. Cue the preciousness: he’ll
then release I’ll Scratch Yours, which will feature all the
artists he covered covering his own catalogue! Superb.
Tuesday: What a symphonic experience this tour will be—Owen Pallett, ladies and gentlemen. He’ll be overseas for most of February and March, but will return to the states for April and May dates. He’s including stops in Chicago, Pittsburgh, Portland, Atlanta, and San Francisco, to name a few.
As if Bonnaroo couldn’t get
any more psychedelic. The Flaming Lips will be playing Dark Side
of the Moon at the first night of the festival. Start placing your
drug orders now, festival goers. Is that what people do? I just started
watching The Wire and I still live in a subdivision in the suburbs,
so the whole drug trade game is still new to me.
And finally, congrats to Phoenix for their Best Alternative Album Grammy win! The whole ceremony is sort of a joke, as the band said themselves, but still. I still think it’s the coolest-looking award one can win.
Wednesday: Autopsy reports released today state cocaine toxicity (with alcohol as a contributing factor) as the cause of death for Jay Reatard.
Even though it certainly seems
hard to imagine summer weather right now—at least in Chicago—here’s
one thing that will have you believing that summer months are on their
way. The Pitchfork Music Festival dates have been announced! Mark your
calendars for July 16-18. Tickets go on sale this Friday, and the site
will be announcing the first batch of bands to play then as well.
Thursday: Even though they’re
missing one stellar moustache, The Hold Steady is holding steady. Yes,
that pun was necessary. They’re doing a short tour in April with stops
in Cleveland, Woodstock, Pittsburgh, and others.
Ever wondered what kind of groupie Zooey Deschanel would make? Me neither, but we’ll have the chance to soon! She’s set to play one in a TV pilot for HBO based on Pamela Des Barres aptly-titled memoir I’m With The Band: Confessions of a Groupie.
Posted by Alyssa Vincent, Alyssa Vincent on Feb 05, 2010 @ 12:00 am
