Lil’ Wayne For President, 2016
President Carter is looking… well….. Presidential!
I’ll be looking at him being presidential on Jan 19th. Woot!
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I don’t come down to your work and slap the dick out of your mouth.
Most of the bands and artists I’m betting on to make inroads in the mainstream in ’09 are already known to pop music zealots, to the point that many among that particular subculture might already deem a few of them “old hat.” My interest here isn’t with these people, because –as you know if you’ve ever been cornered by one of them in a bar –they already know everything.
Even if hipsters will assume that as soon as a band becomes popular that band is no longer cool, most people don’t hear music until it makes it into some form of the mainstream, be it via the Internet, the radio, the television, or one of those Web radio stations that does the thinking for you (Genius, Pandora and the like).
This, then, is a list of bands to watch, both local and national, in the coming year:
Who: Fleet Foxes [...]
Who: Vampire Weekend [...]
Who: Santogold
From The Buffalo News Who’ll be rockin’ in 2009? Jeff Miers’ list of bands to watch (via Idolator)
He Does None of These, Yet He Does Some Things
Top Ten Things Lil Wayne Doesn’t Do, According to Lil Wayne On The Carter III
10. Owe you, like two vowels
9. Rap, he films movies
8. Fantasize
7. Have to get his tooth fixed
6. Write shit, cuz he ain’t got time
5. Have the answer
4. Wanna finish
3. Know what you are on
2. Give a fuck if you see him
1. Care
Click through to full article to see The Top 25 Things You Don’t Do According to Lil Wayne and The Top 50 Things Lil Wayne Is….
From Fader Magazines Listmania 2008 (Via Thepunkguy)
Also, in case you’d like to know where I’ll be on Jan 19th:
Rap star Lil’ Wayne might finally have to wear something besides his trademark low-riding, heinie-exposing jeans: He’s coming to Minneapolis to perform in January.
From Minneapolis Star Tribune (Via Keezy M, Baby)
Concert Conundrum: Danielson vs Alice Russell
Let’s open this one up to the election process that we are all so fond of. This Thursday evening, Minneapolis offers two (count em’) can’t miss concert events. I’ve recently become quite enamored with Alice Russell. On Thursday night she is playing at the Varsity Theater in Dinkytown. I imagine her to be all the things that I like about this current wave of british belters — loud, passionate, gifted, and… well…. british. Listen to her cover of Seven Nation Army. Look at her.
Alice Russell – Seven Nation Army
Alice Russell – A Fly in the Hand
Across town: Danielson. Another band that I’ve never seen. Sufjan Stevens was the only non-family member and has ripped off borrowed their love for uniforms, instrumentation, and lushness. They do the christian family band genre the way any church would be ashamed of. Look at Brother Daniel. Listen to his music.
Danielson – Did I Step On Your Trumpet
Danielson – Animal In Every Corner
The problem: I have to miss one. An acquantiance, who is apparently quite gifted in spatial reasoning, pointed out:
do both. Looks like Alice is an opener, so go to the Varsity first, then head down to the 3rock for Danielson who will probably hit the stage around 10, and then bask in the genius of doing both.
So, why doubt the gifted lass? It’s not just Alice Russell I’d like to see. Thao Nguyen (Listen here, here, or here.) is also playing over at El Varsity. But…. how can you miss Danielson? (American, been around a bit, likely to have other opportunities to see) How can you miss Alice? (fresh, new, trendy, british, likely to be her only US tour.) And The Triple Rock VS Varisty Theater? Sigh. Conundrum. Vote by comment, below. Please. Help me.
The sad tale of Silibil’n'Brains
The Guardian is running a story today that Irvine Welsh is writing a screenplay based on the story of rappers Silibil’n'Brains. Snatched by Sony music, the duo was hailed as “the real deal” by competing A&R execs. Never heard of them? They never actually released an album.
If they’re known at all, it’s as the Scottish rappers who conned their way into a record contract by pretending to be American. After failing to gain any notoriety as rappers, they effected American accents and rerecorded their music. They submitted the new recording to Radio 1, where it proved a minor hit. They took the new act on the road and played some shows in London.
Within weeks, the pair had signed a deal with a premier management company. Within months, they had signed a record deal with Sony. They headlined small festivals, played Brixton Academy, toured with Eminem, appeared on MTV, partied with Madonna, and got paid more than £150,000.
Then the whole thing became a too bit much
Every day for the next four and a half years, Bain [Brain] pretended to be an American. He had sex in an American accent, swore like an American, got drunk in American. Eventually he had a Texan girlfriend, and even she never suspected a thing. By the time Bain stopped talking like an American, he and Boyd [Silibil] were no longer talking to each other. He had a major tax bill, a drink problem and a stomach ulcer.
The group split in 2005. Bain wrote a book. Here’s a promotional video or something:
This is completely inappropriate
Shame on you, LOA. Shame.
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Carly Simon recorded You’re So Vain in December, 1972. It went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for three weeks.
Nothing in the history of music has been a larger mystery or more aggravting to fans than the question of who exactly is this song about? Carly Simon was, at the time, an incredible superstar — known the world over as the subject of many a celebrity gossip magazine (did they have such things then?) Her list of relationship partners included such top celebrities as Mick Jagger, Warren Beatty, Kris Kristofferson, Cat Stevens, and James Taylor.
So who was the song about and what lengths would people go to to find out? Rampant speculation amongst fans and the media picked every line of the song apart to try and decypher exactly who, once you got to know them, was such an egomaniac. Interview after interview was played cool by Ms. Simon, only adding to the speculation. Dick Ebersol (president of NBC sports) paid $50,000 at a charity auction to have Carly perform the song for him and then whisper the answer in his ear. The price also included a luncheon of peanut butter and jelly sandwhiches washed down with vodka on the rocks. He agreed to never tell a soul who it was, but he was allowed to publicly reveal a clue: the letters A and E.
In 2004, Carly Simon was a guest on Regis and Kathy Lee — she again decided to tease the issue and revealed that the persons name also contained the letter R. In 2005, Simons own husband Jim Hart stated, “It’s not about anyone famous.” Another clue or just another way to keep the mystery alive? In 2006, Warren Beatty publicly said that he believed the song was about him (wouldn’t that be a vain thing to admit to?) However, many fans believe that it is not actually about any one person, it is about a general idea or concept of vanity.
Simon, to her credit, continues to remain vague and elusive when it is brought up — yet she still fuels the controversy. The latest clue? Howard Stern claims that she revealed the true identity of the songs subject to him in an off-the-air interview.
Stern said, “There’s an odd aspect to it. He’s not that vain.”
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October 16th, 2008
Nashville, TN: Music City!
This (apolitical) gem’s ganked from the fellas over at Lords of Apathy.