Archive for the 'Jack White' Category
JACK WHITE’S LATEST PROJECT: THE DEAD WEATHER
The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, and now The….Dead Weather? That’s the name of Jack White’s newest band, composed of White, The Kills‘ Alison Mosshart, The Raconteur’s Jack Lawrence, and Dean Fertita from Queens of the Stone Age. It’s like an indie rock super group, the only bad news is that the band’s first single, “Hang You From the Heavens,” isn’t graced by White’s vocals, but his skilled production is evident from the harsh opening riff. Listen below:
It’s depressing to see Jack White’s name attached to a project where he doesn’t lend his unique and earth shattering vocals. Seems like a waste. They should go back and record another version of that song with Jack singing lead - I mean the chick is o.k., but that’s the problem, she’s just ‘o.k.’ But from a musical standpoint, the song sounds great.
Jack White’s label, Third Man Records, hosted The Dead Weather last night in Nashville, Tennessee for their first gig to a modest crowd of 150 people. The band’s debut album, Horehound, is set to release in June and you can purchase the single on iTunes now.
WEEKLY POP CULTURE UPDATE (11.19.08)
BRITNEY? … NOOO
Uh-oh. Britney Spears, the poster child of integrity, has been accused of being highly influenced stealing the song “If U See Amy” from Jessie Malakouti. I haven’t heard of her either…
The song is an upcoming track from her soon-to-be-released album, Circus, hitting stores December 2nd. The song that Britney is presumably copying, “Trash Me”, has basically the same beat, but different lyrics.
The first song is “Trash Me” by Jessie Malakouti, followed by “If U See Amy” by Miss Spears. Take a listen for yourself:
It took me like 3-4 listens before I could distinct which song was Britney. To be honest with you, Britney may have copied the song from her, but that chick is undoubtedly copying Britney’s style - which is highly ironic.
GUINNESS WORLD “RECORD”
For the biggest Mohawk ever erected on planet earth. You go on with your bad self. I would totally tell everyone I ever met about my seemingly impossible feat. It’d be my permanent Facebook status for years and there’s no doubt it’d be the topic of discussion on my daily MySpace blog. No … no, I wouldn’t. But, this guy does live in Nebraska and dresses like he’s at a Metallica concert in 1988, so this might be the most exciting thing to ever happen to him. Good for you, sir.
WHY AM I BLOGGING?
Here I am blogging on a website that makes about as much money as a hooker in Vatican City and this guy made $250,000 in profit from an iPod application.
[via CNN.com] “A former ATM software designer for a large bank, Demeter created “Trism” in his spare time and pitched it to Apple last spring. The company made the game available for download with the July launch of its App Store, an online provider of applications for its iPods and iPhones.
Priced at $5, “Trism” earned Demeter $250,000 in profits the first two months…
It can take dozens of professional developers and millions of dollars to create a video game for a traditional console such as a PlayStation or an Xbox. But the iPhone and the App Store have helped democratize game development by opening the field to any software coder with talent and a clever idea, industry observers say.”
see the story on CNN here.
QUANTUM OF SUCKACE
I have seen every single Bond movie. I can tell you that Timothy Dalton was, without a doubt, the worst Bond ever. But, Quantum of Solace, the latest installment in the 50+ year old franchise, is arguably the worst 007 film yet. First of all, one of the most important aspects to any bond movie, the theme song, was a great effort by rocker Jack White of The White Stripes and The Raconteurs fame. There’s only one problem: Alicia Keyes. Who knew Alicia Keyes’ voice wouldn’t be big enough along-side Jack White? She just feels lost in this song, which really brings it down.
The movie opens with a horribly edited, car-chase action sequence. Even for someone who enjoyed The Blair Witch Project, it was almost unwatchable. I had to turn away at one point because it was giving me a headache. You know a movie is bad when someone asks you “Hey, what was that about” and you have no answer for them. That’s how I felt walking out of this movie. I don’t give a shit if you think I didn’t “get it”…I didn’t want to “get it” because the plot was terrible. C-
SONG OF THE WEEK
Bruce Hornsby is one of the most overlooked musicians of all-time. Don’t act like you don’t sing-a-long to this when you hear it on the radio. Wait, do cars still have radios?
VIDEO OF THE WEEK
I would have gotten up and beat his ass - but I’m an irrational human being.
