With the Jack & Coke commercial and requisite sell-out/contract interpretation issues behind us, today we finally get to Jack and Alicia bond, James Bond. Billboard told us the White Keys track featured JW as songwriter, producer, and drummer, but they... CONTINUE READING NEW JACK WHITE & ALICIA KEYS - "ANOTHER WAY TO DIE"»
Posted on September 18, 2008 (55 comments)
Tags: Alicia Keys | Jack White | James Bond | Quantum Of Solace | The White Stripes
As we told you last week, that new James Bond-themed Coke commercial uses Jack White's "Another Way To Die," aka his duet with Alicia Keys, aka the theme song for the new Bond film Quantum Of Solace, to help rebrand... CONTINUE READING JACK WHITE DIDN'T APPROVE THAT COKE/BOND COMMERCIAL »
Posted on September 15, 2008 (20 comments)
Tags: Alicia Keys | Ida Maria | Jack White | James Bond | SXSW | The Decemberists | The White Stripes
Get psyched, Coke Zero and 007 are teaming up to promote curiously named blockbuster-to-be Quantum Of Solace (watch the trailer here). Kicking off this integrated marketing campaign is an animated James Bond-themed Coke Zero commercial featuring car chases, kung-fu, sexy... CONTINUE READING COKE ZERO GETS WHITE, JACK WHITE»
Posted on September 12, 2008 in , (26 comments)
Tags: Alicia Keys | Jack White | James Bond | Nine Inch Nails | The White Stripes
Billboard.com reports that Alicia Keys will sing on the Jack White written/produced/drummed theme song to the forthcoming 007 flick Quantum Of Solace (true) under the project moniker The White Keys (not true, but it should be). ... CONTINUE READING JACK WHITE AND ALICIA KEYS WILL BOND ... JAMES BOND»
Posted on July 29, 2008 (6 comments)
Tags: Alicia Keys | Jack White | James Bond
He could have saved himself some time and reprinted "Detroit, Lift Up Your Weary Head! (Rebuild! Restore! Reconsider!)," but White went ahead and penned his own verses to prove he bears no ill-will for the Motor City, even though he... CONTINUE READING JACK WHITE WRITES A POEM FOR DETROIT»
Posted on July 7, 2008 (27 comments)
Tags: Jack White | The Raconteurs | The White Stripes
The tents are collapsed, the recycling collected, the hippies headed to the showers (j/k hippies don't take showers). Bonnaroo '08 now belongs to the chemically enhanced memories of its campers, and to message boards worldwide as people bitch about... CONTINUE READING BONNAROO: IT'S A (PHOTO) WRAP»
Posted on June 16, 2008 in (7 comments)
Tags: Adele | Alison Krauss | Bonnaroo | Brendan Benson | Drive-By Truckers | Jack White | José González | M.I.A. | Robert Plant | T-Bone Burnett | Tegan And Sara | The Fiery Furnaces | The Raconteurs | Vampire Weekend
New York had a Raconteur parade this past week: three sold out nights at the much maligned Terminal 5 in Manhattan, two-song performance on the much beloved Conan O'Brien show at 30 Rock. The New York Times sent a critic... CONTINUE READING THE RACONTEURS PLAYED CONAN, ALSO PLAYED WITH NICK ZINNER»
Posted on June 3, 2008 in (11 comments)
Tags: Brendan Benson | Jack White | Nick Zinner | The Raconteurs | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
These guys are moving quickly. As promised in the initial press release about Consolers Of The Lonely, the Raconteurs indeed have made available a video for "Salute The Solution" on this, the official release date. It's got an opening menu... CONTINUE READING NEW RACONTEURS VIDEO - "SALUTE YOUR SOLUTION"»
Posted on March 25, 2008 in (11 comments)
Tags: Brendan Benson | Jack White | The Raconteurs
We saw it with the Shins, now it's happening again: Either someone at iTunes is enjoying "accidentally" leaking anticipated indie records before street date, or there are a few cracks in the Apple dam that may need inspecting. Today has... CONTINUE READING THE RACONTEURS' ALBUM OUT EARLIER THAN EXPECTED (THANKS ITUNES!)»
Posted on March 21, 2008 (16 comments)
Tags: Blur | Brendan Benson | Bruce Springsteen | Graham Coxon | Jack White | Super Bowl | SXSW | The Raconteurs
The new album's mastered, pressed, and ready for you in a variety of formats (more if you're Japanese!) on 3/25. "Salute Your Solution," the first single, will have its music video premiere that day, too. This info via the group's... CONTINUE READING RACONTEURS' CONSOLERS OF THE LONELY COMING IN ONE WEEK»
Posted on March 17, 2008 (32 comments)
Tags: Brendan Benson | Jack White | The Raconteurs
When not selling Cadillacs, or being covered by everybody, Dylan's hanging with famous Detroit bullfighter Jack White and friends to finish up a few lost honkytonk tunes. According to Paste, they're composing the music to Hank Williams's unused lyrics. ... CONTINUE READING BOB DYLAN, JACK WHITE WORK ON LOST HANK WILLIAMS SONGS»
Posted on November 16, 2007 (6 comments)
Tags: Bob Dylan | Hank Williams | Jack White | The White Stripes
Jack acted the gringo and Meg the one-eyed Mexican prostitute in the video for "Icky Thump" and continuing with that general vibe, he goes Hemmingway on us, playing a bullfighter in the new video for "Conquest." No word on what... CONTINUE READING JACK WHITE FIGHTS A BULL, WHITE STRIPES MAKE B-SIDES WITH BECK»
Posted on November 14, 2007 (5 comments)
Tags: Beck | Jack White | The White Stripes
The trailer for Jake Kasdan and Judd Apatow's all-star foray in musician biopic spoofing didn't come off that well, but things look a little better as soon as John C. Reilly lip curls his way out to a an icy... CONTINUE READING NEW DEWEY COX VIDEO - "WALK HARD"»
Posted on November 8, 2007 in (12 comments)
Tags: Chris Parnell | Eddie Vedder | Jack White | Jenna Fischer | John C. Reilly | John Michael Higgins | Judd Apatow | Kristin Wiig | Tim Meadows | Walk Hard
For the first time in probably forever, we had a weekend that saw more Meg related tips come in than those detailing the exploits of her other White half, but still a lot of you wrote us about Jack's recent... CONTINUE READING JACK WHITE JOINS BOB DYLAN FOR "ONE MORE CUP OF COFFEE"»
Posted on September 24, 2007 in (8 comments)
Tags: Bob Dylan | Jack White | The White Stripes
The Whites may be sidelined a spell due to Meg's high anxiety, but the Stripes aren't leaving us without stuff to play with. The band's just released the "You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told)"... CONTINUE READING NEW ACOUSTIC AND FRATTY WHITE STRIPES B-SIDES»
Posted on September 20, 2007 in (12 comments)
Tags: Jack White | The White Stripes
Mini-flurry of Rolling happenings today: First, there's news that London-based 7Digital will be the first online outlet to offer the entire Stones catalogue in DRM-free format, and in a sweet spot of synchronicity, Scorsese's Shine A Light trailer popped up... CONTINUE READING MARTIN SCORSESE'S SHINE A LIGHT TRAILER»
Posted on August 22, 2007 in (41 comments)
Tags: Bill Clinton | Christina Aguilera | Jack White | Martin Scorsese | The Rolling Stones
See, the rumor mill does churn up morsels of truth from time to time. Our first report was grasping at wisps and whispers, but later sources confirmed Jack White (of Cold Mountain/Coffee and Cigarettes fame) was set to play Elvis... CONTINUE READING JUDD APATOW'S WALK HARD TRAILER»
Posted on August 17, 2007 in (42 comments)
Tags: Elvis Presley | Jack White | Jenna Fischer | John C. Reilly | Johnny Cash | Judd Apatow | Paul Rudd | Walk Hard
While in Canada, Jack and Meg took time off of their flashmob gigging and one-note symphonies long enough to team up with the Malloy Brothers (again) and hit the Nunavut territory in the Arctic to monkey around for this new... CONTINUE READING NEW WHITE STRIPES VIDEO - "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS (YOU JUST DO AS YOU'RE TOLD)"»
Posted on July 30, 2007 in (25 comments)
Tags: Jack White | The White Stripes
It's been an interesting Canadian tour for Jack and Meg, and last night they ended their shenanigans on a good note. An "F," to be precise. We'll let reader Colin Ryan explain...The White Stripes finished up their Canadian tour (covering... CONTINUE READING VIDEO FROM THE WHITE STRIPES' ONE-NOTE SHOW IN CANADA»
Posted on July 17, 2007 in (62 comments)
Tags: Jack White | The White Stripes
After spending two of the past four days with Jack, you'd think we'd have had our fill of ol' Jacko. And maybe you'd be right, if he wasn't shedding light on that infamous long-distance phone call and confessing his love... CONTINUE READING JACK WHITE LOVES RAINBOWS AND STARS!»
Posted on June 20, 2007 in (16 comments)
Tags: Jack White | The White Stripes
With the whatever remained of our post-Tennessee legs, we hit Irving Plaza (sorry Fillmore, not ready yet) last night for an eardrum-rupturing, kick-ass Stripes show. Seeing Jack and Meg simultaneously give 80,000 people a conniption at Bonnaroo gave us a... CONTINUE READING THE WHITE STRIPES @ IRVING PLAZA, NYC 6/19/07»
Posted on June 20, 2007 in (22 comments)
Tags: Jack White | The White Stripes
While Saturday's lineup was the most set-hopper friendly, Sunday's spread offered two trump cards with eagerly anticipated sets from Wilco and the first post-Icky US show from the White Stripes. Before we got there, though, there were a few... CONTINUE READING BONNAROO: SUNDAY 6/17/07: WILCO & THE WHITE STRIPES RAZE THE STAGES»
Posted on June 18, 2007 in (28 comments)
Tags: Bonnaroo | Feist | Jack White | The Decemberists | The White Stripes | Wilco | Wolfmother
There are still a few days 'til you can get a legit copy of the White Stripes latest, so for those that have avoided the lo-bit DJ Electra mix of Jack and Meg's awesome Icky, head to MTV for a... CONTINUE READING STREAM THE WHITE STRIPES' ICKY THUMP»
Posted on June 12, 2007 (18 comments)
Tags: Jack White | The White Stripes
Icky Thump raises big questions: Technically, can't a prostitute manage his or her own career? Will Jack and Meg ever check back into "Hotel Yorba"? Since checking out have either attempted the Ickey Shuffle? Or heard Icky Mettle or Icky... CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: THE WHITE STRIPES - ICKY THUMP»
Posted on June 6, 2007 in (24 comments)
Tags: Jack White | The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart | The White Stripes
Whilst the Whites thump their way across Europe, Jack took some time off from long-distance calls to discuss his distress over leaky Icky by showing off a couple of new tunes for the Jools Holland faithful (and redecorating the stage... Later With Jools Holland)'">CONTINUE READING NEW WHITE STRIPES LIVE VIDEO - "EFFECT AND CAUSE" (LIVE ON LATER WITH JOOLS HOLLAND)»
Posted on June 2, 2007 in (36 comments)
Tags: Jack White | The White Stripes
