Over a career that's seen him evolve from outsider musician to outlandishly infectious personality, Andrew W.K. has covered his pop cultural bases: writing and producing his way through a master list of musical genres, appearing on talk shows and his... CONTINUE READING BEHIND THE SCENES OF ANDREW W.K.'S NEW TV SHOW»
Posted on February 3, 2009 in , (34 comments)
Tags: Andre Royo | Andrew W.K. | Dan Deacon | Lisa Hannigan | Mercury Prize | The Wire | Yo La Tengo
More bulletpoints to add to the busiest retirement since Jay-Z pretended to do it: a XXX set, being super pregnant, and tangentially teasing the greatest television show to air before Don Draper poured his first scotch. Momma-to-be Maya teamed with... CONTINUE READING M.I.A. AND BLAQSTARR SORTA COVER THE WIRE THEME »
Posted on November 4, 2008 in (1 comments)
Tags: Blaqstarr | M.I.A. | Pop Noir | The Wire | Woods
We applauded David Simon's decision to cast Steve Earle as Bubbles' grizzled-but-loving sponsor, Waylon, because Steve's own experiences with substance abuse lent his performance an inimitable air of authenticity. And maybe also a little bit because having a great musician... CONTINUE READING STEVE EARLE GETS "WAY DOWN IN THE HOLE" ON LENO»
Posted on March 26, 2008 in (1 comments)
Tags: Jay Leno | Steve Earle | The Wire | Tom Waits
Our OnDemand's been a little wonky the past few weeks so shh nobody say what's been happening on The Wire since Jimmy's gone McNutty and started tying red bracelets on corpses. While we're waiting to get caught up on that... CONTINUE READING OMAR LITTLE'S "SECRET" MADONNA CAMEO (AND A PREVIEW OF "4 MINUTES TO SAVE THE WORLD")»
Posted on February 8, 2008 in (7 comments)
Tags: Madonna | The Wire
The Wire is the best television program ever, etc. But aside from the acting chops of Steve Earle and Method Man (and seasonal remixes of "Way Down In The Hole"), we have little reason to think about modern music when shit goes down on the corner. Until this week, when McNulty wants to know what his boys are listening to. "It's Dead Meadow, dad. Geez." ("What's wrong with the Ramones?") It's not the LA psych-rockers' first cameo in West Baltimore, either. They were featured last season, and the guitarist's uncle is show creator David Simon. Grab two tunes at The Leather Canary. The new album (check the vid) is out Tuesday. Got dem spider bags, red tops. (via Vulture.)
Posted on January 31, 2008 in (4 comments)
Kanye's Connect Four thrashing was our excuse to bring up The Wire yesterday. Today's excuse: Tom Waits and Steve Earle. Show obsessives (there are no casual fans, here) know that Steve plays recurring character Waylon, the former addict who's taken... CONTINUE READING STEVE EARLE COVERS TOM WAITS FOR THE WIRE»
Posted on January 4, 2008 in , (8 comments)
Tags: Steve Earle | The Wire | Tom Waits
Here's your picture of the day: Some background:When I was in Europe I would play this game for hours and hours... it helped me zone out. Everybody would get envolved... Derrick Dudley (Common's manager) and Consequence were the best other... CONTINUE READING BEYONCé BEATS KANYE AT CONNECT FOUR (9 TIMES OUT OF 10)»
Posted on January 3, 2008 (16 comments)
Tags: Beyoncé | Kanye West | The Wire
