At this year's 12th Annual Webby Awards, master blogger, recent Dirty Projector collaborator, and longtime Talking Head David Byrne will be receiving a lifetime achievement award. The ceremony takes place 6/10 in NYC and is hosted by Seth Meyers. This... CONTINUE READING DAVID BYRNE IS WEBBY»
Posted on May 28, 2008 (4 comments)
Tags: David Byrne | will.i.am
The biggest collective groan at tonight's beer-soaked liveblog came during "Professor" will.i.am's medley. Check out this totally nonsense homage to past Record Of The Year winners, from Bobby Darrin to U2. Consider us schooled, Professor Will! Did you get your... CONTINUE READING WILL.I.AM CONDENSES 50 YEARS OF GRAMMYS INTO 90 UNBEARABLE SECONDS»
Posted on February 11, 2008 in Video (31 comments)
Tags: Grammys | will.i.am
Welcome to Stereogum's sarcastic play-by-play of the 50th Annual Grammy Awards. We're moments before showtime and Amy Winehouse has already won Best Pop Vocal Album, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and a new set of teeth. Tonight promises an exciting... CONTINUE READING LIVEBLOGGING THE 2008 GRAMMYS»
Posted on February 10, 2008 (174 comments)
Tags: Amy Winehouse | Beyoncé | Daft Punk | Dave Stewart | Feist | Foo Fighters | Grammys | Herbie Hancock | Jay-Z | Kanye West | Kid Rock | Rihanna | Ringo Starr | The Beatles | Tina Turner | will.i.am
If you're still wondering -- after endorsements from Jeff Tweedy and Conor Oberst and Win Butler and Craig Wedren & Stella's cast and the rest of the cool kids (literally) -- who the hip pick is in this election, let... CONTINUE READING WILL.I.AM BRINGS SCARLETT JOHANSSON, COMMON, KAREEM ABDUL-JABAAR TO ROCK "YES WE CAN" FOR BARACK»
Posted on February 4, 2008 in Video (17 comments)
Tags: Barack Obama | Common | John Legend | Kareem Abdul-Jabaar | Live | Scarlett Johansson | will.i.am
As we've learned recently, the Black Eyed Pea guy with questionable period usage has got a full palette of marketable attributes, what with his enviable gift for rhymery and deep understanding of Mendelian genetics, but let's not forget, he's not... CONTINUE READING WILL.I.AM GETS DAFT PUNK'D»
Posted on September 28, 2007 in Video (24 comments)
Tags: Daft Punk | will.i.am
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