What you've missed: MGMT on the red carpet responding to human bobblehead Giuliana Rancic's question about the success of the "Kids" fan video: "That's probably more people than saw the actual video we made, the one where we tortured a baby." ? "The baby is fine ? you should check it out, Joanna Newsom is in it. Monsters are in it." Joanna Newsom's name mentioned on E! = not quite the worlds been had colliding it would've been three years ago.
I'm taking this Grammys watching seriously! (I am taking this getting drunk very seriously.) If you're doing something else with your night (smart), we'll update with video and a full list of statue recipients.
I know Kings Of Leon toured with the Strokes -- I first saw them 10/9/03 at the Tower in Philadelphia when they were promoting their first album, opening for the Strokes who were touring on their second ('Room On Fire'). Julian's reasons for covering the Followills weren't at issue here, although their friendship doesn't change the fact that Kings Of Leon came up in the wake of 'Is This It,' offering a Southern-fried version of it. (For what it's worth, I found things to like about KoL's first two albums; their drop off has less to do with my tastes than theirs.)
Actually, the Strokes were seeing success right around the time Williamsburg became the soup of the day.
http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/music/features/music2002/n_7734
To me, the East Village's days as shorthand for the range of dress and attitude in Julian's band are long over. I lived there, on 6th & Ave. A, for years before moving two blocks off Bedford; I'm not the only one to make that migration, and be run out by what it's become. Wherever JP Bowersock lives now, you'll find more people resembling him and the rest around McCarren Park than in Tompkins Square, which is presently overrun by Sex And The City types wearing Uggs and walking their puggles.
And I don't think Telepathe would be on Julian's playlist, I know they are. Click the link that says "his tastes" for the interview in which Julian talks about what he's listening to these days. I realize that takes some effort, so I can just tell you here: Beirut, Dirty Projectors, Beach House, and Telepathe.
I agree with you though, knowing what you're talking about is key.
OK, so a friend pointed out to me that the pendant to this necklace is actually a COKE SPOON.
http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/100107-kings-of-leons-fashion-collection-/gallery.aspx#/imageno/3
Speechless. +1 to all of us for not catching that, at least.
Fun Fact #1: Back during the Nick & Norah's press push, Michael did a MySpace blip listing his all-time Fave Five albums. One was Islands' Return To The Sea, and another was Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone by Unicorns (Nick Thorburn of Islands' previous band). So he goes a little deeper with Nick than he does Jersey Shore, at least.
Fun Fact #2: The music playing on the set when Cera was doing the silly shadow dance for the DVD menu to Superbad? The Unicorns! And that's all the Michael Cera geekery I have for today.
According to the article, both Vampire Weekend and DeLonge turned up to the meeting with documentary crews, so there is footage from all sorts of angles of this awkwardness.
Clothes does not a hipster make! Take a look at the interactive preview, you can see the haircuts and the rest that helps you understand that they're not Wall St. I-bankers. Also, they're friends with Yeasayer. And they're running in a blog-rock video with no pants on. So they are either hipsters or homeless, I just decided to go with the former.
I hate to be "that guy", but Weezer kind of died once Matt Sharp left. I have a hard time listening to any band where only one member is left. Yet, with Weezer, I want to hate them for the buffoonery they have released in the past years, but they will always have a place in my heart.
His name was on my first electric guitar, cast in a shape he designed. That is a literal carving, and that his mark was indelible -- literally and figuratively -- is incontestable.
hey treinspore,
yeah, we're mindful of that and youtube is always preferable for us as well. but NBC content goes up on Hulu first, and often they zap youtube embeds as quickly as they pop. but whenever possible, youtube it is.
Fun Fact #2: The music playing on the set when Cera was doing the silly shadow dance for the DVD menu to Superbad? The Unicorns! And that's all the Michael Cera geekery I have for today.