After a very long time since whenever their last visit to Chicago, Cake playing the House Of Blues on December 14th. They are playing Q101’s Twisted Christmas, or just Twisted. Cake, who isn’t played much on Q101 normally, is in the middle night by itself because Twisted’s normal lineup of crap hard rock bands won’t mesh very well. Tickets go on sale Friday; anyone in?
While looking for more of Kanye’s Good Friday songs and attempting to watch his 30min Runaway video, I came accross Fake Shore Drive and a this post. Star Wars things always seem to be worth a post (and this is my current favorite R. Kelly song):
On the topic of Hip-hops, did anyone know that a Joe Cocker song was the main sample used for Tupac’s California Love?
Man cannot live off his Ipod alone. Every once in awhile I like to checkout what is going on with the Hype Machine. While I was going to try to string a post together with a list of things that I found on NotCot.org, like this Ninja Turtle Van Remake or a wonderfully animated video about legalizing pot, HypeMachine led me to a post about a recent Jools Holland show. The post features Aloe Blacc, who I have enjoyed ever since I heard his “I Need a Dollar” song, Neil Diamond’s Solitary Man, the Black Key’s cover of “She Said, She Said” (an awesome cover that probably won’t be played on the show).
Most importantly, Paul McCartney will be playing Jools Holland to promote his Band on The Run Reissue, (which is awesome enough) but the article lists a song he did with the Blockheads for an Ian Dury Tribute Album. I only know Ian Dury from his song “Sex and Drugs and Rock’n’Roll,” but isn’t that enough? While he may not have coined the term, that song is fantastic. It’s a lot of ramble just to have the excuse of posting this video:
Kings of Leon’s new cd just came out the other day. Â Their promo for it apparently is hating on hipsters and Iron Chef.
My Morning Jacket played on Letterman for an hour before the show and with the Roots on Jimmy Fallon the other day. Nothing new, just their hits.
Tracy Morgan and Chris Rock as Simon Garfunkel?
Matterpus informed me that one of my favorite rappers, Rhymefest, is running for Alderman of the 20th ward of Chicago. Definitely makes more sense than Wyclef running for President of Haiti or Akon running for president of Senegal.
The best news is from Mike, allegedly U2 and Danger Mouse! and then David Guetta? Fuck yeah?!
Shameless is a BBC dramedy about a down-and-out family trying to survive with a hopelessly disappointing albatross of a father. I didn’t like it that much, but there are a few people that read this blog really liked it. There is funny moments, but they were sometimes hard to laugh at when they are amidst such depressing things and undecipherable British-slang. Well it was/is popular enough that it is now getting the Office treatment and getting remade on Showtime for an American audience (it looks like even a sometimes shot for shot remake judging from the trailer). It is now being set in Chicago and starring William H. Macy; nice to see is he getting a role that isn’t the dopey soft-spoken pushover. Showtime’s marketing is pretty good in tricking me into watching their shows, so I will probably end up watching a few of the shows. Sorry to get all Maureen Ryan there, but check out the trailers below and see what you think:
British:
American: