The Modern Age

Polyphonic Spree finish new album.
Coming to Strong Island… Beck, Radiohead, Blur, and more…
Encores: Yay or Nay?

It’s beautiful here in NYC. Hellz yeah.
Someone’s thinking too much about The Streets. Link from Jim.
The Madness of George Dubya plays on the West End in London.
Headline of the (last) week: “Former Drug-Addled Ass Dando Makes Strong Comeback Album.” Link from ze Beat Royalty.
Resched. 3/31 Bowery Ballroom Turin Brakes show: [...]

Detroit City Council take to England on the coattails of the Electric Six next month (see 4/11 news item).
Craig Vines needs a haircut.
Play the rock star name game.

Fischerspooner blow. “Mr. Slater, a former talent manager who steered the Wallflowers and Macy Gray to stardom, laid out his vision of how Fischerspooner could find success by reaching enclaves of clued-in listeners around the country.” Too bad he’s seemed to have steered the aforementioned acts to obscurity and embarrassment as well.

Aw! We love Beck. And his journal. With pictures. A lot.

Reasons Why (AKA- The Most Amazing Thing You’ll Read Today):

oops posted by RYAN on 4/9/03 9:01:12 PM
exile on franklin street are 4-track recordings that i made in my jacksonville when i was home last. i find it strange that people are finding this on-line. guess i wont be putting these things out on lost [...]

More rock ‘n’ porn — Jersey record shop hires prostitute to work the bathroom.
The NME are liars. White Stripes Hammerstein show did NOT sell out in seven minutes — but it makes for a good mythology.
Athlete review: “Like Turin Brakes with a decent drug dealer…”
“My parents bribed the dean so I could get [...]

Rogers Sisters and Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players both in Paper’s “Beautiful People” (That No One Really Cares About Besides Their Friends) issue.

More White Stripes Wolverhampton. Jack’s new half-black half-red pants make him look one-legged in some pictures. Hawt.
Jack White interview on The Onion AV Club. Thanks Fo.
Meg talks to Mean Street.
Detroit Metro Times on The White Stripes.
Brendan Benson thought Jack White was a girl when he first saw him.
Take a tour of Detroit [...]

The Strokes = No Field Day. They did Long Island once, never again.
Stellastarr* on Carson tonight.
Who wins in a fight? Liam Lynch or Stephen Lynch? When you read that article, changed “Stephen” to “Liam” and then trip out. Go to his show on Saturday and scream out “YEAH, WHATEVER!”
Music of [...]