The Modern Age

Pop quiz: You’re a member of the Arctic Monkeys and it’s the night before you’re supposed to play to a sold out crowd at Webster Hall, what do you do? You throw on your Adidas running jacket and head to the Noisettes/Mystery Jets show at the Mercury Lounge, of course!
With their eclectic Amish fashion sense [...]

Yeah Yeah Yeahs Forget the Magic
For a moment there, amid a crash of guitar and whiny lyrics and rampant overdrumming, I though I understood what Yeah Yeah Yeahs was trying to do on the band’s new album "Show Your Bones." Then I lost it, and frankly never found that moment again.
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Jack loves him some Scottish heritage…as you can see by this photo of the Striped one getting his kilt on during a recent Raconteurs show in the UK.
One small step for Jack White, one giant leap for kilt-kind.

Although NOTHING beats Jack White: Bathing Suit Beauty of 2003.
PS- If you know the source of this photo, [...]

Tonight I got to go to a screening of the new Beastie Boys documentary, Awesome, I F*cking Shot That! at the Union Square Theater.
Note to those who plan on seeing it: Do NOT eat 1 and a half tacos with rice and beans 30 minutes prior to seeing this movie like I did–otherwise the first [...]

Sondre Lerche at the Housing Works Used Book Cafe
With video
Google Evolves Into All-Purpose Web Site
Google’s financial section continues a philosophical shift that’s turning its once-pure Internet search engine into an all-purpose Web site that seems increasingly interested in getting people to stick around instead of sending them [...]

I got an IM from Sarah telling me to watch this news broadcast story about a “leprechaun sighting” in Mobile, Alabama. The amateur sketch is amazing (see below).

WATCH: Leprechaun in Mobile, Alabama 

If there is one new British band you check this month, let it be The Cinematics. I only found out about their very existance last month, but I nearly choked myself when I found out they’d be playing The Annex tonight.
I had a hunch that they would be pretty good live after having watched their [...]

Hearst Creates Digital Unit
Hearst Magazines will create a dedicated digital unit, Hearst Digital Media, to oversee development of the company’s online properties.

Look ma, I went to The Rakes show and all I got was a man’s elbow knocking the wind out of me as it hit my chest cavity.
After having gone an entire week without seeing one live concert (or having interacted with actual humans in a social setting), I certainly was not prepared for the [...]

Douglas Coupland meets Morrissey
Thrilled by word of a new album, Morrissey fan and celebrated author Douglas Coupland flies halfway around the world to meet the singer in Rome. But does the real Morrissey reveal himself? And can Coupland ever hope to understand a man who ‘defines eccent
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