The Modern Age

It’s official. Mike and I are commandeering this site. We are taking this site back to its roots of rock and roll and brit-pop and away from the pop stylings of such individuals as Justin Timberlake. From now on this site is about Lily Allen and other cute girls with British accents. We kid, we [...]

And now, a post from my special correspondent, Bao:
Laura was kind enough to ask me and Mike to report the madness known as the Hennessy Artistry event at Capitale featuring the Strokes, Kanye West, Goldfrapp, and Carl Cox whilst she was away in Iceland seeing bands that play their guitars with a drumstick. Here is [...]

Hola amigos! I’m in Reykjavik right now and it’s SO COLD and the keyboards are different here. Everyone has been so nice and friendly and I just came back from seeing the Northern Lights which was amazing. I missed We Are Scientists (who were on my flight over) tonight as a result, but hey–you probably [...]

See you next week… but knowing me, I’ll probably update from the road.

Paste Spins for Dollars
President/publisher Tim Regan-Porter said Paste, which in January will raise its rate base to 180,000 from 150,000, is benefitting from marketers’ desire to engage with readers at their point of passion—in this case, underground and mainstream music.
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It’s not nicknamed the [...]

Yes yes, only one day away from one of the hottest events going on this week–the Hennessy Artistry party featuring an all-star lineup of Goldfrapp, Kanye West, The Strokes and DJ Carl Cox at NYC’s Capital.
Carl Cox has written an exclusive track for the event called “The Global Art of Mixing” made up of samples [...]

Pink Box Japan.com
Inside Japan’s sex service industry
(tags: sex books publishing)

YouTube - ryan adams gap commerical
With Willie Nelson
(tags: ryanadams commercial advertising gap)

Why My New Film Has Real Sex In It
by John Cameron Mitchell, writer/director of Shortbus
(tags: sex johncameronmitchell movies film)

DWA Client: Stardust Studios
STARDUST CREATES NEW WORLD FOR HUGO BOSS GREEN IN GLOBAL CROSS-MEDIA CAMPAIGN PRODUCED WITH LES TÉLÉCRÉATEURS
(tags: advertising jrm)

eMarketer.com - The Graying of MySpace
Last week’s release of audience demographics for MySpace set the industry abuzz. Was the MySpace crowd really that old?
(tags: myspace advertising)

YouTube - HEIL HIPSTER!
VIRAL BY CROBIN. (WWW.CROBIN.COM)
(tags: video emo hipsters [...]

Check it: Justin Timberlake’s new vid for “Let Me Talk To You/My Love” featuring T.I. You can catch Timbaland in the first half as well. Shot in black and white, it is 6 minutes and 10 seconds of HOTNESS with all out dance sequences.
On Tuesday night went to Pizza Bar near theMaritime before the [...]

Yes, he’s a still-a crruuuRRAAAZZzzy. The message boards might be down, but Ryan Adams is still posting songs on his website. Could the punk-ish collection of songs be a possible flashbacks from The Finger?!?!