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Jack White’s Detroit House Sells for $590,000

The AP reports that 1731 Seminole, the former Detroit, Michigan home of Jack White has finally sold to a retired couple from Maryland for $590,000. The selling price was $60,000 below the final asking price, and a far cry from the original $930,000 price tag that was attached to the property when the house was [...]

Jack White to Cameo as Elvis Presley In “Walk Hard”

According to internet buzz on Cinematical (via the Thigh Master), Jack White will be hitting the silver screen once again–this time in the comedy Walk Hard starring John C. Reilly. It’s a tongue-in-cheek spoof of musical biopics that have taken over Hollywood in the last few years like Ray and Walk the Line.
Can’t wait to [...]

Unconfirmed Rumor of the Week: Karen Elson and Jack White Are Pregnant Again

All you kids have been buzzing in my ear about this, so here’s a post devoted to your whisperings: it has been rumored that Miss Karen Elson and Mister Jack White will have another addition to their family because Karen is pregnant again. According to Us Weekly, “They’re very happy and excited.” (Link from [...]

Jack White Wears His Love of Loretta Lynn On His Sleeve…Literally

It’s no secret that Jack White loves the legendary Miss Loretta Lynn–so it shouldn’t be a surprise that Jacky boy is the proud owner of a tattoo-style tshirt with the name “LORETTA”
One day the proprietor of Curiology, the LA-based company that makes the shirts, rang up the White Stripes management office and dropped a [...]

V2 Records Keeps White Stripes Catalogue But Will Not Release New Music

Many of you saw this coming, but now it’s offical–V2 Records as a label distributing new music is NO MORE (link from BV). Artists on its roster like Moby and The Raconteurs will no longer be able to release new music on the label. It is believed that 35 people have been let go from [...]

The Modern Age’s Top 10 Albums of 2006

Ok, so here it goes. I’ve put on my armor. I’m ready for your biggest and best pot shots…
The point of this list is to single out the albums *I* enjoyed the most this year–this is not a list of what is cool in any way possible. It’s not an indication of what was the [...]

First Rule of Jack White’s House…

DON’T TALK ABOUT JACK WHITE’S HOUSE!!!

Jack White Paints His Front Door Red

We all know that Jack White has vacated his historic Detroit house and is now a proud resident of Nashville, TN, but up until now I’ve seen little detail about the house he moved into. Thanks to Mr. Kelly Stewart, more has been revealed.
Kelly’s a resident of Nashville and recently stopped by the seven acre [...]

My Favorite Part of a Raconteurs Show Is the Jack White Filling

I saw the Raconteurs during their first night here in NYC at Roseland Ballroom. The set list was:
Intimate Secretary/ Level/ Hands/ Together/ Yellow Sun –>Moody Miss Judy/ Store Bought Bones/ Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down): Cher/Nancy Sinatra cover/ Broken Boy Soldier. ENCORE: Steady, As She Goes/ Blue Veins

By far the best moment of [...]

Raconteurs Playing Prada Party Tonight

Raconteurs play Prada store in SoHo tonight…say around 8pm? I will not be there. Let me know how it is!
UPDATE: The Imaginary Socialite was there… (I stole some of her photos, so click to her site to see the original post)

and she also took and annotated a photograph of the audience. Look for Miss Karen [...]