The Modern Age

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 [...]

Was anyone else a little saddened that the Raconteurs were the VMA equivalent of the Paul Shaffer Band? And anyone else get a little uneasy when Jack Black started doing the Jack Black/ Jack White thing?
I didn’t see the begining of the end, so apparently I missed Lou Reed and Panic! at the Disco winning [...]

Ok right now I’m totally beat after spending about 4 1/2 hours at the VMA Kick Off Concert at Battery Park, but I just wanted to mention that this week is already nuts. I kinda can’t wait until it’s over so I can sleep or something.
This morning I got a phone call from my friend [...]

God just hit me with a double whammy. Panic! at the Disco will open up for headline and have Bloc Party open at the Theater at MSG on November 13-14. The Raconteurs will open up for music legend Bob Dylan on November 13th at Nassau Coliseum.
Are you thinking what I’m thinking? Rac/Dylan on Monday, Panic/Bloc [...]

On August 31st, my brain will explode into bits as Panic! at the Disco, Fall Out Boy, and The Raconteurs converge to the MTV Video Music Awards here in my hometown of NYC.
Win a chance to attend the VMAs courtesy of the Raconteurs and V2 Records.

Jack White has officially wiped his hands clean of his former hometown of Detroit, MI. (He currently hangs his hat in Nashville, TN.) He has now put his house in the D on the market, the historic 1731 Seminole, with an asking price just under a million dollars: $930,000.00. Not bad for a house he [...]

Gosh darnit! Those are the most beautiful deaf Norwegian girls ever! Thank Michelle.
WATCH: “Hands” by The Raconteurs

According to a long-time reader Norwegian reader named Idioten, this week in a press conference, The Raconteurs announced that they shot their video for upcoming single “Hands” at the Dikemark hospital in Oslo with a group of deaf girls.
Wrote Idioten: “Jack White said that the whole experience changed his life. He was very inspired by [...]

The Raconteurs were in Jo Whiley’s Live Lounge this past Thursday, doing a rendition of “Steady as She Goes” and answering questions. Check it out!
LISTEN: The Raconteurs on Jo Whiley’s Live Lounge
Speaking of Jo Whiley, I’ll be on again tomorrow AM talking about all things NYC, so keep an ear open!

I know this is late, but here’s a message posted on the Raconteurs newsletter yesterday:
The Raconteurs just added a second date in NYC. So if you didn’t have a
chance to get tickets to their Roseland Ballroom show on September 26th,
tickets just went on sale for September 25th.
Tickets still available.