Links for 8.27.08: Jay vs. Noel, Okkervil YouTube and SMOKING…
*Music videos: If you want more Okkervil River music videos like Bon Iver’s cover of “Blue Tulips,” you should probably subscribe to the band’s YouTube channel. [filter]
*Mashups: Jay-Z vs. Oasis again; this time in the form of a mashup (by Cookin’ Soul), rather than a beef. Personally, I enjoy beef. [listening post]
*Concerts: Greg Gillis of Girl Talk says “I’m waiting for someone to 69 on stage.” Also, he says a lot of other stuff.
*Interviews: Paste magazine interviews Calexico: The band really digs Cormac McCarthy. [music slut]
*Obit: Steve Foley, the drummer for the Replacements, died this weekend of an accidental prescription pill overdose at the age of 49. [rolling stone]
*Guns: Read an excerpt from “Watch You Bleed: The Saga of Guns N’ Roses.” [fimoculous] Also: The dude who leaked those Chinese Democracy songs has been arrested. At the behest of Dr. Pepper’s lawyers?
*Religion: Guitar Praise is like Guitar Hero, but with Jesus. And, probably, Moses. [best week ever]
*P2P: The legit wing of the LimeWire store is expanding; they’ve added The Orchard’s music catalog. [hypebot]
*Smoking: I don’t know why you would want to have a pack of cigarettes stuck to the side of your head, but if you would, you can buy a telephone headset that looks like an open pack of heaters. And then you can wear it. [shinyshiny]
Does using the Marlboro headset cause cancer in the inner ear? I have a guitar amp in a pack of cigarettes and it works pretty well – http://www.smokeyamps.com.
FlatRat
August 27, 2008 at 5:59 pm
It does cause cancer, FlatRat. Not only for the person wearing it, either; second-hand effects.
Josh Kimball
August 27, 2008 at 6:23 pm