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Tired of life? Lil Wayne is here to help

April 7, 2010 /

Although Lil Wayne is stuck in jail on weapons charges, that isn’t keeping him from getting some work done. In a recent interview, the rapper’s ex-wife, Antonia “Toya” Johnson, says Weezy has been given the task on making sure the suicidal inmates don’t off themselves.

From RollingStone.com:

Lil Wayne makes his living as the bestselling rapper on the planet, but while serving his year-long jail sentence at New York’s Rikers Island, Weezy has entirely new job: keeping watch over suicidal inmates. Antonia “Toya” Johnson, the mother of one of Wayne’s children, tells Us Weekly, “Wayne has a job. They got him on suicide watch for other prisoners. He watches the crazy prisoners and makes sure they don’t kill themselves.” Finding himself in a 9-to-5, albeit in prison, Weezy shares a similar complaint with much of the working population. “He likes the job even though they don’t pay him much,” Toya says of the Young Money multimillionaire.

This just fits perfectly into the life of Lil Wayne.


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Cause of Travis Barker and DJ AM’s plane crash revealed

April 7, 2010 /

According to the Associated Press, the plane crash that left both drummer Travis Barker and a young DJ AM injured was caused by “under-inflated tires.”

From NME.com:

Talking to the National Transportation Safety Board yesterday (April 6), investigators revealed that they estimated the last time the pressure in the plane’s tires had been checked was three weeks before the crash, when after 8 days the tires would have needed changing.

As previously reported, last year Barker settled a lawsuit with Learjet and Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co, who were both involved in the accident.

While Barker and Goldstein were the only survivors in the crash, Goldstein died of a drug overdose a year after the incident.

This is the type of accident that looks much worse in hindsight. Somebody just forgot to make sure the tires had enough air in them? Geez.

On another note, how creepy is the correlation between popular musicians and plane crashes? If I were in their shoes, I’d pull a John Madden and just stick to the bus.

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Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti readies new album

April 7, 2010 /

A while back, I was introduced to Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti by my friend Aaron Olson, a veritable rock historian and badass bassist (badassist?) of Cyrptacize. The song in question was “Helen,” and I instantly disregarded it because I didn’t understand it. What was with the flange overload and the yelping? I couldn’t instantly buy into this concoction of spooky baroque sounds. Gradually, I was won over by the chorus, which is so fun at face value. I almost want to strip the song down of all its embellishments, because I think whats hidden underneath is just solid pop song.

So, I’m excited that 4AD will release their new album, Before Today, on June 8.

Six months in the making, Before Today was recorded in part in Encino at the House of Blues (once Tito Jackson’s home studio) with Sunny Levine (Quincy Jones’ grandson) and Rik Pekkonen (Bill Withers, Seals & Crofts, Bread) as well as at the band’s home studios. The result is a beguiling mix of glam rock, West Coast funk and Merseybeat harmonies with a high-production sheen; a contrast to the corroded bedroom recordings that have fomented a fervent cult following over the past decade.

Give them a chance if you like your pop with a dose of strangeness.

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Thurston Moore to lecture noisy kids about noise

April 5, 2010 /

It’s hard for most people to appreciate “noise” as music. I’ve taken my chances and more often than have to bow out, angry at myself for either wasting my time or failing to understand its value. Nevertheless, I do find the containment of noise interesting.

I guess the trick is to get ’em while their young, which is what Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) is attempting to do this Sunday when he will give a dissertation on white noise to children at the New York gallery Partners & Spade.

From Papermag.com:

Ya gotta love Partners & Spade. This Sunday, April 11th, they will be hosting another session of their Avant Garde Preschool. Don’t expect any papier-mache animals. At 11:30 a.m., for a one-time “tuition” payment of 30 bucks, Thurston Moore will deliver a “Dissertation on White Noise” to kids ages 8-12. Sounds wild, eh? All proceeds go towards the arts program of PS 126.

Even though I’m not a parent, I’d love to take my kid to this thing. It would be a sort of punishment for the youngster. They’d have to sit through excruciating, yet challenging guitar feedback while I’d just try to get Thurston Moore to talk to me.


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Neil Young serious about summer

April 5, 2010 /

Neil Young has added more dates to his “Twisted Road” tour with fellow folk musician Bert Jansch. The 14-date jaunt will feature Young playing solo, the first time he’s done so on a tour in many years. The dates are below.

05/18 – Albany, NY @ Palace Theatre *
05/19 – Buffalo, NY @ Shea’s Performing Arts Center *
05/21 – Worcester, MA @ Hanover Theatre *
05/23 – Wallingford, CT @ Oakdale Theatre *
05/24 – Washington, DC @ Constitution Hall *
05/26 – Louisville, KY @ Palace Theatre *
05/27 – Knoxville, TN @ Civic Auditorium *
05/29 – Atlanta, GA @ Fox Theatre *
05/30 – Spartanburg, SC @ Memorial Auditorium *
06/01 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium *
06/02 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium *
06/04 – Houston, TX @ Jones Hall *
06/05 – Austin, TX @ Bass Performance Hall *
06/07 – Dallas, TX @ Meyerson Symphony Center

No California love, I see. What gives, Neil?

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