So maybe Conan’s not punk in the typical sense. But then again, isn’t the whole calling yourself punk thing the quickest way to lose your punk cred anyway? Ted Leo took to his MySpace page to publish his allegiances on the recent Late Night TV wars, and is logically sympathetic to our man CoCo. But his siding comes from a more personal vantage point. Even stranger than NBC’s handling of this whole debacle is the revelation that Conan is the only show that has ever booked Ted Leo. And they booked him twice! Fallon’s music department seems like they practically read Brooklyn Vegan during lunch breaks. What gives, dudes?
Conan played these clips of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog at Bonnaroo on The Tonight Show last night, and we have to say that the endings of both parts (pt 2 after the jump) are troubling in very different ways.
The 100-year-old man in a pale, young man’s body known as Jack White recently stated his beef with MySpace and the internet in general in a cantankerous interview with The Ampersand about his new supergroup the Dead Weather:
“Do I really need a MySpace page for this f–king music? Do I really need to do that? There’s a part of me, that just out of spite, says I don’t want to do it because it’s so antithetical to what I do,” Mr. White said.
“I just question what it all means. If a million people see your webpage, how many people actually buy something, buy a record or a song? Feels to me, if you give them a chance to fast forward, rewind, or click off to the next web page, they will do it. But if you take away that opportunity, you will frustrate a percentage of people, but others will get off the couch and go buy the vinyl at the store.”
We question it too, Jack. Oh wait, no we don’t because we just read that quote on the internet. The internet also told us that the Dead Weather is playing on old-timey television on Conan O’Brien’s program The Tonight Show tomorrow night. The internet also puts millions of pictures of adorable kittens at our fingertips. And it allows us to talk to grammy through live video. So does the Dead Weather need a MySpace page? Maybe not. But the internet is definitely neat.
Yesterday was a weird day for Pearl Jam fanatics. The Seattle band premiered some brand new songs on Conan O’Brien’s inaugural show as host of NBC’s storied Tonight Show, but even bigger news comes via an exclusive from Billboard. Read the full story
With the Conan O’Brien East-to-West coast transition in the works, guests for the sprightly Irish host’s first show in his new California residency have been announced. Comedian Will Ferrell and musical group Pearl Jam are set to be the inaugural guests on the long standing late night show’s new time at 11:35 p.m. The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien is set to debut on airwaves June 1. Read the full story
Featuring music from: The Radio Dept., Badly Drawn Boy, Love Raid, Broken Social Scene, Portugal. The Man, Neon Indian, The Constellations, Everything Everything, The Drums, Crystal Fighters, Setting Sun, My Gold Mask, Overnight Lows, Me + Z, Cloud Nothings, Static Jacks, The Answering Machine, Bear Ceuse, Emma Pollock, Ash, The Seabellies, Here We Go Magic, Trances Arc, The New Pornographers, and Dr. Dog
We’re not sure Fela Kuti’s epic story should be told in any other format besides the musical, and we don’t even like musicals! That said, it just so happens we’re giving away two tickets to see the show for zero dollars. All you need to do is leave us a haiku in the comments before [...]
So maybe Conan’s not punk in the typical sense. But then again, isn’t the whole calling yourself punk thing the quickest way to lose your punk cred anyway? Ted Leo took to his MySpace page to publish his allegiances on the recent Late Night TV wars, and is logically sympathetic to our man CoCo. But his siding comes from a more personal vantage point. Even stranger than NBC’s handling of this whole debacle is the revelation that Conan is the only show that has ever booked Ted Leo. And they booked him twice! Fallon’s music department seems like they practically read Brooklyn Vegan during lunch breaks. What gives, dudes?
