“In an age of everything being gimme-gimme-gimme now-now-now, he sticks out like a sore thumb. I like the fact that he’s very anti-that. He’s very hands-on, and… he doesn’t cheat and use computers. I almost don’t even care what the treatment or the idea is, I just want to work with him.” – Jack White hearts Michel Gondry. In an example of inverted meta pomo-ness, the White Stripes wrote a song (“I’m Slowly Turning Into You”) that’s based on a Gondry video idea that’s never been shot. Yes, they want Gondry to direct the video. [AV Club]
Pharoahe “I’m not always a socially conscious rapper” Monch meta-samples Elvis Presley and takes back the night. “This album’s one big Trojan horse; the whole thing’s in parables,” Monch said referencing his dictionary “Elvis ripped off a lot of black culture, so this is the reverse.” Fittingly, the record also borrows from Public Enemy’s Chuck D., who famously labeled Elvis a racist on “Fight the Power”; Desire’s “Welcome to the Terrordome” is a cover of the 1990 PE classic, with a new verse and other contemporary references. [Time Out New York]
“I used to copy Betty And Veronica comics, only I would draw them in totally skimpy bikinis with nipples peaking through and stuff. [Laughs.] I had to hide the drawings because I thought my dad would kill me if he caught me. He’d think I was a dirty little pervert. – Notoriously difficult animator and Ren & Stimpy creator John Kricfalusi on his perverted tendencies. He also says, “Music has really helped my animation.” How about that. [A/V Club]
“Mr. Dengler is worried that his Italian greyhound, Gaius, a publicity photo star, is suffering from too much attention.”- The New York Times writes on behalf of syphloid nitwit, Interpol bassist Carlos D. and his utterly retarded pet concerns. [Idolator] Apparently the mustachioed moonlighting composer is also making a movie.
Download: White Stripes – “I’m Slowly Turning Into You”
Download: Pharoahe Monch – “Welcome To The Terrordome”
Download: Interpol – “Rest My Chemistry”
Download: Interpol – “Lighthouse”
