“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”
Rodrigo Perez is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Playlist, which he launched in 2008. He has worked in entertainment journalism since 2000, including at MTV, and has written for SPIN, IndieWire, Pitchfork, Complex, Magnet, and various music, film, and entertainment publications over the past two decades.
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