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Music Critics Pick the Last Song They Want to Hear Before They Die

By Judy Berman on

As you probably know by now, the end is near. In fact, it’s tomorrow — at least, according to these unquestionably sane and reasonable folks. So, while crafting a top-notch tinfoil hat or slapping together a stairway to heaven would also be perfectly defensible ways to prepare for the apocalypse, here at Flavorpill we’re celebrating by asking our contributors and some of our favorite music critics which song they’d most like to hear before they die. (No, nobody picked anything as obvious as “It’s the End of the World as We Know It.”) Read about and listen to their diverse, surprising, and fascinating picks after the jump. … Read More

Music

10 Musical Sidemen (and Women) Who Made It Big

By Tom Hawking on

We recently got sent a copy of Of Montreal and Regina Spektor multi-instrumental maestro K Ishibashi’s debut solo EP Room for Dream, and were most pleasantly surprised by what we heard. It’s an assured and polished debut, and makes Ishibashi the latest heir to a long rock’n’roll tradition: the sideman/woman who stepped out of the shadows and proved themselves a fine songwriter in their own right. Here’s a selection of ten examples from the annals of contemporary music. … Read More

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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. The 19 new films contending for the Palme d’or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival have been announced, and they include Pedro Almodóvar’s La Piel Que Habito, Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia, and Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life. [via ArtsBeat]

2. Bruce Campbell has confirmed that the long-rumored Evil Dead reboot will… Read More

Music

Classic Albums Reimagined as Books

By Emily Temple on

There’s notorious interplay between the literary and musical arts – writers often end up becoming musicians, and just as frequently musicians turn into literary authors – so it’s safe to say the skills transfer over, at least to some extent. And the same goes for appreciation – book lovers tend to be music lovers as well, and we’ve discovered a new way to appreciate both mediums at once. Sure, you know which albums to listen to while you’re reading which books, but what if the albums themselves were books? An anonymous artist who goes by See Gee has taken a stab at an answer in an ongoing project imagining what classic records might look like if they had been born as books instead. And boy, do they look like books we want to read. Click through to see a few of our favorites and check out the rest at See Gee’s flickr page. … Read More

Music

10 Spectacularly Inappropriate Songs to Have Sex To

By Tom Hawking on

Over a beer recently, a friend told us the story of, um, getting busy with a new acquaintance. Apparently, all was going well until the lady in question got up to put a song on the stereo. Her choice? Pink Floyd’s “Mother.” Unsurprisingly, our friend’s mind quickly switched from getting jiggy to getting out of there as quickly as possible, and the whole incident got us thinking about amusingly inappropriate music to soundtrack having sex. So to celebrate Valentine’s Day, here’s 10 of our choices – awkward, hilarious, or just plain wrong. … Read More

News

The Morning's Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. Last night Conan O’Brien kicked off his live tour in Eugene, Oregon with appearances by Andy Richter, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, and Masturbating Bear. Watch a video of him performing “I Will Survive.” [via HuffPo]
2. Starting today you’ll see ads on Twitter; this first round of “Promoted Tweets” will… Read More

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The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. It’s official: Betty White will be hosting Saturday Night Live on May 8. Former cast members Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Molly Shannon, Maya Rudolph, Ana Gasteyer, and Rachel Dratch will also appear in the Mother’s Day episode. [via

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Daily Dose

Daily Dose Pick: The Hot Rats

By Doug Levy on

Taking a cue from David Bowie’s classic covers album Pin Ups, Supergrass’ Gaz Coombes and Danny Goffey team up with uber-producer Nigel Godrich to put their own spin on music history as the Hot Rats.

Lifting their band name from a Frank Zappa album, the Britpop heroes dove into their influences head-on, covering tracks from the Velvet Underground, Gang of Four, the Kinks, Elvis Costello, Sex Pistols, and Bowie himself on the Hot Rats’ debut, Turn Ons. In addition to the album, the band also recorded a standalone single and video offering its take on the Beatles’ “Drive My Car.” … Read More

News

The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. Kanye West and Spike Jonze’s short film collab “We Were Once a Fairytale” — which opens with Kanye tipsy in a club, making inappropriate comments — was released over the weekend; the pair previously worked together on West’s “Flashing Lights” video. [via MTV]
2. The Flaming Lips will follow up Embryonic with a full-album cover of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. We approve. [via Pitchfork]
3. Thanks to 12,000 catalogs that have to be dumped now, the Brooke Shields naked photograph scandal could cost the Tate £320,000 in lost publishing revenue. [via The Telegraph]
4. This week, more than 60 TV shows will embed volunteerism into story lines or feature PSAs promoting the Entertainment Industry Foundation’s “I Participate” campaign. [via THR]
5. James Cameron reveals new details about Avatar. [via The New Yorker]

Bonus link: Mick Jagger to Andy… Read More

Artkrush

Eric White Re-imagines Classic Album Covers

By Paul Laster on

Nearly everyone is inspired by music. We listen to it while we work, dine, and make love. Eric White has found a way to celebrate the sounds he treasures by re-imagining the album covers of his favorite rock and pop musicians, applying his pop-surrealist style of painting to such classic record covers as Led Zeppelin’s Houses of the Holy and Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours.… Read More