The Week That Was
Marge Simpson is going to be on the cover of "Playboy".....wait, what? What the hell is going on here?
Friday: A lot of people have gotten their undies in a knot over President Obama’s recent Nobel win, and musicians are not exception. Since M.I.A. is usually so quiet when it comes to politics, it may have come as a surprise to some to hear that she was outraged via Twitter: “Obama winning the nobel peace PRIZE? He should give it back like john lennon sent back his MBE.” Even when she’s hating on Obama, I’m still loving her. Fight the power, M.I.A.?
Saturday: Put on your judging hats—here’s the new single from Vampire Weekend, “Horchata.” My jury’s still out, but I think I’m leaning on the side of love rather than hate.
Oh, and how do we feel about Marge Simpson on the cover of Playboy? I’m not a big fan, if only because I can imagine how disappointed young boys everywhere will be when they go snooping around their fathers’ bedrooms for the latest issue, only to find that the centerfold is a cartoon character.
Sunday: Wow. Couples Retreat made $35.3 million at the box office. Can we talk about what really matters? Where the Wild Things Are opens next weekend. If it bombs financially or the film adaptation anything less than amazing, my entire childhood will be in shambles.
Monday: Can we all go ahead and agree that Bob Dylan has boarded the crazy train, and probably won’t be getting off anytime soon? I know that he’s always been a touch “eccentric,” but I’d say that a combination of trespassing on private property back in August, releasing a Christmas album, and now news of where he’ll be debuting a previously unreleased song warrants raising the “eccentric” to “batshit insane.” He’s debuting “California” on NCIS, people. NAVAL CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION! Bob Dylan heard on a spinoff of JAG. I’m just going to go ahead and fast forward to 2012 so the world can go ahead and end. Maybe I can get on John Cusack’s sweet-ass plane.
Tuesday: From one crazy awesome old guy to another—Tom Waits is releasing a live album of his 2008 Glitter and Doom tour on November 24. It’ll be two discs, with the first featuring a track list composed of songs taped at ten different shows. The second is all of Waits’ stage ramblings. Even though you’ll probably just want the second disc, his website is offering the first eight tracks FOR FREE. I’d hold out for the banter, though.
Wednesday: Sad face. Bon Iver is taking an indefinite break from live performances. I guess I’ll just have to snuggle up with a blanket and listen to “The Wolves (Act I & II)” on repeat to feel better (or actually, worse) about this sitch.
Rivers Cuomo’s antics don’t even surprise me anymore. An album called Raditude, named by Rainn Wilson? Sure. A Weezer-approved Snuggie? Of course. Cuomo working with Katy Perry? YAWN. They’re going to be in the studio together next week writing. This’ll be RICH.
Thursday: Actually news before indulging in the Reuters fun—Johnny Marr joined the Cribs? I’m so devastatingly behind, and am only sharing news that he played on their album Ignore the Ignorant in the hopes that someone besides me was unaware of this too.
And now…REUTERS TIME!
- “Tommy Lee Jones logs Lincoln”: Tommy Lee Jones? Only one of my most favorite actors ever. Lincoln Logs? A wonderful memory from my childhood, right next to those Wild Things. President Lincoln? A pretty fabulous president. YET THE HEADLINE MISLEADS AGAIN. TLJ is NOT starring in a thriller about Lincoln Logs or the late president; he’s starring in some lame adaptation of a book called The Lincoln Lawyer. Day = ruined.
- “Docudrama on Jesus getting 3D treatment”: The Fabric of Life is a movie about the physical evidence of Jesus’ resurrection. I’ll just stick with the greatness that is the first line of the article: “The latest character to go 3D? Jesus Christ.” That’ll do, pig. That’ll do.
Posted by Alyssa Vincent, Alyssa Vincent on Oct 16, 2009 @ 12:00 am
