Discourse & Dischord
posted in: Music News
The Good
OK Go debut another expertly timed music video
On Monday OK Go debuted their video for This Too Shall Pass, and reaffirmed their status as music’s most synchronized video stars. This time around, they joined forces with Synn Labs in Los Angeles to build a large-scale chain-reaction machine to serve as the focal point of the video. The results include lots of funny, bizarre and often poetic effects, not to mention some pretty badass paintball action. Check it out here.
The Bad
Kanye’s got a new blog
Well Kanye West is back at blogging, and his newly redesigned site has made his all-caps-stream-of-consciousness rants at least 10 font sizes larger. In this edition, Kanye laments the passing of Alexander McQueen and his mother, muses about the ancient Egyptians being robbed of their MTV awards and still finds space to remind us all that he is brilliant and sometimes his genius makes him cry. That and the booze. Read all about it here.
The Ugly
Mini Lady Gaga and mini Ke$ha prompt the question, What’s wrong with kids these days?
What makes you fear the future more “ a small child pretending to brush her teeth with a bottle of Jack to Ke$ha’s Tik Tok or a small child crawling pants-less across the stage to Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance? We’ll let you decide. We have to go lie down.
Miscellany
- Bruce Willis stars in Gorillaz video
- Lil Wayne jail sentence postponed (again)
- Kelly Rowland and Michael Bublé cover the Bee Gees
- Gang Starr rapper emerges from coma
- Pavement reunion tour is under way
- Band of Horses announce new album
- LCD Soundsystem frontman scores Noah Baumbach flick
- New Black Keys album