Discourse & Dischord
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The Good
Thom Yorke building massive human statue to fight climate change
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke is looking to recruit 2,000 volunteers to build a massive human statue to fight climate change this weekend. The statue will fight climate change by punching the clouds with its 4,000 fists. OK, not really. It’s more of a symbolic fight. Yorke’s human statue is one of 16 planned around the world to be photographed by a satellite from space. The event will raise awareness around the United Nations’ meeting in Cancun, Mexico, to discuss an international climate treaty.
Arcade Fire and Spike Jonze unite for The Suburbs video
Arcade Fire has released their video for The Suburbs, and it’s not a cheery tale of Bed, Bath & Beyond and Applebee’s. The video is directed by Spike Jonze, and, much like his work in Where The Wild Things Are, combines youth, nostalgia, and unexpected violence. Watch it below.
The Bad
Quincy Jones gives Kanye West the big diss
Don’t tell Quincy Jones that he has anything in common with Kanye West. Them’s fighting words. In an interview with Us Magazine, Jones responded to the observation that he and West are both hugely successful producers with total disdain. No way. Did he write for a symphony orchestra? Does he write for a jazz orchestra? Come on man, he’s just a rapper. West has yet to respond to this ego bruise publicly, but if Twitter suddenly explodes, you’ll know why.
The Ugly
Kings of Leon looking for ugly people
Calling all pockmarked, scarred and sundry busted people! Kings of Leon are looking for individuals with physical deformities for their next video shoot. Has anyone ever made a joke about your face breaking their camera? Do horses whinny when you pass by? Capitalize on your plainness”the band is paying $300 a day. Uh ¦ are they sure this isn’t the video for Use Somebody?
Miscellany
- Beatles sell 450,000 albums and 2 million singles worldwide on iTunes
- Black Eyed Peas get pixilated in The Time (The Dirty Bit) video
- Courtney Love sued for lost jewelry
- Lady Gaga gets Anderson Cooper to drink
- Joan Baez falls out of treehouse
- Ray Davies cancels US tour
- Nikki Sixx hits 50th radio affiliate mark
- Mark David Chapman’s autographed Lennon album up for auction
- Wayne Coyne calls for the end of puppy mills
- Akon says new Lady Gaga album is crazy and amazing
- Owl City writes another sappy song called Peppermint Winter
- AMA winners and performances