Discourse & Dischord

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The Good

Listen to Bjork’s Biophilia in full

Bjork’s multimedia masterpiece, Biophilia, won’t be officially out until next week (October 10 in the UK and October 11 here in the States) but that doesn’t have to stop you from experiencing it this very minute. The album is streaming in its entirety at NPR. Head over and have a listen.

Alicia Keys composing songs for Broadway play

Alicia Keys is adding two new titles her name: Broadway composer and producer. The pop star is writing the score to the play Stick Fly, opening on Broadway on November 18. See how big lights inspire Keys by watching the promo below.

The Bad

Ke$ha scars Andrew W.K. with dirty tattoo

Andrew W.K. likes to party hard, and Ke$ha brushes her teeth with a bottle of Jack, so you know no good can come of putting them in a room together. W.K. found this out the hard way, winding up with an infection and a scar after letting the pop singer tattoo him. He’s not sweating it though, saying the scar is cooler than the tattoo. He also declares Ke$ha’s song structures as brilliant, which makes us think the infection may have spread to his brain.

Broken Social Scene, Gorillaz go bye-bye?

Broken Social Scene’s Kevin and Damian Albarn, the brains behind Gorillaz, both announced they may be retiring their bands. Drew described BSS as going on an indefinite hiatus, while Albarn cryptically tweeted The End is Nigh in regards to the Gorillaz ten-year anniversary. To this we can only say: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

The Ugly

Diddy goes off on Grey Goose drinkers

P. Daddy, Diddy Puffs, or whatever his name is, showed his ugly side this week during a party for his vodka brand, Cí®roc, at Atlanta’s Club Compound. When Puffy-P-Daddy-Did espied a patron drinking Grey Goose he took advantage of his microphone and multiple bodyguards to verbally berate and threaten the man. But, in a heroic twist, T.I. picked up his mic and used his clout to call Duff Paddy out, saying the hip-hop mogul had too much money to act like that. Watch both the cause and effect below.

Justin Bieber incites Peruvian threats

Not everyone hearts the Biebs. The pop star has received Facebook threats warning him not to play his scheduled concert in Lima under penalty of death. Bieber’s fans got all a-twitter on Twitter, using the hash tag #BiebsStayOutOfPeru to express their concern. Will Bieber listen to their pleas to be cuidado? Or will he nunca say never?

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