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File this under "amazing": Vault Package #13 also includes a red vinyl 73 of the White Stripes first ever live performance recording from an open mic night at the Gold Dollar on July 14, 1997 and a tote bag featuring the iconic peppermint logo. Jack and Meg TOGETHER again , inspecting the final product!!!

What's that? Oh it's Nikolai Fraiture performing "The Last Time" with Mick Jagger and Arcade Fire on SNL, that's all: I will be playing bass with @ MickJagger and @ arcadefire tmrw on @ nbcsnl ! Tune in if you can!! — Nikolai Fraiture (@N_Fraiture) May 18, 2012 Here he is:

As you may have heard, Jack White has recently revealed some beef he has with the Guinness Book of World Records folks over the White Stripes' record for "Shortest Musical Concert" , which was recognized in the 2009 edition , but removed in subsequent additions. Guinness says that since publishing the record, which was set with their 2007 one-note concert at St John's in Newfoundland, Canada, others have challenged its validity - some claiming that just appearing on stage was enough to break the record . [...]

This is pretty much the coolest thing ever. In a joint project from the BBC and Arts Council England, the record collection of famed BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel will be available for the world at large to peruse via the interwebs. The beloved disc jockey, who died in 2004, was known for his encyclopedic knowledge of music of all genres and his supremely cool music tastes. Mr. Peel was an early supporter of The White Stripes and helped introduce them to a [...]

An eagle-eyed reader tipped me off to a new app called Moquu that has some very special filter names . Check it out: "Jumble," "Sugar," "Aluminum," "Biscuit," "Coffee," "Blue Orchid"... anyone else sensing a pattern? Yup, the folks at Pangalaktik Media (the Budapest-based creators of the app) are most definitely fans of Jack and Meg - all the filters are named after White Stripes songs! If you needed any more confirmation, check out their March 11th tweet declaring their love [...]

In this week's edition of "Jack White Weekly" there are a number of exciting updates: 1. Jack's debut solo album, Blunderbuss has been released! What are your thoughts? I'll be taking an in-depth listen this weekend during a road trip. 2. Jack White is going to write, produce, and perform the score for Walt Disney Pictures' version of The Lone Ranger which stars Johnny Depp as Tonto and Armie "Winklevii" Hammer as John Reid, the Lone Ranger. Wait a minute [...]

Just wanted to post an update - you can still see the Jack White mascot photo of this website up at Cake Shop ! Here's a photo of my photo that I took at our 120 dB photo show opening :

Out of complete random curiosity today I googled to see what was going on with everyone's favorite almost all-asian band from New York (via California), The Morning Benders and to my surprise they've changed their name to POP ETC . Why the name change? According to a message posted on March 25, 2012 on the old Morning Benders website by front-man Chris Chu , the original name was chosen in haste - but the band discovered a [...]

Need I remind you that my mom loves Keane? I'm sure she's already seen the new video for "Silenced By the Night," the first single off their upcoming album, Strangeland (May 8th), but maybe you haven't. See below for a complete list of Keane North American tour dates: June 12th Boston, MA House of Blues June 14th N. Bethesda, MD Music Center At Strathmore June 15th New York, NY Beacon Theatre - SOLD OUT June 16th Philadelphia, PA Merriam [...]

Ol' Jackie White has released a new music video for " Sixteen Saltines ," directed by AJ Rojas for his second single off his debut solo alum, Blunderbuss (coming out on April 24, 2012). The vid is a little bizarre, with Jack White finding himself in a precarious situation at the hands of a group of Lost Boys painted blue . The rest of the scenes involve kids in various states of causing mischief and self-harm (some of it a [...]

This is pretty damn awesome! In anticipation of the April 24 release of Jack White's debut solo album Blunderbuss (Third Man Records/Columbia), on April 1st Third Man Records tied 1000 flex-disc records containing an unreleased Jack White album track "Freedom at 213 to blue helium balloons and launched them from TMR headquarters in Nashville, TN. According to the press release, similar balloon launches show a recovery rate of approx. 10%, so probably less than 100 of the 1000 records will actually ever be discovered. But [...]

Yes! 120 dB , the concert photography show I was a part of is back by popular demand, this time in Manhattan! If you remember, our opening night at Fort Useless was a major success , so if you were not able to trek out to Brooklyn in the dead of winter , please head to Cake Shop this Friday, 6-9pm, to get a look at a select group of photos that were on display in January. My photo of Jack White (aka - the unofficial mascot of this blog) will [...]

Last night Mr. Jack White made his tv debut as a solo artist on Saturday Night Live . Check out the performance below: What do you think?

Hey everyone - know it's been a long while since I've blogged, but a lot has gone on... the group photo show I was in, 120db , was a major success! Fort Useless was packed non-stop the entire night. What a thrilling experience! In case you couldn't make it to the opening party, here are the shots I showed: Photo courtesy of Maryanne Ventrice The White Stripes [...]

Yes, that's right - tonight is the opening of the concert photography group show that I'm proud to be a part of : 120 dB , curated by Maryanne Ventrice . Alongside some other totally amazing lady concert photogs and friends like Abbey Braden and Diana Wong , I'll be exhibiting five of my favorite concert photos from the archives, from 2002-2011. If you haven't read any of the awesome buzz we've already gotten from Brooklyn Vegan , NYC Taper , [...]

This Christmas I didn't go anywhere on vacation, but rather participated in a NYC-based "staycation." I basically spent a week stuffing my face with some of my favorite foods: Chicken Pad See Ew from Pongsri (Chinatown, Bayard Street location) The Greenpointer with prosciutto from Paulie Gee's in Greenpoint, Brooklyn A journey to Flushing, Queens to try out Nan Xiang Dumpling House . Tried the cucumber [...]

Who loves Ryan Adams ? I do! I do! As you may have already figured out from my tweets , just as I was lucky a few months ago when Coldplay was in town , I was again blessed enough to sit in on Ry Ry's intimate performance at the Ed Sullivan Theater for Live on Letterman . According to Ryan, for this tour he is doing all solo sets (yup, no Cardinals) because... he is . [...]

Day 3 of CMJ was an all-day affair at the I Guess I'm Floating / Tell All Your Friends PR showcase at Pianos . The lineup My personal music marathon started out with the Seattle-based upstarts, Beat Connection , who were fresh off the red-eye from the Left Coast. Their set started off with a bit of a bumpy start - with the laptop not cooperating just a couple songs in. While [...]

Day two of CMJ turned out to be a free form day. A few weeks ago my friend Kathryn got us tickets to the new Karen O psycho rock opera at St. Ann's Warehouse, Stop the Virgens , with me totally not realizing it was smack dab in the middle of CMJ. Whoopsies! After the show, I decided to push it and headed over to Williamsburg to try to catch King Krule at Glasslands, but by the time I got there they [...]

Scenes from tonight: Day 1 of CMJ was a great start. Caught NYC via Australia band Young Magic 's killer set at Public Assembly in Williamsburg. Dreamy, and dead sexy songs. Also managed to catch a few songs by Boston band Quilt at the Mexican Summer showcase in the back room at PA. Some solid sonic noodling.