Tagged: publicitystunt

The ructions over at Bloc Party feel a bit like Big Brother or the Rugby World Cup, don't they? You're mildly aware that there's some sort of competition going on, but it's hard to be interested because, whoever wins, it's not like anyone else cares much and nobody is sure what the prize is supposed to be. In fact, it's like it's only the NME who give a rat's bandana about it , and are now desperately trying to shore up their original coverage of the story: NME has been accused of sensationalising, or even [...]

Brooklyn-based rap trio Das Racist has been tap dancing on the line between ridiculous and sublime, vulture and culture, transparent and transcendent since their annoyingly addictive song "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" first cannon-balled into our culture's collective unconscious. That was way back in 2008. Since then, they've warred with music journalist Sasha Frere-Jones, held a " Cartoon-Off " with The New Yorker and spawned the smartest, funniest conversation about race America's had, since, well, ever. Most recently, the seminal, game-changing "Shut Up, Dude" and "Sit Down, Man" was released to a collective critical orgasm, [...]

Click here to view the embedded video. You know the old saying: if you can't get anyone to listen to your music by choice, why not just shut down LA's 101 Freeway ? Well, the continuation of that is now everyone hates you because they were late to work and wouldn've been stuck in even less traffic without the publicity stunt. Think of the children though! Apparently they donate money to help homeless kids or something. I don't know. [via KTLA ]

Hard to believe that this is only the debut album for San Diego's Soft Pack , seems like they've been around for a while. The record drops on Tuesday, Feb 2, so in honor of the release they are playing 10 (ten) shows on Saturday, Jan. 30. Kind of like Vampire Weekend did all over California, except all in one day and in the same general Southern CA area. Will they pull it off? We're already worried because there seems to be some discrepancy between their Facebook [...]

While everyone, Al Sharpton included , is lacing up their marching shoes over the controversial "stimulus monkey" cartoon in today's NY Post , I found this one to be just a little bit more on the "that's just goddamn wrong" side of things. Swiped from Afrojacks , we have a clear offender, much clearer than the last case . Previously Posted - Black History Month…Fail

A few days ago, Cheetah Girl and possible future Kardashian, Adrienne Bailon was crying about how someone stole her laptop, and in the process managed to steal nude photos of her which she had taken for her anniversary with Robert Kardashian . Jonathan Jaxon on CBS News Atlanta, Wednesday November 12, 2008 Well, what gossip blogger is a bigger dumbass douche than Perez? Why it's [...]