December 2008

Kanye West, a dream broken

It’s getting harder and harder to feel bad for Kanye West, even if he wants us to. But his performance on SNL helped; I think he wanted sympathy, but viewers mostly felt pity. Just add that to other big Kanye West disappointments this month, like that his Twitter isn’t even really him. Or that he’s [...]

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Paper Magazine interview: Ryan Leslie

I talked to Ryan Leslie for Paper Magazine. I met him at a studio while he was working on tracks for Jennifer Lopez. His shoes were nice. He insists on dressing up to record in a studio, which I think is really funny.

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Monday’s progress report: Black Lips

Talked to Black Lips for Monday’s Progress Report on Steregum. I mentioned their studio walls covered in inspirational quotes, but didn’t mention that they also put up lots of girlie pictures (girlie is probably not the right word, since that makes you think of tasteful 1940s nude pinups. Pretty sure Black Lips are more the [...]

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Progress Report on Giant Drag

New Progress Report on Giant Drag. The Giant Drag story got picked up by the NME. Writes Annie: “It’s funny how all of a sudden people i haven’t talked to in awhile are calling or texting me about shows or whatever after the article.” She’s a great lady.

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