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...piano virtuoso Folds rose to fame in the late 1990’s as the front man for the band Ben Folds Five, a group that dissembled...
...room and brandishing knives and saws in front of a businessman before proceeding to tape hamburgers all over his body, then releasing him into a dusty street filled with hungry sumo-wrestler types. It’s bizarre and a little disturbing, but what do you expect from a band whose live shows feature bunny suits and fake blood? Besides, seeing a bunch of fat men chasing a guy covered in burgers is fantastic in a slightly inappropriate way, as is another key scene in which cops race after a doughnut-covered, pink-clad Paris Hilton lookalike. This...
Yellowcard became famous when MTV decided to rotate heavily the video for their single “Ocean Avenue.” With their infectious pop hooks, pint-size bleached-blond frontman, and kooky rock violinist (isn’t that just so original?), the song and the band became bona fide emo gods to legions of equally pint-sized girls. The band’s new video, “Rough Landing, Holly,” is kind of like the “Ocean Avenue” video—but on crack. Director Marc Webb intended...
...obligatory club-banger, “Black Sweat,” sounds like a Neptunes outtake: down to the minimalist drum machine beat and screeching synthesizer effects. Prince’s animated vocal performance deserves a richer melodic backdrop—the kind provided by a studio band, rather than studio equipment. Unfortunately, “Black Sweat” isn’t the only track on which Prince relies more heavily on Pro Tools effects than the New Power Generation’s funky virtuosity. “Love,” the album’s sole...
...while playing “I Spy a Patagonia Jacket.”The show was interesting and, probably most interestingly, I did not fall asleep. Everyone in the cast wore red boas (to go with the theme). Afterwards, my friend invited me to an after-party featuring a band that was “slammin’.” When I arrived, the band (which was approximately the size of Earth Wind and Fire) was playing a Fiona Apple song. People were guzzling apricot-flavored beer, doing the robot lustily, and singing all of the words...