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...concoction Gorillaz, heard The Grey Album and liked it. "But I loved the metaphor," says Albarn, "the mixing of genres and the idea that you can take past and present and make something futuristic." Albarn summoned Burton to London and quickly hired him to produce Gorillaz's second album, Demon Days, out this week. Albarn says he and Burton had "loads of music" in common. They are also both willful eccentrics; Gorillaz, which is made up of, usually, Albarn and a few friends, doesn't actually appear in its videos or onstage. Instead Gorillaz is represented by postapocalyptic cartoon characters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Rodent In the Gorilla House | 5/22/2005 | See Source »

...Give Demon Days a casual listen, and it sounds like a concept album about environmental collapse. There's a children's choir and an appearance by Dennis Hopper in full freak mode-all of which is to say, Yuck. But give the album a fraction of the attention that went into making it, and it reveals itself as close to great. The lyrics remain a bafflement-although it's clear from titles like Fire Coming Out of a Monkey's Head and Every Planet We Reach Is Dead that in the future, according to Gorillaz, we'll need more sunscreen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Rodent In the Gorilla House | 5/22/2005 | See Source »

...idea of chasing down demons of hell as an angel firing bolts of holy and spiritual righteousness does not appeal to me. This is probably because I have out-grown my childhood love of pixelated demon hunting. However, I am not their target audience; they are going for, in the words of one developer, the “assistant pastor who wants to go home and play a cool game.” In this quest for holy electronic success I wish them luck, as they seek to answer the eternal question: What Would Jesus Play...

Author: By Andrew P. Schalkwyk, | Title: Crossing the Digital Divide | 5/5/2005 | See Source »

...history. Francisco Cabrera pinch hits for the Braves with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the ninth of game seven, with the Pirates leading 2-1. Cabrera drives a single to left off Stan Belinda, Barry Bonds can’t throw out speed-demon Sid Bream at the plate, and the Braves head to the World Series...

Author: By Stewart H. Hauser, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: TAKE IT TO THE HAUS: A Stroll Through Baseball's Yesteryear | 5/3/2005 | See Source »

...himself or with some corporate raiders. Says Edward Atorino of Smith Barney: "CBS hoped that bringing this fox into the hen house would keep away other foxes. The trick is not going to work." No one yet knows the plot of the final episode in this CBS series. TELEPHONES Demon Dialers Beware...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Notes: Nov. 25, 1985 | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

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