Something Nice For Your Friday: Fiona Apple & Friends Do “Tonight You Belong To Me” February 15, 2008

Yoko Ono And Lennon Come Together? February 14, 2008

Yesterday the entire world thought Yoko Ono was being an ass for suing hard-rock singer Lennon Murphy over the trademark for the name “Lennon.” Julian Lennon even used his myspace blog to let everyone know that Lennon has his full support.

Here are some choice quotes from Lennon’s statement regarding the lawsuit:

“I’m not sure what confusion I could be causing since I don’t have the $50,000 to hire a lawyer and fight this. If people were confusing me with John Lennon and accidently [sic] buying my records I should have more than enough money to live my life and hire a lawyer? I wish that was the case. I haven’t worked since Oct. 2007, so I live on just enough to get through the months until I get back on the road. I have no idea what I’m going to do yet in this situation, and I’m stressed, angry, and scared.

“This is my life. I have no respect for the name Murphy. It was my father’s name we will leave it at that. I have represented myself as Lennon because this is my name. That was the name that meant so much to my mother . . .

“…I play music, my name is Lennon, and the most heartbreaking thing out of this whole situation is the insult it gives to my late mother and who she believed in; on top of demeaning the man that John Lennon was and will always be… “

I have to admit I got a little teary eyed reading Lennon’s statement the other day. (No, it’s not “that time.”) But when I opened my newsreader this morning, I was delighted to find this statement from Ms. Ono:

“I am really hurt if people thought that I told a young artist to not use her own name in her performances and had sought to sue her. I did no such thing. I hope this allegation will be cleared.”

Long story short: Yoko is not suing Lennon — just giving her band a ton of free publicity right now. Happy Valentine’s Day!

Adam Green Looks Like Nicky Hilton In The New ‘Morning After Midnight’ Video

So I’m sitting here watching Adam Green’s new music video for his sweet song “Morning After Midnight” and I’m all like, “Ohhh, shit! Is that Nicky Hilton?”

Of course not! But in drag, Green does look a little Nicky Hilton-ish and that makes me very uncomfortable. QUICK! Someone tell me I’m straight trippin’ and that Green doesn’t look at all like Boy Hilton so I can get back to comfortably digging him.

Green’s new solo album Sixes & Sevens will be released on March 18.

The Pineapple Express Red Band Trailer (M.I.A.’s ‘Paper Planes’ Is A Nice Touch!) February 13, 2008

[If that clip gets deleted, try here.]

Here’s the new red band trailer for the upcoming comedy Pineapple Express. The film stars Seth Rogen and James Franco, who worked together on Freaks and Geeks. Producer Judd Apatow came up with the “weed action movie” idea and Rogen wrote the screenplay with Evan Goldberg.

Based on this trailer, Pineapple Express looks like your typical stoner flick to me. Two guys who both like to smoke a lot of weed suddenly find themselves in a pickle. One guy says and does the darndest things when he’s high, the other guy lets him know this. Bad cops, random explosions, munchies — check, check, check.

When this seemingly unoriginal picture makes its way to theatres in August, I’ll be first in line for a ticket!

You’ve Missed Your Chance To ‘Get Tight With Christ’ In Singapore

Lookin’ Good For Jesus cosmetics are made by American make-up company Blue Q. The products were sold in three Topshop outlets in Singapore until Nick Chui, a 27-year-old Catholic, wrote a letter to the shop complaining.

“There are also sexual innuendos in the messages and the way Jesus is portrayed in these products,” Chui said.

To prevent more customers from being offended, the Topshop stores in Singapore have pulled both the ‘Get Tight with Christ!’ cream and the ‘Virtuous Vanilla’ lip balm from shelves — that’s what Jesus would do!

[via Daily Mail]

Bizarre News Story Of The Day: Drunken Orgies Tainted Prison System February 12, 2008

Via CNN:  “The connection between the softball and the orgy parties and the corruption and the beatings was greatly intertwined.”

Mixtape Tuesday: February 12, 2008

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01. Vampire Weekend - M79

Vampire Weekend is completely overhyped….. but this song’s string arrangements make it irresistible. And believe me, I’ve tried resisting.

02. The LK - Blakboy vs the snow

This band is going to explode this year (of course they are - they’re Swedish, and we all know how I feel about music that comes from Sweden). Their album ‘VS the Snow’ is very solid but this is my favorite song of the bunch. If you don’t like the singer’s voice, hang tight, the last half of the song is gorgeous.

03. She and Him - Why do you let me stay here?

Wonderful collaboration between indie fave M. Ward and actress Zooey Deschanel. This song will make you bop in your chair.

04. The Whip - Divebomb

Really, really wonderful electronic track.

05. Hologram - Blazey Storm

The first half of this song reminds me a bit of Gillian Welch, and then the vocals die off for the guitar-driven second half of the song, which is basically awesome.

06. The Knux - Cappuccino

I love the beat on this one, and though rapping about fresh cappuccinos with mocha twists sounds pretty lame, it grows on you. Trust.

(The art above is by the enormously talented Nicole Linde. You can buy her art here and look at more here. Buy up her prints before she gets so famous you can’t afford any of them!)

The Grammys According To Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz

“The next thing that really stuck out to me was Beyoncé and Tina Turner. The whole time it was going all I could think was, ‘How cool would it be to have Tina Turner as your grandma?’ Like, she was busting pretty insane moves if you think about it . . .”

Brad Renfro Overdosed On Heroin, Morphine February 10, 2008

According to a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office, Brad Renfro’s cause of death was “acute heroin/morphine intoxication.” Renfro injected the drugs, and his death was accidental.

25-year-old Renfro was found dead in his Los Angeles home on January 15. He was laid to rest on January 21 in his native Knoxville, Tennessee. The upcoming film The Informers, which is based on a collection of short stories written by Bret Easton Ellis, will be the last film featuring the talented young actor.

Blast From The Past: Depeche Mode - ‘Halo’

In 1990 Depeche Mode released their seventh full-length album, Violator. The music video for “Halo” is quite nice as it features lead singer Dave Gahan shirtless throughout it

Oh, and Martin Gore juggles!