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Chromeo v Neon Neon

Omid — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:00:21 +0000

Well this was bound to happen eventually. What with their only being about a million ’80s cultural signifiers for various retro-ists musicians to use in their press pics. We knew it was gonna go sour when we got the flier for an LA party featuring Chromeo. The image features the beloved duo of Dave 1 and P-Thugg seated on the hood of a vintage Delorean. A completely logical bit of art direction given Chromeo’s obvious stylistic debt to the me decade. There’s only one problem. Neon Neon, the collaboration between Bryan ‘Boom Bip’ Hollon and Gruff “Super Furry Animals’ Rhys, released an ’80s-tinged album earlier this year. A concept recrd about auto-maker John Delorean. And the press photos featured…wait for it…the duo seated on the hood of a Delorean. Neon Neon took it even further, parking four vintage Deloreans in front of their record release party at Hollywood’s Viper Room this past March. In other words, they pretty much own the delorean steez as much as anyone since Michael J. Fox.

Now here’s where things go from beef goading to real reporting. Our source at Lex Records is reporting that Chromeo’s manager called someone in the Neon Neon camp to give them some shit.

So now what? Rubic-cube competition for ’80s dominance? Keytars to the death?

SOURCE: JOSHUA GLAZER @ URB

RADIOHEAD GIVEAWAY: Who’s the biggest Radiohead?

Omid — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:07:02 +0000

earwigs & wax’s Radiohead: The Best Of Contest Giveaway - Who’s the biggest Radiohead?

Yep that’s right peeps. We’re giving away two copies of Radiohead: The Best Of (DVD with 21 classic Promo Videos)! All you have to do is prove that you’re the biggest Radiohead. This can be done by one of three ways:

What you need to do:

Step 1

Find a picture of you with Radiohead
Scan your ticket to an upcoming Radiohead show
Do something so fresh and nutty that we will have no choice but to give you the DVDs

Step 2

Send your entry in to info [at] earwigsandwax [dot] com, with Radiohead Contest as the subject. No need to include address at this point.

Step 3

Sit tight. We’ll take care of the rest. Winners will be contacted and have the DVDs couriered.

Best of luck!

Radiohead: The Best Of (DVD with 21 classic Promo Videos)

Video Listing:
1. Creep (directed by Brett Turnbull)
2. Anyone Can Play Guitar (directed by Dwight Clarke)
3. Pop Is Dead (directed by Dwight Clarke)
4. Stop Whispering (directed by Jeff Plansker)
5. My Iron Lung (directed by Brett Turnbull)
6. High and Dry (UK version) (directed by David Mould)
7. High and Dry (US version) (directed by Paul Cunningham)
8. Fake Plastic Trees (directed by Jake Scott)
9. Just (directed by Jamie Thraves)
10. Street Spirit (Fade Out) (directed by Jonathan Glazer)
11. Paranoid Android (directed by Magnus Carlsson)
12. Karma Police (directed by Jonathan Glazer)
13. No Surprises (directed by Grant Gee)
14. Pyramid Song (directed by Shynola)
15. Knives Out (directed by Michel Gondry)
16. I Might Be Wrong (directed by Sophie Muller)
17. Push Pulk / Spinning Plates (directed by Johnny Hardstaff)
18. There There (directed by Chris Hopewell)
19. Go To Sleep (directed by Alex Rutterford)
20. Sit Down Stand Up (directed by Ed Holdsworth)
21. 2+2=5 (Live at Belfort Festival) (directed by Fabien Raymond)

CONTEST START: June 6, 2008
CONTEST END: June 13, 2008

The Radiohead: The Best Of album is now out on EMI / Capitol
For more info about Radiohead: The Best Of visit: www.thebestofradiohead.com
Radiohead official site: http://www.radiohead.com

Why don’t you wet your appetite with some Radiohead Video Blips:

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Slick Rick gets pardoned

Omid — Fri, 23 May 2008 22:02:52 +0000

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. David Paterson is granting a full and unconditional pardon to rapper Ricky “Slick Rick” Walters for the attempted murders of two men in 1991.

The pardon is expected to halt efforts to deport Walters to the United Kingdom, the country he left as a child.

The eyepatch-wearing star behind the ’80s rap classic “La-Di-Da-Di” served more than five years in prison after the shooting of his cousin and another man. Both survived.

The governor says Walters is now a rap artist and landlord in the Bronx who hasn’t had any criminal problems since his release from prison in 1997. He also says Walters has volunteered to counsel youths against violence.

VIDEOLOGY

solly — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:15:38 +0000

A lil’ video mash-up. Can you name all the songs? I bet you can’t.

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earwigs & wax 2.0 just shipped

Omid — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:33:11 +0000

We got a new face!

We’ll my friends, it’s finally here. We’re both happy and proud to announce the launch of the fresh-out-the-cooker earwigs & wax! It’s been just under a year since we kicked off earwigs & wax as a music blog. Thanks to the steady support from both our contributing artists and readers, we were able to launch this new and exciting site. Along with a sleek new look, earwigs & wax now comes loaded with a couple new features:

New authors: We’re happy to welcome Black Poupon and Solly to the earwigs & wax team! Look forward to their words of wisdom.
New look: We spent some time cooking up this theme, which we feel is clean and intuitive. We welcome your feedback.
Featured articles: Select articles will be tagged ‘Featured’, and appear as sticky on the top of the homepage irrespective of their date. You can pick them out by their unique image presentation. You may browse these articles by their poster image by clicking ‘Featured’ at the top of the page.
Newsletter: Be the first to get exclusive content when it drops on earwigs & wax. We’ll also be running special promos and contests specifically for newsletter members. We do not share your contact information. (coming soon!)
Audio player: Music can now be streamed directly off earwigs & wax using the flash MP3 players embedded in the posts. Don’t waste your time and space downloading before you try!
Videos: YouTube and Google videos will stream from the video widget on the right of the page.
Gravatar: Globally Recognized Avatars (Gravatars) are those little images that show up next to your comments on the blog. Get yours for free at Gravatar.

All the timeless goodness from the previous is available at the earwigs & wax OG.

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