December 21, 2007

Friday Don’t Be a Wise Guy It’s Music News Day

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Music News

  • 25th-anniversary edition of Michael Jackson‘s Thriller complete with remixes by Will.i.am and Kanye West universally panned. Whatever, this was just an excuse for me to post that creepy picture of Jackson shopping at Borders with what looks like tape holding his face together.

  • Amy Winehouse‘s Back to Black will likely be the biggest-selling album of the year in the UK, moving 1.5 million units so far, although reality-show star Leona Lewis may overtake her at the last minute. Yeah I have no idea who that is either.

  • Patti Smith has been hosting a podcast about the life of Bob Dylan, and everybody just noticed this, I guess. The latest edition features the Band’s Garth Hudson and jazz great George Wein.

  • Moby‘s request for a fan to be sent to his room at a Ukranian hotel gets, erm, lost in translation, as the clerk responds that he’s sorry but there are no women in the lobby. Ba-dump bam!

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