Tuesday, October 18, 2005

The Money Shot 10.18.05

Jack cheats on Meg, Melissa smokes dope, Liz whines...

Jack White's New Duo
The Money Shot: "I don't want it to sound anything like the White Stripes," says Jack White of his newest project, the Raconteurs. "This is a full-on band -- dual songwriters coming together, building off one another, bouncing off each other."

The Frames Just Want to Be Understood
The Money Shot: "Because we make all different types of music, a lot of labels kind of felt like 'Yeah, we really like your band, and we like your songs, but we don't really know how to market you.' And it just felt like an issue for us with the labels." His voice rises a bit as he mimics some demanding label brass. "'Are you a pop group? Are you an indie rock group? What are you? What do you do?' We just never really gave an answer. So we didn't try, and it frustrated people and it happened with every label they put on us. We felt we were constantly being misrepresented and they felt that we were constantly fucking complaining."

Melissa Gets High
The Money Shot: When Phillips asked her whether or not her doctors approved of her toking up, Etheridge replied: "Every single one was, 'Oh, yeah. That's the best help for the effects of chemotherapy.' "

Son Volt on NPR Concert This Friday
The Money Shot: Hear the roots rock group Son Volt live online this Friday, Oct. 21 beginning at approximately 10:00 p.m. ET. NPR.org will webcast the band's full performance from the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. live online.

Still Liz?
The Money Shot: "It wasn't a happy experience for me," Phair says. "I went from just being this person in the neighbourhood, to having all kinds of people saying things about me. 'She can't sing. She can't play. It's just because she talks about sex. She's a media whore.' People forget about those things. But I don't forget."

Neil Spends a Week with Conan
The Money Shot: "I wanted two solid months of Neil Young, but he told me it was, 'getting creepy,'...

Franz Ferdinand Releases DVD in November
The Money Shot: "The karaoke videos are really cheesy, abstract stuff. Like, a couple running through a field, people partying and dancing, all sorts of weird stuff,"

Ryan Adams' Hygiene
The Money Shot: "It's a pain in the arse," he told Rolling Stone. "I've got a rather large cyst lodged where my ear ends and my temple begins. Right now we're waiting for it to get uninfected enough to get in there and tear some more shit out."

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