Jack White Hates the Black Keys Because They "Copy" Him
Here's a funny story: White musician heavily influenced by long-dead black musicians hates other white musician heavily influenced by long-dead black musicians. Why? Unoriginality, of course.
Musician Jack White's ex-wife—not Meg White, the other one—has received a restraining order against the Detroit rock star after alleging that his paranoid harassment in the wake of their divorce has made it so she "fears for her and the children’s safety."
Did Jack White and/or Ruby Amanfu Say 'Fuck' During Their Grammys Performance?
The lyrics of Jack White's "Love Interruption" go: "I want love to walk right up and bite me / Grab a hold of me and fight me." During his Grammy Awards performance with Ruby Amanfu, it sounds like one or both of them may have said "fuck" instead of "fight." But maybe they didn't.
Jack White Cuts Concert Short, Twitter Tantrums Ensue
Jack White played a show last night at Radio City Music Hall. It was heavily hyped. Understandably, people were very excited to see the ex-White Stripe frontman do his thing. The feeling, apparently, was not mutual as White stopped playing after just 45 minutes. While it's not entirely clear what set White off, he was…
Divorce Parties Are a Really Good Idea
When aging musical jack-of-all-trades Jack White of the White Stripes and his model wife Karen Elson announced their divorce to friends, it wasn't with teary phone calls in the middle of the night, it was with an invitation. They're throwing a divorce party!
Watch Jack White Perform in a Parking Lot at SXSW
Here's video straight out of SXSW of Jack White playing in front of his "Third Man Records Rolling Record Store." The vehicle serves as a store, recording studio, and also the backdrop for this very-cool set.
Jack White Spins Reggie Watts Hair Record
Here musicpreneur Jack White shares his company's 2011 innovations, including fuchsia vinyl with The Greeting Card Gatefold™ (plays when you open it) and a monkeys-singing-Swedish-metal machine. Superwin: the Reggie Watts hair record, made from real hair.
Listen to Conan O'Brien's New Spoken-Word Single Out Tomorrow
When Conan O'Brien collaborated with Jack White, no one was sure what their "music" would sound like. Today we get our first preview of "And They Call Me Mad," where the comedian voices an updated Dr. Frankenstein.
Happy Birthday
Courtney Love turns 45 today. Tom Hanks is turning 53. Jack White is 34. Jimmy Smits is 54. Floyd Abrams, the famed First Amendment attorney (and father of Dan), turns 73. Author/neurologist Oliver Sacks is turning 76. Former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld is 77. ACLU honcho Anthony Romero is 44. AIDS activist …
Alanis Morissette and Five Other Singers Who Should Act More
Alanis Morissette—angry/thoughtful lady-pop voice of the 90s—sometimes acts. She showed up as God in Dogma and a bisexual on Sex and the City. And now she's appearing on Weeds for seven episodes. And we're pretty happy about it.
Jack White/Alicia Keys '007' Theme May Leave You Shaken, Not Stirred
Though a brief, instrumental version of the new James Bond theme was released alongside a Coca-Cola commercial last week, it's only now that we can hear the full, yowling power of the Jack White/Alicia Keys duet entitled "Another Way to Die." Equal parts hair metal, Bondian bombast, and just plain weirdness (with a…
Pepsi Man Jack White Lashes Out at 'Quantum' Theme in Coke Commercial
There are no quantums of solace to be found today in the Jack White household, where the recent unveiling of his and Alicia Keys's theme song to Quantum of Solace via a Coke commercial has the songwriter lashing out at his Sony patrons. "Jack White was commissioned by Sony Pictures to write a theme song for the James…
Burned by Winehouse, '007' Producers Settle for Head-Scratching Jack White / Alicia Keys Duet
It seemed too good to be true, and indeed, it was: after rumors surfaced that Amy Winehouse had been tapped to sing the theme song for the upcoming James Bond film Quantum of Solace, the troubled songstress fell out of the project (having recorded nothing but confused shrieks of "Oi! Blaaaake" over a propulsive…
Short Ends: Enough Paris To Melt Your Eyeballs
· Warning: Following this link to an animated image of Paris Hilton's mastery of one "look" may result in the involuntary loosening of your bowels and/or seizures. Click at your own risk.
· Photographs of Tara Reid looking inebriated are the planet's only true inexhaustible resource.
· Who will win the live West Wing debate?
Dave Eggers who?
Post-punk superstar Jack White (of the White Stripes) on his upcoming interview with Dave Eggers' soon-to-be-published magazine, The Balloonist:
"Dave Eggers ?"
"The guy who wrote A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius," his publicist told him.
"Oh, O.K.," he said. He still didn t know.
[Ed. noteSomewhere…
