A brief list of utterly unnecessary pop-culture references in Seether’s C64-inspired clusterfuck of a video for its still-unkillable cover of “Careless Whisper,” a clip that is half-’80s nostalgia trip and half-boneheaded “commentary” on issues of the present day like Kim Jong Il’s grip on power. You may recognize him up top, where he’s talking to Tony “Scarface” Montana and Vicki while presiding over a scaffold not unlike the one Donkey Kong commands. Oh, haha, I guess I just inadvertently started that list! But there is so much more. More »
A lot of people I know are having kind of crappy weeks (not to mention Kanye West and Axl Rose), so I figured why not close the week out on a happy note? I now present to you my current version of The Five Songs That I Will Never Get Tired Of Hearing On All-Holiday Radio. List is after the jump; feel free to add your own suggestions.
Thanks to Discobelle for unearthing some new mixes by the Avalanches, who have been killing time between albums by exercising their itchy DJing fingers. Given our slight George Michael fixation, it only makes sense that we’d dig the pulsing “Ray Of Zdarlight,” which blends the early Wham! More »
Hey, remember that Wham! reunion that we got all excited about a few months ago? Well, guess what–it didn’t happen. More »
In a testament to the miracles that can happen when legal fees pile up, Wham! members George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley have decided to do a one-off show this December: “George is thrilled that Andrew’s agreed to perform. It was something George had thought about for a long time. More »
