The Inquisition: Jack Johnson
"I've never listened to the Beach Boys," says our boy Jack.
By Mikael Wood 01.30.08 5:06 PM
I'll agree with anybody that we've made the same record a couple of times," says Jack Johnson, whose latest, Sleep Through the Static, arrives this month. "But this time we wanted to take the road less traveled." Why?
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Upload and Personal
Who exactly are those copyright-flouting obsessives who add obscure videos, camera-phone live clips, and fan films to YouTube? Say hello to three seriously dedicated posters.
By Peter Gerstenzang 01.29.08 8:39 PM
Hannah4Monkees
A.K.A. Hannah Rarick
AGE: 20
HQ: Lancaster, Ohio
DAY JOB: Bank teller
SPECIALTY: TV appearances, movie clips, and old commercials featuring the Monkees
CLIPS POSTED: 135 in five months
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The Spin Interview: Bob Mould
Indie forefather and reformed "miserablist" Bob Mould is happy to share old Hüsker Dü war stories, but don't expect him to dwell on his past or to relive it for fun or profit. "I'm blessed to have such a nice history," he says, "but I'm careful not to cash in on it."
By Steve Kandell 01.28.08 4:11 PM
It's hard to imagine that Bob Mould was once referred to as "literally the meanest person I have ever met" -- by one of his own bandmates, no less.
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Lenny Kravitz Is a Virgin (Again)
The legendary lady-killer says it's time for a love revolution. The sex can come later.
By Jonathan Ames 01.28.08 1:20 PM
It's around midnight, and I'm in the lobby of a loft building in SoHo, waiting for Lenny Kravitz, and I'm feeling savagely insecure. We're to go to a nightclub, GoldBar, and in my mind, I'm doing that old high-school composition thing, compare and contrast, and the subjects are Kravitz and yours truly.
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The League of Very Ordinary Gentlemen
Everybody seems to love Hot Chip's catchy, endearing dance pop. But are these bookish Brits ready to love everybody back?
By Dorian Lynskey 01.28.08 1:08 PM
If you want to see the workings of a band's collective brain in physical form, visit their studio. In the case of English electro-pop eccentrics Hot Chip, this mission takes you down a quiet North London side street to the bedroom of Joe Goddard. Even with just five band members and one journalist, the apartment feels cramped. The only place to sit is Goddard's unmade bed.
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Do What Thou Wilt: Led Zeppelin Reunite in London
At their already mythical London reunion show, Led Zeppelin dropped the hammer of the gods one more time.
By Charles Aaron 01.26.08 10:42 AM
When a bleary Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and Jason Bonham formed a sweaty scrum, soaked up the adulation of 22,000 fanatics, and left London's O2 Arena stage after 130 minutes on December 10, 2007, the logo still remained.
LED ZEPPELIN.
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