Monday April 10, 2006

Three Little Dots: Yeah Yeah Edition

According to Rolling Stone’s David Fricke, “Gold Lion”—the lead track on the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ new album—is named after the awards at the International Advertising Festival in Cannes, where the Adidas Spike Jonze/Karen O. collab “Hello Tomorrow” won just such a Lion. But judging from the lyrics, it isn’t about anything. … My good friend Bill Whitten of the band Grand Mal has started a blog—and you will read it. … The Associated Press takes a swing at the Liberty Debate chestnut with a slightly more accurate headline: “Falwell Touts Christian College Debaters.” Why everyone has been so anxious to help him do so remains a mystery.