Annuals tour, prep split EP with alter-ego Sunfold
Annuals perhaps should consider changing their name to the Perennials. Lucky for its fans (and its members), the group has outlived the strict definition of its name, as it is currently entering its third year of existence. ... read more
Vote for the greatest b-movie of all time
Each week on PasteMagazine.com, we offer a new poll for your argument-inciting pleasure. Most of these polls start out in e-mail form, with a few topics making the rounds to a reply-all staff vote. The best topic is fished out each week, and generally the selection process is not that big of a deal... read more
Tommy Lee Jones adapting Ernest Hemingway for the screen
Before Ernest Hemingway passed away, he was working on Islands in the Stream, focusing on the journeys of painter Thomas Hudson. While not a particularly well-known work, Hemingway broke off a portion and turned it into his acclaimed The Old Man and the Sea. The rest of the work was published posthumously, becoming an important part of the writer's legacy despite controversy over its editing. ... read more
Miracle 3 and R.E.M. collaborate to baseball album
Baseball has fueled great works of theater, literature and even dance. But the moment of the perfect baseball-related collaboration is almost upon us, as North Carolina’s own Yep Roc Records prepares the release of an album by The Baseball Project entitled Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails.... read more
Neil Gaiman's Coraline to hit off-Broadway, on-screen
In Coraline, the 2002 young adult novella by acclaimed fantasy author Neil Gaiman, the young title character discovers an alternate universe populated by the mysterious doppelgangers of her loving but distant parents, and must scrape by on her own wits to escape. Often compared to Alice In Wonderland, it’s a compelling story—and sturdy enough, one hopes, to be retold in three different way throughout the next year. ... read more
John Cusack, Jason Reitman, more guest DJ for KCRW
Ahhh, radio. There once was a time when you informed us, made us smarter and introduced us to new music. However, times change, leaves fall and once-great mediums devolve into vapid versions of their former selves, dominated by crappy '90s alternative rock stations and yelly AM blowhards like Neil Boortz and Michael Savage. ... read more
It Had to Be You: Scorsese to direct Sinatra biopic
Start spreadin' the news. The famed but only recently Oscar-fied director Martin Scorsese is tentatively slated to direct an upcoming biopic on none other than Ol' Blue Eyes himself, Frank Sinatra. In an interview with Canada's Sun Media, Sinatra's youngest daughter and film producer Tina Sinatra spilled the beans on the project, stating that... read more
Jackson's Thriller added to National Recording Registry
Michael Jackson’s iconic album Thriller was one of 25 recorded works added to the National Recording Registry on Wednesday. The National Recording Preservation Act was passed in 2000 to ensure that “culturally, historically and aesthetically significant” works were preserved for future generations. Each year, the Library of Congress chooses 25 works to add to the collection based on nominations by the public and consultations with the National Recordings Preservation Board. ... read more
Josh Rouse to release new and unreleased material online
Josh Rouse is riding the wave of the future. The singer-songwriter recently announced that he'll be offering online downloads of both new and unreleased music via his website. ... read more
The Real World heads to Brooklyn
Perhaps you’ve heard of Brooklyn? It’s notable for its bridge, its pizza, and its famous Olympiad, which calls upon the nation’s best and brightest to compete in challenging competitions. But what happens when Brooklyn stops being polite, and starts getting real? Our friends at the New York Observer tell us that this happens.... read more
Evangelicals and Bishop Allen tour apart, together
Not only are two former Paste Bands of the Week, Bishop Allen and Evangelicals, about to embark on pretty intense, month-long, multi-continent tours, but they’re actually going to meet up at one point and play two shows together. Just another match made in Heaven by your friends at PasteMagazine.com. If we had any more foresight, we’d have sponsored the tours ourselves. ... read more
Miranda July working on script for next film
Three years ago, Miranda July blew many, many minds at the Sundance Film Festival with her debut feature, Me and You and Everyone We Know. Since then, she's turned back to her original crafts of performance art and writing, putting together and publishing a book based on her website, Learning to Love You More, and touring with a new performance piece... read more
What is the greatest b-movie of all time?
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Newly discovered species of spider named after Neil Young
A biologist from East Carolina University has named a newly discovered species of spider after Neil Young, Gigwise reports. Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi, a trapdoor spider, was discovered by Jason Bond in Alabama. ... read more
Tenacious Cee: Black and Green practice Kung Fu
As summer nears, so do the releases of animated films featuring pretty darn cute creatures, like the wide-eyed WALL•E and chubby Kung Fu Panda. But Jack Black and Cee-Lo Green are one-uppping the robot film in the name of martial arts bears everywhere. How are they doing it? With a cover of Carl Douglas' 1974 karaoke staple "Kung Fu Fighting," of course. ... read more
Jimmy Eat World heads on tour, re-releases Bleed American
It's been a long, winding road for Jimmy Eat World. The emo dudes have turned into monsters of mainstream rock with an unlikely career that's seen them go from scrappy, upstart high-schoolers to the biggest thing since The Continental Baking Co. started making a pastry called the Twinkie. The band also just finished its co-headlining tour with a little group called Paramore. JEW keeps on truckin' and the band has a number of dates lined up for those hot summer days that are oh-so-close. ... read more
Werner Herzog and Nicolas Cage to update Bad Lieutenant
At this point, legendary German director Werner Herzog has become the Bill Brasky of the film world. Tales about Herzog are always tall, but never exaggerated: Werner Herzog once cooked and ate his own shoe after losing a bet. Werner Herzog once was shot during an interview, and continued on with the interview. Werner Herzog once ate a whole cake before his friends could tell him there was a stripper in it. Werner Herzog once remade Abel Ferrara's ultra-violent, cult-film Bad Lieutenant, and cast none other than Nicolas Cage as the leading role. ... read more
Lovely Sparrows prep new album, offer exclusive MP3s
After much pain and strife, The Lovely Sparrows will release their new album, Bury the Cynics, July 8 via Abandoned Love and Rebel Group. Bury the Cynics is the Austin, Texas-based band’s first full-length album, and the follow-up to the band’s 2006 EP Pulling Up Floors, Pouring on (New) Paint. read more
Dance your cares away: Fraggle Rock movie in the works
Just when the children of the '80s think they're safe, Hollywood throws another banana peel on the trash heap. The one and only, all-knowing, talking trash heap! As unbelievable as it may sound, Variety reported on Monday that the Weinstein Co. is turning Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock into a live-action flick—and a musical, to boot. ... read more
Spiritualized preps A&E, sets tour dates
Has it really been almost five years since the last Spiritualized record? Sure, Jason Pierce (aka J Spaceman) has kept busy recording soundtracks to beautiful-looking, idiosyncratic indie films and touring the world a bit, but five years without a mind-expanding, heroin-use-referencing, orchestra-arranging Spiritualized record is at least three years too long. ... read more
