Sugar, We're Going Down Running: Paste:Local Takes On the Nike+ Human Race
[Above: The author celebrates an unlikely accomplishment to the sweet sounds of Fall Out Boy.]On Sunday, 25 cities around the world participated in Nike+ Human Race. Billed as the “World’s Biggest One-Day Running Event,” the 10K jaunt culminated in music concerts held in each city: Chicago got locally-grown Fall Out Boy, while hometown boy Kanye West teamed up with Common in Los Angeles. Joining close to 14,000 other Chicago runners, the largest turnout of any U.S. city participating in the global run, was one of the most exhilarating and intimidating things I’ve done in a long while. For a 30-something... read more
Found in: Local:ChicagoAlejandro Escovedo, Kanye, many more perform at DNC
The Democratic National Convention kicked off last night in Denver, Colo. with a tribute to Ted Kennedy and a heartwarming speech from Michelle Obama. All well and good, mind you, but it's the four-day bonanza of musicians set to perform that boggles the mind. While music has been prevalent in campaigns for the last few decades, Barack Obama and the DNC take the cake with a truckload of inspiring and interesting choices for this year's convention.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsZach Galifianakis on his first encounters with...
Read our issue 46 feature on Zach Galifianakis here.--...Sean Penn: "He called my cell phone and was like, 'Hey, it's Sean Penn.' And I'm like, 'Uh-huh...' He's like, 'What are you doing next week?' And I said, 'I'm going to Arby's.' Then I kinda realized it was him. I didn't audition [for Into the Wild]; I just showed up to South Dakota. It was me and him and Vince Vaughn and Emile Hirsch in a hunting lodge together for two weeks. But when I first got there, I said to Sean, 'How do you know me?' and he said he'd... read more
Found in: CultureKanye West to produce Jay-Z's Blueprint 3
[Above: Kanye West and Jay-Z at Miami's American Airlines Arena in March] Since the most recent preview of Jay-Z's new post-"retirement" project came at a Kanye West concert last week, it's not too surprising that news comes today, via hip-hop producer Mick Boogie, that West has been confirmed as head producer for "most, if not all" of the tracks on the forthcoming Blueprint 3 album. ... read more
Found in: Music, NewsLollapalooza 2008 round-up
Above: Bang CamaroAnother Lollapalooza weekend has come and gone and music fans of all stripes left happy (unless, of course, they were fans of the Weakerthans, who had to cancel as a result of travel problems). Despite a record attendance of 225,000 fans, festivities and rock went on seamlessy under sun-filled skies each day. The festival's organizers outdid themselves this year with opening acts, starting the weekend out with a bang. Bang Camaro, that is. Other rising stars followed suit on days two and three with the Ting Tings belting out their infectious pop tunes (we overheard Love and Rockets'... read more
Found in: Blogs, FestivusKanye West reality show in the works?
OMG!!! KANYE WEST IS GETTING HIS OWN REALITY SHOW!!!!! WE'RE SO EXCITED WE MIGHT BREAK OUR FUCKING MAC BOOK AIRS TO CELEBRATE!!!!! ... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsKanye West, Wyclef, Pharrell to perform for Barack Obama
It's the worst-kept secret in politics these days that Barack Obama loves hip-hop. Whether he's name-checking Lil Wayne or getting that dirt off his shoulders, Obama has amassed an all-star cotérie of rappers willing to back the Democratic Party nominee. He even had Hova offering a voice of encouragement for voters in the Ohio primary, for cryin' out loud. The National can seem a little anemic in comparison to the C-E-O-of-the-R-O-C.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsUpdate: Listen to Ben Sollee's Kanye West diss track
Update: Listen to the track here.--“You’re letting me down,” sings Ben Sollee on “Dear Kanye,” a song released on his MySpace page yesterday. Bringing the fire, Sollee reprimands the Great Ye for forgetting that “No one needs a light show/ Just good flows,” and further for wasting his potential to inspire youth by instead blogging “commercials / For stuff [they]’ll never need.”... read more
Found in: Music, NewsAbsolut Vodka and Kanye West think it's easy to be Yeezy
Kanye West said it better than anyone ever could: "Wake up, Mr. West, Mr. West, Mr. Fresh, Mr. By-His-Self-He-So-Impressed." We already know 'Ye has a pretty good sense of humor, even if his ego soars to titanic levels at times. Now, Kanye is willing to share the secret to his success with you. What could it be? A magic bear-suit and pair of white sunglasses? Robotic augmentation by Daft Punk? No, the answer is much, much simpler and weirder: BeKanye.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsKanye West calls Bonnaroo organizers "fucking idiots"
“I feel the pressure, under more scrutiny. And what I do? Act more stupidly.”Kanye West - “Can’t Tell Me Nothing”Read any good blogs lately? Kanye has, and he's been writing some posts of his own as well. ... read more
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