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An Interview With Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Read Paste's full issue 56 cover story on Where the Wild Things Are here.--Paste: What’s the magic in the story Where The Wild Things Are? Why do you think children and their parents open this book again and again to read about Max and the wild things?O: I think Maurice struck on some winning formula. So much of the magic is in his voice as an illustrator and writer. The book is brimming with both darker and lighter sides of imagination—there is something bittersweet about the story, and maybe there is some hidden depth in that bittersweetness that kids connect... read more
Found in: Books, FeaturesKaren O to American Children: Go Out and Play!
The Where the Wild Things Are saga continues to get more intriguing. Obviously, the movie is based on one of the best children's books of all time, and the trailers alone capture our imagination and make us want to run outside and play like kids. But will the flick have the same affect on, you know, the children?... read more
Found in: Music, NewsKaren O Unveils Where the Wild Things Are Song "All is Love"
It's been a long, long road to travel toward the release of Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are, but it's finally seeming like this flick is going to hit screens. And it'll have a killer soundtrack.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsImaad Wasif Talks Where the Wild Things Are, Streams MP3 From New Album
Awaiting the busy month of October, when he’ll hear the WTWTA soundtrack for the first time in two years and release his own third record, The Voidist, Wasif discusses both projects with Paste... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsJust How Many Versions are There of Where The Wild Things Are? Karen O's Seen Many.
For the past couple years, covering Spike Jonze's forthcoming Where The Wild Things Are has simply been the wolf's pajamas, as writers have faithfully chronicled the film's ultra-delayed release date, director-and-production company squabbles and test screenings that apparently scared the bejesus out of small children. It's no surprise, really. There's a ton of grown-up kids out there peeing their pants in anticipation of its eventual release, and we're no exception. Judging by the film's Arcade Fire-y trailer and the creative force behind it all, Wild Things looks like it'll be stunning when it finally does hit theaters.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsA to Z With Karen O
It’s been six years since the Yeah Yeah Yeahs exploded onto the New York scene with the heady concoction of guitarist Nick Zinner’s angular riffs, Brian Chase’s pinpoint drumming, and... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesYeah Yeah Yeahs' It's Blitz! set for April release
In the digital age, three years feels like an eternity to wait for new material from any band, unless that band is Guns N' Roses. But here we are, finally, three years later, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs are releasing their third album.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsYYYs' Karen O now playing Native Korean Rock
Yeah Yeah Yeahs songstress Karen O is easing up on the snarl a bit. For the last couple of years, she's been recording some lo-fi bedroom songs under the moniker Native Korean Rock.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsKaren O says "Yeah Yeah Yeah" to Wild Things
Although the release of the highly anticipated film version of Where the Wild Things Are may have been pushed back to 2009, work on the film’s soundtrack seems to be moving full speed ahead. Director Spike Jonze has teamed up once more with famed film composer Carter Burwell (Adaptation, Being John Malkovich). But Burwell won’t be the only one setting the whimsical score for the famed children’s book. As previously reported, Karen O, lead singer of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, has been rumored to be linked to the project as well. Although the extent of her involvement has remained fuzzy, Burwell... read more
Found in: Music, NewsKaren O is Where the Wild Things Are
There were a few reasons why we did a hop and a leap into bed out of fear that something under the bed would eat us when we were five. Namely: monsters. And not amiable, cuddly creatures like Monster Inc.'s Sulley. We're talking jaundiced, googly-eyed monsters like in Maurice Sendak's classic children's book Where the Wild Things Are. With a gigantic budget of a speculated $80 million, the fiercely protective Sendak is enthused about the movie adaptation by Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers. The Daily Swarm led us to a report that Jonze's ex-flame and Yeah Yeah Yeahs doyenne Karen... read more
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