N.O.R.E. and Large Professor, "Build Pyramids"
by Dave Bry Good ol' N.O.R.E. is very happy to be rhyming over a beat made by the revered Main Source producer Large Professor. "You're a genius," he says to his fellow Queens rap vet. "And with them...
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Dear Mom
by Dave Bry (This letter is an excerpt from the new memoir Public Apology, out today!) Sorry for choosing Hannah and Her Sisters when you asked me to go out and rent some movies for our family to...
View ArticleSigur Rós, "Brennisteinn"
by Dave Bry I usually find Sigur Rós to be soothing. [Ed. Note: Also I don't know how to spell Sigur Rós.] But this new video of theirs is a queasy-making horror movie. If that's what you're in the...
View ArticleMeek Mill And Rick Ross, "Believe It"
by Dave Bry This song is great in the way that many of Maybach Music Group songs are great, which is to say: a behemoth beat made of 808 bass, piano and church bells, Rick Ross's baritone sounding...
View ArticleDeke Richards, 1944 – 2013
by Dave Bry Motown songwriter Deke Richards died of esophageal cancer on Sunday in a hospice in Bellingham, Washington. Born Dennis Lussier in Los Angeles, Richards and his partners in the songwriting...
View ArticleThe White Mandingos, "The Ghetto Is Tryna Kill Me"
by Dave Bry When Awl pal Sacha Jenkins was a teenager growing up in Queens, he was into graffiti and rap music and, more than anything perhaps, the Washington D.C. hardcore legends The Bad Brains. In...
View ArticleWho Does The Best "Chelsea Hotel #2"?
by Dave Bry In news that will surely anger some people, Lana Del Rey has recorded a cover version of Leonard Cohen's classic song about Janis Joplin, "Chelsea Hotel #2." She made a video to accompany...
View ArticleTyler, The Creator, "IFHY" Featuring Pharell/"Jamba" Featuring Hodgy Beats
by Dave Bry The new album from Odd Future rapper/producer Tyler, the Creator comes out tomorrow. It is acclaimed! The video for the first single is super creepy and great—with a nice little nod to...
View ArticleHow To Build A Subterranean Breakfast Nook Where You Can Cook Up Some Worms...
by Dave Bry Hippies: Are they good for anything at all? Well, yes, it turns out. If you want a comfy little place to eat breakfast in the woods in Bolinas, California, hippies are the folks to make it...
View ArticleThe Flaming Lips And Bon Iver, "Ashes In The Air"
by Dave Bry Do you remember on "Mork & Mindy" when Mork and Mindy had a baby but it turned that aliens from Mork's planet were born old and then aged backwards so the baby was played by...
View ArticlePeople Will Be Singing That Song From From The White Stripes "Elephant" Album...
by Dave Bry The White Stripes' greatest album, Elephant, came out ten years ago this week. You probably know about how the first song, "Seven Nation Army," has become a ubiquitous (and sort of...
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On Memory And Honesty And The Line Between Fiction And Non-Fiction
by Dave Bry "In the book, I tell a story about the day that my father brought home the news that he’d been diagnosed with terminal cancer. I was a senior in high school, a month shy of graduating; he...
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What Does The Lamb With Five Legs Mean?
by Dave Bry A lamb with an extra leg was born on Easter Sunday at a farm in Northumberland, England. Named, "Quinto," the lamb has a fifth leg sticking out of the middle of its chest, between its...
View ArticleCat Power, "Manhattan"
by Dave Bry Hey, can you see your favorite neighborhood spot in Cat Power's new video? Tompkins Square Park? Doyers Street in Chinatown? The basketball courts on Christie and Houston? Economy Candy on...
View ArticlePharrell Williams Is 40
by Dave Bry Probably one of the four of five most prominent hip-hop producers of all time, Pharrell Williams turns 40 today. The new Myspace is celebrating with a nice collection of 41 of his greatest...
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Which Is A Worse Piece Of Garbage, Ray J's Song About Kim Kardashian Or Brad...
by Dave Bry This week, hip-hop presents us with an interesting problem: Which is more horrible, a song from a second-rate publicity whore rehashing his biggest claim to fame, which happens to have...
View ArticleGhostface Killah, Master Killer And Killah Priest Perform "I Declare War"...
by Dave Bry They killed it. (Sorry. You can listen to Ghostface's new album here, at NPR, where one would expect to be able to listen to the new Ghostface Killah album. I recommend doing so. I enjoyed...
View ArticleWatch A Navy Boat Blast An Airplane Out Of The Sky With A Laser Beam
by Dave Bry 8-year-old me would have been VERY DISAPPOINTED to learn that when finally we weaponized laser beams in real life they'd be invisible instead of glowing green or orange or purple like...
View ArticleL.L. Cool J And Brad Paisley, "Live For You"
by Dave Bry Two of Brad Paisley's heads could fit inside one of L.L. Cool J's. 5 Comments
View ArticleWe Will Soon Use Mind Control To Make Armies Of Sleepwalking Rats Do Whatever...
by Dave Bry I can't wait til I can just think "Okay, rats, bedtime!" and my team of rat slaves will follow my wordless commands to take off my clothes, put on my pajamas, pull down my blankets and...
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