WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Karen O, Where’d you go?
As one of the Pioneering Indie Divas – amongst Leslie Fiest, Regina Spektor, Jenny Lewis, Emily Haines and a few choice others – Karen O has been off the radar for a surprising amount of time. It’s been two years since the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s have released an album together and the same two years since O wrote the score for the Spike Jones adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are. We were beginning to think we had seen the last of Rocktopolis’ Lady Hero. But then the skies opened up and a sun shower of good news rained down.
Have you ever wanted to wear a used pair of ballet slippers worn by Natalie Portman? I know I have! Well here's your chance, Crafts For A Cause is a charity where musicians and entertainers are making crafts to be auctioned off to benefit Haiti.
The amount of people taking part in this is pretty remarkable, Ed Droste from Grizzly Bear is auctioning his guitar that he learned to play on and was the primary guitar used for Horn of Plenty and Yellow House.
After a long, sleep-deprived week, I was readying myself last night for a well-deserved night’s rest before another day of journalistic prosperity here at the joonbug offices. I predicated my slumber with the positive, reinforcing words of Henry Rollins’ spoken word performances; a new personal obsession which, I feel, brings hope and assurance to my often bleak view of everyday life. As my eyes began to involuntarily close, I decided to close-out my session of “youtube-ery” with a video from the site’s side-bar suggestions, namely, a musical performance. I saw the name of a performer I was unfamiliar with and thought, “Why not?” as I clicked on the less-than encumbered thumbnail. In a clip from the former hardcore-singer’s talk-show on cable’s IFC, I saw an exceptionally overweight, middle-aged man in sweat-pants and what looked like a hand-Sharpied t-shirt timidly fist-strumming mangled chords on an acoustic guitar. When he opened his mouth, his nasal, slightly off-key voice began singing a song of love by way of poetic despair that made the world around me float away until all that was left was the music pouring from my computer speakers and my heart that was breaking with each word the man spoke. I replayed the song over and over again, mesmerized at the aural magnetism of the song despite its apparent simplicity. Hours and hours later, early into the morning, I found myself lying on my bed, unable to get to sleep, weeping uncontrollably at the beauty of Daniel Johnston’s music.
What will Gaga do next? That’s a question that will never fully be answered. The always inhabitant free sprit debuted her video for the song ‘Bad Romance’ this week, and once again proves why she is the reigning Queen of Pop music. Throughout the video, Gaga is seen in everything from her birthday suit to a jewel encrusted tutu attached to a long sleeved top paired with cigarette pants and sky scrapper Alexander McQueen heels. The ever so trendy Gaga doned a “Where the Wild things Are” inspired full body white unitard with matching crown. Not only is the ‘Bad Romance’ song catchy, but the music video has introduced the world to trends that we’ll all try to attempt this spring. Just leave the razor blade sunglasses up to Miss Gaga...
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