Video of the Day: Datarock, “True Stories”
These cheeky Norwegians construct an entire song out of Talking Heads song titles and accompany this litany of track names with music that could easily pass for Fear of Music outtakes.
Static, Episode 20: “Hush Hush Commotion”
Interview
“Too Damn Young”
“Untitled”
“War of Words”
Video of the Day: Passion Pit, “To Kingdom Come”
Passion Pit | To Kingdom Come from EFFIN' MEGA VIDEOS on Vimeo.
If Passion Pit are scientists, then are We Are Scientists Passion Pits? From Manners.
Adam Yauch Illness: Beastie Boys Disc, Tour Postponed
Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his left salivary gland last week. The growth was caught early, localized in a small area and is considered treatable, but to allow for full recovery, tour dates and the release of Hot Sauce Committee Part One have been postponed.
“I just need to take a little time to get this in check, and then we’ll release the record and play some shows. It’s a pain in the neck (sorry, had to say it) because I was really looking forward to playing these shows, but the doctors have made it clear that this is not the kind of thing that can be put aside to deal with later,” Yauch said in a statement.
We in the Staticblog community hope MCA enjoys a strong bounce back from this, and that the release can get back on track soon.
UPDATE: Here’s a video statement from MCA with King Ad Rock.
Video of the Day: Jenny Lewis, “See Fernando”
Jenny Lewis “See Fernando” from Team G on Vimeo.
Our erstwhile Rilo Kiley heroine goes ’60s spy chic.
Michael Jackson Pepsi Fire, 1984
My primary memory of this ad was that it came out around the same time as that awful “State of Shock” single from the Jacksons and Mick Jagger, and back then, rewriting “Billie Jean” as “You’re the Pepsi Generation” was an unforgivable cheeseball cash grab, whereas these days it’s just the cost of doing business in an industry that embraces crassness.
But all that is beside the point. We never really knew at the time just how bad this was — The handlers all seemed to brush it off as a minor injury, a slight singe. No, this was a nasty burn. This doesn’t mean that all the quasi-journos saying that this led to his painkiller addiction are right — as Idolator mentioned not long ago, a good portion of the Entertainment Reporting Complex covering this story is writing fan fiction right now — but you don’t get out of something like this with two aspirin and an ice bag.
“30 Rock” and “Mad Men” lead Emmy nominations
The 2009 Emmy Award nominations were announced this morning, with “30 Rock” and “Mad Men” leading the way with 22 and 16 noms, respectively. Here is a massive list to pore over in search of taste ratifications and complete injustices. Neil Patrick Harris will host the awards Sept. 20, which might be more entertaining that all these shows and performers combined.
BEST COMEDY SERIES
“Entourage”
“Family Guy”
“Flight of the Conchords”
“How I Met Your Mother”
“The Office”
“30 Rock”
“Weeds”
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock”
Steve Carell, “The Office”
Jemaine Clement, “Flight of the Conchords”
Jim Parsons, “The Big Bang Theory”
Tony Shalhoub, “Monk”
Charlie Sheen, “Two and a Half Men”
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Christina Applegate, “Samantha Who?”
Toni Collette, “United States of Tara”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “The New Adventures of Old Christine”
Tina Fey, “30 Rock”
Mary-Louise Parker, “Weeds”
Sarah Silverman, “The Sarah Silverman Program”
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jon Cryer, “Two and a Half Men”
Kevin Dillon, “Entourage”
Neil Patrick Harris, “How I Met Your Mother”
Jack McBrayer, “30 Rock”
Tracy Morgan, “30 Rock”
Rainn Wilson, The Office
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Kristin Chenoweth, “Pushing Daisies”
Jane Krakowski, “30 Rock”
Elizabeth Perkins, “Weeds”
Amy Poehler, “Saturday Night Live”
Kristin Wiig, “Saturday Night Live”
Vanessa Williams, “Ugly Betty”
GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
Alan Alda, “30 Rock”
Beau Bridges, “Desperate Housewives”
Jon Hamm, “30 Rock”
Steve Martin, “30 Rock”
Justin Timberlake, “Saturday Night Live”
GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES
Jennifer Aniston, “30 Rock”
Christine Baranski, “The Big Bang Theory”
Tina Fey, “Saturday Night Live”
Gena Rowlands, “Monk”
Elaine Stritch, “30 Rock”
Betty White, “My Name Is Earl”
BEST DRAMA SERIES
“Big Love”
“Breaking Bad”
“Damages”
“Dexter”
“House”
“Lost”
“Mad Men”
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Simon Baker, “The Mentalist”
Gabriel Byrne, “In Treatment”
Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad”
Michael C. Hall, “Dexter”
Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”
Hugh Laurie, “House”
BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Glenn Close, “Damages”
Sally Field, “Brothers & Sisters”
Mariska Hargitay, “Law & Order: SVU”
Holly Hunter, “Saving Grace”
Elisabeth Moss, “Mad Men”
Kyra Sedgwick, “The Closer”
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Christian Clemenson, “Boston Legal”
Michael Emerson, “Lost”
William Hurt, “Damages”
Aaron Paul, “Breaking Bad”
William Shatner, “Boston Legal”
John Slattery, “Mad Men”
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Rose Byrne, “Damages”
Hope Davis, “In Treatment”
Cherry Jones, “In Treatment”
Sandra Oh, “Grey’s Anatomy”
Dianne Wiest, “In Treatment”
Chandra Wilson, “Grey’s Anatomy”
GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
Edward Asner, “CSI: NY”
Ted Danson, “Damages”
Ernest Borgnine, “ER”
Michael J. Fox, “Rescue Me”
Jimmy Smits, “Dexter”
GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Brenda Blethyn, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”
Carol Burnett, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”
Ellen Burstyn, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”
Sharon Lawrence, “Grey’s Anatomy”
CCH Pounder, “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency”
REALITY COMPETITION PROGRAM
“The Amazing Race”
“American Idol”
“Dancing With The Stars”
“Project Runway”
“Top Chef”
HOST FOR A REALITY OR REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM
Tom Bergeron, “Dancing With the Stars”
Phil Keoghan, “The Amazing Race”
Heidi Klum, “Project Runway”
Padma Lakshmi (Host) and Tom Colicchio (Co-Host), “Top Chef”
Jeff Probst, “Survivor”
Ryan Seacrest, “American Idol”
REALITY SERIES
“Antiques Roadshow”
“Dirty Jobs”
“Dog Whisperer”
“Intervention”
“Kathy Griffin: My Life On The D-List”
“MythBusters”
VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SERIES
“The Colbert Report”
“The Daily Show With Jon Stewart”
“Late Show With David Letterman”
“Real Time With Bill Maher”
“Saturday Night Live”
VARIETY, MUSIC, OR COMEDY SPECIAL
“Will Ferrell: You’re Welcome America. A Final Night With George W. Bush”
“Ricky Gervais: Out of England”
“Kathy Griffin: She’ll Cut a Bitch”
“The Kennedy Center Honors”
“Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger”
MINISERIES
“Generation Kill”
“Little Dorrit”
MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE
“Coco Chanel”
“Grey Gardens”
“Into The Storm”
“Prayers For Bobby”
“Taking Chance”
ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
Kevin Bacon, “Taking Chance”
Kenneth Branagh, “Wallander: One Step Behind”
Kevin Kline, “Cyrano de Bergerac (Great Performances)”
Brendan Gleeson, “Into the Storm”
Sir Ian McKellen, “King Lear (Great Performances)”
Kiefer Sutherland, “24: Redemption”
ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
Drew Barrymore, “Grey Gardens”
Jessica Lange, “Grey Gardens”
Shirley MacLaine, “Coco Chanel”
Sigourney Weaver, “Prayers For Bobby”
Chandra Wilson, “Accidental Friendship”
SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Len Cariou, “Into the Storm”
Tom Courtenay, “Little Dorrit”
Ken Howard, “Grey Gardens”
Bob Newhart, “The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice”
Andy Serkis, “Little Dorrit”
SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR MOVIE
Shohreh Aghdashloo, “House Of Saddam”
Marcia Gay Harden, “The Courageous Heart Of Irena Sendler (Hallmark Hall Of Fame Presentation)”
Janet McTeer, “Into The Storm”
Jeanne Tripplehorn, “Grey Gardens”
Cicely Tyson, “Relative Stranger”
Paul McCartney on “The Late Show with David Letterman”
Macca returned to The Ed Sullivan Theater on Wednesday, sacred ground in the Beatles history, to play an extended set for Dave. The “Peter Gunn” interlude on “Coming Up” was a nice touch. This is basically the same band he had with him at Ford Center seven years ago — Abe Laboriel Jr. is a monster on the drums, and Paul played for about three hours with few breaks, mainly just to get some water. Even in his late ’60s, few people can match this man. If you can make it to the BOK Center on Aug. 17, by all means do so.
The set:
“Coming Up”
“Band on the Run”
“Let Me Roll It”
“Helter Skelter”
“Back in the U.S.S.R.”
Video of the Day: Sean Bones, “Dancehall”
Just when you think you’ve tired of rock-reggae treatments, Sean Bones comes along to prove there’s still gold in those grooves.
“Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters”
From the good people who brought you “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.”
