According to the results of a poll entitled “The 20 Best Live Bands Playing Right Now” at Rolling Stone’s Rock & Roll Daily, the Stripes are the #1 band to see in person this year, topping such mammoth acts as Radiohead, U2, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and even the newly-reformed Rage Against The Machine!
A poll wasn’t required, Stone. Based on available YouTube footage alone, the answer is obvious to everyone, not just us Yorbites!
Far-fetched? Not quite. Stranger things have happened in the world of video games and the Stripes are certainly a high profile act these days, having sold millions of albums.
So, in the spirit of hope, perhaps we should take a census. In your opinion, Yorbites, which Stripes album would provide the best material for the rocking of colored, plastic frets?
{democracy:2}
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Word from the official White wire:
Dear candy cane children,
The White Stripes are announcing that the “single note performance” in Newfoundland will be their last secret/side/B show for quite sometime. Every free performance was a success on the brink of disaster, and the band regrettably must retire them for the time being… undefeated! The Stripes did their best to ensure that fans of the band knew about the shows before anyone else, and are very happy for those who were able to find out and attend. The fans have been very supportive and aiding in the events, and Jack and Meg …read more
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Jack played a single C-sharp on George Street in the city of St. John’s, Newfoundland on Monday, announcing the end of the Canadian portion of the Stripes’ North American tour. A shout of…
We’ve now officially played in every province and territory in Canada!
…and a quick exit to prepare for a full-length set at St. John’s Mile One Stadium later that evening, the truly final show.
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Have you ever heard the ancient ones talking about a giant, black disc that made noises when you spun it? Apparently, those discs were called “gramophone records” or, more commonly, “vinyl.” No, they weren’t electronic and they certainly didn’t hold gigabytes. No file transfers, no video support. Nothing. Naturally, with the age of the compact disc and the subsequent age of the iPod, these magic circles were declared a dead medium.
Someone call George Romero! The dead have risen!
According to an article at the Guardian Unlimited, sales of vinyl in the United Kingdom are up an amazing 13%, with our own …read more
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Stories are sweeping in about those stranger tour locations on the Stripes’ North American tour:
Daycamp and a young R. Kelly impersonator!
Bagpipes, kilts and a cannon!
Fiddling at the Savoy Theatre!
And finally…
A fishing boat?
The gig spots just keep getting charmingly wackier.
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Welcome, Yorbites, and witness the birth of a new tradition at the Hotel Yorba: Fanart Fridays!
Every Friday, I’ll serve up some delightful artistic renderings of Jack and Meg for your viewing pleasure.
Today:
“the white stripes” by koosh-llama
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How do you come up with those savage riffs, Jack? Why the brother-sister approach in the early days, Meg? What about that number three fixation?
There are thousands of questions for Jack and Meg burning in the brains of Yorbites everywhere. If only they could be answered…
Now they can be!
Looks like the Stripes will be interviewed on ABC News Now, ABC’s twenty-four hour news channel, on Monday, July 23rd. The News Now site says that curious fans can email video footage of their questions and have them answered during the program!
You can send in your queries by way of …read more
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Now that the new Stripes’ album Icky Thump has been out for nearly a month, let’s take a look at the reviews that have accumulated via Metacritic:
THE PROS ->
musicOMH.com
It’s eccentric, it’s exhilarating, it is, in parts, absolutely insane. Yet it’s never less than absolutely compelling, which is what makes the White Stripes one of the greatest bands of modern times.
Lost At Sea
At 48 minutes, Icky Thump has enough genre-hopping, rip-roaring tunes to get even the 70s rock purist nodding his head again.
The Guardian
Icky Thump positively swarms out of the speakers.
Entertainment Weekly [22 Jun 2007, p.68]
Despite all the distortion …read more
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Word from the official White wire:
The spot for the Stripes’ Anchorage gig has been changed to the George M. Sullivan Sports Arena. Apparently, more space was needed to accommodate all those screaming fans! Don’t worry if you’ve already purchased tickets. They’ll be accepted for GA floor seats.
But that’s not all! New items have been added to the Stripes’ web store: t-shirts featuring a “button horse” (somewhat reminiscent of a similar creature in The Science of Sleep) and a penguin, the Jack & Meg flash drives finally available for international customers and official tablature books for the albums White Blood Cells …read more
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