The Hotel Yorba

Scot songstress KT Tunstall met everyone’s favorite rock god backstage at a recent festival in Japan. Here’s what she had to say:
He’s like Led Zeppelin in one man. It was a magical moment… the Raconteurs’ dressing room was opposite ours, so I got a bit of paper and wrote, “Did I ever tell you you’re my hero? I’m totally in love with you.” I went to put it in his room, but it was full of the trendiest people who looked like they hadn’t eaten since they were children. I thought, “I can’t put the note in there, they’ll …read more

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Jack once said, “I’ve got three fathers – my biological dad, God and Bob Dylan.”
If that’s so, there was a smashing family reunion last week in Nashville, where White joined the folk legend onstage September 19 at the Ryman Auditorium for a little “Meet Me in the Morning.” The next night saw duets on “One More Cup of Coffee” and “Outlaw Blues.”
Look below for hastily and stealthily shot footage of one of the duets!

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It’s official, ladies and gentlemen. The world is on a Tokyo commuter train blazing toward the End of Times.
Let me just start by saying that all of the following is speculation and rumor. There isn’t a shred of truth to be had here today, if at all.
As we all know, the Stripes recently canceled the remaining dates on their 2007 tour (both U.S. and across the pond), citing Meg’s “acute anxiety,” which is certainly a legitimate reason for taking a break, what with the pressures of a national performance schedule and all.
But many of us are wondering whether Meg’s …read more

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That’s the brutal bombshell this week, Yorbites. I expect many of you are as devastated as I am and surely peeking out through your blinds, searching the horizon for the Four Horsemen.
From the official White wire:
The White Stripes announced today that they are canceling their forthcoming tour due to health issues.  Meg White is suffering from acute anxiety and is unable to travel at this time.
The White Stripes sincerely apologize to their fans.
“We hate to let people down and are very sorry.”
Fans can obtain refunds for their tickets at point of purchase.
Dates affected:
9/13/07  Albuquerque, NM @ Kiva Auditorium
9/15/07  Austin, TX …read more

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The second season of “Theme Time Radio Hour,” Bob Dylan’s award-winning, XM radio program, starts September 19, but already there have been some pretty interesting “special guests” announced, including our own Jack White!
Hope there’s an interview. I do wonder what that would be like…
Dylan: So, Jack, get born keep warm short pants romance learn to dance get dressed get blessed try to be a success?
White: Pardon?

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London radio station XFM 104.9 will be airing an hour-long documentary about the Stripes’ Elephant on Sunday, September 23.
The station is producing 10 documentaries about 10 significant and influential albums of the last decade – yes, that’s 10 again – to celebrate a certain number of years in London broadcasting. Guess how many.
Decaphilia aside, XFM is certainly in the right to dub Elephant a significant and influential album. After all, two Grammys, #390 on Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time,” and NME Album of the Year for 2003 don’t lie.

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The Raconteurs – Jack White’s “other band” – drug-fueled?
That’s the joke at the supergroup’s MySpace page, where they claim that their Nashville recording sessions for a new album have been fueled by “acidophilus powder and flax seed smoke.”
A typed-up conversation between Jack and bandmate Brendan Benson provides that bit of humor and a few others, such as Jack and Brendan trying to explain the new songs’ general excellence:
Jack: But as we were saying, the new songs are coming together strong. I hate to even attempt to describe them…
Brendan: It would be like dancing about architecture.
Reminds me of a …read more

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