She's really got the covers bug, that Cat Power. Here's her version of Space Oddity soundtracking a car advert in the States. It's dreamy, in that Chan drawl sort of way, and, like Pitchfork says, it makes you want to hear more than a 30-second clip. Your verdict?
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Already worn out your Dr Dre headphones? Then you're in luck - Jay-Z has taken enough time out from being a rock star to endorse a pair of his very own. And Janet Jackson is busy launching her own underwear. But what if they bumped heads and combined the two?
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Pink Floyd, blowers of tiny minds and enemies of teaching, have a very loyal following to this day. Tho it's fair to say they're getting on a bit. So will OAP fan-dads and grans pay good money for what they're calling The Great Gig in the Sea? Or is a four-day Pink Floyd cruise someone's sick idea of hell...
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If you did not know it already, the Wu are very big on chess. In fact, it would not put too fine a point on it to say that The Wu and chess go way back. The RZA is particularly keen, which is why we bring you this youtubulation from the Wu Chess blog...
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Browsing HMV's website this afternoon, we found a soon-to-be-on-sale Guns N Roses babygrow. Ahhhh. Cutey wutey Axl Rose, dressing ickle babbies. But, bizarrely, the rock & roll baby clothing industry is massive:
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Leggins (and this is the correct spelling) have apparently been flying from the shelves of online fashion outlet Shop Intuition this week, after Lindsay Lohan designed a whole range for those of us who favour tights, but with the ends chopped off...
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