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Arcade Fire: So Not Unpopular. PLUS: Pete Makes Do With Carl, Screech Won’t Stop

1/12/07, 2:01 pm EST

Arcade Fire

  • Guess what? The Arcade Fire are huge. Its not like this is news, but the band is proving it via the rate at which their UK dates have sold out. Phone lines were the proverbial “jammed” and the online ticket sale traffic was apparently pretty intense as well.
  • Carl Barat is reportedly Pete Doherty’s backup best man. Doherty apparently really wanted his Babyshambles guitarist Mick Whitnall to do the honors in Pete’s perpetually forthcoming wedding to Kate Moss. But Moss apparently thinks Whitnall is a bad influence on her future husband, so the couple has allegedly agreed on Barat. Does she know that Barat gets the best crack?
  • Dustin Diamond’s attempt to explain the sex tape incident is almost as depressing and offensive as the original footage. He describes himself as someone who has “squeezed a few pairs” and makes backdoor access jokes. Bleh.
  • Soon-to-be-superstar producer Mark Ronson has a new album called Version coming out in April. The record will feature his creative reinterpretations of other artists’ songs, such as the revamped version of Britney Spears’ Toxic he’s reportedly made. He found that the only problem with the song was Brit’s vocals, so he replaced them with some ODB rhymes, tweaked a few other things, and voila. Looking forward to it? Let us know.
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Wayne | 1/12/2007, 2:48 pm EST

Ahh yes. “Jammed”. That classic proverb. Idiot.

baba o riley | 1/12/2007, 3:09 pm EST

… Not to jump on the band wagon, but it’s “the Arcade Fire IS huge,” not “ARE huge.”

Sorry to be a stickler, but AP style writing was beaten into me as a child.

HipsterScienceAlgebraEquations | 1/12/2007, 3:48 pm EST

Have u heard Ronsons remix of Stop Me by Morrissey. That alone makes him great. And Rehab by Amy Winehouse. Why she hasn’t blown up in the states is beyind my wee little brains comprehension.

jb | 1/12/2007, 3:59 pm EST

Offscreen. Man’s voice: “Lemme see your titty.”

Onscreen. Woman: “I don’t even know you.”

Offscreen. Man’s voice: “C’mon! You grew up with me, baby.”

this is just about the funniest thing I have ever read

likroper.com | 1/12/2007, 4:18 pm EST

arcade fire is a VERY dangerous sounding name – what about the children?!

yahya m | 1/12/2007, 4:32 pm EST

man, ive been telling people about arcade fire for sometime now, i will give it to MTV for there subterrainian show, thats where i first heard them amongst others. also, hell ya i would like to hear mark ronson’s album.

J | 1/12/2007, 6:12 pm EST

“Funeral” is the most overrated album of the decade. Good, but not the Second Coming like many people made it out to be.

Mike S | 1/12/2007, 8:31 pm EST

The Libertines just need to re-unite already and stop teasing us.

pete fan | 1/13/2007, 4:03 am EST

dont marry kate marry me

Jesus... | 1/14/2007, 8:32 pm EST

‘Funeral’ is not only one of the most UNDERRATED albums of the decade, it’s one of the best albums ever made. It’s energy is matched only by it’s artistic creativity.

And what the hell do you mean “the second coming”? the second coming of what? Who the hell is making Funeral out to be the second coming of anything? wtf are you talking about?

likroper.com | 1/15/2007, 12:16 pm EST

it looks like Jesus has a problem with the ’second coming’ language used, so perhaps RS should be more sensitive to his feelings and avoid such language next time…

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