Congratulations. This is the Speakeasys second New Years since its founding. We've come a long way since we've began and I'd like to thank all those who've made this blog a brick shithouse of veritable information on music, film, art, fashion, celebrities, and memes.
So my resolution is to make at least 100k my first year out of college and learn how to make it rain just like my boyz Lil Wayne and the fat puertorican guy in the music video.
im back. its been a while but Daniel Plainview has made a triumphant return
ive traveled over half the Pacific Ocean to be here tonight. and i like to think of myself as reality television man. and by reality television, i mean the most atrocious filth to be broadcasted since barry obamaz swearing in speech.
trashy but highly entertaining is how yall might describe it.
i speak of this new hit show airing on MTV (i think) called Jersey Shore.
i havent yet seen an episode yet but app. its the best stuff to air in a long time.
what are yallz thoughts of The Situation, Snooki, domestic violence, blowouts, and clubbing in north jerz??
cant wait till i get home so i can watch it all day.
What other crazy/zany/stupid/trashy tv shows hav you seen lately?
In the next week The Speakeasy will be releasing our list of the Top Ten Producers of the Decade. We are locking ourselves in a room right now to fervently deliberate. Who will come out on top??? Certainly not DIDDY!!! NO SIR!
Fast forward a little bit. This guy DEFINITELY blows massive chunks after the camera goes off. You can tell by the way he approaches the garbage once hes done drinkng.
This song is WAYYYYY overplayed but give those poor french bastards a break. You can't hate on them for creating an incredibly catchy and simple pop tune that for some reason infuses a nostalgia for John Hughes films.
Pete Doherty, frontman of Babyshambles and ex-frontman of The Libertines is easily the most critically acclaimed, tabloid hounded, and controversial artist that no one I know has ever listened to. He's known for being dubbed the greatest British lyricist in his generation, dating Kate Moss, extremely excessive and public hardcore drug use, and a myriad of legal issues. The number of magazine covers and feature pieces on Doherty that I've read in Spin, Rolling Stone, NME,etc.. are astounding for how little I recall actually hearing the music in the last 8 years. Maybe I just haven't been listening. After digging into The Libertines and Babyshambles anthologies I've come to the conclusion that it's all good music. It's deeper, darker, and clearly on a higher level than anything you'll ever hear from The Kooks or The Artic Monkeys. It's also sloppier and not as poppy and mainstream as the aforementioned bands' music. Babyshambles, after breaking up a few years ago, are back together and are set to release an album sometime in 2010. With Doherty clean and sober, the limits of this infamous yet celebrated icon are boundless.
Here are the key Youtube videos to watch on Doherty. My favorites are of a young Doherty in a pre-fame 1997 MTV interview standing in line to get Oasis's Be Here Now, as well as Babyshambles Killamangiro
