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Mae: Christian Bale tirade - The Mae Shi record tribute song
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Los Angeles rockers The Mae Shi have recorded a tribute song to actor Christian Bale after a sound file of his alleged expletive-ridden tirade at director of photography Shane Hurlbut on the set of 'Terminator: Salvation' hit the internet.
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Mae: New Music: The Mae Shi [ft. Christian Bale]: "R U Professional" [Stream]
submitted by Nick Feb 3rd 2009 07:01 pm (www.pitchforkmedia.com)
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Yesterday TMZ posted audio of Christian Bale freaking the fuck out on a director of photography during the filming of Terminator Salvation. A scene was ruined because the guy walked or stood in the wrong place or something, and Bale unleashes a paint-peeling verbal tirade that gives you an idea of the kind of inner anger he draws upon when he's ...
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Kanye West: Is Not Making Bisexual Porn, Sorry
submitted by Nick Jan 23rd 2009 10:00 pm (www.pitchforkmedia.com)
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In totally shocking news, someone in the Allhiphop forums has too much time on his hands. On Tuesday, some anonymous hater posted what he (and it's almost certainly a he) claimed were quotes from an interview Kanye West did with David Watts of the porn-biz trade rag AVN. Quotes like this: "I'm open to doing porn. Hell, I'll even do bisexual scen...
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Depeche Mode: Bring Us Sounds of the Universe
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It's been a minute since we heard from Depeche Mode, but the long-running synthpop institution is finally done with a new album, Sounds of the Universe. Mute will release the album on April 20 in Europe and will team with Capitol to release it on April 21 in the U.S.According to a press release, the band recorded the LP in Santa Barbara and New ...
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Jens Lekman: New Music: Jens Lekman: "Water Runs Dry" (Boyz II Men cover; live in New York) [MP3]
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Jens Lekman played a few songs ahead of fellow Swede Frida Hyvönen's set Tuesday night at Googie's Lounge in New York, BrooklynVegan reports. As shouldn't be too surprising from a guy who had a roomful of Williamsburgers dancing to Mariah Carey during his CMJ set less than a month ago, one of those songs was a Boyz II Men cover. Lekman...
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