Neko Case: Pet Sounds
Neko Case emerges from a rustic Vermont farm with the album of her life and a newfound outlook on love, meteorology, and chocolate chip cookies.
By Ellen Carpenter 02.25.09 8:57 PM
Neko Case's biggest fans bum-rush her at her front door. "Hi, guys!" she singsongs as four large dogs come clattering over floorboards to fill the entrance of her Tucson, Arizona home with sheer body-wiggling desperation. You'd think she'd been on tour for weeks, not at a local café for two hours.
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Mark Hoppus Responds to SPIN Editor's Blog
Ellen Carpenter's plan to prevent a blink-182 reunion enraged fans -- and possibly Mark Hoppus himself.
By Ellen Carpenter 02.25.09 2:53 PM
On his website, blink-182 singer/bassist Mark Hoppus responded to something I posted in a blog yesterday.
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Rock Stars Benefit from Obama Stimulus Plan!
SPIN's Ellen Carpenter suggests how the President might spend some of that $787 billion -- and help out rock'n'roll.
By Ellen Carpenter 02.24.09 4:45 PM
Given all the new beneficiaries of President Obama's economic stimulus package -- first-time home-buyers, small business owners, unemployed bloggers -- the American rock music industry seems to have been cruelly overlooked. For just a fraction of that $787 billion, many singers and rappers at risk could be pulled from the brink of ruin.
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Jacko on Broadway: Genius or Sign of Apocalypse?
SPIN's Ellen Carpenter on the disturbing news that Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is headed to the stage.
By Ellen Carpenter 02.02.09 10:16 AM
A few signs that the end of the world is near:
One: Rampant greed has brought a great nation to its knees.
Two: A recipe calling for "two pounds bacon, two pounds sausage" has inflamed America's kitchens.
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Ladyhawke: The Ingenue
BIG IN '09: Meet the most appealing pop star named after a Michelle Pfeiffer movie since Scarface, and download two of her MP3s!
By Ellen Carpenter 01.19.09 12:09 PM
She may be a bottle blonde with a taut midriff, but Pip Brown is sick of getting pegged as a would-be Britney. "People assume when they see me live for the first time that my drummer wrote all the music," says Brown, a.k.a. Ladyhawke. "If it was a guy standing up there with a guitar singing, nobody would assume he wasn't the writer."
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Kelly Clarkson: Is Her New Music Any Good?
SPIN's Ellen Carpenter on the just released single from the most loveable American Idol contestant ever.
By Ellen Carpenter 01.15.09 12:08 PM
Kelly Clarkson and I have never met, but I bet if we did, we'd totally hit it off.
We'd go out for drinks -- but end up ordering pear-tinis and chocolate mousse -- and we'd talk about old high school crushes, the first time we got drunk, and how it's so weird that we still like Brad Pitt but hate Angelina.
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