A clip of Green Day performing the Danny Elfman-composed Simpsons theme from the new animated feature has been played by some L.A. radio boobs and then preserved by some interweb fan. Warning these vilest of idiot morning jocks talk all over this song. God, they should be scorched off the face of the earth. What a reptilian species they are. PS, this version isn’t on the film’s soundtrack. [Pretty Much Amazing]
Proving they know jackshit about female rockers, the idiots over at feminist manicure blog, Jezebel found a random British Vogue and assumed the model on the cover is British waif-rocker PJ Harvey. Ummm, no. Not even fucking close. [Jezebel]
Multi-hyphenate renaissance man, bassist/douchebag/composer and now actor, Carlos D. of Interpol is shooting a thriller in Chicago, called “My Friends Told Me About You,” which he is producing, starring in and, “most likely, scoring.” The film is directed by Daniel Ryan, the guy who directed “Golgotha,” a short film that Dengler scored. [Time Out Chicago]
– Exciting news. “Southland Tales,” the long-awaited and then shelved follow-up to Richard Kelly‘s “Donnie Darko,” will finally see a proper theatrical release in the U.S. on November 9. The film, about a near-apocalyptic future Los Angeles tanked at Cannes in 2006 and stars The Rock, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Justin Timberlake, and is allegedly pretty strange if the cast wasn’t already a big flaming indicator. [Variety]
Hippie circus rockers, Man Man have written a version of the “Weeds” theme song, “Little Boxes.” Other people contributing covers of the theme for the 3rd season of the pot-friendly Showtime drama include the Shins, Donovan, Joan Baez, Randy Newman, Billy Bob Thornton, Kinky, and Michael Franti. [Pitchfork]
Is this the gothic and pretentious new opening for the “Blade Runner: Final Cut” real? Or is it a fake? [Big Screen Little Screen]
Download: Green Day – “The Simpsons Theme Song (Clip)“
Download: PJ Harvey – “You Said Something”
Download: Interpol – “Next Exit”
Download: The Shins – Red Rabits
