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April 30, 2005

Cinco de Becko? From beck.com:

WIN TICKETS TO KEVIN & BEAN'S CINCO DE BECKO
br /> All weekend long you can win tickets to Kevin & Bean's Cinco De Becko breakfast on Thursday [5/5]. Hang out with Kevin & Bean while Beck performs in front of a small group of KROQ listeners. Plus, just for winning you score a pair of tickets to see Beck on July 22nd when he plays the Gibson (formerly Universal) Amphitheatre. Just be caller 20 at 800-520-1067 for your chance to win!

posted by Robyn at 1:22 PM EST

April 29, 2005

Beck.com says to listen to KROQ's Kevin and Bean morning show at 6 AM tomorrow morning for a SPECIAL BECK ANNOUNCEMENT, WHOA! Alright. Also watch MTV for "a brief news piece about the Hiro Ballroom show" on Friday at 2:50 AM, 4:50 AM, 12:50p PM, or 5:50 PM.

Some Guero reviews:

posted by Robyn at 12:47 AM EST

April 26, 2005

Beck will perform on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on Friday May 6th. [from beck.com]

posted by Robyn at 11:08 PM EST

April 23, 2005

More Guero reviews:

posted by Robyn at 12:54 PM EST

April 18, 2005

Some reviews:

Pitchfork: 3 Guero remixes [from Daniel Star]
The Yale Herald: Hell Yes EP [from Jmj/David/Me]
The Stanford Daily: Guero review [from Jmj/David/Me]
MTV: Semi-Secret New York Gig [from beck.com]

Media links:

Download the Venom Confection E-Pro remix from stereogum
Watch Beck's SNL performances at prefixmag [from aekituesday]

posted by Robyn at 6:52 PM EST

April 16, 2005

You can download Boards of Canada's beautiful remix of "Broken Drum" at Scissorkick.

posted by Robyn at 4:32 PM EST

Last night's show at Hiro Ballroom was awesome. Not that you needed me to tell you that. Wireimage is on top of things and has already got photos--too bad you can't actually enlarge them. My photos aren't as good but hey, only "some" rights reserved! If you're really, really bored, you can read my poorly written review.

More reviews and media:

The Modern Age has a review and cool balcony photos.
Aziz has a review, photos, and video clips. He gives a great description of the dude in red (totally amped!).
Brooklyn Vegan has a review, loads of photos, and a lengthy rundown of the people willing to sell their souls for tickets.
Jay Parkinson flickred lovely black and white photos.
Thighs Wide Shut has photos and a review
Productshop has a review

posted by Robyn at 3:43 AM EST

April 15, 2005

Fuse is showing a Beck interview tonight between 6 and 7pm (from beck.com).

posted by Robyn at 4:33 PM EST

April 14, 2005

It's old news by now but Beck is playing at the Hiro Ballroom at the Maritime Hotel in NYC tomorrow night. (I know this is a Beck fansite but I think it would have defeated the purpose of having a "secret show" if I put the information up before the tickets went onsale.) ~~Hooray, beck.com is giving you the chance to win tickets to the show!~~ Update from beck.com:

Thanks to all that entered, the contest is over. Congratulations to Micah Spivak, Nicole Books, and Pete Rosenblum, who answered the three questions correctly and got a pair of tix to tonights show! The correct answers were: 1) The Stone Roses - Love Spreads (directed by Steve Hanft) 2) Electric Music and the Summer People 3) Pecker

Remember that he's on Saturday Night Live this week. There are some more European tour dates.

posted by Robyn at 9:56 PM EST

April 12, 2005

Listen to Dailysonic's April 12th podcast to hear their Guero review (fast forward to 27:30). Beck is playing in Holland on June 8th at the Heineken Music Hall. [from spirit dutch]

posted by Robyn at 11:00 AM EST

April 11, 2005

Beck will appear on Saturday Night Live this week on April 16th. Click on the red puppet on beck.com's Guero page to hear a remix of "Farewell Ride". [from jackinthebox] (Thanks to the people who have signed the guestbook lately; I appreciate it! :D)

posted by Robyn at 10:01 PM EST

April 9, 2005

Links from the past few days:

posted by Robyn at 11:30 PM EST

April 6, 2005

"Ghost Range" and "Venom Confection" are two new E-Pro remixes available on iTunes. Some links:

allmusic reviews Guero. [from mellow_777]
Entertainment Weekly lists their 10 favorite Beck songs. [from poobs]

posted by Robyn at 1:14 AM EST

April 3, 2005

Links and stuff!

posted by Robyn at 11:08 AM EST

April 2, 2005

There are a gazillion Guero reviews so if I happen to post anything twice it's because I'm lazy and can't keep track:

And here are some radio sessions online:

Filter has a Beck contest to win a Guero jacket, Tsunami benefit poster signed by Beck and Cat Power and a limited edition 12".