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February 28, 2006
Rolling Stone asks Beck what he'll be up to this year:
From there we met up with Beck, and the Bard of the Barrio told us what's crackin' in 2006. He'll play some gigs with Radiohead this summer and celebrate the tenth b-day of Odelay with a deluxe reissue ("I'm trying to find the original 'Debra,'" Beck says, "because it was originally recorded for Odelay"). He'll also finish up an album he started two years back with producer Nigel Godrich. "We recorded everything in a week," Beck says. "And ever since we've been working on it a little bit at a time." He describes it as the bridge between Sea Change and Guero, citing a tune called "The Girl From R.I.P.-anema" that chronicles a disappointing trip to Brazil. And if that weren't enough, he's also scoring and writing tunes for director Jared Hess' follow-up to Napoleon Dynamite, starring Jack Black. "No filmmaker since Fellini has had such an eye for amazing characters," says Beck. "So it's called Nacho Libre -- it's about monks who secretly want to be wrestlers. They have pointy white boots and tights under their robes."
Kill The Moonlight is being re-released March 21st on DVD including a soundtrack that has "three rare Beck songs and three previously unreleased tracks by the band Loser, featuring Beck and Director Steven Hanft." More info at cmj.com.
posted by Robyn at 8:40 AM EST
February 26, 2006
Beck is part of Paste Magazine's 100 Best Living Songwriters Poll. [thanks Paul]
posted by Robyn at 1:38 AM EST
February 22, 2006
Beck attacked Scottish cripples!
...No, not on purpose. It's kind of a funny story, but also "Ohh...noooo."
[From squishymouse. Check out all of mellow78's Beck stuff on YouTube.]
posted by Robyn at 11:20 PM EST
February 8, 2006
Hopefully he's not still sitting there, but Beck was at the Mandarin Hotel bar in NYC a few days ago.
...Yup, nothing else going on.
posted by Robyn at 4:30 PM EST
February 4, 2006
Beck has a podcast on iTunes that features interviews with Guerolito remix artists and...other stuffff.
Beck is playing at this summer's Bonnaroo with a lot of other artists. Like that one that starts with "R" and ends with "adiohead". They're pretty good.