The Official Blog of the Suburban Prospector

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

The White Stripes call it quits

From the band's homepage:

The White Stripes would like to announce that today, February 2nd, 2011,
their band has officially ended and will make no further new recordings or perform live.

The reason is not due to artistic differences or lack of wanting to continue, nor any
health issues as both Meg and Jack are feeling fine and in good health.

It is for a myriad of reasons, but mostly to preserve What is beautiful and special about
the band and have it stay that way.

Meg and Jack want to thank every one of their fans and admirers for the incredible
support they have given throughout the 13 plus years of the White Stripes’ intense and
incredible career.

Third Man Records will continue to put out unreleased live and studio recordings from
The White Stripes in their Vault Subscription record club, as well as through regular
channels.

Both Meg and Jack hope this decision isn’t met with sorrow by their fans but that it is
seen as a positive move done out of respect for the art and music that the band has
created. It is also done with the utmost respect to those fans who’ve shared in those
creations, with their feelings considered greatly.

With that in mind the band have this to say:

“The White Stripes do not belong to Meg and Jack anymore. The White Stripes belong
to you now and you can do with it whatever you want. The beauty of art and music is
that it can last forever if people want it to. Thank you for sharing this experience. Your
involvement will never be lost on us and we are truly grateful.”

Sincerely,
Meg and Jack White
The White Stripes

Monday, January 31, 2011

Collection update:

Back in October (if not earlier), I pre-ordered the super-mega-ultra-deluxe-whatever package of Weezer's Pinkerton Deluxe and Death to False Metal CDs. They were due out in stores on November 20th, so I expected to get my package within a week or so. I waited over a month before the $60 bundle arrived, and I was pretty impatient during that month. I kept a lid on my anger, and posted a few passive-aggressive complaints to various profile pages over on Weezer.com. Eventually, I got word from someone who works for the site, and she promised that they'd send me an apology package. I expected something simple, a webstore gift certificate or something like that. I received:

-An autographed Hurley poster
-An autographed copy of the ...Happy Record Store Day! EP
-Raditude and Weezer on vinyl
-some Weezer stickers

Needless to say, I was pretty excited.

In a world marked by shameless self-promotion...

This is but one more example. It's a demo of the song "Shh..." by myself and my good friend Cody, under the name of Stand Up. Please enjoy.

Saturday, January 22, 2011

I'm going to add something to my format

I'm going to start doing reviews of albums I don't own, just to add some variety. First, I think I'll do Contra by Vampire Weekend.

EDIT: Ok, strike that. What I'm doing now is listening to albums recommended by IMDb Music General community, starting with Jimmy Buffett's Son of a Son of a Sailor. I'll be writing short reviews which I will film and post on YouTube, under the username NonExistentReviews.

Saturday, January 15, 2011

A word about the impending Kanye review

Right now, I'm writing a review of Kanye's monstrously overrated Fantasy, which I plan to film for YouTube under the username "SuburbanProspector."

"But, Cam," you might say, "It doesn't take more than a quick glance at your posts to tell that you aren't anything close to a fan of rap. Why are you making your first video review about the most critically-lauded hip-hop album of 2010?"

Because, quite frankly, I'm sick of all of the positive reviews I've seen of the album. I just want to provide an alternate opinion so that there's at least one record that shows that not everybody who heard it fell in love with the vacuous tripe that it is. I'd go on, but then there wouldn't be anything left to say in the review. I'll post it here as soon as I'm finished filming it.