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Daily Dots Daily Dots: Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, Suicide, Johnny Depp, Prom Fails, Chuck D, Roger Waters, Elliot Smith, The White Stripes, Trent Reznor, Henry Rollins, Glenn Danzig

by Joshua Glazer
May 4, 2010 - 4:39 pm

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Today’s bloggin best…

- Lupe x Pharell x Kanye project was just a wet dream after all. HipHopWired

- It’s Suicide’s time to shine. Forty year retrospective. The Quietus

- LA muggers won’t mess with Captain Jack Sparrow. Brobible

- 140 prom fails. Coed Magazine

- Chuck D and DJ Spooky fight the power in Arizona. DJSpooky.com

- Hella dick move, dude. Roger Waters covers up Elliott Smith memorial wall with street art marketing campaign. LA Weekly

- Condemned music site BBC6 is gaining listeners fast. Prefix Mag

- Johnny Rotten must be laughing: EMI will default on their loans in less than 10 days. Hypebot

- Jack White thinks Meg’s anxiety issues are beat. NME

- Oh Yoko? Hear Trent Reznor’s first track with his wifey. Pitchfork

- Henry Rollins and Glenn Danzig are a loving gay couple. Robot6

Music Coachella 2010: Swallow Johnny Rotten’s PiL

by Jeff Nau
April 17, 2010 - 3:26 pm

Rotten is your leader

I don’t know why I still like Johnny Rotten. In the Sex Pistols and early days of Public Image Limited he seemed more of a red herring, go-for-broke sort of chap, always teetering on the fine line somewhere between indulging and impatient. A few of his longtime fans might feel that the guy has recently become soft in his old age. (Or maybe they’ve gone that route as well.) Perhaps it’s that vegetarianism or just a decision to be kinder and more endearing Rotten, sort of a funnily-cynical curmudgeon, always outspoken but perhaps not as mean-spirited in his outbursts. The first comparison that comes to mind is how Borscht Belt comedian Milton Berle was so ahead of his time years ago but ended up exchanging one-liners and punchlines with Muppets on Sesame Street. Rotten didn’t seem too too far off from that last part Friday evening. But he still proved he could deliver a great set, not give a shit if we liked it or not, and have the crowd eating out of his hand.

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