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News Roundup: 5/5/2010

5168 days ago
Allmusic BlogA viral marketing campaign announcing Roger Waters’ upcoming solo tour has led to the defacement of the mural featured on the cover of Elliott Smith’s 2000 album Figure 8. The Banksy-style graffitti campaign, which centers around “projections, ... more info

Rogers Waters Apologizes To The Ghost Of Elliott Smith

5168 days ago
StereogumRoger Waters hired street artists to wheat-paste or project images and an anti-war quote by Dwight D. Eisenhower around NYC and L.A. to promote his upcoming The Wall tour. But the street team picked the wrong wall when they pasted the message and ima... more info

Rogers Waters PR Campaign Mars Elliott Smith Memorial Wall

5168 days ago
PitchforkAs part of a new publicity campaign for his upcoming The Wall tour, one-time Pink Floyd leader Roger Waters is covering New York and L.A. with "projections, wheat pastings, and chalk drawings" of an anti-war quote from President Dwight D. Eisenhower,... more info

Roger Waters on wheat-pasting over the Elliott Smith memorial wall: "We had no intention to cover up something precious"

5169 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & HissRoger Waters of Pink Floyd knows the artistic potency of an image on a wall. But his recent campaign to wheat-paste an anti-war quote from President Eisenhower across American cities to promote his touring revival of the Floyd staple “The... more info

Elliott Smith's wall defaced by Roger Waters?

5169 days ago
DrownedInSoundPink Floyd's rock leviathan Roger Waters has launched a viral marketing campaign for his forthcoming The Wall: Live tour and ironically, a victim (if you want to call it that) of the promotion is the famous Elliott Smith Figure 8 WALL in Los Angeles,... more info

The Delta Mirror – “A Song About The End”

5170 days ago
StereogumCraig Gordon, vocalist and etc. for L.A. BTW the Delta Mirror, sports an Elliott Smith Figure 8 tattoo on one of his arms and his band’s Hospice-like debut full-length Machines That Listen includes a song called “He Was Worse Than The Needle He G... more info

friday morning updates

5181 days ago
Totally FuzzyG O D said... EPHEDRINE SYMPHONY-live at the draft house tavern,ft.myers,florida,january 13th,1993.some tim buckley and the fall are covered and some original beatnik jazz punk. WHORESHACK-four-track-the instrumental giants,recorded on a real 4-track... more info

Video: Paul Lewis plays Beethoven

5181 days ago
Guardian MusicThe pianist talks to Tom Service about playing Beethoven at the Proms and performs an exclusive sneak previewTom ServiceElliot SmithBen Kape more info

I Guess I'm Podcasting - Episode 3

5184 days ago
I Guess I'm FloatingWith the first "trial run" episode out of the way and the second "new and improved" episode lending itself a little more to what we're aiming for, I (Connor) decided to knock us back a few steps with an episode of my own-- you see, I'm a podcast virg... more info

thursday midnight updates

5195 days ago
Totally FuzzyCapt. Willard said... ERIC CLAPTON'S Rainbow Concert (1973) Clapton's live return from two year exile, with Pete Townshend, Ronnie Wood, Stevie Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Rebop and others. We're posting off the shelf live stuff all week. Listen Before You... more info

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