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Entries tagged “808s and Heartbreak”

LUNCHBOX: 2008's Pop Star of the Year!

By Jim Shearer on 12/23/2008

Filed under: VIDEO BLOG

Yeah that's right, I pulled some strings and managed to book the biggest star of popular music in 2008 for this episode of Lunchbox. Think of it as an early Christmas gift: The flash 8 plugin was not detected. var so = new SWFObject("/static/bc/ifc_generic_blog.swf", "vocoder", "380", "295", "8", "#ffffff"); so.addParam("wmode", "transparent"); //change player width so.addVariable("pwidth", 380); //change player height so.addVariable("pheight", 285); //distinguish between different videos so.addVariable("s_movieID", "vocoder"); //insert brightcove title id here so.addVariable("bctid", 5343924001); so.write("vocoder"); CORRECTION: Shortly after taping this piece I realized that I have been mispronouncing the word "vocoder" for years (pronouncing it with an "r," vocorder). I... MORE »

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LIKE IT? LOVE IT? HATE IT?

By Jim Shearer on 11/20/2008

Filed under: LIKE IT? LOVE IT? HATE IT?

Kanye West channeling his inner Pee-Wee Herman for his upcoming 808s and Heartbreak album. If this is the direction he's going, I have a few questions? Who will by Kanye's Dottie? Who will be his arch nemesis (Francis Buxton)? And will he steal Pee-Wee's (aka Kanye's) new favorite toy: his vocorder? (above: Kanye is a loner, a rebel.) MORE »

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Kanye's "Heartless"

By Jim Shearer on 11/10/2008

Filed under: VIDEO BLOG

Kanye West recently released his second single, "Heartless," from his forthcoming album, 808s and Heartbreak. A Hype Williams-directed rototscope video shortly followed. Here it is: West's 808s and Heartbreak is due for release, on November 25. MORE »

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