The Archives
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11.30.09GIVE Charity Compilation to benefit Arts CorpsSeattle coffee roaster Caffe Vita in collaboration with 30+ Seattle artists, businesses and nonprofits has released GIVE, a downloadable music and video compendium to benefit Arts Corps, Seattle's largest nonprofit arts educator, along with Ballard Food Bank, Rainier Valley Food Bank, University District Food Bank and West Seattle Food Bank. Continue Reading...
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09.15.09Gibbard and Fararar hit the road for Kerouac-inspired tourBen Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie) and Jay Farrar (Son Volt) will continue their Jack Kerouac adventure by literally taking it on the road in October with a touring band comprising Nick Harmer (Death Cab), Mark Spencer (Son Volt) and Jon Wurster (Superchunk). Continue Reading...
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09.05.09Zooey Deschanel opens up about getting marriedFor almost a year, Zooey Deschanel has been very tight-lipped about her wedding plans to DCFC frontman Ben Gibbard. Maybe she feels a little more comfortable opening up so far away from home. In a surprising moment of candor, she opened up to the UK's Daily Mirror about her thoughts on marriage. "I try not to have too many expectations - I always admired the fact that my parents had been married for a long time, but I didn't necessarily think that was something I had to do too," she told the Daily Mirror. "I thought of it as an option, ...
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09.05.09Zooey Deschanel taking ballet classes to prepare for Fall wedding[I feel a tad Perez posting this, but anyone who knows me knows how closely I follow the comings and goings of Ben & Zooey.] Zooey Deschanel is taking ballet classes to tone up for her wedding, according to reports. The Yes Man actress wants to look fab for her big day when she weds Ben Gibbard. A source said: "Zooey has been taking classes at Pure Barre in Los Angeles to prepare for the wedding. "She has been doing workouts which are based on ballet barre work back to back. She'll take a class, wait 15 minutes, and then take ...
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08.26.09Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard pen Kerouac inspired albumSon Volt’s Jay Farrar and Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard are set to release a collaboration inspired by Kerouac’s prose. The release date isn't specific, "sometime this fall." Titled "One Fast Move or I’m Gone", the record was written almost entirely by Farrar, who adapted Kerouac’s writing into lyrics. The project got its start when the writer’s nephew, producer Jim Sampas, asked both musicians to contribute to a documentary about Kerouac’s life during the years he penned the novel Big Sur, published in 1962. “On The Road is the book that everybody knows,” Gibbard tells Paste via telephone from his ...
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02.26.09Dark Was The Night4ad has gathered a “who’s-who” of indie-music heaveyweights to put together “Dark Was The Night”. Released as a double CD, triple LP or as a digital download, the album’s array of unreleased tracks will benefit the Red Hot Organization – a charity dedicated to spreading AIDS awareness.Red Hot was founded on the premise that even without a cure, AIDS remains a preventable disease - using music as a great vehicle to raise both money and awareness for it. This is also the twentieth year of Red Hot as well as their twentieth compilation. The album was produced by The National’s ...
