Blender Content Archive

Least Surprising Press Release Headline of the Day

Posted Thursday 02/26/2009 1:18 PM in Blender Blog by Rob Tannenbaum

Somehow, Blender is not surprised that the residents of Orem, Utah have not scooped up all available tickets to see rap mediocrities MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice at the McKay Events Center on Friday, February 27. More

Katy Perry is a Watermelon Smuggler

Posted Friday 02/06/2009 5:05 PM in Blender Blog by Rob Tannenbaum

If you’re struggling to find reasons to be excited about Sunday night’s Grammy telecast, here’s good news: Katy Perry, the cover girl of Blender’s November issue, will be singing “I Kissed A Girl.” More

Bruce Almighty: Was Springsteen A Super Bowl Hero, Or A Goat?

Posted Monday 02/02/2009 2:52 PM in Blender Blog by Rob Tannenbaum

For a guy who kept saying he knows nothing about football, Bruce Springsteen had a pretty good Super Bowl: If his halftime set wasn’t as spectacular as Santonio Holmes’s tiptoe catches to win the game for the Steelers, at least Springsteen didn’t leave the field in shame More

Working On A Dream

Posted Tuesday 01/27/2009 1:54 PM in New Music by Rob Tannenbaum

A great rocker recycles his own imagery, now to lesser effect. More

Inside Pete Wentz’s Blackberry

Posted Monday 12/08/2008 4:22 PM in Blender Blog by Rob Tannenbaum

This morning, we got an email from Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy, upcoming cover stars of Blender’s February issue More

Ice, Iceland Baby: Part Three

Posted Wednesday 10/22/2008 4:23 PM in Festivals by Rob Tannenbaum

Iceland: We’re Broke, Drunk & Violent will probably not go far with the country’s tourism bureau. But if the exploitative folks at MTV have any sense, they will start immediate production on The Real World: Reykjavik, which would set new lows for debauchery. More

Ice, Iceland Baby: Part Two

Posted Saturday 10/18/2008 4:52 PM in Festivals by Rob Tannenbaum

“You know what I love about this country?” a guy from Los Angeles said merrily. “Look around. You don’t see a single Ed Hardy shirt.” More

Ice, Iceland Baby

Posted Friday 10/17/2008 12:37 PM in Festivals by Rob Tannenbaum

On my flight from New York to Reykjavik's Airwaves festival, I was trying to think of how many things I knew about Iceland, aside from the recent news that the entire country has gone bankrupt. Without consulting Wikipedia, here’s what I can say with certainty... More