Jack White has a much stronger work ethic than I do
Well, I'm back from my blog-cation ... just needed to live in the real world for a week.
But that Jack White, he never takes a break. About two seconds after he finished up the new White Stripes — "Icky Thump," which is out June 19 — he's announced that he's back in the studio with his side-project the Raconteurs, working on their next album. They hope to be ready for a 2008 release, which means the threesome needs to work fast, as Jack is going on tour to promote "Icky Thump" (which is kind of a dumb name, by the way) this summer.
WS have only released a handful of European dates so far, in addition to their appearance at Bonnaroo (A brief tangent here: While I understand in theory the appeal of a three-day camping/concert weekend, I don't think that it actually would be very much fun. I also don't really love camping, which is a major part of that equation, but even just attending a three-day show, I think would get tiring. And cranky. And claustrophobic (who can deal with that many people for so long?). Anyway, feel free to speak up in defense of festivals, and let me know what I'm missing (or not missing).)
Back to the program: If you can't wait that long for some new Stripes action (their European tour schedule means they won't be back in the US until mid-June at the earliest), tonight, or rather tomorrow morning at 12:01am, iTunes is releasing their title track as the album's first single.
— eh, www.amNY.com
