Coordinates	39°44′21″N104°59′5″N
name	Nick Zinner
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth name	Nicholas Joseph Zinner
birth date	December 08, 1974
origin	Sharon, Massachusetts
instrument	GuitarKeyboardBassDrum machinePianoViolin
genre	Alternative rock, New Wave, art punk, indie rock, garage rock, hardcore punk, thrashcore
occupation	GuitaristSongwriterProducerPhotographer
years active	1990s–present
label	InterscopeShifty (formerly)Three One G
associated acts	Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Head Wound City, The Blood Brothers, Bright Eyes, Scarlett Johansson
website	www.yeahyeahyeahs.com
notable instruments	First Act guitar, Dewey Decibel Flipout guitar. }}

Nicholas Joseph Zinner (born December 8, 1974) is the guitarist for the New York rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs. He is known for his "unmistakable" wild hair, skinny physique, and pale appearance. Zinner is an accomplished photographer.

Musical career

Before forming the Yeah Yeahs Yeahs with Karen O and Brian Chase in 2000, Zinner attended Bard College where he played in the Boba Fett Experience, who later changed their name to Challenge of the Future because of concerns about being sued by George Lucas. The band moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn in the late 1990s and broke up in 2001.

Since 2001, Zinner has many collaborative efforts under his belt with such acts as TV on the Radio, Har Mar Superstar, Ronnie Spector The Horrors, and Scarlett Johansson. He contributed guitar and keyboard to several tracks on Bright Eyes' 2005 album ''Digital Ash in a Digital Urn'' and went on tour with the band as part of the rotating roster.

In 2005 Zinner formed a band Head Wound City along with members from The Locust and The Blood Brothers.

Zinner produced the re-mix of the track 'Compliments' on British group Bloc Party's 2005 album ''Silent Alarm Remixed'', and has remixed The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower's song, "INRI," on their ''INRI ep''. Zinner has also remixed Single Frame's song, "People are Germs," in addition to appearing in the music video.

In August 2009 Nick was included at number 16 in NME magazine's future 50 list.

In early 2011 Zinner contributed guitar to the song "Go" by Santigold.

In May 2011 Zinner was commissioned to curate, compose and lead a performance ''41 Strings'' in NYC to celebrate the 41st Earth Day. The performance, in which he collaborated with musicians Hisham Bharoocha and Ben Vida, involved 41 players of various stringed instruments, plus additional percussion and synthesiser parts.

Photography

Zinner studied photography at Bard and also in Paris, France. He has released four separate collections of his work: ''No Seats on the Party Car'' (2001), ''Slept in Beds'' (2003), ''I hope you are all happy now'' (2004) which features an introduction written by director Jim Jarmusch, and ''Please Take Me Off the Guest List'' (2010).

An exhibit – ''1001 Images'' – of Zinner's photographs was mounted in NYC in October 2010 and in San Francisco in February 2011.

In January 2011, Zinner was commissioned by Lee Jeans to shoot their Winter ’11 advertising campaign.

In May 2011 A further exhibit of his photographs was mounted at the Anastasia Photo Gallery in New York City, featuring shots of the crowds at his concerts.

Personal life

Nick is a vegan and involved with the animal rights group, PETA. He has tattoos in different places including one of a star on his arm, and another of a heart on his finger and one on his hand. Zinner listened to metal bands while growing up, and cites Mötley Crüe and Glenn Danzig as major influences.

His father, Stephen Zinner MD, is a medical professor at Harvard University and a classical pianist. Nick Zinner also played the violin, referring to himself as a "child prodigy."

His sister, Meredith Zinner, is an actress and photographer based in New York.

Album Appearances

The Blood Brothers – ''Crimes'' (2004) – "Wolf Party"

Bright Eyes – ''Digital Ash in a Digital Urn'' (2005 · Saddle Creek)

Head Wound City – ''Head Wound City'' EP (2005)

Bloc Party – ''Silent Alarm Remixed'' (2005) – "Compliments (Shibuyaka Remix By Nick Zinner)"

The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower – ''INRI'' (EP) (2006) – "INRI (Nick Zinner Remix)"

Scarlett Johansson – ''Anywhere I Lay My Head'' (2008)

Nickel Eye – ''The Time of the Assassins'' (2009)

N.A.S.A. – ''The Spirit of Apollo'' (2009) – "Whachadoin?"

References

External links

Nick Zinner at Discogs

Free Williamsburg Interview with Alexander Laurence (2003)

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{{infobox book | name	The Creators | image | author Daniel Boorstin | country United States | language English | cover_artist Bernard Klein | series | genre Historical | publisher Random House | release_date 1992 | media_type Print (hardcover | pages 811 | isbn ISBN 0-394-54395-5 (hbk) | dewey 909 20
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''The Creators'' is a non-fiction work of cultural history by Daniel Boorstin published in 1992 and is the second volume in what has become known as the ''Knowledge Trilogy''. It was preceded by ''The Discoverers'' and succeeded by ''The Seekers''.

Contents

The Creators, subtitled ''A History of Heroes of the Imagination'', is the story of mankind's creativity. It highlights great works of art, music and literature but it is more than a recitation or list. It is a book of ideas and the people behind those ideas. It encompasses architecture, music, literature, painting, sculputure, the performing arts, theater, religious expression and philosophy. It can be viewed as a companion to The Discoverers which chronicled the history of invention, exploration and technology. The Creators traces the creative process from pre-history Egypt to modern times and like The Discoverers, follows both a topical and chronological structure. Boorstin writes in "A Personal Note to the Reader", "After ''The Discoverers''... "I was more than ever convinced that the pursuit of knowledge is only one path to human fulfillment. This companion book, also a view from the literate West, is a saga of Heroes of the Imagination. While ''The Discoverers'' told of the conquest of illusions - the illusion of knowledge - this will be a story of vision (and illusions) newly created..." If ''The Discoverers'' is the story of the inventive human mind then ''The Creators'' is the story of the searching soul. The work is in twelve major parts that have been grouped into four ''books''.

The Riddle of Creation: Prologue

Part I. "Worlds Without Beginning"

Part II. "A Creator God"

Book One: Creator Man

Part III. "The Power of the Stone"

Part IV. "The Magic of Images"

Part V. "The Immortal Word"

Book Two: Re-creating the World

Part VI. "Otherworldly Elements"

Part VII. "The Human Comedy: A Composite Work"

Part VIII. "From Craftsman to Artist"

Part IX. "Composing for the Community"

Part X. "Conjuring with Time and Space"

Book Three: Creating the Self

Part XI: "The Vanguard Word"

Part XII. "The Wilderness Within"

Praise and criticism

''The Creators'' was widely praised by both professional and non-professional readers but had its share of critics. It has been criticized for factual mistakes, poor research, literary ignorance, incorrect conclusions, a bias toward Western culture to the exclusion of other cultures, a tendency to overlook the negative and lack of attribution. Kenneth S. Lynn, a Harvard professor of history, accused Boorstin of philosophical bias and blatant myth-making. He has been called superficial because his works are popular with the general public.

Writing style and themes

Boorstin follows the pattern he established in the previous book, The Discoverers. The book is built around the lives and contributions of individuals. These vignettes are the anchor of the work and reflects the author's belief that history is molded by men and women of daring and genius rather than ideological movements or academic theories. The subtitles in all three books of the ''Knowledge Trilogy'' pay homage to this idea. The trail of personal vignettes stretches from Confucius to Pope Gregory to Bach to Mozart to Dostoyevsky - a panorama of creators. Boorstin also adheres to an incremental approach to history. Although genius is unpredictable, it still builds upon the accomplishments of those who came before. Repeatedly Boorstin links changes in the way we view ourselves to artistic and creative changes.

The Question of Western culture

Boorstin announces in his "Note to the Reader" (above) that he approaches the subject from a Western orientation. His concern is not strictly identifying great creators and their creations but also asking "Why?" and this question forms the basis of his Western orientation. Why were European painting styles and techniques in constant flux while China's remained relatively unchanged? Why did music acquire polyphony and instrumentation and evolve into a myriad of related "styles" while Indian music saw little evolution? Why did architecture undergo such radical transformation in the West? Why did Europe become the land of literacy and books? These question led Boorstin to certain proposals.

He suggests that "people of the Book" (Jews and Christians) came to view themselves in a different light than other cultures. Their belief in a Creator God led them to view human creation as participating in God's creation. As their God created, so did they also. They became a creative people, scrutinizing, questioning and imagining. Other cultures had moments of creative impulses but the idea of creativity for its own sake was not sustained. Other cultures, for other reasons, declined the creative road. Hinduism viewed the universe and our lives as cyclic, having no beginning, ending only when we merged with the Oneness and escaped this world. Buddhism did not ask "Why" but instead preached submissive acceptance of our lot in life. Confucianism concerned itself not with ultimate questions about God and the universe but with rules for practical, daily life. Although China had an ancient painting tradition, the intertwining of calligraphy with art as well the codification of the rules for painting resulted in an unchanging, static style. Islam held that Allah alone was Creator and claiming an act of creation was considered heretical. The Koran itself was not considered a document penned by Muhammed but a sacred text created at the beginning of time. Islam went so far as to ban the display of the human image which had dire consequences for the development of painting, sculpture, photography and much of the performing arts in the Islamic world.

With the rest of the world thus discussed, Boorstin begins his journey with the first ''Western'' state, Greece. The Homeric poems of the Gods, recited so often, became theater when participants and spectators separated. Greece initiated the cultural patterns that persist and define the Western world - dance, theater, poetry, sports, sculpture, literature, architecture, philosophy and democracy. At some point they began asking and attempting to answer fundamnetal questions about the world and themselves. When Europe rediscovered the writings of Greek philosophers, an artistic Renaissance exploded upon the scene. Along the way, the reader is introduced to a pantheon of heroes of the imagination - Moses, Plato, Aristotle, Paul of Tarsus, Dante, Michelangelo, Dostoyevsky...all of whom advocated the free pursuit of learning. Boorstin considers this pursuit fundamental to Western culture.

Although the focus is on the West, references to other cultures are included. The chapter "The Road Not Taken: The Japanese Triumph of Wood", is devoted to Japanese architecture. Chinese art and the reasons for its unchanging nature over time are discussed in "The Painted Word: The Inward Path of Tao". Islam, its art and attitudes toward art, are featured in "Satan's Handiwork".

The impact of literature

Literature and its development comprises a major portion of the book. This reflects the high regard in which Boorstin held the written word. He has stated that the book is the greatest technological invention of all time. He suggests that literary evolution both changed and reflected new ways of thinking about the self. Indeed, literature was the driving force behind changes in personal perspectives starting (once again) with Greece. In another reference to incrementalism he traces the path from writing to religious poetry, the two being intertwined. Boorstin suggests that poetry in both form and substance was written to remember. Prose, a new form of literature, emerged and with it the theater. The play was transformed from a religious exercise to a creative one that saw the appearance of comedy, drama and tragedy. Because prose was not in a form that made for easy memorization, a greater imagination was required by the author. The theater served those purposes admirably and Greeks both loved and excelled at the performing arts. The spectators who viewed these works began asking the same questions and changing their perspective.

The introduction of prose also led to education and the areas of study became the foundation of a Classical education to this day - rhetoric, logic, grammar, astronomy, mathematics and philosophy. The latter existed because of the skeptical nature of some Greek thinkers who dared to ask why; it could only exist because of prose. Boorstin proposes that prose also encouraged the development of democracy by inviting participation from the citizenry. Other literary forms rose. The epic and its tales of gods and heroes and their great deeds continued, although somewhat abated. History as story began with Herodotus (fifth century BC) and The Histories. But it was the novel, what Boorstin calls "re-creating life out of life", that democratized literature. The novel inspired new ways of thinking about ourselves and our world and the forms created were revelations to the Western mind - the essay, the biography, stories of our own feelings and views, adventure tales and streams of consciousness in which time itself is manipulated. The author had finally discovered the self as a resource of art, the internal rather than the external universe serving as the source of inspiration.

Other creations

Boorstin places the origins of Western music in the liturgy of the Catholic Church. The early practice of congregational singing of psalms (adopted from Judaism) ceased with the introduction of the choir. This institution gave rise to the Gregorian chant and one of the most important creations in music, polyphony, still the hallmark of Western music. Over time, the emphasis within Music turned to the instruments rather than the human voice. Again, a change in attitude allowed the new event. Up to this time Church leaders had looked askance upon "wordless" music but the Reformation induced a change of assumptions. From Bach, the acceleration of instrument creation led to yet another peculian Western invention, the orchestra. Boorstin demonstrates repeatedly how one creation led to another and another. The concerto and symphony were created and opera caused a sensation. Music moved out of the palace into the concert hall for the masses. Music continued to evolve and new forms like atonality were heard in the rush to be creative and innovative.

As an example of megalithic architecture, Boorstin selects Stonehenge. The Pyramids of ancient Egypt ("Castles of Eternity") and the famous architecture of Greece ("Temples of Community") precede the work of the Romans. Concrete, the dome, the arch, one creation after another change the physical shells that gather and protect us. The final evolution of grand architecture, the skyscraper, gives us the architect as hero.

References

External links

Raymond Keating - Columns: Book Review: ''The Creators: A History of Heroes of the Imagination''

''Hilton Kramer, NY Times, ''Entranced by the People Who Made History''

''NNDB''

Answers.com - Daniel J. Boorstin

''Booknotes'' interview with Boorstin on ''Creators'', December 6, 1992.

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Coordinates	39°44′21″N104°59′5″N
name	Yu Dafu
birth date	December 07, 1896
birth place	Fuyang, Zhejiang, China
death date	September 17, 1945
occupation	Short Story writer and Poet
website	}}

Yu Dafu () (December 7, 1896—September 17, 1945). Born in Fuyang, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, was a modern Chinese short story writer and poet.

Early years

Yu Dafu's father died at when he was only three, leaving the family poverty-stricken and destitute. He received a number of scholarships through the Chinese government and went on to receive a traditional Chinese education in Hangzhou. Chronologically he studied in Jiangxing-Fu Middle School (before he came to Hangzhou), Hangzhou-Fu Middle School, Yuying Academy (育英学堂, formerly of Zhejiang University).

In 1912, he entered Hangchow University (later its major part merged into Zhejiang University) preparatory through examination. He was there only for a short period before he was expelled for participation in a student strike.

He then moved to Japan, where he studied economics at the Tokyo Imperial University between 1913 and 1922, where he met other Chinese intellectuals (namely, Guo Moruo, Zhang Ziping and Tian Han). Together, in 1921 they founded the ''Chuangzao she'' 創造社 ("Creation Society"), which promoted vernacular and modern literature. One of his earlier works ''Chenlun'' 沉淪, also his most famous, published in Japan in 1921. The work had gained immense popularity in China, shocking the world of Chinese literature with its frank dealing with sex, as well as grievances directed at the incompetence of Chinese government at the time.

In 1922, he returned to China as a literary celebrity and worked as the editor of ''Creation Quarterly'', editing journals and writing short stories. In 1923, after an attack of tuberculosis, Yu Dafu directed his attention to the welfare of the masses.

In 1927, he worked as an editor of the ''Hongshui'' literary magazine. He later came in conflict with the Communist Party of China and fled back to Japan.

Second Sino-Japanese war

After the start of the Second Sino-Japanese war, he returned to China and worked as a writer of anti-Japanese propaganda in Hangzhou, and later in Zhejiang. From 1938 to 1942, he worked as a literary editor for the newspaper Sin Chew Jit Poh in Singapore.

In 1942 when the Imperial Japanese Army invaded Singapore, he was forced to flee to Sumatra. Known under a different identity, he settled there among other overseas Chinese and began a brewery business with the help of the locals. Later he was forced to help the Japanese military police as an interpreter when it was discovered that he was one of the few "locals" in the area who could speak Japanese.

In 1945, he was arrested by the Kempeitai when his true identity was finally discovered. It is believed that he was executed by the Japanese shortly after the surrender of Japan.

Works

''Chenlun'' 沉淪 "''Sinking''" (1921)

''Riji jiuzhong'' 日記九種 “''Nine Diaries''” (1927)

''Guoqu'' 過去 “''The Past''" (1927)

his first novel?? (1928) (moderately successful)

his second novel?? (1932)

''Chuben'' 出奔 "''Flight''" (1935)

His most popular work, breaking all Chinese sales records, was ''Jih-chi chiu-chung'' "''Nine Diaries''", which detailed his affair with the writer Wang Ying-hsin. The most critically acclaimed work is ''Kuo-ch'u'' or "''The Past''", written in 1927.

References

Encyclopædia Britannica 2005 Ultimate Reference Suite DVD, article- "Yü Ta-fu"

External links

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Coordinates	39°44′21″N104°59′5″N
name	Spank Rock
landscape	yes
background	non_performing_personnel
origin	Baltimore, Maryland, USA
genre	Dirty rap
label	Downtown Records
associated acts	Amanda Blank, The Mr. Move
website	www.spankrock.net
current members	MC Spank Rock, Chris Devlin, Alex Epton, Ron Darko
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Spank Rock is an American hip-hop group consisting of rapper Naeem Juwan (MC Spank Rock) and producer Alex Epton (XXXChange). Their style is generally described as a mix of underground alternative rap and electro and rock.

Biography

Spank Rock began performing in Philadelphia and Phoenixville, where their reputation quickly increased. They later toured with Hollertronix and M.I.A.. They also toured with Beck in 2006. Spank Rock's debut album ''YoYoYoYoYo'' was released in 2006 on the Big Dada record label.

In June 2011, Spank Rock officially announced that his second full length album, ''Everything is Boring and Everyone is a Fucking Liar'', would be released September 27, 2011 on his own label, Bad Blood Records. Pitchfork.com premiered the first single from the album, titled "Energy," produced by Boys Noize and based on a beat from Can's song "Vitamin C". Pitchfork also reported that the upcoming album will feature production from Boys Noize, XXXChange, Diplo, Crystal Castles, Pharrell and Sam Spiegel, and features Santigold.

Their single, "Bump", was named Single of the Year by Xfm London breakfast DJ Lauren Laverne in 2006. "Backyard Betty" was featured in a scene from Harmony Korine's 2007 film Mister Lonely. "Bump" was also played at the beginning of an episode in season three of ''Entourage''. A remixed version of "Bump" is played on a Wish-Bone salad dressing commercial. In the video game ''Need for Speed: Carbon'', the song "What It Look Like" appears. In ''Madden NFL 07'', "Backyard Betty" is featured. Also, an instrumental version of "Loose" is in the game ''NBA 2K9''. Spank Rock is one of the faces of Alexander Wang's 2011 T collection, along with Santigold.

In June 2007, Spank Rock signed a deal with Downtown Records. Spank Rock's first Downtown Records release came in the form of fall 2007's ''Benny Blanco & Spank Rock Present: Bangers & Cash EP'' , a 2 Live Crew inspired 5 song EP. Spank Rock also contributed a rap on the "Benny Blanco" remix of the track Heart Beat Rock; taken from Australian singer Kylie Minogue's 2007/8 Grammy nominated album "X".

In 2010 MC Spank Rock was featured along with The View's Kyle Falconer on "The Bike Song" by Mark Ronson, which featured on Ronson's 2010 album Record Collection. He was also the touring rapper on the album's 2010 UK tour.

Discography

Albums

''YoYoYoYoYo'' (2006)

Everything is Boring and Everyone is a Fucking Liar (2011)

Singles

"Put That Pussy on Me" (2005)

"Rick Rubin" (2006)

"Sweet Talk" (2006)

"Bump" (2006)

"Energy" (2011)

EPs

''Benny Blanco & Spank Rock Present: Bangers & Cash (2007)

Other releases

''Couche Tard'' (2006)

''FabricLive.33'' (2007)

Appearances

"D.A.N.C.E." (Remix featuring Mos Def and Spank Rock) (2007)

"Kick Drum" from ''Noise Won't Stop'' by Shy Child (2007)

"Back It Up" from ''Ed Rec Vol. 3'' by Feadz (2008)

"Keep My Composure" from ''Brotherhood'' by The Chemical Brothers (2008)

"Heart Beat Rock" (Benny Blanco Mix featuring Spank Rock) from ''X'' by Kylie Minogue (2008)

"Shove It" from ''Santogold'' by Santogold (2008)

"Trick or Treat" from ''Stainless Style'' by Neon Neon (2008)

"Radical Businessman" from ''Tut Tut, Now Shake Ya Butt'' by Japanther (2008)

"Roll That Shit" from ''Booty Breaks Vol. 3'' by Deekline & Wizard (2008)

"Ultraviolence" (Remix featuring Spank Rock) by Heartsrevolution (2009)

"Wachadoin" (featuring Spank Rock, M.I.A., Santogold, & Nick Zinner) from ''The Spirit of Apollo'' by N.A.S.A. (musical group) (2009)

"My Eyes" (featuring Spank Rock, Theophilus London, Melo-X & Zakee) from ''Mishka and Ninjasonik present Darth Banhao'' by Mishka and Ninjasonik (2009)

"Backseat" (featuring Spank Rock, Lady Tigra & Damien Adore) from ''Backseat - Single'' by Staygold (2010)

"Park The Truck" (featuring Spank Rock) from ''Tons Of Friends'' by Crookers (2010)

"The Bike Song" (feat. Kyle Falconer & Spank Rock) from ''Record Collection (album)'' by Mark Ronson (2010)

References

External links

Spank Rock on MySpace

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Coordinates	39°44′21″N104°59′5″N
name	Karen O
background	solo_singer
birth name	Karen Lee Orzolek
born	South Korea
origin	New Jersey, United States
instrument	Vocals, piano
genre	Indie rock, art punk, alternative rock
years active	2000–present
label	Interscope
associated acts	Yeah Yeah Yeahs Native Korean Rock }}

Karen Lee Orzolek (born November 22, 1978), better known by her stage name Karen O, is the vocalist for New York rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Early life

Karen O was born in November 1978 in South Korea to a Korean mother and a Polish father. She eventually moved to the United States, where she grew up in Englewood, New Jersey. She has commented on her childhood: "It's almost embarrassing how well-behaved I was, which is probably why I do things like spit water on myself onstage as an adult." She attended Oberlin College, but transferred to New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She is now based in Los Angeles.

Career

Karen O is best known as the frontwoman for the band Yeah Yeah Yeahs. She has also been noted for her sense of fashion, wearing ostentatious outfits made by her friend, fashion designer Christian Joy. In the early days of the band, she became well known for her outrageous antics during live shows.

''Playboy'' made an offer for her to pose on their cover. Karen O said on the subject, "I was approached but I said no. Who knows though? Maybe I'll do it in the future, but now doesn't seem to be the right time." Since then, however, Karen stated in an interview with Associated Press magazine that she has changed her mind and would never do Playboy because of the audience that Playboy magazine attracts.

During a tour for the 2003 Livid Festival in Australia, at a sideshow at The Metro in Sydney, she accidentally danced off the stage and was reluctantly taken to a hospital. A few days later at the Sydney leg of the Livid Festival, she appeared in a wheelchair pushed by Angus Andrew.

Karen O won Spin Magazine's Sex Goddess Award in both 2004 and 2005. In 2006, she was named one of rock's hottest women by ''Blender''. In 2007, Karen O placed #3 on Spinner.com's Women Who Rock Right Now. In February 2010, she won a Shockwaves NME Award for the Hottest Woman.

She began working on a small side project called Native Korean Rock and the Fishnets with fellow NYC musicians in 2008.

In 2009 she contributed backing vocals, screaming animal sounds and noises to the songs "Gemini Syringes", "I Can Be A Frog" and "Watching the Planets" on The Flaming Lips album ''Embryonic''.

On the collaboration-project "N.A.S.A. ''The Spirit of Apollo''", she appears on the track "Strange Enough", together with Ol' Dirty Bastard and Fatlip.

O's vocal approach has been described as "ethereal", sometimes compared to indie folk artist Quinn Marston, and has been described as "yelping" at times. She described her approach:

Soundtrack work

She was featured in the track "Cut Me Up" by Har Mar Superstar for the soundtrack to the 2005 horror film House of Wax. For the movie ''Jackass 2'', Karen O collaborated with electronic artist Peaches and Johnny Knoxville to record a track entitled "Backass"; for ''Jackass 3D'', she covered the ''Roger Alan Wade'' 's "If You're Gonna Be Dumb" under the alternative title of "If You're Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough". In 2007, she also contributed vocals to a version of Bob Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited" for the ''I'm Not There'' movie soundtrack. At the end of episode 409, "Brothers Cinco", of the ''Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!'' she performed a short song.

In May 2011 it was reported that Karen O had collaborated with Trent Reznor on a cover version of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" for the soundtrack to the English-language version of the film ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'', for which Reznor is composing the score.

''Where the Wild Things Are''

Karen O composed all of the songs on the soundtrack of ''Where the Wild Things Are'' (with the exception of a cover of the Daniel Johnston song,"Worried Shoes") in collaboration with Carter Burwell. The film was directed by her former boyfriend Spike Jonze. She is listed on the soundtrack as "Karen O and the Kids". Karen O and her Yeah Yeah Yeahs bandmate Nick Zinner co-wrote "All is Love", which was nominated for the "Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media", a songwriter's award, at the 2010 Grammy Awards.

Video work

In 2004 Karen O, using the moniker ''Marshmellow'', directed the music video for "We Fenced Other Gardens with the Bones of Our Own" by the Liars, fronted by her then boyfriend Angus Andrew. The following year she directed the "Blessed Evening" video for Foetus with her then boyfriend Spike Jonze working as cinematographer. In 2006 she directed the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' video "Cheated Hearts".

Under the moniker ''Kids With Canes'', Karen O and her boyfriend Barney Clay directed the music video for the Tiny Masters of Today song "Hologram World", released on February 8, 2008. Karen also contributed vocals to the song, served as choreographer of the video, in which she appears along with Yeah Yeah Yeahs bandmates Nick Zinner and Brian Chase as well as Mike D from the Beastie Boys, Gibby Haynes from the Butthole Surfers, Russell Simins from the Blues Explosion and Sam James from The Mooney Suzuki.

The ''KO At Home'' demo leak

On December 10, 2006, a home-recorded album titled ''KO at Home'' was leaked via an invite-only BitTorrent tracking site. The album, originally a personal gift to Dave Sitek of the NYC band TV on the Radio, was discovered inside a suitcase Sitek left behind in a New York City apartment. The disc's 14 tracks and scan of the cover – a photograph of Karen O with a poem written by Oscar Wilde on the back – quickly spread. The music news site stereogum.com broke the story of the leak the following morning and continued their coverage when Sitek lashed out at the fan who leaked the demos. Eventually Sitek followed up his comments with an apology letter. Karen O's response to the leak was "shit happens" and although she was somewhat "grossed out," she offered advice on which of the songs she liked the most, namely the tracks "Pumpkin" and "Snakes and Worms".

References

External links

Yeah Yeah Yeahs official website

2010 interview with Karen O

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