Let’s talk about Ice Cube, the Strokes, Billy Corgan, and Kanye, of course

by The Georgia Straight Staff on August 3rd, 2016 at 5:06 PM

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Hollywood Cubes

Ice Cube and his production company have teamed with VH1 to make a hip-hop version of the classic game show Hollywood Squares. We want to know which hard-core gangsta rapper will be his generation’s Paul Lynde.

Nej Tack

Kanye West told BBC Radio 1 that he wants to work with a Swedish giant. “Yo IKEA, allow Kanye to create,” he said. “I want a bed that he makes, I want a chair that he makes.” IKEA reps said nothing is in the works, possibly due to West’s disturbing habit of speaking about himself in the third person.

Different Stroke

Nick Valensi of the Strokes has started a new band called CRX, which Honda disciples will recognize as the name of a sports-compact car manufactured from 1983 to 1991. Music fans, meanwhile, stopped giving a shit about anything Strokes-related after 2001’s “Last Night”.

Smashing news

Billy Corgan has hinted that the original edition of the Smashing Pumpkins might be getting back together. And if that doesn’t work out because of the band’s long history of infighting, there’s always Zwan.