GBV Broke Up: Have A Beer
Guided by Voices fans bereft over its September breakup will soon be able to drown their sorrows in a beer inspired by the 20th anniversary of the indie band’s classic 1994 album, Bee Thousand. On Nov. 17, Delaware microbrewer Dogfish Head will release Beer Thousand, which founder Sam Calagione, 45, describes as “the most rustically elegant malt liquor you could ever imagine.” Calagione says Bee Thousand was a “touchstone” for him when he was writing his business plan in 1994. GBV’s former leader Robert Pollard declined to comment, but Calagione says the rocker symbolically “added the hops to the test vats,” and that 1,000 cases of Beer Thousand in 750-milliliter bottles will contain a 10-inch vinyl record featuring 10 cuts from a never-bootlegged 1994 GBV live show.
Don’t Kill Calvin!
The set of Calvin Harris‘ new music video for “Open Wide” (featuring Big Sean) was a nail-biter. The clip’s pretend violence, which features a dancer balletically dodging bullets fired by rival gangs, had “everyone on edge,” says director Emil Nava, particularly when explosives used to blow out a window inches from Harris enveloped him in a cloud of dust. He emerged unscathed.
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