Raconteurs Videos

Filed under: Concerts and Tours, News What do Bram Stoker, Oscar Wilde, William Butler Yeats and Jack White have in common? These men of letters have all held forth at Dublin's Trinity College's Philosophical Society. White, the White Stripes frontman and member of the Raconteurs and the Dead Weather, gave a surprise lecture there Sunday, Oct. 18. White, of course, is the latest raconteur, if you will, to speak at the Society, which was founded in 1683. The rocker was awarded Honorary Patronage, the highest award that the Society bestows and White now resides alongside the diverse likes of Senator John McCain, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Al Pacino, Gabriel Byrne, Dame Helen Mirren, U2's the Edge, Sir Bob Geldof and Pete Doherty. White's 40-minute Q&A session with students turned into something of a lecture, as the 34-year-old Detroit native held court. According to reports, White engaged in a highly philosophical discussion, based in pop culture and name checking the likes of Britney Spears alongside Tom Waits and Bob Dylan. His comparative theories on authenticity, however, chose neither musician as being more artistically valid. Apparently, White sat on the fence and non-judgmentally said, "I don't know if Bob Dylan and Tom Waits are as authentic as I think they are. Perhaps they're not. Sometimes you start thinking that maybe Britney Spears, or someone like that who's doing exactly what they want to do in the way that they best know how, is more authentic than any of those people you could mention."

New short film Treat Me Like Your Mother for The Dead Weather directed by Jonathan Glazer. The new album Horehound is in stores on 7/14/09. The Dead Weather is: Alison Mosshart, Jack White, Jack Lawrence and Dean Fertita. www.thedeadweather.com

Absinthe Snowboard Trailer

Asher Roth tries Absinthe

Metallica, Radiohead, Katy Perry, Slipknot

Metallica, Katy Perry, Radiohead, Slipknot, Raconteurs, Paramore

Foo Fighters, Beck, Raconteurs, MGMT

Beck, Foo Fighters, The Raconteurs, Flyleaf, MGMT

The Raconteurs go on a break

MGMT, Ting Tings, Bloc Party, Duffy, Raconteurs

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Eric Holland speaks about the most pleasing music of this year as we approach its half way point.

The Raconteurs surprise us with a new album and Nickelback front man Chad Kroeger is in trouble! Also, a benefit concert for M.I.A., Lollapalooza 2008, and you guessed it....Velvet Revolver are back in the news again!

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