Zach Baron

Pharrell's Random Access Memory Of Daft Punk

gq.com — Editor's note: In the May issue of GQ, Zach Baron profiled Daft Punk, whose fourth studio record, Random Access Memories, comes out today. Below, Pharrell talks-or rather, doesn't really talk-about his work on the record. "I feel funny, divulging information, because they're like Men in Black-they'll zap you."

When Tom Robbins, the longtime Village Voice metro...

tumblr.com — When Tom Robbins, the longtime Village Voice metro columnist, quit the paper, we all gathered in the newsroom, which was a pretty empty place by then. I still have the champagne cork from that day, so I know someone brought champagne-I can remember the paper cups we were all drinking it out of, though not much else.

Ad-Rock Says James Murphy Broke His Refrigerator

vulture.com — Here Are NBC's New Dramas Did You Snicker or Applaud at Leonardo DiCaprio's Introduction in The Great Gatsby? Last week, we tried to get Ad-Rock talking about the Beastie Boys memoir he's writing with Mike D. (We saw him at a screening of Frances Ha hosted by the Peggy Siegal Company.)

Hayden Panettiere on Nashville's Season Two -- Vulture

vulture.com — People Who Participate in Telephone Polls Do Not Like Justin Bieber, Clubs Should her day job fall through, Hayden Panettiere has a bright future in patio design. She can weatherproof furniture; she knows her way around a Party City. And she's already learned the most important lesson of landscaping: "The hardest part of this entire thing was repotting the cactuses.