In which the music gets a horn section

David Cook: I'm always stoked for a late lunch at a dive bar, but what's with the fourteen dancing unicorns in vintage band t-shirts? And why the hush-hush with my fans?

Michel Gondry: Alors, Davide! We're here to shoot your new music video. It will take the magic of your wide post-Idol appeal and broaden your reach to the hippest of the hip-hop!

Cook: I'm pretty sure there are no unicorns on my current album. It's a dream sequence, sure--

Gondry: But look-you at the name of the bar! Is the significance not visible?

Cook: It's The Rainbow. We're here to visually connect me with the great bands of history whose photos are all over the walls. That's genius.

Gondry: Not precisely. I mean, that, too. But not precisely or entirely that.

Cook: What, then?

Gondry: You were not told of the sponsorship deal?( Read more... )