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    Norah Jones Chops Off Her Hair, Goes Indie

    • Posted on Apr 7th 2008 12:00PM by John D. Luerssen
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    Norah Jones has two new matters of interest. First, her hair. Take a gander, folks. The second is Jones' new venture with Conor Oberst's indie label, Team Love, on which she'll release the self-titled debut album from her side-project, El Madmo, on May 20. Featuring Jones as guitarist/singer "Maddie," the trio also counts Daru Oda as bassist/singer "El" and Andrew Borger as drummer "Mo." Oda and Borger are veterans of Jones' backing group, the Handsome Band.

    Despite being touted as Jones' secret punk band, tracks like the mellow 'The Best Part,' the lilting mid-tempo 'GGW' and the trippy jam 'Head in a Vise' should easily draw in Jones' conventional fans. Just the same, El Madmo's debut features aggressively titled tunes like 'Scary Lady,' 'Attack of the Rock People' and the finale, 'Rock Yer Balls Off.' Plus, that photo of Jones in a short blonde wig on the band's website (http://elmadmo.com/) is pretty rad.

    "El Madmo offers escape, justice, karmic postulation, and that feeling you get when you know something that no one else does," Team Love promises. "Starting out as a garage band trapped in the basements of various hockey arenas, theirs is a powerful raw sound that could only be inspired by the smell of Zamboni fuel and sweaty skates."
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    Lexat 4-07-2008

    Norah Jones has a wonderful voice... She is (half) East Indian, and the world's male population are just now discovering the beauty of these woman !!! Good for her in having fun, and stretching herself with her varied talents musically. A nice chance for her fans to get out of their 'own box' we sometimes create, that leaves people unable to accept new twists and turns in life's journey.

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    Graceyat 4-12-2008

    "Bull dike", huh? So when Halle Berry's hair was really short, she looked like a "bull dike?" I'm a straight woman and think that's offensive!!! Stupid.

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    Patat 4-12-2008

    Dave....you're an idiot! Short hair does not make a woman look like a "Bull Dike"! There are gay women with long hair and just because Norah Jones wants a shorter hair cut does not mean you can sterotype her. What if your mother got a short hair cut...would you call her a bull dike?

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    Robert Bennettat 4-12-2008

    Norah's short hair makes her face stand out. She looks young and fresh.

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    Candyat 4-12-2008

    Dave has issues Hair doesn't make or define a person

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    Lynneat 4-12-2008

    Love her hair and love her voice. She is the best.

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    ANTHONY SENARIGHIat 4-12-2008

    she's even hotter with her short hair love it

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    Kathyat 4-12-2008

    I find it interesting that the men are the ones to comment on Norah Jones looking like a bulldike...wipe your eyes clear and you will see a beautiful woman. Whether she chooses short hair or long hair, Norah Jones is beautiful, and she has a voice to match...Get a life men, I guess all women with short hair, in your eyes, are bulldikes...Maybe you should think before you write...

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    H L C Van Laydenat 4-12-2008

    GEE WHIZ !!!!! WOULD YOU ALL LEAVE DAVE ALONE !!!! HE WAS JUST STATING AN OPINION !!!!! I MAY WORD IT DIFFERENTLY BUT I WILL SAY NORAH'S NEW CHOP CUT, IS DOWN RIGHT UGLY !!!!!!!!!

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    matchboxchic88at 4-12-2008

    Hair aside, it sounds like her next album is going to rock. I'm excited - -she's bored me in the past, but it always seemed like there was something edgy and challenging just waiting to get out.



    (ok, yeah, the hair looks really friggin cute too.)

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    Beverlyat 4-12-2008

    TO ALL THE MEN WHO THINK SHORT HAIR MEANS A WOMAN ISN'T A "REAL WOMAN," MAYBE THE TROUBLE IS THAT SHORT HAIR ON A WOMAN MAKES YOU FEEL THREATENED! DAVE THINKS SHE LOOKS LIKE A "BULLDYKE." RIDICULOUS! AS FAR AS WARRENS' COMMENT GOES, IT'S HIS EGO THAT GETS PUMPED WHEN COLLEGE GUYS HIT ON HIS WIFE. SHORT OR LONG HAIR DOESN'T DEFINE A WOMANS' SEXUALITY OR DESIRABILITY. I HAD LONG HAIR PAST MY BRA STRAP MOST OF MY LIFE, AND AS I GOT OLDER, IT DIDN'T LOOK WELL ON ME ANYMORE, SO I CUT IT. I AM 63 YEARS OLD. CAN YOU IMAGINE A 63 YEAR OLD WOMAN WITH LONG HAIR? MOST WOMEN THAT AGE WOULD NOT LOOK WELL IN LONG HAIR. NORA JONES IS BEAUTIFUL, WITH LONG OR SHORT HAIR. OPINIONS DO VARY, BUT YOU MEN WHO THINK WOMAN LOOK LIKE "BULLDYKES" WITH SHORT HAIR, TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR MOTHERS AND SEE WHAT LENGTH THEIR HAIR IS AND, IF THEY HAVE SHORT HAIR, TELL THEM THAT THEY LOOK LIKE "BULLDYKES." GO AHEAD, I DARE YOU.

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    danaiaat 4-12-2008

    My daughter sang her song don't know why her last year of hgih school and did a solo My daughetr sounded better than her!
    Nora is pretty but the hair makes her look too butch. that is a shame!

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    dogat 4-12-2008

    what is with Obama? he is wierd. What is with Schwazzanager and gays maybe he really has an affection for men and he doesn't want Maria to know! Hes wierd.

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    donnaat 4-12-2008

    asphincter says what? Does bugs bunny in a womans dress make you think gay?

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    LaDonnaat 4-12-2008

    Go Hillary clinton Go! You go girl Go! Go hillary Go!!!!
    You can stay home and help me shave my armpits!

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    sfa37at 4-12-2008

    She looks absolutely hot with short hair.

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    georgeat 4-12-2008

    dont mean she aint kick ass in the bedroom nutcases!

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    triciaat 4-12-2008

    Men are insecure and they need a psychiatrists help for sure. How is having short hair making you look like anything but beutiful? you are showing off your beutiful features and with a pretty face such as this why not show it off! Get over yourselves you men with issues I am sure a woman with her beauty would not pick any of your types anyway. She is much too too pretty for you losers!

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    morganat 4-12-2008

    now her hair is as boring as her voice and acting....yawn

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    Leeat 4-12-2008

    I listened to all three songs at elmadmo.com and they were all hooks (I liked them enough to listen all the way through). I've always loved her voice but her music was a little to "easy listening" for most of my moods and get togethers. This sounds like a great fit. Love the sound. Love the hair. Dave sounds like an un-intelligent, trash totin' ditch diggin' red neck. He may not be but he sure sounds like it!

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