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| - | + | Christine Pawlak, better known as '''DJ Electra''', is a radio DJ on Chicago alternative rock station Q101. She became infamous to White Stripes fans when, on May 30, 2007, at around 2PM, she began playing ''[[Icky Thump]]'' in its entirety, a full twenty days before the release of the album. Supposedly, the leaked files were sent to station music director "Spike", and then promptly played on-air. Approximately two hours later, [[Jack White]] personally called Q101's main offices from Spain (the band was set to play Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona the day after), and angrily complained to Electra, calling her "messed up for the entire (music) business." The source of the album's leak was never found, and there is speculation that [[Warner Bros.]]) supplied the album to the station in order to promote its release. See Electra's blog post from the same day about the events [http://djelectra.blogspot.com/2007/05/so-does-this-make-me-pimp-and.html here]. | |
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| + | '''Electra''' is also the name of a pet Jack and Meg used to have. According to [[Ben Blackwell]], this is the "Electra" that is referred to in the special thanks for ''[[Icky Thump]]'', rather than the aforementioned DJ. | ||
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Current revision as of 17:06, 18 March 2012
Christine Pawlak, better known as DJ Electra, is a radio DJ on Chicago alternative rock station Q101. She became infamous to White Stripes fans when, on May 30, 2007, at around 2PM, she began playing Icky Thump in its entirety, a full twenty days before the release of the album. Supposedly, the leaked files were sent to station music director "Spike", and then promptly played on-air. Approximately two hours later, Jack White personally called Q101's main offices from Spain (the band was set to play Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona the day after), and angrily complained to Electra, calling her "messed up for the entire (music) business." The source of the album's leak was never found, and there is speculation that Warner Bros.) supplied the album to the station in order to promote its release. See Electra's blog post from the same day about the events here.
Electra is also the name of a pet Jack and Meg used to have. According to Ben Blackwell, this is the "Electra" that is referred to in the special thanks for Icky Thump, rather than the aforementioned DJ.
