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Thu August 21, 2008
(Wall Street Journal) Cool Hippest second-grade teacher ever gets his kids hooked on Coltrane, and now they're at work saving Trane's house from the wrecking ball (152)
(YouTube) Video Kenny Rogers celebrates his 70th birthday. "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)". Abide (24)
(YouTube) Video Joe Strummer would have only been 56 today. "White Riot" live in Victoria Park, London, 1978. Not safe for work language, if you're working for the clampdown (16)
(Reuters) Stupid The Verve reunites with first album in 11 years. In other news, there used to be some band called The Verve (40)
(Blender) Weird Blender Magazine presents "Ask a Rock Star", starring Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders. First question: "That's a new look for you, have you changed your hairstyle?" (18)

Wed August 20, 2008
(Starpulse) Stupid Beyonce's kid sister Solange is set to reveal stunning personal experiences on her new album, including a song about drug-fueled sex. Her fan is reportedly shocked, SHOCKED to hear this (28)
(Guide Live.com) Spiffy The Todies have reunited, and are releasing there first new album in 7 years...in other news, the Todies are still alive (59)
(Metro) Interesting In his memoirs "Bumping Into Geniuses" the author, former Mercury music boss, says Kurt Cobain rejected requests from Axl Rose to meet him: "Rose had the kind of macho rock persona that Kurt detested" (44)
(Idolator) Asinine Teenager with Slipknot mask and a sword attacks four people at his school, killing one. School puts blame on "satanic" music, so label respond by claiming the mask wasn't "sanctioned Slipknot merchandise" (39)
(CNN) Interesting The plastic guitar: savior of rock? (54)
(Now Magazine) Interesting Justin Timberlake admits working with Madonna was "tedious" (17)
(Rolling Stone) Hero Perry Farrell says there won't be a Jane's Addiction reunion: "I have always considered reunions to be a way to make a quick buck, and it sells short my own experience of it the first time around" (31)
(CNN) Interesting Mark Chapman says he is ashamed that he killed John Lennon. Parole Board gives him squishy hug and lets him out. Nah, just kidding, he's not going anywhere (193)
(BBC) Sick Cut Gary Glitter some slack - after three years in a Vietnamese jail for abusing young girls, wouldn't YOU want a few days layover in Thailand? (43)
(UPI) Interesting Country star John Rich: "I'm sure Johnny Cash would be a McCain supporter if he was still around." Roseanne Cash: "It is appalling to me that people invoke my father's name to further their own agendas." Oh SNAP (138)
(YouTube) Cool Think "Thriller" meets an Ed Wood film, meets Buster Keaton and you've got the music video for TV On the Radio's "Wolf Like Me" (21)
(YouTube) Video Phil Lynott would have turned 59 today. Probably just as well he went before the wave of Irish-African bass players flooded the market. "Jailbreak" live in 1983 (25)
(YouTube) Sad In memory of LeRoi Moore, what was your favorite DMB song which featured him? LGT to LeRoi on flute (172)
(Huffington Post) Interesting Toby Keith confuses country music lovers everywhere by endorsing Obama (92)
(The Vine) Sad The man with the world's largest record collection is forced to give it up (video) (22)
(London Times) Interesting Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Brian Jones, Janis Joplin, Robert Johnson and Kurt Cobain have something in common: They all joined the 27 club (69)

Tue August 19, 2008
(TMZ) Sad LeRoi Moore, Saxophonist of The Dave Matthews Band dead at 46 (103)
(Some Guy) Amusing Country singer shouts "Anyone got a beer?" from the stage. Gets one right between the eyes (115)
(Starpulse) Interesting Brian Wilson releases new album, still struggles with mental health issues: "When I go to the keyboard, I feel holy, like an angel over my head. I feel very holy" (28)
(Now Magazine) Interesting Kanye West posts dozens of photos of Scarlett Johansson on his online blog entry entitled "My Favorite White Girl!!!!!!!" Reports that the actress is seeking a restraining order yet to be confirmed (46)
(YouTube) Video Radiohead covers Joy Division's "Ceremony" (49)
(Guardian.com) Stupid East Coast Avengers release their own remix of "Kill Bill" (O'Reilly) (14)
(Livenews) Misc Jennifer Lopez has vowed to crawl across the finish line in her upcoming triathlon, prompting race organisers to question whether she understands the swim, cycle, run format of the event (13)
(Free Press) Sad Pervis Jackson of "The Spinners" dies. Goodnight, Rubber Band Man (20)
(AP) Obvious As he prepares for the New Kids on the Block tour, and in anticipation of long-lost groupie-sex, Donnie Wahlberg remembers, "Oh crap, I'm married." Promptly takes care of THAT problem (12)
(YouTube) Video It seemed so dirty back then. August 19, 1979: The Knack's "My Sharona" hits No. 1 (42)
(PCWorld) Stupid Eleven things we hate about iTunes (185)
(SFGate) Stupid Metallica's James Hetfield wants kids to get off his lawn, builds barbed-wire fence around his property (35)
(YouTube) Video Ginger Baker of Cream and Blind Faith turns 69. Here he is in 1968, with an eight-minute drum solo from "Toad" (20)

Mon August 18, 2008
(London Times) Ironic David Byrne & Brian Eno release new album "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today" except of course, any sales of a new David Byrne/Brian Eno album (65)
(AZCentral) Amusing Doctors say Bono is a fatty, order him to lose weight. Axl, Jim Morrison nod in recognition (12)
(NYPost) Obvious Jermaine, Tito, Marlon and Jackie have still not weaned themselves from Michael's teat (13)
(Entertainment Weekly) Amusing Entertainment Weekly's readers choose the 20 worst cover songs. Everyone's favorite "Final Countdown" cover band escapes unscathed (164)
(Starpulse) Followup If yelling "you suck" to the band isn't enough for you, try calling the lead singer a "farking ignorant n-word" and see how well that works out for you (84)
(Onion AV Club) Interesting 29 great instrumentals from bands who usually sing - and since this is Onion-derived, there's considerably less suck than in the usual lists of this ilk (97)
(YouTube) Cool I'll see the Beatallica and re-raise you a Hayseed Dixie 'Hells Bells' (2)
(Paste Magazine) Interesting 10 Best Songs in Commercials During The Olympics (16)
(Starpulse) Strange Amy Winehouse gets inspiration from "The Wizard of Oz," keeps her eyes open for falling houses (9)
(Some Guy) Followup Jared Leto responds to Virgin/EMI's lawsuit against 30 Seconds To Mars (25)
(YouTube) Spiffy Oasis return with a music video that can only be described as the illegitimate love child of The Beatles and Monty Python. And the tune ain't half-bad either (26)
(Chicago Tribune) Dumbass Doing rails at a Steely Dan concert ain't what it was back in the '70s (32)
(Some Cash Fan) Video Johnny Cash's last recording session. Who knew he was a TMNT fan (35)
(Washington Post) Sad Steel player Don Helms, the last original member of Hank Williams' band, The Drifting Cowboys, is now a long gone daddy. Submitter has the honky-tonk blues (6)
(Gigwise) Interesting The album cover is dead. Enjoy your iPod with a postage stamp size footnote of music history (90)

Sun August 17, 2008
(Some Guy) Amusing Katy Perry's mother seems to think that Katy will burn in hell for singing "I Kissed A Girl" (59)
(YouTube) Cool I'll see your Dread Zeppelin and raise you Beatallica (18)
(Telegraph) Interesting Against all odds, Phil Collins will not have one more night with his easy lover; but he will pay out £25 million in divorce settlement (26)
(YouTube) Cool Pink Floyd - "On The Turning Away", Venice 1989 (23)
(News.com.au) Amusing Iran finally fights for good in this world by banning a concert by Chris "Lady In Red" de Burgh (6)
(Now Magazine) Interesting New Kids On The Block accept responsibility for destroying the ozone layer (5)
(YouTube) Video Just in case you had forgotten, this is the majesty that is Dread Zeppelin - "Immigrant Song" (33)
(Daily Mail) Unlikely Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman says his group was original incarnation of Spinal Tap (61)
(YouTube) Video 80s minx Belinda Carlisle of the Go Gos turns 50. "We Got the Beat" live in 1981 (21)
(YouTube) Video Happy 53rd birthday to XTC bassman Colin Moulding. "Towers Of London" (1980) (35)

Sat August 16, 2008
(Music-News) Unlikely Clergy of Austrian monks want Amy Winehouse to spend time at their monastery: "She could stay a week or two and discuss the big questions of life - faith might be an answer for her" (18)
(FMQB) Unlikely Guns 'N Roses set to release new album, tentatively called "Chinese Democracy". Wait... where have we heard this story before? (44)
(YouTube) Video Creepy newscaster. Hot chick. Vicodin. 70s porno pool boy. Zorro. Classic music video. The Hold Steady. Chips Ahoy (33)
(FMQB) Stupid More nominees for the MTV Video Music Awards have leaked out, giving more proof to the claim that pop is dead, dead, dead we tell you. Seriously, Britney Spears? The Jonas Brothers? The Pussycat Dolls? (42)
(YouTube) Video Tired of that crappy cover of "The Final Countdown"? Ever wanted to hear a Norwegian rockabilly band put a new spin on the song? Today is your lucky day, thanks to the Twang Gang (31)
(FMQB) Obvious In a move sure to shock fans around the country, the reunited Rage Against The Machine to headline an anti-war concert. Sell outs (27)
(Bitten and Bound) Cool Madge turns 50 today. The racy phenom just keeps churning it out. Amazing (73)
(Some Guy) Interesting Short, sweet Vangelis interview: "In order to answer your question I need a special talent that some people have to talk about their work endlessly, something I find very difficult and boring to do" (13)
(ABC News) Dumbass Virgin Records sues Jared Leto's band "30 Seconds To Mars" for $30M, saying the band failed to deliver three albums. In other news, Virgin Records thinks people want to hear Jared Leto's band "30 Seconds To Mars" (32)
(Some Guy) Amusing Don Dokken on Bret Michaels: "It's like I'm on tour with David Cassidy." (24)
(Daily Mail) Dumbass Noel Gallagher calls Amy Winehouse a "destitute horse", blasts Mark Ronson, Kaiser Chiefs, Peaches Geldof, during live BBC interview. Alcohol was involved (21)

Fri August 15, 2008
(AP) Sad Working with everyone from Bob Dylan to Zeppelin, Jerry Weler has passed. Good night music dude, as Bob would said;"Not the end, not the end Just remember that death is not the end" (24)
(MSNBC) Cool Steven Tyler not only wrote his own memoir, but he also apparently wrote this article (21)
(UPI) Interesting Jackson Browne thought he needed a doctor for his eyes when he saw McCain's campaign ad using his song 'Running on Empty', introduces him to some lawyers in love with copyright infringement settlements (81)
(YouTube) Silly The soon-to-be cult hit "Rock Me Sexy Jesus" from upcoming movie "Hamlet 2" (61)
(Some Guy) Spiffy Former Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland joins Marilyn Manson (45)
(Contact Music) Obvious As if it was humanly possible to come up with shiat you didn't know about Madonna, here are 50 fascinating facts you didn't know about her (9)

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