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Sat November 07, 2009

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
(Crosscut)		Two new discs containing full Nirvana concerts released this week, plus 20th-anniversary remastered Bleach. Thrill to Kurt Cobain yelling "We love you Courtney" from Reading stage (crosscut.com)	(41)
(FMGQ)		Steven Tyler possibly leaving Aerosmith. Quick, someone search YouTube for a soundalike to front the band, since that's worked so well for Journey and Boston (fmqb.com)	(41)
		M.I.A.: "I'm a shaaark" (omg.yahoo.com)	(59)
		Website caught selling Beatles mp3s illegally says they did nothing wrong - the tracks were re-recordings made to sound exactly like the originals through 'psycho-acoustic simulation' technology (3news.co.nz)	(16)

Fri November 06, 2009

	Seven of music's biggest badasses...that are actually posers (spike.com)	(109)
	John Mayer, Hugh Jackman are raising money for Mexican orphans by auctioning off meet and greets. So far, Jackman has raised thousands while Mayer has raised hundreds, as it's hard for unemployeed teens to scrape that much money together (contactmusic.com)	(21)
	Paul McCartney says what submitter has been saying for years: "The Beatles weren't that good" (thesun.co.uk)	(215)
	Arguably one of the best covers ever, it's the Cowboy Junkies covering Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane" (youtube.com)	(94)
(Some Guy)	Neil Young to release live solo acoustic album from 1992's "Harvest Moon" tour. Both Neil Young fans reportedly ecstatic (digitalspy.com)	(52)
	Sister, I'm the Best Musical Poet (news.bbc.co.uk)	(11)
(NME)	As a Christmas present for their fans, Pet Shop Boys are releasing an EP featuring covers of Madness and Coldplay. What have we done to deserve this? (nme.com)	(5)
	"Insolent Sex Party Tour 2009" kind of has a ring to it, doesn't it? (contactmusic.com)	(23)
	Dear Aerosmith: Don't you even consider touring without Steven Tyler, just put the band in the attic already. Sincerely, fans (idolator.com)	(28)
	After seeing Britney Spears live, Australians want to add warning on concert tickets saying 'You're being ripped off' (contactmusic.com)	(29)
	Pancho met his match, you know, on the deserts down in Mexico..Where he got the bread to go, ain't nobody knows (youtube.com)	(34)
	MTV says they did not build a wall to keep fans from seeing U2. It was more of a fence (contactmusic.com)	(15)
	Here's a nice painting of a salad by Rush's Alex Lifeson, for no particular reas- WAIT... it's for charity. And it has croutons (cgi.ebay.ca)	(38)

Thu November 05, 2009

	Album you've never heard of from artist you've never heard of wins a "Best Album of 2009" award from some website you've heard of (contactmusic.com)	(119)
	Dave Grohl, customers unhappy with the Foo Fighters' greatest hits album (contactmusic.com)	(33)
	Chris Brown: "There are people that don't want to see me do anything ... they wanna see me kind of, basically, in jail." Well, kind of, basically, yes (contactmusic.com)	(26)
(Some Guy)	Sufjan Stevens calls his 50 states album project "a joke". Many would contend that you sir are the joke, this project was merely a chorus of laughter after the punchline (pitchfork.com)	(34)
	Bruce Springsteen pens autobiography. Chapter 1: "One time, I uh, my dad and I, uh, we didn't, uh, get along so much, and uh, we uh, well, I used to go down to the reservoir, and uh, my old man, uh...HUH ONE TWO THREE FAWWW" (spinner.com)	(150)
	Turn your back on Peter Gabriel for more than a decade and he comes out with something wonderful like this cover of 'Book of Love' (youtube.com)	(36)
	Colin Meloy has written a childrens book. Expected to be a verbose travelogue of a youthful rapscallions descent to libations and wenches while at sea, before meeting his untimely end at the end of a belaying pin wielded by an ancient sea hag (pastemagazine.com)	(20)
(Sum Dum Gai)	Having already found cures for cancer, shingles and Britney Spears, Brown University music professor publishes "Schizophonic Performance: Guitar Hero, Rock Band, and Virtual Virtuosity" (guitarheroresearch.blogspot.com)	(9)
	Holly Johnson urges fans to relax, as there will never be a Frankie Goes to Hollywood reunion; a fight split the band into two tribes (contactmusic.com)	(33)
	Daryl Hall: "I never enjoyed music. More so now even than then. I'm a professional musician. I have been my whole life. When people are born into the arts, they don't tend to see art as pleasure, they see it as work" (avclub.com)	(68)
	German concert promoters are building a makeshift wall to keep freeloading fans from seeing U2's performance commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall (contactmusic.com)	(23)
	You might see a pimp, you might see a pirate, you might even see a commodore. You will certainly see Funk (youtube.com)	(11)
(Some Guy)	"That band was never, in any way, what you would call tight or polished. They were like, if you took a carnival, and you played it on an AM radio, and then you stuck it in a bucket with a microphone and recorded it" (news-record.com)	(35)

Wed November 04, 2009

(Some Guy)	Weird Al to join the Pixies. Here comes your mayonnaise (pitchfork.com)	(34)
	How bad does your band have to suck when cross promotion with Snuggies® seems like a good idea? (cnbc.com)	(73)
	And now your "WTF?" moment of the day: The Sisters of Mercy performing a song by Dolly Parton (youtube.com)	(38)
	Rolling Stones' "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out" box set released, celebrating 40th anniversary. Ewwwww, 40-year-old ya-yas, put those away (latimesblogs.latimes.com)	(30)
	Just to head off another crappy Kings of Leon thread, here's the band the KOL used to wish they could be, The Band with Ophelia (youtube.com)	(49)
	AC/DC are the richest criminal descendants of all time (contactmusic.com)	(31)
	EW's Top 25 Soundtracks since 1984 doesn't suck. Warning: Slideshow (ew.com)	(235)
	Joss Stone blasts Lily Allen: "Who said that musicians have to be millionaires? Who made this a rule? We don't need that much money. We just don't. We only need enough to make music and to eat and to go on tour" (showbizspy.com)	(70)
	Foo Fighters goes on hiatus: "We thought the world needed to take a break from us" (jam.canoe.ca)	(42)
(The Courier)	Pop star gets a presidential welcome in Scotland - is hit in the face with a shoe during his first song (thecourier.co.uk)	(41)
	Putting another nail in Velvet Revolver's coffin, Slash releases solo album (contactmusic.com)	(16)
	One of the freakiest videos of the MTV era, The Cure's "Boys Don't Cry" (youtube.com)	(39)

Tue November 03, 2009

(Music-News)	Iggy Pop accepts 'Living Legend' award last night: "It's been a long dinner, so I'm not gonna whip out my d**k" (music-news.com)	(25)
	Kings of Leon have launched their own clothing line, so you can dress like a hipster douche while listening to music for hipster douches (contactmusic.com)	(62)
(some guy)	Nothing says Christmas like an aging gay heavy metal rock star in leather (ultimate-guitar.com)	(71)
	Country Music Legend George Jones says today's "country music" is neither country, nor music. Discuss (news.yahoo.com)	(183)
	Gibb Brothers say Bee Gees are 'just like Oasis,' both bands have siblings prone to fighting and both play music that makes you want to plunge a rusty screwdriver down your ear canal (contactmusic.com)	(28)
	60-year old man crowd surfs at Springsteen concert. Oh wait, it's just Bruce (myfoxdc.com)	(50)
(Some Guy)	The harmonica will never sound the same again: Norton Buffalo dead at 58 from cancer (chicoer.com)	(17)
	A progressive rock primer. Come for the 70s costumes, stay for the celestial scrotums (semi-Not safe for work album covers) (cracked.com)	(143)
	What rock and roll know-it-alls sound like to the rest of us (youtube.com)	(88)
	In an alternate universe, Metallica's Cliff Burton was replaced by Hulk Hogan. 'I would have quit wrestling in a heartbeat to be a bass player for Metallica' (3news.co.nz)	(70)
	Def Jam Records turns 25, asks that you politely get off their turntable (cnn.com)	(10)
(Some Passenger)	Iggy Pop and The Stooges are going on tour next year. This is not a repeat from 1974 (nme.com)	(13)

Mon November 02, 2009

	You like crossover music? I'll give you crossover music: Mongolian throat-singing folk-rock inspired by Rage Against The Machine (cnngo.com)	(14)
	With respect to The Clash and The Sex Pistols, here's The MC5 getting the punk rock rolling (youtube.com)	(31)
	Ashlee Simpson gives up music. Our long national nightmare is over (contactmusic.com)	(27)
	Bryan Ferry is teaming up with DJ Hell in order to "go techno" on his next album. Look, just reform Roxy Music; it's really all any of us want to hear from you anyway (contactmusic.com)	(42)
	Its Monday, its cold, and your job probably sucks. So here's some Sex Pistols to cheer you up (youtube.com)	(23)
	If the relatives of Bob Marley have their way, soon you'll see his likeness on things like stationery, headphones, musical instruments, restaurants, and snowboards (nzherald.co.nz)	(41)
	Concert ticket prices give Bon Jovi a bad name, fans to boycott concert: "After writing an album about the world's problems with the recession the prices are just a mockery" (contactmusic.com)	(23)
	Snow Patrol admit they suck, surprised people like their songs: "I will just guess my way through the chords. I don't know how to read music" (contactmusic.com)	(16)
(Some Guy)	Gift idea for discerning fans of flame-spewing German industrial bands: the Rammstein dildo collection (side-line.com)	(12)
	If you download music illegally, you are KILLING the music industry. No, wait, strike that - the opposite (news.bbc.co.uk)	(51)
(HA HA Infringe)	Lil' Wayne, Birdman sued for copyright infringement, leading to speculation as to what kind of person would claim those two idiots stole their material (nme.com)	(18)
	French Chicks playing pop music. I give you Barcelona by the Plasticenes (youtube.com)	(33)

Sun November 01, 2009

		Your SHMHC is brought to you by Quo Vadis with "Silence Calls the Storm" \m/ (youtube.com)	(60)
		It seems that those that illegally download music spend more on new releases and legal downloads than anyone else (dailymail.co.uk)	(110)
		'You're The Lovin' End' by the Banana Splits, or, "How To Have A Bad Trip Without Taking Any Drugs" (youtube.com)	(37)

Sat October 31, 2009

	Scariest thing you'll see this Halloween: Marilyn Manson doing a cover of "Alabama Song" (youtube.com)	(42)
	Sex with Mick Jagger was "part of the job," says former personal assistant for the Rolling Stones. Well...yeah (contactmusic.com)	(28)
	Why Barry Manilow likes gardening: "It allows me to be quiet." I think that's a hobby that we could all support, Barry (contactmusic.com)	(23)
(Some Shareef Likes It)	The Clash's best album, London Calling, will receive a deluxe release in December. You're goddamned right you'll answer (nme.com)	(129)