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Fri November 20, 2009

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
(Some Guy)		If you were waiting for a behind-the-scenes tour of Kings Of Leon's stage setup, today is your lucky day (guitarworld.com)	(9)
		Life's been good to him for 62 years so far (youtube.com)	(27)
		Cool: Ringo Starr is recording a new album. Cooler: It will feature an ex-Beatle on backing vocals. Sad: Paul McCartney is the only other ex-Beatle left alive (contactmusic.com)	(43)

Thu November 19, 2009

	Roger Daltrey is planning to write his memoirs. Who cares (contactmusic.com)	(17)
	What's cooler than Mark Knopfler? Mark Knopfler and Eric Clapton, together on Sultans of Swing (youtube.com)	(27)
	Talking Heads perform "I Zimbra" on German TV show, 1980 (youtube.com)	(19)
	Billy Corgan gets publicly psychoanalyzed: "Do I need to be committed?" (blogs.villagevoice.com)	(20)
	There's cool then there's beyond cool. Mark Knopfler is beyond cool (youtube.com)	(81)
(Some Ladylike Dude)	Aerosmith believes that Steven Tyler may be abusing drugs. Perish the thought (nme.com)	(27)
(Spin)	"We sit, wearing headphones and frozen grins, and continue denying that guilty, nagging feeling that actually, in some ways, when you think about it...Radiohead kinda blow" (spin.com)	(102)
	Taylor Swift is suing an Idaho bar for playing her songs without permission to entertain bar patrons. So...wait, you can't turn on a radio without clearing music rights? (contactmusic.com)	(62)
	Public Enemy fights powers that be from the back of a flatbed truck (w/ video) (myfoxdc.com)	(25)
(Some Recording Artist)	Christian musician disappointed he wasn't allowed to rewrite lyrics of Black Sabbath's "Heaven And Hell" or Blind Faith's "Can't Find My Way Home" to reflect Christianity (everydaychristian.com)	(68)
	German orchestra set to perform at brothel, plans to feature skin flute section (news.yahoo.com)	(3)
	A pack of great looking female Montreal law students. Incidentally, a pretty good lipdub to The Offspring's Pretty Fly (youtube.com)	(40)

Wed November 18, 2009

	Despite their overpriced, high-end MP3 players and earphones, self-proclaimed audiophiles aren't any better than anyone else at differentiating between lossy and lossless audio files. Except for this one guy who never goes to rock concerts (pajamasmedia.com)	(48)
	Rockabilly - Irish style. Presenting: Imelda May (youtube.com)	(25)
	Pete Wentz says it's all his fault that Fall Out Boy disbanded. Give that Wentzbag a cookie (contactmusic.com)	(48)
	Cat Stevens shocked when fans started chanting "We're bored" and eventually walked out on his comeback concert. You'd think they would've known what to expect (contactmusic.com)	(63)
	Mattel to release "Ladies of the 80s" collection, featuring doll versions of Cyndi Lauper, Joan Jett and Debbie Harry. No word if the Wendy O. Williams model, complete with chainsaw, bombs and crotchless panties, is yet available (pastemagazine.com)	(47)
	Drummers for Queen and Foo Fighters to collaborate, possibly switch gigs as a joke, because really, aren't all drummers the same? Well, except Collins and Henley. They can sing too (contactmusic.com)	(51)
(Some Nico)	For the first time in years, Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker, and Doug Yule will share a stage and discuss the history and legacy of The Velvet Underground. It may not be a concert, but it's probably all we'll get (nme.com)	(33)
	Miley Cyrus has not seen or read, nor wants to see or read, Twilight. Well...point to Cyrus, I guess (music-mix.ew.com)	(118)

Tue November 17, 2009

	Vinyl record sales doubled in past year, indicating a clear comeback. Eight-track cassettes expected to follow suit (variety.com)	(124)
	Katy Perry Unplugged makes you long for an autotune (idolator.com)	(116)
(Crosscut)	Mudhoney plays two-hour set at concert to celebrate release of "Grunge," coffee-table book featuring vintage photos of Seattle's pioneering grunge rockers (crosscut.com)	(12)
	Gordon Lightfoot (71 today) performs "Saturday Clothes" in front of the trippiest beige background you ever did see (youtube.com)	(23)
	According to CNN, we need to brace ourselves from China's impending rock n' roll invasion (cnn.com)	(36)
(Some Guy)	Norah Jones' new album THE FALL is out today. Listen and see if you can make it through without FALLing asleep (93xrt.com)	(61)
	Liam Gallagher to continue without Oasis name or Noel, discusses breakup: "I didn't smash the guitar on him, I wish I had" (pastemagazine.com)	(10)
	The Strokes' "Is This It" has been named album of the decade by a group of British critics who apparently have been unable to dislodge the CD from their stereo the past eight years (contactmusic.com)	(251)
	Review of supergroup Them Crooked Vultures: "Put away the earbuds. This is an album that works best when it's actually shaking the air molecules of your personal living space" (washingtonpost.com)	(36)
	Dublin fines U2 for noise violations (contactmusic.com)	(20)
	Amy Winehouse's father says she has made a miraculous recovery from addiction, goes on to compliment her boobs (3news.co.nz)	(33)
	Who should replace Steven Tyler? According to Rolling Stone readers, John Lydon, Meatloaf or David Lee Roth would suffice (3news.co.nz)	(67)
(synthGear)	Some geek managed to make the didgeridoo even weirder (synthgear.com)	(54)
	Moby suffers from insomnia. I'm sure if he listened to any of his albums the problem would fix itself (contactmusic.com)	(19)

Mon November 16, 2009

(Blurt)	After recording one of Loretta Lynn's best album, Jack White is looking to do the same with Wanda Jackson (blurt-online.com)	(24)
	Mariah Carey is irritated that music execs have done nothing to stop illegal downloading. She must've just found out about the trend in the past few days (contactmusic.com)	(46)
(Spinner)	"Stairway to Heaven" only became a hit because it was the perfect length for a DJ to go have a cigarette break (spinner.ca)	(109)
(The Quietus)	Q&A with Alice In Chains' Jerry Cantrell: "this seems to be a drug interview so that's my last question about drugs" (thequietus.com)	(29)
	Drummer for the Kings of Leon gets married. His wife can look forward to two good years, but then it will go downhill from there (contactmusic.com)	(22)
(Some Guy)	When you are about to sing a national anthem in front of thousands of people you might want to I don't know actually know the words to the anthem. With video goodness (sport24.co.za)	(29)
	The 9 most underrated funny songs: According to Weird Al (cracked.com)	(81)
	John Lydon feels Sid Vicious wouldn't have glorified Velvet Underground's drug songs so much if only he'd "seen what a vacuous fat slob Lou Reed really is" (contactmusic.com)	(48)

Sun November 15, 2009

		20 years ago Malcolm McLaren, Bootsy Collins, and Jeff Beck gave Johann Strauss a facelift. As if that wasn't weird enough, somebody made a video out of it (youtube.com)	(17)
		SHMHC: 3 Inches of Blood - "Battles and Brotherhood" ... more like Boobs and Bloodshed (youtube.com)	(75)
		Keith Urban's "heart stretched" the day he became a father. He even returned all the Christmas gifts that he stole from Whoville (contactmusic.com)	(13)

Sat November 14, 2009

	Star guitar, sea organ, hydraulophone and pig flute: The world's weirdest instruments (gigwise.com)	(39)
	Some would say Sting was a lost man in a lost world. You could say he lost his faith in talent shows on TV. You could say he lost his belief in our musicians. They all seem like game show hosts to him (contactmusic.com)	(23)
	Full track listing revealed for Peter Gabriel's forthcoming covers album. It still won't be as good as, or sell as well as, a Phil Collins album (music-mix.ew.com)	(46)
	I hope you know that this will go down on your permanent record. Violent Femmes performing 'Kiss Off' from 1983 (youtube.com)	(20)
(The Daily Swarm)	Q&A with Steve Albini who recorded the Pixies, PJ Harvey, The Breeders, Jesus Lizard and of course, Nirvana: "I got beat up by their management and their record label after the fact. Geffen tried to put me out of business" (thedailyswarm.com)	(29)
	Weird Al schools us on Autotune (youtube.com)	(44)

Fri November 13, 2009

	Jerry Lee Lewis + Jimmy Page = TASTY (youtube.com)	(15)
	For his upcoming solo album, Slash re-recorded "Paradise City" with Fergie and Cypress Hill (with audio) (idolator.com)	(30)
(Some Guy)	The Pixies join Pavement as headliners at the Primavera Sound music festival. This is not a repeat from 1994 (primaverasound.com)	(24)
	The lead singer of Missing Persons has been found in jail (blogs.tampabay.com)	(107)
	Beck recruits Wilco, Feist, and Jamie Liddell to cover an obscure folk rock album from 1967 in one day (rollingstone.com)	(25)
(NME)	The Fall's entire back catalogue to be reissued, starting with "This Nation's Saving Grace," which will come with bonus tracks, notes and a letter from Mark E. Smith telling you to f--k off (nme.com)	(21)
(Spinner)	Jello Biafra on labels and RIAA ripping off artists: "They say it's all going to what they call a charity organization of lawyers to fund more lawyers to sue more people. That's major labels' idea of charity" (spinner.ca)	(33)
(Some Guy)	Gibson releases Angus Young signature SG line; the guitar comes with a very slim neck, custom Gibson humbuckers, ebony "lightning bolt" inlays, and a PIMP red crushed velvet schoolboy uniform and beanie (guitarworld.com)	(55)
	John Lydon thanks butter commercial for financing Public Image Ltd's return:"I'm promoting a British product which I'm very proud of" (gigwise.com)	(22)
(The Quietus)	Alice Cooper to create a new character for next album, presumably cranky grandpa in makeup who'd rather be playing golf right now (thequietus.com)	(15)