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Sun October 07, 2007
Yahoo Interesting And the first group to get permission to legally sample a Beatles track is... *drumroll* (22)
(Some Guy) Cool Roger Hodgson plays first concert in Glasgow in 30 years. Young Farkers: a band called Supertramp and had an album called Crime Of The Century and you're committing it by wandering onto my lawn to ask who the hell Roger Hodgson is (11)
Kansas City Hero Garth Brooks tickets to KC show sell out in 15 minutes. Brooks adds 8 more shows to meet demand, tells scalpers to suck it (28)
YouTube Cool Happy 39th birthday to Mr Thom Yorke. Three days away from In Rainbows, here's a live look at the closing track, Videotape (23)
YouTube Cool Iron Maiden performs "Powerslave" live. With costumed Bruce Dickinson goodness (24)

Sat October 06, 2007
YouTube Cool Saturday Music Club presents The Flaming Lips - "She Don't Use Jelly," live from Oklahoma (25)
YouTube Spiffy I see your George Harrison tribute, and raise you Bob Dylan tribute with Neil Young, Tom Petty, Eric Clapton, Roger McGuinn, Bob Dylan AND George Harrison. Electric guitar gods and gravelly voiced songwriters FTW (16)
(Some Guy) Unlikely The top 107 guitar riffs of all time (98)
YouTube Video And the man at the back said, "Everyone attack," and it turned into a ballroom blitz (47)
AP Obvious Jena mayor says "enough is enough" after seeing new John Mellencamp video. Ain't that America (59)
YouTube Video Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and other musicians perform George Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" in the 2002 Concert for George (18)
YouTube Cool Pearl Jam & Robert Plant play "Going to California" (8)

Fri October 05, 2007
YouTube Cool Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii - Echoes (36)
(Some Guy) Sad Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It" is being used in a TV commercial to advertise birth control (43)
St. Pete Times Misc Duran Duran's John Taylor defends band: "I'm still being paid to be a farking musician. Not a lot of people can say that." (42)
YouTube Video Robin Zander and Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick on "Kids Are People, Too" circa 1979. Anyone else remember this show? (20)
YouTube Video I'll see your Rodrigo y Gabriela "Stairway to Heaven" and raise you a Stanley Jordan "Stairway to Heaven" (27)

Thu October 04, 2007
CBS News Spiffy Bruce Springsteen answers critics who call his anti-war sentiments unpatriotic by saying the real sin against patriotism is saying nothing while your country is being harmed (134)
YouTube Cool Beatnik Gilligan sings "Ho Daddy Surf's Up." (w/ potentially disturbing Bob Denver chin closeups) (15)
Yahoo Unlikely Britney's new single "Gimme More" is surging atop the music charts. Wait, what? (45)
Google Video Introducing a cover of "Stairway to Heaven" that even the most jaded guitar salesman would let you play in his store... if you could, that is (38)
MSNBC Obvious The mysteries of "American Pie," who "You're So Vain" was written about? Psh. Finally, the hidden truths about the origins of "My Humps" can be revealed (32)
St. Pete Times Asinine Duran Duran on Broadway? What's next, getting Justin Timberlake to produce? ... nevermind (9)
Guardian.com Hero Neil Young on his new album, George Bush, and the damage done (53)
YouTube Spiffy "Love is a Battlefield" meets Pete Rock, remix master (video) (13)
YouTube Sad 37 years ago today we lost Janis Joplin. Here's hoping she finally got that Mercedes Benz (38)
YouTube Cool Shine on you crazy diamond, and do it acoustically if you don't mind (39)

Wed October 03, 2007
(Some Guy) Interesting The top 10 bestselling albums of all time (84)
(MSN.com) Interesting Mick Jagger talks about solo career, life on stage with zombies (5)
(Some Guy) Dumbass Beyonce's show consists of skimpy outfits and dance moves. No singing talent required (26)
YouTube Video Here thar be punksters: FEAR live in 1980 (Not safe for work language) (26)
Starpulse Obvious Lead singer of H.I.M. considers quitting music because songwriting makes him suicidal, thus explaining his band's effect on its fans (31)
YouTube Cool Older Dropkick Murphys from 2001 to counteract their terrible recent release (30)
(KNAC) Sad Legendary KNAC deejay Tawn Mastrey has died at the age of 53. Metalheads bang their heads in memory (13)
YouTube Sad Happy 53rd birthday Stevie Ray Vaughan, wherever you are. Enjoy a master at work (15)
YouTube Spiffy Beastie Boys and Elvis Costello tear a new one in "Radio, Radio" with bonus inside joke goodness (27)
Independent Followup Radiohead's website crashes after deluge of dozens of fans rushing to order new album (19)

Tue October 02, 2007
Baltimore Sun Cool Fugazi frontman, Ian MacKaye would like to inform everyone that he's still alive. sXe (49)
(Sleepy Sidewinder) Audio Ever wanted to hear the Meat Puppets cover "Everybody Hurts"? Me neither, but here's a free "Automatic for the People" tribute anyway (16)
TechnologyReview Cool Gibson's self-tuning guitar - cool tag because it instantly tunes to whatever scale/key you wish, but asinine because jackasses will use this to regularly tune their guitar. You still wont sound like EVH, though (92)
(Business Wire) Cool Old and busted: Ring tones. New hotness: Neil Peart's drum tones (29)
(The Syndicate) Spiffy Congratulations, Class of 2008 Rock N Roll Hall of Fame inductees, you are officially old. Wait, no Metallica? That's cool, we got Donna Summer instead (42)
Rolling Stone Interesting Your favorite underrated guitarist is not on this list of underrated guitarists (181)
Contact Music Dumbass From the "sweet Jesus, WHY?" department: Bono collaborating with the Spice Girls (33)
YouTube Cool Behold the majesty of John Foxx-era Ultravox on The Old Grey Whistle Test (9)

Mon October 01, 2007
Rolling Stone Asinine Yoko Ono reveals details of Lennon Memorial in Iceland (37)
(Drowned In Sound) Interesting Trent Reznor wants smaller Nine Inch Nails (43)
(nbc10) Interesting Slideshow of what some 80s pop starlets look like now. Subby would still hit those Bananarama chicks, would still vomit on Taylor Dayne (148)
Reuters Unlikely George Michael is trying to cut down on the number of joints he puts in his mouth each day (13)
(Some Guy) Cool Radiohead to release new album in 10 days -- you choose how much to pay for it (114)

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