Vanessa Paradis does Lou Reed some justice. She don't need twenty-six dollars	(7)
		Nightwish's "Wishmaster", the misheard lyrics: "hamster, a dentist, hard porn, Steven Seagull"	(4)
(Some Guy)		When an actor decides to be in a band it usually brings about disastrous results. We call this the Don Johnson Effect. These seven actors managed to pull it off	(53)
		Reviewer calls James Blunt a big fake because he sings songs other people have written for him - seriously	(38)
		The best solo 12 string performance you'll see before lunch. Stevie Ray Vaughan - "Testify"	(22)
		The unjustly underrated T-Bone Burnett turns 60. "Earlier Baghdad (The Bounce)"	(5)
		MC Chris Ownz ÷ Nerdcore + Mario Bros = Awesome	(27)
		14-year-old kid demolishes Free Bird. On the piano. Playing by ear.	(38)
		Tonight, on classic rock covers: Creedence Clearwater Revival performs "Heard It Through the Grapevine"	(22)

		Robbie Williams refuses to make another album--much to the delight of everyone, everywhere, that has lived or will ever live	(16)
		Recipe for a killer live performance: Take one Jeff Beck, add one Jennifer Batten, shake vigorously and serve	(20)
		Rapper Prodigy has his latest release translated into 14,000 languages	(18)
		Gov't Mule and Les Claypool. Too much awesome for one room	(10)
(Some Guy)		Dream Theater's "Greatest Hit (…& 21 Other Pretty Songs)" details revealed	(53)
		How getting licked by a cow is the future of British rock music	(4)
(Some Guy)		Indian outsourcing of "Sweet Child O' Mine"	(16)
		Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters duet. So romantic except for getting spit all over yourself	(29)
(Some Guy)		The sixteen ugliest men in rock & roll	(87)

		Cowboys, lasers, robots, holograms, dirtbikes, and unicorns. No matter how much you accomplish in life, you will never be as awesome as this	(46)
		Ringo Starr, Dave Stewart, and Echo and The Bunnymen team up to prove once and for all that Liverpool is this year's European Capital of Culture. Suck it, Stavanger	(12)
(Some Guy)		AC/DC are not in the studio, they are not recording with Mutt Lange and they don't have a title for an album	(37)
		It's a dead man's party. Who could ask for more?	(28)

(Some Guy)		Big collection of the funniest use of album covers you'll see all day (One possibly Not safe for work)	(43)
		On this day in 1949, RCA released the first 45-rpm record. For you younger Farkers, a "record" is a grooved vinyl disc that was used as a rudimentary recording and playback system back in ancient times, like the 70s	(360)
		No, THIS is actually one of the greatest music videos ever made. It's by the same director, too	(26)
		Billy Ray Cyrus, Kansas, the Bangles, Herman's Hermits, and Elliot Yamin to headline the second annual Family Gras Festival of Washed-up Suck	(26)
(True Dat!)		Hip-hop community says Vocoder permits should "be awarded on a song-by-song basis by a council of trust-worthy individuals" -- namely Stevie Wonder, Prince, a Daft Punk robot, Johnny 5 and Stephen Hawking	(55)
		At age 26, Mozart was confirmed as a concert master. Here's part of his final masterpiece, "Requiem in D Minor"	(71)
		Just because you know you haven't seen it in a while, one of the greatest music videos ever made	(24)
(Some Guy)		The three-year-old daughter of electronic music artist BT has been missing since December 19th	(159)
		Twenty-five years after "Alpha" and six months after saying there's no new album coming, Asia's founding members set to release "Phoenix"	(38)
(Some Guy)		Twiggy Ramirez has rejoined Marilyn Manson. And there was much rejoicing. Yay	(19)
		"Old Man" -- Neil Young wrote this masterpiece around his 26th birthday. About the same age Britney Spears is today	(54)
		On this day in 1945, Rod Stewart first showed his face. Here he is 26 years later with "Stay With Me"	(20)
		Jim Croce born this day in 1943. Here he is shortly before his death in 1973, singing his biggest hit: "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"	(16)
		A bass solo doesn't guarantee you'll make it till Friday, but this one sure doesn't hurt	(26)
(Some Guy)		Katharine McPhee's record label gets over her	(11)

		"[Tom] Petty, who has been a vocal opponent of corporate sponsorship of music events - will take to the stage in an event sponsored by tire manufacturer The Bridgestone Corporation"	(29)
		Mariah Carey denies saying she'd "rather be on stage with a pig" than duet with Jennifer Lopez. Pig relieved	(6)
(Some Guy)		Lars Ulrich says the new Metallica album is not as "one-dimensional" as "St. Anger"	(123)
		Yoko Ono: "I'm so used to saying no. So many people come to me to use John's name mostly to do with making money"	(34)
		If you reached into the enormous bucket of fading disco and skinny-tie suck that was the music of 1982, there were still gems to be found -- like Donald Fagen's "New Frontier"	(49)
		Happy 64th birthday, Jimmy Page. Here's "White Summer"	(25)
(Some Fake Guy)		Spinal Tap's Christopher Guest receives honorary doctorate from Berklee College Of Music; haberdashery plans still on hold (LGT11)	(15)
		From 1979: The Undertones perform "You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It)." Where is your U2 now?	(15)
		Bob Dylan shows Donovan a thing or two..."Love Minus Zero/No Limit"	(13)
(Some Guy)		Paul Rodgers celebrating his 40th anniversary as recording artist	(11)
(RTE.ie)		Eminem spent the holidays thinking of words that rhyme with "pneumonia"	(51)

(Some Guy)		Sting and the Police are the dirtiest band in the world, and this has nothing to do with tantric sex	(24)
		Billy Joel's live performance of "She's Always a Woman to Me" from Russia. Enjoy, comrades (with cool Cyrillic subtitles)	(10)
		Continuing today's "get off my lawn" video flashbacks, here's Frankie Goes to Hollywood with "Relax"	(36)
(The Syndicate)		We're getting psyched for 1996 nostalgia: Superdrag and Nada Surf are playing a show together. The only question is this... where's Harvey Danger?	(41)
		The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain performs the theme from "Shaft"	(15)
(Some Guy)		The average price for tickets for Led Zeppelin's comeback gig was £7,425 (approximately $14,700)	(19)
		Taylor "Soul Patrol" Hicks has been dropped by his label	(30)
		Were he still alive, drummer Paul Hester would be 49 today. Here he is goofing in his pajamas on an early Crowded House video of "Mean To Me"	(24)
		Grand Funk Railroad at Shea Stadium in 1971 completes today's "get off my lawn" trifecta	(21)
		Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade Of Pale," including one of the two lost verses, and Matthew Fisher's sweet Hammond B3 organ	(18)
		Such epic win, yet, such utter fail. Head... hurts. Subby wants to party with the keyboardist	(14)
		Guilty Pleasures 101: Tracey Ullman and "They Don't Know" with extra spanking goodness	(20)
		"The Final Countdown," played very well by an orchestra and three douchebags on cello	(17)
(Some Guy)		Mariah Carey would rather duet with a pig than J-Lo. Pig not so sure either way	(8)
		Hail to the King, baby. Elvis Presley born January 8, 1935. Here he is in an early TV appearance on the "Milton Berle Show" in 1956	(28)
		David Bowie turns 61 today. Awesome 1973 video for "Life on Mars," fortunately shot just before the horrific 1974 eye shadow shortage	(40)

		Question: Is the true psychological experiment of "Portal" the ending credits song, which no one who has ever finished the game has been able to get out of their heads since?	(73)
		For those hoping Dave Grohl will play drums on a Zeppelin reunion tour, I give you the Foo Fighters version of "Stairway to Heaven"	(48)
		The coolest three-chord one-hit wonder ever: Sniff 'n' the Tears' "Driver's Seat"	(23)
(Some Guy)		Drummer for one L.A. Guns is mad at the guitar player for the other L.A. Guns. Says he will never be in L.A. Guns (the old one) with him again. Wait, what?	(7)
		The Scorpions + Vanessa Mae (hottest violinist ever) x "Still Loving You" = Your socks rocked off	(16)
(Some Guy)		Bif Naked announces she has breast cancer	(45)