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Sun July 20, 2008
(kenosha news) Amusing Local music critics give opinion of Jessica Simpson's debut into country music. "She doesn't fit in with country, and I'll have to drink a lot of beer to sit through her concert." (19)
(SFGate) Obvious Rapper DMX arrested yet again, this time for identify theft so he could skip on a hospital bill. He's in Phoenix, so there's bonus Sheriff Joe Arpaio quotes (19)
(CBS News) Stupid The biggest one-hit wonder ever, Chubby Checker, is releasing a 2-disc "greatest hits" set. It will feature 34 remixes of "The Twist" (49)
(YouTube) Cool Pearl Jam at the VH1 rock honors for The Who. Eddie's voice is powerful & flawless amazing performance graced with McCready doing some Pete moves (69)

Sat July 19, 2008
(YouTube) Video For no particular reason, here's The Fabulous Stains doing the Sex Pistol's "Join the Professionals." Bonus: very young Laura Dern and Diane Lane (16)
(Mercury News) Dumbass "Dearly beloved... we are gathered here today to sue your ass for using a Prince song in a YouTube video of your toddler." (28)
(Gawker) Dumbass Courtney Love is furiously blogging again, this time something to do with Ryan Adams shooting smack and owing "$848,00" for his last record, owed to Frances Bean who has barely enough to eat, apparently (32)
(YouTube) Spiffy Chancellor Brian May, Commander of the British Empire and best guitarist ever, turns 61 today. In his honor, here is "A Kind Of Magic" live at Wembley Stadium in 1986 (23)
(YouTube) Amusing New video from Slipknot: Psychosocial . . . let the ridicule begin (73)
(AP) Sad Singer Jo Stafford dead at 90. It's a good excuse to play "Shrimp Boats" ad nauseum and annoy your neighbors (14)
(Reuters) Strange Paul Simon sues clockmaker for illegal use of his songs, breaking his heart, shaking his confidence daily (15)
(YouTube) Video The Cramps live at Napa State mental hospital, 1978 (20)
(London Times) Cool Musicologists rescue and restore long-lost library of BBC's legendary Delia Derbyshire, producer of the "Dr. Who" theme song and godmother of modern electronica (9)

Fri July 18, 2008
(BBC) Amusing Not news: Metal band releases second album. News: Lead singer is 62 years old. Fark: He's a Capuchin monk. (With video of 'Brother Metal' in action) (20)
(AP) PSA This just in: Steven Adler will not make it to the release party for "Chinese Democracy" next week (12)
(Contact Music) Interesting Perry Farrell hints at another Jane's Addiction reunion, but to not worry if it sucks because he'll throw a big party to make up for it: "How bad could it be?" (15)
(Some Guy) Interesting Hinder to release new album in November. The first single: "Fhqwhgads". Say it with a flourish (36)
(YouTube) Spiffy 70's rock-n-roll the way it was supposed to be: live on TV with a sparkly silver suit and perfect hair (21)
(LAist) Video Weezer joins 250 fans in performing the "hit" from their worst-selling album (42)
(FMQB) Unlikely "I'm trying to reinvent her. I think it's about to be her time again." Madonna? Nope. Cher? Nope. If you guessed Britney, you win custody of her childr... er, a fabulous No-Prize (17)
(YouTube) Spiffy Nyuck Nuck Nyuck: In celebration of Moe Howard's 111th birthday, here's Iggy & the Stooges doing "TV Eye" in 1970. Bonus: Peanut butter smearing at 4:15 (19)
(Reuters) Followup Barenaked Ladies forced to cancel Disney gig after singer's drug arrest. In other news, you probably didn't know that BNL were doing kids music now (45)
(Rolling Stone) Amusing Billy Joel says goodbye to Cuban guerilla leader Shea Stadium. On the way out he helps start the demolition with his volvo (107)
(Some Guy) Obvious Coldplay lead singer comes out of the closet (33)
(News Of The World) Sad Stock in Amy Winehouse's Death Pool bid is rising tonight (41)

Thu July 17, 2008
(Some Guy) Amusing Barenaked Ladies singer arrested for cocaine possession (with oh so precious mug shot) (66)
(Daily Mail) Interesting Barry Manilow's weight drops to 100 pounds. Your mom would hit it anyway (60)
(Some Guy) Interesting New Metallica album cover looks like unshaven vagina (81)
(Idolator) Unlikely "Chinese Democracy" upgraded from "album that will never come out" to "four albums that will never come out" (23)
(Contact Music) Stupid Because making actual songs would just be too artsy, Gene Simmons fronts a new reality show which will see contestants composing music jingles for commercials (48)
(Canoe) Obvious Not news: Quebecois sovereignists are offended. News: By Paul McCartney coming to play in Quebec City. Fark/Obvious: Because he's British (29)
(YouTube) Dumbass Rush, the greatest band ever, performs on Colbert Report for their first TV performance in 30 years -- "Tom Sawyer" (127)
(YouTube) Cool Metallica's Iron Maiden cover is out, and it's good. But don't let that stop you from hating them (62)

Wed July 16, 2008
(Rolling Stone) Obvious Bret Michaels' quest to bag a thousand women while being paid to do it continues (23)
(Starpulse) Interesting Primal Scream says their forthcoming arena tour will be their best yet, since they'll be able to remember it (5)
(MSNBC) Hero 20 years ago, Bruce Springsteen unwittingly ignited the downfall of world communism (36)
(AP) Spiffy Creator of Backstreet Boys and N*SYNC ordered to pay victims $300 million, or roughly one dollar each (19)
(Celebitchy) Amusing Billy Joel, on attempting to commit suicide with furniture polish, after his heavy-metal band "Attila" failed: "All I ended up doing was farting furniture polish for a couple of days and polishing my mother's chairs" (20)
(Some Guy) Spiffy George Harrison's sister to open the first American Beatles museum in Branson, MO (21)
(News.com.au) Cool How much for a slightly burnt 40-year-old guitar? It's a leftie (70)
(Some Guy) Cool A half-Kenyan Harvard graduate in his forties shares his thoughts on American politics and the race for president. No, not Barack Obama -- Tom Morello (139)
(Starpulse) Unlikely Miley Cyrus vows to stay chaste until marriage, or at least until she gets out of her Disney contract (140)
(Contact Music) Dumbass Pete Townshend says iTunes alienating music fans with "heartless" delivery method. Come feel the love with $750 Who concert tickets (40)
(Contact Music) Obvious Memory loss is a horrible affliction. Unless you used to be in ABBA (12)
(hellomagazine.com) Hero Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty was so moved by the death of a teenage fan, he ended up playing at his wake (18)
(KMTR 16) Interesting Elton John wants you to lick this (13)
(YouTube) Cool One of the greatest renditions of "Piano Man." Try not to smile (75)

Tue July 15, 2008
(Wstm) Stupid Barenaked Ladies lead singer Steven J. Page arrested on cocaine charges, just in time to give a publicity boost to their just released children's music album "Snacktime" (50)
(AP) Cool Rush to appear on Colbert Report. Submitter was going to make some sort of "2112" or "Moving Pictures" reference before realizing this is, in fact, Rush the band, not Rush the Limbaugh (99)
(Telegraph) Obvious Prosecutors in Phil Spector murder say they have a new surprise witness against him. Must. Not. Use. Newsflash (23)
(Contact Music) Interesting Bee Gees star Robin Gibb is calling on government action against Saturday night binge drinking fever, fed up with seeing drunks in Thame now that he's sober and stayin' alive: "I dislike drunks, you cannot reason with them" (21)
(Now Magazine) Amusing Amy Winehouse's most shameful habit yet: collecting football stickers (8)
(Metro) Unlikely Victoria Beckham says she hates all the attention she gets. We're going to need a bigger Unlikely tag for this one (19)
(YouTube) Spiffy Johnny Thunders' birthday seems like an excellent time to enjoy some classic New York Dolls, so start enjoying already (49)
(Some Guy) Interesting Some Guy's list of the top ten acts not in the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame (142)
(Idaho Statesman) Weird Cutting-edge rock club The Knitting Factory expands to Boise and Spokane in order to promote revenue-generating acts such as Elton John and James Taylor and subsidize money-losing NYC and LA outlets (13)
(YouTube) Video Linda Ronstadt turns 62; here she is in 1974, belting out "You're No Good" live (20)
(Starpulse) Silly Billy Corgan made Frances Bean cry for declining a "Sweet 16" invitation, sending Courtney Love into a blind rage of public indignation: "I hate stating this on some random public forum, but the line is the kid, man" (74)

Mon July 14, 2008
(Pitchfork) Spiffy Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., Bikini Kill, The Replacements, Elvis Costello: it's not your mix tape, it's the Rock Band 2 set list (95)
(Some Guy) Cool Radiohead, Made from Lasers (16)
(Contact Music) Amusing Boy George writes song for Barack Obama, entitled "Yes, We Can," to which Obama was overheard uttering "No, but thanks" (6)
(Gawker) Amusing Oops pow surprise. Rapper wants $20m for mental anguish after video of him getting beat down by Biggie Smalls is released (43)
(Daily Mail) Followup Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood's wife of 23 years dumps him for running off with and schtupping teenage cocktail waitress. The ungrateful biatch (18)
(Blabbermouth) Ironic Def Leppard frontman accuses LA glam bands of being vapid, insults David Bowie and says he wanted to shag Hanoi Rocks frontman Mike Monroe all in a two minute statement. But he's not gay. Just stupid (55)
(Starpulse) Weird R.E.M. uses a festival in Scotland to preach American politics by playing a set full of political songs; also set record for putting on most boring concert ever (37)
(Canada.com) Followup "David Lee Roth wasn't David Lee Roth, says David Lee Roth" (25)
(Valley Planet) Interesting Recent interview with Lisa Loeb reveals she has new children's record, plays at many Barnes & Nobles, loves Facebook and Hello Kitty, and still wears those glasses (47)
(The New York Times) Spiffy Guns N' Roses will release new song in video game. Video game surprisingly not "Duke Nukem Forever" (19)
(Contact Music) Stupid Rage Against The Machine call for a "war crime" trial for George W. Bush, branding him a "war criminal" over the conflict in Iraq. In related news, they still can't clearly explain why they wear Che Guevara t-shirts (355)

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