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Sun August 24, 2008
(YouTube) Cool 42 strings, three necks, and Pat Methany (13)
(YouTube) Video Stone Phillips exposes the scourge of heavy metal music in 1987 (28)
(TBO) Florida The Stone Temple Pilots cancel their show in Florida-- after fans had already filled the seats and the opening act had already performed. "If the reason was inclement weather, they didn't know that until 10:30?" (17)
(YouTube) Cool Who's 20 years old, stunningly cute and can rock your face off? Alex Winston "Hello" (40)
(YouTube) Cool Iron Maiden live and at their theatrical best performing the epic first person WWI anthem "Paschendale" (14)
(Some Guy) Ironic It has been 12 years since Metallica's James Hetfield has had a drink, released a decent album (47)
(YouTube) Video F.E.A.R (24)
(YouTube) Cool Satriani and Buckethead? Meh. Try shredding on a cigar box guitar (31)
(Daily Mail) Strange Charlie Watts' wife in trouble over horse snatch affair (13)
(YouTube) Amusing The weirdest cover of 'Lightning Strikes' you'll see and hear today (18)
(AP) Amusing Madonna kicks off "Sticky and Sweet" tour. Apparently "Old and Busted" already taken (24)

Sat August 23, 2008
(YouTube) Video Primus + Letterman + Penguin Suits = Win (Primus Sucks) (36)
(DMN) Obvious Rob Halford vows to restore Judas Priest to its rightful position as masters of real heavy metal, slags predecessor Tim Owens. "I don't think a straight man can do my job in Judas Priest" (50)
(YouTube) Cool Buckethead plays "Nottingham Lace" live. If you don't think the solo is epic, you have no soul (63)
(YouTube) Video After Satriani's soulless, intricately-designed maze of notes going nowhere, how about something a little more visceral and direct; P.I.L.'"Public Image" (30)
(Guardian.com) Hero Iggy Pop on touring, stage-diving at 61 and letting his audience jump the stage: "Glastonbury was special. They just kind of advanced like a fog. It was very nice. I found it very relaxing" (7)
(YouTube) Cool Joe Satriani - "Crystal Planet". Subby is going to make his own guitars into a coffee table. At least then they'd be useful (62)
(YouTube) Amusing Humpty and the Shire Reeve Judge Alvin 'J.P' Valkenheiser rock out on Same Song. Bonus: A very un-thuglife Tupac on backup vocals (12)
(Some Guy) Silly Guitarist for indie band Hold Steady slams Radiohead for "all the buttons and sequencing and stuff," while praising Oasis for their earnest honesty. This is punk, 2008 (71)
(YouTube) Interesting Please, Hammer, don't perform a multi-variate regression on them (15)
(AP) Interesting Wurst case scenario for Da Brat (33)

Fri August 22, 2008
(The Tennessean) Sad Buddy Harmon, the most recorded drummer in history, could keep a beat, but his heart couldn't. Dead at 79 (19)
(The Register) Amusing "I can't believe Amy Winehouse self-harms. She's so irritating she must be able to find someone to do it for her" (42)
(Contact Music) Cool Axl Rose tells biographer, "People would show up at all hours and we'd talk the girls into climbing into our loft, and somebody would hit the light and go, 'All right... Get naked or leave'" (33)
(The Times of India) Interesting British poll shows that the Police song "When the World is Running Down" has the most frequently mis-heard lyrics. 2nd place: "Jews let the frogs out?" (48)
(Starpulse) Obvious James Hetfield says that Metallica's documentary, "Some Kind Of Monster," proved that the band were "frigging egomanics." Obvious tag wants to sue Napster (93)
(St. Petersburg Times) Stupid Miley Cyrus Inc. attempts to chisel another $250 out of her fans by inviting them to 'Share the Experience' of her 16th birthday party celebration at Disneyland (56)
(Contact Music) Cool Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger lose court appeal for the use of "The Doors" as part of their band name, so further feeding on the carcass of Jim Morrison will have to be done under the much lamer "Riders On The Storm" moniker (58)

Thu August 21, 2008
(Blabbermouth) Spiffy New Metallica song posted for your listening pleasure. Fark: It's good (221)
(Some Guy) Misc Looks like Scott Stapp has finally found a way to get some more publicity (33)
(Wall Street Journal) Cool Hippest second-grade teacher ever gets his kids hooked on Coltrane, and now they're at work saving Trane's house from the wrecking ball (216)
(YouTube) Video Kenny Rogers celebrates his 70th birthday. "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)". Abide (37)
(YouTube) Video Joe Strummer would have only been 56 today. "White Riot" live in Victoria Park, London, 1978. Not safe for work language, if you're working for the clampdown (35)
(Reuters) Stupid The Verve reunites with first album in 11 years. In other news, there used to be some band called The Verve (57)
(Blender) Weird Blender Magazine presents "Ask a Rock Star", starring Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders. First question: "That's a new look for you, have you changed your hairstyle?" (24)

Wed August 20, 2008
(Starpulse) Stupid Beyonce's kid sister Solange is set to reveal stunning personal experiences on her new album, including a song about drug-fueled sex. Her fan is reportedly shocked, SHOCKED to hear this (35)
(Guide Live.com) Spiffy The Todies have reunited, and are releasing there first new album in 7 years...in other news, the Todies are still alive (71)
(Metro) Interesting In his memoirs "Bumping Into Geniuses" the author, former Mercury music boss, says Kurt Cobain rejected requests from Axl Rose to meet him: "Rose had the kind of macho rock persona that Kurt detested" (55)
(Idolator) Asinine Teenager with Slipknot mask and a sword attacks four people at his school, killing one. School puts blame on "satanic" music, so label respond by claiming the mask wasn't "sanctioned Slipknot merchandise" (43)
(CNN) Interesting The plastic guitar: savior of rock? (61)
(Now Magazine) Interesting Justin Timberlake admits working with Madonna was "tedious" (19)
(Rolling Stone) Hero Perry Farrell says there won't be a Jane's Addiction reunion: "I have always considered reunions to be a way to make a quick buck, and it sells short my own experience of it the first time around" (31)
(CNN) Interesting Mark Chapman says he is ashamed that he killed John Lennon. Parole Board gives him squishy hug and lets him out. Nah, just kidding, he's not going anywhere (197)
(BBC) Sick Cut Gary Glitter some slack - after three years in a Vietnamese jail for abusing young girls, wouldn't YOU want a few days layover in Thailand? (44)
(UPI) Interesting Country star John Rich: "I'm sure Johnny Cash would be a McCain supporter if he was still around." Roseanne Cash: "It is appalling to me that people invoke my father's name to further their own agendas." Oh SNAP (140)
(YouTube) Cool Think "Thriller" meets an Ed Wood film, meets Buster Keaton and you've got the music video for TV On the Radio's "Wolf Like Me" (22)
(YouTube) Video Phil Lynott would have turned 59 today. Probably just as well he went before the wave of Irish-African bass players flooded the market. "Jailbreak" live in 1983 (28)
(YouTube) Sad In memory of LeRoi Moore, what was your favorite DMB song which featured him? LGT to LeRoi on flute (175)
(Huffington Post) Interesting Toby Keith confuses country music lovers everywhere by endorsing Obama (93)
(The Vine) Sad The man with the world's largest record collection is forced to give it up (video) (22)
(London Times) Interesting Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Brian Jones, Janis Joplin, Robert Johnson and Kurt Cobain have something in common: They all joined the 27 club (72)

Tue August 19, 2008
(TMZ) Sad LeRoi Moore, Saxophonist of The Dave Matthews Band dead at 46 (103)
(Some Guy) Amusing Country singer shouts "Anyone got a beer?" from the stage. Gets one right between the eyes (115)
(Starpulse) Interesting Brian Wilson releases new album, still struggles with mental health issues: "When I go to the keyboard, I feel holy, like an angel over my head. I feel very holy" (29)
(Now Magazine) Interesting Kanye West posts dozens of photos of Scarlett Johansson on his online blog entry entitled "My Favorite White Girl!!!!!!!" Reports that the actress is seeking a restraining order yet to be confirmed (46)
(YouTube) Video Radiohead covers Joy Division's "Ceremony" (50)
(Guardian.com) Stupid East Coast Avengers release their own remix of "Kill Bill" (O'Reilly) (14)
(Livenews) Misc Jennifer Lopez has vowed to crawl across the finish line in her upcoming triathlon, prompting race organisers to question whether she understands the swim, cycle, run format of the event (14)
(Free Press) Sad Pervis Jackson of "The Spinners" dies. Goodnight, Rubber Band Man (20)
(AP) Obvious As he prepares for the New Kids on the Block tour, and in anticipation of long-lost groupie-sex, Donnie Wahlberg remembers, "Oh crap, I'm married." Promptly takes care of THAT problem (12)
(YouTube) Video It seemed so dirty back then. August 19, 1979: The Knack's "My Sharona" hits No. 1 (42)
(PCWorld) Stupid Eleven things we hate about iTunes (186)
(SFGate) Stupid Metallica's James Hetfield wants kids to get off his lawn, builds barbed-wire fence around his property (35)
(YouTube) Video Ginger Baker of Cream and Blind Faith turns 69. Here he is in 1968, with an eight-minute drum solo from "Toad" (20)

Mon August 18, 2008
(London Times) Ironic David Byrne & Brian Eno release new album "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today" except of course, any sales of a new David Byrne/Brian Eno album (65)
(AZCentral) Amusing Doctors say Bono is a fatty, order him to lose weight. Axl, Jim Morrison nod in recognition (12)
(NYPost) Obvious Jermaine, Tito, Marlon and Jackie have still not weaned themselves from Michael's teat (13)
(Entertainment Weekly) Amusing Entertainment Weekly's readers choose the 20 worst cover songs. Everyone's favorite "Final Countdown" cover band escapes unscathed (164)
(Starpulse) Followup If yelling "you suck" to the band isn't enough for you, try calling the lead singer a "farking ignorant n-word" and see how well that works out for you (84)
(Onion AV Club) Interesting 29 great instrumentals from bands who usually sing - and since this is Onion-derived, there's considerably less suck than in the usual lists of this ilk (97)
(YouTube) Cool I'll see the Beatallica and re-raise you a Hayseed Dixie 'Hells Bells' (2)
(Paste Magazine) Interesting 10 Best Songs in Commercials During The Olympics (16)
(Starpulse) Strange Amy Winehouse gets inspiration from "The Wizard of Oz," keeps her eyes open for falling houses (9)
(Some Guy) Followup Jared Leto responds to Virgin/EMI's lawsuit against 30 Seconds To Mars (25)
(YouTube) Spiffy Oasis return with a music video that can only be described as the illegitimate love child of The Beatles and Monty Python. And the tune ain't half-bad either (26)
(Chicago Tribune) Dumbass Doing rails at a Steely Dan concert ain't what it was back in the '70s (32)
(Some Cash Fan) Video Johnny Cash's last recording session. Who knew he was a TMNT fan (35)
(Washington Post) Sad Steel player Don Helms, the last original member of Hank Williams' band, The Drifting Cowboys, is now a long gone daddy. Submitter has the honky-tonk blues (6)
(Gigwise) Interesting The album cover is dead. Enjoy your iPod with a postage stamp size footnote of music history (90)

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