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Sun October 12, 2008

	In the "Damn I'm feeling old" category: Today marks the 30th anniversary of Nancy Spungen's murder and arrest of Sid Vicious	(44)
(Hear 2.0)	"This will be the biggest year for Christmas music on the radio EVER"	(34)
(Some Guy)	After first earning fame in an overrated rock band, Darius Rucker is now trying his hand in an overrated country band. "The country audience appreciates the genuine."	(14)
	"Nutrocker" ELP style	(29)
(Some Guy)	If you were ever a fan of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video, on Oct 25th you will have the chance to dance the same routine simultaneously with others worldwide	(12)
	Sunday morning heavy metal house call - Iron Maiden, "The Trooper." Scream for me Fark	(30)
(Some Guy)	Former Marilyn Manson bandmember Gidget Gein found dead of a suspected overdose	(24)
	Return of Phish could reunite various splintered factions of Phish-heads, revitalize "jam band" movement	(29)
	Here's a spiffy little earworm: Louis Armstrong singing 'Cheesecake'	(18)

Sat October 11, 2008

	Shredding and soulfulness don't have to be mutually exclusive. Exhibit A: Paco de Lucia	(22)
(NYmag)	Dr. Dre runs out of James Brown and R&B songs to sample, decides to focus on Chopin instead. Gets piano teacher to help him in his new musical direction, some old white dude called Burt Bacharach	(26)
	Joining the ever growing list of irrelevant bands releasing politcal songs in hopes someone cares, shakes magic 8-ball Everclear	(31)
	First release has gone gold in the UK, platinum in Korea, and logged over 46 million hits on YouTube. Not bad for a 7-year-old	(7)
	Edgar Cruz eats shredders whole and spits them at the strings to play his arrangement of Ravel's Bolero for solo guitar	(33)
	Britney Spears new video 'Womanizer' features her naked, sweaty and writhing on her back. Subby probably won't make it to his bunk	(106)
	"It's that time of year" so enjoy Aerosmith's best song unplugged and perfectly performed. Seasons of Wither	(8)
	The ten best bootleg recordings of all time	(35)
	Beastie Boys have drafted Sheryl Crow, Norah Jones, Jack Johnson and Ben Harper to join them on the "Musicians Harrassing You To Go Vote Because They Are Arrogant Enough to Think They Can Make A Change" Tour	(31)
	You know how wrestlers and relief pitchers use theme songs when they enter the field of play? What is your theme song? LGN	(136)

Fri October 10, 2008

	Killing Joke's Jaz Coleman makes an eerie discovery: A 1987 Christmas card from Kurt Cobain. In it Kurt apologizes in advance for ripping off Killing Joke's "Eighties" and turning it into "Come as You Are"	(40)
	This is Sean Combs: "My name is Diddy." This is Sean Combs on drugs: "That's right, Frank Sinatra is with me. Call me crazy. I'm not afraid to say I have imaginary friends. And Frank is one of them." Any questions?	(31)
	Donovan, on how he taught John Lennon finger-picking and on Jimmy Page playing on "Hurdy Gurdy Man": "I got very, very involved in a paisley patterned carpet, I remember, It took me a long while to come out of that carpet"	(20)
(One Little indian)	Bjork and Thom Yorke team up. Expected to be highly pretentious and incomprehensible	(30)
	Sting gives up acting for good, saying it's too much like work and if he wanted work, he'd get a job	(23)
(Times Herald Record)	Citing the swing era of the 1930's, trends forecaster says although the economy will be in the crapper our music will be much improved and farkers will again be able to call an attractive woman a "tomato"	(24)
	Angus Young response to claim AC/DC released the same album 12 times: "It's a bloody lie...We've done it 16 times." Still no word what happened Malcolm's other pickup	(24)
(Some Guy)	Beyonce called Tina Turner "the queen" and Aretha was all, "Oh HELLS naw" and Tina was like "Aretha has a huge ego LOL" and then Aretha was all "oh no you din't"	(50)
	Swedish pop star was given strict rules when she opened for Madonna in Europe: "...not to approach Madonna, not to speak to Madonna and, above all, no pictures"	(58)
	Tired of waiting on Jon Anderson to recover from respiratory failure, the other members of Yes say the fans are too so they will tour with yet another tribute band singer. Subby boning up on 'Guitar Hero' so he can replace Steve Howe	(32)
	Lars Ulrich has other ways to get millions of dollars, at least one of which does not involve suing his fanbase	(32)
	The greatest "Final Countdown" cover EVAR. (Okay, the second-greatest "Final Countdown" cover ever)	(68)
	Britney Spears, in a rare moment of clarity as she talks about her personal responsibility in the trainwrecks she's been through: "I'm a smart person. What the hell was I thinking?"	(42)
	Professor applies Radiohead's "pay as you wish" marketing to his independently published textbooks	(19)
	"Sanrio, Inc. is thrilled to announce the release of 'Hello World,' the first-ever Hello Kitty album." The rest of the world, however, remains in a state of sheer horror and confusion	(16)
(NME)	Green Day gets Butch Vig to produce their follow-up to "American Idiot," plans opera about millionaire punker struggling with the relevance of singing about classroom rebellion and adolescent laziness while nearing his 40s	(34)
(MontrealMirror)	Alice Cooper, 60, claims he can still blow new bands off the stage just on sheer energy alone, and discusses Marilyn Manson: "When I first met him, it was like Bela Lugosi meeting Boris Karloff"	(29)
	Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham threatening to replace Robert Plant with singer from Alter Bridge, which is the band that Creed eventually became once Scott Stapp got kicked out. What is Chris Cornell doing these days, anyway?	(30)
	Kaiser Chiefs tempt Adam Ant to get back into warpaint and leather pants	(17)

Thu October 09, 2008

(Spinner)	Peter Hook discusses Joy Division and New Order, past and future: "Is New Order officially finished?" "Yeah, we split up. And that's it"	(11)
(St. Catherines Standard)	Neil Peart's face seen on a lamppost in front of a police station. Subby wants to believe...in the freedom of music	(36)
(Roberto Flack)	Weird Al parodies Rapper T.I.'s song "Whatever You Like"	(40)
	In an attempt to reduce ticket sales, Metallica promises plenty of new songs on tour	(15)
(Some Brown M&M)	List of 25 bizarre concert rider demands. #5 will renew Farker's collective faith in Metallica	(58)
	13 of Eric Clapton's shotguns are being sold at auction. So far the top bidder is "barracudagurl08"	(38)
(Geno's World)	Slash says Velvet Revolver is looking for a heavier lead singer than Scott Weiland	(38)
(Some Guy)	Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy gets release date	(44)
	Regular Dude talks about overwhelming internet love for his "literal" A-ha YouTube music video	(14)
	Travis Barker stops being a vegetarian to help his recovery from a plane crash.....who?	(28)
	Madonna confronts fan at concert because he stayed seated during her performance. "Are you f*ing bored, sir? Why are you sitting? I'm busting my a* up here"	(55)
	Liam Gallagher becomes the latest pawn in Yoko Ono's ongoing war against mankind: "Something weird happened because I haven't stopped writing songs since [I visited Yoko Ono]"	(33)
	Lil Wayne receives $1 million birthday gift from Birdman, is pursued by a hippopotamus who keeps asking him, "Did you get that thing I sent you?"	(26)
	Oasis' Noel Gallagher says the only thing he likes about Enland is tea:"England is a f---ing s--thole, to be honest. Well, look at it, f---ing dump"	(9)

Wed October 08, 2008

(Billboard)	Upcoming Metallica tour: "a big-ass fckin' lighting rig above us, and there's some pretty cool stuff up there. There'll be some sht that turns on and off and some sh*t that blows up ... the usual stuff"	(43)
	Foo Fighters apparently didn't have John McCain in mind when they wrote "My Hero"	(47)
	Vintage B-52's	(38)
	Slash gets his own action figure. 15 moving parts with interchangeable guitars	(14)
	Dusty Gibbons of ZZ Top admits that bringing along buffalo, vultures and rattlesnakes as part of their stage setup was probably a bad idea	(25)
(Pitchfork)	Johnny Cash, wanting to beat Tupac in sheer quantity of releases from beyond the grave, to have four upcoming releases, most notably a deluxe 2 CD and 1 DVD reissue entitled "Folsom Prison: Legacy Edition" with 30 unreleased tracks	(22)
(spinner.com)	21 top cocky quotes from the music world. I think 17 and 12 should duke it out for #1	(56)
(Music-News)	Ron Wood turns down a reunion with The Faces, preferring instead to endure the harsh road life of his current struggling band, which should get their big break any day now	(6)
	Carrie Underwood vs. Kellie Pickler vs. Taylor Swift in a battle of hot blondes putting the 'o' back in Country	(30)
(Paste Magazine)	M. Ward announces new album. "It's such a great album," gushes his She & Him bandmate Zooey Deschanel. "I think it's my favorite album... ever."	(27)
	American Idol winner Taylor Hicks releasing his new album independently, on his "You Want Fries With That" label	(11)
	Shortly before his death, John Lennon became so homesick for Liverpool he planned to charter the QE2 and sail it home along the River Mersey	(29)

Tue October 07, 2008

	Weezer break Guinness World record for largest air guitar ensemble, make their best song in years	(25)
	Eminem declared best rapper alive, according to Vibe poll. Suck it, Soulja Boy	(104)
	Rocking the Casbah again: The Clash releases live CD from 1982 show at Shea Stadium	(23)
	Mark Knopfler won't let Dire Straits make Money For Nothing, leaves them So Far Away from a reuinion	(37)
(Birmingham News)	Alabama officials learn of this new rock song about the state by some band called Lynyrd Skynyrd, rush to get song's title onto state's license plates	(137)
(Gigwise)	Madonna, whose concert includes images of John McCain with Adolf Hitler, bans Sarah Palin from her show under the assumption that Sarah Palin would even know who she is	(141)
	The music of Phillip Glass elicits an array of opinions. The music of Phillip Glass elicits an array of opinions. The music of Phillip Glass elicits an array of opinions. The music of Phillip Glass elicits an array of opinions	(43)
(NME)	Coldplay wins "best act in the world" prize after snagging two Q Awards. The Clash, The Pixies, and 7,023 other bands beg to differ	(62)
(Exclaim)	Q&A with Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister: "What are your current fixations?" "Women with three tits. You don't get a lot of 'em, y'know. You gotta look carefully"	(31)

Mon October 06, 2008

		A-Ha's video for "Take On Me"... quite literally	(94)
		Meat Loaf has vertigo. In other news, Meat Loaf will do anything for love, but he won't do that	(50)
		Now that hopes of Led Zeppelin reuniting have been crushed, Robert Plant discusses working with Allison Krauss instead: "I don't just come from the land of the ice and snow"	(42)
		Eddie Van Halen to marry the woman who tells him what to do everyday, just to make it official	(14)
		Glastonbury music festival tickets selling well after organisers confirm Coldplay, U2 and the Rolling Stones won't be playing	(17)
		Amy Winehouse turning to Scientology to clean up her addictions. Fails to realize that sometimes, drugs are better	(24)