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Sun December 14, 2008
(Contact Music) Obvious Genesis admits that their lyrical style was due in large part to being dorky nerds that couldn't get laid (20)
(Prefix) Stupid Crappy shoegazers Mogwai try to revive their sagging career by continuing a nonexistant feud with Blur (18)
(Gawker) Video Kanye West performs at SNL, forgets to plug his autotune to disastrous results (91)
(Gigwise) Unlikely Paul McCartney says forget Lennon, HE made The Beatles a political band. Turns around and writes another syrupy love song for girlfriend #2389 (32)
(YouTube) Cool Sunday heavy metal housecall. Pantera, "Cowboys From Hell" RIP Darrell (36)
(Daily Mail) Interesting Eric Burdon argues that he is the only Animal. Drummer for the Muppet Show band wants a word with him (20)

Sat December 13, 2008
(Some Guy) Dumbass Drowning Pool honored music being used to torture prisoners and three remaining fans (9)
(Christmas Jam 2008) Cool Allman Brothers finished the set at 4:20AM. This is not a repeat from 1971 (30)
(AP) Interesting AP's top 10 rock albums of 2008. Bonus: No Nickelback or Coldplay (175)
(Some Guy) Misc Billy Joel and Elton John to tour together again. Or you can wait and buy the live CD at the back of the discount rack, next to the cans of beans (22)
(YouTube) Cool You may be cool...but you'll never be 4 guitar-necks cool (44)
(Telegraph) Interesting The Prodigy kick off their tour in Birmingham, audience seemingly not minding balding mohawks and fading tattoos, then again they haven't minded soulless, sterile sampled beats looped endlessly either (46)
(Edmonton Sun) Scary Gene Simmons: "So if I became president, if you deal drugs, I'd have public executions on the spot." (73)
(LSM) Cool New Jersey man with no formal musical training becomes world's leading expert on (and conductor of) Mahler's "Resurrection" Symphony (15)
(Newsreview) Interesting Trent Reznor on the music industry: "They don't care if it's timeless art that's being put out, as long as they sell that disc-even if it means you wearing your pants backward or whatever" (42)

Fri December 12, 2008
(YouTube) Video The most beautiful song about adultery ever (60)
(Spin) Cool Spin Magazine announces its 40 top albums of 2008. Your favorite indie band that no one has heard of didn't make the list (80)
(YouTube) Video If you had had these teachers, you would have never dropped out and you wouldn't be living in a van down by the river (30)
(FunnyorDie) Amusing Sound Bites - Fish Tacos with Flight of the Conchords (12)
(Contact Music) Obvious Eminem upset his new album has leaked online, claiming he didn't have time to put someone else's music over it yet (37)
(Now Magazine) Misc Mariah Carey may be pregnant with Tuesday Birdsong Cannon, or some damn thing (53)
(YouTube) Video Misheard song lyrics illustrated: Sean Paul edition (26)

Thu December 11, 2008
(Contact Music) Dumbass Gene Simmons: "I don't care if you're Axl Rose, forgot to tie your shoelaces or your father molested you when you were three - you're a b--ch if you don't show up onstage when it says 9 o'clock" (85)
(Pitchfork) Amusing The worst album covers of 2008. Since it's by Pitchfork Media, it's surprising the answer isn't, "All of them" (45)
(Some Guy) Cool The Rolling Stones honoured with street names. After considering Let It Bleed Hwy, Black and Blue Rd, Shattered Ave and No Expectations Blvd, in the end it'll be a small garage with a "You Can't Always Park Where You Want" sign (13)
(Reuters) Sad Bon Jovi was the top touring act of 2008, proving there is no hope for mankind. God help us all (26)
(YouTube) Amusing Iron Maiden not at all pleased with having to lip-synch their performance on some German TV show, have a bit of fun instead (41)
(Gigwise) Spiffy The Smiths to reunite, after previous reunion claims Morrissey and Johnny Marr have now settled their past differences and have come to common grounds: Money. Millions and millions of reunion money (47)
(BBC) Fail Credit crunch forces DJ to sell his gold teeth (38)
(Yahoo) Stupid Pearl Jam to release four different remastered editions of their classic album "Ten". This is not a money grab. We repeat: This is not a money grab (65)
(Now Magazine) Spiffy Taylor Hanson's wife MmmBops out baby number four, Viggo Moriah. MmmBarf (31)
(YouTube) Video Nelly Furtado's incredibly hot "Maneater" video, mashed up with incredibly cheesy Phil Collins/Philip Bailey 80s pop track "Easy Lover" (43)

Wed December 10, 2008
(Contact Music) Cool Bloc Party claims their third album don't suck as bad as their previous releases: " this time round I don't hate the music - we did something right" (24)
(Idolator) Obvious Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, running out of things to sell with the name Kiss on it, consider recording an actual album despite knowing it will be a crushing disappointment: "I'm not sure it's worth the effort" (38)
(Stuff) Strange Billy Corgan reveals why Smashing Pumpkins broke up in 2000: his bastard guitarist was driving him insane. And all you assholes who panned his last album pissed him off, too. So he's only gonna release singles from now on. So there. fark you (66)
(Stereogum) Sad Rolling Stone's top 50 albums of 2008: with Bob Dylan, Metallica, Guns N' Roses, John Mellencamp, Brian Wilson, AC/DC, Nick Cave and NIN making the list, submitter is confused as to whether it is 2008 or 1988 (140)
(NewsOK) Asinine Review of Kevin Costner's new rock album using his movies as a litmus test for his music "somewhere between 'Waterworld' and 'Field of Dreams'". Yes, and a Civic is somewhere between a Versa and a Rolls Royce (11)
(MSNBC) Weird "Rock Band" video game will feature "Going Country" downloadable content. Banjo controller still not compatible (50)
(Starpulse) Interesting Katy Perry: "I dissed a girl and I didn't like it" (37)
(The Sun) Followup YouTube got Blur back together. Is there anything it can't do? (23)
(Starpulse) Stupid P. Diddy decides to help those affected in these tough economic times. Does he: a) donate money; b) volunteer at a soup kitchen; or c) take off his bling? (52)
(The Sun) Obvious Paul McCartney's neighbors are hopping mad because he won't get rid of pigs that live on his estate. This is not another Heather Mills thread (18)

Tue December 09, 2008
(Google) Amusing Even Google knows what the worst band in the world is (89)
(Now Magazine) Interesting When you're a 61-year-old rock star, if you can't shack up with a nubile young Russian waitress, what's the point in living? (18)
(Stuff) Spiffy Blur reuniting for concert in London's Hyde Park on July 3. Woo hoo (20)
(YouTube) Interesting While Joe Satriani is busy weeping and crying harder than a Coldplay fan, here is a compilation of scary music similarities. Who knew Green Day were Bryan Adams fans? (55)
(MTV) Unlikely Akon would like to say "you're welcome" to every rapper actually singing, claiming he's responsible for this new hip trend called "melodies." Who? (21)
(AP) Followup Coldplay to Satriani: Take a long walk off the Cliffs of Dover (239)
(YouTube) Cool One incredible strings player takes on BOTH parts of the Handel-Halvorsen Passacaglia. Just listen, it's awesome (46)
(YouTube) Amusing Sting was not always a lute-playing poofter, during his Police days back in the early 80's he could threaten & spit at mud-throwing audience members pretty convincingly (18)
(Billboard) Interesting Trent Reznor says Nine Inch Nails will stop touring until he can find a "different approach" to playing live, meaning until he finds a way to fill all those empty seats next time they go on tour (76)
(io9) Cool Metallica remakes "Thriller" video with Soviet war zombies, which is infinitely more pleasant than having to watch balding middle-aged men sadly clenching their teeth and making devil horns with their hands (58)
(Contact Music) Dumbass Bon Jovi's lawyer charged with selling bogus financial statements, music (12)
(YouTube) Cool Feeling jaded about the economy this Christmas? This song's for you. Father Christmas by the Kinks (13)
(Spinner) Cool After 50 years, Tom Jones finally writes song for his wife to let her know that whoever he's banging on the road, deep down he's thinking of her (51)
(YouTube) Amusing It's the Fraggle countdown (7)
(Spike) Interesting Top 7 Worst Guitar Solos of all time (354)
(YouTube) Video Randy Bachman performing hit "Takin Care of Business". Bonus: former AM radio bandmate Burt Reynolds and his mustache introduce Bachman (14)
(YouTube) Video This guy was the biggest name in music 35 years ago this month. Unfortunately for him, the hype only lasted for the one month. I see all of your obscure flashes in the pan and raise you the biggest one of them all -- Jobriath (74)
(E! Online) Ironic Britney Spears now requiring her dancers to be tested for drugs (29)
(Metro) Obvious Britney Spears is bored by her own comeback. Welcome to the party, Sweetheart. We've been waiting for you (8)
(YouTube) Amusing The best cover of The Final Countdown you'll see all week. And no, it's not that one....or that one. Bonus: the band smashes their instruments at the end (39)

Mon December 08, 2008
(Contact Music) Interesting Bob Marley's former bassist gets up, stands up for his right to recover a guitar that Marley gave him (9)
(Contact Music) Interesting Bon Scott's son wants to play his father in a biopic. For his sake, I hope he's not a method actor (11)
(Google) Silly What would Jim Morrison look like at 65? You'll be relieved to know that scientists in Scotland worked around the clock to resolve this mystery. Still no cure for cancer (30)
(YouTube) Video Today would have been Jim Morrison's 65th birthday. Here's 1967's "Light My Fire" (32)
(Starpulse) Dumbass Scott Weiland denies alcohol relapse, claims that you're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on (10)
(YouTube) Amusing Nickelback's "Photograph": Terrible song, or terrible song about pedophilia? (33)
(Digital Spy) Strange Dido accused of including lyrics supporting terrorism on her new album. In other news, somebody's listened to the lyrics on a Dido album (18)
(FMQB) Spiffy Fleetwood Mac to reunite for spring/summer concert tour. This is not a repeat from 2003, 1996, 1988 or 1982... well, actually it is, but hey, you can go your own way (24)
(YouTube) Hero Monday, December 8th, so long ago... was it in a dream? Was it just a dream? (47)
(The Age (Melbourne)) Dumbass Not news: Kanye West goes on a swearing tirade on-stage against a fan in Australia. Fark: keeps the Autotune software going while doing so (Not safe for work language w/video) (78)

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