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Sun January 11, 2009
(The New York Times) Interesting Bono, having mastered the art of songwriting and diplomacy, turns his hand to op-ed journalism. First up: Drunken Irish Ramblings on Sinatra (3)
(YouTube) Cool The theme to CBS's "The Big Bang Theory" by the Barenaked Ladies is a lot longer and funnier than what you hear on Monday nights. Still not as hot as Kaley Cuoco, though (34)
(London Times) Obvious "The music is the aural equivalent of a malfunctioning dryer. The pubescent lyrics about big balls and lick sticks do a disservice to the word innuendo. So why honour AC/DC? Why not venerate Beavis and Butthead while we're at it?" (74)
(News Of The World) Scary Status upgraded from "zombie" to "unkempt rat-like creature with a tea towel on her head scurrying through the door of the genteel piano bar, screeching in a grating Cockney accent" (25)
(YouTube) Video Sunday Heavy Metal House Call - señoras y señores les presento a usted Lamb of God "Ruin" (99)

Sat January 10, 2009
(YouTube) Video Zappa: Camarillo Brillo-\Muffin Man - just because the sun came up today (35)
(Starpulse) Unlikely Courtney Love to let her fan choose what he wants to pay for her next album (17)
(Some Chick) Interesting Eight commonly misinterpreted songs. Your sleepless nights are over, "Hollaback Girl" is finally explained (73)
(YouTube) Video Ray Charles goes to work on "Ring of Fire" on the Johnny Cash Show (19)
(YouTube) Unlikely Lil Wayne's "Lollipop" done on a piano sounds like a real song. I know it's not a Japanese game show, but this should count as the "wtf video of the day" anyways (58)
(Some Guy) Sad ♪ Whooaah, we're halfway there ♬ Whooaa-oooh, livin' in a chair ♬ (38)
(Contact Music) Dumbass Kanye West wants to pose nude, after he's had a couple of months to get in shape (31)

Fri January 09, 2009
(Contact Music) Cool The Stanglers frontman Hugh Cornwell supports illegal downloading and finds Metallica's legal action against Napster "silly": "All these years, people have been ripped off" (29)
(Blabbermouth) Obvious Interview with Judas Priest's Rob Halford: "The physical challenges of getting old have come into play" (30)
(Rolling Stone) Interesting Man Bob Dylan made infamous with "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" dies: "I should have sued him and put him in jail. [The song is] a total lie." (w/ vid of Dylan performing song on Steve Allen Show) (42)
(Gigwise) Interesting ABBA named music group fans want to see reunite the most, followed closely by The Smiths and Take That. In related news, heterosexual males apparently aren't into reunions (49)
(Starpulse) Spiffy Police catch two midnight riders who ran to keep from hiding after breaking in to Gregg Allman's house to steal his silver dollars (13)
(Gigwise) Amusing Something has irked Kanye West again, CAPS LOCK are in full effect: "I DON'T HAVE GREY IN MY BEARD IN REAL LIFE. I'M ALL DOWN WITH BEINGS IN MY 30'S BUT DAAAAAAAAMN THIS IS SOME BENJAMIN BUTTON'S S--T" (40)
(The Sun) Strange Another day, another WTF outfit from Michael Jackson. The Sun is there (43)
(Contact Music) Scary Death Row Records back on the auction block after investors fear of crossing Suge Knight collapses deal (8)
(YouTube) Cool Over the Hills and Far Away, the legend of Jimmy is here to stay. At 65 years, he's been battered and bruised, but man is he awesome on Dazed and Confused. Happy Birthday Mr. Page (42)
(Starpulse) Cool Van Morrison releases "Astral Weeks: Live at the Hollywood Bowl," performed live for the first time, with new sections to songs and no post-production engineering. Your dad will be pumped (15)

Thu January 08, 2009
(Contact Music) Sad Flaming Lips shot $3000 worth of confetti into the audience, despite Nine Inch Nails and Stone Temple Pilots whining about confetti getting on their precious little guitar setups. So hardcore, dude (104)
(Contact Music) Amusing Elvis Costello recalls touring with The Clash and The Damned: "Woke up to find my mouth, which had obviously fallen open, (used as) an ashtray and my shoelaces on fire" (30)
(Contact Music) Unlikely Iraq veteran gives Rage Against The Machine's tom Morello all his medals, claiming that he's the real soldier: "The real battle for freedom and democracy is not overseas; it's here. And you're a soldier in it" (69)
(Rolling Stone) Followup Led Zeppelin, realizing that replacing Plant is just going to irk the masses, officially gives up: "If you didn't see them in 2007, you missed them. It's done. I can't be any clearer than that" (29)
(Artist Direct) Interesting Ani DiFranco on music, politics, and why she can't "support the troops" (65)
(Stuff) Obvious Britney Spears is skipping rehearsals for her upcoming tour because she's afraid she can't dance any more. Let's hope she doesn't hear herself sing (31)
(Gigwise) Cool Freddie Mercury voted "Ultimate Rock God" by a new poll, edging out Elvis Presley and Bon Jovi at #3. Sixty years of rock n' roll and the best they can come up is that long-haired fraud from New Jersey? Cobain wept (141)
(atu2.com) Amusing Meet Larry Mullen Jr: Chauffeur, chef, drummer for U2 (15)
(NewsLite) Stupid Can you hear the ♫♪♫♪? No? That's because this is a SILENT radio station (44)
(SMH) Spiffy Noel Gallagher of Oasis: Daniel Craig should play me in a film. Daniel Craig: "Well, I can play the guitar better than he can so I don't know how that's really going to work." (73)
(YouTube) Cool ♪ ♪ You ain't nothing but a hound dog ♪ ♪ Happy birthday Elvis, wherever you are (21)
(PCWorld) Cool If you're a Nine Inch Nails fan with fast internet and a REALLY big hard drive, this is your lucky day (57)

Wed January 07, 2009
(Village Voice) Obvious The best selling record of 2008 was Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III. R.I.P. music industry (68)
(Guardian.com) Interesting "With the news that Florian Schneider is leaving Kraftwerk after 40 years, it's time to ask an important question: What happened to the synthesiser revolution? Was it destroyed by guitar-wielding Luddites?" (79)
(Independent) Followup Looking forward to getting the entire Beatles back catalog for free thanks to a Norway radio station? Not so fast (17)
(Some Guy) Stupid For Sanjaya fans: The wait is almost over. For the rest of us: Apocalypse is near (34)
(Some Douche) Amusing Pete Wentz: "It's semi-frustrating when your name actually becomes a synonym for douche bag." Man, it must stink to be him (104)

Tue January 06, 2009
(Billboard) Cool Aerosmith gets back in studio for first album since 2001 "Just Push Play." New album tentatively titled "Just Push My Wheelchair" (45)
(Gigwise) Cool Brian Eno condemns Israeli attacks in Gaza, accusing the state of pretending to be the "victim." Surprisingly, Bono was not behind him the whole time, with his hand up his ass (with video of Eno's speech) (67)
(theGauntlet) Cool Industrial rocker Al Jourgensen planned to turn Revolting Cock into a franchise, "much like Menudo or Blue Man Group" but decides to push back his retirement after listening to new album (57)
(Daily Herald) Cool The Grateful Dead to reunite for 19-city tour, which should give them enough time to get through 5, maybe 6 songs (86)
(NYPost) Sick Tommy Lee and Nikki Sixx competed to see who can go the longest without bathing and still hook up with the groupies (40)
(NME) Sad Ron Asheton of The Stooges found dead (48)
(Some Guy) Interesting Eddie Van Halen to auction off two classic cars with matching one-of-a-kind guitars and the skeletal remains of his former greatness at the world renowned Barrett-Jackson Auto Auction (37)
(Pitchfork) Followup After hearing his band will be the opening act for Radiohead, Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider leaves the group (41)
(Rolling Stone) Cool U2 break down new album, which includes 7-minute track with "Joshua Tree-style gospel feel." Also likely to have "Rattle & Hum" kind of preaching, ending in: "Am I buggin' you? I didn't mean to bug you" (53)
(Rolling Stone) Cool Eric Clapton & Jeff Beck to share a stage in Japan, their first time together for a major arena show. Some Yardbirds songs are expected, hopefully to skip over Clapton's recent solo efforts (36)
(Rolling Stone) Spiffy While Paul McCartney, EMI and Apple's efforts to bring The Beatles to iTunes have "stalled," All the Beatles material will be free for legal download for four weeks, thanks to a series of Norwegian podcasts (35)

Mon January 05, 2009
(Contact Music) Interesting Lars Ulrich offers to pound the last nail in Deep Purple's coffin by drumming for them on reunion tour. In related news, all Deep Purple songs and videos suddenly removed from the Internet overnight (37)
(Spike) Ironic Top 7 most overrated singers of all time. And yes they do suck (135)
(Billboard) Cool Radiohead snags electronica pioneer Kraftwerk to support their spring tour, also to save on lighting costs as the sheer whiteness of both bands is enough to cause temporary blindness to fans sitting in the first 8 rows (41)
(Starpulse) Stupid Fan sues Insane Clown Posse after being struck by bottle, which is confusing because it was always assumed that Juggalos were gluttons for punishment (67)
(Gigwise) Scary The worst teeth in music, or in the case of Pogues' Shane McGowan, bare gums. Unsurprisingly, British performers rule this category with an iron fist (18)
(The Sun) Obvious The best place to be at a Mötley Crüe concert is Tommy Lee's dressing room (34)
(YouTube) Cool Notice Prince's face-melting solo in, oh, the entire second half of this tribute to George Harrison. Can you find a better solo? (113)
(The Sun) Strange Wackiness runs in the Gaddafi family, his son paid $1 million to Mariah Carey for a four song performance New Year's eve (31)
(The Sun) Unlikely Spandau Ballet thinks it's time for a comeback, apparently unaware they are a never-should-have-been (23)

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