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Sun February 01, 2009
(TMZ) Sad How effective is "Celebrity Rehab" and "Sober House"? Guns N' Roses Steven Adler arrested on another drug charge. Rest assured, his "people" insist he's clean (10)
(London Times) Sad If it wasn't for AC/DC & Iron Maiden, '09 Brit Awards would be all Coldplay and Duffy. Rock is in sad shape when kids aren't even listening to their dad's bands, they're listening to their grand-father's by now (12)
(music-news) Cool B-52's singer Fred Schneider to write a children book, Presumably about matching towels, dolphins wailing and red snappers snapping. He can also do book readings, in the exact same way he sings onstage (22)
(NYPost) Cool Frank Zappa' wife pimping re-release of, ironically enough, "We're Only in It for the Money" which will include a collage that "makes The Beatles and Brian Wilson's own sound-constructs seem timid by comparison" (26)
(People Magazine) Strange Lil' Wayne shows off his bowling skills to Katie Couric. Bonus: tells her that weed is not only wack, but totally crunk... or something like that (22)
(YouTube) Video Sunday Heavy Metal House Call - Since 70% of North America can totally relate to this band's name here's Iced Earth "The Reckoning" (51)
(Stuff) Obvious Former UB40 frontman Ali Campbell says his new band is much better than his old band. Red, red whine (9)
(Baltimore Sun) Spiffy Organist to give 15-hour performance. Priapism be damned (14)
(CBS New York) Fail Not news: NJ state officials seek to name four new state songs. News: Because they're the only state without one. Fail: None of them are by Bon Jovi or Springsteen (27)
(People Magazine) Spiffy Somebody finally stayed (59)

Sat January 31, 2009
(Ear Farm) Interesting While rock mostly plagiarize old blues, Led Zeppelin went the extra mile, shamelessly lifting entire chunks of lyrics and riffs, as witnessed by these incriminating evidences (with audio tracks) (91)
(YouTube) Video Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band performs "Sure 'nuff 'n Yes I do," live in 1968 (20)
(YouTube) Spiffy Awesome-O live performance of "My Old School" (20)
(YouTube) Video Best acoustic cover of Sublime's "Santeria" you will see all day. Bonus: A hottie sings it (51)
(Pitchfork) Cool While Jessica Simpson is eating her weight in Häagen-Dazs, singer Morrisey gets naked for his new single, looking pretty buff for a 49-year-old who spends his time crying and reading Victorian poetry (slightly not safe for work) (17)
(MSNBC) Silly Steve Martin takes time out of making cinematic classics like "Pink Panther 2" to record banjo album with Dolly Parton and Earl Scruggs (30)
(Some Guy) Stupid Kenny Chesney buys Key West mansion. Newspaper reports he bought Key West mansion. Kenny Chesney throws hissy-fit and immediately puts Key West mansion back on the market (18)
(Prefix) Strange Guns N' Roses Duff McKagan puts away the Jack Daniel's, glass pipes and inform groupies they need to get dressed: He's got a weekly financial column to write (18)

Fri January 30, 2009
(Paste Magazine) Cool Super Furry Animals announce super furry new album (19)
(Pitchfork) Obvious After being called out by fans, Bruce Springsteen admits releasing his new album through Wal-Mart was a douchey move (39)
(Gigwise) Strange Coldplay starts recording new album without Chris Martin, rest of band claiming they can plagiarise Joe Satriani without his help (27)
(Rolling Stone) Cool Coachella festival lineup announced, looks like it will be a good festival to bring mom and dad along (47)
(Idolator) Unlikely Apparently there's a "grunge renaissance" in Leeds, which is poised to become the new Seattle with a surge of shoegazer bands with awful monikers. Sub Pop is there (43)
(Daily Mail) Followup Jessica Simpson fights weight-gain criticism by greasing up and squeezing into a pair of tight leather pants, ends up looking like a giant black pudding (198)
(Starpulse) Obvious Taylor Swift to launch budget dress line; obviously smart enough to understand that regardless of a good or bad economy, rednecks can't afford fancy shiat anyway (12)
(Some Guy) Dumbass Douchebag that believed selling his songs to Pepsi was selling out, to air new song during Super Bowl. In a Hyundai commercial (45)
(Rolling Stone) Amusing Kanye West writes to Rolling Stone: "I AM NUCLEAR ENERGY... WHEN ENCAPSULATED IN AN IDEA OR BOX LIKE A STAGE OR SHOE DESIGN I CREATE MAGIC... WHEN LEFT FREE SOMETIMES I BURN THINGS... IT'S THE NATURE OF A TRUE ARTIST" (59)
(Spike) Amusing Top 11 most depressing songs of all time. We've got a cutter (278)
(Rolling Stone) Cool Fatboy Slim is back with the "Brighton Port Authority" project, involving David Byrne, Iggy Pop and booze as weapon of choice. Sadly, no Walken (with audio of entire new album) (16)
(USA Today) Interesting Geddy Lee wonders why Rush has never received a Grammy or been inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame: "I think we appeal to a broader spectrum than just nerds" (74)
(YouTube) Sappy 82-year-old metalhead still subjects his wife to Kiss and Saxon (34)
(Contact Music) Cool Neil Diamond donates all profits from recent tour's t-shirt sales to hurricane victims. $43.50 ought to buy a lot of duct-tape (19)
(Idolator) Cool Iron Maiden hotel opens in London, but despite having room 666, all guests are expected to remain well-behaved. What did you expect from a band whose singer spends his spare time fencing? (18)

Thu January 29, 2009
(BBC) Strange Kelly Clarkson makes largest ever leap up the charts in US history, going from #97 to #1 after her relatives hit iTunes (41)
(Contact Music) Weird The Killers frontman collects all his beard trimmings in a Ziploc bag, so he can send them to the Pet Shop Boys (40)
(Just Jared) Dumbass Just when you thought douchebag Pete Wentz couldn't get anymore douchier he goes and grows a biker mustache (50)
(MTV) Stupid Busta Rhymes claims "Arab Money" isn't racist: "This is a great record to inspire people to incorporate wealth in their vocabulary, because rich has become the new broke." Say what? (23)
(Billboard) Interesting U2, Kid Rock, Rihanna and Plant/Krauss joins the performance lineup of upcoming Grammy Awards, thus ensuring a dreadful, interminable evening (41)
(Prefix) Cool Meg White's red & white drumkit auctioned, only the snare and bass drums show signs of usage (95)
(TampaBays10.com) Amusing Justin Timberlake's mom likes his dick-in-a-box. Who knew? (39)

Wed January 28, 2009
(People Magazine) Stupid Good Charlotte guitarist/emo punk poser is the latest "celebrity" to give his newborn kid an unfortunate made-up name (41)
(Awful Announcing) Obvious Bruce Springsteen makes deal with ESPN to use songs from upcoming CD as musical score for network's 32,000 hours of Super Bowl programming (15)
(Paste Magazine) Interesting National Geographic launches record label, presumed to now be the label for rock band Asia, Kansas, Europe, Boston, Alabama, Berlin, Chicago and Bay City Rollers (31)
(Some Guy) Asinine Scarlett Johansson at it again, this time covering Jeff Buckley. Silly woman, we can't see your cleavage with this (36)
(Stereogum) Amusing Step aside F--k Buttons, the F--king Wrath, Holy F--k, Total F--king Destruction, Starf--ker, Jackie-O Motherf--ker, F--k The Facts and the F--king Champs: Rock band F--ked Up made Fox News first (with vid) (24)
(Billboard) Cool Slayer, Marilyn Manson and Bullet For My Valentine to go on tour together, for the"Let's Throw Stuff Onstage Until Slayer Starts Playing" festival (51)
(Daily Mail) Strange If the Pussycat Dolls' Jessica Sutta gets tired of pole-dancing, er, singing on stage, she can always guest star in the latest Star Trek project. And she won't even need make-up (52)
(Jacksonville.com) Sad Lynyrd Skynyrd Piano player Billy Powell rejoins Ronnie, Steve, Leon, Allen and Cassie. RIP (36)
(Starpulse) Dumbass 50 Cent has become so powerful that he's now deciding whose rap careers are over (31)
(Some Guy) Spiffy Wilkes Country banjo player inducted into hall of fame. Fans squeal with delight (11)
(The Earth Times) Sad ♪ ♪ The an$wer my friend, i$ blowin in the wind ♪ ♪ The an$wer is blowin in the wind ♪ ♪ (37)
(Seattle Times) Spiffy Beatles manager to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Fab Four's last performance with a cover band on the roof of Seattle's Pike Place Market (33)
(Guardian.com) Cool Lithuania presents Baltimore with commemorative statue of Frank Zappa. City of Baltimore: "Who?" (23)

Tue January 27, 2009
(Some Wentzbag) Cool Pitchfork gives Springsteen's new album a terrible review. For those of us who aren't pretentious douchebags, that means this'll be a great album (59)
(Rolling Stone) Dumbass Remember that Metallica concert and a cop peed on you? Man, that was awesome (12)
(Contact Music) Strange 50 Cent compares Jay-Z to Gandhi. He keeps using this comparison. I do not think it means what he thinks it means (15)
(Some Guy) Dumbass Oasis guitarist doesn't like Guitar Hero but at least "It's better than two goblins trying to f**k a donkey up the arse with a laser beam" (76)
(Starpulse) Silly Musicians even hipsters should admit they like. Difficulty: Journey will never be cool no matter what this guy says (106)
(Guardian.com) Amusing Atlanta indie rockers The Black Lips escape Chennai before local cops can arrest them for being naked on stage. "This was a cultural clashing shiat storm" (16)
(Contact Music) Sad Lizzy Borden guitarist dead. Surprisingly, not from getting wacked with an axe (12)
(Onion AV Club) Interesting Rivers Cuomo on writing a book, The Beach Boys influence and "Pinkerton" being regarded as Weezer's best work (47)
(Daily Mail) Silly Robbie Williams: "So long, L.A., I'm going back to England". L.A.: "Robbie who?" (28)
(Gawker) Sad Iggy Pop: What the HELL, man (95)

Mon January 26, 2009
(Contact Music) Dumbass Kanye West pushes aside Elvis Presley's rotting corpse, declares himself the new king (61)
(music-News) Interesting Tom Waits tour to offer a trip "through Tom's epic misdeeds and shenanigans from the Trashing of the Troubadour to epic nights at the Tropicana." Either way, you end up way down in the hole with a jockey full of bourbon (26)
(Billboard) Interesting Faith No More reunion at Coachella falling to pieces but everything's not ruined: Mike Patton to perform instead with former member of The Roots, human beatbox Rahzel (47)
(Idolator) Strange Gene Simmons launches "Simmons Records," a label that will ensure the next generation of world stars emanates from... Canada. Bryan Adams reportedly fearing for his livelihood (18)
(Starpulse) Cool David Bowie to dig up the corpse of Ziggy Stardust, which won't be hard to locate. It's buried right next to his ability to write a decent song, which died somewhere in the 80s (62)
(Gawker) Unlikely Billy Joel, "Worst pop singer ever"? That's a statement everyone makes until they're drunk in a bar, singing along to "Piano Man" (87)
(Starpulse) Interesting Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, has recorded a charity song for the Palestinian children of Gaza. Radio stations report that the song has bombed so far (22)
(UPI) Sad Latest victim of the global economic downturn: Janet Jackson and the 20 guys who squeeze her into her concert costumes (with helpful pic of what a concert costume might look like) (19)
(I Heart Chaos) Cool The top 10 songs ever played on the Dr. Demento show. With over 30 years of radio to go by, should be a pretty easy list (108)
(Some Guy) Asinine Thom Yorke biography in the works. Will be hailed by critics as a masterpiece despite complete lack of cleverness and beauty and contain several uncredited dumbed-down excerpts from the worst parts of Karl Dallas's Pink Floyd biography (45)
(Independent.ie) Sad Falling slowly... out of love. Couple from the film "Once" call it quits (45)
(NYPost) Dumbass Paul McCartney wants to marry a third time. Some people never learn (44)
(Wordpress) Interesting Painting the Town Pink: A Composition for The Chelsea Hotel. Detailed article includes wonderful photographs and a music video, as well as a remarkable photo-essay video (with music by Lou Reed) (7)

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