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Sun April 19, 2009

	Sunday Heavy Metal House Call proudly presents the greatest music video ever made: Immortal - Call of the Wintermoon	(126)
(FMQB)	Eminem says hip-hop on the upswing after "lacking substance" for the past several years. Basically since the last time he released a record. Looks like Kanye has a new challenger for hip-hop's largest ego	(111)
	Madonna hospitalized after horse accident. She suffered minor injuries but expected to be back on her knees in no time	(58)

Sat April 18, 2009

	Good: 80's hit "My Sharona" Better: as a cover. Best: From a Japanese band that styles themselves after DEVO	(54)
	Moby hires David Lynch for video. Hard to tell which is worse, the animation which looks done by a 12-year-old playing with a black marker or the song itself, which is a long, drawn-out Radiohead computer fart	(22)
	Sonic Youth aren't always a wall of noise, they can rock out with the best of them: "Dirty Boots"	(28)
	Tori Amos discusses release of 10th studio album, new video, still angry about the penis	(44)
	Morrissey walks off stage during his Coachella performance, disgusted by audience members eating meat: "I can smell burning flesh and I hope to God it's human"	(107)
	Today's Saturday Stones fix ~ WAITING ON A FRIEND. Bonus: there is other historical rock 'n' roll significance to this video. What is it?	(41)
	Depeche Mode singer wakes up every night at 4:15am, the exact time he had a drug overdose 13 years ago. He just can't enjoy the silence, it's almost some sort of black celebration	(37)
	A classic ten minute opus to allow DJ's in 1977 to go to their vans and get baked. Rush - Xanadu	(36)
(Prefix)	Economic downturn leads bands to tighten belts, replace members with electronics. Once again, Kraftwerk were waaaaay ahead of us	(27)

Fri April 17, 2009

(Some Guy)	"He is one of rock music's most principled stars, nobly fighting poverty in Africa and saving the planet. But U2's David Evans may have finally picked a fight too far: against America's wealthiest NIMBYs"	(31)
	This interview goes to 11	(33)
	Bob Dylan hires poet to help him write lyrics for his new album, which is confusing considering his lyrics were the sole reason we put up with his obnoxious, clunky racket in the first place	(42)
	My Bloody Valentine: Just as depressing as before, now with more band members	(35)
	Town of Boca Raton bans Fall Out Boy from performing, citing-- well, not citing any reason actually	(54)
	New release of the original recordings prove that the Beatles sound better in Mono. Suck it Stereo	(105)
	Seven Songs as Confusing as John Madden's Telestrated Instant-Replay Diagrams	(82)
	Top 20 British music festivals you shouldn't miss. Sorry, no Miles Davis or Jimi Hendrix, but you will see Ornette Coleman and Kanye West	(9)
	Ever wonder what the OTHER two guys from Extreme were doing when the video for 'More Than Words' was made? (contains profanity)	(59)
	Sony agrees to post videos on YouTube, leave Britney alone	(9)
(Tinypic)	Caption P-Diddy and his possible confusion	(96)

Thu April 16, 2009

	Prince's $2,229 coffee table book is now for sale. Yes, it's 2 feet wide and weighs 37 pounds, which is about the same size as the diminutive singer, it just can't play Purple Rain quite as well	(24)
	Yes and Asia plan joint tour. But unfortunately that's Yes without Jon Anderson and uh, well... Asia	(39)
(Spinner)	Ben Folds invited college a cappella groups to submit covers and then re-recorded their versions for new album, in case the only thing that bothered you about Ben Folds Five albums were the piano and his voice	(9)
(Pitchfork)	The Breeders' Kim Deal on losing their label contract and self-releasing new EP: "music is free, so who cares? It's not like we're in a rap band and I really need someone to sponsor my hundred-thousand-dollar wardrobe"	(28)
(NME)	The Mars Volta announce new album, new tour, gigantic afros	(78)
	Q&A with Bob Dylan discussing his favorite songwriters, how selling 100 million records is a complete mystery to him and his writing techniques: "My range is limited"	(91)
	Amy Winehouse and Snoop Dogg get together to record some tracks, smoke some herbs: "mountains of Monster Munch were eaten... but not a great deal of music was laid down"	(17)
	Paul McCartney, Tom Hanks, Eric Idle and Tom Petty salute George Harrison. Eric Idle: "What would George think about a star on Hollywood Boulevard? I thought I heard his voice, and it said, 'It's a bunch of old bollocks'"	(29)

Wed April 15, 2009

	Hungry Eyes will be on Eric Carmen as he is sentenced to be All By Himself in jail cell for at least 30 days stemming from his DUI arrest	(14)
(Some Nail)	Swedish metallers Hammerfall destroy their hotel room in Vienna: "a large quantity of beer had been consumed when [they] decided to show off some of their taekwondo moves on the hotel's furniture"	(46)
	Why we need audiophiles	(133)
	P Diddy looks at all the bands to sign on his label and chooses Arctic Monkeys: "A lot of people probably don't know this, but I am probably the biggest Arctic Monkeys fan." Possibly the only male fan, too	(29)
	For Wednesday... The Mothership Connection is here, to help you get over the hump	(25)
	"A singer with Germany's most successful girl band has been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm by infecting a partner with HIV" (pic)	(56)
	Happy Tax Day, America. To celebrate, here's the Beatles with an oldie about the joy of The Taxman	(15)
(Some Guy)	"Sweet Georgia Brown," as performed by three guys and a tractor (video)	(10)

Tue April 14, 2009

	FOR SALE: One glove. Only used on crotch. $100,000	(64)
(30 Seconds to Meh)	Kanye West, Jared Leto, and Brandon Flowers to record a song together. The trick was finding a recording studio big enough to accomodate their respective egos	(31)
	Spector's lawyer plans to appeal conviction, as soon as Phil starts blinking again	(23)
(Heeb)	DEVO bassist remembers doing coke with Sarah Jessica Parker during their "Square Pegs" appearance: "The girls were out of control-they were doing drugs and they were making out and they were coming on to us"	(54)
	On the heels of Phil Spector's conviction, a list of notable killers in music history. The Grateful Dead, The Killers, Cannibal Corpse, ...and you will know us by the trail of dead, Death Angel unavailable for comment	(44)
	Fark-ready headline of the day: "C-Murder to host anti-crime press conference today while on house arrest"	(38)
	Stereolab's synthesisers to go on hiatus/ sabbatical/ pause/ intermission/ breather. Emperor Tomato Ketchup inconsolable	(21)
(Billboard)	Pearl Jam planning new album, tour and a film with director Cameron Crowe, who will have the arduous, near-impossible task of making the band sound interesting	(47)
	Rocky Hill has died after a lifetime apprenticed to the blues. He wore blue hair in the '60s, caged drinks for Lightning Hopkins, and introduced his brother to the rest of ZZ Top. Six billion posers have a moment of silence	(17)
	That chick with the dreadlocks from the last season of "American Idol" gets to whine out an album worth of banality	(16)
	Perry Farrell celebrates 50th birthday bash concert with Dave Navarro, Debbie Harry, Tom Morello, Porno for Pyros and members of Cypress Hill. Clearly, lots of alcohol was involved because Billy Idol was allowed to perform (with pics)	(27)

Mon April 13, 2009

(Powell's Books)	New McSweeney's book purports to document names of all 50,000 metal bands in the world. "Never has a genre of music relegated to the underground of a civilization had so many devotees"	(59)
	Former ABBA member fights against the idea of making a "Mamma Mia" sequel, even if it means more money, money, money	(21)
	T-Pain, as a child	(38)
	Tom Waits, David Bowie, Bjork and Frank Sinatra: 24 musicians who aced acting roles. Mark Wahlberg would've made the list but you had to qualify as a musician	(144)
	He made jazz piano look easy, and enjoyed himself while playing it too. Erroll Garner doing One Note Samba	(19)
	I dissed a girl, and I liked it	(14)
(Billboard)	Ted Nugent to reunite his first recording band, The Amboy Dukes, which isn't very exciting but a step up from old Nugent material such as "Wang Dang Sweet Poontang" and "My love Is Like a Tire Iron"	(36)