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Sun May 17, 2009

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
		Traditional studios closing down as bands no longer need large rooms to make records: "With an Apple Mac, two good microphones and a few other bits and pieces, you can be more powerful than Abbey Road was 20 years ago" (business.timesonline.co.uk)	(116)
		Better late than never: SHMHC featuring Mastodon live on David Letterman. Bonus: Dave scared as shiat (youtube.com)	(171)
		One guitar, and one pedal. If this doesn't impress you, you might be a fark admin (youtube.com)	(114)
		Morrissey turns on fan who heckled him during concert. It would have been the greatest slap fight ever had the guitarist not intervened (contactmusic.com)	(26)
		Police arrests at Springsteen concert include 30 for underage drinking. In other news, at least 30 people under age 50 attended last night's Springsteen concert (pennlive.com)	(102)
		Eminem says he's done with guns. Unfortunately, he didn't make the same vow about cheesy, white-boy rapping (azcentral.com)	(45)
		Green Day debated quitting music. We can now add "debating" to the list of things they suck at (contactmusic.com)	(65)

Sat May 16, 2009

	Britney Spears spent $450,000 on security on her last tour. That's a lot of money to protect the general public from chlamydia and hepatitis B (starpulse.com)	(12)
(Some Guy)	"20/20" report from 1981 on new hip-hop trend spreading across America (rapradar.com)	(65)
	Notable rock journalist declares: "Cobain was the last rock star. Radiohead is the last band that's going to mean something. Not to say that there won't be good music, there will. But it will be consumed differently" (latimesblogs.latimes.com)	(115)
(It's True)	Take That, Spandau Ballet to collaborate on a new album. I gotta tell you, that's gold right there (nme.com)	(16)
	This is why music was so much better in the 70's than today. Funk, rock, R&B all combined in one superfunktastic package (youtube.com)	(32)
	10 worst song lyrics. "I can only speculate that 'cocoa puff' and 'milk' are meant to somehow represent the sexual union of a black man with a white woman." (contactmusic.com)	(153)
(Some Guy)	Apparently bathing your skin in acid and filling your face with plastic might not be such a great idea after all (news.ninemsn.com.au)	(24)
	3 Doors Down: so easy a caveman can do it (starpulse.com)	(21)
(Some Guy)	Fleetwood Mac cancels Canadian shows due to unspecified illness, though rumors persist Stevie Nicks is feeling baaaad (edmontonsun.com)	(28)
	62-year-old Iggy Pop ready for his next project, an album of Christmas classics: "I'm ready, cocked and loaded" (express.co.uk)	(11)
	Mariah Carey photographed with almost all her clothes on (ok.co.uk)	(27)

Fri May 15, 2009

	Dangermouse, Sparklehorse, and David Lynch collaborate to release an album including guest appearances by some guys named Iggy Pop, Black Francis, and Wayne Coyne. Will be promptly outsold by new Nickleback album (npr.org)	(34)
	Randy Bachman is presented with Order of Canada, large pizza (ctv.ca)	(11)
(Ultimate Guitar)	Anthony Kiedis, Flea, and Chad Smith form side project. John Frusciante spotted not giving a shiat (ultimate-guitar.com)	(11)
	Siouxsie Sioux looks back on 30 years since the Banshees formed: "The punk ethos was to have an open mind. It was very creative and industrious. Now it's all labels and consumerism" (entertainment.timesonline.co.uk)	(87)
	Sammy Hagar, during Chickenfoot's first performance: "The fire department's going to shut us down in 10 minutes... This is the end of the regular set" (rollingstone.com)	(28)
(music-News)	Most unlikely of supergroup has formed, combining members of Def Leppard and Sex Pistols. Pistols member looking forward to jam with actual musicians while the rest are psyched to have a drummer that can actually clap his hands together (music-news.com)	(30)
	The most unnecessary, disposable one-hit wonder of the 80s to have been crapped out of the UK and to now reform and torment us with that one song we can't stand is: Kajagoogoo (news.bbc.co.uk)	(44)

Thu May 14, 2009

	R.E.M. works on new album, shares in-studio photos, still looks old (pastemagazine.com)	(46)
	T-Pain's wife gives birth to a baby boy. The couple already have two other children, a daughter named Lyriq and a son named Muziq; so it's a good bet that this child's name will also be pathetiq (starpulse.com)	(26)
	Meet Brian Williams, indie music vlogger and host of "BriTunes." We can only hope that we'll one day see similar shows like "RatherMuzak" or "CouricCuts" (pastemagazine.com)	(7)
	Eminem on Elton John: "Me and him have had similar lives and stuff." Well yeah, besides the whole talent thing of course (webn.com)	(41)
	Billy Ray Cyrus returns to the Boggy Bayou Mullet Festival after 17-year absence (nwfdailynews.com)	(9)
	The MTV movie awards may be worth watching this year, as Kings of Leon are scheduled to perform (reuters.com)	(109)
	Battling gastroenteritis, Depeche Mode cancel additional shows disappointing literally tens of people (news.bbc.co.uk)	(53)
	Nine year old barely bigger than his Randy Rhoads guitar plays 'Crazy Train' on Ellen show. Then it gets Ozzy (youtube.com)	(138)
	Pearl Jam's bassist injured in violent robbery outside of recording studio. Suspect believed to be armed, dangerous, named Jeremy (rollingstone.com)	(66)
(Some Hash Pipe)	How bad are things for aged nineties bands Weezer and Blink-182? They're touring as supporting acts for Fall Out Boy (pitchfork.com)	(74)
	If you're a guitarist having to choose between two bands and the better choice is the band with Fred Durst in it, you're really in a bad spot in life (contactmusic.com)	(46)

Wed May 13, 2009

	Man to write tell-all memoir of his $449K lawsuit against Snoop Dogg for injuries suffered while attending 2005 concert. Yes, the climactic incident where he and Snoop smoked blunts while trying to reach settlement is included (seattlepi.com)	(19)
	Eric Clapton joins Buddy Guy on a sweet version of Sweet Home Chicago (youtube.com)	(40)
	Joe Elliot & Bret Michaels have patched things up, can now discuss male pattern baldness with one another (webn.com)	(18)
(Some Guy)	"British singer Pete Burns assaulted and robbed by fan." Hmmm, not really a fan then, is he? (allheadlinenews.com)	(17)
	What better way to honour John Lennon than to include a paper bag full of his bloody clothes in an exhibition (stuff.co.nz)	(28)
	Remember those Springsteen tickets you bought a couple months ago? Yeah? Too bad Ticketmaster doesn't (myfoxdc.com)	(25)
	John Cale recalls The Velvet Underground playing a convention of appalled psychiatrists: "That was revenge - Lou's revenge... as a teenager, Reed had been given electric shock treatment to "cure" him of homosexuality" (guardian.co.uk)	(53)
	Amy Winehouse's comback concert went great. Just kidding, it consisted of her stumbling around on stage yelling at roadies to fetch her more booze, singing when the power went out and then collapsing (celebslam.celebuzz.com)	(34)
	Bono drops the N-Bomb during an Elvis Tribute. But he is friends with Mandela so everything is cool (entertainment.timesonline.co.uk)	(43)
	The Flaming Lips will release a new double album by years end. Thankfully, with all the press Wayne Coyne's gotten lately, this could be a hit for them (contactmusic.com)	(20)
	Today's sign of the apocalypse: Kanye West says something that we can all agree with (entertainment.timesonline.co.uk)	(49)
	The late great Warren Zevon just jaming out "Boom Boom Mancini" in a Boston train station in 1995. Yeah, he could play a little guitar (youtube.com)	(48)

Tue May 12, 2009

		Depeche Mode frontman rushed to hospital. It's no good (news.yahoo.com)	(47)
		Peter Gabriel wins the Nobel Prize of music (news.bbc.co.uk)	(40)
		Chris Brown says those naked pics of Rihanna are fake because her whole body is exposed and not one bruise can be seen (msnbc.msn.com)	(21)
		Rihanna slams Chris Brown in new song, and she has that Gaga woman help her ... aliens make things better, right? (blogs.nypost.com)	(45)
		Jessica Simpson's songs are so bad, even she doesn't want to memorize them. Bonus: the name of the song she screwed up this time - "Remember That" (starpulse.com)	(30)
		Liam Gallagher threatens to disband the band if Noel makes a solo album. In other news, Oasis apparently still exists (livenews.com.au)	(81)
		It turns out a stint in prison was actually good for Boy George's health (dailymail.co.uk)	(17)

Mon May 11, 2009

		Surprisingly, even at 62 years of age, Cher can still rock a sheer bodysuit (thesun.co.uk)	(117)
		Green Day say that they're "capable of doing anything" after recording their new album. If by "anything" you mean "make another album that sounds like every other album we've ever recorded" (mtv.com)	(59)
		Jane's Addiction singer falls, breaks hip, can't get up (9news.com)	(73)
		Short of actually slicing up eyeballs, what better way to celebrate Salvador Dali's birthday... Pixies perform "Debaser" Live at The Paradise in Boston (youtube.com)	(49)
		Eminem keeps a low profile while shopping in London by wearing a leather wrestler's mask. No, really (thesun.co.uk)	(31)
		On the 100th anniversary of her birth, here's Mother Maybelle Carter kicking ass on autoharp - as introduced by that no-account son-in-law of hers (youtube.com)	(12)