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Sun May 24, 2009

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
		Sunday Heavy Metal House Call headbangs bagpipes and metal together with Eluveitie ~ "Inis Mona" (youtube.com)	(95)
		Queen's next lead singer: Adam Lambert, Jeff Scott Soto ... or George Michael? (blogs.tampabay.com)	(71)
		A six-minute history of Ska music (youtube.com)	(55)
		Incoherent music legend Bob Dylan turns 68 today (youtube.com)	(19)
		This 17-year-old has an amazing voice. Link goes to YouTube video from Britain's Got Talent (youtube.com)	(26)
		Terri Nunn and Dave Navarro with the best acoustic version of Olivia Newton-John's "Magic" you'll hear all... wait, what? (youtube.com)	(34)
		Henry Rollins always had very little patience for stupid interviews (youtube.com)	(62)
		Rapper Bubba Sparxxx busted for illegal possession of anti-anxxxiety drug Tranxxxene (starpulse.com)	(11)
		Two string slide bass, sax, drums, that's it. Ladies and gentlemen... Morphine (youtube.com)	(31)

Sat May 23, 2009

	Desmond Dekker performs "Israelites" in front of a bunch of white people with no rhythm (youtube.com)	(34)
(LAWeekly)	Moby says the days of selling 10 million records are done: "The only way to approach making music is for the love of it. Anyone who wants to start a band in 2009 because they want to get rich is, quite simply, an idiot" (blogs.laweekly.com)	(91)
	Coldplay looking forward to plagiarize more bands as Chris Martin finds lawsuits "really inspiring" (starpulse.com)	(13)
(NME)	Frank Black: "Record companies have been overcharging people for way too long and now this is the trouble that they're in. They created this situation." Then talks about his $450 Pixies box set (nme.com)	(19)
(Blabbermouth)	"Twilight" star to portray Norwegian black metal singer and church burner Varg Vikernes in upcoming movie, which the director describes as "a fun portrayal of Norway" (roadrunnerrecords.com)	(26)
(Spinner)	If you have $2499 to spare, you could be the proud owner of a great piece of rock history: Kurt Cobain's 1992 hospital bill (spinner.ca)	(9)
(Some Guy)	Today's sign of the Apocalypse: 50 Cent and Bette Midler duet in the works (thisis50.com)	(20)
	Pink accuses somebody else of butchering one of her songs (ok.co.uk)	(24)
	Woulda been Scatman Crothers' 99th birthday today - so here he is with his ukulele and "Mean Dog Blues" (youtube.com)	(35)
(Tech Crunch)	Steven Tyler discovers that trying to sue anonymous bloggers is more trouble than it's worth (techcrunch.com)	(18)
	They Might Be Giants sponsors little league team, giving them a flood of support (gothamist.com)	(43)

Fri May 22, 2009

	Ringo Starr turns down elderly lady asking for an autograph. In related news, someone still wants Ringo Starr's autograph (jam.canoe.ca)	(103)
	Bruce Springsteen to close Giants Stadium this fall. Maybe he'll play that one song about fightin' his dad and goin' to the outskirts of town and dream about gettin' out and makin' something of himself (sfgate.com)	(55)
(Poughkeepsie Journal)	Sony Legacy to issue unreleased songs from the '69 Woodstock festival, including rare gems like "Hey Man, There's Too Many Seeds In This Shiat" and "Am I Seeing Things Or Has Grace Slick Put On A Few" (poughkeepsiejournal.com)	(19)
	Chris Brown to try punching his country music card (new.music.yahoo.com)	(44)
	In a move which shocks no one, Michael Jackson postpones London concerts (tmz.com)	(19)
(NME)	I said, "JAY-Z IS LEAVING DEF JAM RECORDS" (nme.com)	(21)
	Philip Glass discusses his music. Philip Glass discusses his music. Philip Glass discusses his music. Philip Glass discusses his music. Philip Glass discusses his music. Philip Glass discusses his music (guardian.co.uk)	(39)
	About 2 years ago, subby scored tiks to Letterman, the musical guest was a band called Cat Empire. The place went NUTS for these guise, but they never went anywhere in the US. Postulators form a line on the right (youtube.com)	(110)

Thu May 21, 2009

	Whether you think today's new music is better than ever or that there hasn't been a listenable song written since 1975, you can't deny that the internet has changed music forever (time.com)	(70)
(Some Unibrow)	Oasis to play intimate London gigs; it won't quite be like having sex with Liam & Noel Gallagher, but it'll be close (nme.com)	(10)
(Some Guy)	If loving Air Supply makes you gay, then call me Clay Aiken (waltsense.com)	(38)
	Green Day upset that Walmart won't carry their new album because it has parental advisory sticker. And let's face it, selling your album at Walmart is so anti-establishment, and the true name of punk rock (baltimoresun.com)	(69)
(Prefix)	Kanye West claims that Thom Yorke is the new Roger Waters, Lil Wayne the new Hendrix and Jay-Z is the new Sinatra (prefixmag.com)	(67)
(NME)	Arctic Monkeys to go "full on Black Sabbath" on next album (nme.com)	(25)
	Members of Korn & Slipknot band together for something other than douche-baggery (webn.com)	(35)
	Losing American Idol might have been the best thing to happen to Adam Lambert as the buzz around him being the next front man for Queen grows (music-mix.ew.com)	(193)
	You've probably heard the first minute or so of this song, so here's the full version: Angela (Theme from Taxi), by Bob James, live in 1985 at The Montreux Jazz Fest (youtube.com)	(26)

Wed May 20, 2009

(Digital Spy)	Eminem is a big fan of "The Wire." Also, "The Vicodin" and "The Percocet" (digitalspy.com)	(43)
	Now news: old guy doesn't understand modern music. Fark: the old guy happens to be Steven Van Zandt (cnn.com)	(126)
	Mike McCready performs the National Anthem before Mariners/Angels game (youtube.com)	(74)
	When Eminem said, 'You prick, I wish you luck with that farkin' whore', what he MEANT to say was, ''I wish them the best.' How could they have misunderstood him? (3news.co.nz)	(28)

Tue May 19, 2009

	Russian cops mistake Lady Gaga for a prostitute, which is an honest mistake everybody makes. She covered herself up and went straight to Australia, where even more people will mistake her for a whore (tmz.com)	(76)
(Billboard)	Echo & the Bunnymen will have their seminal album "Ocean Rain" shot into space, where it can be fully appreciated (billboard.com)	(32)
(The Open Press)	Petition for an "International Day of Slayer" currently under review by the White House (theopenpress.com)	(46)
	America's classical orchestras should ride out recession by firing overpaid prima donna conductors, soloists, and principal players (chicagotribune.com)	(56)
	Jarvis Cocker says Pulp will never reunite. He said this in a supermarket - I don't know why but he had to say it somewhere, so he said it there (metro.co.uk)	(90)
	Rihanna makes it rain at strip club, but stayed dry under her umbrella-ella-ella, eh, eh, eh (nypost.com)	(58)
(Some banger)	A day late, and a Dolla short (24hourhiphop.com)	(63)
	Green Day to give Springsteen a run for his money by playing gigs up 3 to 4 hours long. Expect to hear the same chord progression more than twice (contactmusic.com)	(79)

Mon May 18, 2009

(Some Kid A)	Radiohead is in the studio recording their followup to "In Rainbows;" they're working with their usual producer, so you know the album will be great (nme.com)	(102)
	Guess what Britney Spears did with the $12,000,000 she earned last year? (dailystar.co.uk)	(65)
	George Harrison was the mellowest Beatle until you threw candies at him. That's when he'd write a letter berating you: "Think how we feel standing on stage trying to dodge the stuff, before you throw some more at us" (guardian.co.uk)	(28)
	Iggy Pop on The Stooges and "the idealism of insanity": "My theory is that Jesus Christ was probably a raving party animal... The kind of guy who would go into the temple and say, 'F--k this s--t'" (entertainment.timesonline.co.uk)	(27)