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Sun May 31, 2009

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
		Neil Young discusses "Archives: Vol. 1, 1963-1972" 10 disk box-set, blames Apple for turning music into wallpaper, calling Mp3s a sonic short-shrift that's directly tied with the music industry's economic woes (latimesblogs.latimes.com)	(72)
		On the fifth anniversary of his death, here's legendary Voidoids guitarist Robert Quine performing with Lou Reed from 1983 (youtube.com)	(16)
		Sunday Heavy Metal House Call presents the greatest Death Metal band of all time. This is Bolt Thrower with "Inside the Wire" (youtube.com)	(92)
		Bruce Springsteen does "Hava Nagila" with the help of... Rahm Emanuel and the Secret Service? Next: dancing the hora in the dark (jeffreygoldberg.theatlantic.com)	(5)
		Uniquely wonderful. Lyrics will stick with you all day. LGT pure awesomeness. You're welcome (youtube.com)	(27)
		Supermodel Gisele Bundchen ranks as highest earning model. Does anyone care? No, but to the majority of Farkers, it's like a cat story on Caturday (omg.yahoo.com)	(12)
		Liam Gallagher on Coldplay; "They have got to be the worst dressed band. My kids have got play outfits that are better than Coldplay's" and "Spandau Ballet? I've seen Tony Hadley and it's more like Spandau Belly" (thesun.co.uk)	(17)
		Best 70's music video you'll evar see (oldie but goodie) (youtube.com)	(54)
		Not news: schoolkids go on a bus trip. News: with pop star chaperones. Fark: the pop stars are The Smiths. Then things get a bit miserable (youtube.com)	(8)
		The Red Hot Chilli Pipers doing a medley including "Smoke On The Water" and "Thunderstruck". WTF? Ya gotta be... whoa (youtube.com)	(37)

Sat May 30, 2009

(NME)	NME reveals the list of performers featured on Guitar Hero 5; from Bob Dylan to Duran Duran to Kiss (nme.com)	(33)
	The Power of Lard - like bacon, there's nothing it can't do (youtube.com)	(30)
(AllAboutJazz)	Jazz legend and racial-integration pioneer Benny Goodman born 100 years ago today. Happy birthday, clarinet man (allaboutjazz.com)	(14)
	U2's manager thinks ISPs should pay for his broken business model: "It's important to remember the traditional worldwide star-making functions of the big record companies. There's nothing on the horizon to replace that" (news.cnet.com)	(34)
	Hate popular music but want to keep up with the latest trends, then here's a video for you. 25 hits in less than 5 minutes (youtube.com)	(38)
(NME)	Sigur Ros - the Icelandic post-rock band who perform their songs in an imaginary language - to perform for the Dalai Lama in Reykjavik. There's a great joke in here somewhere (nme.com)	(22)
(NME)	"Morrissey is on continued doctor's orders not to sing." We salute you, Mr. Moz-Silencing Physician Guy (nme.com)	(20)
	You say potato, I say BREAKING THE LAW (youtube.com)	(17)

Fri May 29, 2009

	Phil Spector has 19 years to build a wall of sound around his tender parts (eonline.com)	(37)
	Ozzy Osbourne suing Tony Iommi for ownership of the Black Sabbath name. What's the matter $haron? New T.V. show not working out like you'd hoped? (nypost.com)	(63)
	Rapper Tone Loc collapses from the heat at an outdoor concert, is revived by EMTs with a funky cold compress (breitbart.com)	(36)
(JamesGunn.com)	The top 20 worst songs of all time; Billy Ray Cyrus, Fergie, Baha Men, Toby Keith, represent (jamesgunn.com)	(212)
	The first new Peaches & Herb album in 25 years is out, but in the meantime, Herb's been parking cars in DC. Not because the record company hosed him; he just likes the work (washingtonpost.com)	(14)
	Phil Spector to be sentenced today to at least 15 years of the wall of pound (latimes.com)	(92)
	Taylor Swift doesn't compete with Miley Cyrus. And Amy Winehouse is as sober as a church mouse (hollyscoop.com)	(36)
	Ugly ass ultra-rare baby panda born in Thailand (with 'that's a farking panda?' pic) (abcnews.go.com)	(56)

Thu May 28, 2009

	In this new age of ditigal media, recording artists are starting to realize something they should have seen long ago - music videos are obsolete and pointless (guardian.co.uk)	(133)
(Blemish)	Miley Cyrus' male model boyfriend is about 3 brain cells away from a freak gasoline fight accident (theblemish.com)	(93)
(California Chronicle)	CCR still drags on without Fogerty: "I'd be playing 'Born on the Bayou' with a club band, and I'm looking around, thinking this is our song, but I'm the one who's lost" (californiachronicle.com)	(56)
(theGauntlet)	Dave Mustaine threatens to walk out of interviews and cry if press is antagonistic (thegauntlet.com)	(47)
	Depeche Mode Frontman David Gahan recovering from surgery to remove tumor from bladder, not Heroinitis as previously suspected (rollingstone.com)	(33)
	Pink Floyd, Blur and Billy Bragg take exception to their songs being used to fund the British National Party (guardian.co.uk)	(12)
	Katy Perry. Bondage gear. Photo shoot. Martian podiatrist. Fiddler crab. No farkers. Will read. This part. Of the headline. Wheat germ. Pileated woodpecker. String theory (dailymail.co.uk)	(139)
	Courtney Love sued by credit card company. Is it Thursday already? (starpulse.com)	(20)
	Eminem's `Relapse' tops charts, sells 608,000. Vicodin and Percocet dealers in the greater Detroit area salivate (google.com)	(35)
	Former Brat Packer Molly Ringwald is singing on a new collection of traditional jazz compositions, still hot (music-mix.ew.com)	(244)

Wed May 27, 2009

	Brooke Hogan is about to release the worst album cover of all time (thesuperficial.com)	(104)
	For the low price of $800 you could own Elvis Presley's personal bottle in which he kept his Benadryl, vitamin replacement pills and other undisclosed uppers and downers (contactmusic.com)	(11)
(metromix.com)	Band photos: the weirdest of the weird... from truly awesome to 'What were they thinking?' (stlouis.metromix.com)	(37)
	'Proud non-reader' Kanye pens 52 page book of "Kanye-isms" including gems like "I hate the word hate" "Auto-tune is my career" and "Don't buy your moms lipo" (msnbc.msn.com)	(320)
	A look back at the PMRC's "Filthy Fifteen" list, which looks rather cute 24 years later (idolator.com)	(39)
(NME)	First their guitarist went missing, now Manic Street Preachers' bassist suffers spasm onstage. Next week their drummer expected to spontaneously combust while performing (nme.com)	(16)
(Deaf Left Ear)	Actress Scarlett Johansson decides to unleash the power her body parts (besides the obvious ones) and sing on another record. This time the unsuspecting victim is Pete Yorn (deafleftear.com)	(20)
	Another sign of the bad economy: Bands like Fleetwood Mac, Creed, and Crosby, Stills and Nash are re-uniting and touring apparently because they need the money. Bonus: You can see Marilyn Manson and Slayer for $12 (wbbm780.com)	(66)
	Neil Finn (51 today) can grab a random girl out of the audience, sit her down at the piano to play the same three notes for four minutes, and make it all sound like genius (youtube.com)	(54)
	Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor raises more than $645k, mostly via Twitter, for fan in need of heart transplant (pastemagazine.com)	(319)

Tue May 26, 2009

	UK's Performing Rights Society explains its previously high rate for streaming music online: "Well, we had to spend a lot to explain why it needed to be high." (news.bbc.co.uk)	(5)
	Katy Perry is all about kissing girls, but casual sex? No, thank you (dailystab.com)	(131)
(Some Guy)	Beastie Boys convene 'Hot Sauce Committee', no release date yet (billboard.com)	(51)
	USA Today says the Limp Bizkit reunion is as scary as the recession and the rising unemployment rate. Oh, and something about Marilyn Manson having a new album (usatoday.com)	(19)
	Bizarre TV appearances of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" keep goin' on and on and on and on (blogs.tampabay.com)	(38)
	Man pays £1million to hear Mariah Carey sing for less than an hour. If it had been less than half-an-hour, it would have been £2million (dailystar.co.uk)	(19)

Mon May 25, 2009

	The BoDeans live on Letterman in 1987 (youtube.com)	(18)
(Some Guy)	Oasis' 'Live Forever' named best British pop song of all time, edging out 'London Calling' by the Clash, 'My Generation' by The Who and even 'Sympathy For The Devil' by The Beatles (stopcryingyourheartoutnews.blogspot.com)	(79)
	Original trailer for "This Is Spinal Tap" doesn't show any of the movie, but features rockin' footage of the Scandanavian Cheese Festival (cinematical.com)	(38)
	Legendary lyricist Hal David turns 88 today - and for that we've got Aretha Franklin's effortlessly smoking version of "I Say A Little Prayer" (video.google.com)	(13)
	Happy 34th birthday to Lauryn Hill. LGT Fugees "Killing Me Softly" live. Bonus: Intro has Rosie Perez, Ice-T, Tupac Shakur, and some horny old broad who tells 2Pac: "I'm a woman and you're sexy chocolate" (youtube.com)	(51)
	Some Guy's complete history of punk rock and its development on the lower east side, 1950 to 1975 (contains profanity) (youtube.com)	(29)
	Former Wilco member Jay Bennett dead at 45. His mother died at 78, and his father died at 33 1/3. Who could have seen this coming? (idolator.com)	(52)