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Sun September 27, 2009

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
		This week's Sunday Heavy Metal House Call is dedicated to the memory of Cliff Burton (youtube.com)	(77)
		Domani 27 Settembre 2009 Artisti di youtube uniti per l'Abruzzo (youtube.com)	(16)
		Thirty-nine years after the band called it quits, five of the 10 best-selling albums in the country are Beatles albums. The 60's never ended and they're sounding better than ever (boston.com)	(137)
(Some Smooth Corpse)		Newly unearthed Michael Jackson interviews reveal he thought "Thriller" sucked. Finally, someone has the courage to speak up and say it (nme.com)	(50)
		The popularity of Guitar Hero and Rock Band is pushing sheet music sales. Wait, what? (news.cnet.com)	(33)
		23 years ago, the world lost one of the greatest bassists that ever lived. R.I.P Cliff Burton. Here's "For Whom the Bell Tolls" from '85 (youtube.com)	(64)
		God I love a good Creed concert (youtube.com)	(50)

Sat September 26, 2009

	Morrissey recruits fellow vegan and woman Chrissie Hynde to help him with a new album of rarities, B-sides, and live tracks (contactmusic.com)	(20)
(PopMatters)	Think Parliament mixed with Gogol Bordello and a dash of Beirut and you'll have a fairly clear benchmark by which to judge Slavic Soul Party (popmatters.com)	(15)
	The greatest cover of "Word Up" done on the banjo you will hear today (youtube.com)	(38)
	Biggest duo to hit Japan since Godzilla and Mothra, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck to hit stage together in "joint concert that promises to be epic" (rollingstone.com)	(31)

Fri September 25, 2009

	Neil Peart gives the beatdown to the nitty gritty - Buddy Rich Memorial Concert (playing from Buddy's charts) (youtube.com)	(28)
(Some Guy)	David Byrne announces Talking Heads reunion. Just kidding, he wrote a book about biking. Complain about lack of reunion to the right (chicagotribune.com)	(65)
(Some UK Anarchist)	Sex Pistols' Glen Matlock is going on a solo tour. Expect your grandparents to get excited and demand tickets, and then come home upset because they completely misunderstood (nme.com)	(18)
	Chris Brown hopes he'll be a huge hit when he plays his first concert since his last big hit (msnbc.msn.com)	(12)
(Some Guy)	So close... Lilly Allen's record company won't let her retire (3am.co.uk)	(29)
	Iggy Pop explains to Dinah Shore in '77 how he gets his inspiration from ambient industrial noises and electric shavers (youtube.com)	(18)
	Joey Tempest, the lead singer of Europe, finally watches that crappy cover of "The Final Countdown" and shares his thoughts about it: "Everything is wrong... nothing is right" (youtube.com)	(140)
	The Get Up Kids apologize for helping create emo. Wentz (guardian.co.uk)	(52)
	"Scheduling conflict" or "Our drummer has spontaneously exploded" are typical excuses for cancelling a gig, but David Crosby beats them all. Yes, this is a repeat of 1985 (latimesblogs.latimes.com)	(17)
	Today would've been Jim Henson's 63rd birthday. Subby still doesn't want to live on the moon (youtube.com)	(56)

Thu September 24, 2009

		Stone Roses latest reunion plans quashed by rolls die Ian Brown's nine-year-old son (3news.co.nz)	(22)
(Some \m/ Gal)		Bret Michaels autobiography pushed off until 2010 while Bret finishes the last two modules of Hooked on Phonics (roadrunnerrecords.com)	(27)

Wed September 23, 2009

		Jay-Z shows Bobby Brown how it's done; he's beaten Whitney Houston two straight weeks in a row (contactmusic.com)	(31)
		"Recording began on Christmas Eve, 1988, with a budget of just over $600, which makes the album a triumph of rock'n'roll over economics" (guardian.co.uk)	(97)
		Marilyn Manson has swine flu: "Unfortunately, I am going to survive" (Sick tag is for pic) (dlisted.com)	(62)
		Flaming Lips are filming a video September 23 in Portland, Oregon and they need bicyclists. Naked ones. Portland-area Farkers, here's that shot at fame you've been waiting for (npr.org)	(23)
		Not your grandma's Charleston - Daft Punk Style (youtube.com)	(16)
		"It ain't no sin to be glad you're alive." Happy 60th, Boss (youtube.com)	(26)
		A bunch of fifth-graders do something Robert Smith can't - make a Cure song beautiful (youtube.com)	(44)

Tue September 22, 2009

	As if the Trans-Siberian Orchestra wasn't cool enough already, Steven Tyler and Roger Daltrey will be touring with them this Christmas (contactmusic.com)	(71)
(Some Guy)	The worst record review ever written. "The guy's been a provocative creative, welding mainstream melodicism to a normally rebellious mode in a genre that has historically spit on convention a bit too much for its own good." (acousticmusic.com)	(49)
	Missing Five Finger Death Punch guitarist found, someone must've checked the roof (contactmusic.com)	(28)
(Ottawa Citizen)	Hardcore punk band with name that can't be mentioned on radio or TV wins Polaris Award for Canadian album of the year (ottawacitizen.com)	(55)
	Annoying "where are they now?" slide show of MTV VJ's, but may still be worth it, as Duff is even finer now than she was back then (nydailynews.com)	(155)
	Jimi Hendrix's family will releases boxes of unheard tapes the legendary rocker left behind. Expect to hear emotional and revealing moments, such as answering machine messages, grocery lists, and yet another recording of Foxy Lady (contactmusic.com)	(15)
	Pearl Jam to help for Once with new Release, just as things were looking Black for independent joes and Jeremys Vs the big boxes (contracostatimes.com)	(44)
(Some Guy)	Jimi Hendrix doing an acoustic version of "Hound Dog." Can anybody name the famed groupie in the footage? (dailymotion.com)	(45)
	Ryan Adams doesn't know Courtney Love, didn't try to have sex or borrow money from her or anything else she's Twittering about him (gawker.com)	(30)

Mon September 21, 2009

	Great news: Kings of Leon lead the European MTV Music awards with five nominations. Unfortunate revelation that the UK isn't all there: Lady GaGa also recevied the same five nominations (news.bbc.co.uk)	(68)
(myspace)	Guitarist Zoltan from Five Finger Death Punch has been missing in Vegas since Friday (metalhammer.co.uk)	(77)
(Times-Leader)	In a world where polka music and rap collide (timesleader.com)	(8)
	You know how I know Jay-Z is gay? (3news.co.nz)	(27)
	Music venues are forced to make seats bigger to accomodate overweight concert-goers (w/ pic of what an overweight concert-goer might look like) (telegraph.co.uk)	(195)
(Some Guy)	The human synth. Bonus: hot girls in bikinis (buzzfeed.com)	(18)
	Everybody knows that today is Leonard Cohen's birthday (youtube.com)	(34)
(The Daily Swarm)	Swedish geek interviews Morbid Angel with questions such as "What do you think of microwave ovens?", "What do you think of the last Goo Goo Dolls LP?" and "Do you often see monkeys in Florida?" (thedailyswarm.com)	(12)