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Sun October 25, 2009

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
(Some One)		Bono disappointed that only 1 million people purchased "No Line on the Horizon." Subby got a free advanced listening copy from the record company, listened to it once, and then went back to listening to Achtung Baby and War (nme.com)	(87)
(The Daily Swarm)		Rammstein's new box set contains industrial-strength handcuffs, lubricant, six pink dildos and five extra tracks that weren't "good enough" for the record (slightly Not safe for work pic) (thedailyswarm.com)	(77)
		Judas Priest guitarist Glen Tipton is 62 today. And in his honor, The Green Manalishi (w/ the 2 Pronged Crown) from 1982 (youtube.com)	(25)
(ExploreMusic)		De-Timbaland-ified version of "Never Far Away" by Chris Cornell. Subby has trouble reconciling why the album didn't sound like this in the first place (exploremusic.com)	(20)
		SHMHC helps you thrash away those sunday morning cobwebs with Warbringer - Severed Reality (youtube.com)	(36)
		Best song about a werewolf you'll hear all day that wasn't written by Warren Zevon (youtube.com)	(35)
		And I guess that's why they call it the flu (contactmusic.com)	(22)

Sat October 24, 2009

(Pitchfork)	Kenny G teams up with Weezer: "I don't know anything about Weezer-- nothing. I've heard the name, but I never knew any of their songs [except] some song about a sweater" (pitchfork.com)	(25)
	Please enjoy one of the best ever songs by one of the most underated bands in decades (youtube.com)	(36)
	Morrissey rushed to hospital after collapsing onstage part-way through concert; apologises to fans for starting something he couldn't finish (news.sky.com)	(30)
	Barry & Robin Gibb discuss 50 years of Bee Gees: "Since 1967, there have only been three albums that have truly affected the culture, and that's Sgt Pepper, Fever and Thriller" (entertainment.timesonline.co.uk)	(164)
	Man tries to hijack Paul Simon's tour bus. This wouldn't have happened if Paul had a bodyguard (contactmusic.com)	(19)
	The best harpischord sonata you'll see all day. Listening to it is fun also (youtube.com)	(16)
	The Fab 4 take no prisons as "Rock Band" beats "Guitar Hero 5" in September sales (rollingstone.com)	(32)
(Goldmine)	Think the Butcher Cover is rare? Here's the story of a Beatles album cover that's even more unique (goldminemag.com)	(50)
	Exclusive First Listen: REM Live at the Olympia - 39 of their least known favorites (npr.org)	(38)
	'I Dig a Pygmy' by Charles Hawtrey and the Deaf Aids (rare alternate take) (youtube.com)	(19)
	Sublime's anticipated comeback stymied by their dead singer's family. Strangely, they don't consider a dead singer a roadblock (contactmusic.com)	(49)

Fri October 23, 2009

(Some Wonderwall)	Well, I know everyone was happy that Oasis called it quits, but what we feared most is happening: Noel Gallagher is pursuing a solo career (nme.com)	(33)
	Your cool, WTF vid of the day: The Cramps' "Bikini Girls with Machine Guns" (youtube.com)	(52)
	Pete Doherty's drug-induced insanity has resulted in a Libertines reunion, complete with new management contract (contactmusic.com)	(8)
	Pearl Jam finds something else to whine about (new.music.yahoo.com)	(24)
	Public Enemy have conned fans out of more than $50,000 so they can fund their new album (contactmusic.com)	(33)
	As we mourn Soupy Sales, let's take a minute to remember that he fathered two talented musicians (youtube.com)	(21)

Thu October 22, 2009

(NME)	The Rakes split up before their upcoming tour. While no one knows who the hell they are, it's clear they're a douchey hipster band, so we can hope this starts a trend of other douchey hipster bands to follow suit. My vote: Conor Oberst (nme.com)	(96)
	Bon Jovi to bomb Jersey (hosted.ap.org)	(19)
	Peter Criss was so embarrassed about his breast cancer diagnosis he hid it from everyone but his wife. Yeah, because I'm sure your bandmates or fans wouldn't have supported you. Come on, man, you're The Cat (contactmusic.com)	(93)
	40 years ago today Led Zeppelin II was released. "Whole Lotta Love" live on the left. Complaints about the band ripping off old Blues musicians and gratuitous pics of Alison Krauss on the right (youtube.com)	(129)
(Heavy Metal Power)	The 10 Best Epic Heavy Metal Songs (heavymetalpower.com)	(181)
	Evanescence plans on playing a secret show in New York next month. The news has been greeted warmly by their legion of fan (contactmusic.com)	(64)
	They were umlaut before umlaut was cool. Behold the glory and granduer that is Blue Öyster Cult at their finest (youtube.com)	(53)

Wed October 21, 2009

	Next demographic to be exploited: Parents who grew up worshipping hair metal. "Lullaby Renditions of Guns & Roses" is out, in case you always wanted your kids to fall asleep to a song about heroin and prostitutes (idolator.com)	(35)
	Veruca Salt's Nina Gordon does acoustic cover of N.W.A's "Straight Outta Compton" (youtube.com)	(65)
	Rob Zombie, tired of re-recording the same album every year, considers his next album to be his last (contactmusic.com)	(36)
	"An audacious throwback to the preening hair-metal era, Stapp audaciously reinflated rock's hot-air balloon less than a decade after Kurt Cobain was thought to have punctured it for good" (slate.com)	(58)
	Ozzy Osbourne to join Metallica onstage, which is an exciting concept, until you remember that Ozzy doesn't even know the words to his own songs (contactmusic.com)	(41)
	Music industry realizes asking for performance license from a shop assistant who sang while stacking shelves was perhaps overreaching their boundaries a bit (news.bbc.co.uk)	(20)
(NME)	Chris Brown will once again hit the road, next woman he meets (nme.com)	(5)
	The funkiest Italian foursome you'll groove with all day. Bonus: a man that can really toot the flute (youtube.com)	(17)
	"Don't Fear the Reaper" covered by Big Country (youtube.com)	(41)

Tue October 20, 2009

	U2 concert will be streamed on YouTube, upstaged by that "Final Countdown" cover band (hollywoodreporter.com)	(16)
	The last 10 years of music is an irredeemable shiatpile that makes disco's final cokefarts look like Woodstock (idolator.com)	(228)
(NME)	Today's "words that make no sense when put together" article: "Kings Of Leon career-spanning exhibition to open in London." Seriously, what the hell (nme.com)	(37)
	One toke...SWEET JESUS (youtube.com)	(80)
	54 years ago today Harry Belafonte released Day-O (The Banana Boat Song). And so here he is performing it on The Muppet Show (youtube.com)	(21)
(NME)	The new Eels album is due out January 19th. Article includes tracklisting, album art, and a sense of great anticipation (nme.com)	(35)
	♫ His theme songs, we admired ♫ To him, we all aspired ♫ But now, he has expired ♫ The death of Vic Mizzy ♫ snap snap (fe19.story.media.ac4.yahoo.com)	(48)

Mon October 19, 2009

(Some Guy)	Hey, remember those hopes you got up when you heard the Flaming Lips were covering Dark Side of the Moon? Well prepare to have them dashed upon so many jagged rocks (kcrw.com)	(74)
	Sting says that another Police reunion would be "dreadful and gratuitous." Really? I thought that was Sting's "Brand New Day" (contactmusic.com)	(40)
(NME)	Jack White gives a lecture on musical philosophy at Trinity College, manages to slyly insult Tom Waits and Bob Dylan, two artists Jack White wishes he was a tenth as good as (nme.com)	(127)
	Def Leppard cancels final leg of their North American tour. Their drummer is just relieved they didn't cancel his final arm while they were at it, too (contactmusic.com)	(41)