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Mon March 23, 2009
(People Magazine) Dumbass Joe Jonas hates Chinese people (115)
(UPI) Amusing Michael Jackson compared to the IRA; both want apologies (12)
(Some Guy) Hero Elvis Costello releasing acoustic album, featuring a cover of Velvet Underground classic "Femme Fatale" (19)
(CNN) Cool Neil Young to finally release long-rumored 10-disc box set, highlighting the first ten years of his career. All 5 Neil fans are reportedly ecstatic (51)
(CBC) Obvious 2009 Canadiian music awards called "lame", "a piloe of crap" and "tripe", and not just because Nickelback leads in number of Juno nominations (102)
(Yahoo) Interesting "What do Fred Durst & Miley Cyrus have in common?" - Bullying was not the first thing that came to mind (46)
(Huffington Post) Interesting The state of the music business: by John Mellencamp (109)
(Street Team Interviews) Obvious Henry Rollins on sinking music biz: "I think the major factor in the couldn't-come-soon-enough decline of the major label industry is greed." Hannah Montana too busy counting cash to comment (52)
(Rolling Stone) Interesting Bruce Springsteen finds Max Weinberg's replacement. Bonus: He gets to mail the checks to the same address (13)
(YouTube) Cool The Ramsey Lewis Trio is in with the In Crowd (5)
(The Times of India) Scary Amy Winehouse: "OMG My hair is covered in FIRE. COVERED IN FIRE." Michael Jackson suing for copyright infringement (18)
(Daily Motion) Video The double-trio tears through 'Dinosaur' on Conan O'Brien (26)
(London Times) Sad "I started smoking weed when I was 17, because that is just what you do if you like the Beatles. If this were America, I could probably now sue Paul McCartney wholly on this basis" (315)
(Star Magazine) Scary Amy Winehouse posts a message on the internet saying her marriage is over. Which means chaps, she's single, if you fancy a challenge (60)

Sun March 22, 2009
(YouTube) Video The most amazing player ever (54)
(YouTube) Video Sunday Heavy Metal House Call goes back in time a little. Two minutes back in time to be exact. Iron Maiden - "2 Minutes to Midnight" (77)
(theGauntlet) Asinine Guns N' Roses announce another guitarist who will never record or tour with the band (26)
(Contact Music) Followup Jurors in the Phil Spector murder retrial have the option of a manslaughter conviction, are advised not to post one more farking NewsFlash about the story (12)
(YouTube) Video 6-year old can play jazz piano better than you can (7)
(Topless Robot) Sad The seven most depressing songs ever sung by a Muppet (72)
(YouTube) Cool Some have called him the best clarinetist since Goodman -- Ken Peplowski, backed by Frank Vignola (himself no slouch on a guitar), go way back into the archives for "Tiger Rag" (15)
(Daily Mail) Dumbass Paul Simon was right: Art Garfunkel is a dick (68)

Sat March 21, 2009
(Reuters) Cool Woodstock co-founder hopes to have 40th anniversary concert. Snoopy, Spike, Pigpen, Sherman, Little Red-Haired Girl and Joe Shlabotnik unavailable for comment (14)
(CBS News) Sad Apparently, American Idol trading cards aren't enough. There's now a Bizzaro World version of David Cook (6)
(Some Guy) Sad One of the last original delta blues guitarists is now gone. Rest well, Mel Brown (10)
(Yahoo) Amusing Metallica invades SXSW as "young band from Norway", still suck (39)
(Some Guy) Weird Billy Corgan's longtime friend and drummer now tired of putting up with his crap (55)

Fri March 20, 2009
(YouTube) Cool This one will get under your skin: Sinatra backed by Count Basie, 1965 (24)
(Perez Hilton) Interesting Family of LeAnn Rimes' husband confirms that he's gayer than an Oscar party at Elton John's house  T-Shirt (33)
(ABC Action News) Stupid 50 Cent to "make history" with Fall Out Boy. If by "make history" he means "set my ears on fire", they he's probably correct (40)
(Some Guy) Weird This headline almost makes sense: "Obituary guitar being auctioned for decapitated singer" (33)
(News.com.au) Followup Rihanna may be able to take a punch but she can't stand the idea of her wild sextape hitting the internet (123)
(YouTube) Video Louis Armstrong & Jack Teagarden tear it up at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival. Audience responds as you would expect (45)
(YouTube) Cool Sam and Dave live, backed by Booker T and the MG's, belt out "Hold On, I'm Coming," 1966...fancy footwork included (31)
(YouTube) Interesting New Order does a cover of the song that put them on the map (44)
(CNN) Cool Simon and Garfunkel reuniting for "Bridge Over Troubled Finances" tour  T-Shirt (47)

Thu March 19, 2009
(Contact Music) Cool Prince to perform live in your home via the internet for $77. Bonus: he'll take requests live too (57)
(My Fox DC) Cool Frank Zappa fans in Lithuania give bust of singer to his hometown Baltimore. Will not accept Spiro Agnew bust as a return gift (37)
(Some Guy) Spiffy "... today, sober and wiser, VH1's 'Behind the Music' is getting back into the studio and rediscovering its passion" (78)
(YouTube) Cool Behold the mighty King Crimson doing an improvisation in 1973 (63)

Wed March 18, 2009
(Metro) Obvious Michael Jackson, 50, is so pleased with the way tickets are selling for his London shows that he feels like a kid again. Also feels more youthful (45)
(NJ.com) Sad Rapper 'King Tut' commits suicide. He could'a won a Grammy, will be buried in his jammies  T-Shirt (34)
(Blender) Spiffy Geddy Lee on Canada: "It's really farkin' cold." No, really, he said "farkin'". Speculation about his Fark handle to the right (206)
(USA Today) Spiffy Rough economic times are forcing major artists to lower concert ticket prices. "I don't think anybody is looking around and going, 'Boy, I think I can sell out at $150 a ticket.' That's just not today's reality" (60)
(MSNBC) Unlikely Country music icon Taylor Swift: "...as much as I can prevent people picturing me naked, I'm going to". What's the opposite of Giggity? (70)
(YouTube) Video Today would've been Wilson Pickett's 68th birthday - and here's the Man-And-A-Half himself on Soul Tran with "I'm In Love" (22)
(Some Guy) Interesting Kanye West is playing a failed rapper on the Family Guy spinoff 'cause playing a failed singer would be too easy (44)

Tue March 17, 2009
(LA Times) Amusing Bob Dylan leaves a portable toilet out so his neighbors could smell what was blowing in the wind. Neighbor pissed (42)
(Some Guy) Obvious Embittered ex-drummer for legendary Canadian band April Wine reflects on a career touring cultural backwaters like Bugfuque, Que. and Edmonton: "We went to the places nobody else went" (50)
(Mirror.co.uk) Cool Stone Roses to reform? (55)
(Houston Chronicle) Spiffy Beyonce is only one of a handful of black celebrities to appear on the cover of Vogue; "It's our annual shape issue, and Beyonce has arguably the best shape in the business" (84)
(YouTube) Video The Pogues. And the Dubliners. "The Irish Rover". Bonus: Shane with teeth (31)
(Starpulse) Spiffy Iron Maiden cancel plans to call it quits after next album; say they're having too much fun making music that pales in comparison to that of their heyday in the 80s and plan to stick around into their own 80s (44)
(The New York Times) Cool This Band Was Punk Before Punk Was Punk (92)

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