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Fri August 08, 2008
(Daily Mail) Amusing Bono takes off his glasses for the first time in 15 years, is immediately mistaken for Robin Williams (82)
(Some Guy) Strange The Rolling Stones performing Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe" (8)
(Some Guy) Unlikely Ozzy Osbourne to retire after two more albums, or three albums too late. Tag is for Sharon letting him (31)

Thu August 07, 2008
(Gothamist) Amusing Mike Bloomberg has 99 problems but not knowing Jay-Z lyrics ain't one (22)
(Rolling Stone) Interesting Ry Cooder completes final chapter of his California trilogy, wonders about the future of musicians:"The whole thing is dismantled. Retail is gone. Radio is gone. Okay, now the records are gone. It worries me" (45)
(Some Guy) Caption Help Metallica pick a better title for their upcoming album (558)
(Rolling Stone) Amusing Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, 43, offers Rolling Stone insight on respect for yourself, others, jacking off and crashing graveyards (39)
(Bitten and Bound) Amusing PINK is shooting a music video that is sure to be a hit. She wields a chainsaw, rides a Harley, attacks the car of newlyweds, guzzles vodka while driving a Lawnboy (23)
(E! Online) Cool Emily Robison of the Dixie Chicks is now back on the market. Don't lie, yes you would (73)
(Rolling Stone) Amusing Fan of Wolfmother may be upset to know that two of the three members of the band have called it quits (87)

Wed August 06, 2008
(Contact Music) Unlikely Elvis Presley is set to the return to the charts, thanks to "technological wizards" teaming The King with LeAnn Rimes, Wynonna Judd and Gretchen Wilson: "I am sure Elvis would be proud to have worked with them" (17)
(CNN) Ironic Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls tells CNN "Emily and I are frustrated sometimes with any kind of box." (37)
(Rolling Stone) Cool Pink Floyd cruise called "The Great Gig in the Sea" set for 2009: Fans sail to the Bahamas for 3 days, which includes a performance of "Dark Side", trivia games and staring at a strobe light wondering if you smoked too much (30)
(Contact Music) Cool Bono lavishes praise on The Edge, compares him to The Van Gogh (49)
(Sun Sentinel) Cool You won't recognize these artists or albums, but you'll know every one of their hit songs. With audio (176)
(Gigwise) Asinine Study finds heavy-metal fans more at risk for developing mental illness. Country fans more at risk to marry within immediate family (67)
(Some Guy) Obvious Metallica confirms album release date, tracklisting, total suckage (89)
(Guardian.com) Ironic AC/DC's next album to be marketed exclusively through Wal-Mart (59)

Tue August 05, 2008
(New York Daily News) Obvious Sir Paul McCartney writes new song about ex-wife, tentatively called "All you need is $50 million dollars you stumpskank" (49)
(Buffalo News) Amusing Liquor violations put venue, upcoming Bruce Hornsby concert in jeopardy. Fan inconsolable (16)
(Rolling Stone) PSA Iggy & the Stooges set up website to find gears stolen in Canada. The site urge Montrealers to be on the lookout for Mike Watt's 1963 Red Gibson, amplifiers and "some Pain killers" (18)
(Crooks & Liars) Strange Rage Against the Machine to play during RNC convention (137)
(Idolator) Asinine After years of waiting, Dr. Dre's new album "Detox" is almost ready, as soon as a "fully integrated marketing program" of Dre's branded cognac and sparkling vodka is ready for release (16)
(Contact Music) Cool Baha Men's "Who Let the Dogs Out?" named worst song of all time, narrowly beating out The Eagles' "Hotel California", Styx' "Come Sail Away", or anything Coldplay has ever written or will write (1015)
(FMQB) Sad MTV VMA nominees for "Best Pop Video" include The Jonas Brothers, Britney Spears, and Panic At The Disco. In related news, pop music has officially died a painful public death (50)
(The New York Times) Interesting Bertelsmann to sell its stake in Sony BMG (9)
(Reuters) Cool Dave Stewart, of Eurythmics fame, releases new album and tours as bandleader. The Other Guy From Wham unavailable for comment (39)
(NYPost) Obvious Sources say Paula Abdul keeps canceling a singing appearance on the "Today" show because her voice needs more mixers than her breakfast cocktails (18)
(Contact Music) Weird Amy Winehouse to sing about cooking on her new album. Hold on a second, please. ("Cooking"? Seriously? Is it possible that she said "cocaine" and you just heard her wrong? Hmmm. Okay, then.) Yes, cooking (16)
(YouTube) Video Pachelbel's "Loose" Canon (41)

Mon August 04, 2008
(WordMagazine) Cool Atlas of album covers: Pinpoint the exact spot where photographs of iconic album covers were taken (32)
(Fox News) Obvious Miley Cyrus is hanging out with Fergie, her new BFF. What does this mean to us? More pics that Disney won't approve of (75)
(AZCentral) Sad Like a high school reunion: Some people looked exactly the same and some you wished just stayed home (18)
(Onion AV Club) Obvious James Taylor's "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" is the least rockin' song of all time (37)
(Idolator) Amusing Stone Temple Pilots tour going as well as predicted: Scott Weiland stumbles around and forgets his lyrics, breaks into a cappella rendition of "Redemption Song" and eventually falls backward into the drum kit (with video) (66)
(YouTube) Interesting Tears for Fears/Gary Jules meets Alan Moore. Too... much... emo... hrrm (22)
(YouTube) Cool John Coltrane's "Giant Steps" in motion, as it were. Ice cold (56)
(Daily Mail) Sad Meatloaf: Great fresh, but 60 years on, not so much (29)

Sun August 03, 2008
(Contact Music) Scary Wild crowds bring a Rage Against the Machine performance to a screeching halt. I LOLLapalooza'd (42)
(Boston Globe) Sad Asexual, inscrutable, self-conscious worrywarts: meet the new breed of rock-n-roll frontmen. "Hero" tag trumped, easily (59)
(Daily Mail) Strange ABBA Gold - Greatest Hits grabs the number 1 spot in UK album charts. No, this is not a repeat from 1992 (16)
(YouTube) Video Fred Schneider sings about his favorite crustacean. Bonus: Fred has a massive pr0n stache (12)
(Toledo Blade) Unlikely The Nuge claims to, "remember every concert I've ever performed, and believe me, there have been no bad ones." (49)
(Contact Music) Interesting Trent Reznor feels Johnny Cash' interpretation of his song "Hurt" is his proudest accolade, but considered it invasive at first: "Hearing it was like someone kissing your girlfriend" (61)
(YouTube) Video Jerry Garcia's birthday is this weekend. Here he is playing "Tangled Up in Blue" (26)
(YouTube) Video Great 80's song with a lead singer who may be even more awkward than Rick Astley (34)
(Contact Music) Obvious Kanye West denies rumors that he'll be producing Britney Spears' next album, insists that he'll be busy enough with his own trainwrecks (12)
(YouTube) Spiffy All these shreddas and flamencobeans gettin' greens, what about the true masta of da telecasta, James Burton. He could smoke 'em all and leave change for cigarettes (16)
(LiveLeak) Cool You know you're one lucky SOB when you stumble across Wynton Marsalis and Wycliffe Gordon jazz dueling from their hotel windows (13)
(Fox News) Misc Shots fired at party attended by Usher, Jermaine Dupri, Sean Combs and Nelly. Pray for Omarion (44)
(YouTube) Video The only one allowed on my lawn is "The Man on the Silver Mountain" (16)

Sat August 02, 2008
(Wired) Spiffy Music Biz 101: Class is in session with Prof. David Byrne of the Talking Heads. He spells it out and names names. Bonus audio clips of conversation with Brian Eno. Oh, and record companies? Suck it, your days are numbered (32)
(Reuters) Misc Fonsi thrilled to have his music used during Olympics. Still inconsolable that jumping sharks not a medal event (9)
(Now Magazine) Obvious Justin Timberlake denies rumors that he's engaged to his beard, says she just sort of grows on him (5)
(Idolator) Interesting After Madonna and Nickelback, Depeche Mode tells Warner Music Group to enjoy their silence, claiming they felt "underserved." This is another major loss for Warner whose death rattle is getting louder than the music they put out (17)
(YouTube) Cool For the first time in 35 years, and perhaps the last, Neil Young plays the title tune of his failed 1973 album "Time Fades Away" to a crowd in Oberhausen, Germany (27)

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