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News for the week of 05.03.04 - 05.09.04
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May 8, 2004
Blame it on Friends
from the But we thought of it first! dept.
Rockstar Ryan Adams -- and I do mean Rockstar -- is just so broken up over the end of Friends that he has shut down his website, ruining weekend stalking plans for tens, if not dozens, of women. Damn you Rachel, whatsisface with the monkey, those others! And damn you Seinfeld in retrospect. Who will provide us with improbably leisured NYC lifestyle comedy now?
posted by HisCheapMoves at 01:40:59 PM | More Screen News »
May 7, 2004
David Bowie Can't Resist A Passing Fad
from the Jumping Someone Else's Trend dept.
Golly, that David Bowie sure is ahead of the curve! The laughing gnome is set to collaborate with commercial-loving choir collective the Polyphonic Spree on a number or two. And to think this is the man who was once the Thin White Duke. Now he's just chasing after every new little thing with that ridiculous smile, one curve behind. Remember Placebo, anyone?
posted by kittydeathstar at 10:06:47 AM | More Music News »
May 6, 2004
Negativland hax0red!
from the Plausible Deniability dept.
Those evil, naughty hackers! We hope the RIAA catches and strings them up real soon. Apparently, they broke through Negativland's "UMN mainframe firewall" and nabbed their video for "Mashin' Of The Christ." Before Negativland could get the suction pads for the elevated floor panels working, the dirty pirates had distributed the video online via P2P networks.
posted by HisCheapMoves at 10:58:36 PM | More Band News »
Legendary Reggae Producer Coxsone Dodd Dies
from the Downbeat Sound System dept.
Without Coxsone Dodd, there would be no Bob Marley. Hell, without this legendary producer there may not have been ska, rocksteady or reggae. Then again, maybe there would be; after all, there was Duke Reid and Prince Buster, and later Lee Perry and King Tubby. Doubtless, Coxsone Dodd was the most influential Jamaican producer, EVER. It's a shame that his death will go unnoticed by so many.
posted by steady_rockin at 10:52:30 PM | More Obituaries »
Spears' "Deep" New Tattoo Is Actually Just Gibberish
from the Shhe Gote It Form Te Kibalaaaa dept.
Now people have yet another reason to laugh at Britney Spears behind her back. The girl princess got herself a fancy new tattoo on the back of her neck - Hebrew symbols that were thought to symbolize "new era." Unfortunately, her Kabbalah advisor (Madonna?) must be illiterate because the symbols actually translate out to "absolute gibberish" according to the London Sun.
posted by kittydeathstar at 12:41:10 PM | More Music News »
May 4, 2004
Avril Lavigne's Mall Massacre
from the Clean Up Near The Wok N' Roll - It's A Flood Of Tears dept.
Rock and roll road warrior Avril Lavigne is having a few problems in the midst of that crucible of "real music," the mall tour, but of course. (After all, "Get In The Van" was about mall tours, wasn't it?) At a stop in the CBGBs of the Pacific Northwest, Seattle's Southcenter Mall, Lavigne was heckled by a young man with a green mohawk, who screamed, "Fake, fake! you're nothing but a poser!" It apparently shook Lavigne up quite a bit, as she was too depressed to pick up any rebellious t-shirts at Hot Topic, even.
posted by kittydeathstar at 01:32:53 PM | More Music News »
May 3, 2004
New York Dolls To Reunite... For Morrissey
from the He Is A Charming Man, After All *groan* dept.
You know he's persuasive with slightly intense and tremulous young men, but with NYC sleazepunk legends? Well, yes. The goddamn New York Dolls (which, I believe, is down to Arthur Kane and David Johansen and ummmm) are reuniting at the request of Morrissey to play the Meltdown Festival in London this summer. Morrissey is curating the weeklong event, packing it full of strange entertainments. Yes there is an Oscar Wilde-themed evening.
