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News for the week of 06.21.04 - 06.27.04
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Jun 25, 2004
Punk Superstar Avril Lavigne Cherishes Her Volvo SUV
from the Crass Have Matching Louis Vuitton Bags Too dept.
Empowered punk rokka Avril Lavigne gave an interview to US Weekly where she listed her favorite possesions, the ones that fuel her fight against the unrelenting capitalist consumerist machine: black nail polish, M.A.C. eye shadow, a Volvo SUV, sushi at Nobu in Malibu, 'The Anna Nicole Show' DVD, and a Louis Vuitton Papillon bag. I, uh, fuck it, the joke fell apart, that damn list is too silly for me even.
posted by kittydeathstar at 12:22:21 PM | More Music News »
Jun 24, 2004
Wu Tang Clan Set To Play First Gig Together In 10 Years
from the Good Lord, It's Really Been A Fucking Decade dept.
Drugs, ego, and money aside, the organizers of the Rock The Bells tour have pulled off the seemingly impossible - a firm commitment from RZA, GZA, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Method Man, Ghostface, Raekwon, Inspectah Deck, Masta Killa, U God and Cappadona to headline a July 17th concert in San Bernardino, CA as the Wu-Tang Clan. Rock the Bells founder Chang Weisberg laid down the law: "All the members have expressed their excitement to let their alter egos mash the stage and represent the clan." Can any one stage hold that many pseudonyms?
posted by kittydeathstar at 07:13:28 PM | More Music News »
RIAA Pays Off Anti-Trust Settlement With Crappy Music
from the Even When They Lose, They Win dept.
Poor Washington state... first, Microsoft pays off their anti-trust settlement with Windows software, and now the RIAA is paying of theirs with unsold crappy music (which I'm sure fills up a warehouse or fifty-three). After all, what school would pass up 1,355 copies of Whitney Houston singing "The Star-Spangled Banner"?
posted by HisCheapMoves at 04:53:45 PM | More Label News »
Jun 23, 2004
RIP, Bathory's Quorthon
from the See You On The Other Side! dept.
Bathory vocalist Thomas "Quorthon" Forsberg was found dead in his apartment on June 7, of an apparent heart failure. Bathory helped blaze the path for black metal , and... uh.... help me out here, Kittydeathstar.
posted by HisCheapMoves at 01:06:57 PM | More Obituaries »
Jun 21, 2004
"Booby" Hatch At It Again!
from the Let's Outlaw Player Pianos While We're At It dept.
In the craziest, wackiest scheme to hit the Senate since, well, probably since yesterday, Singing Senator Orrin Hatch is proposing the "Induce Act" (great name, Booby), a broadly-worded piece of legislation that could make illegal any number of potentially copyright-infringing devices and mechanisms, such as P2P networks, TiVo, and singing in the shower.
posted by HisCheapMoves at 09:26:45 AM | More Know Your Rights »
Sparks Destroy London At Morrissey's Behest
from the This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us dept.
Jesus christ, it looks like Sparks put on the best concert in the universe the other night at the Meltdown Festival. NME Online has the full rundown. Both "Kimono My House" and "Lil' Beethoven" were played in their entirety and, wait for it, keyboardist and mustache maven Ron Mael donned "comedy arm extensions" at one point in the event. After the final song, "Bravo!" appeared on the stage screen - the only redundant gesture of the night, I'd wager.
