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Glorious Noise October 2005

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Troubled Hubble: A Band Deferred

Troubled HubbleWhat do you do when one of your favorite small, regional bands breaks up? Kick yourself for not going out to see them when you had the chance. Sarah Horne misses Troubled Hubble.

RIAA sued for Racketeering

RIAA sued for Racketeering. Via Techdirt....


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The Aquabats - Charge!!

The Aquabats - Charge!!

Baby Spears Sings Kanye West's Golddigger

Baby Spears Sings Kanye West's Golddigger. Via Trent....


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Frank Black interview: New Pixies Album

MTV interviews Black Francis: "We haven't really been able to think about [the new album] up until now, because we've been too busy collecting money from all these festivals we do. It takes a lot of counting to get through...

Doors drummer John Densmore still refuses to let songs be used in TV ads

Ex-Door Lighting Their Ire - Densmore still refuses to let songs be used in TV ads! Right on, man. Previously. And Tom Waits' take on the subject. Update: GLONO's Mac disagrees....

Sometimes Reluctant Hookers

Thus Sprach ZarathustraWe all know that John Densmore hates advertising, but now Mac goes all contrarian on your ass and points out that music is already, fundamentally, a commercial enterprise.

Dead Kennedys vs. Coors Brewing

Dead Kennedys Cancel Appearance Over Coors Sponsorship: "At Coors, we [...] have long been honored by national organizations and publications for our progressive policies, business practices and community support." Oh, really?...


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John Peel's record collection

John Peel's record collection could be saved for the British Library: 26,000 LPs, 40,000 singles and 40,000 CDs....

A Fond Farewell to a Friend

They're only passing through you in the end...When you no longer cherish the stuff you collect, what's the point? A lifelong record collector waves goodbye to his vinyl and wonders what to do with all this new found space.

Remix Deerhoof

Deerhoof: Deermix! Free MP3s of the individual tracks for the song "Rrrrrrright" (from The Runners Four) for you to remix and upload....


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Cat Power - The Greatest

"The Greatest" by Cat Power. From The Greatest due January 24, 2006 on Matador....

Mike Myers to Play Keith Moon

Mike Myers Will Play Keith Moon in an upcoming biopic. Too bad Myers is already ten years older than Moon was when he died. Jason Schwartzman should've got the role....

Timber - The New Gentlemen's Shuffle

Timber - The New Gentlemen's Shuffle

Unreleased Elliott Smith Songs Leaked Online

Unreleased Elliott Smith Songs Leaked Online - The 22 tracks are being circulated under the title From a Basement on the Hill II. Available here....

John Darnielle on Celeb Crushes

Crush Story by the Mountain Goats' John Darnielle. Who's an indie guy to obsess over now that Scarlett Johansson's gone mainstream? Via lhb....


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Tom DeLay Mug Shot

Keep smiling, fuckface. You're going down, motherfucker....

Exclusive: Rogue Wave - You

A GLONO exclusive! "You" by Rogue Wave" from Descended Like Vultures, out October 25 on Subpop. Also: check out their top-secret myspace page for more music....

Yacht Rock

Yacht Rock re-enacts the Southern California soft-rock scene of the late '70s....


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Paul Revere and the Raiders for Pontiac

Paul Revere and the Raiders' TV ad for the GTO Judge. Official Judge T-shirt, too!...

Cassette tape photo library

Cassette Jam '05 - photos of every blank tape you remember, plus many you don't....

Matt Sharp's Return to the Rentals

Return of the Rentals 2005. Matt Sharp is putting the band back together....

Why the iPod Phone sucks

Battle for the Soul of the MP3 Phone - How the cell carriers, the record labels, the handset makers, and Apple sabotaged the ROKR....


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John Peel's favorite 142 singles

Inside John Peel's record box where the much-loved DJ kept 142 7-inch singles that meant the most to him. Via sg....

Rock and roll erodes the Generation Gap

Rock and roll rebellion, redux - "At a Green Day concert, shouting and smiling next to my 13-year-old son, I watched the generation gap disappear... Billie Joe, Tre Cool and Mike Dirnt are much cooler teachers than I am, and...


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Benchley vs. The New York Times

Glorious Noise quoted in the New York Times: A Web Geek Takes Off His Mask. The Old Grey Lady is on our jammy. Thanks, Derek, for making such a quotable comment!...


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Female Chauvinist Liz

Is Liz Phair a female chauvinist pig?...


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