Glorious Noise December 2005

John Darnielle on Days of Our Lives

John Darnielle and pals explicate Days of Our Lives for Nerve....

Morrissey is PISSED OFF!

Morrissey has released a statement clarifying his legal proceedings with Mike Joyce. Here's the post that set him off. And here's "The Cowbell Track" (mp3). And Joyce's stuff on ebay....

Onion: RIAA Bans Telling Friends About Songs

RIAA Bans Telling Friends About Songs: "We will aggressively prosecute those individuals who attempt to pirate our property by generating 'buzz' about any proprietary music, movies, or software, or enjoy same in the company of anyone other than themselves." Ho...

Sun Kil Moon - Tiny Cities

List This, mate! Londonist vs. NME

Londonist questions the NME's year-end Top Albums list and kicks up a shit storm. Got to love the British music press....

Lot 15: Where you been?

After a long absence, a new installment of the original GLONO comic strip, Lot 15 by Michael West, in which our hero gets harassed for not showing up for work.

Lady Sovereign upsets Philly

Philadelphia disappointed by Lady Sov performance: "Dear Lady Sovereign. You are whiny little bitch."...

What Price Fame?

Someone's auctioning off a bunch of Jerry Garcia's toilets and cupboards and other furnishings. Why do we as fans want to possess crap that our heroes once touched?

Sony PSP Graffiti: Teabag a mime

"I'll teabag a mime before I'll give the Sony Corp another fuckin' dime."...

Curtis Mayfield on Soul Train video

Curtis Mayfield on Soul Train lip syncing "I'm Your Pusherman" terribly. Maybe it's the weird edited version that's throwing him off. Awesome dancing though....

Shine On You Crazy Diamond

It's one of those rare moments we all dream about: a legendary performer comes back and puts out an album worthy of his legacy. Neil Diamond has teamed with Rick Rubin to do just that. Unfortunately, you really shouldn't buy it.

AP Q&A With Wilco's Jeff Tweedy

Q&A With Jeff Tweedy: "I think what's happening with file sharing is that you have a lot more people hearing a lot more music, and I think more than anything else it has engendered an enthusiasm for music. It's a...

Punk News interviews Propagandhi

Punknews.org interviews Propagandhi: "I would imagine that it's clear to everyone involved that the punk scene of this millennium and Propagandhi are not moving in the same direction."...

The Who - Tommy and Quadrophenia Live DVD

Belle and Sebastian - Another Sunny Day

"Another Sunny Day" by Belle and Sebastian from The Life Pursuit, due February on Matador. Via Fingertips....

90 Reasons to Hate the 90s

90 Reasons to Hate the 90s....

Mountain Goats - Cut Off Their Thumbs and Deserters

Holiday cheer from John Darnielle! Two Mountain Goats songs from the vaults: "Cut Off Their Thumbs" and "Deserters." Ho ho ho!...

Losing the URGE to Listen

Feed the rush! MTV and Microsoft are teaming up to bring you a brand new, fully loaded online music service. That won't work with your iPod. Excited? No? Oh well, whatever. Never mind.

2005 Largehearted Music Books

2005 Largehearted Music Books...

GLONO's Upright-Standing Man of the Year 2005

Johnny Depp is not only one of the finest actors of his generation, but he's maybe the coolest fucking guy in America. Blasting Hunter S. Thompson to smithereens with a cannon is proof enough of that.

Top Shelf 2005

If you've been reading Glorious Noise for a while, you'll remember that we don't get too uptight about our end of the year lists. This is just stuff that has moved us in 2005. Be sure to add your own faves in the comments.

The Go - Supercuts

The Go is giving "the gift of psych-rock for yer yule tide cheerios" by allowing you to download Supercuts, a previously super rare (500 pressed), vinyl-only, 10-song album. Via MCR....

The Mountain Goats' Peter Hughes on New Order

The Mountain Goats' Peter Hughes on New Order: "Buried deep inside all of these songs is an underlying narrative that is only hinted at by any one of them, but which unfailingly informs them all."...

The Unsolved Mystery of the Notorious B.I.G: Biggie Smalls

The Unsolved Mystery of the Notorious B.I.G - Rolling Stone's 14,000+ word feature on the murder, the cover-up and the conspiracy....

New Nirvana documentary narrated by Kurt Cobain

New Nirvana documentary "based on a series of interviews that Michael Azerrad conducted with Kurt while researching [Come As You Are]."...

The Internet Is a Boon for Independent Labels

The Net Is a Boon for Indie Labels: "The independent sector as a whole already outsells two of the big four companies, Warner Music and EMI."...

Jesus Christ's Top Albums

Jesus Christ's Top 11 Albums of 2005 and Jesus Christ's Top 5 Musical Disappointments of 2005. Jesus loves the indie rock....

The A.V. Club's Least Essential Albums Of 2005

The A.V. Club's Least Essential Albums Of 2005: Shortly after he blows our minds with the line "Why are we overcome with fear? / What if I told you that fear isn't real?", Stapp follows with the downright Seussian, "What...