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Interview with Smiths Indeed fanzine's Mark Taylor

Interview with Smiths Indeed founder Mark Taylor. I'm pretty sure I contributed a short piece to issue 8 or 9 of the fanzine. I know for sure that I got tons of mail via the penpals section. In these days...

Ghostface Killah - Fishscale

Ghostface Killah - Fishscale

Chicagoist Distracted by Glorious Noise

Aww, shucks. A little GLONO love from our pals at Chicagoist. Thanks, yo. The feeling is mutual....

Grandaddy - Jeez Louise

"Jeez Louise" by Grandaddy off Just Like the Fambly Cat, out May 9, 2006. Previously....

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Re: Babyshambles (An Open Letter to Mick Jones)

Babyshambles - Down in AlbionWhat is a producer supposed to do with a gang of low-life degenerates who don't give a shit and refuse to focus on the task at hand? He's supposed to produce a great record anyway, that's what! It's his job after all.

SXSW Wrap-up by Ed Ward

SXSW, At Last by SXSW co-founder and Fresh Air contributor, Ed Ward: "The thing that made SXSW the world's top music conference was its educational content, I've always thought.... This year seemed to be quite different. One thing I noticed...

Holy Moses! Coldplay Baby

Two years ago, Coldplay's Chris Martin removed an Apple from his wife's vagina. Now, Moses has parted the red sea (section)....

Streets - When You Wasn't Famous

"When You Wasn't Famous" by the Streets....

2005 National Recording Registry

The Library of Congress' National Recording Preservation Board adds 50 recordings to its registry, including Sonic Youth. Previously: 2004, 2003....

Johnny Loftus named Music Editor of Detroit Metro Times

GLONO alumnus and co-founder Johnny Loftus has accepted the position of Music Editor at Metro Times, Detroit's alternative weekly paper. Congrats to Johnny! This goes to show that writing for free on the internet can lead to big things and...

Stones In China: Maybe They Should Have Been Dubbed

Let's spend some time together...Once upon a time, the Rolling Stones were about the spirit of what rock and roll is. Or was. Now? Well, who knows what they're about?

Mike Nesmith Interview in Wired

Wired interviews Michael Nesmith: "I don't hold much hope for Warner Music Group or Sony being a player in the future... The problem with those kind of companies is that they don't have any good way to add value anymore....

Lionel Richie Rocks Libya - Seriously

In what can only be described as the strangest entertainment report I’ve read in ages, Lionel Richie is said to have “brought the soberly dressed audience repeatedly to its feet with a succession of his greatest hits, persuading them to...

Politics Junky

Check out Politics Junky, the National Affairs Desk of Glorious Noise....

The Great Daryl Nathan

The Great Daryl Nathan Entertainment Show was the best show on Grand Rapids public access television in the mid-90s....

A Bad Obsession: Guns N' Roses

Get in the ring, please.With new dates announced in New York and an extended tour promised this year, can Guns N' Roses fans be fooled again, or is their patience running out?

Minutemen: Get Your Boon On

What Would D. Boon Do? Get Your War On's David Rees eulogizes the greatest punk band of all time, the Minutemen. Via dtj....

Jennifer O'Connor - Exeter, Rhode Island

"Exeter, Rhode Island" by Jennifer O'Connor from Over The Mountain, Across The Valley, and Back To The Stars, due Aug 22, 2006, on Matador....

New Stooges Album Coming

Iggy Gets Busy On Stooges Reunion Disc: "I'm still the showoff in the group that gets all the attention. Everyone has their role. It's pretty much the way it was in high school."...

Jack White's Coke Ad

Jack White's Coke Ad leaked on YouTube. Previously. Update: download director's cut....

Jayhawks' Olson and Louris touring

Jayhawks Principals Regroup For Tour: "There's obviously an audience for it and we like to do it. Sure, it's a bit of a money-maker, it's a job, but it's going to be fun," Louris tells Billboard.com. "One of the really...

Ray Davies - Other People's Lives

Ray Davies - Other People's Lives

The Streets: Pissing In The Cereal

Living EasyBoo hoo, poor you! Don't you hate it when pop stars get all, "It's so hard being a celebrity..." Everybody loved Mike Skinner's whining on the first two Streets albums, but now his act is starting to wear thin.

Major Label Execs Make Mad Loot

Music's money man: "Universal Music chairman-CEO Doug Morris earned E14.5 million (about $18 million) for 2005 -- more than five times the E2.5 million that went to his boss, Vivendi toppertopper Jean-Bernard Levy."...

Mission Of Burma - 2wice

“2wice” by Mission Of Burma from The Obliterati, due May 23, 2006, on Matador....

Elf Power - An Old Familiar Scene

"An Old Familiar Scene" by Elf Power from Back To The Web....

The Coup - My Favorite Mutiny

"My Favorite Mutiny" by the Coup (with the Roots' Black Thought and Talib Kweli) from Pick A Bigger Weapon out now on Anti. Great hip-hop backed by a live funk band....

President's New Press Secretary Likes to Rock

Tony Snow, former Fox News talking head and current White House Press Secretary turns out to be a closet rocker. POLJUNK has links to his band, Beats Workin'. On the band's songlist:" Brown Sugar." Given the tasty looks he gives...

Jay Bennett News

Jay Bennett has a new record coming out on Rykodisc in August. He's currently in the studio finishing up the album tracks, and some of the demos he's working on are now streaming on his myspace page. There's also an...

Magnus - Portable Sun

Magnus - Portable Sun

Brent Runyon - Bring the Noise

"Bring the Noise" by Brent Runyon, This American Life contributor and author of The Burn Journals (excerpt). Chuck D would be proud. Or maybe not. Via bb....

Stop the Madness: Anti-drug video

Stop the Madness, a mid-80s anti-drug music video, featuring the New Edition, Whitney Houston, LaToya Jackson, Herb Albert, Toni Basil, and First Lady Nancy Reagan (no shit). Created by Tim Reid, who currently plays William Barnett in "That '70s Show,"...

Stream Neil Young's new anti-war album, Living With War

Stream Neil Young's new album, Living With War (QT, WM). Update 10/14/2008: Fixed links, removed dead links....

Band of Horses - The Great Salt Lake

"The Great Salt Lake" by Band of Horses from Everything All The Time (Subpop)...

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