Glorious Noise LinksNeil Young Archives on Blu-rayThe Associated Press reporter is obviously not aware of the whole Neil Young Archives saga. For one thing, it's being referred to as Neil Young's "archive" (singular, lower-case, etc.). Nevertheless, there's some interesting info in the report. Neil Young to... Jim DeRogatis vs. Lou Reed vs. Lester BangsLou Reed once again proves that he's a bitchy old queen. (As if we needed any more evidence.) When an audience member at the Tribeca Film Festival asked Reed what he thought of Lester Bangs' claim that Berlin was "the... Free Pete DohertyThe title’s not a call to action but a statement of fact: Pete’s free today, having served 29 days of a 14-week jail sentence for breaking probation. And from the sounds of it, prison life has it’s ups and downs... Full Album Streams: Diamond, Puppets, Dizzee, etc.These free, full album streams are available from AOL's Spinner through Sunday, May 11, so listen while you can. Try before you buy. • Neil Diamond, 'Home Before Dark' • The Last Shadow Puppets, 'The Age of the Understatement' •... Dennis Wilson's "Pacific Ocean Blue" finally reissuedDennis Wilson's solo album, Pacific Ocean Blue, out of print since a crappy 1991 CD version, is being reissued on June 17 as a two-disc legacy edition with 24 unreleased bonus tracks. Baby, I Got Your MoneyDig this, a man in Fort Worth, Texas walked into a Chase bank and tried to cash a personal check for $360,000,000,000. That’s three hundred and sixty BILLION dollars, kids. The man, Charles Ray Fuller, 21, claims it was given... RIAA Loses "Making Available" CaseSo remember that court case we talked about a couple months ago, the one where the RIAA was saying that just making the files available equals infringement even if nobody downloaded them from you? Well, the RIAA lost. Big Victory... Albert Hofmann, inventor of LSD, Dead at 102Jeez, who knew he was still alive? Well, he's not anymore. It's safe to say the world would be a much different place without the pioneering work of Dr. Hoffman. We certainly wouldn't have as much good music, that's for... Lester Bangs in Creem
Full Album Streams: Joy Division, Dead, Kid Creole, etc.Full Album Streams Death Cab Daytrotter SessionDeath Cab for Cutie stopped by the Daytrotter studio and recorded a six-song session including two new ones ("Cath" and "Talking Bird") from their upcoming album, Narrow Stairs. I thought this new album was supposed to be experimental and weird.... Winning the War Against the RIAABusiness Week looks into a single mom's private war with the recording industry: Does She Look Like a Music Pirate? After being sued by the music industry for stealing songs and winning the case's dismissal, Andersen is now taking the... Videogames Inspire Real LifeWired talks about how Guitar Hero and Rock Band are inspiring gamers to get off their geeky asses and learn to play the real guitar, Gateway Drug to Six-String Bliss: Aaron Starke, a 20-year-old gamer from Sugar Land, Texas, was... Sly Stone on the Down Side of FameGreg Kot talks to Sly Stone about hanging skeletons on his door, packing guns and his improbable comeback: "My dad used to tell me, 'If you work for it, you will have good consequences,' " Stone says. "So I thought... McCartney Photos on ExhibitFor photographers, access is everything and you don’t get much better access to rock royalty than being married to a Beatle. Rolling Stone has a tasty online gallery of pics from Linda McCartney from an upcoming exhibition of her... John Waters vs. The BeatlesDetails has a great interview with John Waters, wherein he explains why he hates the Beatles: I don't want to say I hate the Beatles. I don't own any of their records. They ruined rock and roll. They put Motown... Stream Scarlett Johansson's Tom Waits cover albumEver since Ghost World, we've had a soft spot in our hearts for Scarlett Johansson. She just seems like she might actually be a cool person. Well, at least she likes Tom Waits. In fact, she likes him enough... Richie Ramone Denied RoyaltiesRichard "Richie Ramone" Reinhardt, who played drums for the Ramones from 1983 to 1987, lost a suit for back royalties he said totaled nearly $1 million. U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin said in a ruling Friday that a contract Reinhardt... Ono Sues Beatles Collectors Over Film of LennonThe NME reports that Yoko Ono is fighting to keep nine hours of John Lennon smoking weed and writing “Remember” and “Mind Games” from being turned into a commercially released film. The footage was taped in February, 1970, just before... Another Replacements Reunion RumorI don't know. This sounds like hype to promote the first round of Replacements reissues that are coming out tomorrow, but according to Billboard, Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson are (once again) leaving the door open for a reunion. At... |
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