Glorious Noise LinksRobbie Fulks: Michael Jackson "better than Elvis"In a thoughtful eulogy for Michael Jackson, country crooner Robbie Fulks explains the origins of his fascination with the King of Pop: In 1999, Peter McDowell at the Chicago Cultural Center had me put together a performance in honor of... GLONO at RothburyThe Grateful Dead-loving contingent of the GLONO Posse has arrived at Rothbury. The crew will be posting updates to Twitter. The first one just arrived: "Entering the Rothbury grounds. Apparently tie dye shirts are still all the rage." Follow us.... Tom Waits Is SatanTom Waits will portray Satan himself in Terry Gilliam's upcoming film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. “How do you play the devil?,” muses Waits of his second pairing with the filmmaker. “How do you play an archetype that large,... New Lily Allen video: Fuck YouVideo: Lily Allen - "Fuck You" (Explicit) A fun, vaguely trippy, first-person perspective video from everybody's favorite snotty Brit, off It's Not Me, It's You, out now. Lily Allen: iTunes, Amazon, Insound, wiki, web, MySpace, twitter. ... Streams: Wilco, Wu-Tang, Twisted SisterNPR is streaming: • Wilco, 'Wilco (The Album)' • Fanfarlo, 'Reservoir' (MP3) • Bjork, 'Voltaic' AOL/Spinner is streaming the following albums through Sunday, July 5, so listen while you can. • Wu-Tang Clan, 'Chamber Music' • Twisted Sister, 'Stay Hungry'... Non-MJ News RoundupSome interesting links from around the web that you might've missed: • Buddyhead: News/Gossip – 06/22/2009 • Billboard: Beastie Boys' 'Hot Sauce' Due Sept. 15 • Aquarium Drunkard: Circulatory System (Will Hart) :: The AD Interview • New York Times:... Report: Michael Jackson DeadTMZ.com is reporting that Michael Jackson is dead at age 50. Several other news outlets have reported that he was rushed to hospital for a possible cardiac arrest, but TMZ is the only site to report that he has in... Autopsy Results: Jay Bennett Died of Accidental OverdoseThe Huffington Post is reporting that ex-Wilco member Jay Bennett died of an apparent accidental overdose of pain medication: Toxicology tests showed the 45-year-old musician died from an overdose of fentanyl, Champaign County Coroner Duane Northrup said in a brief... Beatles Rock Band IntroLike the writer at Gizmodo, I don't actually care much about Rock Band but the intro to the game that sums up the band's career in a little over two and a half minutes is dope. As trippy as it... Jim Diamond talks about DetroitLegendary Detroit producer Jim Diamond talks to the Phoenix New Times about whether he realized the White Stripes were going to be huge: No, you never think anyone is going to become a mega-star. These are your buddies you drink... You think CDs are overpriced?How would you like to be charged $1.92 million for 24 songs? That's a lot of money. Uggh. More. Via Techdirt. ... Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl (live at the Fillmore East, 1970)So you know how I was whining about how Neil Young didn't include "Cinnamon Girl" on the Fillmore East disc of the Archives? Well, in the back of my mind, I gave Neil the benefit of the doubt, assuming that... Remastered Beatles on Vinyl Coming Soon?According to the blog, my vinyl review, vinyl lovers will have reason to celebrate later this year: November 14, 2009 has been mentioned by an industry insider as the tentative release date for the remastered Beatles vinyl. The same... Vincent Chase has a bandMP3: The Honey Brothers - "Demonstration" I read an interview with Adrian Grenier and Andrew Vladeck from the Honey Brothers in this morning's Red Eye, and despite the fact that their drummer is an actor, I decided to check... Robbie Fulks Guides Fellow Musicians to MiseryGood old Robbie Fulks offers up a ten-step guide on how to be miserable as a professional musician. A couple of my favorites: 4. Treat the grubby menial/muscle aspects of the profession -- driving and repairing vans, hauling gear, arguing... Sales: Black Eyed Peas score second top 10 albumWe probably should take all the credit (or blame), because there is no clear evidence that it directly had any effect whatsoever, but can it really be a coincidence that GLONO kicked off our new "Pay to Slum" column by... Animal Collective video: Summertime ClothesVideo: Animal Collective - "Summertime Clothes" Animal Collective's new video for "Summertime Clothes" features the same freaky dancers that scared David Letterman last month. Directed by Danny Perez. Animal Collective: iTunes, Amazon, Insound, wiki. ... New Dinosaur Jr. video: Over ItVideo: Dinosaur Jr. - "Over It" Awesome new video from Farm, dude June 23 on Jagjaguwar. This tiny little version we're embedding here hardly does it justice as it's shot in HD and look great when you make it huge.... Streams: Big Star, George Harrison, moreAOL/Spinner is streaming the following albums through Sunday, June 21, so listen while you can. • Big Star, '#1 Record/Radio City' • George Harrison, 'Let It Roll - Songs by George Harrison' • The Beach Boys, 'Sunflower' • Spinal Tap,... New Weird Al - CraigslistVideo: 'Weird Al' Yankovic - "Craigslist" "I thought it would be anachronistically weird to have me as Jim Morrison screaming about Craigslist," Yankovic told Spinner. "That just seemed so completely wrong that I thought I had to do it." You... |
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