406 bands who Twitter. Amusing to see how many bands have adopted micro-blogging as a promotional tool. It took me a while to understand the effectiveness of Twitter, much less the point. At first, I thought it was just another narcissistic cesspool like a MySpace or a Facebook, which, I suppose, on some level it is. But […]

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The world’s only Grammy and Oscar nominated pregnant terrorist gets featured in the NYT [photo intentionally left off of post]

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(via GvsB)

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“The smartest people in the present are remembering the goldmine and sifting through its waters like a crowd of panhandlers.” Momus is either insane or brilliant. Or both.

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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are ruining everything. I want to be jaded and unimpressed. I want to hate them for blatantly and rather adeptly ripping off the music of my youth, but I just can’t. Listening to The Pains of Being Pure at Heart makes me feel 20 years younger and heaven […]

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“Vicky is an Icelandic rock band, combined with 5 young people, 4 girls and one drummerboy.” Given the economic climate, and, well the actual climate in Iceland, I wonder if we can expect more rock from our riotous volcanic neighbors to the north.

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Of course, after his multiple Grammy wins with Alison Krauss, Robert Plant was asked about that badly beaten horse, the Led Zeppelin reunion rumors. His response was classic: "How old are you, man?" Plant responded. "Because you look older than me. You try to do ‘Communication Breakdown’ in these pants." I take that as a […]

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