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This just in: Rage Against the Machine has beaten Joe McElderry for the best selling Christmas single!! On the Rage’s website this is what they had to say: “: “WE […]

Batling a bad cold and an achy body where all you want to do is close your eyes and stop thinking? I feel your pain and how. So what do

The problem with Alicia Keys -all her work is she is unbelievably boring.. Her tempo is always the same mid-period whomp, her tone a cool beingness which fails to capture

1. The Rolling Stones2.U23. Madonna4. Bruce Spingsteen5. Elton John6. Celine Dion7. Dave Mathews8. Kenny Chesney9. Bon Jovi10. Billy Joel

M.I.A. – Kala (2008)  – Sri Lankan  British Dance pop Princess and she sounds it.M.I.A. – – How Many Votes Fix Mix EP (2008) – The Jay-Z rap alone is

Lil Wayne is in police custody after his van was stopped in Texas on his way to a performance. This is not good. Already on his way to chokey for

Michael Jackson is MTVs man of the year…

“Coldplay and Radiohead bug the hell out of me because it’s so soulless. It just seems pointless. It’s nice, but it’s tosh. They don’t care about you. They care about

Kid Cudi has quit the Lady Gaga tour before it’s begun. So first Kanye West cancelled and killed Lady Gaga’s supporting slot and now the Kid’s cancelled his own supporting

Lady Antebellum – Lady Antebullum (2008) – Like Taylor Swift their power lies in their crossover appeals, and like Taylor that power lies in the songwriting.Lady Gaga – The Fame

Alright everyone this is it. Holiday Party play list part two. Now last week we thrashed about but this week well were going Pop . I’m not talking Timberlake im

Pitchfork is Ryan Schrider’s self-owned website specializing in Indie Rock. It’s been going since the mid-90s and is extremely influential, but here are my two problems with it: 1) The

Animal Collective Beat Out Dirty Projectors?? 1. Animal Collective , Merriweather Post Pavilion [Domino) 2. Dirty Projectors, Bitte Orca [Domino] 3. The xx, The xx [Young Turks] 4. The Flaming

Funny isnt it how music can change everything. It has this sort of amazing sould grabbing power to whip you from happy to sad to pissed off. The Magpies science

Although i’m a self proclaimed lover of artists dead and gone, some current music did find it’s way towards me this decade. My favorites in no particular order Wasp Star-XTCLove

Kaiser Chiefs – Employment  (2005)  – Brilliant opening for GreenDay. This is the one with “Oh MY God” on.Kanye West – The College Dropout (2004) – I remmeber him playing

Sorry Todd you’re absolutely right. There is no heavy metal without you. My sincere apolygies.

Okay, this is  it … I’m going to sleep. Thanks to Mary and  Helen and Mike, Brett, Bob Nevin, my niece Louba, , …  my pal Sciortino, many more people…, I

The story that has everything just got something more!! Apparently the x factor bloke failed to get his CD into record stores so the big hit that was expected didn’t

The most original rapper in the game is going on a club tour. I’ll be catching him opening for Lady Gaga in Hartford (thank you Helen). If I wasn’t I

Dance! The genre that keeps on giving!! Harvey McKay is a minimilist DJ (it’s ALL BASS AND DRUMS) from Glasgow with a slidey sound that doesn’t stop moving for an instant.

Chris Feinstein to the left Restless at 230am  I just went on Brooklyn Vegan to discover the Cardinals (Ryan Adams band, superb at MSG opening for Oasis earlier this year)

I dont wanna hear it, if you dont worship Spider bags ur deaf Best Rock Band Of the 00s? Spiderbags Titus Andronicus Shinobi Ninja Americans In France

Taylor Lautner is MTV’s # 4 Man in the world…  yeah, we know President Obama won..

This is getting to be fun… Liam Howlett wrote this on Prodigy’s website.  “yo, heres the deal, we r doing well with the ‘getting rage to number 1’ to fuk

There may be only 8 shopping days til Christmas but screw that theres a tighter deadline to deal with.Join hands and lets help Tracy and Jon Mortar (via their facebook

Harper Blynn – Loneliest Generation (2009) – It’s all about pop music and motion.The Hold Steady – Boys And Girls In America (2006) – They sound like the children of

Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax . . . the rumors are true! Announced on Monday, the original 4 thrash metal bands will be part of one bill, actually a few

well no Lennon isn’t mentioned but he is on the post in spirit Where Is The Love? So I was at the company gym the other day at lunch doing

Here are the problems with Eagles OF Death Metal: 1) they havent done a damn thing in a year.2) Josh Hommes is wasting his life a) producing Arctic Monkeysand 2b)

I’ve been raving about these cats all year but they fell of the face of the earth. Air Bombay’s “Norway” is so good and so cool you wanna write about

Must Be Santa – Bob DylanOr could it be SATAN?? As SNL used to put it…. Anyway, you win Mike, I quite like this for three reasons: a) the zylephone,

Either I am quickly becoming the brokest bloke in New York, or $40 is too much to pay for a tix to ANYTHING at the hell hole known as Terminal

Apparently there is no God. Piece of crap “Glee” was nominated for the most Golden Globes in 2009, Three. Best actor and actress amd show of the year. It is

Each Christmas in Britain, after all the bangers, mash, shepherd’s pie, and Carlsberg beer has been doled out by the local council, the fattest man in town undoes his belt,

This is fun, lets do it next year… 1. “Keep your government hands off my Medicare.” Speaker at health care reform town hall meeting in Simpsonville, S.C., commenting on the

King Crimson –In The Court Of The Crimson King (2009 reissue)Re-mixed by Robert Fripp using the original first generation master tapes. These tapes were thought to be long lost. Even

Although I share your disdain for the rock hall, I must begrudgingly admit that the induction ceremonies have made for some of the best rock and roll TV moments ever.

The Space, a super fun venue in Hamden CT, that reminds me of my basement. Pulling up in the pouring rain with my mom and Ron on Sunday december 13th,

Could this day get any better?An on the mend Magpie, a fantastic surprise well wishing phone call and a warm home and …a Tweet from them.. Remember I was mad

Love Via Dance Machine is a band in a category of their own, I could put them on and no one would have a doubt that there is no one else

Lester Bangs called his feelings about Presley an erection of the heart. There is an exhibition of pics going on in London… as good an excuse as any…

This is what Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine had to say about getting “Killing In The Name” to the top of the UK charts -the one problem with

Don’t Give Up On Me – Solomon Burke ( Patrick Stump) Moment Of Surrender – U2 (Lars Urlich)Only By The Night – Kings Of Leon (Will I Am)Neon Bible – Arcade

the pic above is from Feb 2009. In the current issue of GQ she has less clothes on and looks great and hat’s fine. Except when you say you are trying

Francis Bean Cobain is seventeen years old. How can Courtney Love lose guardianship? There is nothing left to guard. OK Let me spell it out: this is about Francis Bean’s inheritence

Was it me who said Costello was a hasbeen, Spectacle a bore and U2 the antichrist? Er, yup that would be me. BUT as I am sure you have figured

George Harrison – Brainwashed (2002) -Gimme plenty of that guitar. George Jones – The Gospel collection (2003) – Yadda, yadda, masterpiece, yadda, yadda yadda George Strait – Troubadour (2008) –

Go right now and download british electronic band Faithless’ “Sun For Me” -it is very old fashioned (as these things go) bass and sample driven tech beatand   it is awesome, and

This is the best story ever. Over in England an “The X Factor” contestant was all set to have the best selling Christmas single. Joe McElderry’s cover of Miley Cyrus’