Soho Johnny

I once cracked up a semi-famous rock star by noting that proof there was no god lay in Joey Ramone being dead and Donald Trump being still alive. I mention […]

“Considering that Bono’s nonprofit took in $14,993,873 in public donations in 2008 and donated only $184,732 to three charities, it’s pretty suspicious. ONE answered by saying that it “does advocacy

Yes, Ticketmaster provide you with a kinder, gentler buttfucking. They are still fucking you over, mind. Don’t get me wrong. But now they explain how. It’s kinda being robbed at

Who had a little attack when they heard that Cash Cash had a new song? Mary did. “Red Cup(I Fly Solo)” is absolutely genius. The lyrics, the beat, the hooks

Happy Birthday Joan Jett, born today in 1958. Starting off as a Runaway and evolving into a pillar of rock and roll with her signature dark eye and spiky hair.

I’ve been gagging for the new Mark Ronson album since the first Mark Ronson album, and I completely loved the first   “bang” single with Q-Tip. After streaming the album but it

After dismissing the Weepies new single “Please Speak Well Of Me” as an inconsequential snooze last month, it showed up on my Ipod and set me back on my heels.

Poor young Eliza Doolittle: wouldn’t it be lovely if she took the similarities between Lily Allen and herself, accepted them the way Florence and the Machine and marina And the

“Oh my God he just kissed me. Urgh! Don’t kiss me, I will kick you off the stage. That’s disgusting! Boys! Hey boys out there, never kiss a girl unless

OK, I don’t know if I’ll decide to post this in sequence but if it is sequential it would, not inconsequentially, be following my Paramore post. Have you ever woken

1. If I Had You – Liza Minnelli – Liza unplugged and I haven’t heard the Songbook touched so delicately, so beauitiful. Liza’s best since Minnelli on Minnelli is her

If it wasn’t for nobody actually giving a shit this post might be controversial so let’s dumb the sucker down. 1. Sean met Charlotte at Coachella. 2. Charlotte is a

I got this off Brooklynvegan. It is Pavements set list from their Brooklyn gig and I guess a preview of the Friday Central Park set I’m gonna see. No “Frontwards”

Why has nobody killed the piece of scum who murdered John Lennon. I mean, cmon Yoko, you’ve got connects, give death a chance. This is what the horrible, pathetic waste

Have you ever thought a band that really sucked got too much attention from the media and everyone, and they made you super annoyed? Yeah, it happens to me all

This was the third time I have seen The Wailers perform, and guess what; Bob Marley’s music never gets old. This time was a little different from the others because

Who the hell needs a post you can spend three minutes reading Travis instead. Well every drummer wants some glory so here goes… We had a reality tv, we had

Richard Thompson is past 60 years old, and he does not seem to slowing down. Promoting the release of his last album ‘Dream Attic’, a complete live album which contains

I’m here because ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ is wrong. It’s unjust. And fundamentally, it is against all that we stand for as “Americans.” I have not heard a less congitive

Ooooh, heroin and rock, Helen Bach wrote about the big one and now it’s my turn. Drugs and music go hand in hand like… I dunno, drugs and music. Opium

1. Skinny Genes – Eliza Doolittle – Maybe she is too English. 2. Raindrops – Basement Jaxx – I can hear three distinct lines of sound and none of them

So when just surfing the internet, I came across a band name I’d heard quite often: The Bigger Lights. Wow, I was blown away. “Hey Summer” is absolutely incredible. It

Vivian Girls have signed with Polyvyl records, co. I am not a big fan of VG -they’re not bad, kinda liked em when i saw em last year but whatever.

“Fuck ‘SNL‘ and they whole cast. Tell ’em Yeezy said they could kiss my whole ass. More specifically, they could kiss my asshole.”  Kanye West And apparently those silly Saturday

I   I have read on several blogs about a very mysterious movie and after looking at the website and being bored a few minutes later, I still can’t figure what the

Hey hey hey!   Go Radio is nearly done doing something rarely done these days! Recording!  Set to be complete by September 30th right before they go home and pack up

1. Candy – Frankie Rose And The Outs – Third killer song in a row. I may hafta start taking em seriously. 2. Bathwater – No Doubt – Killer song,

IT’S LIKE GOD GAVE US A GIFT! Dani Artaud, a “musician” from the “band” Millionares has left to pursue a different “musical” career.  Millionares was horrible and I don’t know

So as if I didnt love Owl City(and actual owls) enough, there is going to be a new movie out, about owls, and OC, ironically, is doing a song for

you, me, & everyone we know is a really long name for a band.   YMEWK, sounds like the shop keeper in Brooklyn but lets roll with it. Great new stuff

I whined when Aaron Gillepsie left Underoath… then liked what I heard.  Aaron will be fine without Underoath and it seems to me the band will be fine without him. 

The Thin White Duke, was never thinner or whiter nor cooler than the chuga chuga intro to the title track.  So cosmic you dont even have to be high to appreciate

Usuallly, I buy a track here a track there off an album before investing in the whole thing but not here. Gagging for Shit robot debut’s album From The Cradle

Kings Of Leon are so stupid I am begining to like them in my own hateful way.Whether playing with black children in an egregious video or storming off stage after

Where is your credibility if you wear meat clothes? If you speak in stoner drone? If you wrap yourself in police tape and glue a vita mix to your head?

The Farmers market is an historic landmark in Los Angeles, open since 1934, a sort of obligatory tourist stop with semi-open air restaurants and specialty food markets. The Groves, an

My mother used to say that truly creative people, those with the most active minds were those who would make themselves insane. She claimed that these are the people who

Speaking of disgusting beards.. since 2003 we have been ZZ free. That’s a long time my friends. I hope you enjoyed it cuz the Southern fuzzers are headed to the

The  difference between album and singles charts, with albums being much more adventurous whether it be Aveneged 7Fold or Arcade Fire, is the difference between fan base and pop momentum.

Now “Bombay”is the honest roar of dance rock personified. A  hard drum batterring ram  and everything else various degrees of metal but there is so many side effects along side it,

While driving home, I heard NPR’s song of the day, which was featuring the interesting and surprising Mates of States’ take on the Tom Waits/ Kathleen Brennan collaboration, ‘Long Way

If you can go to only one concert this week, and you can afford it, go see the great English singer Elaine Page, the woman who made Andrew Lloyd Webber

HURRAY No Doubt! 9 songs in the can for a new lp due out 2011!! Please note that I am saying they actually have recorded songs! In anticipation of this

1. Frontwards – Pavement – An early masterpiece they  are not performing live -the jerks. 2.Really Mystified – Elis Costello – I love Elvis in Mersy mode -this is as good

Well, I’ve bitched about this for months and I am proud to be the one to finally slap some officialness on this mutha. My Chemical Romances new release entitled Danger

Sing It Loud are now silenced. They’ve broken up. There is a huge statement on their blog but no indication of why. I like the ‘why’s of things, they could

Ramona ‘s  Karen Anne Face Booked us  with a link to Karen’s very own blog (eeek! competition!!) where she writes about the bands trip to nyc and even namechecks our blog!!!