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Public Image Ltd, A-Side/B-Side Release Soon

Due out Oct. in both the U.K. and the U.S., the AA single will be released on CD and as a download with five live tracks as B-sides. This is pretty confusing since the A sides then become B sides yet its digital so there are no sides. I have no idea why the release is being announced in such obscure terms. Let’s simplify shall we?

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Listen Up: 8-25-12

Madness – Muse – I know, I am even more shocked that this burnign soul rock song, which uses the simplest of bass licks for the entire song, even replaying it on synth, even maintaining it through a fuzzy guitar solo, to all the rewards imaginable. This takes U2 in the late 80s and maintains it for a song. I have never come close to liking Muse till now – Grade: A

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Al Green At The Beacon Theater, Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012

It is as if he was translating his thoughts into music, skipping through soul music and switching, changing, impressing and deprecating in a moment, in a second. When he lost the thread the band sounded like somebody that had lost its train of thought, and when he felt the moment, sometimes only for a couple of words while the band vamped all the scattered threads were tied together.

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Look Sharp: Fashion and Music

As cool as these things are, what sucks is when you go to their concerts, you can only buy the band’s shirts and the band’s accessories. At least at old FOB shows there would be a shirt or two, and at some BMTH shows they have other merch.

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James Bond Theme Songs Reviewed And Graded

I would say the decline in songs have been a landslide of crappaola. But it wasn’t always this way, over half a century of spy and sex thrillers, there have been the occasional masterpiece. PS the Chrissie Hynde song wasn’t the theme. So here is the Bond theme songs, the best first.

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Taylor Swift Back To School Contest

This is the coolest promotion EVER… Like seriously, NEVER EVER has there been a cooler promotion than Taylor Swift’s one where you can nominate your High School and Taylor Swift will play a concert there (if you win…)

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Marilyn Manson "So-Mo-Tion", Video Review

Ghouls are more effective when emaciated and his aging jowl really takes away from the spook. The good news? There are tons of boobies if you’re interested, some real some fake but boobies galore! That must be for Mansons 14 year old boy fans, a gift!

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John Lennon's Killer Denied Parole

Despite your positive efforts while incarcerated, your release at this time would greatly undermine respect for the law and tend to trivialize the tragic loss of life which you caused as a result of this heinous, unprovoked, violent, cold and calculated crime

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Spike Lee "Bad25" Cash In

The releases will include a repackaged version of the album and documentary and unreleased demo tunes, remixes and concert footage. All of the essentials for a hefty price tag on a recycled product. Made for the diehard fans who simply cannot get enough of Jackson (and there are many)

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Listen up: 8-24-12

Coma Girl – Joe Strummer And The Mescaleros – Ear deep into the Strummer retro with various variations on pain and pleasure, this first song off his post-humous Streetcore needs no damning with faint praise. It’s as good as good Clash. PS: the EP included a cover of “Blitztrig Bop” – Grade: A-

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Lily Allen On Stage With Pink Monday Night

here have been hints and allegations and, Monday night, at a private gig for Sony in L.A. Pink invited Lily on stage to duet on “True Love” -I’m guessing the Cole Porter classic. The song is on Pink’s upcoming album and apparently the 5 month old Lily is having a much easier time of it as she not only made the commute from London to L.A. with baby Ethel and husband Sam. She did so in heels.

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Reunions That Never Happened

Robbie Robertson didn’t merely burn that bridge, he blew it up, repaved it and blew it up again. Leon Helms was furious at Robbie for hogging all the glory and loudly decried it. Robbie shrugged and said he was only telling the truth.

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Viva Los Reggaetoneros!

Reggaetoneros earned their salt when the authorities cancelled a Zona Rose concert and they let all hell break loose, don’t mess with a show- simple as that

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J-LO in 3D

Some will claim it is better with close ups and quips but I still have a problem with Jumbo Trons at concerts. Live is live and should remain as such or it simply isn’t live.

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Listen Up: 7-24-12

After actively disliking Justin for years a funny thing happened on my way to the “C-“, a couple of songs began to infiltrate my consciousness and next thing I know… well this remiz has bowled me over with its atmospheric elongation – Grade: B

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Happy Orange Balloon Debut, Reviewed

The beats are thumping, the little sounds thrown in either fit or don’t at all, and that’s what makes them so interesting. I can’t think of any other musicians who’ve done this. It’s like going to see a musical, and the songs with lyrics are the dialogue, and everything else is one of the musical numbers.

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The Brian Buckley Band “I Am Human” Video, Reviewed

This kind of lyrically reflective performance is exactly the kind of thing that music videos are for. Well, that and to show the artist performing their song. In this case, the Brian Buckley Band achieved both. “I Am Human” is off the band’s latest album Hysterical Blindness

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MTV's Inbetweeners, When Will They Learn

Inbetweeners- offer up the standard fare. The nerd, the stud, the fat kid and the social mess. The issue is can it play to the US kids? No. Not to any who have seen the BBC version. But there is hope in those who have nothing to compare it to

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Rufus Wainwright Getting Married

Carrie Fisher and Yoko Ono are to be among the 250 attendees and, incidentally, I wasn’t invited. This could be because they don’t know I exist and could be based upon my anti-Aryan remarks at the start of this post.

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Victoria Beckham Found Spice Girl Reunion Taxing

Geri Halliwell, Melanie Brown and Emma Bunton struted their stuff with Beckham at the closing ceremonies of the London Olympics. Adorable enough with their 80’s bubblegum pop, the crowd adored them. The tabloids went nuts, could a reunion be forth coming?

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Elvis Costello's Worst Albums: Spike This…

The problem here wasn’t the extended double CD, which is better, it is the original, that sinks sputtering with “God’s Comic”. A terrible, terribly overwritten track that is the weakest link right in the middle of the album . “Veronica”, El’s most successful song to date, doesn’t help in the slightest. It is too composerly, too self righteous, too testing the waters as a serious composer. McCartney’s presence didn’t help at all. Grade: C+

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Sculpting Lennon, John's Tooth On View

Dr Michael Zuk (known as the Crazy Dentist) has a sister Kirsten who is a rather accomplished sculptress. She took a bit of that tooth, incorporated it into her piece and now touts it as in possesion of Lennons DNA.

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"The Road To Morocco" Reviewed

“Moonlight Becomes You” is a perfect creation: a gorgeous form of seduction, with da Bing crooning “If I said I love you I want you to know, it’s not just because there’s moonlight although, moonlight becomes you so”.

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Listen Up: 8-22-12

Nine minutes plus and while I do love the song, and I do love this heavy dubby version with Jones sratchy guitar only coming to the forefront at the end, I can think of more productive ways for the closest we ever got to a Clash reunion. Still, the hypnotic deep bass bounce suggests an alternative Clash never reached. Grade: A

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Outernational At The Satellite, Saturday August 18th 2012

The Brooklyn band had plenty of it and didn’t let anybody breathe a second during the release party for their new EP ‘Future Rock’, playing song after song with the same passion and fire in the belly. This is a group of people who live through what they believe, the revolution through music.

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A.C. Newman – “I’m Not Talking” Reviewed

Although, there is a bit too much space twitter, the vocals are perfection and the chorus contagious and strong. There is a quirky tone to Newman’s voice. A bit congested and throaty at times and rather than sounding messy it comes across as vulnerable.

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