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I wrote about masturbation and blogging the other day. But maybe it should have been about masturbation and blogging and music. 　 I don’t know if all music bloggers are […]

Apparently somewhere in Scotland a shepherd plays songs on his smallpipe: “while it is normally the musician who takes prominence, here the Instrument is put to the forefront and it

This pix is off Idolator, simply one of my fave web sites ever. It is Britney Spears from her video shoot last weekend for the smasherino (though disappointing) “Hold It

You want this -I don’t!!! I saw Katy Perry at Jingle Ball and thought she sucked. She was in tune but weak, pyrotechnic and still a bore. Every song a

The Shinobi Ninja “Rock Hood” Tour is set to start Thursday, January 27th when we will be rocking at Castaways in Ithaca,NY, with rappers Dylan Owen and Kosha Dillz. Then

Between the Pogues and the Dexy’s Midnight Runners (I actually was thinking about their biggest hit ‘Come On Eileen’ when listening to the song), Funky Ceili (Bride’s Song) by Black

 This is such a strange old world. 　 For some weird reason, I wrote about Dennis Potter (the genius TV playwrite)  and Black 47’s (the genius Irish rock band) over

So after Avenged Sevenfold lost The Rev, we all pretty much knew they were done.  His drumming skills were like no other, and no one, and I mean no one,

Holy fucking Yahoo! I swear Ive seen nearly every band I wanted to from my past or present.  Im a die hard but there are some Ive missed.  Mostly cuz

Catch him before he goes back in! Lil Wayne has announced his return to arena touring with the I Am Music II Tour It has some strange dates really.  No

The Magic – Joan As Police Woman Mine Is Yours – Cold War Kids Windows Are Rolled Down – Amos Lee I Am – Curren$y Party Rock Anthem – LMFAO

Gene Simmons  age 62 Paul Stanley   age 59 Peter Criss  age 66 Ace Frehley  age 60 Black pleather,studs, platform shoes, make up and Grecian Formula 50. Sweet Mother of AARP

At Four O’Clock today Im going to punch you in the face”So begins 4’oclock a new song from Mikey Skinner and The Streets.Really there is no better start to a

I could never figure out who Jools was, I never really paid attention to the names of musicians.  Hell I knew Difford and Tillbrook of Squeeze, of course.   Jools?  Keyboard.

For a very brief flick Christina Aguilara was cool.   She was gorgeous, she was tough with just a dash of trashy ghetto. Now all bleached, porcelained and self righteous

Do you know about CPR training? We have a basic training each year at school, and we learn how to push hard and rhythmically on the chest of a dummy

As Kanye continues to morph into Prince, here comes the follow up to the follow up to his masterful “Runaway” album!!! The “H.A.M.” single was a drag, and I am

only 16 seconds of the new Willow Smith but it sounds like a big big big hit to me. Idolator poster 16 seconds of the song and it is still

Rock and roll has never been about fucking. Blues is about fucking. Rock and roll is a pimply , young daydreamy, other art form. It is the art of jerking

Congrats to the Decemberists, whose new album, The King Is Dead, is poised to enter the Hot 100 at # 1 with 70,000 units moved, according to Billboard. Helen has

Yuck… a terrific new band of the year on the strength of “Rubber” alone -which has been on my Fave Tracks for a week now, are playing Mercury Lounge tonight.

1. Many Happy Returns – ABC 2. Rubber -Yuck 3. I Can’t Love Leal Neale 4. What Is Love 5. Gray Waves – Twin Tigers 6 Pyjamarama – Roxy Music

rock nyc forwards its wishes for a speedy recovery for the Poison lead singer, so we can go back to insulting him!!!

 The weather outside is frightful. No really frightful. Six degrees or something equally stupid, I woke up at 3am to a freezing cold and empty bed, worked on the

An album, one of the cutest albums of all time, called Rockabye Baby!  Lullaby Renditions of Weezer is being released on 2/15/11.  If only they had one of The Ramones

If you look at the number of people that these two guys have collaborated with, your head may spin a few times. Daniel Lanois and Brian Blade, who were playing

Lets talk about Bob, shall we?   If I say “Bob Marley” about 80% of people are going to fake an accent and smoke an air spliff. That makes me sad.

Yeah I dont know. She and Him I think sometime I like them and sometime they annoy the hell out of me. Its the lollipop sounding Zooey that does it. 

This is a screen shot from the new video in the works for Panic! At The Disco’s new single,  “The Ballad of Mona Lisa” So.. is this a sign? A

Rocco DeLuca was the second band to take the stage at the Satellite on Saturday night, and I say ‘band’ as I came with the idea they were a band

With his outdated outfit, his old-time banjo and fiddle, and his strong Southern accent, this guy looks like he has just traveled through time, as his authenticity seems real and

1. Crystal Highway – Twin Tigers – I am beginning to obsess over these guys!! A terrific, noisy blast of energy. 　 2. I Can’t Love – Lael Neale –

Are you fucking kidding me? Boycott Israel? Macy Gray? Who will fucking notice. I really hate having to step up and defend Israel from brain dead idiots like Costello and

Many many many years ago, I was out of work. And I was frequenting the Museum of Television and Television -this was pre internet where you had instant access. I

Amy Winehouse and Cee Lo have recorded a song together!!!! According to NME, Amy’s long anticipated follow up to Back In Black is in the tank and one of em

1. Funky Celli – Black 47 – As good as the Pogues… mayber better 2. Bad Reputation – Joan Jett – Me and Joanie both don’t give a damn 3.

I was just texting with one o the loves of my life : Marianne O’Hagen. Blah blah blah… right? but she reminded me of the day we sat around taking

10%. That’s the percentage cut in jobs Warner Brothers has made.  Pretty outstanding if you think about it. See the music racket isn’t all limos, pole dancing and coke lines.

-whistle- It’s no surprise Panic! At The Disco’s February 1st, New York show sold out. Their new tune “The Ballad Of Mona Lisa” was leaked and it’s just so fantastic. 

Love Marilyn Manson. No reason other than just cuz. Europe loves him too and now he will be a mentor on the Austrian version of The X Factor . Can

Their dark sound is supposed to flirt with the scary side of punk rock, with a mix of rockabilly pop and punk. With pounding drums, a reverb surfing guitar, a

Former Paul’s Boutique, located in the lower East Side of Manhattan, was immortalized on the cover of the second studio album of the Beastie Boys in 1989. The famous shot

Nervous old ladies don’t have to  be famous but it is much more valid when your home has been a place of tragedy. Yoko Ono got spooked by an Asian tourist

Its been weeks since Bret Michaels has had a near death experience, launched a new venture or performed for the Pope. Lets nip that one in the bud right now.

Why do i write? How did i start writing? Actually, I hate to write, I always have, i dreaded each time I was forced to write anything. I have horrible

I don’t know what the Vandals would have sound like, I dp know what the Ramones did sound like, and a truckload like the Queers at Mercury last night.  A

When you think of Athens, GA you think of Love Tractor… Ok, you should but you think of REM and so when the center of Twin Tigers, Matthew Rain and

Robin Zander, Lead singer of Cheap Trick. I’m sorta surprised how often I have been mentioning them lately but this is just a birthday nod. Ohhh how the girls swooned

Yoko Ono selling Lennon’s private letters, as Iman was reporting about it yesterday, is hardly the most controversial thing she has done in the name of her husband’s memory. Many

1. What The Hell – Avril Lavigne – Snuck up on me!!! It’s the lalalals 2. Gray Waves (Sam Ferigano Remix) – Twin Tgers – Like Joy Division being mugged