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TMZ and Perez Hilton, leave the poor girl alone! She says she has already given away her computer, because she can’t stand it anymore, but before, she was able to read all the nasty things you wrote about her!

I’ll have six weeks to listen to Local Business and then have the joy of watching Titus Andronicus play it live. Titus in NJ is like Bruce in NJ -ground zero

Yes folks, it is that time of year: “Tradition, tradition, tradition…” as they would say in Fiddler On The Roof. Ever since we were conceived many many years ago, rock nyc has only ever considered a season begun proper till we have cut and pasted Pitchforks Upcoming releases

Loaded Out Of Heaven – Bruno Mars – Mars is a talented fellow, no doubt. But you would be hard pressed to prove it on this all important introduction to post stardom Mars. This is modern r&b which misses by a mile, despite its enormous business – Grade:C

The album “Los Angeles” is actually my favorite X album. it was recently honored with its own tour and thats how I got the opp to interview Ms Cervanka. “Wild Gift” followed it like a bridesmaid. A bit more in the shadow but plotting something bigger.

‘because music is art, but Muzak is science. And when you employ the science of Muzak: in an office, workers tend to get more done, more efficiently, and feel happier.

Why does James equate smoking weed with promiscuity I mean, even this guy can’t believe Lady Gaga is “habitually careless in personal appearance at work?” Though it would make more sense really, right? Too stoned to shower?

, I am sure we will have our quota of workers, teachers, nurses, firefighters and other representatives of the working forces, as well as semi-celebrities to tell us how bad this proposition 32 is… And how bad it is exactly?

Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra caused the sort of controversy they should keep to, are they better than the Dresden Dolls? AT Webster Hall September 11th, 2012.

Death Grips, a rap band from Sacramento, did something quite unusual: they made their new album ‘No Love Web’ available to the public, before sharing it with their label Epic, which was supposed to release the album only in 2013. The band took on Twitter to announce it:

I have made no secret that I’m a fan but there are songs that simply crack me up with their shmarminess. Not as bad as “Having My Baby”, Paul Anka’s oddity, but there are a few that make me want to wash my hands.

Red – Taylor Swift When Swift writes a better song, style doesn’t matter. When she misses, style doesn’t help. This is a very, very busy song for such a small metaphor, and though the bridge lifts it up pretty high, the soaring synths are too manipulative. You wanna beg it to calm itself down. But if it fails as Paramore like big rock and roll song, it isn’t the worst thing in the world. The repeat of the first line at the end? Pure Taylor – Grade: B

The problem for a visual based artist is that they are only as good as their last show. This isn’t very good- you can do better. I noticed you used that stop action thing, you’re good at that and it does make things a bit more creepy. I think we fans are sorta sick of the stripe ala Boy George makeup though, you can cut that loose anytime

Charmer – Aimee Mann – This is more than a return to form, it is a return to old form. One great, moving, pained and beautiful song after another with ultimate professionalism and consistency. It is hard to imagine anywhere it might be improved upon.

This is like fashion week for music. Showcases presenting what’s new and what’s trending and providing fans with entertainment and performers with conferences and panels to help them with their careers. All you need is a badge and some patience to get the most out of this event.

228 tracks, 14 hours of great 2012 music. Only the top 20 are in any order. So what kind of year is it? It is a year so highly distracted it doesn’t know where to stop

Local Girls” was on heavy rotation for a long time. Used exclusively at home for primping time. It took a good hour to look unkempt so this was a great dance and tease the hair tune. Hearing it now it still conjures up great memories of singing in the hairbrush or drumming with two eye pencils

On Saturday night, kicking off his new Believe tour, Justin Bieber showed to his Glendale, AZ fans how tough he could be. He was fighting some bad virus or some

Morrissey did Coachella solo in 2009, but the sensible guy cut his set short after smelling meaty smoke coming from a nearby barbecue. At mid set, the Meat-is-Murder-guy told the crowd, ‘I can smell burning flesh and I hope to God it’s human’.

Bang A Gong (Get It On) – T-Rex – If you really wanted to, I think you could make a case for Marc Bolan as the single most influential rock star since the birth of glam. To this day, glam gives the tude to modern pop, and since this song, the bass has taken over the forefront and lead the bass as hook charge of the 21st century dance sensation – Grade: A+

“I don’t care how good it is, life is too short to support the filth.”

Perhaps rounded up but the point remains that I doubt you can name another show that required you to apply to buy. 27 years since their last show- fans were mangy and junkyard dogs to get a glimpse. The children of fans were now fans and weren’t even alive so all the more fervor.

I want Pitbulls job. All you have to do is giggle, yell out your area code, roll some R’s and talk about booties. This I can do and would do gladly. How he manages to maintain and build on his career is amazing on every level. He gathers up his buddies, throws a word in now and then, does a bad dance

What the matter with these rappers, why do they hate themselves so much? Are they going to kill each other till all of them are dead? And you know what, some witnesses are saying that the fight broke out after Ross dissed Jeezy during a performance! Oh my god, how old are they?

Katy is pretty cool. Some of her yelping can be annoying and the cutesy thing gets old but seriously she makes her shows true events and has very little scandal attached to her. About the only issues of gossip are her boobs and Russell Brand.

– An 8 night run at an arena puts you in U2 and Bruce areas. It means you’re playing Metlife next tour. An 8 night run at an arena you part own makes you a mogul in U2 and Bruce areas. It’s like Derek Jeter being part owner of the Yankees or something. And while I was less than thrilled by the concert, though I didn’t dislike it, and while it wasn’t the Black Man Elected President of Hip Hop, people seem to think it is. It sure is something else.

As far as legendary French singers goes, Johnny Halliday plays Jerry Lee Lewis to Serge Gainsbourg’s Johnny Lennon. At least at first. Then he became a chaunteuse Francais a la Aznavor and a cast of thousands. The chance to see the great man is very rare indeed. Worth giving up your Sunday to visit beacon theater for.

I would flip the top two, but I ain’t gonna shout about it if you wouldn’t. Lucy Rose is a folkie a la Laura Marling but with a more soulful voice and Jonathan and Charlotte are a Britian Has Talent winners circle duo who put operatic big bang boom to everything they touch.

PSY, indeed K-Pop as a whole, proves exactly what you can gain and lose when you translate Western culture to Asian. You gain a gleeful innocence, you lose subtext. Not a bad trade off. The rest of the chart is really lame.

Polly – Amanda Palmer And The Grand Theft Orchestra – Initially recorded for Spin’s tribute album, this is an alarming a version of Cobain’s masterpiece of the sustained sinister and horrorshow banality of evil in all its shapes. Forced violence is right in Palmer’s tree and she murmurs and articulates: “she caught me off my guide…?”, “the will of instinct…”. Grade: A

Sitting on a chair most of the time, hiding behind his long hair, alone or helped by a few musicians on guitar or piano for a few songs, and Jenny Lewis and the Watsons Twins making some too-short apparitions for back-up vocals, the show was well balanced and flawlessly orchestrated