I heard an NPR piece on Courtney Love a few weeks ago. The woman is over 40 and sounds like a stoned piece of used jet-trash when she talks. I know she’s 100% “punk” and everything and talking like a “suit” is unthinkable, but you’d think she’d be able form a cohesive thought without saying […]

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Keep Your Eyes Open – The Fugazi photographs of Glen E. Friedman will be released by Burning Flags Press on September 3, 2007, marking the 20th anniversary of Fugazi’s first-ever show to the day. Friedman is a famed photographer of the early American punk and hardcore scenes. An exhibition of his work just ended May […]

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1,400 fans will get to watch Prince perform in his hometown of Minneapolis at the local Macy’s department store on July 7, as the singer launches his new ‘3121’ fragrance. For a whirlwind tour featuring Prince at local department stores and discount marts, one can purchase the Ultimate Prince Xperience, which, get this, guarantees entry […]

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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/F0G4uRVJpJ8″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Someone finally posted Costello’s dirty deed on Youtube, so you can judge for yourself whether it’s a complete and shitty sellout or not. It makes me full-body cringe just to watch it. Elvis can love Beethoven just as much without using his own name to sell glorified Toyotas. His […]

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A mover and a shaker in the mid-90’s queercore movement in the Northwest, Team Dresch released this rocking pop gem (which I used to play constantly on my show at WUSC, despite its saying “fuck”) on the Rock Stars Kill compilation on Kill Rock Stars in 1995, which also featured songs by Mulkiteo Fairies, Boredoms, […]

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For a mess of a guy like Ryan Adams, there’s not much left in the shock value vault. But his picks for top five best hair metal tunes are puzzling to say the least. Kix? Yikes. But what do you expect from a certain hangover-induced blog entry on Myspace at the crack of dawn? From […]

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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://youtube.com/v/ns8cr7WIpVI” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] It’s just a minute or so, but the sound is decent. I fear the songs will err on the looser side, since Sting won’t punch it up as high as he used to, and the band is obviously still working out the kinks. Maybe Sting’s just more discerning about […]

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