406 bands who Twitter. Amusing to see how many bands have adopted micro-blogging as a promotional tool. It took me a while to understand the effectiveness of Twitter, much less the point. At first, I thought it was just another narcissistic cesspool like a MySpace or a Facebook, which, I suppose, on some level it is. But […]

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The world’s only Grammy and Oscar nominated pregnant terrorist gets featured in the NYT [photo intentionally left off of post]

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(via GvsB)

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“The smartest people in the present are remembering the goldmine and sifting through its waters like a crowd of panhandlers.” Momus is either insane or brilliant. Or both.

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Pretty excited about this trailer, even though you have to sit through some douche bag on Entertainment Tonight in order to view it. Tarantino’s been working on this script for the better part of the decade. And since Grindhouse took a commercial nose-dive, it’ll be interesting to see how this plays out with audiences. Having […]

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The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are ruining everything. I want to be jaded and unimpressed. I want to hate them for blatantly and rather adeptly ripping off the music of my youth, but I just can’t. Listening to The Pains of Being Pure at Heart makes me feel 20 years younger and heaven […]

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“Vicky is an Icelandic rock band, combined with 5 young people, 4 girls and one drummerboy.” Given the economic climate, and, well the actual climate in Iceland, I wonder if we can expect more rock from our riotous volcanic neighbors to the north.

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