After last year’s Bonnaroo, I swore I’d never return. Not because I didn’t see any good shows- I did. I saw some amazing shows. It was just that the place was a hot, filthy mess and swarming with hippies. Of course, I expected to see more than a few hippies at a hippie festival, but […]

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It’s old news that iPods and podcasts and even Myspace have taken a huge bite out of corporate radio’s audience and influence. Now, in a last ditch effort to sustain some semblance of relevance, clusterfucky, Clear Channel type stations are embracing the Internet as a means of reaching out to listeners, but it may be […]

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I had an endoscopy today, which is a fun little procedure wherein a GI specialist jams a robot camera down your throat, into your stomach, and, if you’re lucky like I was, way down into the nethers of your small intestine. That’s not the interesting part, though. When I was lying on the table with […]

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Marliyn Manson is picking a fight with My Chemical Romance, claiming that they’re stealing his schtick without giving him proper credit. This is amusing on so many levels. Does Marilyn Manson think he invented glam? Or shock rock ? Or even goth? Please. David Bowie, Alice Cooper and Bauhaus never asked Manson for credit. What […]

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To mark the 30th anniversary of the release of Bob Marley’s Exodus, which the highly discerning editors of Time Magazine called the best album of the 20th Century (what???), Island Records plans to re-release the album as a limited edition USB flash drive, priced at an exorbitant $44.99. Island justifies the price hike to account […]

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In an excellent piece from Saturday’s Guardian, Cock and Bull author Will Self argues why Nick Cave is one of the greatest writers on love of our times: “Cave, as a poetic craftsman, provides all the enjambment, ellipsis and onomatopoeia that anyone could wish for. A word on eroticism and the dreadful dolour of knowing […]

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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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