First The Top 40, Then The World!

Come here kids, we need to have a little chat. Yes, please sit down. I know a lot of you love your music. I’m completely down with that, because I do too. But if any of you little hooligans thinks for one second that the world is going to sit idly bye while you use …

Another One Beats The Dust

Here’s one for the somebody needs an editor files. Freddie Mercury has been voted the ideal frontman in a dream rock band. In a survey carried out by GigWise.com, the late singer of legendary rock band Queen beat off Mick Jagger and Kurt Cobain for the title. Well, you gotta win ’em how you can …

Dancing To The Beat Of A Different Drum And Talking To The Hand

Have you ever thought to yourself “gee, I’d love to dance a jig, but I have no music. If only I could dance and create my own music!” No? Didn’t think so. But somebody did, and is working on a pacer suit! Apparently, as you dance, it generates the music, which might only play in …

The Best Worst Song You’ll Hear All Day

Over onWFMU’s Beware of the Blogthere’s aposton country songs that were recorded to take advantage of how popular The Twist was in the 50’s and 60’s. All of them are ungodly horrible as you might expect, but one of them goes above and beyond the call of duty in so many ways it’s not even …

I Couldn’t Come Up With Things This Stupid If They Paid Me

It’s amazing. Just when you start thinking that maybe the folks at the RIAA might be growing a clue, something like this hits the news. According to RIAA technology head David Hughes, digital rights management software is not dead, and even though the trend now is to sell regular mp3’s that people can use when, …

Oh Dannie Boy, The Pipes, The Pipes, Are Deafening

This story cracks me up for three reasons. the first is because as I read it, I can almost hear JAWS sprouting a Scottish accent because of the words used. the second is the image of how much worse off the rest of the world’s hearing would be if pipe bands everywhere tuned up with …

You Do, I Do, Everyone Everywhere Loves, The Spring

Did anyone else have to sing that little ditty for the music festival? Did anyone else wonder what a hey ding-a-ding was? Apologies for butchering the spelling, I can’t find the lyrics anywhere! I can’t remember if it had some kind of weird title, but typing in the few bits I remember from when I …

Believe It Or Not, Record Companies Make Mistakes

Whenever there’s a chance to rag on the utter stupidity of the music industry, I’m so there. So in that spirit, here is Blender’s list ofthe 20 biggest screw-ups in its history.I’m sure they could have stretched it out longer, but who’s got that much time? Anyway, this list is a great read. Passing on …