Radiohead practically gave their newest album away. Saul Williams did it too. Now, Big Head Todd and the Monsters takes the free music idea a little farther. Sign up on the band’s mailing list and you’ll get an advance copy of their new album in the mail. No payment mentioned at all.
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You now have no reason not to start buying songs off iTunes. Led Zeppelin’s going digital:
From November 13, the Led Zeppelin back catalogue - previously unavailable to download - will be made available online through sites such as iTunes.
As is currently the case for The Beatles’ music, Led Zeppelin had not previously allowed their music […]
David Lee Roth and the Van Halen brothers put their issues aside and began a sort-of reunion tour in Charlotte, NC. Reuters gave the show plenty of praise:
After 22 years, David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen were back onstage together rocking and rolling, and hopefully they will continue to do so for a long […]
A congressman giving a speech while wearing a Bluetooth earpiece doesn’t impress me. I think those things make the wearer look more important than they really are. What does impress me is there’s a Congressman Al Green.
“Al Green’s Earpiece”
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Life has even more meaning. Led Zeppelin will reunite:
Singer Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist John Paul Jones will play at the show to remember the late Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun.
The one-off concert, the trio’s first performance for 19 years, will take place at the O2 arena on 26 November.
Tickets will cost £125 […]
For your listening pleasure: Stanley Jordan covering “Stairway to Heaven.”
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One look at Ted Nugent and you know he’s not quite right. The wild gleam in his eyes, the tension in his face, and the omniscient smirk tell you he’s passionate confident no matter how outrageous he is. A video clip has oozed onto the internets of a Nugent concert performance where he rants about […]
Little-known GOP Presidential candidate John Cox should garner a little attention with this cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song.” It’s bizarre in an almost Mike Gravel way.
UPDATE: Call it a screw up. I forgot to post the wacky video. Here it is. Then call your lawyer to begin a class-action suit.
[via Wonkette]
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Guns ‘n Roses released Appetite for Destruction.
Feel old? I don’t.
[via a big victory]
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On first listen Copper Blue hit me like an anvil hitting Wile E. Coyote. It has the best power pop I’ve ever heard.
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Every once in a while rock stars make sense.
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The Violent Femmes in the 80s and 90s gave Wisconsin rockers something to be proud of. They’ve outlasted the more pop-friendly Bodeans.
Here’s bassist Brian Ritchie making the case:
“I don’t like awards shows like the Grammys or other subjective things,” Ritchie said. “Simple concepts like platinum albums (1 million sold) are more meaningful to me, […]
Sen. Hillary Clinton’s new theme song “You & I” was an Air Canada ditty:
The idea for the song was first dreamed up by Jacques Duval, the president and chief executive of Marketel, the Montreal-based ad agency employed by Air Canada. Back in 2003 things were looking bad for Air Canada, and by extension, Marketel.
So […]
Sen. Hillary Clinton faces a vital question of her campaign. It’s not how to handle the netroots dislike of her for her Iraq War stances nor is it about finding a way to reduce the number of people who say they’ll never vote for her.
The vaunting question facing Clinton is “What should be my campaign […]
Amazon.com will open a music store with their selling point being DRM-free songs:
The e-commerce giant announced Wednesday that it would offer songs from more than 12,000 record labels in the MP3 format, without the controversial digital rights management (DRM) software. Record labels are beginning to warming up to the concept of offering music downloads without […]
