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Dear Amy Lee, Today I had the good fortune to hear your band’s new single about your addict ex-boyfriend, “Call Me When You’re Sober.” In fact, I got to hear it twice! You can thank your label’s PR folks for being on top of things later. While the song itself is nothing out of the [...]

LANCE BASS IS OUT OF THE CLOSET. In other surprising news, Rob Halford is also gay.

By yourself, you listen to whatever you like. When with another person, you listen to something that you know you both like. And as more people are added into the mix, these choices become more difficult. That is, of course, if you actually care about the tastes of others. The most challenging of times come [...]

POSTWHORE! To make up for what will likely be few updates while I’m vacationing. 1. Favorite Beatles song: I Want You (She’s So Heavy) 2. Favorite Rolling Stones song: Mother’s Little Helper 3. Favorite Doors song: Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) 4. Favorite Bob Dylan song: Subterranean Homesick Blues 5. Favorite Manic Street Preachers song: don’t [...]

*looking through karaoke lists* *finds some song by Lit that never did anything* “Lit? Shit. They had that one hit, what the hell was it…” *song stuck in my head going “PLEASE TELL ME WHYYYYYYY”* “I WISH THAT SONG WOULD GET OUT OF MY HEAD SO I COULD THINK” *song continues “IT’S NO SURPRISE TO [...]

I have a tale to tell. Sometimes it gets so hard to hide it well. Okay, no… but I do have a story. For those who have never been in a band, had friends in a band, or dated someone in a band, there’s only one thing I can say: audiences vary. More than likely, [...]

Website: Joan Jett & the Blackhearts The Inside Pulse: She’s been around for over 25 years: Joan Jett, who we know loves rock ‘n’ roll and many wanted to touch her “there.” What’s changed over all this time? Musically, not a whole lot. She’s still rocking with a swaggering punk flavor and attitude. As such, [...]

Website: All That Remains The Inside Pulse: A favorite among the US metal scene and following up their well-regarded last effort This Darkened Heart, All That Remains continues the path they have been carving for themselves. Featuring in-depth writing and the popular growl-and-clean-vocal style, the band stands out just enough from their similarly-styled peers to [...]

You know, Syd Barrett died, and everyone else has posted it to death. That’s why I rarely comment on these things — it gets tiresome to read the same crap in everyone’s journal. But I will note that when the AP first posted the story, they listed David Gilmour as a founding member of Pink [...]

While over-the-airwaves radio continues to wane in the wake of countless vehicular audio options, iPods vs. the Walkman, satellite choices, streaming audio over the Internet, and increasing tolerance of workplaces allowing one to spin a disc or two at low levels. However, there still remains an advantage to tuning into a local station if one [...]