Category: News (Page 101 of 136)

Because “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” just wasn’t enough…

April 22, 2006 / Will Harris

…Rhino Handmade now provides you with that ukelele standard, plus 106 more songs by Tiny Tim, courtesy of their new, limited-edition (only 3,000 copies) release, God Bless Tiny Tim.

And if you don’t know who Tiny Tim is, well, that’s not so surprising. He’s definitely the textbook definition of Andy Warhol’s oft-quoted “15 minutes of fame” comment, having earned a novelty hit with “Tulips,” then being such a – let’s not mince words here – freak that his marriage of Miss Vicki on “The Tonight Show” scored Johnny Carson some of the highest ratings of his career:

In all seriousness, I may well buy this set from Rhino.

Scoff if you will, but mark my words: this will sell out sooner than later…so if you want a sure-fire investment, buy it now and sell it in a year or so on eBay. I did it with Handmade’s Josie and the Pussycats CD, and I doubled my money…

Artists, News, Pop

Roth out, O&A in

April 20, 2006 / Captain Capm

David Lee Roth’s terrestrial radio show has been shitcanned and will be replaced by on-air gods Opie & Anthony. It’s a new move, considering O&A have an XM exclusive show, but now they will be sharing both the satellite and terrestrial airwaves. Can you dig it? I knew that you could.

News, Satellite Radio

The RIAA: Committed to higher education

April 20, 2006 / Deb Medsker

Demonstrating their typical level-headed, open-minded way of thinking, the Recording Industry Association of America has come up with a simple solution for college students unable to pay their fines for illegally downloading music: drop out of school.

Cassi Hunt, a 20-year-old physics major at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for example, was told to get a job in order to pay her $3,750 fine or consider getting an emergency cash loan. When informed that Hunt already works three jobs and takes out significant student loans to cover her $42,000 annual educational costs, the RIAA recommended that she drop out of school to repay the debt, or transfer to a less expensive community college.

Yes, that sounds like a perfectly reasonable recommendation. The physics program at Worcester Community College is certain to be wicked awesome, and tech employers probably don’t place much value on a degree from MIT, anyway. Kudos to the RIAA for helping Cassi to find a solution that anyone with two or three brain cells to rub together would surely have overlooked.

News

K-Fed “forced” to torture us

April 20, 2006 / Captain Capm

Yes, our dear K-Fed claims he was basically forced to go into a music career by the US media. He says he’s “more than happy” to do it, but that “I don’t have a choice. It’s not like I can go and do construction, start building houses in Malibu (California).” Oh please, K-Fed. You have even MORE choices than that, if you’d only look around. C’mon no one really wants you to go into music, we just want to see you fail! If nothing else, we’d seriously love to see you flipping burgers or working at the car wash. Don’t you know how much more publicity a move like that would generate? But hey, we know you’re not very bright and you’re insanely delusional if you think anyone wants to seriously hear your tunes. Still, you have provided textbook examples of how to make the worst “rap” songs in the world thusfar, so maybe you are a bit of a valuable tool. Scratch that. You’re just a tool.

Artists, News

Nick Lachey revealed to be a big, whiny baby…on the next “Entertainment Tonight”!

April 19, 2006 / Will Harris

Yes, in an interview with “Rolling Stone,” Nick Lacey finally opened up about the closing of his marriage to Jessica Simpson, and, more importantly to those who enjoy a bit of a giggle at someone else’s expense, started crying at various points during the interivew.

I haven’t read the interview yet…just the synopsis of it in this piece written by the fine folks at “Entertainment: Tonight” …but the description of the conversation actually makes you feel sorry for the guy.

He claims he found out his marriage was over when Jessica told him it was over…on the way home from the American freakin’ Music Awards, fer chrissakes!…and when he asked her not to make any rash decisions and to sleep on it, she apparently thought he said, “Sleep with someone else,” because when the next morning rolled around, her decision remained unchanged.

“I never wanted a divorce,” clarified Lachey. “I wanted us to be happy. I guess we differed on strategy.”

I guess.

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