Category: News (Page 131 of 136)

Soy Girls – a new threat

No, the Soy Girls are not some new band, but rather a new brand of band fan. Fans of music that will only – and I do mean only listen to music played by vegans who use instruments that are animal-friendly. Talk about a new strain of hippie virus! Look, I’m all for people getting along and all, but I like meat, and I like rock and roll. Evolution (and not that sci-fi fantasy Intelligent Design*) has given my race – the human race – a set of teeth designed to rip through meat. I eat my rock and roll bloody and I rock out bloodier. I don’t want any soy lite variation of pussed-out muzak. Now let’s listen to some GG Allin and tear into some steaks.

(*Note: The Spotlight Kid’s views are his own. If you don’t agree with them…feh.)

Satellite radio gives music execs a shiny new ulcer for Christmas

Never mind the rampant, royalty-free downloading going on via myriad unauthorized web sites. Forget about how iPod culture has made buying actual CDs obsolete. Those issues are old news. The fresh new worry wrinkling music executives’ foreheads is the new satellite radio receivers being produced by XM and Sirius, which will allow users to record satellite broadcasts, manage song inventories, and create playlists–much like Apple’s popular iTunes software.

The key difference? Labels get significantly lower compensation for music played on satellite radio than they do for songs sold on iTunes or purchased on a CD. Thus, the black hole draining the music industry of its revenue widens a little further…and sales of Zantac and Excedrin rise a little higher.

Those little stick figure cartoon kids put on a damn good live show

This is pretty sweet. The Gorillaz played five shows in Manchester, complete with a monster clip show assembled by Jamie “Murdoc” Hewlett and including De La Soul (doing their “Feel Good, Inc.” bit). To listen to the live show and watch the superbly synchronized clip show, click here. You’ll be happy. You’ll be feelin’ glad. Sunshine in a bag, however, is entirely up to you.

Pagans need not apply…angry mom alert!

I just saw a commercial on TV for Worship Jamz, in which kids down with the Lord get to boogie their butts off to hot contempo inspirational tunes. I’d like to point out here that Rock and Roll in all of its various genres is the debbil’s music and the debbil’s music only. Any good God-fearing parent knows this as they persuade their kids to not be all wild and free as they once were in their freaky baby boomer generation. Trade in those doobies for some pop scripture, kids! Not since “Put Your Hand in the Hand” was a righteous hit has there been such an awesome movement of RAWK embracing the cross.

However, the moms and children who bought this disc over on Amazon.com are seriously upset! Why, this isn’t the two-disc set being sold on TV! It only has EIGHTEEN songs instead of THIRTY! Shame on them! No “Above All”? You gotta be kidding me! Oh well, at least it still has “(You Are The) Awesome God” (dude). Damn those Amazon charlatans for releasing the debbil’s version of Worship Jamz! This is almost as terrible as when there were two versions of The Smurfs’ All-Star Show album back in the ’80s. The girl next door to me had the version released by Sessions. i had the far groovier K-Tel version with MORE SONGS plus a POSTER! And guess which one was sold on TV? That’s right! The Sessions version!!! Damn thee, debbil!

Okay, you can write…but are you hot?

Jann Wenner will follow in the footsteps of Donald Trump and (shudder) Martha Stewart with a new series for MTV in which Rolling Stone will give internships to several budding music journalists, who will then compete for a long-term contract with the magazine.

According to Wenner Media CMO Gary Armstrong, producers are seeking college students who are “telegenic, have an interesting personality and are interested in music journalism.”

Wenner insists that he will be taking a back-seat role in the show–unlike Herr Trump and the Domestic Diva–and that there will be no group housing or hot tubs to facilitate carousing among the contestants. No, these good-looking twentysomethings will demonstrate their interesting personalities by…sitting in front of a computer typing all day. A riveting television formula, to be sure.

“[I’m] not interested in hookups,” Mr. Wenner explained. He then had to excuse himself, as he had Mick Jagger waiting in his office.

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