Category: News (Page 95 of 136)

He’s back from rehab and ready to rock!

May 3, 2006 / Will Harris

Scott Stapp is back, baby…!

Unfortunately, his new lot in life is to torture those poor folks who choose to attend the reunited INXS’s summer shows, as he’s going to be serving as the band’s opening act.

“Everything now–my band, my life, my health–is in the best shape since [Creed’s 1997 debut, ‘My Own Prison’] ,” says our man Scott, “and I’m truly excited to be part of such a great summer tour.”

Sorry, but hasn’t that been his stock line for, say, every interview he’s given, ever…?

Five’ll get you twenty that, before the tour’s over, Stapp gets drunk, stumbles on stage during INXS’s set, punches J.D. Fortune in the face, and screams, “Who’s the rock star now, motherfucker?!?!?”

Alternative, Artists, News, Rock

iTunes stays at 99 cents per tune

May 2, 2006 / Captain Capm

Despite some music labels wanting “variable pricing” on its song downloads, Apple’s iTunes is stickting to 99 cents a hit. Great news for those regulars. Me, I still get my shit for free (shhhh). Actually, I did buy one album on iTunes, an interesting little thing called “Beatles Regrooved” that is quite tasty. But fuck buying anything else there.

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Shakira makes ya shake

May 2, 2006 / Captain Capm

Even I have to admit to enjoying Shakira’s latest single, “Hips Don’t Lie.” I’m not a fan of hers, but it’s a good groove in general. The news here, though is that Shakira tapped fans to make an alternate Internet-only video for the tune. It’s exclusively over at Yahoo Music – this article doesn’t give any links – but it’s gotta be some fantastic shit. Or not. Do any of you recall when VH1 had the contest to make your own video to Madonna’s “Vogue”? Oh those entries were quite the shit. And not in the good way, either. Good times, good times.

Artists, News, Videos

And speaking of white rappers…

May 2, 2006 / Will Harris

…VH-1 has decided to act like they care about music again…except it’s like they peeked into my brain and asked, “How can we focus on music and yet still create a show that the Mayor of Simpleton wouldn’t watch if you paid him?”

Ta-da.

That’s right, if you think you’re the next Eminem…or, more likely the next K-Fed…you can click here and enter yourself into the running to be picked for the network’s new reality show. Top prize is $100,000.

First rule of thumb: don’t suck.

Second rule of thumb: don’t trust your judgement, your family’s judgement, or the judgement of anyone who even halfway likes you already, because they’ll tell you don’t suck, even if you really do…and we’re pretty sure you really do.

Last rule of thumb: unfortunately, even if you’re a white rapper who sucks to the extreme, in the end, it really doesn’t matter, because you could still go multi-platinum.

News, Rap

K-Fed continues to talk without actually saying anything

May 2, 2006 / Will Harris

Kevin Federline…a.k.a. your friend and mine, the one and only K-Fed…is offering the ludicrous claim that his wife, Britney Spears, is supportive of his music career…which kind of flies in the face of the well-documented fact that she totally blew off his album release party, even though she was staying in the hotel where it took place.

(Note: possibly not the actual album cover.)

“My wife loves what I do,” sed Fed. “She is so for everything that I’m doing right now. That’s the biggest thing for me, too, because if she wasn’t supportive of it, I’d probably give it up.”

Moments later, Fed announced his retirement from the music industry.

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