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Kanye West is Dead, Long Live Kanye West: Is 2009 the Year of the Celebrity Death Hoax?
Rumors of Kanye West’s death by car crash began spreading online just hours after he, followed by label Island/Def Jam, took down a public stream of We Were Once A Fairytale, a Spike Jonze short film starring the rapper himself.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DaySeven Brilliant, Terrible and Brilliantly Terrible Metal Covers of Pop Songs
Your average metal band usually has wildly different musical sensibilities from top 40 radio pop (and that goes double for said average metal band's fans). But is there really any good reason for that other than genre segregation that forbids metal fans from rubbing their leather-clad elbows with bubblegum popsters? That question may remain unanswered for now, but some metal acts are bridging the divide with covers of pop tracks that range from excellent to execrable. Let's take a look, and see how they stack up against the originals.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayStop Covering These Ten Songs
We’ve got nothing against cover songs. In fact, we love a good unexpected cover. But certain songs should be retired after a couple hundred versions. We hereby declare a moratorium on covering the following ten songs.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayTop five stadium show lessons learned from Madonna @ United Center 10/28/08
Maybe your boyfriend wants to get his Rock Band on and see AC/DC at Allstate. Or maybe your girlfriend really, really, really wants to see Madonna at the United Center. Whatever the reason, you’ll eventually have to abandon the cozy confines of Schubas or the Empty Bottle for the dreaded venue of the indie rock faithful: a stadium show. But with the right mindset, you can make your arena experience survivable-- and maybe even enjoyable.... read more
Found in: Local:ChicagoTarantino rounds up Bastards, but no Britney after all
Inglorious as it may be, Quentin Tarantino has lined up a bevy of actors to join his unlikely band of bastards.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsBritney Spears to star in Quentin Tarantino's Pussycat
Update: Turns out Spears won't be featured in Tarantino's film after all.--John of Patmos prophesied that Armageddon would be marked by turbulent political upheaval, mass deaths and a cornucopia of plagues visited upon the hapless people of Earth. It looks like that plagues thing might be right on target, because Britney Spears is being given another chance at a movie career. In a move that should surprise no one, the enabler of the End of Days is none other than one Quentin Tarantino.... read more
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