The String Quartet Tribute is an adventurous mission to Mars Volta and beyond. In the hands of a daring chamber ensemble, their music is mutated into fantastical orchestral suites filled with light and mystery, from the bright-eyed glow of indie-hit “Son et Lumiere,” to the brooding menace of “Televators”. Violins take over the piercing guitar work and memorably eerie vocals, while cello and bass color in the band’s darker undertones. Exotic and hypnotic, Mars Volta set to strings is music that takes us to the outer limits of rock.

Everyone knows that David Bowie got his name from a Tin Machine song, and that Queen got their name from Freddy's prediction that one day Brian May would play to *the* Queen from the roof of Buckingham palace - but what about other bands?

Mirman, who takes pains to point out that he doesn't live in Williamsburg, also plays rock clubs simply because he can make more money there. ... "But I also know it's cool to play with the Shins," he says. "I'm not stupid."

First, We took the recordings of several Guns N' Roses songs. ... We sped up these recordings exponentially until the tempo of the song became a pitched frequency. ... Then we take these short sounds use them as samples to play back midi files of various Guns N' Roses songs. For instance, the GNR Self-Similar version of Sweet Child O' Mine may use the entirety of November Rain as its snare drum sound and the entirety of Patience for a note in Axl's voice.

She might be Korean in spirit, but Thomas loves living in America. "Yeah, I love it," she said. "More freedom. You can do anything you want. In America, there's so much freedom. I like it." Her Web site says it all: "And beneath what you may see on the surface, know this: My Yankee Doodle Dandy heart proudly pumps red, white and blue blood to the beat of "God Bless America."

I thought that English butlers went out of style in the ’80’s with Dudley Moore’s Arthur films and the Pink Panther movies. Not to mention that according to various accounts, many Europeans perceive Jeeves as “a gay butler” and not a source of useful information.

It's a C Major chord, played with both hands stretched out as wide as possible (with 3rd at the top, if I recall). This just sounded right to me. I wanted something really fat, heavy bass, high notes, and a sharp attack. The chiffy sound was from pan pipes and something like a stick hit (I'm testing my memory here). I wanted lots of evolving timbres, stereo phasing, and reverb for further richness.

This "listening session" nonsense hurts everybody—readers, critics and artists. Don't do it. Tell Memphis Bleek and Coldplay and everyone to shove their listening sessions and send out proper advances. If every publication did it, the labels would drop the practice in a week. The critic simply wants to think hard and do justice to the music and the reader.

I think there's a great difference between sharing something directly with someone in a discreet manner, and making it available to everyone everywhere. It's the difference between tape trading (which it what everyone likens file sharing to) and wholesale distribution (think iTunes with less promotion and no fee required). I hope the analogy makes sense to some of you.

As Mace Windu and Palpatine battle each other with lightsabers, an errant saber strike shatters the huge picture window of the high-rise complex they are in. A huge amount of wind is then seen to be blowing everything around (not rapid decompression, as the building's close enough to ground level not to be pressurised). However, in the very next shot, there is absolutely no wind, or in any shot thereafter.

The lineup:

The Killers, Pixies, the White Stripes, Social Distortion, Snoop Dogg, 311, Black Eyed Peas, Garbage, the Used, the Flaming Lips, Method Man, Unwritten Law, Flogging Molly, Dashboard Confessional, Death Cab for Cutie, Kasabian, Hot Hot Heat, Rise Against, Louis XIV, the Adolescents, the (International) Noise Conspiracy, Autolux, Von Bondies, Swollen Members, Morningwood, the Locust, West Indian Girl, and more to come!

[Jobs] was slightly dismissive of populist podcasting, describing it as "Wayne's World for radio", and celebrating the arrival of professional radio stations into the market, but nonetheless, he was very high on the podcasting phenomenon, and the excitement that millions of users have displayed about it.

Like many of the pioneers of electronic music, Schaeffer was not a musician. He received his diploma from L'Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, and did an apprenticeship at the Radiodiffusion-Television Francaises (RTF) which led to a full time job as an engineer and broadcaster. He was a member of the French resistance during the occupation of France by the Germans. He also was a writer and biographer.

okay, let me break it down for you. first of all, i don't think anyone who is truly into black metal would start an e-mail by saying "hi!" you are not working at a smoothie shop buddy, you are representing black metal. pull yourself together! i should know- i'm the king of black metal in my hometown of gary, indiana. you should hear my band witch taint.

Two of the most exciting new CD's out of California could be described as underground hip-hop, though they have almost nothing else in common. And maybe that's reason enough not to describe them that way.

Startup bands like My Chemical Romance have launched careers exclusively through MySpace, collecting more than 100,000 fans through the service.

Is there anything else that you want to say to your supporters?

When people come up to me on the street, they have been saying nothing but nice stuff. So if there are any fans out there, I just want to thank them.

Tijuana Bibles were pornographic tracts popular in America before the advent of mass-market full-color glossy wank-fodder such as Playboy. A typical bible consisted of eight stapled comic-strip frames portraying characters and celebrities (eg. John Dillinger, Popeye, Disney characters) in wildly sodomistic situations. Many could be considered grossly racist, sexist, and otherwise wholly "politically incorrect."

Film titles cannot be copyrighted, and although trademark and unfair competition laws can offer recourse, the litigant must convince the court that use of the name misleads or confuses the public. This can be a difficult burden of proof for films like Baumbach's Kicking and Screaming and Cronenberg's Crash, which received critical acclaim but have not entered the public consciousness the way, say, Star Wars has.

My camel's name was Sheila, and she had beautiful eyes. We were led around in a circle, much like children on ponies, slowly plodding around some great wheel. In fact, the whole desert adventure smacked ever so slightly of a children's party without the children. You had your camel ride, your sandboarding, your big dolly belly dancer Barbie and, last but not least, face painting -- only in this case, the paint was henna, and it was applied to the feet.

In some ways, the rockonomy resembles the increasingly winner-take-all American economy. The rich are getting richer, and it's good to be the king or queen of pop. In 1982, the top 1 percent of artists banked 26 percent of ticket revenues; in 2003, they garnered 56 percent.

There are lots of songs on this record where I'm writing from a perspective that's clearly not mine. For example, I'm not actually a prisoner dying of AIDS.

More than 450 contributing artists, ranging from photographers such as Glen E. Friedman and B+, actor Jack Black and musicians including Saul Williams, Mr. Scruff and Mia Doi Todd to street artists such as Kinsey, Mear, KofieOne and Shepard Fairey and graphic artists Geoff McFetridge, Mike Mills and Cody Hudson have transformed blank 12” record sleeves into works of art for LA-based web music broadcaster and DJ collective dublab.

"I've noticed that kids, they're looking up to the Jay-Zs, they're looking up to OutKast,” Andre told the Associated Press. "So kids' movies and cartoons, they're getting smarter ... because it seems like kids are cooler."

after a decade apart, .

But I don’t want nobody to think, uh, that I’m less gangsta or nothin’, because you know that I’ll break [their] fuckin’ face in half.

He believes the reason why newspapers are losing circulation is that too many traditional journalists are willing to quote politicians and business executives even if they're blatantly lying — merely for the sake of perceived objectivity. He'd prefer an "open source" model of journalism where legions of volunteers act as writers, assignment editors and fact checkers to challenge mainstream journalists.

For Immediate Release May 9, 2005

“Get Down Tonight!”
Grammy Winning Pop Legend KC Falls From Stage
Boogie Shoes Blamed


(Los Angeles, CA) Grammy winning pop legend KC of KC and the Sunshine Band is recovering today in his Miami home after taking a dive off the stage while performing at the Cinco De Mayo Festival in Phoenix, AZ on May 7th. The singer, best known for his chart-topping hits from the ‘70’s (“Get Down Tonight,” “(That’s The Way) I Like It” and “(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty,) was performing in front of an estimated 5,000 people when the accident occurred.

KC blames his “ boogie shoes” for the fall. Two songs into his 75 minute set, KC fell head first onto the concrete and six feet below the stage at the outdoor arena. Ironically, it occurred as KC began singing his classic hit “Boogie Shoes.” “I left my shoes at the hotel and had to perform in a new pair” he lamented. “I picked the wrong pair of Boogie Shoes!”

After quickly receiving some first aid backstage, the singer resumed his performance and sought medical attention afterwards at a local hospital, receiving six stitches over his right eye, and treatment for a knee sprain and various bumps and bruises.

The show must go on, though. KC, 54, will continue his tour with his Sunshine Band, with stops in Winter Haven, FL on May 13 and Atlanta, GA on May 14.

I'm pretty sure this is all Rivers' fault. Pinkerton triumphed by being an uncomfortably honest self-portrait of Cuomo. On Make Believe, his personality has vanished beneath layers of self-imposed universality, writing non-specific power ballads like he apprenticed with Diane Warren, and whoah-oh-ohing a whole lot in lieu of coming up with coherent or interesting thoughts.

Since 1998, annual concert-tour revenue has more than doubled, while CD sales have remained essentially flat. Last year, thirteen different artists grossed more than forty million dollars each at the box office. (Prince made eighty-seven million.) Consumers who seem reluctant to spend nineteen dollars for a CD apparently have few qualms about spending a hundred bucks or more to see a show.

"So I've got Andrea Bocelli … Sade … Jerry Garcia, of course … Emmylou Harris … Alanis Morissette ... AC/DC … Prince … John Mayer. Gosh, there's a lot of country music here. … John Mellencamp … Linda Ronstadt … John Denver … Placido Domingo … Rascal Flats. ... Jane's Addiction. Lots of Jane's Addiction. … But why do I have so much country music? I'm a big-city mayor."

[Kilmer] reportedly said: “I feel I’ve got an album in me based on my life, and you’re the only man on this planet who can make it happen.” The pair have since had several meetings to discuss the project.

Snocap, headed by Napster founder Shawn Fanning, identifies songs by their digital "fingerprints" and determines how copyright holders want them to be used. For example, a music label could authorize an up-and-coming single to be freely distributed, or to play three times before requiring payment.

"I've basically created a musical, and the musical involves a group of artists who call themselves the Solutionists," Farrell explained. "What they do is create flash mobs, where the dancers and musicians and fashionistas and fine artists all get together and collaborate and do these flash mobs in the city. They become a nuisance to the city, and one of the flash mobs causes a riot. The main guy in the story gets hurt, and he's brought to a hospital where he meets this beautiful night nurse and asks [her] to have his friends bring a radio. They begin to listen to the radio together at night, and one night they are transported up to the heavens through this radio transmission ... there's a vast visitation of energy that takes them up to the heavens, where they are involved in this lovely gala. That's what we call the Satellite Party."

“It’s kind of impossible not to smile while doing that dance,” said Katherine Withers, 31, who jumped on the stage to dance in the competition for a free T-shirt at the end of the group lesson. “It’s just so much fun!” ... Withers also thinks bhangra is here to stay. “It’s kind of the ultimate dance for the average white person,” she said. “It allows you to channel that in a positive way.”

No official reason was given for the shutdown, but sources told E! News that Chappelle has been MIA from the set for weeks. There was no indication on how long the suspension would last.

"Taking Back Sunday apparently didn't like us messing with their music in our way. And we anticipated that possibility. Not everyone is going to be thrilled to see us meddling with their work."

The law had drawn some controversy because it broadly says that anyone who has even one copy of an unreleased film, software program or music file in a shared folder could be subjected to prison terms and fines of up to three years. Penalties would apply regardless of whether that file was downloaded or not.

Rubin hopes the record will underscore Diamond's reputation as one of pop's greatest songwriters: "He deserves it more than anyone."

The climate around new bands has never been as overheated as it is right now. Mild hysteria surrounds any group with at least one good song who can get through a live set without falling over. Genuine enthusiasm snowballs into frothing hype in the blink of an eye. Backlashes arrive before there's been enough time for a proper lash. Nobody has time to wait around: not the press, not the record labels, not the record-buyers and, whether they like it or not, certainly not the band.

"A lot of artists are talking about keeping it real and what they are going to do in the community, well I am doing it with Hip-Hop Ices."

* "To The Workers Of The Rockford River Valley Region, I Have An Idea Concerning Your Predicament, And It Involves Shoe String, A Lavender Garland, And Twelve Strong Women"
* "Come On! Feel The Illinoise! Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition, Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me In A Dream"
* "A Short Reprise For Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But For Very Good Reasons"