I didn’t think the Rolling Stones had any new ideas.
I was so wrong.

My friend Barn’s site, RockPeaks.com, went live this week, and it’s looking pretty awesome.
I worked a lot with Barn on the site and can attest to his passion for both music in general and this project in particular.
Billed as “the world’s largest database of live rock and roll video” (man, we fought a lot about [...]

I love The Cramps, and I just found out their lead singer, Lux Interior, died yesterday.
You can read an awesome obit here. Or just watch this ass-kicking 1978 performance at CBGBs and respect the madness.

Rock.
Tip o’ the hat to Mr. Erwin for this little bucket of magic.

Damn.
FOR 25 weeks in 2004, I’m Still in Love by deejay Sean Paul and singer Sasha sat in the Billboard Hot 100 pop charts. The song peaked at number 14 and was another hit from Sean Paul’s Dutty Rock album, but it also gave the man who did the original version his first ‘taste’ of [...]

A recent Diana Ross concert at Montego Bay in Jamaica seems not to have gone very well, according to one reviewer.
“Dem shoulda throw bottle pon har, all 20,000 people inna di venue,” shouted an irate patron, shortly after Ross exited the stage to boos from disgruntled fans.
Read on for the whole story. And by the [...]

Proof that you can burn out AND fade away.

Almost forgot: Friday is Italian Heavy Metal Monk day!
This week, just to mix it up, it’s a Capuchin monk.

No matter what else changes in the world, one thing remains the same: reporters always piss Lou Reed off, and Lou Reed always leaves. Seems in this case they were trying to goad him. Mission accomplished.
NY MAGAZINE: Sirius’s impending merger with XM is anticipated to boost earnings. Do you own any stock in the [...]