Circa 1983, it’s “I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts” by one of LA’s more underrated bands of the 80’s  X.
Have a listen here.
I haven’t even thought about it in fifteen years, let alone heard it, but I was mighty chuffed to rediscover it. Sort of an odd, jazzy opening that crescendoes to a kickass chorus. [...]

Bristol-based grafitti artist and general crap-disturber Banksy has repackaged and remixed Paris Hilton’s album, then stuck his new version back on the shelves. He’s well worth a look for some of his hilarious graphic work, but this is the kind of thing that gets him major attention:
Banksy has replaced Hilton’s CD with his own [...]

Dinosaur Jr. has had all their gear stolen following a gig in NYC last night. If you’re in the NYC area, check the pawn shops. Brutal.
I saw them in Columbus, OH in 1994 and they were amazing. Punishingly loud, but amazing. At the end of the show, to clear everyone out, the local authorities used [...]

Via Metafilter, I found an interesting pair of articles, one claiming that vinyl is dead, the other claiming that it ain’t going anywhere.
As someone with 4,000 records that I’ve dragged from apartment to apartment, and for which I eventually had to make a giant hutch in my den (okay, it holds my TV, too, but [...]

With all my technical woes last week I forgot to post the link to the final 10 songs in Pitchfork Media’s Top 200 Songs of the 60’s feature.

It was a great list overall, and while I’m not surprised by their #1 pick, I couldn’t agree less. Is it an important song in terms of its [...]

Growing weary of being hated by the populace at large, the music industry has decided to specialize and create a new class of “niche haters”: amateur musicians who share guitar tabs online.
The publishers, who share royalties with composers each time customers buy sheet music or books of guitar tablature, maintain that tablature postings, even [...]