Random Rock News
William Shatner's Has Been (produced by Ben Folds) will include tunes co-written by Nick Hornby and a cover of Pulp's "Common People." Meanwhile, Ben's Super D EP (available 7/27) will feature a cover of The Darkness' "Get Your Hands Off My Woman." Ben's doing a free in-store at Borders (in the Time Warner Bldg) tomorrow at 12:30. He's be playing '90s covers in celebration of I Love The '90s. He's signing things too, so bring your Furby.
Rufus Wainwright tells The NY Post that a combination of crystal meth, Ecstasy, cocaine, and special K once gave him visions of "10,000 video screens of gay porn featuring Jerry Garcia, and the soundtrack was that instant message sound." Then he wept for three days and called Elton John for guidance. Whoa! Read about it here.
The Who's Pete Townshend sets the record straight about his feud with Fahrenheit 9/11 muckraker Michael Moore. "I resent being bullied and slurred by him in interviews just because he didn’t get what he wanted from me," says Pete.
Village Voice Siren Festival band schedule here! Who's going? Where's the after-party?!
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burning angel is having an afterpartry i heard
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Scott - did I see you for like .5 seconds on I love the 90's last night? I think it was 1990, at the ask the Snapple lady or whatever, and they panned the VH1 offices, and I see side-burns... yay or nay?
Also, maybe I'll catch you at Siren.
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"Get Your Hands of My Woman" was just itching for a cover by someone like Ben Folds, can't wait to hear that one.
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william shatner enrolled at st martin's college wins the prize for most ridiculous notion of the day.
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Special to Pete Townshend:
Talk to us when you're no longer a corporate shill.
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go see morningwood, moving units and ambulance ltd afterwards at the hook. you'll wet your pants for sure.
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