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| T.I.
Murder |
MTV reports: One person has died and three
others were shot during a gun battle involving members of rapper T.I.'s
crew and unidentified shooters early Wednesday morning (May 3) in Cincinnati.
Police have identified the man killed as 26-year-old Philant Johnson, T.I.'s
friend, personal assistant and an employee of his Grand Hustle Records.
Police identified the other three victims
in the shooting as members of T.I.'s crew: Janice Gillespie, 22, who was
admitted to the University of Cincinnati Hospital and is in stable condition,
and T.I. security guard Ronald Hausley, 40, and Elijah Edwards, 31, who
were both treated and released. T.I. was not injured.[see full story for
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| God
Vs Gay Aiken? |
antiMusic reports: Faded Youth: celebrity
terrorist blog has an interesting update on Clay Aiken. For fairness sake,
it is readily evident that Faded Youth do not think highly of the karaoke
contest runner up and have been following the "gay Clay" controversy rather
closely. Their latest story was published on Monday and discusses how Aiken
was dropped from the Christian based Pure Fashion Show in Atlanta this
past weekend after organizers discovered the gay controversy surrounding
the pop singer. Faded Youth included two emails sent out by organizers
of the event that explained why Aiken was dropped from the event. That
first email said in part "We were so excited about Clay Aiken appearing
as a young man who promotes Christianity in the music industry and then
we started to be inundated with e-mails referring to scandal. We searched
for his public response and couldn't find one, so at this time we will
have to error on the side of caution until these matters are resolved.
Our producer will be contacting his management team today to let them know
that it would be best for him not to appear at Pure Fashion until these
questions floating around the media are answered." Despite a legion of
rabid Claymates, all does not appear to be kosher in Clayville according
to Faded Youth as they details a few other signs that Clay's star may be
falling. See the full story for that. - Click
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| AC/DC
Scam |
Blabbermouth reports: Dylan Welch of The Sydney
Morning Herald is reporting that AC/DC producer and former EASYBEATS guitarist
George Young (Malcolm and Angus' older brother) was the victim of identity
fraud that has seen aspiring musicians in the U.K. fleeced of thousands
of dollars.
A man befriended a series of people at
a pub in London, convincing them he was George Young and claiming he managed
and produced AC/DC.
But the industry hopefuls ended up with
only empty bank accounts and stolen IDs after the fraudster skipped the
country after extracting all he could.[so much for doing those dirty deeds
dirt cheap. see full story for more]- Click
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| SOAD
On Hold |
The Gauntlet reports: System of a Down are
not breaking up. But if you'd like to catch them live, you may want to
consider buying an Ozzfest ticket.
"We're not breaking up," Malakian insisted.
"If that was the case, we wouldn't be doing this Ozzfest, because we're
a little nervous" about trying to fill Ozzy Osbourne's shoes. Ozzy will
be headlining just 10 of this year's Ozzfest dates, with System topping
the bill on Ozzy's off days. "We're going to take a very long break after
Ozzfest and do our own things," he added. [see full story for more]-
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| Stones
Brain Drain |
Contact Music reports: KEITH RICHARDS needs
to have blood drained from his skull before he can rejoin THE ROLLING STONES'
world tour. The 62-year-old was airlifted to Auckland's Ascot hospital
suffering concussion after reportedly falling out of a palm tree while
on holiday in Fiji last week (27APR06). The BROWN SUGAR guitarist was discharged
earlier this week (begs01MAY06), and he will undergo drilling to his skill
to drain away bleeding caused by the tumble before The Stones' European
dates kick off later this month (27MAY06).[see full story for more]-
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| Pearl
Jam Webcast |
Contact Music reports: PEARL JAM will perform
an exclusive live webcast concert on Thursday (04MAY06), following their
appearance on THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN. The concert will be streamed
live on the Late Show website after the taping of the talk show. [see full
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| Axl
And Izzy |
Splat reports: A party including Axl Rose,
Merck Mercuriadis and Izzy Stradlin had dinner together at Pre:Post in
New York on 11th April to celebrate Izzy's birthday. [could Izzy be back?]-
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| Greatest
Metal Songs of All Time Day III |
antiMusic reports: As Vh1 airs their '40 Greatest
Metal Songs of All Time' this week to kick off their Metal Month special,
we're hosting our own special at our sister site Thrashpit.com. Every day
this week we'll be bringing you lists of the top 3 metal songs of all time
according to our crew- with their full top 12 (or more) lists posting over
at Thrashpit with their explanations. Today we have lists from Matt Hensch
and GreenTillDeath. (Neither numbered their picks so we're posting three
from their lists) Check back tomorrow for three new lists from the crew.
Matt Hensch:
Venom's "Black Metal"
Death's "Symbolic"
Dream Theater's "A Change Of Seasons"
GreenTillDeath:
Iron Maiden - "Aces High"
Black Sabbath - "Heaven And Hell"
Tesla - "Modern Day Cowboy"
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| Sad
Flea |
MTV reports: On Tuesday, RCHP bassist Flea
discovered that Stadium had leaked to the Internet (it actually began making
the rounds on file-sharing networks over the weekend). But rather than
get angry or attempt to get even, he just got sad.
"When I woke up this morning, I was confronted
with the news that our record has been leaked to the Internet," he wrote
in his latest "Fleamail" on the band's Web site. "Well, that's not very
nice. If you download it now off one of those file-sharing sites, you will
be getting a pale imitation of the record. It will be of ... poor sound
quality ... and that will break my heart. [see full story for more]-
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| Warner
Reject EMI |
AP reports: Warner Music Group Corp. has rejected
a $4.2 billion cash-and-stock offer from its larger rival EMI Group PLC
� the latest development in a long-running bid to unite the companies.[see
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| Pop
Sucks |
Gigwise reports: It's official, guitar music
was bigger than pop in the UK last year.
Acts like Kaiser Chiefs, Coldplay and The
Killers are figureheads of the recent surge in the popularity of guitar
music. Figures from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) show that guitar
music has a 36% share of UK album sales, while pop has just a quarter.
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| Poor
J.Lo |
hecklerspray reports: It's a nightmare these
days when you can't repeatedly get engaged, married and divorced, dominate
department stores with your clothing and perfume range, while claiming
to remember your Bronx roots all the way from your California mansion,
without being taken seriously. well it is for Jennifer Lopez anyway.
Jennifer Lopez feels people misunderstand
her because she is always having fun - nothing to do with her quest for
world domination, diva antics and a desire to dance down the aisle with
every man in the world then? J-Lo was quoted by Femalefirst as saying:
"They see me laughing, having a good time,
and they may think, 'Oh, she's so ambitious and everything', but the thing
is that I'm just a creative person." [it goes on, see the full story for
that. It's too bad that she is so creative but the results are so generic]
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| Tortoise
Box |
CMJ reports: The ponderous lads in Tortoise,
who took "post-rock" to the tip of every hipster's tongue, have a box set
in the works. Titled A Lazarus Taxon, the three-disc set features rare
remixes, limited edition goodies, and tracks previously only released on
compilations. In addition, a DVD will also be included that will feature
videos and live treats. Thrill Jockey will be releasing the set August
22. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Eat
Korn's Corn |
Blabbermouth reports: According to Korn Unleashed,
KORN drummer David Silvera will be opening up a new restaurant in Huntington
Beach, California. Dubbed Silvera Steak House & Lounge, the eatery
is currently being constructed on Main Street and plans on providing "fine
steaks, fine wine, and martinis."[yes, I'd like a bloody "Porno Creep"
steak, some mallcore potatoes, a salad with "Faget" dressing, "Y'All Want
a Hangover" martini and a side of Korn please... see full story for more]-
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| UN
Vs Podcasts |
tinfoil reports: The UN's World Intellectual
Property Organization has reconvened to discuss a treaty that will kill
innovative Internet audio/video offerings -- like podcasting, YouTube,
Google Video, and Democracy Player -- in order to protect the business
models of a few entrenched broadcasters. This is the Broadcast Treaty,
and the process -- never pretty -- got uglier than ever today. [see full
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