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Song:
Taking
Back Sunday - "Liar (It Takes One To Know One)"
Artist:
"Weird
Al" Yankovic Readerview
Reviews:
Brothermandude
| Gates
Of Purgatory
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We're
All Connected to Weird Al |
antiMusic reports: A couple of weeks ago we
put out a call for you to submit questions for 'Weird Al' Yankovic and
within hours our inbox was full. We sifted through all of them and picked
out of our favorite and sent them off to Al. Now with Al being the type
of artist that absolutely loves his fans, he hurried back with the answers
and you can check those out today as you listen to his great new album
"Straight Outta Lynwood". We're including one question and answer here
and you can click the full story link to read them all!
Asked by Germish: Weird Al.... What
is the meaning of life? and why do I get the feeling it has something to
do with Duran Duran?
Everything is connected. You, me, Duran
Duran, that pile of clothes in the corner, the hair in the shower drain...
everything. You will come much closer to understanding the true meaning
of life once you have assimilated this truth - that absolutely everything
in the universe� everything� is connected. Except for Lindsay Lohan.
I mean, what's the deal with her? - Click
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New
Beatles CD |
PR reports: Apple Corps Ltd/Capitol Records
proudly announces the release of LOVE, the new CD from The Beatles, due
November 2006. After being asked by the remaining Beatles, Ringo and Paul
along with Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison, to make experimental mixes
from the original master tapes for a collaboration with Cirque du Soleil,
Sir George Martin, The Beatles legendary producer, and his son Giles Martin
have been working with the entire archive of Beatles recordings to create
LOVE. The result is an unprecedented approach to the music. Using the master
tapes at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, Sir George and Giles have created a
unique soundscape. The release of this album, which is also featured in
the Cirque Du Soleil/Beatles collaborative production of the same name
at the Mirage in Las Vegas, has been much anticipated.
"This music was designed for the LOVE show
in Las Vegas but in doing so we've created a new Beatles album" said Sir
George. "The Beatles always looked for other ways of expressing themselves
and this is another step forward for them."- Click
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Avril
Sorry |
hecklerspray reports: Avril Lavigne is famously
as dumb as a box of hair, and it's heartwarming to see that - just because
she's temporarily stopped inflicting her dreadful music on everyone - her
time away from the limelight hasn't smartened her up any.
Avril Lavigne, you see, has been forced
to apologise for spitting at two different photographers over the course
of a single week in case whatever fans she has left decide that spitting
on the paparazzi is a bit disgusting. Ironically, though, the spat-at paparazzi
were only following Avril Lavigne around so much in the hope that she'd
lead them to some people who are, you know, actually famous. Probably.[see
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Honeydrippers
Reunion |
Gigwise reports: Robert Plant is set to reform
his band The Honeydrippers, who also count Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck as
members[actually studio guests, Brian Setzer toured with them], in order
to try and raise funds to help towards the medical expenses of his neighbour.
Plant's neighbour Jackie Jennings is suffering
from a brain tumour will need expensive treatment in Boston. The treatment
costs around £100,000. [see full story for more details]-
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Jack
White Orchestra |
MTV reports: Another Jack White side project
is coming to record stores, albeit in limited release. Aluminium, an album
of avant-garde orchestral recordings written by the White Stripes frontman,
will be available beginning November 6 exclusively through Alumiiinium.com.
Only 3,333 numbered CDs and 999 numbered LPs are being released,[see full
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U2
Hits Include Green Day |
Gigwise reports: U2 have announced details
of a new Best Of compilation that will feature their recent collaboration
with Green Day.
The song, a cover version of the Skids
�The Saints Are Coming', will be part of a sixteen song set of "U2's best
songs' according to the bands official website.
The track was recorded by the two bands
during their Abbey Road sessions last month and was debuted live last week
at the reopening of the New Orleans Superdome.[see full story for more]-
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Idlewild
Return |
Gigwise reports: Idlewild are back as one
and are set to hit the tourbus with new material, quelling those break-up
rumours racing around the internet
After a lengthy hiatus due to frontman
Roddy Woomble's recording and touring of his solo project �My Secret Is
My Silence' Idlewild will be back in force tearing up the country for just
six quick fire dates.[see full story for more]- Click
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Cheap
Slash Leno |
Blabbermouth reports: VELVET REVOLVER guitarist
Slash and CHEAP TRICK's Rick Nielsen will join CAMP FREDDY � the Los Angeles-based
"jam" group featuring guitarists Dave Navarro (ex-JANE'S ADDICTION, RED
HOT CHILI PEPPERS) and Billy Morrison (ex-THE CULT bassist, current CIRCUS
DIABLO vocalist) alongside VELVET REVOLVER members Matt Sorum (drums) and
Scott Weiland (vocals) � to perform their version of CHEAP TRICK's "Surrender"
on NBC-TV's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on Thursday, October 5 at
11:35 p.m. EST. [see full story for more]- Click
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Silly
News: Dress Like Hasselhoff |
pr-inside reports: [midweek blues? maybe this
will give you a laugh] DAVID HASSELHOFF has launched his own clothing line
after coming to the realisation he's "as popular as Elvis". The former
BAYWATCH heart-throb insists he's constantly hounded by fans, who even
sport signature T-shirt 'Don't Hassel The Hoff'. Now he's keen to cash
in on the fashion trend with his own surfing line under the label Malibu
Dave.[see full story for more]- Click
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Freebird
Fell |
pr-inside reports: Country star BILLY RAY
CYRUS has penned an emotional tribute to the three members of LYNYRD SKYNYRD
who died in a 1977 plane crash, after a phone conversation discussing the
tragedy with drummer ARTIMUS PYLE. Cyrus was chatting to Pyle about the
accident, which cost the lives of singer RONNIE VAN ZANT, guitarist STEVE
GAINES, his backing singer sister CASSIE GAINES and road manager DEAN KILPATRICK.
Pyle told Cyrus how he clambered out of the wreckage in Louisiana swampland
and staggered to find help with several broken ribs, only to be shot in
the shoulder by a farmer who was frightened of the long-haired and bearded
rocker covered in blood. And Cyrus was so moved he immediately wrote THE
FREEBIRD FELL - named after Lynyrd Skynyrd's epic track FREEBIRD - for
his new album WANNA BE YOUR JOE.[see full story for more]-
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Solo
Lady Peace |
TuneLab reports: Our Lady Peace front-man
Raine Maida has announce plans for a solo Canadian tour. Dates are as follows:
November 15th in Brampton, ON @ Rose Theatre
November 16th in London, ON @ London Convention
Centre
November 17th in Brantford, ON @ Sanderson
Centre[see full story for more]- Click
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(+44)
Video |
PR reports: Former blink-182 co-founders Mark
Hoppus and Travis Barker have reunited under the aegis of a new band, (+44),
and will release their much anticipated album, When Your Heart Stops Beating
(Interscope Records), on November 14th. The album is produced by Hoppus
and Barker and executive produced by long-time blink-182 producer Jerry
Finn.
Recruited for their new journey as (+44)
- pronounced "Plus 44" - Shane Gallagher (The Nervous Return) and Craig
Fairbaugh (Transplants, The Forgotten, Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards)
join singer-bassist Hoppus and drummer-keyboardist Barker and pick up where
the popular, multi-platinum-selling band blink-182 left off after splitting
in late 2004. "We were two-thirds of blink-182, so we're not afraid of
sounding like ourselves," says Hoppus. "We're not divorcing ourselves from
the past, but we are pushing beyond the past. We're progressing like musicians
should." Barker agrees: "Mark and I have a natural chemistry after playing
together for so long and it's only. You can check out their first video
at the full story link. - Click
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Trivium
Leftovers |
TuneLab reports: Trivium have released a U.K.
only single featuring the song "Anthem (We Are The Fire)" plus 2 exclusive
songs not included on the new album. The single also includes the video
for "Anthem". [see full story for more]- Click
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Killers
Stripped |
TuneLab reports: The Killers recently took
part in Clear Channels "Stripped Music" series where they performed the
tracks "Sam's Town", "When You Were Young", "Somebody Told Me", Read My
Mind" and All These Things That I've Done".- Click
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Indecent
Daughters |
punkbands reports: Alexis Stephen Francis
Marshall, frontman for Hydrahead grind-core outfit Daughters, apparently
dropped his pants at a Daughters/Pelican show last week at The Knitting
Factory in LA. The cops showed up, looking to arrest Marshall for indecent
exposure, so the band cut their set short and Marshall went into hiding
for the rest of the night.[see full story for more]- Click
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Poison
the Indie Well |
punkbands reports: Rumors has it that Poison
The Well may have re-signed with Trustkill. The band parted ways with Atlantic
Recordings back in June, with whom they released one album. The group is
currently in the process of solidifying a deal with a new label, stating,
'it won't be a major label but a large indie instead.-
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Final
CBGB Shows |
SMN reports: To celebrate the closing of the
"legendary" New York City club CBGB, the following farewell shows will
be taking place:
10/5 - THE PIETASTERS, BIG D & THE
KIDS TABLE
10/8 - AGNOSTIC FRONT, MURPHY'S LAW, MADBALL,
SICK OF IT ALL, HARLEY'S WAR (sold out)
10/9 - BAD BRAINS, AVAIL, DUB TRIO (sold
out)
10/10 - BAD BRAINS, THE BOUNCING SOULS
(sold out)
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