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Remember when Motley Crue tried to get on the Live 8 bill but was turned down? The band was sad that they were not able to help generate awareness for the third world's poverty issues. Remember that? Well, there's good news and there's bad news. First the good news: they've been added! The bad news? It's the Toronto bill of Live 8. Who else is on the bill? The usual mainstream Can-rock suspects, The Tragically Hip, Bryan Adams, et al, and none of what makes the current canuck scene so great: Broken Social Scene, Stars, By Divine Right, Raising the Fawn, etc. Oh, and will someone please let Vince, Mick, Nikki and Tommy know that the show is not in Toronto but rather in Barrie, an hour north of the city. O Canada, etc.

Actually, Deep Purple is also on the Canada bill, which is kind of cool.

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Spin Magazine's Ten Best Albums Of The Past Twenty Years

Posted on June 21, 2005 at 11:27 AM

The BBC, and everyone else it seems, has reported on Spin's Top Ten Albums of the past twenty years. Here's the list.

1 Radiohead - OK Computer
2 Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back
3 Nirvana - Nevermind
4 Pavement - Slanted And Enchanted
5 The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
6 Pixies - Surfer Rosa
7 De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising
8 Prince - Sign O' The Times
9 PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me
10 NWA - Straight Outta Compton

I love all of these albums, but I must say I am surprised PJ Harvey made it that high. I mean, where is Teenage Fanclub's Bandwagonesque? Alien Lanes by Guided By Voices? Sadly, no Sting albums in that list. Any thoughts on the list, or perhaps yourself, Sting?

"I get solace from the fact that whoever Sting is, he seems to be sending out mixed signals. There seems to be a great disparity between the extremes people see in me. On the one hand, I'm a rainforest-tree-hugging savior. On the other, I'm this sort of lowlife. I like to think that I'm able to encompass both ends of the scale."

Photo of Pavement by Marcus Roth.

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I've Had Enough Tom Cruise

Posted on June 20, 2005 at 12:08 PM

Haven't you? Check out this orangutan at the Moscow Zoo. This pic is all the rage over on Yahoo News' Most Popular page. He didn't even have to sign a relationship agreement with Katie Holmes to get publicity!

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This Whole Tom Cruise Thing Is Getting Out Of Hand

Posted on June 20, 2005 at 12:03 PM

"The London premiere of "War of the Worlds" turned into a war of words after Tom Cruise was squirted in the face by a man posing as a reporter."

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Teddy Ruxpin, Tom Cruise and Amazon.com...

Posted on June 20, 2005 at 12:01 PM

...All in this week's Fuse Action News.

Real.

Windows.

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Be Fit, Get Drunk

Posted on June 16, 2005 at 12:26 PM

Today's Sting Quote Of The Day:

"I'm not terribly moderate. I have a huge capacity to function when drunk. I love chocolate and ice cream. But my job is pretty aerobic and I walk the dogs every day, so I've always been fit."

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He's Baaaaack...

Posted on June 15, 2005 at 11:15 AM

The cassette tapes may have been replaced by mp3's, but Teddy Ruxpin is back, just in time for the Michael Jackson acquittal.

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No Sh*t

Posted on June 14, 2005 at 01:08 PM

Attorney: Jackson will be more careful.

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Pink Floyd Is Back Together

Posted on June 13, 2005 at 11:58 AM

I hope Roger doesn't fire Rick Wright again.

"Rock band Pink Floyd's classic line-up will be reunited on stage for the first time in 24 years at next month's Live 8 concert in London. Roger Waters will join band members Dave Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright for the show in Hyde Park."

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Shock, Cash, Ho's and Coldplay

Posted on June 13, 2005 at 11:57 AM

...All in this week's Fuse Action News Flash.

Real.

Windows.

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Lotsa De Casha Releases Lotsa De Casha

Posted on June 9, 2005 at 11:31 AM

Madonn'a fifth children's book, Lotsa De Casha, is described as "a whimsical updating of the age-old truth that money can't buy happiness." Madonna provides the whimsy, you provide the money.

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As They Gaze Into The Sunset...

Posted on June 8, 2005 at 11:10 AM

Katie: Hey - that's a spaceship! Is that from your new new movie War Of The Worlds?

Tom: No, that's the spaceship from the Church Of Scientol... Um, yeah! That's the spaceship from my new movie War Of The Worlds.

Katie: That's great, Tom Cruise.

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...And The Temple Will Rock

Posted on June 7, 2005 at 11:04 AM

Jews and rock n' roll: they go together like gelt and peanut butter. To prove it, check out jewsrock dot org, the premier web destination for Jews that rock (dot org).Think you know which famous rock n' rollers are Jewish and which aren't? Take the quiz. I got 13 out of 20.

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Sting Makes Himself, And The World, Cry

Posted on June 7, 2005 at 10:56 AM

Today's Sting Quote Of The Day:

“My songs are written to move people, and the greatest compliment anyone can pay one of my songs is that it made them cry. And I've done that for myself on a number of occasions. It's lovely feeling; it's good to cry, it does you a world of good.”

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Today's Sting Quote Of The Day

Posted on June 6, 2005 at 12:33 PM

"I walked up to the source of the Ganges in the high Himalayas, and I didn’t have any music with me. But the rhythm of walking and the sound of waterfalls and the wind and rain - all of that creates music in your head, so in that sense I’m never without music."

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The Most Insufferable Band Of The Decade, According To The Most Insufferable Paper Of Record

Posted on June 6, 2005 at 11:11 AM

ris·i·ble Audio pronunciation of "risible" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (rz-bl)
adj.

1. Relating to laughter or used in eliciting laughter.
2. Eliciting laughter; ludicrous.
3. Capable of laughing or inclined to laugh.

"There's nothing wrong with self-pity. As a spur to songwriting, it's right up there with lust, anger and greed, and probably better than the remaining deadly sins. There's nothing wrong, either, with striving for musical grandeur, using every bit of skill and studio illusion to create a sound large enough to get lost in. Male sensitivity, a quality that's under siege in a pop culture full of unrepentant bullying and machismo, shouldn't be dismissed out of hand, no matter how risible it can be in practice. And building a sound on the lessons of past bands is virtually unavoidable. But put them all together and they add up to Coldplay, the most insufferable band of the decade."

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Conor, Coldplay and 'Hideously White' Artists

Posted on June 6, 2005 at 10:45 AM

...all in this week's Fuse Action News.

Real.

Windows.

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The Official Sting Website

Posted on June 3, 2005 at 11:34 AM

I recently discovered sting.com, the official website of Sting, the official artist of tax brackets most of us can only dream of. It's got it all, news, pics, even discounts on all Sacred Love Tour apparel! My favorite part? The quote of the day. Dash it if Gord doesn't just hit the nail on the head with this keenest of observs:

“When I’m in a melancholic mood or I need a mental boost, I tend to play classical music, like Bach partitas. I have to play it rather than listen to it. When you play, you have a different relationship with the composer, it’s almost like having a conversation with him through the instrument. My classical playing isn’t very good but it’s interesting, and I do get solace, satisfaction and mental peace from playing it.”

A Bach partita partyta! I shall try that the next time i find my Mercury Rising.

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They're Half Right?

Posted on June 2, 2005 at 04:01 PM

Critics of the London locale of Live 8, which will feature Coldplay, Paul McCartney, U2, Elton John, Madonna, Annie Lennox, Keane, Dido, REM and more, have labeled the lineup 'hideously white.'

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But Chuck Taylors Are Bad Winter Shoes

Posted on June 2, 2005 at 11:18 AM

The Strokes will be releasing a new album in January.

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Bright Eyes is 'HELLA SMEXY': America Debates

Posted on June 1, 2005 at 11:56 AM

The Bright Eyes talk continues on the Oven Fresh boards. Nina (as well as Your momma from your momma's house, who sounds suspiciously like Nina), thinks Conor pwns [sic], though she probably meant to hit the 'o' key and not the 'p'. Liz from Dallas seems a bit more grounded.

Bright Eyes - Easy/Lucky/Free
nina from houston - Posted on: 06/01/05
bright eyes pwns you and your mothers! you go !*$&# yourself if you be hatin on conor the sexiest man alive O_o; conor pwns you,your mom and your dad :)

Bright Eyes - Easy/Lucky/Free
nina from houston - Posted on: 06/01/05
#&^@$ all you haters of conor. he #&^@$ing pwns you and you mothers because you all suck. conor is hella SMEXY!

Bright Eyes - Easy/Lucky/Free
your momma from your mommas house - Posted on: 06/01/05
bright eyes pwns because i says so. another reason why they pwn is because conor is a smexay beast.efing rock and you know it. =K

Bright Eyes - Easy/Lucky/Free
Liz from Dallas - Posted on: 06/01/05
Not a big fan of Bright Eyes.....I don't think this video is a keeper

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