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The lease for the legendary CBGB is up at midnight. The landlord says they are not going to renew. Mayor Bloomberg has stepped into the battle to save the club. And today, there'll be a concert rally in Washington Square Park, mere blocks from CB's home on Bowery and Bleecker. Blondie, Institute (with Gavin Rossdale), the Bouncing Souls and more are scheduled to perform.

Look on the bright side: it's your last chance to take a leak in one of New York City's dirtiest bathrooms!

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Another Day, Another Dollar...

Posted on August 30, 2005 at 02:37 PM

Linkin Park's Chester Bennington spits at a bouncer he claims shoved his pregnant wife.

Michael Jackson turns up in Dubai, looking strangely healthy.

Art Garfunkel busted for pot in, where else, Woodstock.

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Clearly, One Should Avoid MTV Parties At All Costs

Posted on August 29, 2005 at 11:35 AM

Well, at least the culprit is getting away.

Miami Beach police spokesman Bobby Hernandez said early Monday there had been no further developments in the case. He told The Miami Herald that the investigation was being hampered by witnesses' unwillingness to talk.
"We don't have any physical description. We don't know how many subjects were involved, which is mind boggling, with all those people around," Hernandez told the newspaper.

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I Don't Know Who To Feel Sorry For

Posted on August 26, 2005 at 11:02 AM

You can just forget about Saturday Night Live, for now; Ashlee Simpson, or rather, her father/manager, have decided to premiere her new album on, of all places, the Oprah Winfrey show.

"We are going to push `SNL' back because we are doing `The Oprah Winfrey Show' for one hour," Simpson told "Access Hollywood" on Wednesday. "(`Oprah') is going to be the first interview and the first place where Ashlee sings."
Ashlee's new album, "I Am Me," is set for release Oct. 18.

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I'm Sorry, But The Strokes Are Cool

Posted on August 25, 2005 at 10:26 AM

I'm serious. They won't win any Cool awards with this photo from their homepage (though in a perfect world, they would), but they obviously love New York, and music, of course. The fact that Julian's a Mets fan is just (hipster) gravy.

The NME is reporting that a tune called Juicebox is set to be the first single released from the band's forthcoming third album. Expect to start hearing it in October.

Via Goldenfiddle.

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Run To The Hills

Posted on August 24, 2005 at 11:34 AM

There's a brawl brewin'! In one of the stranger feuds rock n' roll has seen, Iron Maiden and Sharon Osbourne have been squaring off on the stages and podiums of Ozzfest.

In a nutshell:

>Iron Maiden was pelted with debris during an Ozzfest stop in San Bernadino, CA on Sunday

>The sound periodically fell out during Maiden's set

>Following the performance, Sharon Osbourne came onstage and called Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson a prick

>She also accused Dickinson of 'berating' Ozzy and 'belittling'Ozzfest

>Maiden manager Ron Smallwood responds: "The scale, viciousness and concentration of the throwing made it obvious that this was a premeditated and coordinated attack. Assaulting musicians while performing by throwing bottle tops, lighters and eggs at them from just a few yards away is vile, dangerous, criminal and cowardly."

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Desperate Soundtrack

Posted on August 23, 2005 at 11:41 AM

What do Liz Phair (attractively pictured above), Joss Stone and Shania Twain have in common?

A. They used to be men

B. They are sold at Starbucks

C. They are all on the Desperate Housewives soundtrack

The answer, bizarrely, is C. The album features classic songs such as Mrs. Robinson and Mother's Little Helper as reimagined by contemporary female artists. The collection bears the always humourous Music From And Inspired By moniker.

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Aged Band Performs Amid Explosions, Entertains Weightlifter/Actor/Governor

Posted on August 22, 2005 at 12:12 PM

The greatest aged rock n' roll band in the world kicked off their latest tour at Boston's venerable Fenway Park last night. The band played the usual list of overplayed classics, including, Brown Sugar, Beast Of Burden, Start Me Up and Honky Tonk Woman. (Why must they play the same tunes tour to tour? Why not lesser known classics? No Expectations? Let It Bleed? Rocks Off?) According to Reuters, California Republican Gov. Ahnold was in da house. Sadly, the Stones neglected to play Sweet Neo Con, the anti - Iraq War tune that appears on their upcoming A Bigger Bang LP.

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Stop The P. Resses

Posted on August 18, 2005 at 11:34 AM

P. Diddy has changed his name to Diddy.

"I felt like the 'P' was getting between me and my fans and now we're closer," Diddy said. "During concerts, half the crowd is saying 'P. Diddy'--half the crowd is chanting 'Diddy'--now everybody can just chant 'Diddy.'"

This has made my day. Everytime my computer crashed, or I checked my meager balance, or was bit by a mosquito, I didn't know whether to curse P. Diddy or, simply, Diddy. Now I know.

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Is This A Mormon Thing?

Posted on August 18, 2005 at 11:26 AM

Oven Fresh Comment -> The Used - I Caught Fire
Cyndashia from Appleton - Posted on: 08/18/05
BERT McCRACKEN IS THE NEW JESUS!!!

Seen on the Oven Fresh comment boards earlier today.

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All This Touring Is Making Me Tired

Posted on August 17, 2005 at 12:40 PM

It's hard being a star.

"Eminem is currently being treated for exhaustion, complicated by other medical issues. The shows are not expected to be rescheduled," the statement read.
Eminem's publicist, Dennis Dennehy, told The Associated Press he had no further information on the best-selling rapper's condition, and couldn't say whether he was hospitalized or what other medical issues he had.

Wow, sounds like a great publicist. Anyway, here is a picture of some exhausted kids, likely on tour.

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Lame-ass Spain and Andorra Last Remaining Iberian Nations To Not Honor U2

Posted on August 16, 2005 at 11:28 AM

"Portugal awarded Irish rockers U2 the country's Order of Liberty on Sunday to honor the band's humanitarian efforts.

President Jorge Sampaio awarded the Dublin four -- lead singer Bono, guitarist The Edge, bassist Adam Clayton and drummer Larry Mullen Jr. -- the order at the presidential palace a few hours before a concert in Lisbon."

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Pharrell Williams, Tommy Lee, CBGB and More...

Posted on August 16, 2005 at 11:25 AM

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

Real.

Windows.

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Ambience Director?

Posted on August 15, 2005 at 01:40 PM

You may not recognize the name Guy Pratt, but it's likely you've heard his bass playing (that's him playing bass with Floyd on the Momentary Lapse Of Reason tour). Over the years, Pratt has played with Pink Floyd, Madonna, Tina Turner, Michael Jackson, Bryan Ferry and more. Well, he ain't just playing bass these days. Pratt has a one man show at the world famous Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. The premise? Comedic rants and raves about the stars that he's spent so much time with.

On Pink Floyd:
"Pink Floyd had an ambience coordinator who had two jobs; to obtain narcotics and look after your parents when they came on tour."

Madonna:
"She was incredibly musical and could talk to musicians in terms they could understand as opposed to Tina Turner, who would say things like 'Could you make it more purple?"'

Michael Jackson:
"I must admit, he doesn't come out too well but who cares. Earth Song was his biggest hit in Europe and I never got paid for doing it."

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Battle Of The Losers

Posted on August 12, 2005 at 12:08 PM

Van Halen is suing the Baltimore Orioles for $2 million, claiming they reneged on a deal to have the band play the first ever rock show in Camdem Yards.

Photo: Rolling Stone.

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Bands Gone Wild!

Posted on August 11, 2005 at 11:43 AM

...And hosts! Take, for example, Richard Bacon, the host of the long-running UK music program Top Of The Pops. After describing musical guest the Magic Numbers as a "fat melting pot of talent", the band left the show. Good for them.

The BBC has an article on other pop stars and "situations" on TV shows. My personal favorite is the "Amateurs" rant by Ian Brown of the Stone Roses.

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New Tommy Lee Album Out This Week!

Posted on August 10, 2005 at 12:22 PM

"Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee releases Tommyland: The Ride Tuesday (August 9), his first solo album since 2002's Never A Dull Moment. Lee said that he worked hard this time to make sure Tommyland was a solid album from front to back.

"There's no fillers and there's 10, I think, absolutely amazing songs that I could hear on the radio at any second,” Lee said. “I'm really confident, and I might sound a little cocky about it, but it's that good.""

Guess he used up all the filler on his last two albums.

Oh, SNAP! We love Tommy Lee (we really do!).

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50 Cent Truly Blessed

Posted on August 10, 2005 at 12:06 PM

Yeah, I guess I would get to wondering, too...

"After I got shot nine times at close range and didn't die, I started to think I must have a purpose in life," 50 Cent writes, describing a 2000 run-in with drug-dealers in Queens that left him hospitalized for 13 days.

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Group Sounds Casting Call - Caught On Video!

Posted on August 9, 2005 at 12:18 PM

Those guys above? They're Group Sounds. You may recognize them from such moments in pop culture as their appearance on Daily Download, their legendary shows around NYC or the theme song to Video IQ (composed, possibly on a banana peel, by GS-er Jared Gutstadt).

They have made a video for their newest single Things Fall Apart. It depicts a video casting call and features a cavalcade of hot chicks and, naturally, Group Sounds keyboardist Sexy Joe. It is hilarious. CHECK IT OUT.

Watch other Group Sounds vids HERE.

Sexy Joe also plays keyboards in Siwat.

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The Most Powerful Young People In Hollywood...

Posted on August 9, 2005 at 12:14 PM

...Are not here. But they ARE in this week's Fuse Action News, along with Elton John, Jennifer Aniston and more.

Real.

Windows.

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Tim McGraw, Destiny's Child and... Arcade Fire?!

Posted on August 9, 2005 at 11:34 AM

Perhaps the Arcade Fire will invite Destiny's Child onstage for a version of Soldier?

"David Bowie, Destiny's Child, Duran Duran, Gwen Stefani, Nelly and Tim McGraw lead the lineup for the 2005 Fashion Rocks concert, which will be held Sept. 8 at New York's Radio City Music Hall during the city's annual Fashion Week.

Also set to appear are Alicia Keys, Rob Thomas, Shakira, Joss Stone, Billy Idol, and, improbably, indie rock sensation the Arcade Fire. CBS will broadcast the Conde Nast Media-organized show the following evening."

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Come On Feel The Christian Music Trade Association

Posted on August 8, 2005 at 11:00 AM

Denied! Indie rocker Sufjan Stevens was denied "Christian" status by the Christian Music Trade Association. Those Stevens is ostensibly a secular artist, his sometimes spiritual lyrics would seem to qualify for, at least with a small 'c', 'christian' music. Not so! According to the folks at the CMTA, Stevens doesn't go through traditional marketing hoops, and doesn't play traditional Christian gigs. There's something here about the ease, or lack thereof, of a Pitchfork-approved artist passing through the eye of the needle, but i can't remember it off of the top of my head.

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Warped Comes To Manhattan

Posted on August 5, 2005 at 01:30 PM

The worlds of the Vans Warped Tour and the whole save CBGBs campaign collide in this show. Go see the hottest young rockers of Warped in a legendary setting. Buy tickets here. But look out for the bathrooms, they're pretty crappy at CBs.

Vans Warped Tour After Party
featuring
Hawthorne Heights, Funeral for a Friend Tour, Saosin, Receiving End of Sirens, and Hit The Lights
at CBGB
Saturday, August 13 at 6:00 PM
U.S.$15.00

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Couldn't He Have Done This On ALL Of His Songs?

Posted on August 4, 2005 at 11:44 AM

John Mayer is inviting fans (well, readers of his monthly column in Esquire) to finish some tunes for him. He's got some lyrics, you send in the tunes.

"I'm inviting all aspiring songwriters to write their own chords and melodies around my lyrics," Mayer writes in the September issue of Esquire, on newsstands Aug. 15. "You can tell people we wrote a song together."

Photo: Rudy Arias

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Metallica To Open For Stones in SF

Posted on August 3, 2005 at 12:08 PM

I'm sure Charlie Watts is looking forward to talking some double kick drum moves with Lars. Who would've thought that the former speed metal kings would one day be opening for the Rolling Stones? Curious.

"Heavy metal titans Metallica will open both of the Rolling Stones' San Francisco shows in November, potentially providing the English rockers with their toughest competition since James Brown preceded them on stage 41 years ago.

In an email sent to fan club members on Tuesday, Metallica said the Stones invited them last week to open the Nov. 13 and Nov. 15 shows for a hometown crowd at SBC Park. An additional opening act will be announced shortly, and the start time has been moved up one hour to 6 p.m. PT."

Here's Charlie from the Stones: Charlie_wattsweb_2

And here's Lars from Metallica (duh): Larsweb_2

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The Second Franz Ferdinand Album

Posted on August 2, 2005 at 12:06 PM

Those fashionable, tuneful, dancing Scots are back! That would be Franz Ferdinand, who are not about to let any career momentum die; their second album, You Could Have Had It So Much Better... With Franz Ferdinand, is due October 4. The band, however, was set to leave it self-titled, like their debut:

"The original plan was to have only the band's name printed on the new album cover, and to distinguish it from its similarly self-titled predecessor with a different color scheme. "There's so many albums I have that I don't refer to by their real titles," frontman Alex Kapranos told Billboard.com recently. "The second Specials album is called 'More Specials,' but I always just call it 'the second Specials album.' I'm also quite interested to see what will happen, because I know people will choose their own name for it. It's a little bit of an experiment."

Personally, I plan on calling it Franz Ferdinand Takes You Out... Again, but that's just me.

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You Don't Have To Go Across The Pond For Across The Pond

Posted on August 1, 2005 at 11:45 AM

Billboard Dot Com announced this morning that a festival called Across The Pond will be hitting these shores on October 1 and 2... but it's not the pond you think. Rather than the Atlantic Ocean, the 'pond' being referred to is New York Harbor - the shows will take place at Keyspan Park (home of a Mets A minor league team) in Coney Island, Brooklyn and Richmond County Bank Ballpark (home of the Yankees A minor league team) in Staten Island. Who's playing? Some small acts you may have heard of, bands like the Pixies, Oasis, Jet, Belle and Sebastian, Beck, the Killers, Gang Of Four, New York Dolls and, apparently, more to be announced. Finally... a cool festival in NYC!

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