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 Mailbag:
How the Southwest Was Lost |
PR reports: Rolling Stone asked today "SXSW:
Is the Party Over?". The simple answer to that question is in the fact
that RS is even covering the event. How is this a mailbag? Well, a few
readers (ok, publicists and bands) asked us why we haven't provided more
postings about the festival this year and the real answer is if we posted
every press release related to SxSW that we receive everyday we wouldn't
have enough room for real news. Yes, it has gotten that bad with an average
of over 35 press releases a day for the past few weeks. So the once cool
underground indie fest has been pitchforked into a corporate showcase.
Time for something new. Sorry for those hunting more info on the fest,
we tried to cover some of the more notable happenings there but were overwhelmed
with amount of PR received about "everyones" showcase. However, if you're
looking for a killer indie band, look no further than the review at the
full story link. This is what SxSW should be all about. -
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| Ozzfest
Dates |
PR reports: Ozzfest, now unofficially dubbed
FreeFest, will kick off on July 12th in Kurt Cobain's backyward, a.k.a.
Seattle and make it's way across the U.S. (sorry Canada, Sharon doesn't
love you) to conclude in the "too hard to vote correctly using a simple
ballot" capital of the nation in West Palm Beach, Fl on August 30th.
Admission to this year's metal (and in
the past mallcore, posercore and crapcore) festival will be free. Full
details have not been announced yet nor the line-up but it believed that
fans will have to log-on to "sponsor" websites to secure the free tickets.
Once we have the full 411 we'll let you know. The good news is with free
admission you can buy more eggs to toss at Sharon while yelling "Up The
Irons!".
Here are the dates:
07/12 - Seattle, WA - White River Amphitheatre
07/14 - George, WA - Gorge
07/17 - Sacramento, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheatre
07/19 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline
Amphitheatre
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| Now
Britney's Bulimic |
hecklerspray.com reports: Britney Spears has
a long road ahead of her finding solutions to all her innumerable problems,
but a quick fix might just be to get some new friends, because someone
is running around blabbing to everyone that Britney Spears is bulimic and
bipolar.
According to one magazine, Britney Spears'
rehab stint has been hit with one unexpected problem - the pills that Britney
Spears is taking to combat her recently-diagnosed bipolar disorder won't
stay down because Britney Spears is claimed to be such a habitual bulimic
that she keeps vomiting them all up the second she swallows them. [Perhaps
the "friend" misunderstood? Could be that Britney vomited upon hearing
K Fed's "music" and hasn't stopped since. Tune in next week when Britney
remarries Kevin, has triplets then a sex change operation. All without
singing a note! - see full story for more on this current captivating BS
story.] - Click
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| MTV
Vs Google |
Idolator.com reports: This morning, [MTV's
parent company] Viacom filed a federal copyright-infringement lawsuit against
YouTube and Google, alleging that almost 160,000 unauthorized clips of
Viacom's programming were available on the video-sharing site, and that
they'd been watched more than 1.5 billion times. Now, Viacom is looking
to get paid--to the tune of more than a billion dollars:
"YouTube is a significant, for-profit organization
that has built a lucrative business out of exploiting the devotion of fans
to others' creative works in order to enrich itself and its corporate parent
Google. Their business model, which is based on building traffic and selling
advertising off of unlicensed content, is clearly illegal and is in obvious
conflict with copyright laws. [Maybe YouTube should charge bands to air
their videos? Is this MTV's new web strategy? We don't know but see full
story for more on this story] - Click
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| GNR
Leak Explained Away |
gunsnroses.com reports: The song "Better"
has been receiving airplay across the country, but there is no official
single release. No one seems to know where the song came from or how it
got out. Did Guns N’ Roses purposely leak the track? "Here’s what I know,"
keyboardist Dizzy Reed explains to GunsNRoses.com. "We were doing a commercial
with Harley-Davidson. Harley was going to do a version using 'Paradise
City' and another version using 'Better.' Their Web site even had a version
up for like one day with 'Better,' but the version of 'Better' that they
had was an unfinished, unapproved demo. That’s why it was removed. The
version that’s getting airplay is that same demo.
"Our understanding of how that happened
is that an experimental edit using 'Better' in place of 'Paradise City'
was somehow accidentally mislabeled as the 'Paradise City' Harley-Davidson
video/commercial and was inadvertently released on the internet. We believe
the 'leak' came from this source tape and someone with access to it…. For
the record, absolutely none of the songs that have been leaked have come
from the band or our organization. None of the songs that have been leaked
are anything more than demo versions, works in progress. No final mixes.
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| R.E,M.
Reunite for Crock Hall |
Gigwise reports: The original REM line-up
reunited last night as the Athens band were inducted into the American
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Drummer Bill Berry, who left the band a
decade ago, performed a medley of early songs with Michael Stipe, Peter
Buck and Mike Mills.
They performed ‘Man on the Moon’ with Pearl
Jam’s Eddie Vedder on backing vocals, ‘Begin The Begin’ and Gardening At
Night at the New York, Warfdale Astoria Hall ceremony. [see full story
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| Police
Add Dates |
Ananova reports: The Police have announced
extra UK dates after selling out the initial shows.
More than 120,000 tickets were snapped
up the morning they were made available, reports NME.com.
The band have confirmed additional dates
at the Birmingham NIA on September 5, Twickenham Stadium on September 9
and the Manchester Evening News Arena on October 16.[see full story for
all the dates. Looks like Sting is making far more loot after dropping
his lute. ]- Click
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| Megadeth,
Shadows Fall and More for Download |
Blabbermouth reports: MEGADETH, BUCKCHERRY,
SHADOWS FALL, DREAM THEATER and TURBONEGRO have been confirmed for the
Download festival, set to take place June 8-10 at Donington Park, Leicestershire,
England. Demand for this year's festival has seen tickets sell faster than
ever before, camping spaces have nearly all gone, and festival organizers
are looking into an extension to the Donington Park capacity. Download
2007 is fast becoming the must-attend music event of the year. [see full
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| Otep
Addresses Dropping |
Blabbermouth reports: OTEP frontwoman Otep
Shamaya has issued another statement in response to the persistent rumors
that the band has been dropped by Capitol Records as a result of the recently
announced merger of Capitol and Virgin Records into the Capitol Music Group.
OTEP's third full-length album, "The_ Ascension",
was previously scheduled for release on March 20. Commented Shamaya: "It
is true Capitol is going through a very intense reorganization at this
time. To the question: Are we dropped? No official word has come down to
us. Would it matter? Not really. The matrix of this band is titanium strong.
With myself, eViL j, our management, lawyers, pencil pushers, finger pointers,
and other assorted suits, sages, soldiers, PLUS our fans and supporters
— this collective is ready to walk through Vesuvius without breaking a
sweat.
"The only thing that truly 'sucks' about
this reorganization is the delay of the album which is inevitable. Could
be a week, could be a month — but it's going to be delayed…. [see full
story for more]
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| Godsmack
Tour |
TuneLab reports: Godsmack have announced a
new round of dates which include:
May 5th in Memphis, TN @ Tom Lee Park
May 6th in Mobile, Al @ Saenger Theatre
May 8th in Jacksonville, FL @ Moran Theatre
May 9th in Charleston, SC @ N. Charleston
PAC
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| Warped
Dates |
TuneLab reports: Dates for this years Vans
Warped Tour have been announced. The tour will kick off on June 28th and
will feature Tiger Army for the entire tour with As I Lay Dying, Family
Force 5, The Used and Norma Jean among others set to perform on select
dates.
Current itinerary is as follows:
June 28th in Chula Vista, CA @ Coors Amphitheatre
June 29th in Pomona, CA @ Los Angeles
County Fairgrounds
June 30th in Ventura, CA @ Seaside Park
July 1st in Mountain View, CA @ Shoreline
Amphitheatre
July 3rd in Vancouver, BC @ Thunderbird
Stadium
July 5th in Calgary, AB @ Race City Speedway
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| RIAA
Vs Stroke Victim |
tinfoil.music reports: The RIAA has now brought
suit against a stroke victim in Michigan in Warner v. Paladuk:
Although the defendant John Paladuk, an
employee of C&N Railroad for 36 years, was living in Florida at the
time of the alleged copyright suit, and had notified the RIAA that he had
not engaged in any copyright infringement, and despite that the fact that
Mr. Paladuk suffered a stroke last year which resulted in complete paralysis
of his entire left side and severely impaired speech, rendering him disabled,
and despite the fact that his disability check is his sole source of income,
the RIAA commenced suit against him on February 27, 2007. [see full story
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| Gay
Cover Controversy |
punkbands reports: From the FNS Records MySpace
page: Bridge9 Records and Have Heart have filed a Copyright Violation to
Myspace in regards to YOUTH OF TOGAY's Myspace page. Myspace in turn has
deleted their page without investigation. Their complaint states that YOTG's
cover of Have Hearts "The Machinist" and the parody art of their album
"The Things We Carry" have been illegally used. YOTG had recently posted
the new track "The Gaychinist" from their upcoming single "The Dongs We
Bury".
Cover songs, rerecorded by YOTG, and other
parody artists are protected legally by The Fair Use Act of 1976. This
law protects artists, cartoonists and musicians.[see full story for more]-
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| Even
More Warped Bands |
punkbands reports: The lineup for this year's
Warped Tour continues to grow with the recent additions of The Used, Yellowcard,
Starting Line, So They Say, Buck O Nine, Circa Survive, Amber Pacific,
Straylight Run, Supernova, Haste The Day, Evaline, Throw The Fight. -
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| Fall
Out Boy Copy KISS |
punkbands reports: Fall Out Boy are giving
the fans the chance to win their own blood. Recalling Pete Doherty's blood
paintings, the band are set to use their own fluids in a series of promotional
posters which they will give away to fans. A winner will be chosen in each
US city that the band hits on their tour.
Explaining the gory art, bassist Pete Wentz
said: "We're going to be running a series of contests. One is an ode to
Kiss. My brother is going to make 45 prints based on images from our record.
"Each will be hand-numbered and individually
made. In addition, all prints will have a mixture of each member of the
band's blood in it.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Andrew
Bordoni & Friends |
SMN reports: The new CD from Chicago based
British guitarist ANDREW BORDINI called simply “Andrew Bordoni & Friends”
will be released June 2007.
The entirely instrumental album will feature
guest appearances from some of today’s best metal and rock guitarists including:
Michael Angelo Batio
Chris Caffery (Savatage, Doctor Butcher,
Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
Kee Marcello (Ex- Europe - K2)
Dave Weiner (Steve Vai Band)
Lars Eric Mattsson
Matt Konfirst (Independent Artist)
Will Scarlett (One of Andrew’s 16 year
old students)
Ryan Richko (Independent Artist)
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