Posts Tagged ‘dinosaur jr.’

Thom Yorke-Written Tribute Song Released

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
cover art borrowed from stereogum.com

cover art borrowed from stereogum.com

I’m either too young, too old, or too not-American, but I’d never heard of Mark Mulcahy (frontman of the group Miracle Legion, for those whose memories go back to the late 80’s) until recently, when Pitchfork started announcing the release of this compilation, Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy.

Who is this? you ask. And why should I care?

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News for Monday: Loud Plastic Drumkit Edition

Monday, July 13th, 2009

* The Arctic Monkeys are going on tooouuuuur! Wooooo! I mean, Humbug.

* Queen guitarist Brian May was nearly killed okay fine run over last week-ish — by Roger Taylor’s drum kit. Goes to show you never know who your friends are…

* Can you believe that a whole bunch of European copies of the latest Dinosaur Jr. album have been recalled because they’re too LOUD? What kind of a cruel world is this?

* If this is a joke, it’s way too soon: Michael Jackson’s dad, Joe Jackson, wants MJ’s three kids, who are 7, 11, and 12 years old, to become the new Jackson 3. Seriously?

* In other news, or maybe not so much, Billy Corgan gets pretentious about keeping the Smashing Pumpkins name on his new music.

* Wouldn’t you just love to have a jacket made of 15 old plastic bottles? Radiohead thinks you would…

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