- A dispatch from the land of recently dropped major-label artists. [Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog] - David Cassidy, the Partridge Family, and Leif Garrett welcome you to their respective fan clubs. [WFMU's Beware Of The Blog] - One man counts down his top 10 ballads of the hard-rock era. MORE »
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Blogsmacked: Catalogs And Countdowns Edition
- The fruits of a New Year’s resolution: One man, one year, and hundreds of albums from the 1970s, reviewed every day. [News Items From The Heights] - Ladies and gentlemen, start your list-making engines. [gorilla vs. bear] - A downloadable countdown of last year’s 56 best videos. MORE »
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Blogsmacked: Hey, Did You Guys Hear That Pitchfork Put Out A Year-End List?
- And you thought our reaction to Pitchfork’s list was knee-jerk. [DCeiver] - Stereogum commenters’ outrage now at 158 posts and counting. [Stereogum] - The hidden Shirley Temple-Joanna Newsom link revealed … by an irritated co-worker who didn’t care too much for Ys. MORE »
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Blogsmacked: Evan Dando May Actually Have A Sense Of Humor
- Just in time for Christmas, it’s a bonanza of Britpop covers, including an Evan Dando version of Oasis’ “Live Forever.” [Copy, Right?] - The multi-level music marketers over at BurnLounge seem to have found Jesus. MORE »
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Blogsmacked: Music Bloggers In “Limited Influences” Shocker
- No matter what band you’re thinking of, there’s someone out there who thinks it sounds like My Bloody Valentine. [Merry Swankster] - VH1, please hire this guy: “I think an all female hip hop version of ‘Starting Over’ could be worth a shot. Walk with me now. MORE »
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Blogsmacked: Can Someone Please Help Us Find A Happy Zune Owner?
- The “I can’t install this damn software” pain is felt by users and their computers. [FLX-TECH] - The Zune Marketplace ushers in a new Microsoft quirk: the White Screen Of Death. [CrunchGear] - Zunes are not flying off the shelves in Paramus. [Ka-Ching! MORE »
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Blogsmacked: CMJ May Be Over, But The Bloggers Aren’t Done Yet
- A crummy band and incessant text messaging result in a Beckettian mini-drama breaking out. [millwhistle] - Any blind item vaults to “awesome” status in our eyes when it uses the phrase “pretentious twaddler.” MORE »
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Blogsmacked: CMJ’s Daytime Open Bars Begin To Take Their Toll
- The best CMJ blog line of the day: “What’s wrong, don’t people in suits or tight pants like it when the nice man from Ohio gets down on the floor with his synth and tries to leap backwards off their face?” MORE »
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Blogsmacked: Floating Death Masks And More Free Drinks At CMJ
- Last night’s big show–The Knife at Webster Hall–written up in haiku form. [Merry Swankster] - “This whole CMJ thing is basically a giant shitshow of free booze and people who know every other person in the universe.” So … is that a good thing or a bad thing? MORE »
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Blogsmacked: CMJ Attendees Post Through Their Day 1 Hangovers
- Who knew that the genre “Australian political cabaret folk” existed? [millwhistle] - When costumes go horribly wrong: A drummer takes his Animal getup a bit too seriously. [subinev] - Buzz band no-shows at Fontana’s: the Horrors, CSS, Forward, Russia. MORE »
