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Let's Find John McCain A Theme Song

He's tried John Cougar Mellencamp. He's tried Chuck Berry. He's even tried ABBA (sez McCain: ""Nobody likes them, but they sold more records than anybody in the history of the world, including The Beatles. But everybody hates them. You're a no-class guy if you like ABBA. Why does everybody go see 'Mamma Mia?' Hypocrisy! Rank hypocrisy! I'm not embarassed to say I like ABBA, 'Dancing Queen.'") But nobody seems to want John McCain using their music as his campaign theme. What, doesn't one of those Hillary Clinton fans who swear they'd rather vote Republican than for Obama own a worthwhile copyright? More »

12:00 PM on Wed Jun 11 2008
By Anthony Miccio
460 views, 11 comments

Latest by n/a: OK. I relent only because of the title. Rolling Stones-Sympathy for the Devil + Watch video more »

the new model

Wal-Mart Talks Money With AC/DC, Prepares To Slash Shelf Space Even More

Ubiquitous American retailer Wal-Mart got a fair amount of press for its status as "one of the few remaining chain stores selling music" today, with stories in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal about its upcoming music strategy. But the WSJ gets the scoop: Wal-Mart's next store-exclusive release will be the upcoming album by AC/DC, which is slated to hit stores in the fall. Unlike the two other classic-rock stalwarts who had chart-topping exclusives with the Bentonville behemoth, the Eagles and Journey, AC/DC's album will come out on a major label (Columbia). The Journal notes that "Columbia's decision to sell a major new release at only one chain has the potential to alienate retailers left out," although those alienated retailers can at this point be counted on one person's digits. And how is Wal-Mart going to celebrate its music mogul status? By demanding lower wholesale prices and cutting floor space even more! More »

8:53 AM on Mon Jun 9 2008
By Maura Johnston
586 views, 3 comments

Latest by n/a: And as always, hip hop stays losing. They can repackage every dad rock band under the sun and fit it into the WalMart corporate vision, but there's no way they could do something similar with Trick Daddy, Common, or more »

given the dog a bong

AC/DC's Brian Johnson Drops A Pot Trilogy

AC/DC's Brian Johnson has put out three new songs to promote the DVD release of Totally Baked, a pot comedy starring a cavalcade of VH-1 level stand-ups. Most entertaining of the eerily AC/DC-esque trio is "Who Phoned The Law," which appears to be about a zoo's worth of stoned animals having a wild party. Chorus: "The dog's got the munchies, the cat ate the stash. The chicken and the tuna's lying, laughing on their ass. The monkey's in the kitchen, and the donkey's in the hall. Hey! Hey! Who phoned the law?" I might have that "chicken and the tuna" line wrong, but it's not like Brian's voice is getting clearer with age. More »

5:15 PM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Anthony Miccio
879 views, 1 comment

Latest by D Day: And still no AC/DC on itunes. Shame. more »

collaborations

AC/DC To Work With Brendan O'Brien, Angus To Sound Like A DeLeo Brother

AC/DC is currently recording their first album in eight years with Brendan O'Brien. You may know O'Brien as the man behind some the finest albums by Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam, and Matthew Sweet, and some of the lamest by by Bruce Springsteen, Train, Papa Roach, and Incubus. Barf. "Rage Against The Machine in the '90s, Audioslave today" sums up his career pretty well. So who was the bearer of such blase tidings? Why, Eddie Spaghetti! The once and future Supersucker spilled the beans on his band's Web site. More »

4:30 PM on Fri Apr 11 2008
By Anthony Miccio
1,257 views, 17 comments

Latest by n/a: They don't need a producer. They need an engineer that won't make it sound sterile like everything since the Back in Black. That man is Billy Anderson. Or, a collaboration between Anderson, Steve Albini, and Lemmy. Then AC/DC will more »

memories

Bon Scott's Letters To Be Displayed In Late AC/DC's Singer's Hometown

Fremantle, Australia will put on "The Bon Scott Project," a multimedia homage to the legendary AC/DC singer who had been raised in the town. Along with putting up 19 artists' tributes to the man, hosting panels, and a few musical performances, the project will display a few personal letters from Bon Scott that show his "bawdy and humorous side but also offer an insight never before seen into the personality of the man." A blog has been set up for fans to contribute their own feelings and memories to, and its already full of musical appreciation, rumors of love children and quotes from his many letters. More »

3:00 PM on Mon Apr 7 2008
By Anthony Miccio
487 views, 2 comments

Latest by Clevertrousers: I love me son Bon Scott, but good lord he looks like Pee Wee Herman in that top pic... yikes! more »

deals

Verizon's AC/DC "Exclusive" Not As Exclusive As Previously Thought

Everyone's forgotten about MSN Music—or so it would seem, given the reaction to yesterday's news that AC/DC's digital catalog was picked up by Verizon Wireless. As Digital Music News found out, the Australian hard rockers have actually their its catalog go online once already; in 2004, the debut of MSN Music had the online debut of AC/DC's music as one of its hooks, as we found out from the still-online press release: More »

9:30 AM on Thu Aug 2 2007
By mjohnston
557 views, Comment

eating our words, maybe

"You Shook Me All Night Long" Giving Digital Charts A Slight Nudge

To follow up on this morning's earlier post about AC/DC's entry into the digital-music world: I was just perusing the Hot Digital Tracks chart released today, and as it turns out, "You Shook Me All Night Long"—the only song that's individually available from the band's catalog, and the only one available as an over-the-air download—sold 13,000 digital singles, which placed it at No. 78 on this week's chart. More »

3:59 PM on Wed Aug 1 2007
By mjohnston
416 views, 3 comments

listen to the money talk

AC/DC Puts Its Catalog Online, But Getting The Music Is Going To Be A Ballbreaker

Aussie hard rockers AC/DC are, after years of being on the list of big digital-music holdouts, putting their catalog online. There's a catch, though: For the first eight months, the band's digital catalog is only going to be available via Verizon Wireless. Wait, did I say that there was "a" catch? I meant that there were a few: More »

10:38 AM on Wed Aug 1 2007
By mjohnston
1,168 views, 8 comments

ms dynamite

AC/DC Frontman Causes Pile-Up On British Reality Show

AC/DC screamer Brian Johnson and British R & B singer Ms. Dynamite were involved in a 100-mph crash during taping of The Race, Sky TV's automotive take on Battle Of The Network Stars. Johnson was not injured; Ms. Dynamite was airlifted to a hospital for observation, but her injuries aren't expected to be serious. The accident is the show's second this month—Gary Numan, who was presumably on the show because of his hit single "Cars," got into a scrap with TV presenter Ingrid Tarrant last week. This all seems a little extreme, no? It's enough to make us pine for the days when people just had to come up with stupid fill-in-the-blank answers to stay in the public's eye. More »

10:00 AM on Mon Nov 13 2006
By mjohnston
31 views, 3 comments

Latest by Bob Loblaw: Emergency medical fligh-TEE-hee. more »

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