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"Rock Band 2": Let The Incessant Hyping Begin

The $200 price tag and the irresistible lure of Dr. Mario have so far prevented me from getting into Rock Band, but the first volume has proven to be quite popular—and rumors of which bands will have music featured in part two have already started to swirl. A press release for the completely unrelated game Age Of Conan mentioned Swedish act Turbonegro as being "featured in Rock Band 2"; Bad Religion's Brett Gurewitz Twittered about tweaking Bad Religion's "Sorrow" for the forthcoming game; and a couple of obituaries for Bo Diddley have claimed that his guitar will be "featured in the impending video game." Get ready, pseudo-rockers! [1UP]

4:00 PM on Fri Jun 13 2008
By Dan Gibson
370 views, 1 comment

Latest by Handsome Pete: I'm pretty sure Turbonegro are from Norway. That said. It's nice to find others as addicted to Dr. Mario as myself. more »

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Bo Diddley R.I.P.


Rolling Stone is reporting that pioneering rock guitarist Bo Diddley died this morning at age 79 in Florida because of heart failure. Diddley, born Elias Bates in 1928, had been recovering from a heart attack and stroke that he suffered last year. [Rolling Stone / YouTube]

12:20 PM on Mon Jun 2 2008
By Maura Johnston
383 views, 16 comments

get well soon

Bo Diddley To Heart Attack: Nice Try, Fool


Following a heart attack last Friday—which seems to have at least happened while he was already at the doctor's office—and attendant surgery, rock legend Bo Diddley is convalescing in a Florida hospital and thankfully now on the stable list, according to Rolling Stone. The attack comes after a stroke a few months ago, and you might think surviving two such incidents so close together is remarkably hardy for a 78-year-old. But look at that feral guitar break about 1:20 into the above clip, where Bo actually seems to be reining himself in for the studio audience so his playing won't take those screaming heads clean off. If I was death, I wouldn't want to fuck with Bo Diddley either. Fingers crossed for a speedy recovery.

Bo Diddley In Stable Condition After Heart Attack [Rolling Stone]

2:30 PM on Tue Aug 28 2007
By jharv
256 views, 4 comments

Latest by TheMojoPin: That video is molten sex. more »

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Liner Notes: Lord, Won't You Buy Sanjaya A Few More Minutes Of Fame

- Sanjaya Malakar claims that producers of the Ford-sponsored American Idol wouldn't let him perform Janis Joplin's "Mercedes Benz" on the show. Why stop there? [The Scoop]
- Korean pop star Rain is coming to the states; get ready for EW's inevitable "Blame It On This Rain" headline. [Pollstar]
- Stroke victim Bo Diddley is dodiddingly a bit better today. [Billboard]

2:10 PM on Fri May 18 2007
By Brian Raftery
118 views, 2 comments

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Liner Notes: Who Will Do Michael Jackson's Bidding?

- A Florida businessman is threatening to auction off several "salacious" items from Michael Jackson's estate, including "paintings Jackson made of children, of boys - naked...[and] some sex aids." Sold! To the man who likes naked boys and used sex aids! [Page Six]
- Bo Diddley suffered a stroke this weekend, which Keith Richards is expected to rip off any day now. [Billboard]
- After being wrongly arrested in Los Angeles Tuesday night, Ike Turner spent the night in jail, where he froze his ass off with a banana and a cookie. How do we know this? Because the TMZ helpfully writes headlines like "Ike: I Froze My Ass Off with a Banana & a Cookie." [TMZ]

1:15 PM on Thu May 17 2007
By Brian Raftery
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