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wank mining

The World Will Get The Jimi Hendrix Sex Tape That It Wasn't Really Asking For

It's been more than 60 days since Vivid Entertainment first broke the news that they were in possession of a Jimi Hendrix sex tape, and since the company hasn't receieved concrete word that the tape is bogus from Jimi's posthumous license company Experience Music LLC, look for it on the shelves of a seedy store near you in the near future. When people look back on this era*, what conclusion do you think they'll come to from the current era's obsession with watching celebrities mate, even dead ones who can't be the objects of any realistic fantasies because their bones were turned into dust long ago? I shudder when I think about it. Anyway, for those of you who would like a primer as to what, exactly, will be on this video, a New York Times recap of it from a few months ago is after the jump. More »

how many polish people does it take...

Want To Hear 1,951 People Play "Hey Joe" At The Same Time?


Every year, a mind-blowing and ever-increasing amount of guitarists shows up at the Thanks Jimi Festival in Wroclaw, Poland, to jam on "Hey Joe." In 2006, they broke the world record by pulling together 1,581 budding six-stringers. Earlier this month, they got in shooting range of 2,000. Some clips of the 2008 event below. More »

non-denial denials

Jimi Hendrix Estate Not Very Pleased About The Jimi Hendrix Sex Tape

The Jimi Hendrix estate has responded to allegations that their cash cow is in a sex tape that'll be released by Vivid very soon, and it sounds sort of non-denial denialy to me: "On behalf of both the Jimi Hendrix Foundation and Brave New World, I want to address the despicable news in regards to the Jimi Hendrix 'sex tape.' Regardless of the tape's authenticity, it is obvious that this is an intentional means to profit off of the exploitation of the greatest musician of our time. This by no means is a reflection of the contribution he's given to us all through his talents and therefore we will aggressively pursue any and every legal course of action to protect the integrity of his legacy." I don't know about you, but the words "regardless of the tape's authenticity" mean "it's real, but we'd better not let it get out" to me! [Earlier]

bring out your dead

The Jimi Hendrix Sex Tape: Proof That No Celebrity Is Safe From This Nation's Constant Wank Mining

Vivid Entertainment is releasing a 45-minute DVD purporting to be a sex tape of Jimi Hendrix, and from the description, it sounds like the tape is definitely maybe Hendrix. Or an impersonator. Or, y'know, some dude who has an Afro and rings on his fingers. As the New York Times describes it: "The film shows a naked man who resembles Hendrix, the guitar legend who died in 1970, wearing a bandanna in his Afro, having sex with two brunettes in a dimly lighted bedroom. His full face appears on screen for only a few seconds, with his eyes closed. In other portions there are flashes of his profile. But his hands, bedecked with rings, roam large on the screen at times. The film has no audio." More »

dead rock stars

Cee-Lo May Or May Not Have Some Hendrix To Play With

The problem with anything involving Jimi Hendrix and lawyers is that you never know if it's good news or bad news. The latest good news would seem to be that Cee-Lo's label has acquired the right to license the pre-Experience Hendrix recordings, and plans on using them as the basis of "an as-yet-titled project featuring contemporary producers, likely to include Cee-Lo himself and other Atlanta based hip-hop producers like OutKast and Goodie Mob." Awesome! Except the story doesn't make clear exactly what recordings they have the rights to, nor whether they will actually able to be approve any uses themselves. More »

liner notes

Liner Notes: Hilary Begins Her Mud-Slinging 2007 Campaign

- Hilary Duff talks smack about Nicole Richie on her new album, which apparently also addresses the time Duff was harassed by "a very frightening pair of Russian stalkers." Come on, now—doesn't she know that the Kaczynski brothers are Polish? [Radar]
- Jimi Hendrix's estate has filed a lawsuit against the makers of Hendrix Electric Vodka, claiming the product is an unauthorized "sick joke." Up next: A civil suit against Lenny Kravitz's entire 1990-1997 output. [Billboard]
- George Michael continues to break the hearts of Idolator editors everywhere by once again refusing to tour the U.S. [Pollstar]