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o sting, where is thy death?

The Police To Go Away For Good, Leave Us With Trees

Lutist Gordon Sumner, Robert Fripp collaborator Andy Summers and Oysterhead drummer Stewart Copeland have announced that they're retiring their supergroup, The Police, after a final show in New York this August. The venue has yet to be announced (too bad CBGB closed!), but the proceeds will go to arts programming on public television. John Tesh to return to Red Rocks? If you insist, Gordon. More »

4:45 PM on Wed May 7 2008
By Anthony Miccio
481 views, 7 comments

high on the crime

Turbonegro's Happy-Tom Witnesses The Arrival Of An Abandoned "Pot Boat"

When California's KUSI interviewed a "surfer" in Sunset Cliffs about a boat containing marijuana that had washed up on the store, they clearly didn't realize that Tom Seltzer was better known as Happy-Tom, bassist for the legendary Norwegian band Turbonegro. If you don't know Turbonegro, I recommend checking out the following songs: "Rock Against Ass," "Are You Ready (For Some Darkness)," "The Midnight NAMBLA," "Everybody Loves A Chubby Dude," and "Do You Dig Destruction?" For fans who don't want to watch the entire broadcast, we've got Happy-Tom's quotes after the jump. More »

10:45 AM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Anthony Miccio
888 views, 6 comments

Latest by Charlie Kerfelds Jetsons Tee: @GotanOrange: Yes. I'm aware. I was simply making a jab at Miccio's typo... ...which he has since fixed, thus making me look like an ass. Anyway, I could really go for a decent pizza... Come to think of it, I think I'm more »

?uestlove

"Hip Hop Weekly" Treated As A Credible Source ... By The DEA?

Having been pulled aside for "special screening" at the airport twice recently, we immediately felt for ?uestlove, the Roots drummer/DJ/blogger/vlogger, when he mentioned that his boarding pass had been tagged with the dreaded "SSSS" that forces fliers into the line for a full-on frisking. But reading about his adventures with the Drug Enforcement Agency—who were alerted when airport screeners found that ?uestlove was carrying a large amount of cash that he'd made from a DJ gig—made us feel even worse, because by his account, their interrogations turned into something like a referendum on just how famous he was: More »

6:28 PM on Fri Apr 27 2007
By mjohnston
1,474 views, 2 comments

Latest by deusdiabolus: Hopefully karma will treat the DEA agents' offspring the same way when they get pulled over driving through a small town on their way to Spring Break. more »

police

The Police Reunion Press Conference: Still No Sign Of Sting's Lute


In case you felt like reveling in yesterday's announcement that the Police are, as everyone figured, heading out on the road this summer, we've found a somewhat glitchy 10-minute MP3 made up of highlights from the press conference. It's got the obligatory snippet of "Roxanne," as well as "Message In A Bottle," "Can't Stand Losing You," and the declaration that "Best Buy is thrilled to be a part of the musical event of the decade." Unfortunately, the part where Sting heatedly justifies the selection of Fiction Plane—the wan trio fronted by his son, Joe Sumner—as the tour's opening act must have been cut out at the last minute. More »

10:58 AM on Tue Feb 13 2007
By mjohnston
345 views, 4 comments

Latest by Mike Barthel: Who the fuck are those people and why are they letting mountain biking enthusiasts host press conferences? more »

blogsmacked

Blogsmacked: Houston Police Shut Down Two Gallants Show

Reports have been trickling in from the Houston area about a Friday night show by Saddle Creek duo Two Gallants that was brought to a halt by police responding to a noise complaint. According to reports, in the confrontation that followed, two people were Tasered, including a 14-year-old boy; there are multiple videos of the evening on YouTube, and in a few, the Taser is clearly audible. A collection of reactions to the incident, and thoughts on its root causes, is below. (Thanks to My Old Kentucky Blog for the initial tip.) More »

1:04 PM on Mon Oct 16 2006
By mjohnston
65 views, 4 comments

Latest by PengIn: "A Gallant is fucking car." - Scott Lucas more »