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Lars Ulrich Still Not Really Into Getting Feedback From People Online

Sure, even people who enjoy Metallica's Death Magnetic have been quibbling about the sound quality on Metallica's newest album, saying that it's lacking in dynamics and that the version recorded for a freaking video game sounds better, but outspoken drummer Lars Ulrich is sticking his fingers in his ears and telling all the naysayers to shut up shut up shut shut shut up. "Listen," Ulrich told Blender's blog, "there's nothing up with the audio quality. It's 2008, and that's how we make records." Oh, you bet he had more to say. More »

5:30 PM on Mon Sep 29 2008
By Maura Johnston
1,287 views, 13 comments

Latest by NeverEnough: @Reidicus: Good point. I finally heard the new Metallica CD. The sound truly is awful. more »

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Billy Joel Still Has A Bit Of The Angry Young Man Left In Him

Last week, the New Zealand newspaper the Sunday Star-Times ran an interview with Long Island songsmith Billy Joel that had a little bit of criticism mixed in with its boilerplate profile-quotes. Writer Grant Smithies said that while much of the Piano Man's '80s and '90s output was "sentimental rubbish," he had an affection for Joel's earlier material and pugilistic persona an opinion that sounds familiar to this writer. (Although she would like to posit that "A Matter Of Trust" still owns.) But Joel wanted to know why, exactly, Smithies hadn't shared these sentiments with him during the interview, since it would have at the very least opened up the floor for some lively quotes. After the jump, Joel asks why, exactly, Smithies had to be a big shot, and why he didn't elect to open up his mouth while the two of them were on the phone: More »

1:00 PM on Mon Aug 11 2008
By Maura Johnston
825 views, 7 comments

Latest by weezy f lazy: ^^^^ Shipley OTM. really it's the intro where the knives come out -- all that stuff about how ugly joel was is pretty nasty and has nothing to do with the music. more »

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Ryan Adams Takes On "The Possibly Reality-Challenged" Using The Power Of Hypertext

So Ryan Adams has sort of responded to Courtney Love's accusation that his album Rock N Roll was recorded with $868,000 of Francis Bean Cobain's money, posting a "personal statement of clarity" on his Web site that talks about how he's working hard to become a better person, how he regrets his past mistakes, etc., etc. (There's also a peace card linked in the source code of the page, but it's not visible.) At the very end of the statement, he pretty much takes Courtney head-on, saying that he never meant anyone any harm intentionally, especially anyone who goes airing dirty laundry about him online; sure, he doesn't name any names, but the descriptions "possibly reality-challenged," "unreliable" and "outlandish" make the target of his ire pretty obvious. Full statement after the jump More »

12:30 PM on Thu Jul 31 2008
By Maura Johnston
625 views, 6 comments

Latest by queensissy: @Maura Johnston: What a ponce. Ryan Adams, not Adler. more »

Bill O'Reilly, Call Your Internet-Savvy Assistant Nas issues a rebuttal to his Fox News antagonists. [Nah Right]

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Ejected Tim McGraw Fan Elicits Pathos

While there's no denying the sheer appeal of Tim McGraw, in tight cowboy jeans and cute-but-manly tank top, hauling a a wrongdoer up on stage and nearly delivering a beat-down in the name of chivalry, it would be unfair to ignore the other side of the story. CMT has an interview with the guy on the receiving end of McGraw's testosterone, and he claims it was all just a big misunderstanding. More »

12:00 PM on Fri Jun 27 2008
By Kate Richardson
694 views, Comment

Have you ever wondered if Kanye West was the type of kid who, during his school years, would get pissed off when he "only" scored a B+ on an exam? OK, it's probably obvious that he was, and still is. But signing off his response to Entertainment Weekly's pretty-decent-overall review of his tour-opening show in Seattle with "Never come 2 one of my shows ever again, you're not invited and if you see me... BOW!!! This is not pop, it's pop art! Chris Willman, kill yourself!" makes me wonder if he's going to respond to every review that pops up along his tour in this fashion, and if he's stocking up on antacids in order to soothe the ulcers that are an obvious byproduct of said vitriol. [kanYe West: Blog]

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Weiland To Velvet Revolver: Whatevs

A day after the not-entirely-unexpected bomb dropped that Velvet Revolver had finally banded together to relieve "erratic" frontman Scott Weiland of his duties, comments boxes and drive-time rock DJs are still reeling over the better-late-than-never news. An unemployed Weiland, on the other hand, is doing his best to remain unfazed, soldiering on with his recently reconciled bros in STP and offering a terse, bitchy dismissal of VR's accusation that he was the weakest link in a chain of shady reprobates. He's also graciously offered his former bandmates his considered opinion on which classic metal shrieker should get his old gig, provided Slash and Co. can woo this possible replacement away from a lucrative gig opening for Poison. More »

11:45 AM on Wed Apr 2 2008
By Jess Harvell
1,875 views, 5 comments

Latest by HUGE_Hefner: I once commented here that "Purple" was my favorite STP album, but I was lying. The only one I still listen to is "Tiny Music", a masterpiece from begining to end. more »

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Maxim Writer Says Those Infamous Two-And-A-Half Circles Were Added To His Previews After The Fact

As week one of Crowesgate draws to a close, we've heard from a lot of people regarding Maxim's decision to run "previews" of upcoming Black Crowes and Nas albums as actual reviews despite those albums being unavailable to critics and just plain unfinished, respectively. We've read the Crowes' initial irate reaction to Maxim's journalistic gaffe and Maxim's lame mea culpa. Nas weighed in, wondering who gives credence to a review in Maxim in the first place, and even the neologism-challenged CNN newsroom added their own half-cocked commentary. But one party we've yet to hear from until now is David Peisner, who wrote the previews/reviews/who-the-hell-even-knows-anymore in question. Going on record with the LA Times, Peisner claims his Maxim higher-ups did assign him to write previews, and he only found out they had been bumped to the reviews section when the issue hit the stands. More »

11:30 AM on Fri Feb 29 2008
By Jess Harvell
1,187 views, 8 comments

Latest by liveon35mm: so best conclusion is not reading magazines since it look like what you read is not what the writer intended. not sure... ciaoValeriowww.liveon35mm.com more »

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Thom Yorke: EMI Is A Bunch Of Bastards; Also, My Shift Key Is A Bit Sticky

Thom Yorke has taken to Radiohead's official blog to debunk the notion that Radiohead went to its former label, EMI, asking for a big payday, saying that the band is more than happy to be in indie-label land and insinuating that EMI just may be a bunch of unprofessional crybabies who are better at leaking information to newspapers than actually dealing with artists: More »

10:30 AM on Mon Dec 31 2007
By mjohnston
968 views, 8 comments

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Prince Fans Breathe A Sigh Of Relief As The Purple One Takes Aim At The Pirate Bay

Looks like Prince F.U. got in a lather over nothing. The group of disgruntled Prince afficionados banded together to talk smack about their hero to the press after they were purportedly threatened with Princely lawsuits for posting "photographs, images, lyrics, album covers and anything linked to Prince's likeness" to their fansites. But in a press release, Prince claims that he's not going to court over these infractions any time soon, especially because he's got bigger, bittorrenting fish to fry. More »

11:35 AM on Fri Nov 9 2007
By jharv
762 views, 4 comments

Latest by Clevertrousers: Fix your headline. more »