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I slogged through the first half of last night's main-stage-closing set by Roger Waters—which was billed as "Roger Waters Dark Side Of The Moon"—partially out of masochism, partially in the interest of sociological research, and partially because I didn't feel like dragging my ass over to the stuffed-to-capacity-all-weekend dance tent to see Modeselektor, who were the only other act playing for the first portion of Waters' set. While it was interesting in a "so this is who he lured out to the desert" sort of way, it was also infuriating, and at one point a friend said to me, "I can hear your eyes rolling back from here." But no portion of the evening filled me with more rage than the pre-show, which had as its visual an old-timey radio, a model airplane, and a tumbler of whiskey; every so often, a hand would reach into frame to change the station and/or refill the glass, and the stations that the hand hit on, for the most part, had a playlist that lulled the classic-rock fans in attendance into a state of self-righteousness: Bob Dylan, "Hound Dog," and "My Funny Valentine." There was also a "humorous" bit when the radio somehow was all-ABBA, all the time, and hand man couldn't escape from the tyranny of radio! ABBA! I mean, could you believe the nerve! More »

So: Something tangentially music-related happened on The Sopranos last night. However, we do not want to give it away, as we are not that dickardly. So please, if you didn't see it, go and re-read that Pete Nice item again; and if you did catch it, meet us after the click-through... More »

In between his busy schedule of ticking off right-wing boomers and not reuniting Pink Floyd, Roger Waters somehow finds time to be an insanely wealthy real-estate overlord: Last month, he announced a $16 million dollar deal in which he and Shakira would invest in an island in the Bahamas, and today's New York Post has word of his most recent Manhattan project: More »

As breathlessly reported by Matt Drudge, former Pink Floyd singer Roger Waters used his recent run of New York-area performances to float this enormous anti-Bush screed over the audience. No word on the crowd reaction yet (if you were there, let us know how it went over), but this is easily our favorite pink-faced, pro-Democrat porker since Clinton in '92. More »

- Only a few weeks after a traffic-violation arrest in White Plains, New York, DMX continues his rampage through America's least-thuggish cities, this time racking up a concealed-weapon charge in Scottsdale, Arizona. [Edmonton Sun] More »