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Heard part of this interview on the radio. Didn’t really do justice to the whole experience. On the radio, he just sounded like an asshole. On video Billy Bob Thornton’s addled expression, distance from his band and refusal to perform with his bandmates really adds context to the whole debacle. What an arrogant douche. Kudos to QTV for sticking this on YouTube.

Just watched the dudes of VH1 Classic’s That Metal Show debate the question “Which album was meaner: Pantera’s Vulgar Display of Power or Slayer’s Reign in Blood?” with Gary and Nuno of Extreme.

That’s like debating cuts of steak with two vegetarians. Who drink wine coolers. And play funk metal.

What?

Then there’s this, a version of the classic video game Asteroids featuring David Lee Roth and his legendary sound effects:

Genius.

Last week, a rumour of Katy Perry’s alleged vow of celibacy made the internet gossip rounds:

“I’ve actually taken a vow of celibacy this year,” she tells the new issue of TV Guide. “No kissing anyone. Just my cat, Kitty Purry.”

Very quickly the rumor was quashed by Perry who said the quote was a joke (I never learned whether she actually said it).

I don’t know what anyone else thought of this but I’m still laughing that Katy Perry has a cat named Kitty Purry.

That chick is rad.

First Amendment defenders always bring up pornography as something loathsome that they must defend on principle. As an advocate of remix culture, I feel similarly about this:

I really have no problem with the appropriation of a famous riff for a new song, but when mainstream acts do it, they usually lack any clever twist. I am buoyed by the knowledge that many years ago, unclever cretins similarly appropriated Rick James’s “Superfreak” and Queen’s “Under Pressure” and in the ensuing years only strengthened their source material’s impact by contrasting it to their own vapid efforts.

Which brings up another point: in twenty plus years, mainstream music doesn’t have any better ideas than this? Hilary Duff isn’t doing anything more interesting than Vanilla Ice did in 1990? Goodbye, mainstream music business. You’re done.

I was searching for the J. Geils Band’s “Come Back” video on YouTube and found this:

which I think is beautiful and a really interesting concept for a video/audio project. Turns out the creator of the video, gregbarrett9, has several videos like this showing his hacked jukebox simply playing records. It seems totally fun until you read this in his info:

Sorry but I can’t take any requests. Recently there have been copyright issues affecting other people who post records playing and I may find myself retricted to what I can upload in the future.

For Christ’s sake, this artful and free project isn’t hampering any artist’s ability to make money with his or her music and it is most likely exposing tons of new people to the music. (After all, had you heard J. Geils Band’s “Come Back” before playing that video?) It’s such a shame that creators like gregbarrett9 have to worry about this kind of issue.