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I use to work for this asshole. The band he was in at the time were the best punk band to ever come out of LA, but he was and I’m sure still is, the most egotistical motherfucker in the world. Fuck You HR.
Black Mountain ‘Wucan’
I saw Black Mountain earlier this year in Asheville and they were so goddamn awesome! Now if they would only tour with the Flaming Lips!
IMHO
I think that Radiohead & Coldplay are the most boring fucking bands on the planet.
Judge sentences rap music fan to Bach, Beethoven
URBANA, Ohio - A defendant had a hard time facing the music.
Andrew Vactor was facing a $150 fine for playing rap music too loudly on his car stereo in July. But a judge offered to reduce that to $35 if Vactor spent 20 hours listening to classical music by the likes of Bach, Beethoven and Chopin.Vactor, 24, lasted only about 15 minutes, a probation officer said.
It wasn’t the music, Vactor said, he just needed to be at practice with the rest of the Urbana University basketball team.
“I didn’t have the time to deal with that,” he said. “I just decided to pay the fine.”
Champaign County Municipal Court Judge Susan Fornof-Lippencott says the idea was to force Vactor to listen to something he might not prefer, just as other people had no choice but to listen to his loud rap music.
“I think a lot of people don’t like to be forced to listen to music,” she said.
She’s also taped TV shows for defendants in other cases to watch on topics such as financial responsibility. As she sees it, they get the chance to have their fine reduced “and at the same time broaden their horizons.”
Obama buys half-hour of network primetime
Barack Obama has purchased a half-hour of primetime television on CBS and NBC, sources confirm.
The Obama campaign is producing a nationwide pitch to voters that will air on at least two broadcast networks. The ad will run Wednesday, Oct. 29, at 8 p.m. — less than a week before the general election.
The direct purchase of such a large block of national airtime right before an election used to be more commonplace before campaigns began to focus their endgame strategies exclusively on battleground states. Such a move is not without precedent in modern presidential politics, however — Ross Perot did a similar purchase in 1992.
Today In Music History Oct.10
2006 - 21-year-old U.K. hip-hop sensation Lily Allen makes her first U.S. appearance at New York’s Hiro Ballroom. Appearing with a three-piece horn section, bassist and keyboardist, Allen blasts through an eight-song set in just under a half hour.
2006 - Sting releases “Songs From the Labyrinth,” an album of 16th century lute songs.
2001 - U2 kicks off the third leg of its Elevation tour in South Bend, Ind., and invites the world to join them for free. The show is Webcast via RealNetworks and European Internet communications company Tiscali and is available to U.S. residents through the band’s Web site U2.com.
2001 - London’s Royal Albert Hall is reminiscent of a bygone age as former boy-band sensation Robbie Williams entertains an adoring sell-out crowd with his versions of swing classics from his latest album “Swing When You’re Winning.”
1997 - Performer and entrepreneur Jimmy Osmond, the youngest member of the Osmond family, and wife Michelle Larson welcome their second child. 6-pound, 15-ounce Zachary James is the 50th grandchild for George and Olive Osmond, the parents of the nine famed siblings.
1995 - Peter Frampton’s “Frampton Comes Alive II,” is released. The album is the sequel to his 1975 smash “Frampton Comes Alive” - the best-selling live album in history.
1992 - Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash (Saul Hudson) marries Renee Suran in Marina Del Rey, Calif.
1992 - “The Chase” by Garth Brooks debuts at No. 1 on both Billboard’s pop and country album charts, bumping Billy Ray Cyrus’ “Some Gave All” from the top spot on each.
1979 - Film “The Rose,” starring Bette Midler, premieres.
1960 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Mr. Custer,” Larry Verne. The novelty song is about a soldier’s plea to Gen. George Custer that he doesn’t want to fight at Little Big Horn.
1958 - Country singer Tanya Tucker is born.
1955 - David Lee Roth is born in Bloomington, Ind.
1943 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: “Sunday, Monday or Always,” Bing Crosby.
1923 - Musician Louis Gottlieb is born.
1917 - Jazz great Thelonious Monk is born in Rocky Mount,N.C.
We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them.
— Buddha
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Did you know that Thursday was named after Thor, God of Thunder? I didn’t either.