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I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing (A Song We Didn’t Pay For)

The AP's Jennifer Quinn on what sounds like an open and shut case of copyright infringement. Coca-Cola Co. may be making an unsigned London ska band famous in Argentina, but the band isn't happy about...

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A Great Day In The Annals Of Guerilla Marketing

C'mon Time-Warner, bail this guy out, already. To the elected officials of Boston and Massachusetts who are knocking themselves out with their crazed grandstanding, I can only hope that none of you are...

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Land of the Free, Home of the Metal Names

Note to recently proud papa Adam Farrell: maybe Ella's nickname should be 'TimesNewViking?' What do you think? From our friends at the Associated Press: Metallica may be a cool name for a heavy metal...

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Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of Saying “I Have No Ideas Of My Own”

the real thing : Michael Palmieri's video for The New Pornographers' "Sing Me Spanish Techno" subsequently, we have Girl In A Coma's "Road To Home" directed by Greg Olliver : In the words of SF...

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He’s Out Of Order, She’s Out Of Order, The Whole Damn Trial Is Out Of Order

Let this serve as a cautionary tale for the entire Matador roster; vomiting on the audience will not be tolerated in Judge Judy’s court of (faux) law.

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200 Dollars On eBay

This is what happens when the Memphis music scene stops being polite and starts getting real.  Jay – as always – plays the voice of reason.

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Help save a venue

A good friend of mine (who I once upon a time put on shows with) runs a venue over here in the UK down in Brighton, but sadly the venue is under threat of closure due to noise complaints (but actually...

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Boston’s #2 Daily Newspaper’s Right To Annoy Tom Scholz Upheld By Judge

(funny, when you type “Boston the band” into Google Image Search, the above Negative FX jpg comes up pretty close to the top of the entries) Though I have MORE THAN A FEELING (sorry) we’ve not seen the...

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