Be the first to comment VIDEO: American Idol’s Rolling Stones night massacre was almost enough to turn us into Beatles fans. Almost. (Kidding…sort of…maybe.)
Sorry, Keef, we still love ya, mate.
Unfortunately, last night’s episode of American Idol Season 9 featured an array of Rolling Stones covers scary enough to make us long for Season 7’s horrid Beatles night.
Thankfully, the show has yet to ruin the catalogs of Continue reading »
It sounds like a play on the old gag about finding some poor sucker to buy swamp land in Florida or a famous bridge in New York, but this time around it’s no joke: Abbey Road is for sale, well, Abbey Road Studios, at least. Continue reading »
Michael Jackson’s single glittery golf glove became an iconic symbol of the star’s global fame (and questionable fashion choices).
On Saturday, in an auction at the Times Square Hard Rock Café in NYC, the museum-worthy item was sold to a collector for the hefty sum of $420,000 ($350k + taxes/fees), according to Continue reading »
Top 10: Easy Halloween Costumes with a Music Theme | Music Vixen BlogIn honor of the 20th anniversary of the Simpsons, the show’s creators are calling upon fans to submit suggestions/designs for a new character that will appear in an upcoming episode set to feature Sgt. Pepper-loving Brit piano-rock types, Coldplay (no word on whether singer Chris Martin’s wife/blogger Gwyneth Paltrow will be in tow).
Coldplay joins a long list of musical guests who’ve appeared on the show in cartoon form, including the Ramones, Paul McCartney, the White Stripes, Rolling Stones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blink 182 and many more.
The Simpsons’ website says the contest is being held because the writers are “tired and, frankly, too rich to care anymore.”
They think it’s a joke, but we’re not so sure. We think this contest is being held because the show is out of ideas and the lame-o writers know it.
(Seriously, when is this show going to start being awesome again?)
Regardless of the reason, designing a cartoon character is probably a lot more fun that whatever else you’ve been working on today, so why not give it a shot?
Complete details on submitting your Simpsons character Continue reading »
St. Thomas’s Hospital in London has announced the death of Lucy Vodden following a long battle with lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease that often causes damage to the liver, kidneys and other organs . Vodden was 46.
A childhood schoolmate of John Lennon’s son Julian, Vodden reportedly served as the inspiration for the “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.” Although many people believed it was a reference to LSD, Lennon claimed that the seemingly psychedelic song title was actually borrowed from a drawing Julian made of Lucy.
News of the severity of Vodden’s illness was widely reported in June of this year, resulting in numerous Beatles fans, and even Julian himself, offering outpourings of support to this unlikely pop culture icon.
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BELOW: The super psychedelic ’60s music video for the Beatles’ “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” Continue reading »
Today’s premise is simple enough: in honor of today’s unique date–09/09/09–we’re posting the top 9 bands and songs with 9s in them.
Did we forget your favorite 9?
Tell us about it in the comments section! Continue reading »
Time for another round of music trivia! Today’s theme is broken guitars and band break-ups.
Read the question and leave your answer in the comments section (answers below–no peeking!).
Today’s Question:
On this day in 2008, the guitarist of a prominent British rock band was injured when a fan attacked him during a concert.
Can you name the band and the guitarist?
Bonus: Do you remember which song the band was playing during the attack?
HINT: A year later, he quit the band (although probably not because of this attack).
Answer and Video Below: Continue reading »
ABOVE: No “Pleasant Valley Sunday” for Monkees drummer Mickey Dolenz this weekend (bad joke, sorry): The Monkees’ singer/drummer’s wife was arrested in NYC Friday morning. Which other rocker’s wife has been in similar trouble recently? Find out below.
Being the wife of a rockstar might be fast-paced and glamorous for some, but for the wife of Monkees star Mickey Dolenz, the good times are on hold: She was arrested Friday in NYC.
Apparently, the days of rock’n'roll stars being tangled up in webs of illicit drugs and wild activity are over, the former flight attendant is in trouble for something a little more commonplace in our post-Bernie Madoff world: real estate fraud.
Donna Quinter is being accused of manipulating and defrauding the state of New York by illegally Continue reading »
ABOVE: The Afro-Punk Festival is just one of the great (Free!) concerts on our list for the 4th of July weekend. Complete details, below.
Each weekend in NYC there are so many concerts that it’s hard to decide which ones to attend–and this weekend’s even more jam-packed because it’s the 4th of July!
So, to help you decide how to work some music into your holiday plans, we’ve assembled a list of the weekend’s best concerts based on some interesting categories, including:
Best Place to See Free Live Music-Skateboards Encouraged:
Best Place to See 2 Dozen Bands in 2 Days for about $1.25 each:
Best Place to Wonder if John Lennon Would Prefer Waffles or Eggs:
Best Place to Sing “Mr. Roboto” without Totally Annoying Everyone Around You:
Best Place to See a Legendary Rock Band That Replaced its Dead Singer with an Actor:
And More!
So, which concerts are on our special 4th of July Concert List for this week? Let’s find out…
Top 10 Concerts this Weekend: July 3, 4 and 5, 2009 Continue reading »
Daniel EarwickerYoko Ono intends to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of John Lennon’s “Acorn Peace”-in which she and the ex-Beatle planted acorns for peace in 1969-by calling 123 world leaders and urging them to reflect on world peace, according to an NME.com report.
According to the report, Ono will send the leaders two acorns each, in a transparent box with the inscription “Acorn Peace by John and Yoko, Spring 2009.” The original stunt, carried out in 1969, resulted in Lennon and Ono receiving letters of thanks from several world leaders in response.
Lennon later referred to the stunt in The Beatles’ song “The Ballad Of John and Yoko,” when he sang: “Caught the early plane back to London/Fifty acorns tied in a sack/The men from the press said, ‘We wish you success, it’s good to have the both of you back.’
Ono plans to put the original letters from world leaders on display at Imageinepeace.com to mark the continued struggle for world peace.
