2007-11-06 13:20 Radiohead Rainbows CD Due Via ATO New Year's Day
Band to play webcast Downloads to land band mad cash Story to include periods You can already expect a hefty Radiohead box set and/or the clunkiest-looking USB drive ever under your pan-religious holiday tree this season, but what to do with all those gift cards and store return credits Looks like you just might be able to use them to complete your box set, as the unconfirmed word is that In Rainbows will indeed hit U.S. shops in CD form via ATO/Side One -- and what's more, it may well do so Jan …
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2007-08-31 16:00 The Chum Bucket: PJ Harvey Invades the States + More
Filed under: The Chum Bucket Spinner.com : PJ Harvey is coming Stateside. [Brooklyn Vegan]50 Cent ain't skeered of Kenny Chesney. [Idolator]Actress Gina Gershon is releasing an album named after her cat to be made into a stage production. Prey for rock 'n' roll, indeed. [NewNowNext]Britney's... Read more
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2007-08-31 13:12 ON THE SCENE: Idolator Storms The Sandless Beach At Kenny Chesney's New York City Show
Ed. note: While the BitTerrorists were downloading the leaks of Graduation and Curtis yesterday, the other contender in the battle for mid-September album-chart supremacy was throwing a sorta-beach party, complete with sandless "sand pit," in New York City. We sent writer Tobey Grumet Segal to Kenny Chesney's show at Madison Square Garden, and she got to know the Kenny faithful. Kenny Chesney descended on New York City last night, filling Madison Square Garden to the brim with cowboy hats, and I …
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Land,
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Nascar-fan,
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New Yorker,
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2007-08-30 12:30 The Biz: The Chinese Are Killing Us At The Illegal Downloading Game
So it looks like the record labels will apparently negotiate with the terrorists after all. But only in China, where apparently "almost 100% of music downloaded from the Net is stolen" according to this Business Week story, thanks to Baidu.com, a search engine that's kicking Yahoo and Google's asses thanks to its ability to ferret out free MP3s. (The fact that I don't comprehend Chinese, and the fact that I don't want/need any spy- or malware on my laptop, has prevented me from checking out the …
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Chinese,
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2007-08-30 10:00 Identity Theft: Attention Readers: We Are Not Ted Nugent
File this one under: "Shit we never, ever thought we'd ever have to say. Ever." But we are not Ted Nugent. Really. Apparenly this week's spate of Nugent-related coverage has made some people (or at least one person) confuse Idolator with the Nuge himself. Despite the fact that our coverage was overwhelmingly negative. Downright mocking, in fact. And, you know, the fact that we're a music blog, not a crossbow-wielding, arch-conservative, classic-rocking maniac. One man's emphatic (if totally misd …
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2007-08-29 21:50 Hilly Kristal, founder of CBGB, R.I.P. (Idolator)
Hilly Kristal, founder of CBGB, R.I.P. (Idolator)
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2007-08-24 15:57 The Death of the Wedding DJ
This is how we do it This week, a weirdly snarky little Times piece and an Idolator follow-up both wondered about the plight of the wedding DJ; a Wall Street Journal article did the same thing a year ago....
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2007-08-23 20:05 Ypulse Essentials: PlayboyU, Furniture That Rocks, GIRL For Jocks
Disney Adventures (no more. Disney is shuttering its 1.2 million mostly subscriber circulation base mag. Plus "High School Musical 2" dominated the charts selling 615,000 units this past week) (MediaWeek) (Idolator) - Back to school billions (retailers cashing in on college students. Plus word of mouth is a powerful motivator on campus ) (AdAge.com, reg. required) (eMarketer) - 'Authenticity' counts (on college applications, which is why this article is saying students should make one intentiona …
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Back,
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BrandWeek,
Facebook,
From Friendster,
Furniture,
Generation MySpace,
High School Musical,
Marketing News,
MediaWeek Idolator,
MySpace,
Parental,
Playboy,
Steve Barry,
Washington Post,
William,
Yahoo,
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2007-08-23 16:02 Daily Read for 8-23-2007
[Fic] Five Facts Ando Learned as Part of His Epic Quest to Help Save the World (and possibly a cheerleader or two) by sparky77, Heroes Gen, Ando, Short (2,166 words), PG. Ando is not a hero. He knows about these things. Not as much as Hiro, but enough. Heroes are always at the center of things. They always do what is right. They make great sacrifices. Tags: Heroes Gen Fic ShortFiction sparky77 [Meta] ungh bad touch by phaballa, re: an expose on the Idolator about fanfic. From article: By now it' …
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2007-08-22 17:59 Let's Talk About Ashlee Simpson
SELLER: Ashlee Simpson LOCATION: 16187 Royal Oak Road, Encino, CA PRICE: $5,700,000 (sale price) SIZE: 9,005 square feet, 4 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms DESCRIPTION: Only 2 miles North of Mulholland in prime Royal Oaks, walled & gated trophy architectural with major security system up a long drive on a 1+ acre promontory w/ 360 degree views. Every amenity that a discerning buyer would desire and the privacy that a celebrity would require. YOUR MAMAS NOTES: We're just gonna come right out and say it. Yo …
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Bel Air,
Chicago,
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Demi Moore,
Edward Keh,
Encino,
Fairy Godmother,
Hawaiian,
India All,
Jessica Chestica Simpson,
July,
Little Miss Ashlee,
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Mama,
Mediterranean,
Miami Beach,
Miss Ashlee,
Miss Simpson,
Mister Hulk Hogan,
Mulholland,
New Jersey,
North,
October,
Pete,
Pete Wentz,
Royal Oak,
Royal Oak Drive,
The Strapping Hunk,
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2007-08-22 16:56 Goths Invade Disneyland
Every year since 1999, the pallid, mope-faced moppets parade into Disneyland in their stinking black lace for the annual Bats Day in the Fun Park, "the premier event on the West Coast, if not the world, for the Gothic and Industrial subculture of all ages." The world's saddest people in the world's happiest place is not as ironic a scenario as anyone would have you believe–after all, both are devoted to a heightened reality, to fantasy, to creativity, to dress up, to women with menacing na …
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Industrial,
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Walt Disney,
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2007-08-21 11:32 Kato Kaelin Jokes Also Welcome: Idolator Has Beef With MC Doozhbagg
Apparently Entertainment Weekly writer Michael Slezak has swapped bodies with Andy Rooney (a la Freaky Friday )--and apparently the magazine's readership has been replaced with that of Reader's Digest (ala the Folgers crystals challenge)--if this forehead-clenching mini-rant about grammar in popular music (and attendant fun-hating/wet blanket/cornball-ass comments section) is anything to go by. (I seriously think my internal organs cringed when I re-read the title.) Sure, we'll poke fun at a hab …
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Courtney Love--which,
Digest,
English,
Entertainment Weekly,
Folger,
Freaky Friday,
In Yo Slezak,
Michael Slezak,
Reader,
T-Pain--but,
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2007-08-21 10:00 Canon Fodder: Mess With Your Mind: Prince Spends The '80s Confounding Rock Critics, Tipper Gore
Ed. note: Every two weeks, it seems, some magazine, TV network or blog releases its "Top 100 So-and-so music things of all time" list. Often, these rankings simply recycle the same set-in-stone music-geek beliefs that were established years ago-- Pet Sounds rules, as does London Calling, etc.--but because there are often shifts in the critical canon, we've asked alarmingly frequent Idolator commenter (and occasional guest editor) Chris "dennisobell" Molanphy to start keeping track of them for a …
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American,
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Baby,
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Blonde,
Blonde Exile,
Bruce Springsteen,
By Prince,
Calypso,
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Check Housequake,
Check Sign,
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Check The Cross,
Chri,
Christgau,
Clash,
Computer Blue,
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Could Never Take,
Darling Nikki,
Daydream Nation,
Dean,
Dean Mick Jagger,
Dime,
Dirty Mind,
Dirty Mind Prince,
Don Corleone,
Dorothy Parker,
Every,
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George Clinton,
Godfather,
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Rolling Stone,
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Smith,
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Star,
Stevie Wonder,
Street Band,
Take Me,
The Band,
The Beautiful Ones,
The Conversation Coppola,
The Cross,
The Velvet Underground,
The Wall,
They,
Thriller Rumours,
Time,
Top Albums,
Top So-and-so,
Twenty,
Uptown,
Vice President,
Voice,
Was Your Girlfriend,
When Doves Cry,
World,
Would Die,
Xgau,
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2007-08-16 21:31 Tanya Andersen Brings Class Action Against RIAA
Ever since the RIAA's litigation campaign began in 2003, many people have been suggesting a class action against the RIAA. This afternoon I learned from Jon Newton of p2pnet.net that Tanya Andersen, in Oregon, has taken them up on it. The RIAA's case against this disabled single mother, Atlantic v. Andersen, has received attention in the past, for her counterclaims against the RIAA including claims under Oregon's RICO statute, the RIAA's insistence on taking a face-to-face deposition of her 10-y …
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Lybeck Murphy,
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2007-08-15 18:48 Money in them thar blogs
While a lot of bloggers are motivated more by passion than profit, Gawker Media -- the publisher of such sites as Gawker, Defamer, Wonkette, Idolator, and Deadspin -- offers one model for trying to cash in. And according to one report, GM's annual revenue is in the neighborhood of $52 million (h/t Romenesko ): A site called ShylockBlogging took the advertising rate card and traffic numbers of Gawker Media (available to all via SiteMeter on each Gawker Media site) and came up with a total revenue …
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ShylockBlogging,
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2007-08-15 13:33 Pornography: Limp-Dick MTV Censors Worry That You Can't Handle Genitalia
Eagle-eyed Idolator reader shelo noted in in the comments section of today's entry on an MTV article about kids who were on the covers of famous alt-rock albums that MTV had snipped off the little Nirvana baby's wang for their accompanying graphic. That's in addition to feeling the need to chop off the word "p---s" in the article itself. So apparently it's kosher for teenagers to make carpet-munching jokes on MTV dating show Next, but a baby's ding-a-ling and a word any sixth-grade health studen …
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2007-08-15 12:15 The Family That Funks Together Stays Together: Idolator Counts Down The 100 Greatest R&B Songs Of Al …
In case you missed our first installment : A few months ago, Idolator's Michaelangelo Matos sent out an e-mail to a handful of his associates with a proposition: Give me a list of your 100 favorite R&B songs. Well, those months went by and the only person to turn in a completed list was...my mother. In our second installment of Kathleen Turner's 100 Greatest R&B Songs of All Time (with bonus YouTube links), we learn about her "intense British connection," why you should just say no to drugs, and …
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All That,
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Andy,
Angelo,
Barbara Mandrell,
Because,
Blob Festival,
British,
Brown Sugar,
Brown Sugar Nice,
California,
Call Me No,
Can Say Okay,
Car Wash Okay,
Chocolate Factory Best,
Clint Eastwood,
Colonial Theater,
Computer Love Okay,
Conversation,
Coolest,
Deliverance,
Deniece Williams,
Despite,
Donnie,
Drew,
England,
Footloose,
Freddie Jackson,
Give,
Gold Digger Well,
Goodfella,
Grammy,
Greatest,
Hathaway,
Higher,
Higher Okay,
Hill,
Holland Dozier Holland,
Idolator,
Ignition Remix,
Impression,
Ingram,
Intense British,
Jackie Wilson,
Jamie Foxx,
Jerry Butler,
Jess Civil,
Jess Wore,
Jill Scott,
Jody Watley,
John,
Kanye,
Kathleen Turner,
Latin Casino,
Lauryn Hill,
Live Here Anymore,
Long Walk,
Love,
Love Don,
Luther,
Make-A-Wish Foundation,
Mary,
Mato,
Mayfield,
Michaelangelo Matos,
Momma,
Name,
New Jersey,
Niece,
No Whatever,
On Pushing,
Once,
Philly,
Phoenixville PA,
Play Misty,
Power,
Quaalude,
Remu,
Roberta,
Roberta Flack,
Rod Stewart,
Romulus,
Rose Royce,
Royce,
Sad Girl Sorry,
Saw Your Face,
Scott,
Skyy,
Smith,
Song,
Staple Singers,
Step,
Stevie,
Sunday August Mom,
Susan,
Sweat,
The Blob,
The Square Bar,
Wait,
Want Her Always,
West,
What Does,
Wiggin,
Wilson,
Winner Can,
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2007-08-15 10:15 The Biz: ABC Marketing Department Taken Over By Teenagers With Windows Movie Maker
After an initially positive response, ABC is one again cooking up music video clip shows to advertise its popular shows, including Grey's Anatomy, Ugly Betty, and others, with artists like Mika and Sean Kingston picking up where last season's edgy contributions from the Fray and Snow Patrol left off: In the case of "Housewives," ABC produced a music video to reggae youngster Sean Kingston's chart-topping "Beautiful Girls." It wove clips from all the past seasons of the suburban soap with footage …
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2007-08-15 09:07 If I Was Invisible, I Could Just Watch You From The Center Square: This YouTube clip of Clay Aiken b …
This YouTube clip of Clay Aiken being whipped while singing "SexyBack" was, perhaps, best summed up by former Idolator guestblogger Eric Harvey: "Jesus, it's like a young Charles Nelson Reilly." Or Paul Lynde. Or Rip Taylor. You get the picture. [ YouTube via PopEater ]
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2007-08-14 20:05
So I've gone from having tons of little text doc notes littering my screen all the time, to having tons of little notes jotted into my Google Notebook all the time. Here's a dump of stuff that's accumulated there recently: First of all, news to me, but apparently, the entire world just collectively shits their pants when Daft Punk tours. Secretly Canadian has joined in the "maybe we can get people to actually pay for this stuff if we give them exclusive download content" movement that's sprung u …
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Daft Punk,
Death From Abroad,
Earlimart,
First,
Go Go Go,
Google Notebook,
Guinea Pig,
Guinea Pigs EP,
Idolator,
Jack Johnson,
Jens Lekman,
Joy Division,
LCDSoundsytem,
Mentor Tormentor,
Myspace,
No Love Lost,
Perris-Beauchamp,
Portland,
Poupee,
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Puzzle,
Rogue Wave,
Serge Gainsbourg,
Sub Pop,
Weepop,
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2007-08-13 12:13 Gawker Media, Real Traffic Data and Estimated Revenues
After writing an article about finding traffic numbers for websites yesterday, I thought it was a bit weird seeing big blogs belonging to Gawker Media with their stats public like that. So, I dugg a little deeper, and found out that all their blogs have little Sitemeter icons in the footer, which link directly to their stats page, which is public for all their blogs. I took the data from the last 7 days, visits and page views. The rest at the "traffic stats" links. The estimated revenues of the …
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2007-08-12 19:02 Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson, who died last Friday, was one of the founders of Factory Records, and, as anyone who's seen him portrayed so memorably by Steve Coogan in 24 Hour Party People knows, he was influential within the larger Manchester scene that also brought us The Buzzcocks, Joy Division, The Smiths, and countless other bands that helped define the sound (and business) of indie rock up through today. Obituaries recalling Wilson's influence, passion, and peculiar attraction for insane money problems abo …
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Friday,
Hour Party People,
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Step On,
Steve Coogan,
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Wilson,
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2007-08-10 15:37 50 Cent Loses His Cool Over Leaked Video
50 Cent again Look, I can't help it if the guy gives some ridiculous quotes about Kanye West and has a nervous breakdown in the same day. According to Miss Info (via Idolator, since her blog post about it has disappeared), 50, who is apparently under a bit of a stretch, sort of lost it at the G-Unit offices yesterday when he found out that he new video, which has already been yanked from YouTube, with Robin Thicke has been leaked. According to my source, right before 50 threw the phone out the w …
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G-unit,
Idolator,
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Justin Timberlake,
Kanye West,
Lead,
Les,
Look,
Miss Info,
October,
Robin,
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2007-08-09 17:16 Ypulse Essentials: Homeslyce, Top Branded Sites For Kids, MyOnionSpace
Bus Radio (Listening to Avril Lavigne on the school bus evidently keeps kids from misbehaving on the school bus...I find the 8 minutes worth of corporate sponsorships disturbing, but I also dislike kids being forced to watch ads at school on Channel One.) - Homeslyce ( new site for college kids [or their helicopter parents] and their new roommates to decorate their dorm rooms together. Plus still reeling from its own failed Hub, Wal-Mart creates a group on Facebook ) (Washington Post, reg. requi …
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Day American Girl,
Drug-Free America,
Facebook Washington Post,
Global Kids,
Homeslyce,
Hub Wal-Mart,
Idolator,
Is Rolling Stone,
Kids,
Mashable,
MediaWeek,
Millsberry,
MySpace,
Radio Listening,
Second Life,
Starz,
The MacArthur Foundation,
The Onion,
The Partnership,
Tiger Beat,
Time To Talk,
Zac Efron,
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2007-08-09 12:25 Leak Of The Day: Resistance Is Futile: High School Musical 2 Is Here
ARTIST : Various Artists TITLE: High School Musical 2 WEB DEBUT: Aug. 8, 2007 RELEASE DATE: Aug. 14, 2007 ONE-LISTEN VERDICT: If you heard the original High School Musical soundtrack then you know what to expect: super-sugary, super-"produced," super-catchy uptempo singalongs designed for imitating the formation dancing of the terminally perky starlets in your rec room, songs that seem to suggest teenpop (or maybe music in general) reached perfection circa late 1998/early 1999 (the first golden …
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All For One,
Backstreet Boy,
Britney,
Coke,
DATE Aug,
Girls Aloud,
High School Musical,
Idolator,
Jam Lewis,
Max Martin,
Minneapolis Machine,
Prince,
Radio Disney,
Roxette,
Sheila,
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