Spinner.com — Filed under: News, Exclusive, Book ClubThey were a happy family ... or, something. If nothing else, Dee Dee Ramone and Vera Ramone King were punk's "first couple," long before Sid and Nancy's first kiss. And now Vera has lived to write a book about i... more info

Powerpopulist — I've caught flak for these MotS posts, but one of the "great" things about blogging is it takes all kinds. It certainly takes no courage to vouch for the following. Thanks to the everloving Machine for the consistently exquisite stock.The Beatles - I... more info

Stereogum — The recently reunited pop band will join the ranks of Cyndi Lauper and Lisa Loeb by appearing in the CW's realistic teen soap. (Thurston Moore and Jemina Pearl covered the Ramones for the series last fall, but didn't appear in the flesh.) No Doubt... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — It’s a common held theory that you can’t criticise a charity record. The phrase ‘but it’s for a good cause’ is often used as a defence against a half thought out album compiled with little care for the listener and l... more info

8/1 — Yeni bir yardım albümü yine ünlüler karması yineyeniyeniden cover'lar. War Child, 15 ikona müzikal geçmiÅŸlerindeki en favori ÅŸarkısını ve ÅŸarkıyı kimin yeniden yorumlamasını soruyor. Ä°Åžte so... more info

Idolator — Remember in Dead Poets Society where they try to analyze poetry via graph and then Robin "O Captain My Captain" Williams tells them to rip up their books and then Eric Foreman's dad, Clarence Boddicker, makes House's friend kill himself? Well, peopl... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Infrason said...West Coast perfect Power Pop / Power Pop ajustée de la côte ouest américaine :-BOSS MARTIANS - OH, ANGELA-MALLRATS - COMING BACK TO CALIFORNIAhttp://infrasons.blogspot.comThanks / Merci / Trugarez !Deaf, Dumb, Blind said...Cl... more info

Persona Sauna — If you aren't familiar with it already, War Child: Heroes is charity album that has also chosen to create a compilation of covers, but it gives it an American Idol-esque flavor by asking the original artists to choose who should attempt to remake the... more info

Guardian Music — From the frustration of youth to the longeurs of later life, boredom can kick us into action or be celebrated for its own sake. Stifle that yawn and amble into the theatre of musical tedium.Pre-historyThe music of boredom has its roots in Paris, wher... more info

Guardian Music — The day after Barack Obama's inauguration, the New York Times ran a business story headlined: "The economy is bad, but 1982 was worse." The comparison between the present day and the Reagan years wasn't new: during the presidential election campaign,... more info