Breaking Hanson News: Guitarist Isaac Hanson of the rock group Hanson has been hospitalized at Baylor University Hospital in Dallas, TX after last night’s performance. Isaac was complaining of severe pain in his shoulders and chest. He underwent several tests throughout the night and has been diagnosed with pulmonary embolism. (Which occurs when a blood clot in the extremities breaks away and travels to the lungs.) If you google pulmonary embolism, the following picture is now the #1 search result.
Rolling Stone: Jimmy Buffet is suing Six Flags, claiming the theme park’s “Carrothead Club” for Bugs Bunny younger fans infringes on Buffet’s geriatric “Parrothead” community.
Some people claim that there’s a Carrothead to blame
But I know, it’s not the Parrothead’s fault
AP: Masta P apologizes to House Panel (and to women in general) for past westside gangbangin’ lyrics. No longer will be singing “Bounce That Azz,” or “Bangin’”.
Rolling Stone interview clip with Britt Daniel and Jim Eno:
Rolling Stone: What’s the most rock star thing you’ve ever done?
Britt Daniel: Ten years ago in Salt Lake City I jumped offstage and knocked somebody on his ass during a song. I was wondering why he was at the show because he kept giving me the middle finger. It was a pretty small show and there weren’t a lot of people there, and I was like, “Hey, nuh-uh,” and he just kept doing it song after song. Finally he did it again and off we went.
Jim Eno: Britt jumped offstage, hit him, and then the crowd attacked the guy and dragged him out. And the rhythm section kept playing.
bowiewonderworld.com: The Bowie clothing line hits stores on Oct. 15 and will be available exclusively at Target. Wait…what?
David Bowie/Target Men’s Look #1
Tiny Mix Tapes: The Forbes richest musicians list includes Bon Jovi. $67 in the shade.
aversion.com: The Libertines working on a “Best of” album that should blow everyone away with their 2-album catalog.
MSNBC: Marilyn Manson serves up his own brand of absinthe (Mansinthe) and great hair.
NME: For some reason that dude from Reno 911 thinks it would be a great idea to make a Broadway musical based on Morrissey’s songs.
Yahoo News: Music vids are going lo-fi because of falling sales and file sharing. Maybe that’s why we posted a video today that features joyful puppets.
NME: Dude from Supergrass sleepwalks his way out of a window, breaks back.
Yahoo Music: If it has always been your dream that satellite radio will devote an entire station to playing non-stop Grateful Dead music, well, that dream just came true.
The Dead in 1985
Also on Yahoo: Amazon.com to launch music service in September. Said to offer songs in MP3 format and give consumers an alternative to iTunes.
Despite what Shane Mehling said about ghosts, (”hey fuckers, stop talking about ghosts…”) Band of Horses still name their first single “Is There A Ghost”. And you can stream it on MySpace.
NME: Keith Richards has been kind of Weirdy McWeirderstein latley. I mean, if you think admitting to snorting your Dad’s ashes and eating cigarettes onstage is weird.
Rolling Stone: A preview for Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Stones documentary Shine a Light has appeared online, though the movie’s release was pushed back to next spring. The movie follows the Stones as they prepare for and play an intimate octogenerian gig at New York’s Beacon Theater in 2006.
The Les Savy Fav video contest seems to be going well. Ten hundy goes to the winner and here’s a leading contestant:
