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Led Nepotism: Jann Wenner And Steven Spielberg’s Kids’ Rock Band
4:45AM Foster Kamer | Happy November: You’re about to watch rock history be made. Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner’s youngest kid, Gus, has a musical act with Steven Spielberg’s daughter. “It’s like the nepotistic She and Him,” writes our tipster. So, how many stars? More »
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11:39AM Jess McGuire | Since I’ve been in the UK, I have been overwhelmed by the number of lady popstars doing wonderfully well in the British charts. Here are two young women – one English, one American – who seem to be quite popular at the moment. If you haven’t heard of them already, you most certainly will before the year is through. More »
Thoughts On A Couple Of Pop Songs
11:39AM Jess McGuire | Since I’ve been in the UK, I have been overwhelmed by the number of lady popstars doing wonderfully well in the British charts. Here are two young women – one English, one American – who seem to be quite popular at the moment. If you haven’t heard of them already, you most certainly will before the year is through. More »
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Michael Jackson’s New Track? Eerie.
7:00PM Andrew Belonsky | The internet’s abuzz over the release of the late Michael Jackson’s latest, “This is It”. Listening to him sing about undying love is at once reassuring and distressful. More » Advertisement
Mika, The Boy Who Knew Too Much
Back in July we introduced Mika’s latest offering to the music Gods, ‘We Are Golden’. And now we thought we’d contribute to the Grace Kelly singer’s quest for world music-domination, by plugging his second album ‘The Boy Who Knew Too Much‘ due for release today. That’s right, TODAY! Excited? More »
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Bands Start Up Each And Every Day
4:35AM John Cook | Indie-rock progenitors Pavement are getting the band back together for a tour—but no record—next year. Rumours were floated by Brooklyn Vegan a few days ago, but now it’s official. Their last show was in 1999. We feel old.
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Rock Rules, Fashion Drools On Perry Farrell’s Party Bus
6:00AM Chris Wilson | Once upon a time the John Varvatos store reeked of rat poison, sweaty skinheads and Iggy Pop’s low-hanging balls. But last night, the scent was decidedly sweeter for me, because I totally partied on a tour bus with Perry Farrell. More »
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10:02AM Jess McGuire | Have I mentioned on Defamer Australia how much I love Danish pop group Alphabeat? If I haven’t, then I’m sorry. I absolutely adore them, and if you love beautifully delivered pop tunes then you should seek them out. Anyway, they covered Aussie singer Sam Sparro’s hit Black And Gold on BBC Radio mid last year, and I thought you might like to have a listen. More »
Alphabeat – “Black And Gold”
10:02AM Jess McGuire | Have I mentioned on Defamer Australia how much I love Danish pop group Alphabeat? If I haven’t, then I’m sorry. I absolutely adore them, and if you love beautifully delivered pop tunes then you should seek them out. Anyway, they covered Aussie singer Sam Sparro’s hit Black And Gold on BBC Radio mid last year, and I thought you might like to have a listen. More »
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Ellen DeGeneres And Company, You’ve Been Served!
1:20PM Andrew Belonsky | Ellen DeGeneres was floating on cloud nine this week, when American Idol producers finalised a deal that made her the show’s fourth judge. Sadly, that cloud has popped. Her talk show’s being sued! More »
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Jay-Z’s Attempt To Kill Autotune: Fail
6:45AM Foster Kamer | Autotune, the technology giving guys like T-Pain, Akon, and Kanye West’s 808s & Heartbreak their trademark sounds, was supposedly murdered by Jay-Z. Not so much: the I AM T-PAIN iPhone app enables ordinary folk to sound just like him. More »
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11:34AM Jess McGuire | Ummm… it’s not often I see something so confusingly awful that I struggle to find words to describe it, but that’s precisely what happened when I viewed the following music video. More »
Dear Lord, What On Earth Is This?
11:34AM Jess McGuire | Ummm… it’s not often I see something so confusingly awful that I struggle to find words to describe it, but that’s precisely what happened when I viewed the following music video. More » 
