Thursday, January 22, 2004

Don't Call It A Comeback!

Okay, I've settled in here in Santa Monica and I am Ready to Rock! Sort of. The new job is keeping me busy, but I've been Saving All My Love For You-- in the form of the following links:

• FCC Chief Talks Tough on Profanity
  Remember that FCC ruling that said you can say "fucking" on network televison as long as it was a fleeting reference that didn't actually refer to doing the wild thing? F.C.C. chief Michael Powell has apparently been lobbied pretty hard by conservitive groups and is looking to change the rules. fuckin' A!
  
  
• For a Record Label Founded by the Beastie Boys, the End Is Less Than Grand (N.Y. Times free registration required)
  Everyone and their brother has already linoked to the story about the Grand Royal assets going up for auction, but I'm displaying the link here in case you're one of those hipsters who just doens't read every music blog in existence. I know you're out there. this has to b news to someone. Anyway, here's the link to the auction -- holy shit, it closed today! Hurry up and get your bid in!
  
  
• Speaking of auctions, perhaps you'd rather buy Cam'ron's Pink, Tricked Out Ranger Rover?
  
  
• Mystikal Sentenced To Six Years Behind Bars For Sexual Battery
  A note to the aspiring rappers among you: when you catch your hairstylist ripping you off, the proper solution is not to make them have sex with yu and your boys whiloe videotaping the act. Learn a lesson from Mystikal, okay? With C-Murder now doing time for murder, Soulja Slim recently shot dead and Kane & Able up the river on cocaine distribution charges, the former No Limit Records stable is getting pretty thin on the ground.
  
  
• G-Unit's Tony Yayo Released From Prison
  I guess in the interest of ballance in the universe-- one rapper in, one rapper out.
  
  
• Producer Combines Jay-Z's 'Black Album' With The Beatles' 'White Album'
  Danger Mouse has taken all of the vocals from Jay-Z's The Black Album and mashed 'em up with The Beatles' The White Album to create The Grey Album. It is set to be released in March but I doubt will be legally available anywhere at anytime in anyone's lifetime.
  
  
• Beyonce', Missy, Alicia Eyeing Road Trip
  god god, I hope this tour comes together. I'd be there in a heartbeat.
  
  
• Lollapalooza 2004 In The Works
  Please, no more Jane's Addiction reunion tours. My line-up picks for right this very instant:
  
  -Beastie Boys
  -The Roots
  -The Pixies
  -A Tribe Called Quest
  -N.E.R.D.
  -The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
  -The Rapture
  -Polyphonic Spree
  
  
• 1994: The Year Hip-Hop Was Reborn
  A not half-bad feature from MTV News Online.
  

posted by Randy on 11:54 AM | permanent link to this entry