Aside from the delightful domestic abuse of The Jacksons: An American Dream, seeing Control this weekend also reminded me that I had yet to do the flip to my post on the worst song of all time. I doubt this will engender as much solidarity as you all showed in hating 4 Non Blondes. But it’s a pretty friggin’ good song.
After the glam band Faster Pussycat resolved its dispute over which members had naming rights, there was a void in the “claim to name” sphere that afflicts so many vintage outfits in these reunion-crazy times. Which band would be next to engage in an ugly war of words about who really deserves to have ownership of the name? From a posting on his MySpace blog over the weekend, it would seem that former New Order bassist Peter Hook, who’s irritated by recent statements by his ex-bandmates indicating that they’re going to carry on using the name without him, is ready to heed the sirens’ call:
– New Order has allegedly split up, for the blimpteenth time; meanwhile, London-based children’s-rock outfit Gnu Order is still available for birthdays and picnics. More »
Every once in a while, we reach into our vast record-collection vaults for a feature we’ve imaginatively titled The Vault. Today, we’re handing over the keys to friend-of-Idolator Jon Solomon, whose 19th annual 24-hour Christmas show for Princeton’s WPRB begins at 6 p.m. ET on Sunday. More »
