Alphabeat’s “Fascination” mashed up with Ramones’ “Blitzkrieg Bop.” Not earth-shattering or anything, but definitely a nice little kick in the pants for a Thursday morning. [YouTube via Alphabeat’s Twitter] More »
In honor of—oh, lets just say the 20th anniversary of Pet Semetary—-here are three Ramones memes making the rounds. In the spirit of their three-chords, fast-and-loose, gone-in-two-minutes style, I only picked memes that were made as hastily as this post. In fact some of these memes are so crappy that I’m kind of suspicious that it might even be making fun of memes themselves and the people (read: me) who so hungrily consume them like pancakes off of a rabbit’s head. I’m sure that last sentence ties into something Greil Marcus one said about punk and situationism, but 11 a.m. is early for me. So:
A lot of people I know are having kind of crappy weeks (not to mention Kanye West and Axl Rose), so I figured why not close the week out on a happy note? I now present to you my current version of The Five Songs That I Will Never Get Tired Of Hearing On All-Holiday Radio. List is after the jump; feel free to add your own suggestions.
Well, too bad, because it’s getting one: Howard Stern is co-producing a remake of the 1982 film that will have its script penned by Alex Winter, a.k.a. Bill from the Bill & Ted movies and the director of Extreme’s video for “Decadence Dance.” More »
Linda Stein, the former Ramones manager who later worked as a real estate agent to the boldfaced names in New York City, was found bludgeoned to death in her apartment yesterday. Stein, who was married to Sire Records founder Seymour Stein for eight years, was 62. More »
Linda Stein, the former Ramones manager who later worked as a real estate agent to the boldfaced names in New York City, was found bludgeoned to death in her apartment yesterday. Stein, who was married to Sire Records founder Seymour Stein for eight years, was 62. More »
Ed. note: Every two weeks, it seems, some magazine, TV network, or blog releases its “Top 100 so-and-so music things of all time” list. Often, these rankings simply recycle the same set-in-stone music-geek beliefs that were established years ago–Pet Sounds rules, as does London Calling, etc.–but because there are often shifts in the critical canon, we’ve asked alarmingly frequent Idolator commenter (and occasional guest editor) Chris “dennisobell” Molanphy to start keeping track of them for a column we’re calling “Canon Fodder.” In this column, he explores a 20-year battle over the greatest classic-punk album.
