Consumed Links - November 25, 2011

In the midst of the holiday season some people tend to miss some of the things going on around the web. Here's a few things you may have missed. 


Who was recently voted the greatest guitarist of all time in a poll conducted by Rolling Stone? (contactmusic)


The late, great, Peter Steele has been commemorated in Brooklyn Park (metalunderground)


Spin Magazine and Soundgarden vocalist Chris Cornell take a look back at "Rusty Cage" after 20 years. (spin)


If what Universal alleges is true then Grooveshark may have little chance for defending themselves. (mashable)


Rowdy Roddy Piper recently uploaded this video on FunnyOrDie. Not as funny as I thought it would be. (FOD)


A woman filed a $200,00 lawsuit against American Airlines.... not for a reason you would expect. (eur)


Blogcritics tries to find out who the real drummer is on an early version of The Beatles' "Please Please Me" (blogcritics) 


Over at Slate there is a pretty good article about how drum machines changed pop music over the last 40 years. (slate)


A hand-written letter by Paul McCartney sold for way more than expected. (unkut)


And finally... for now....


Paste has a list of musicians that overcame having missing or damaged fingers. (paste)

Consumed Links - November 19, 2010

It appears to have been a busy week across the webs... here's a little run-down of what I caught.


So, the upcoming "Wolverine" movie will not be a sequel? (contactmusic)


For those that are into this sort of thing... here is some video footage of Sebastian Bach getting arrested. (tmz)


The Beatles finally making a deal with Apple to be on iTunes could have been big news. However, it was leaked a day before and well, we didn't care. (npr)


Prefix has listed the ten best songs under a minute. There are some good choices in my opinion. (prefix)


Is Jimi Hendrix the Patron of Alt-Blackness? (just read this before deciding) -- popmatters


And finally... 


What Wha? -- "South Park" sued for infringement? (abc)

Consumed Links - July 21, 2010

Here is yet again another round-up of things from around the web.....


Jimi Hendrix being sued? A former friend is now suing his estate for not being credited for a song he states he co-wrote with Hendrix.  Hendrix Lawsuit


Here is a story that you don't hear often...(well, sort of) - a Catholic Priest has been charged with first-degree larceny... Priest Steals $1M


Rolling Stone Magazine recently did a pictorial celebrating three decade of Metallica... (rsm)


And finally for now...


This is not really an ad... but I love the artwork on these tees. (randr)  Check them out!

As It Was Read

Here are a few stories that may have been missed or, as I usually call it… my round-up of the news.

 

Billboard is reporting a slip in digital sales…. (billboard)

 

Are we looking at the end of radio as we know it? Industry Ears examines … (IE)

 

$14million paid to WMG execs…. what? (hypebot)

 

A New Jimi Hendrix album is set for release? (nme)

I know some of this is older news but, if you didn’t know, now you do. One more for now….

Arizona Principal Suspended – seems he had poor judgement - (yahoo)

Have a great week!

Conversation Piece : Jimi

James "Tappy" Wright, a former roadie for Jimi Hendrix is claiming in a new book that his manager, Michael Jeffery, murdered him.



The official story has always been that Hendrix, at the age of 27, chocked on his own vomit while sleeping.



Now, Wright is claiming in his book that Jeffery admitted while drunk that he killed Hendrix in an insurance scam a year after his death. He claims that Jeffery feared that his client was moving on to a new manager when their deal ended in December 1970. (Hendrix died September 1970) Wright goes on to say that Jeffery went to the Samarkand Hotel in West London and stuffed Hendrix full of pills and wine.



Wright also states that Jeffery had also taken out a life insurance policy on Hendrix in the amount of $2million with himself as the beneficiary.



Hendrix was found by ambulance personnel in the room of Monika Dannemann, a woman he only knew for a few days. He was found alone, in his clothes, on his back with a gas fire burning and the door wide open.



There is no record of who made the call for help.



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Now, here is my question... Jeffery died in a plane crash two years after he was to have "confessed." Why in that time span from confession to death didn't this guy, Wright, let the cops in on this?



This book that "Tappy" Wright has written , "Rock Roadie", is to recall his life and times with various acts during the Sixties. Was this just some made up story to get the book published?


Why write a book now? Also, aren't most of the people who were around then dead?



This reminds me of the story of how Jim Morrison did not just die in his bathtub in France but died in a bathroom stall in a French club.



And Courtney had Kurt killed......



Why do people who could possibly have an impact on the history of the people they loved take so long to say something? I could be wrong but I feel that if you have this sort of information and (say it's true) you wait over 30 years to say something so that you can cash in on some money... you are pathetic.