Here we go with the almost weekly round-up of things that may have been missed around the web.
Let's start with this steamy couple. Apparently this "Chick" (age 71) and her drinking buddy (age 54) felt it was a good idea to hook-up in the back of the car where just about everyone who was hungry got a glimpse of the action. (smokinggun)
Recently there was an art show featuring the (maybe or maybe not) artwork of Fab 5 Freddy. Well, according to this article over at Revok1, Freddy should get ready to pay someone. (revok1) -- What do you think?
There has been a significant amount of talk about indie labels and Spotify. At hypebot, Jay Frank, makes a pretty good argument of why some artists are just not getting paid what they expected. (hypebot)
Although I never heard of many of these, here are some stories about some famous elephants and their deaths. (listverse) WARNING: Some of this stuff is animal cruelty at its ugliest and there are photos.
This is relatively old but, if anyone ever cared to listen to David Lee Roth singing acapella..... (WFMU)
How has SoundCloud revolutionized the music industry? Here's how...(fotorater)
And finally, for now....
At Billboard --- Why 2011 is the year that digital music broke. (billboard)
It has been pretty busy for me and most likely for many of you. So, it can be hard to catch up on all the things going on . Without further ado, here are this weeks links.
As many have celebrated the 20 year anniversary of Nirvana's album, 'Nevermind', URB magazine recently listed five other classic albums that should be celebrated. (5classicalbums)
Poor Joel Tenenbaum. First he was ordered to pay the RIAA $675,000. Then, it was slashed to $67,500. Now, it has gone back up. (CMU)
Imagine being banned from the internet because of a single infringement accusation... Italy is trying to make this happen. (TechDirt)
Most times Consumed Links cannot be complete without a good list. Mental_floss has a interesting list featuring some very strange sea creatures. (8strange)
Wait a minute... There was a missing baby and the cops would not help the mother? (Wendyista)
And finally, for now...
Rob Flynn from Machine Head teamed up with Metalinjection to discuss the forthcoming album, "Into The Locust", which is due out September 27th.
I never realized that these people did not get to enjoy the monetary gain that came from their work. 10 CULTURAL GIANTS WHO DIED COINLESS (mental_floss)
So, the labels have reached a new agreement with the ISPs? (billboard)
Shia LeBouf is going to shoot a Marilyn Manson doc? I am as confused as some of you. (nme)
Over at the Spin magazine site, Slayer's Kerry King shares with us some of his favorite things. (spin)
Is the world ready for a new album by Puscifer? (1stfive)
Knowledge Magazine recently did an interview with Vast Aire. (kmag)
Ghostface Killah is being sued over the 'Iron Man' theme. (starpulse)
And finally, for now.....
Staind has recently revealed new album information. (metalunderground)
Here we go again with a round-up of things found across the webiverse.....
Over at IGN.com they are asking who the best Batman is/was... I found it hard to choose. Well, it wasn't hard for me to say no to Kilmer. That had to have been the worst ever. What do you think? (ign/batman)
So, the RIAA wants to raid CD-pirating plants without warrants? (rollingstone)
I have had a last.fm profile for a long time. I was quite interested in my listening habits lately. I was also wondering about the listening habits of some of the people I know who listen to a broad range of musical styles. Well, I thought I would share what I came up with for myself. What have all of you been listening to heavily?
Here is the list of artists that made my Top 10 for scrobbles on last.fm.
10- Korn 9- Pitchshifter 8- Alice In Chains 7- Bullet For My Valentine 6- Kittie 5- Celldweller 4- Disturbed 3- The Prodigy 2- Cyanotic 1- Nine Inch Nails
If you are on last.fm and you are interested in "befriending" me to talk music and stuff.... join me here @ last.fm
September 30th marked the 50th year anniversary for one of our favorite families, The Flintstones.
From mental_floss : 'TV’s favorite stone-agefamilyfirst visited our living rooms on September 30, 1960. Originally pitched asThe Flagstones, television’s first prime-time animated series ran for six seasons and became so popular that companies like Welch’s paid big bucks to get their products advertised by Fred, Wilma, Betty, Barney and Pebbles.' READ MORE
Does The DMCA require internet disconnections? From ars.technica : 'Torrentfreak ran an article last week about a small US Internet provider called Suddenlink, which apparently disconnects its users for six months after receiving three copyright infringement allegations. When a customer was disconnected and asked the reason, he was told that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) requires it. But does it?' READ MORE
Just because we all can use a distraction once in awhile, here are 10 WTF Images Of Famous People via Listverse. VIEW HERE
And finally, for now.... From Yahoo! 'A German student has created a computer game giving players a taste of life as an East German border guard shooting political fugitives fleeing to the West, to the outrage of victims' relatives.'READ MORE
I am not going to be like some of those who are either angry that their blog didn't make it or what isn't on there or the ranking they are in....congrats to all of those who did make it on the list....my readers, this is one topic (due to certain reasons) I, for once shall remain silent.
