A Moment Of Noise

I dunno man… I saw at least one “Live Long and Prosper” and a couple of Shockers mixed in there…

A Swedish couple is getting hassled by the man simply because they want to name their baby girl “Metallica.”

Reason #869 why Keith Richards is far more rock-n-roll than your indie-rock ass will ever be:

In comments published Tuesday, the 63-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist said he had snorted his father’s ashes mixed with cocaine.

“The strangest thing I’ve tried to snort? My father. I snorted my father,” Richards was quoted as saying by British music magazine NME.

“He was cremated and I couldn’t resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow. My dad wouldn’t have cared,” he said. “… It went down pretty well, and I’m still alive.”

Alanis Morissette sings about her lovely lady lumps:

[ via This Just In ]

Kermit sings “Hurt” and wrestles his demons:

Music from EMI will now be available for download without DRM. But only from iTunes. The other catch is that these new non-crippled music downloads will cost more — $1.29 vs. $0.99 per track. When you think about it, that’s really pretty expensive. But this decision is a baby step in the right direction at least, so you have to give ‘em credit for that. Though Jason Kottke is suggesting that the move is purposely meant to fail, and I have to think there might be some truth to that notion.