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OK, so the headline is a little misleading. But EMI has appointed a new CEO for its recorded music division, and he comes from a field very interrelated to music: Household cleaning products. Elio Leoni-Sceti — a senior executive at the “global force in household, health and personal care, delivering solutions to consumers,” Rickett Benckiser — will be taking the top spot at EMI.
What, do you fail to see the connection between CDs and squeegees? So do I. However, EMI apparently doesn’t. Why else would the floundering British music behemoth place a former Procter and Gamble brand manager atop its fleeting record empire? Maybe they’re hoping the tough guy image of Mr. Clean will simultaneously appeal to the hip-hop and heavy music crowds.
Poison drummer Ricki Rockett has been cleared of rape charges, when it was discovered that he was a dozen states away when the alleged incident took place. Rockett believes it was an impersonator.
“So, what we believe is that there was an impostor that was using my name and it turns out this guy has used rock stars’ names before…I guess he was claiming he was me, I’m not even sure about that. Somehow my name got in the mix.”
The Neshoba County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that it is investigating another suspect, apparently the so-called impostor who’s accused of trying to pass himself off as Rockett, whose real name is Richard Ream.
A few dozen witnesses came forward, supporting the claim that Rockett was at a rooftop party in LA, where he was seen assaulting the band’s tour manager for bad routing.
You know something is a legit problem when even the mainstream press is talking about it. Hipsters have been discussing this for a while. Now, however, a few reports from the “real” media have surfaced about the effects high gas prices are having on smaller bands.
The Associated Press focused on the plight of west coast bands, in particular. To save money, the AP said some bands have even resorted to carpooling. That’s right, two bands in one van. Talk about cramped. That means they have to fit four XBox 360s and two PS3s into one vehicle. Not to mention the Wii. (more…)
The average price for a gallon of gas is now $4 in the US. Oh my.
You got rent to pay. Food to buy. Your cell phone bill. A new shirt here and there.
We all know that album sales are down, but will these rising costs affect how many shows you attend? The cost of a ticket is high enough, but now you got to dump how much into your tank? Think this will affect the summer tours?
Image from Future Atlas.
Lou Perlman, founder of such artistic stalwarts as Backstreet Boys and ‘N Sync, was may be facing 25 years in prison for bilking dozens of people out of money through savings schemes, to the tune of over $200 million.
After a hearing in a Florida court:
Find money — millions of dollars — to help out the little guys and the retirees financially and emotionally devastated by his investment schemes.
Senior U.S. District Judge G. Kendall Sharp sent that message loud and clear Wednesday in Orlando, offering to reduce Pearlman’s sentence by one month for every million dollars he recovers. Sharp called it “the keys to your jail cell.”
No word yet on if he must compensate for subjecting the civilized world to formulaic pop songs.
:: Waxploitation, is launching a series of albums for Darfur. The first will be out Nov. 27, and support 3 non-profits; Doctors Without Borders, Human Rights Watch, and Oxfam America.
:: Sheila Brady’s mission is to Stomp Out Cancer. She’ll be releasing a comp CD, Stomp Out Cancer: Indie Artists Fight Ewing’s Sarcoma. It will raise money for less toxic treatment methods and early detection methods.
:: Help save Sycamore BMX track. It’s a non-profit track run by Anthony and Joan Nigro for the past 10 + years.
Did AT&T censor Pearl Jams webcast from Lollapalooza?
“… Pearl Jam segued into a portion of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall,” during which frontman Eddie Vedder sang, “George Bush, leave this world alone” and “George Bush, find yourself another home.” Those lyrics were missing from the broadcast.”
AT&T is saying, “naw, we’re cool. It was a mistake!”, while internet watchdog groups are crying censorship.
Yes, yes, we know that liking sports isn’t supposed to be cool. But since Buzzgrinder is cooler than you, we get to make up the rules. That’s why we’ve put together Buzzgrinder’s Ballgrinder Fantasy Football League. It’s a 10 team league currently, but if demand is high enough, we can expand the number or create another league and extend the playoffs. Go here if you want to join. Whoever wins will get a nice reward for their intensely geeky fantasy football research.
Just remember not to draft the guy in the picture.
Update: The league has reached the 10-team limit. If you still want to get involved in the fantasy action, email me. If there’s enough interest, we’ll start a second league, and the winners of each league will face off.
June 21 is internationally recognized as Go Skateboarding Day, which is celebrated by skipping obligations and going skateboarding. Six Hot Springs, Arkansas teenagers decided to participate by skating in the city’s downtown area. Shortly thereafter, a local police officer arrested them on charges of “disorderly conduct.” As shown in the above video, the officer employed excessive force while making the arrest, which has caused quite an uproar.
From Times Online:
News Corporation has discussed swapping MySpace, its internet social networking unit, with Yahoo! in return for a 30 per cent stake in the enlarged group.
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News Corp, the parent company of The Times, is interested in a deal even if it means losing some control of MySpace because it would give the media group exposure to a far larger internet-based business.
