Did Coldplay rip off Joe Satriani...You Decide

There has been a bit niggling agro stuff between Joe Satriani and Coldplay. Bascially Joe is saying that Coldplay's Viva La Vida (2008) is a rip off of his own If I Could Fly (2004)...here you decide:


And no I didn't realise that it had already been posted.

Can you say ….busted?

ummm… what?

Reviewing Chinese Democracy is not like reviewing music. It's more like reviewing a unicorn. Should I primarily be blown away that it exists at all? Am I supposed to compare it to conventional horses? To a rhinoceros? Does its pre-existing mythology impact its actual value, or must it be examined inside a cultural vacuum, as if this creature is no more (or less) special than the remainder of the animal kingdom? I've been thinking about this record for 15 years; during that span, I've thought about this record more than I've thought about China, and maybe as much as I've thought about the principles of democracy. This is a little like when that grizzly bear finally ate Timothy Treadwell: Intellectually, he always knew it was coming. He had to. His very existence was built around that conclusion. But you still can't psychologically prepare for the bear who eats you alive, particularly if the bear wears cornrows.

An overly elaborate review for an over the top album

This is freaking cool

For a band that doesn’t want to sell their songs in electronic format, this is a pretty snazzy way of getting their new film clip out there.

Bruce to the Rescue

I'm suprised Grant hasn't picked up on this already.

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/world/iron-maiden-to-the-rescue/2008/09/14/1221330640256.html

Meme City

New Weezer film clip.

Vale Token Blackman

Not the kind of TISM news you want to hear.

Australia needs more anarcho-terrorist rock bands.

Drugs can't hurt you....

Ummm... was that in english?

Quote of the Day

I used to admire METALLICA and I don't wanna see them going to fucking therapy. I mean, that's fucking… keep it in the band, man ... I won't watch that movie ['Metallica: Some Kind of Monster'], because I don't want to think of them like that. I wanna think of fucking 'Battery' and 'Damage Inc.' and 'Ride the Lightning'. I don't wanna see these fragile fucking old men that can't have a cocktail anymore because they're afraid of what they'll become. Fuck that!

Slayer ax-man Kerry King