IAMASUCKER4GUYSWHODNTEATNWEARMAKEUP

There are times when we need to be sold on a band...other times those of us with say, David Bowie fetishes and an extensive collection of Anais Nin books are simply won over without question by any artist who manages to combine good looks with a lack of nutrition, sexual ambiguity, a British accent and a few synths. And today's winner is IAMX AKA Chris Corner, formerly of the Sneaker Pimps.

Is his music great? Yes. Is that the main point. Nope. The point is Corner is the kind of guy/thing/creature who makes us want to do bad things to electrical objects. Well, not really, because then we'd electrocute ourselves - but what we mean is...it doesn't matter...he's just hot. And if we were younger and not concerned about things like "ethics" or "the clap", we would certainly make an effort to star fluff him.

In the meantime, we'll just stare at Corner and imagine what it feels like to be the razor that shaves his chest. Here are some photos from the L.A. show on 3/26 at Safari Sam's. Fans were crazy, we were drunk, it was fab. Ps. you can see Bill Gates ghost in the blue picture. Yeah, he's that good.

photos by sandy serrano

America's Favorite Aging Alternative Icon Returns.

The new season of the Henry Rollins Show on IFC kicks off on 4/13.

Guest interviews will include Marilyn Manson, Iggy Pop, John Waters, and Ben Stiller in addition to musical performances by Iggy & The Stooges, Mars Volta, Ryan Adams, Placebo, and Peaches.

Rollins fanboys should also set their DVR's for the 4/13 airing of Henry Rollins: Uncut From Israel on IFC, which will document two nights of spoken word in Tel Aviv.

Hank will also be involved in a "cultural commentary performance" with actress/comedian Janeane Garofalo entitled It's Not A Play And There's No Music. I think they might talk about George Bush.

The show will run for six nights at New York's Gramercy Theatre (April 10-15) and at Los Angeles' Silent Movie Theatre (April 24-29).


You like how I just gave up on trying to marginally reword the NME article at the end there?


http://www.nme.com/news/iggy-and-the-stooges/27389

"The Point Here Timmy...

...is that Jesus created evolution
and then the dinosaurs ate everyone.

And also, contrary to popular belief,
people who drive Fords apparently
do have a sense of humor."

Man, are we good at educating, or what?!
Check out that sweet, succinct critical pedagogy...
Chomsky, watch out...

Prada Tastefully Tells iPhone To Suck It

Realizing that there are some phone shoppers that may need something-a-little-less-Scarfacey, Prada announced that they will be gracing the mobile market with a new, completely unrelated to the iPhone, sleek device.

Retailing for between $400 and $500, the phone will hit the US market later this year. At least this phone will make for a nicer-looking snack after a few drinks.

The PRADA phone by LG

Hot Hot Heat post new track on Myspace.

What worse fate could there be than to toil in a band forever chasing that elusive post-ironic, pseudo-indie crossover dance hit?

Perhaps being in said band, fronted by a guy with quite possibly the most infuriating white boy afro this side of Wolfmother?












Now that's some fucking whack ass 2002 shit. Here's how the white boy afro is done in '07. Take notes.




http://www.myspace.com/hothotheat

http://www.myspace.com/wolfmother

http://www.myspace.com/mikamyspace

http://www.supercuts.com

Motorola to introduce the iPhone's slutty friend.

Hoping to capitalize on some of the pent up sexual frustration of all you iPhone lusting geek chics, Motorola could introduce the hotter, cheaper, less sophisticated, and more er... available LAZR as soon as next week.

Just imagine how foxy you'll look nonchalantly chatting on one of these while rubbing your thighs together at the clinic. RAWR.


http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/24/the-motorola-lazr/

The Offline Guitar Archive

In an effort to spite aspiring musicians that can't learn things by ear, the National Music Publishers Association has served up a cease and desist letter to the user-generated guitar tab repository, OLGA.

People that spend hours butchering Metallica solos at Guitar Center are bummed.


http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/03/music_publisher.html

B@mbi Like You've Never Seen Her Before!!!

All we're doing is linking you to the story.

Which means we're not "asserting" anything,
we're just "juxtaposing"
which is like
"totally legal"
as opposed to
"barely legal."

I Am Not In Austin

Yes, the rumors are true: I am not in Austin for SXSW right now. As hard as that sobering fact is to believe, it's true. But I'm OK, really I am. Just because I'm not backstage at Amy Winehouse's showcase at Eternal tonight, or, for that matter, getting blazed with Slug from Atmosphere at Emo's while Denmark electro-delic dream-hoppers Under Byen are hypnotizing hipsters, there's no cause for alarm. No, I won't be at Stubb's when Bloc Party faces the heat of an underperforming second album and all sorts of questions about Kele's sexuality at Stubb's ’round midnight. I will most definitely miss nu-school shoegazers Asobi Seksu when they get blissy with it at The Parish II (1AM). I will miss each and every show by any band that bloggers ad infinitum will have you believe are the Second Coming of (insert iconic band name here) and saviors of all that is good music for at least the next couple of weeks. I'll see none of it. Unless, of course, it ends up on YouTube. God, I need a drink...

Sellin' Out...

It feels icky when I have to hear Iggy pimp himself out to Carnival Cruise lines (Lust for life + seniors on vacation is NOT punk yo')...but I can appreciate some no name band lending their tunes to hock y'know....whatever. And that's where sites like this come in handy......hear a song, find it here.

Now would someone please tell me what the electro track playing on the new Cadillac Escalade is?

Thanks, mgmt.