Virgin Mobile Festival 2008 Photo: Tim Griffin If you’re like me and you blog obsessively about music and events (or perhaps if you live in the DC area), you’ve probably been wondering if the Virgin Mobile Festival is going to take place this year. With the downturn in the economy, the looming bankruptcy of Pimlico…
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The Awkward Rage! Shane Nelken and CBC Radio 3 Respond to Billy Bob Thornton
Speaking of AC Newman, check out this awesome video response to Billy Bob Thornton’s infamous QTV interview by Carl’s bandmate Shane Nelken and CBC Radio 3’s Tariq Hussein . “My first love was a 6 year old boy named Winston Chang.” Classic!
Buy Michael Jackson’s Toys (or His Pants)
Michael Jackson Dolls (Estimate $300 – $500) The public auction for Michael Jackson‘s personal effects from Neverland Ranch begins tomorrow (April 14): …The auction, with 1,390 lots taken from Neverland, opens for public viewing on Tuesday; the sale is to run April 22 to 25. A five-volume, 900-page catalog is available for browsing online (juliensauctions.com)….
Billy Bob Thornton, Actor, Director, Douchebag
Billy Bob Thornton and The Boxmasters on Q TV If I ever had any respect for Billy Bob Thornton as a person, I more or less just lost all of it after watching this interview with QTV’s Jian Ghomeshi. After a perfectly appropriate introduction, which briefly mentioned his career as an actor, Thornton refused to…
Live From Webster Hall | Coming Soon to a Best Buy Near You
Mixing Board at Annuals Webster Hall Show (10/28/08) Photo: Jon Klemm This just in from the NYTimes: [Webster Hall] has reached an agreement with Best Buy to sell recordings of live shows at the chain’s stores in the New York area. Performances will also be available through iTunes and Webster Hall’s own Web site, websterhall.com….
CBC Makes Cutbacks, Radio 3 Emerges Relatively Unscathed
Facing a downtown in advertising to the tune of $171 million CDN, the venerable Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has just announced a series of cutbacks to its television and radio ventures: About 400 employees are being laid off from the CBC’s English-language service, 335 will depart the French-language arm and 70 are being cut in…