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I Read The News Today... For March 24, 2011

Quick! Start practicing your falsetto! Bon Iver's long-awaited sophomore album is coming out sometime in June. —Rolling Stone Rufus Wainwright is releasing a box set later this year for all your Judy Garland-inspired needs. —rufuswainwright.com MUTEK's annual Avant_MUTEK series is coming to Toronto, Vancouver, Chicago and New York. International...
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I Read The News Today... For March 23, 2011

Tokyo Police Club are the final addition to the list of acts who will perform at this year's Juno Awards on Sunday. OOOOOOH! OOOOOH! Does that mean they're winning something? Guess we'll have to watch to see. City And Colour's March 18 set at Austin, Texas' St. David's Episcopal Church as part of South By Southwest is already available as a live...
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I Read The News Today... For May 26, 2010

Just a day after being arrested for assault with a deadly weapon, Suge Knight was accused of ordering a hit. —TMZ Burlington, Ont.'s Sandman Viper Command have a free download of "Strawberry Quick," from their Everybody See This debut album available for free download. —MySpace Regina Spektor will play at the White House as part of...
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Fat Mike Banned From Austin, Texas Venue After Spiking Tequila With His Pee

Maybe NOFX singer/bassist Fat Mike should've called his Cokie The Clown alter ego Pee Pee The Clown, instead. A not very funny practical joke (which involved his own pee) has gotten him banned from Austin, Texas' Emo's Annex. Fat Mike (real name Mike Burkett), who was performing under his Cokie The Clown moniker as part of the recent South By...
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Fat Mike's iPhone Stolen In Buenos Aires

Fat Mike probably won't pull his iPhone out and start texting people again the next time he's in Argentina. The NOFX singer/bassist was robbed on Monday (March 1) morning when walking through the streets of Argentina's largest city. He wasn't hurt and he actually finds the thief's tactics pretty funny. "If there ever was a good way to get...
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Fat Mike

The Ten Funniest Dudes In Rock

Stand up comedy and rock 'n' roll are a lot alike. George Carlin was raging against the machine long before Zack De La Rocha and Tom Morello weren't doing what you told them. Mitch Hedberg rocked the mic with an original delivery that was stripped down and raw, much like a punk rock band out of Queens, N.Y. Just as stand up comedians can...
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Tegan And Sara Start Recording

Tegan And Sara officially began recording their sixth album on Friday. The Quin twins are working on the as-yet-untitled disc at Los Angeles' Sound City Studios, according to CBC Radio 3. Howard Redekopp (The New Pornographers, Mother Mother) and Death Cab For Cutie's Chris Walla are co-producing the record. Redekopp was one of the producers of...
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Tegan And Sara recording their new album

Fat Mike Talks Sex

NOFX member/Fat Wreck Chords founder Fat Mike isn't afraid to be blunt. It's a good thing, too, because with his latest venture, Sex Talk Show — a live, phone-in sex advice show accompanied by Canadian syndicated guru Josey Vogels for Toronto-based PunkRadioCast — the notorious punk rock icon can't exactly be shy. Having tackled issues ranging...
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