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oh my gosh - if you’re around my age (32) you simply must have some level of affection for boy george and culture club - i still remember listening to karma chameleon when i was kid and thinking to myself that lead singer boy george was way cool - next month he’s doing a small club tour here in the states and i bought my tickets awhile ago - i’ll be seeing him play at the el rey theatre on july 15th - the night after i catch coldplay on the first night of their US tour (i am in love with chris martin - and contrary to recent reports the band’s new album viva la vida does not suck) the middle of july is going to be super hot! i just love going to concerts - tomorrow morning i’ll be picking up janet jackson tickets for when she comes to los angeles in september!



the pictures below are from tonight’s opening of the RS lounge club over in london where boy george lent his DJ skills (i just bought a kick-ass technics turntable - finally i can play my vinyl) he actually looks fairly decent (he was never a cute guy - interesting - oh yes - cute….no) he’s had a bunch of super messy incidents over the years but somehow he still manages to pull himself together (as a bonus i’ve included the video for do you really want to hurt me? one of the band’s best songs and he better sing it live in july) popbytes over & out for now…xxoo

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George Clooney is said to have dumped Sarah Larson last month, who supposedly found out about it through a magazine, because she ignored his advice on not getting a boob job. In Touch Weekly writes:
“George really didn’t want her to get the boob job. Although she asked George if she could do her recovery at …

The new album Micah P Hinson And The Red Empire Orchestra, by gravelly Texas songwriter Micah P. Hinson and his Red Empire Orchestra, is out 6/14 on Full Time Hobby. The first single, “When We Embraced,” showed up 6/2, but another track — in our opinion, the album’s standout — showed up for the first time in today’s Drop. We asked Hinson what inspired the song and, more specifically, “Who are the ghosts chattering down the hallway?” Hinson responded indirectly, but his honesty offers straightforward insight into the track. You can read his response and listen here. Also, if you’re curious about the single “When We Embraced,” it’s at his freshly minted MySpace.

On top of the gift of a free Hinson track, this week’s Drop offers a chance to win a jam-packed 1993-2003 Radiohead flash drive, the 7-CD Radiohead box set, and Radiohead: The Best Of in multiple formats.

American Idol winner, David Cook, sang the national anthem when the Boston Celtics visited the LA Lakers at the Staples Center last night.  It was a great game (the Lakers have insured that they will not be swept by winning Game 3). 
I think the rendition started a little rocky but got better in […]

CAROL SMILLIE GIVES THE UK A SKILLS MAKEOVER
TV Presenter launches the ‘Skills Street’ campaign urging more people to learn a new skill
Have you ever wished you could learn IT skills but simply don’t have the time or perhaps you’d like to become a chef but lack of money is putting you off? Well […]

Legendary Scottish crew Primal Scream are about to release their ninth studio album, Beautiful Future. It includes tracks produced by Peter, Björn & John’s Björn Yttling and bigwig Paul Epworth (Bloc Party, Babyshambles, Kate Nash, the Futureheads, etc.) and collaborations with Lovefoxx of CSS, Josh Homme, and Linda Thompson. You can stream the Scream’s swarming, enjoyably retro single, “Can’t Go Back,” at the band’s MySpace. If you’re anxious to load new PS onto your iPod, though, you can download another new track, “Urban Guerrilla,” simply by passing over your email address at this special site. If you do, or if you just stopped to read the above headline, you’ll notice it’s Bobby & Co. doing a pretty faithful take on Hawkwind’s song of the same name, though the band doesn’t mention that anywhere, as far as I can tell. It’s also unclear if the cover will be on the new record. If you trust Wikipedia, the answer is no, but check out this fan video for the track, please.

Beautiful Future is out 7/21 via B-unique.

Pete Doherty has commissioned his friend Nick Reynolds to create a marble sculpture of him on a cross for his upcoming show. Pete says it symbolizes being crucified by the press and is a statement about how the media has it out of him. The Sun says:
The “disturbing artwork” will be carved in marble and …

Shia LaBeouf has apologized and feels embarrassed for using the word “faggot” in an old tape of him and a friend slapping each other. What was meant to be video to remember a night of erotic sadomasochism turned into something else completely as Shia was derided for using the anti-gay slur.
“The videotape that is currently …

It wasn’t too long ago that we got this amusing clip for “Alaska” from Dr. Dog’s early ‘07 breakthrough We All Belong, and now it’s time for Dr. Dog’s mid-’08 breakthrough follow-up Fate. In the past they’ve sung and video’d (again, amusingly) about their “Old Ways,” and now they’re on to talking about “Old Days.” This fixation with what’s passed, whether intentional or Freudian, is totally fitting for the Philly-based rock surveyists — the Beatles and Nilsson and ’60s and ’70s Americana have been very good friends to them, and the lead track from the new album is staying put. Rather nicely, too, starting with a last gasp of radio static as you dial up an old AM station, keeping it light, arpeggiated, dusty, and groovy. It’s not like they can’t get nostalgic about more recent times, but at least on “The Old Days,” their old ways are still a good look.

Sub Pop’s celebrating its 20th Anniversary: We told you about that and the SP20 festival. Blender did an oral and visual history titled “Going Out of Business Since 1988!” to honor the occasion. It’s not Please Kill Me-sized or on the scale of Thurston Moore and Byron Coley’s upcoming No Wave book, but it’s a fun read with bits from Chris Cornell, Lou Barlow, Mark Arm, Greg Dulli, founders Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman, the aforementioned Moore, Jack Endino, Isaac Brock, etc. A tidbit from Arm:

Cameron Crowe put Mudhoney on the Singles soundtrack, and in typical wiseass fashion, we wrote [the scene-eviscerating] “Overblown.” Were the lyrics [”And you’re up there, shirtless and flexin’/Display of a macho freak”] really inspired by a Soundgarden video? Well, Chris Cornell was taking his shirt off from day one. It just seemed kinda gross, like, I’m a good-looking model rock guy. But if I had it to show, I’d probably do it, too.

There are others.