in the machinery of night …

H O W L by Allen Ginsberg I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn [...]

need help w/this equation

i mean …. really?

SOUTH AMERICA!!!!

Friends, We are so incredibly excited and inspired to be visiting Chile and Brazil on our first South American invasion! We hope everyone who attends our shows are ready for the spiritual, sexual, and...

OTEP SHAMAYA's NEW BLOG: I’M NOT A MONSTER.

come peep Otep Shamaya's new blog:with the recent demise of so many counter culture information sanctuaries, i have decided to start a new blog where i will post and scribe all sorts, kinds, and types...

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Rolling Stone’s Top Stories

• Looking Back at Ron Asheton’s Legacy of Loud • Stooges Guitarist Ron Asheton Dies at 60 • Iggy Pop Remembers Stooges’ Ron Asheton • The Stooges’ Key Tracks: Playlist • How to Save Rock & Roll: Nine Pros Weigh In • Dr. Dre, 50 Cent Join Eminem on “Bottle” • Staind’s Aaron Lewis Talks Solo LP • Aerosmith “Can’t Wait” To [...]

Looking Back at Ron Asheton’s Legacy of Loud

Photo: Natkin/Wireimage Rolling Stone’s Andy Greene takes a heartfelt look back at the life and career of Ron Asheton, a musician who started out as a suburban Detroit kid with a fascination with rock & roll and Nazi Germany and wound up pioneering the enduring punk-rock guitar sound that influenced legions of bands. • The Stooges’ Ron [...]

New Music Report: Taylor Swift, Love as Laughter, Plus Top Stories

Christian Hoard breaks down Taylor Swift’s death grip on the chart’s Number One spot and Guns n’ Roses denial that the band will be touring in 2009 (our sources say otherwise!). Plus a glance back at the biggest rock news stories of 2008 and two of Rolling Stone’s favorite exclusive live sessions: Deerhunter on a [...]

Not Green, But Blue

Bush has done something really quite remarkable: protecting a Spain-sized expanse of the Pacific Ocean from commercial and resource development. The scope of Bush’s marine protections is historic, and — no joke — may mean the same fucking Dubya who oversaw the fouling of Western lands and the imperiling of our global climate will also [...]

The Panetta Pick: No More “Slam Dunk”s

The true advantage of the pick of former Clinton Chief of Staff Leon Panetta to head the CIA is a question of interface. Most of the analysis of the Panetta pick has focused on the Beltway soap opera of why Senate intel czar Diane Feinstein wasn’t given a heads up, and what Panetta’s personal views [...]

No Joke: Senator Al Franken

Certified. Let the lawsuits begin.

Police Find Dead Stooges Guitarist

Ron Asheton, the Stooges' legendary guitarist, was found dead in his Ann Arbor home this morning. According to the Ann Arbor News, police discovered Asheton's body after his personal assistant called, saying he couldn't reach Asheton. While the cause of his death is unclear at this point, Asheton

Interview: Aaron Lewis of Staind

Aaron Lewis chooses his tattoos wisely. Sitting in the famous Hart & Huntington tattoo shop in Las Vegas, he's getting a piece that he's wanted for awhile. "I'm getting this Aztec, Tibetan-style skull. When I put my hands together, the whole skull will be on the front of my hands, but only half of

Kottonmouth Kings Reveal 'Bring the Noize' Dates

Kottonmouth Kings have lined up 33 shows for their "Bring Tha Noize Tour," featuring such support acts as Blaze Ya' Dead Homie, Big B and La Coka Nostra, a supergroup featuring Ill Bill, Slaine, Big Left, and former House of Pain members (Everlast, DannyBoy, DJ Lethal). Nostra's debut, A Brand You

Grateful no longer, the Dead will tour

It looks like the old Dead are gettin' on.

Keeping the coins in a jar by the door

Musicians, including a player on 'Eleanor Rigby,' are trying to extend European royalty payments.

Patrick Halling is fighting to keep the few cents he earns every time the Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby" airs on the radio.

Hollywood's Musicians Institute teaches the endangered art of A & R

In the troubled music industry, many labels have cut or eliminated their artists-and-repertoire staff. But instructors at MI are determined to teach the skill of making a musical connection.

Once upon a time, A&R were the sexiest letters in the music industry's alphabet.

Watch Bodies of Water's Dark New Video for "Under the Pines"

The Breaking Blog kicked off 2008 with a post about L.A. quartet Bodies of Water, and we're happy to do the same in 2009! Click above to watch the band's creepy but beautiful new video for "Under the Pines," which features a shotgun, a dog, a child burned by lye and the band's thick layers of knotty rock. Last year we said the band's sound recalled "The Arcade Fire as composed by Ennio Morricone. The band funnels roots rock, soaring gospel, the Mamas & the Papas-style harmonies and Spaghetti Western themes into an uplifting, California-baked package." We'll stand by that description in '09.

Download Bell X1's New "How Your Heart Is Wired"

Irish rockers Bell X1 will return March 3rd with *Blue Lights on the Runway*, the follow-up to this year's *Flock*. Singer-guitarist Paul Noonan said the group started recording the new disc last November in a "big, draughty, stately home called Ballycumber House, under the beady gaze of musty portraits of the Lords and Ladies of the estate from the 15th century. We wanted to make something different, something tight and coherent from start to finish. Where we've landed is a little bit electronic, a little bit Bacharach, a little bit New Orleans Funeral March." Judge for yourself here, with a free download of a band-new *Runway* track: "How Your Heart Is Wired" [right click and select "save as"]

Breaking: The Veronicas

Who: The Veronicas, an Australian pop duo named after the Archies Comic featuring twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso, who are hoping to bring their huge success Down Under into the States with a little help from the Jonas Brothers. Sounds Like: On their second album Hook Me Up, the Veronicas make the leap from teenybopper rock to electro-pop similar to the Sounds and CSS. "That whole indie electro scene was coming up and in a mainstream way we wanted to bring that out in our music," Lisa says of the band's new aesthetic, which immediately resulted in a Number One single, Hook's opening track "Untouched," in their home continent. Onstage though, Jessica says, "Our shows are a lot more rock, we like to keep that alive." Vital Stats: • Over the span of only two albums, the sisters have already worked with an all-star lineup of talent including Swede pop god Max Martin, new American Idol judge Kara Dioguardi, Grammy-winning songwriter Billy Sternberg and producer Toby Gad. During their first tour of the U.S. in 2006, the Veronicas' opening act was some little known band called the Jonas Brothers. The Veronicas returned the favor, opening for the JoBros during their Burning Up Jaunt in 2008.

Exclusive: 'Twilight' Star Robert Pattinson Drops Out Of 'Parts Per Billion'

MTV News exclusive: "Twilight" star Robert Pattinson has dropped out of his next film, "Parts per Billion." A rep cited the "New Moon" filming schedule.

Timbaland Responds To False <i>Shock Value 2</i> Reports

Timbaland responded to multiple erroneous online reports about his forthcoming Shock Value 2 album, which claimed that Justin Timberlake, Gwen Stefani, Usher and others will appear on the LP.

Jay-Z To Play 'Concert On The Eve Of Change' The Night Before Obama's Inauguration

Jay-Z will play a special concert in Washington, D.C., on January 19, the night before President-Elect Barack Obama's inauguration, it was announced Tuesday.