The Worley Gig

"Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die."
- Mel Brooks

Hotness!
What happened after Jim and Pam kissed at the end of last season's cliffhanger? I can't wait to find out! Oh, and Happy Birthday Mom!

Where Did My Archives Go?
At some point last year, the Modern Drummer Website crashed for a number of months. It actually seemed like the site was down for a million billion years, but it was probably not that long. When the site finally made a come back, most of the archived Drummer Update [...]

God’s Idea of a Cruel Joke: Lukas Rossi wins Rock Star: SuperNova
Please do rush right over to this awesome, deliciously scathing editorial in the Village Voice that wraps up last night’s uber lame finale of Rock Star: Supernova — the worst show on television since the first season of Big Brother. My favorite parts [...]

IN-COMP USA…
The following is a letter of grievance sent by a writer friend of mine regarding her local COMP*USA store in Augusta, Georgia in response to the shitty service she received when she took her Apple iBook in for repairs. Enjoy!
Ms. Loretta Anderson
Manager for Corporate Customer Services
CompUSA
14951 North Dallas Parkway
Dallas, TX 75254
Dear Ms. Anderson:
In a [...]

Five Years Gone
Five years ago today, a guy I knew from the local NYC punk rock scene, John Heffernan (AKA Johnny Heff) died for no reason. Johnny played guitar for the punk band The Bullys, but in his day job he was a NYC Firefighter.

Johnny at a Bullys Gig [...]

Free Sneakers Are Good Sneakers
Here are my Top Ten reasons why this day Rocks:
1. Was able to sleep until 7:00 AM* before my Upststairs-Neighbors-from-Hell woke me with their incessant cacaphony of moving furniture and dropping bowling balls on the floor (*usually it starts closer to 5 or 6:00 AM)!
2. Having a Good Hair Day.
3. Found [...]

Gail has that elusive quality that seperates her writing from other critics… it's called "soul." Her writing comes out of a genuine love of music, rather than from some misguided attempt to impress with phony conconctions of hip references and obscure name dropping. You want proof? You'll see Gail up front at a great rock [...]

Not McCauley Culkin
Norwegian painter Edvard Munch's oft-coopted and wildy iconic masterpiece The Scream has been recovered two years after masked gunmen stole the painting from a Norwegian museum, Oslo police announced Thursday.