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Osbourne Auction Nets $800,000 For Charity, Radiohead “Jigsaw” Video Airs on YouTube, “Guitar Hero” and “Warcraft” Makers Merge

Ozzy Osbourne’s infamous “bat coat,” which he donned on The Osbournes, sold for $3,300 at an auction this weekend that saw the family selling many of its most prized possessions for charity. A coffee mug Ozzy used on the TV show went for $1,625, while a sculpture by Edouard Douret sold for $10,500. Altogether, the Ozzchandise raised more than $800,000 for the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program. Radiohead’s “Jigsaw Falling Into Place” video, shown during the band’s Webcast, has officially been released to YouTube. Meanwhile, the discbox option of In Rainbows, featuring eight new songs, has begun hitting mailboxes worldwide. While the band’s merchandiser w.a.s.t.e. e-mailed customers yesterday saying that the box should reach U.S. customers in “five to eighteen days,” those lucky enough to live in Europe (they received theirs today) have leaked its contents on the Web. Check out Brian Wilson’s “Smart Girls,” a semi-sorta rap song the Beach Boys brainchild recorded in 1989 with his associate Dr. Eugene Landy playing the role of hype man. The song was released as a limited-edition cassingle (remember those?) as a personal gift to 250 of his friends and associates for the holidays back when the first George Bush was in power. While nearly every industry profited this past Black Friday, CD sales still slumped, with the number of albums sold coming in eighteen percent less than the same weekend last year. As a result of the endless beatdown on the record companies, Island/Def Jam and SonyBMG have begun cutting jobs. In a merger of truly epic proportions, video game companies Activision and Blizzard — a.k.a. the makers of Guitar Hero and World of Warcraft, respectively — have merged in a $18 billion deal.

Published: 2007-12-04
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup, Radiohead's "In Rainbows"

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Don Imus Returns to the Airwaves, Whitney Houston Performs in Malaysia, Radiohead Explain EMI Split

Don Imus made his return to talk radio this morning, broadcasting live from Town Hall near New York’s Times Square on Citadel Broadcasting Company’s WABC-FM. Tickets were sold for $100, with proceeds benefiting the Imus Ranch for Kids With Cancer. Imus, who was kicked off CBS radio in April after uttering racially insensitive remarks on-air, will operate out of a studio across from Madison Square Garden after today’s show. Whitney Houston also returned to public performance, giving her first show since divorcing Bobby Brown and reportedly working with an addiction coach. Houston’s set at Malaysia’s Live & Loud Music Festival this weekend included “Heartbreak Hotel” and, of course, “I Will Always Love You” (watch clips here). Garth Brooks has set two records at Los Angeles’ Staples Center after tickets for his five upcoming charity performances sold out in fifty-nine minutes. Brooks became the first artist to sell out that many shows in one day at the arena, and he will also give all five performances in under thirty hours due to scheduling conflicts with L.A.’s basketball teams. In an upcoming interview with U.K.’s The Observer, Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien says the band parted ways with EMI due to a personal conflict that arose when the band tried to negotiate a deal with EMI’s new owner, Terra Firma head Guy Hands. “EMI is in a state of flux. It’s been taken over by somebody who’s never owned a record company before … It was really sad to leave all the people. … Terra Firma doesn’t understand the music industry.” Diana Ross and Brian Wilson were among those honored last night at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for their achievements in the field. At the event, which will air December 26th on CBS, Ross was recognized for spreading “romance and joy throughout the world” while Wilson was celebrated for his

Published: 2007-12-04
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Morning News Roundup, Radiohead's "In Rainbows"

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Open-Letter Mailbag: Matchbox Twenty’s Rob Thomas Responds To Radio “Blackmail”

As any artist should know by now, if you’re going to write an open letter, we’re going to read it and discuss. Today, we examine the five-paragraph retaliation note Matchbox Twenty’s Rob Thomas directed at Charlotte, North Carolina disc jockeys Matt & Ramona. While promoting their new greatest-hits album in the north-er Carolina, Thomas came down with food poisoning. The band was able to complete their first promotional obligation, but Thomas’ sickness and time constraints forced the band to cancel their appearance on the popular rock jocks’ radio show. Matt & Ramona responded over the airwaves by saying, according to Thomas, they “weren’t going to play our music until we apologize in person to you.” Thomas did not take kindly to the “blackmail,” nor the fact that the DJs “chose to read and make fun of letters that fans sent you.” Thomas closes out the letter with “We thank you for the years of support and are sorry it has to come to an end, but there is no way we will ever apologize after being threatened on the air.” Pwned by Rob Thomas! We listened to the clips from that show and heard the DJs claim that though Matchbox Twenty canceled on them, the band was allegedly across town making good on another promotional appearance. Then, like the drive-time talk-hosts they are, Matt & Ramona filled the air-time with jokes at Thomas’ expense (while he is by all accounts an incredibly nice guy, perhaps such jabs are the media’s way of getting even with him for making everyone hear Santana’s “Smooth” a million times). One thing we learned, though, is that the gender divide between Matchbox Twenty fans is off the charts. Of the 236 comments left following Thomas’ MySpace post at press time, only three of them came from men — and one of those men was a fake Rob Thomas. Click HERE for an update on the story. Related Stories: Rock Bloggin’:

Published: 2007-10-25
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News

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'The Clash Live: Revolution Rock' Doc On DVD April 15; Airing On PBS Through March

Air Traffic, Charlotte, Video Stream

Osbourne Auction Nets $800,000 For Charity, Radiohead “Jigsaw” Video Airs on YouTube, “Guitar Hero” and “Warcraft” Makers Merge

Metallica In The Studio: Working Hard, Air Drumming

Pepsi, Timberlake push Amazon's MP3 store

Music Spotlight: Charlotte Gainsbourg

Iron Maiden Live Out “Aces High” In Most Metal Jet Ever

Don Imus Returns to the Airwaves, Whitney Houston Performs in Malaysia, Radiohead Explain EMI Split

Break It Down: The Black Angels

Open-Letter Mailbag: Matchbox Twenty’s Rob Thomas Responds To Radio “Blackmail”

West Point wins Dave Matthews' services

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