by | Jun 8, 2008 | Culture Music Art
from Pitchfork Sex Pistols’ Johnny Rotten Sued for Assaulting Assistant Stop press! This guy may be angry and violent! There may be problems ahead for Sex Pistols mouthpiece Johnny Rotten (or John Lydon, if you’re not nasty), as the perennially assholish...
by | Jun 8, 2008 | Culture Music Art
from the Guardian UK Guevara children denounce Che branding · Daughter denounces exploitation of image Rory Carroll, Latin America correspondent Che Guevara T-shirts for sale in Cuba. Photograph: Chris Hammond/Alamy The scraggly beard, the beret adorned with a star,...
by | Jun 8, 2008 | Los Angeles
from the LA Times L.A. Times Music Blog Aimee Mann christens new Largo location Maybe the only performer more appropriate than Aimee Mann to open the Largo’s new era would be Jon Brion, the resident Friday-night ringmaster during the beloved music club’s 12 years on...
by | Jun 8, 2008 | Culture Music Art
from The Guardian UK The polar bear lies dead after being shot by police in Iceland. Photograph: Icelandic television A polar bear that swam more than 200 miles in near-freezing waters to reach Iceland was shot on arrival in case it posed a threat to humans. The bear,...
by | Jun 8, 2008 | Culture Music Art
from Variety MTV fined $484,500 by U.K. regulator Net taking steps to prevent future breaches By STEVE CLARKE MTV Networks Europe has been fined a total of £255,000 ($484,500) by U.K. media regulator Ofcom for “widespread and persistent” breaches of its broadcasting...
