Yearly Archives: 2004

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Better late than never. My favorite 20 albums of 2003 have now been posted with the rest of the donewaiting.com staff. Two Columbus bands make my overall top 20 list, and a grand total of five duos are represented.

After you read my list, post your favorites of 2003 list here. We want to know.

2004 is turning into a strange year for pop celebrity:

Alex Zivojinovich, better known by his stage name Alex Lifeson, was arrested for what police described as drunken, violent behaviour at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Naples, Florida. Deputies said they used a stun gun on Zivojinovich, 50, who faces six charges that include aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting an officer with violence, and disorderly intoxication. (full story)

Thanks Uma for the link, who also sent me the following funny comment in her e-mail: “Maybe this will make Rush sexy?”

Maybe, Uma, maybe.

The Fever covered Outkast’s “Hey Ya!” on New Year’s Eve and our donewaiting.com NYC/NJ writer Stephen Mejias was there to tell us about the story. As an added bonus, there’s a link to the video of the band doing the cover. It’s all here and it’s all good.

From BBC News (via Stereogum)

The Kinks singer Ray Davies is recovering after being shot in the thigh while on holiday in New Orleans.

The singer-songwriter, 59, was wounded on Sunday after trying to run after two men who allegedly stole his female companion’s purse at gunpoint.

He was admitted to the Medical Center of Louisiana but his injuries were not considered serious.

This could be interesting:

Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music empire, is in talks to launch 1 AM, a music channel that would air uncut videos from its own roster of artists which include 50 Cent, Jay-Z, and Ja Rule, sources said. And its partner is one of the leaders of the adult entertainment business – Vivid Entertainment. (full story)

Everyone knows MTV is more about original programming than music these days. Heck, I even saw some sports show the other night on MTV2. Canada’s Fuse is slowly starting to get some buzz, but I imagine the prospect of nudity, bad language and music videos is definitely a slam dunk as far as ratings are concerned.

# Discuss here.

Chip Midnight has layed out a bunch of details as to what the perfect rock and roll music club would be. Read about his dream club and then invent your own perfect rock club.

For me, it’s all about two things: good sound and free Krispy Kreme Doughnuts.

I kid you not.

“Wearing a baseball cap and on the arm of a hotel bellman, pop star Britney Spears married a childhood friend in a Las Vegas wedding ceremony on Saturday, according to published reports.

A marriage license was filed in Clark County, Nevada, on Jan. 3, for Jason Allen Alexander and Britney Jean Spears, both 22. Signed by both, the document says they are both residents of Kentwood, Louisiana, who were born in Mississippi and have never been married before.

But how tightly the knot was tied was not immediately clear.” (full story)

Wow, this makes Shannon Doherty look like a level-headed clear thinking type, doesn’t it?

Duffy Says: Annulment is already on. Read about it here. She’s back on the market, boys!

For those of you who pay attention to the music scene, you know that Ryan Adams is a twit. Anyway, he put on an insane concert in Chicago last month and here’s an extended quote from my favorite music critic, Jim DeRogatis, review from the Chicago Sun Times:

Then things started to go to hell. Adams played “Wish You Were Here” (his song from the new album, not the Pink Floyd classic) four times in a row, giving it to us straight, then as hard-core punk, then as a spoofy country ditty and finally rendering it as sung by Cookie Monster, simultaneously dissing the barked vocals of the nu-metal genre and paying homage to “Sesame Street.”

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Later, he improvised an acoustic song about the snow in Chicago, using it as an excuse to further his pointless feud with local alternative-country heroes Wilco. “Buy me a video camera so I can make a movie called ‘I Am Trying to Bore You to Death,’ ” he crooned, sneering at the Wilco film, “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart.” (full review)

So Mr. Adams apparantly read this review and left a really insane, profanity filled voice mail to the critic. You can listen to that voice mail here.

I wonder what sort of world it would be if Ryan Adams wasn’t a dick.