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Trick or Treat Free MP3s from Vice

Posted Tuesday 10/31/2006 1:32 PM in Blender Blog

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Silencer

Posted Tuesday 10/31/2006 5:00 AM in New Music by Noah Lipsky

Performing solo on piano can rock, too. Who knew? More

All We Are Saying Is … Give Pop a Chance

Posted Tuesday 10/31/2006 1:00 AM in Guide

Attention, Kofi Annan! Still struggling to bring peace to the world’s trouble spots? You’ve overlooked one potential solution: pop music! Congo already has its answer to the Wu-Tang Clan; Lebanon has its own jailbait teen-pop sensation; and there’s even a Palestinian Nick Lachey. With musicians as outrageous, trashy and decadent as these, can western-style democracy really be far behind? More

Mick Jones: The Right Profile

Posted Tuesday 10/31/2006 1:00 AM in Guide by Ivan J. Sheehan

Sitting in the administrative offices of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Mick Jones chats about being a legend, his own heroes and the new Killers record. More

History of Drugs: 450 B.C.–1959 C.E.

Posted Tuesday 10/31/2006 1:00 AM in Guide by Blender Staff

From joint-smoking jazzbos to heroin-injecting grungers, the relationship between drugs and rock has, for good or ill, been one of music’s most important. Which is why Blender decided to chronologically catalogue just how long and strange this particular trip has been … More

Lindsay Lohan Never Changes Expression133;EVER

Posted Monday 10/30/2006 6:07 PM in Blender Blog

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VIDEO Slayer, Eyes of the Insane

Posted Monday 10/30/2006 4:58 PM in Blender Blog

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Goldfrapp: Live in NYC

Posted Monday 10/30/2006 6:18 AM in Live by Bryan Winther

In their final show of 2006, Alison Goldfrapp and Co. really bring sexy back. More

Goldfrapp: Live in NYC

Posted Monday 10/30/2006 1:00 AM in Guide by Bryan Winther

In their final show of 2006, Alison Goldfrapp and Co. really bring sexy back. More

Puking Pussycats

Posted Friday 10/27/2006 6:13 PM in Blender Blog

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Michael Franti's Top Ten Protest Songs

Posted Friday 10/27/2006 1:00 AM in Guide by Crai S. Bower

Spearhead frontman Michael Franti explains his drive for social justice as his "need to be a participant in the world." Musically, he draws from a deep well of "participation" that includes his 2004 sojourn to play on the streets of Baghdad and for U.S. troops, from which he produced the inspired documentary, I Know I'm Not Alone. He also recently spent an off-day during his Japan tour in Hiroshima where he interviewed survivors. "One survivor told me the reason he doesn't despise the U.S. is that hatred only leads to more bombs. If this guy can think this way then what are the rest of us thinking?" He recently paused from his current U.S. tour to offer music that has helped shape his perspective. More