Archive for December 11th, 2009
Rewind: The Week in Rock Daily
December 11th, 2009
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Best of the Decadeapalooza began with our 100 best albums, 100 best songs, readers picks and Peter Travers’ countdown of the best movies of the 2000s. Check out what else is crammed into our new issue here.
It was a rough week to be a rock star, as Guns n’ Roses’ Axl Rose scuffled with a paparazzi photographer and Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo got banged up in a tour bus accident.
RS talked to Ted Leo ...
Editors’ Roundtable: RS Staffers Debate the Decade’s Best Music
December 11th, 2009
Determining the best albums, songs and artists of the decade was no easy task, and as our roundtable discussion about the 2000s’ best music demonstrates, there’s quite a diversity of opinions in the Rolling Stone reviews department. Watch as managing editor Will Dana talks with critics David Fricke, Rob Sheffield and Jody Rosen about how music changed over the past 10 years and their personal picks for the greatest music of the decade.
“Pop divas ...
Weekend Rock List: Most Underrated Album of the Decade
December 11th, 2009
We’ve spent a lot of time this week looking back at the decade in rock — our lists of the 100 best albums and 100 best songs are available now — and next week we’ll be celebrating the best music of the year. We let our readers speak up about their favorite albums, songs and artists of the 2000s in our Decade-End Readers’ Poll, and Green Day swept all three categories. But here’s a slightly ...
The Decade in Movies: Peter Travers’ 10 Best Films of the 2000s
December 11th, 2009
Of the scores of movies released since 2000, 10 special films deepened with time and dug their way into your head and heart. Peter Travers explains how Mystic River, The Departed, Mulholland Drive and more earned the honor in his breakdown of the decade’s best pictures:
• Peter Travers’ 10 Best Movies of the Decade
And don’t miss the rest of our decade-end countdowns:
• 100 Best Albums of the Decade
• 100 Best Songs of the Decade
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Chris Brown Laments Missed Michael Jackson Tribute in “Vibe”
December 11th, 2009
Photo: Sullivan/Getty Since Michael Jackson’s untimely death in late June, the King of Pop has been honored at almost every major awards ceremony, from the VMAs to the AMAs. Now comes word Jackson will posthumously receive a lifetime achievement prize at January’s Grammy Awards, where his remarkable achievements will almost certainly be celebrated once again.
Chris Brown was slated to perform at last year’s Grammys, but pulled out of the ceremony after his altercation with ...
Rock Stars Vs. Paparazzi: Five Fights From Axl Rose to Britney
December 11th, 2009
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Photos of Axl Rose (sporting his flowing reddish locks from the Nineties rather than his angry braids of the ’00s) popping a photographer in the face at a Los Angeles airport has captivated the Web today. Rockers may love the Lady Gaga song “Paparazzi” but they sure don’t always have love for the swarm of photographers who track their every move when they’re out on the town or landing at JFK. Here’s ...
“Rubber Soul” Joins “The Beatles: Rock Band” on December 15th
December 11th, 2009
By now Fab Four fans have had plenty of time to nail down Abbey Road and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band on The Beatles: Rock Band, so Harmonix is unleashing the third full Beatles album for play on the game: Rubber Soul will arrive in full on December 15th for Xbox 360 and Wii, and December 17th for PlayStation 3. “Drive My Car,” “I’m Looking Through You” and “If I Needed Someone” were already ...
Single Minded: Neil Diamond Does Adam Sandler’s “Chanukah Song”
December 11th, 2009
Neil Diamond, “The Chanukah Song Song” [Adam Sandler Cover]
We’re still reeling from the fact that we just typed the words “Adam Sandler Cover,” but here you go. And you know what else? Dude kind of rocks it out (it’s produced by current Guns n’ Roses guitarist DJ Ashba!). The video is bizarrely literal but, uh, this is Neil Diamond covering Adam Sandler. Happy Holidays.
Passion Pit, “Moths Wings” [Eric Solomon Remix]
Solomon takes the ball and runs ...
Mariah Carey Announces First Tour In Support of “Imperfect Angel”
December 11th, 2009
Photo: Ufberg/WireImageIf it seems like Mariah Carey fans have caught more glimpses of the superstar on the big screen in Precious and on Eminem dis tracks than onstage lately, it’s with good reason: Carey has yet to tour in support of her latest release, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, and she didn’t hit the road in support last year’s E=MC² — which was released as her relationship with now-hubby Nick Cannon heated up — either. ...
MTV Loses Another Music Show, Fails to Renew “Alexa Chung”
December 11th, 2009
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It’s off. After just two short seasons, MTV’s live talk show, It’s On With Alexa Chung, will be going silent after its final episode airs on December 17th. The series, hosted by the British TV personality, featured interviews, musical guests and pop-culture news. It debuted as an hour-long program in June, but was cut by 30 minutes in October. MTV programming president Tony DiSanto told Variety the network is “100 percent committed” to a ...