The Modern Age

Best headline this week: “Surgery May Stop Linkin Park Singer From Vomiting While Singing.”
Lollapaloozer.
Kelefa Sanneh on Siren Festival. We have to agree… it was a bit of a snoozer.
Chris Martin can avoid court apperance in Oz if he agrees to pay for damages in his windshield-smashing incident.

THIS WEEK’S AWARD FOR COOLEST MOTHERF*CKER EVER GOES TO…JUNICHI SAGA: “Why would I sue? To take something that made people around the world happy and try to exploit it for money — that’s poverty.” — Saga on why he chose not to sue Bob Dylan for lifting passages from his book, Confessions [...]

REPUBLICANS MESSAGING P.DIDDY? Werd. ”Right now, people can reach me 24 hours a day, and I can reach anybody 24 hours a day,” says Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., as he proudly shows off his BlackBerry wireless e-mail gadget. He has made all Republican senators get BlackBerrys.
Celebrity boobs [NOT WORK SAFE].
Kraftwerk.
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This is a long shot…but a friend of ours is looking for the concert listings of all NYC-area music venues over the last couple of years…like who played what day…if by some reason unknown to man or God, you actually have this, please e-mail us.

Not so blind item: What black-casted rocker and blonde lady friend were spotted on the streets of NYC last night along with a rosy-cheeked darling and a quiet rhythm keeper?