Vice Diddley Tribute: Funny Because It's Not True

Oh, those irrepressible scamps at Vice. The Brooklyn-based magazine’s website features a tribute (of sorts) to the recently deceased bluesman Bo Diddley that, from headline to kicker, is one long piss-take.

The post, which is un-bylined but could’ve been written by The Onion‘s hilariously misinformed gossip columnist Jackie Harvey, is headlined "NEW Read More

Bo Diddley, Dead at 79

Bo Diddley, the pioneering rock ’n’ roller responsible for classics like “Who Do You Love” and “I’m a Man,” died of heart failure today in his Florida home, Reuters reports. He was 79.

“One of the founding fathers of rock ‘n’ roll has left the building he helped construct,” read a statement his management agency Read More

Weezer: Einstein on the Beach

Here we have Weezer’s third album, their first since 1996′s rather excellent, perceived-as-a failure-but-now-hailed-as-a-classic Pinkerton. Let’s leave “the geek ascendant” angle to every other publication in the free world, shall we?

Instead, Weezer, a.k.a. The Green Album (Interscope), should be lauded as a bang-up summer record. As of this writing, it has just debuted at Read More