The Current Music Blog: December 1, 2006 Archive

What Everyone Is and Isn't Talking About: The Buffering Stream 12/1

Posted at 7:00 AM on December 1, 2006 by Hans Eisenbeis (1 Comments)

Paul Westerberg & Prince: Never in the same room together?

Posted at 3:00 PM on December 1, 2006 by Hans Eisenbeis (2 Comments)

What could be hotter than penguins? Nothing! That's why Prince is obsessed with them and you should be too.

He gets older, and like a fine wine he just gets bigger, better, and more intoxicating, with a full nose and a round taste.

Say, now that Prince and Paul Westerberg have both stormed the world of movie soundtracks, is it time to consider whether the two are somehow doppelgangers of one another? Back in about 1986, they both created a separate and successful "Minneapolis Sound." Is it time to argue about "the Minneapolis Soundtrack"?

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Y'know, there's a finite number of laughs you can squeeze out of the name "Michael Bolton"...

Posted at 4:00 PM on December 1, 2006 by Hans Eisenbeis (1 Comments)

Blender magazine, that paragon of understatement and subtlety from the same people who created hatched expectorated Maxim magazine, has joined the end-of-year list-writing frenzy by offering "The Fifty Worst Artists in Music History." If you're the sort of person who enjoys roughly 50 punch lines to the same joke, then you have the whole weekend to enjoy this.

Otherwise, we can offer approximately the same experience by offering our own handy, time-saving list for your edification and enjoyment:

The least interesting magazine in music history: Blender magazine.

Photo: Sony Records

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