The Notorious B.I.G was shot and killed 14 years ago today.
He'd just left a Los Angeles party, and was riding in the front passenger seat of a vehicle. When the car stopped at a red light, a black Chevy pulled up beside it and the driver shot Biggie four times through the chest.
His second solo album, Life After Death, was released two weeks later and sold over 10 million copies.
His murder remains unsolved.
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Behold! The Charlie Sheen song, Bi-Winning. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0NIMTPYYcU&feature=player_embedded#at=32]
This crazy Sheen fiasco is, by far, the best scandal we've had in years. Thanks, Charlie! Love you, man.
Can't stop listening to Midnight Juggernauts. These guys receive five stars. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCN5uyrF5Yg]
Bonus points for hotness...
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The Smashing Pumpkins!
Billy Corgan announced that The Smashing Pumpkins' new bass player, Nicole Fiorentino, was one of the girls on their 1993 album, Siamese Dream... and he just found out about it!
Corgan recently tweeted:
Just found out the weirdest news: our bass player Nicole (@xocoleyf) just admitted she is one of the girls on the cover of Siamese Dream
She said she didn't want us to know because she thought maybe we wouldn't let her be in the band
How's THAT for a strange coincidence?
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My pal, Admiral Percer, picked up this fine addition to his record collection.
Pow! How do ya' like them apples?! If this isn't off-the-charts fabulous, then I don't know what is.
Fantastic news, kids.
Canadian dance-punk/noise-rock duo, Death From Above 1979, are back together.
Wheeeee! Cartwheels!
I was deeply saddened five years ago when I learned the world would no longer be graced with the majesty of Sebastien Grainger and Jesse Keeler's heavy, synth-laden, seksi grooves. Today, I celebrate the resurrection of their fabulousness.
The news was confirmed via a statement from Grainger on the band's web site:
"Jesse and I have decided that what we can do together should not be denied."
What's to come? They'll let us know.
"As this all takes shape, we will reveal it to you," Grainger states. "All of it happening, as it always has, in our own way."
Fasten your seatbelts, my friends. It's ON!
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The White Stripes have officially broken up.
According to a statement on the band's Web site: "The White Stripes do not belong to Meg and Jack anymore. The White Stripes belong to you now and you can do with it whatever you want."
The band explains the reason for the break up is "for a myriad of reasons, but mostly to preserve what is beautiful and special about the band and have it stay that way."
I would like to personally extend thanks to Jack and Meg White for releasing this statement today rather than tomorrow. Considering tomorrow is Chinese New Year, and red clothing is customarily worn, had the Whites' statement been released then, I wouldn't have known who was celebrating CNY and who was mourning the red garb-loving White Stripes' demise.
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