The Adriattic

I haven’t been able to confirm if this was a legitimate assignment but it’s hilarious even if it wasn’t.
This paper was turned in by an Oakland High school student who received the highest honors at the school district’s Ebonics translation competition.
Assignment: Please translate the following Rap song lyrics from Ebonics to standard English.
Artist: Notorious [...]

Van Halen “Crap We Spent All Our Money On Heroin, Coke, & Divorce Lawers” Reunion Tour - Greensboro, NC 2007
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I can’t believe people actually clapped after that horrible performance. Did they forget they paid hundreds of dollars to see concert and not a transsexual hump a giant inflatable microphone? And I’m sorry why does [...]

We’re Not In This Together Now

NINE INCH NAILS will split after the release of their forthcoming album YEAR ZERO REMIXED, frontman TRENT REZNOR has revealed. The current lineup of Reznor; drummer Josh Freese; guitarist Aaron North; bassist Jeordie White and keyboardist Alessandro Cortini, played their last gig together in Honolulu in September (07) - and [...]

Radiohead to give away new album
In a break from industry tradition the UK band famous for hits including Creep, Paranoid Android and Karma Police, has told fans “it’s up to you” what they pay to digitally download the album.
This isn’t the first time that an artist has opted to charge nothing for its album, but [...]

Find individual songs online and download them for free. Try it out.

I think if Kurt Cobain had shot her in the face instead of himself, he’d be out on parole by now.

The rustic Swiss village of Kallnach is not the sort of place you would automatically associate with controversial American rocker Marilyn Manson — but its local speciality has sparked an unlikely collaboration.
The singer’s interest has been piqued by one of the village’s best known products, the fabled and highly potent liquor absinthe, which has been [...]

The surviving members of legendary rock group Led Zeppelin are to reform for a star-studded tribute concert in London.
Singer Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist John Paul Jones will play at the show to remember the late Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun.
The one-off concert, the trio’s first performance for 19 years, will take place [...]

Oh Mozart, you dandy fop! Your ribaldry knows no bounds…

One of Mozart’s –for reason’s I don’t understand– lesser known works.
Leck mich im Arsch!
Laßt froh uns sein!
Murren ist vergebens!
Knurren, Brummen ist vergebens,
ist das wahre Kreuz des Lebens.
Drum laßt uns froh und fröhlich sein!
Lick me in the ass!
Let us be glad!
Grumbling is in vain!
Growling, droning is in [...]

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Really impressive work. Especially part 2.