Category Archives: Bizarre

Mexican singer El Shaka killed after denying his murder

Mexico is a land rich with tradition, and they have a musical heritage that ranks well with any country on Earth. Narcocorridos are not part of that tradition. Rather, it is part of the musical cesspool that is so disregarded that some local authorities banned this excrement. It is not that I have anything against …

June 28, 2010 – 11:30 PM | By admin | Posted in Bizarre, Corruption, Ethnic Music, Murder, Musicians, Obituaries | Comments (1)

Sydney Opera House holds concert for canines

A wonderful sign that Western Culture is inundated with too much free time on their hands. At least the dogs looked like they were having fun! From the BBC article: Organisers say the event, the work of American musician and artist Laurie Anderson, is the first of its kind. Ms Anderson called it “an inter-species …

June 5, 2010 – 4:49 PM | By admin | Posted in Bizarre, Classical Music, Concerts, Conductors, Experimental Music | Comments (1)

KUWAIT: Diva blasted by Islamic clerics for singing in Hebrew at club

Silly Emma Shah. Didn’t someone tell her that singing in Hebrew could warrant harrassment by psychotic clerics?

April 8, 2010 – 8:09 PM | By admin | Posted in Bizarre, Corruption, Musicians, Performances, Religion | Comments (0)

Keith Emerson and Greg Lake abruptly call off concert Thursday night at Lakewood Civic Auditorium

Can these two ever behave? Fans can’t even enjoy a damned show without these two clowns fighting over nothing and ruining a concert out of sheer ego. It’s no wonder Emerson, Lake & Palmer imploded. No arena could house such pretentious egos.

April 6, 2010 – 12:39 PM | By admin | Posted in Bizarre, Musicians, Performances, Tours | Comments (0)

Aftermath: Roky Erickson Is Nobody’s Curiosity

One has to feel for Roky Erickson. Known as a good man to people who actually know him, he’s still seen by some loser hipster types as the freak who endured shock-therapy. This Houston Press article reminds Roky’s fans that what he went through was NOT cool, messed up the guy pretty badly, yet he …

March 1, 2010 – 10:25 AM | By admin | Posted in Articles, Bizarre, Musicians | Comments (0)

10 Reasons Why I Hate Jazz, By Miriam Nerval, A Pretentious Classical Musician

Mirial Nerval gets no love for hating jazz, but scores serious honesty points by publically drinking her Haterade.

February 25, 2010 – 3:37 AM | By admin | Posted in Articles, Bizarre, Blogs, Classical Music, Jazz | Comments (1)

The Muppets: Bohemian Rhapsody

Enjoy the most ridiculously brilliant cover of a Queen song ever done by Muppets. RIP, Jim Henson.

December 7, 2009 – 8:40 PM | By admin | Posted in Bizarre, Videos | Comments (0)

Leona Lewis ‘punched’ at signing

How creepy! Some thug gets a book signed by Leona Lewis and the poor girl gets punched in the head. To make matters worse, the little s**t laughs about it. I hope the bobbies give this little bastard the “Rodney King” treatment. HT: BBC.

October 14, 2009 – 8:44 PM | By admin | Posted in Articles, Bizarre, Musicians | Comments (0)

AP Source: Coroner rules Jackson’s death homicide

It’s official: Michael Jackson was killed. Whether by accident or by design will be decided through further investigation, but as it stands, the coroner’s report declared the so-called “King of Pop’s” death a homicide.

August 24, 2009 – 3:16 PM | By admin | Posted in Bizarre, Murder, Musicians | Comments (0)

Mozart’s Mysterious Death Blamed on Strep, Not Murderous Rival

No one’s going to care, sadly. It’s far more sexy to think that Antonio Salieri actually had a hand in knocking off the little Austrian genius. Strep just seems so…, so…, meh.

August 17, 2009 – 9:46 PM | By admin | Posted in Articles, Bizarre | Comments (0)