Editor's Note: This blog was contributed by Shaun Rogan. Be sure to read his previous blogs for Zoom In Online: A Trip Thru Hell with the C.A. Quintet and Lux Interior (1946-2009): A True Legend of Rock N Roll. read more...

"We can't let people like the people behind me get away with flushing 45 million fucking dollars down the toilet!" - Audience member Rem Melton addressing the crowd at a public forum in San Francisco discussing the failures of No On 8. Melton was referring to senior No On 8 committee members such as...

Pylon guitarist and co-founder Randall Bewley died yesterday of a heart attack at age 53. From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "I'm in complete shock," B-52's frontman Fred Schneider told the AJC Wednesday night from Seattle, where his band is touring. "To me, Pylon was the best ban...

So for my second video that I uploaded on Youtube. I got some nice comments on the first one, though the first comment was my first hater. Probably from a child. Though I wasn't deterred. I've seen a real variety of performances on there. From pretty damn good to absolutely dire! I'm going to be pos...

  Celebrities are becoming addicted to this horrible twat service, Twitter. If Britney Spears (allegedly) breaks her Salinger-like silence by using the free website to communicate with humans (ex-husband K-Fed doesn't count, seeing how he is a zombie), then is there nowhere for Twitter to g...

This month, on Musical Moments to Die For: secrets, influences, and secret influences, all book-ended by the two best bands to ever come from Athens, GA. We’ve also got the front-runners for greatest guitar and organ solos ever; Neil Young’s most despairing moment; and not one, not two, ...

It's the first Sidebar Update of '09, on the cusp of a new and brighter era. Love it! The current Object of My Affection is Rosario Dawson. That's right: Rosario Dawson! I'm calling her my own! As she is apparently the official Object of Affection of every hetero male on the internet (and a signific...

From a recent Q&A with Ryan Adams in the UK newspaper the Guardian: What’s the frequency, Kenneth? I mean, seriously, who is Kenneth? The answer should be, “Hey Michael [Stipe] what would happen if you sat down and actually thought this shit out for 10 minutes?” I mean, no off...

 Open letter to all of my friends.. Dear Friends.. In a few hours you and I will have the opportunity to make a difference.  We will have the chance to raise our voices in unison in a call for change-a call for a new direction.   If we succeed it will be the end of the world as we’ve kno...

Situated immediately north of Hong Kong, Shenzhen is a city that has gone from nought to 12 million in less than 30 years. Naomi Klein described the emerging megacity in Rolling Stone as a large industrial sprawl with a glittering and increasingly glamourous core: “Newer neighborhoods like Kej...