This is the week that was in matters musical … 1878, seminal turntablist Thomas Edison receives a patent for the phonograph … 1956, Bill Haley & The Comets receive a $250,000 guarantee for 21 shows … an unprecedented amount in those days … 1958, the first Flying V is...

In November, I roped my pal Clive Thompson into joining me for one of the two AC/DC shows at Madison Square Garden. Though I wasn’t a huge AC/DC fan back when I was a guitar-playing, classic-rocking adolescent, I’ve become sort of obsessed with them in the last few years. Their rhythm se...

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Biotech, cancer, deals Luke Timmerman wrote: The lone entrepreneur in a garage, driven to change the world, is one of the most powerful archetypical characters of American capitalism. It may still work today in isolated cases for iPhone apps or Internet software, but in biotech, it’s a laughab...

A quick run down of some things in the news today. Some are a big deal, others are not so much. Lamb Of God: Wrath leaked a few days ago. Chances are if you download it, you will probably still buy it when it comes out…unless you absolutely hate it or you’re just a cheap bastard. I kind ...

Hier soir, je suis allé au concert des Nashville Pussy et Supersuckers à la Locomotive à Paris, avec mon collègue Olivier. Le concert devait commencer à 21h (déjà un peu tard ça non ?) et à cette heure-là, nous étions toujo...

Apparently AC/DC was in town last nightm, playing at the Sprint Center. Just as well I didn't know about it. Tickets were over a hundred bucks. *sigh* Still, it would have been fun to see them. setlist - Rock n' Roll Train Hell Ain't a Bad Place To Be Back In Black Big Jack Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Che...

Pete Scholtes reviews last night's AC/DC show at the Xcel Center....

It probably shouldn't be too surprising that Billy Joel took some time out of a recent show to pay tribute to AC/DC—after all, the two artists have been sharing playlist space on the Long Island rock-radio bastion WBAB for some time—but, well, I was shocked by the headline "Billy Joel co...

Billy Joel, joined by one of his roadies covered AC/DC’s Highway To Hell during a Florida concert last Friday. Billy Joel played the rhythm guitar parts while his roadie sang. Billy Joel is one of those musicians that can just seem to do no wrong. The video footage is kind of rough, but you ge...