The British government is once again fronting on SNOOP DOGG. His initial visa ban was thrown out by a judge, so now the UK Border Agency is making a second bid to get Snoop barred from entering the country. Which adds additional evidence to my longstanding theory that the UK is run by bloods.
A BON JOVI stadium show in Florida was delayed for hours because of a bomb threat. Just a bit of harmless mischief, like the way I used to call up punk clubs and terrify them with Bon Jovi threats.
In an amusing Coachella mishap, ROGER WATERS’s huge, inflatable ego broke free of its moorings and floated into the stratosphere.
It’s really cute to see all the press hysteria over whether MILEY CYRUS’s bare back will destroy her career. What exactly is it about the modern history of pop music that leads us to believe that sexualized Disney teenagers can’t sell? Follow-up question: whoa, did you guys know she’s Billy Ray’s daughter, or am I the only person in the world who didn’t put two and two together till just now?
Well, if we’re no longer able to trust Miley as a role model for our youth, what about PERRY FARRELL of Jane’s Addiction? Sure, he wrote a song about shoplifting and fronted a band called Porno for Pyros, but now he’s throwing all his wholesomeness into a new endeavor: Kidzapalooza, which will feature kid-friendly music, temporary tattoos, rock-and-roll hairstyling, and plenty of Gen-X parents standing around going, “What the fuck has happened to us?”
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