UPDATE 3/4: The saga of the canceled Oasis shows continues… The Guardian published a story today claiming that China’s canning of the two concerts had nothing to do with Tibet, and everything to do with the finance troubles of the concert promoter. This would not explain why the government would shut down the shows, but [...]

If you haven’t read about the Daft Punk concert scam in Shanghai, Alex Davenport wrote a great piece in the Huffington Post that tells the whole story of the concert that never was. As a former Shanghai expat myself (and one who’s been ripped off on concert tickets), I wish I could say I was [...]

I love Steve Martin. He’s one of the funniest, smartest, talented performers of all time. He acts, he sings, he writes and he is an amazing banjo player. In fact, he’s such an amazing banjo player that he was asked to perform one of the songs from his new banjo album The Crow: New Songs [...]

As the hysteria over Chinese Democracy has finally subsided, late last week, the music blogosphere was jolted by a Internet leak of a new Eminem single, that will either appear on the the long-awaited, much-anticipated new Eminem album Relapse or the long-awaited, much anticipated new Dr. Dre album Detox. I say either because while the [...]

Here’s the album art from Chinese Democracy: Front Cover: Back Cover: Alternate Cover:

All week, we’ll celebrate Chinese Democracy here at Flumesday, and hopefully the censors who monitor websites in China for subversive content will know that I’m talking about the new Guns N’ Roses album, and not Chinese people voting. Trust me, had this album come out while I was still in China, this would have been [...]

By far the most interesting piece of news I saw today. Spencer Elden, who posed for the cover of the classic 1991 Nirvana album Nevermind, is all grown up, and posing once again, underwater with his arms out facing a dollar bill on a fishing hook, though this time without an exposed baby penis. According [...]

I saw this on the Daily Dish tonight and thought it was worth posting. When I see a video like this and think about the time and energy spent by someone to make it, it just reinforces how fucking weird people are. This is so bizarre.

If things couldn’t get more bizarre in the land of Kim Jong-Il, where the New York Philharmonic will perform Tuesday, becoming the largest American delegation ever to gain entrance into the backwards nation, things have gotten even kookier. The Financial Times reported that the North Korean government (I use the term “government” loosely) has invited [...]