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although, i'm not sure he gets it. if you know what i mean and i think you do.

Waking up to clearer news this morning from Pukkelpop, where the two stage collapses have left five dead and 70 injured. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the rest of the festival has been pulled , with an official statement: Pukkelpop is in deep mourning. We truly sympathise with the families and friends of the victims. Words are not enough. We have struggled with the decision to continue the festival. Therefore we have decided to cancel Pukkelpop 2011. What has happened is very exceptional and could not have been predicted. We are deeply moved by all the spontaneous support the festival [...]

The Belgian festival has been called off after a violent thunderstorm brought down stages and killed several people....

The death of four more fans in yet another weather related festival catastrophe, this time in Belgium , just after a similar disaster in Indianapolis resulted in five deaths, and the stage collapse that narrowly missed killing the band Cheap Trick in Canada, have many fans and officials in North America and Europe beginning to question the safety plans, policies, and procedures at these sometimes massive events. Austin had one close call this year after a near disaster at Auditorium Shores during SXSW that already raised safety concerns locally and music fans in Austin will see another [...]

At least 3 people are reported dead and dozens injured at Pukkelpop . A storm swept through the festival this evening causing stage equipment to fall, a tent also collapsed because of a falling tree. Pukkelpop is held in Hasselt, Belgium with an average of 60,000 in attendance.This year's event had a line up including Eminem, Foo Fighters, Fleet Foxes, 30 Seconds to Mars, Panic! At the Disco, The Ting Tings, Crystal Castles, Lykke Li and more. Chokri Mahassine, the organizer of the festival, told reporters "we have for now put the festival on hold [...]

If you ever go to a haunted house don't eat spaghetti or you might get electrocuted. Don't stare at a massive bubble of gum made by an ghost or it might explode in your face. And don't you ever share the room with two ghosts and a DVD player, or the machine might spit the disc and cut your head off. Or you may just do it all and dance a silly dance in your afterlife. Toro Y Moi - How I Know [...]

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There's video of this on YouTube, so if you're the grisly sort who wants to watch people being killed I suppose you can go and search for it, but the details are bad enough: strong winds at the Indiana State Fair brought the staging down on top of fans waiting to see Sugarland. Four people died; the local TV station WTHR reports over forty were injured. -- Visit No Rock & Roll Fun to comment, complain and kvetch

Death Grips - Guillotine Death Grips - Thru the Walls Here's something for a chilled saturday afternoon listen. Not really, this is mad intense but man it's good, a few months old but it hasn't been up on WIB before and I just heard it so might as well share. Kinda like Tyler The Creator in terms of how intense it is but more abstract and surreal I think. Hard electronic beats back an aggressive and wild delivery from Death Grips. His Youtube videos are kinda bizarre too, [...]

• Death Grips - Guillotine
• Death Grips - Thru the Walls

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If you ever go to a haunted house don't eat spaghetti or you might get electrocuted. Don't stare at a massive bubble of gum made by an ghost or it might explode in your face. And don't you ever share the room with two ghosts and a DVD player, or the machine might spit the disc and cut your head off. Or you may just do it all and dance a silly dance in your afterlife. Toro Y Moi - How I Know [...]

Autograph and photo courtesy of the G Archives. Bubba Smith Sad news! Actor and football great Bubba Smith has died. Movie fans will remember Bubba Smith as Hightower from the Police Academy film franchise. More information is not available at press time, but it is believed Smith passed away in Los Angeles. RIP, Bubba! <!-- [...]

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Sometimes it's better to ignore the backstory; it only discolors and distracts from what's in front of you. This is certainly the case for XO , an Atlanta shoegaze and noise outfit founded by twin brothers Jeff and Jake Turner, best known for their guitar work in popular mall punk group, Say Anything . I'm sure that arguments can be made and musical connections tied between the two bands, but let's just suffice it to say that this is most certainly not that . While XO released their debut EP, Some Day [...]

After the loss of their daughter Amy Winehouse on Saturday, Janis and Mitch Winehouse have spoken out on her death. After seeing her just 24 hours before her passing, a heartbroken Janis said that the singer's death was "only a matter of time", adding "She seemed out of it. But her passing so suddenly still hasn't hit me. They are the words I will always treasure. I'm glad I saw her when I did." Mitch didn't hear of the news until he landed in New York City after a flight from London but once he found out, he said "I'm [...]

`I love you, Mommy, 'these were the last words spoken by Amy Winehouse on the day of her death. At least that's what the artist's mother, Janis said. 'These are words which I will always treasure,' she told to American magazine Us Weekly. Janis also said that Amy's death was only a matter of time, and on Saturday, when she saw her one last time, she realized that the end is near. ` She seemed resigned', the artist's mother concluded. Even so, no matter how predictable the death of her daughter was, Janis says she will not get [...]

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Not everything written about Amy Winehouse is terrible, or self-serving, or misjudged. Steer clear of anything that features Katy Perry and her "I know someone who knew Amy quite well" spotlight-hogging, and instead read Deborah Cohen's piece for the British Medical Journal : I'd been to several festivals where she'd played — or tried to. Incoherent and stumbling, close-ups on large screens beamed out a small pale girl whose wrinkled skin belied her age. People turned, tutted, walked away. Some jeered and booed. Others stood and watched wide-eyed in horror. (Some wide-eyed from ingesting a [...]

I always found it pretty remarkable that Amy Winehouse achieved such a major level of fame. She had a beautiful voice, her music maintained a classical pop shine, and every ounce of her music was constructed with soul (not just by Amy, but also her band). The reason why I found this remarkable is because [...]

Presumbly, now there's a post mortem scheduled, Microsoft thought the official mourning period was over and it was okay to try and sell few downloads off the corpse . The Wall reports: The @tweetbox360 Twitter account, which is run by the Microsoft UK PR team, tweeted this morning: "Remember Amy Winehouse by downloading the ground-breaking 'Back to Black' over at Zune". The account has since been inundated with complaints accusing it of being opportunistic, of feeding on Amy Winehouse's corpse, of appalling taste, being a "scumbag" and of shocking marketing. It should be pointed out [...]