It's hard to imagine any of you loyal Too Poppy readers do not own something as fundamental as Radiohead's Kid A. If not, Amazon.com MP3 is selling it for a dirt cheap $1.99 today only. Click away over to the right.
Today is January 8, by the way.
Is R.E.M.'s Monster the "most toxic used CD of all time? One writer recounts his seven-year journey to find a buyer for the multi-platinum hit.
“Nope, too many of those” and “Oh, hell no” were the common responses.I suppose many buyers were hoping to hear Man on the Moon and Everybody Hurts again. Instead they were treated to Crush With Eyeliner and Bang and Blame. Sure, Monster was no Automatic for the People (few albums come close), but it's certainly a keeper!
The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne talks with Paste about why they recently covered Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon:
You can almost do anything you want with them, and they still retain the sentiment, the ideas and the inertia that Pink Floyd put into it.No.
Paul McCartney plays bass on one of Travis' Fran Healy's new songs from his upcoming solo album.
"One of the biggest coups was getting Paul McCartney to play bass on a song," Healy wrote on his blog at FranHealy.com. "I'm not sure what non-McCartney songs he's played bass on but I couldn't think of many. Anyways his bassline is brilliant."No release date has been set.
Yoko Ono is finally going to write her memoirs. I wonder if it will be set in ALL CAPS?
Happy New Year TooPoppers!
