North Pocono principal suspended afte playing of Sandler song returning to work (The Scranton Times-Tribune)

COVINGTON TWP. - A North Pocono principal suspended after a song with questionable lyrics played over the loudspeakers at Jefferson Elementary Center will return to work in the district. The school board on Wednesday voted to reassign Laura Davis to midd


Listen: New LCD Soundsystem Song From Greenberg Soundtrack (Pitchfork)

There are seven full-fledged James Murphy songs (with vocals!) on his soundtrack to the upcoming Noah Baumbach film Greenberg . One of those tracks is credited to LCD Soundsystem : "Oh You (Christmas Blues)". (The others are credited to James Murphy.) Honestly, "Oh You" sounds more like the rest of the Murphy songs on the soundtrack (think 70s-era solo Beatles) than the dance-floor explosions we ...


Arsenal captain Fabregas to miss Hull clash (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas is set to miss Saturday's Premier League clash at Hull with a hamstring injury.


The Sea Witch (Time.com via Yahoo! News)

The first woman to command a Navy cruiser rose fast through the ranks -- until reports of her abusive command style caught up with her. The inside story of Captain Holly Graf's stunning fall


Video: Real Estate: "Suburban Dogs" (Pitchfork)

Lackadaisical New Jersey indie rockers Real Estate are more suburban New Jersey than you. Sorry. If their wistfully twanging, Best New Music'd debut album didn't convince you, perhaps their new video will. The clip finds the foursome playing for a bunch of buffet-eating, big hair-sporting suburbanites at what looks like a Christmas office party. Kicker: The whole shindig takes place in a real ...


Beck Recruits St. Vincent, Liars, and Os Mutantes for Next Record Club (Pitchfork)

Beck 's Record Club is arguably the best reason to make sure you're regularly checking the man's website . Record Club is a project wherein Beck rounds up a few of his friends, famous and otherwise, and records a cover version of an entire album in one day. He then posts the results to his website one song at a time. Thus far, he's done the Velvet Underground's The Velvet Underground and Nico ...


Rock Band 3 By 2010 Holiday Season (Coated)

Rock Band 3 will be released later this year and just in time for the Christmas shopping season. The game is the third installment of this highly popular music franchise with Harmonix Music Systems confirming that MTV Games will be responsible for the publication of the game while Electronic Arts will handle the distribution [...]


Kids, adults, sock puppets (Baltimore Sun)

After 25 years, They Might Be Giants plays for very different audiences, despite risk of 'cultural cooties' After 25 years, They Might Be Giants plays for very different audiences, despite risk of 'cultural cooties'


Rock Band 3 confirmed for Christmas 2010 (The Inquisitr)

Even though Rock Band 3 was always as likely as 2011 following 2010, let's just press ahead with the “news” that Rock Band 3 will be here for this Holiday season. This tidbit was confirmed today via the Twitter feed of Harmonix PR man John Drake, though nothing else about the game – gameplay details, track [...]


Beautiful music made by local choir (Versailles Republican)

Keeping music alive is imperative to the Golden Gate Community Choir director Michael Whitaker who strives to provide a “joyful sound” that becomes “music” that he feels is needed in the world today. Anyone is welcome to be a part of this community choir.