The 10 Commandments For Drinking Like a Man

They seem to be missing one about not missing your shout (translation for readers outside Australia: Your turn for buying a compulsory round of drinks.) Read the rest of them here.

Something mindlessly clever

What is it? Not telling (but it's Safe For Work and entirely harmless to your computer.) Click here.

Don't idolise Idol creator

Pop Idol creator Simon Fuller is the most successful British music manager of all time, according Billboard, with his acts selling 116 million units in the US alone. He’s managed The Spice Girls and Annie Lennox, has been responsible for more than 500 number-one singles globally, and more than 240 number-one albums.

According to Billboard, that makes him more important than Peter Grant (Led Zeppelin, Bad Company) and Beatles manager Brian Epstein. I suppose you could throw in Andrew Loog-Oldham (who managed the Stones in their formative years as well as Wham!) and Malcolm McLaren. They certainly had a strong and lasting impact on popular culture, even if they didn't accumulate massive fortunes.

The fact that Fuller created the Pop Idol franchise is NOT good, peoples. It homogenizes music and stifles creativity, just continuing the downward spiral of rock and roll. For this alone he deserves to have his fingernails ripped out with pliers while being bombarded with a loop of Barry Manilow music.

Wall of Sound engineer turned down

Audio engineer Larry Levine - the power behind nutty Phil Spector's throne and the man who put the vision of the Wall of Sound into reality - has died. Obit here.

Alice Cooper for President

Vote early, vote often here. Link courtesy of The Iceman.

Wear your face on your record sleeve

It's been around for a while but Sleeveface, the website that solicits people doing inventive things with LP covers, is still providing minutes of amusement. Cop a faceful here.

Catch me I'm falling

This looks suspiciously like the Australian Government's latest salvo in its campaign to ban binge drinking. It's also one of the trippiest Shockwave animations staff at the I-94 Bar have ever seen. Knock yourself out here.