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No more Hostess???

While Twinkies have a reputation for an unlimited shelf life, the company that makes the junk food may not not. Hostess Brands, the bankrupt maker of cream-filled pastries like Twinkies and Ho Hos, said on Friday that it planned to wind down its operations…

Disney rips off Anamanaguchi

Not saying that Disney even realizes it, or knows who the band Anamanaguchi is, especially Mickey Mouse who is too busy at meetings and filming TV shows to know what’s going on with random app commercials the company posts to YouTube, but it’s a blatant rip-off nonetheless, as you can hear below…

today in shirts: Disney stops carrying Joy Division design; another ex-Man is The Bastard member weighs in on Akron/Family issue

Aaron Kenyon with a current project, Djam Karet Aaron Kenyon, a founding member of Man is The Bastard, has weighed in on the controversial appropriation of the iconic skull logo, and his views differ from that of his ex-bandmates…

Brian Wilson performing 'Gershwin' in its entirety on tour (and Beach Boys songs too)

Brian Wilson released Brain Wilson Reimagines Gershwin last year, an LP that put his own spin on classics by the American composers. Now comes word that Wilson will take those revamped classics on the road and play the album in its entirety “as well as classics from the Beach Boys back-catalogue…

Wavves being 'sued' by Disney, played Bowery Ballroom before puking @ Bruar Falls (pics & setlist), playing MHOW

words & “Just remembered I threw up at bruar falls last night.” – WAVVES “Monday night at New York City’s Bowery Ballroom, the Wavves founder and frontman announced he’d just been “mildly sued” by the Walt Disney Company, which was less than psyched about seeing a song called ‘Mickey Mouse’ listed on his band’s latest album…

Esmeralda hearts Cinderella, Kaki King playing MHOW

Kaki King plays Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn on December 12th. Tickets go on American Express pre-sale on Wednesday at noon, and then on general sale Friday at the same time…

"fake Williamsburg indie band" playing real NYC shows for Michael Eisner-backed web TV show....

or something like that…. The All-For-Nots @ The Annex, NYC – April 9, 2008 (Christian Hansen/NY Times)So who comes to the real performance of a fake indie band…

pay whatever you want for Paste, Saul Williams & stuff

Pay whatever you want for… * Paste Magazine * Saul Williams’ Trent Reznor-produced album * Radiohead’s new album In Rainbows * Jonah Matranga stuff (sort of) * Jane Siberry’s music * other music * coffee
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