Archive for the 'London' Category

British Sperm Bank Seeks Bailout…

Rod Stewart. Do you think I’m sexy Father of six.
Someone call Rod Stewart! Britain is facing a sperm donor shortage! The reversal of Britain’s confidentially laws in 2005 may to blame for the drop in sperm donation. One of the changes allows children born of donor fathers to obtain the identity of donor father’s [...]

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Steven Tyler Jams With Zeppelin…

Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin doing “Bring it on Home” at the R&R Hall of Fame, 2006. Skip ahead to 1:07 to see it all live. At 2:00, Tyler takes the mike. Then, at 2:19, Plant and Tyler do this crazy, tandem spinning thing. It’s completely awesome.
…even though it’s not truly Led Zeppelin, I would [...]

Friday, October 31st, 2008

GTFO: Bloodie Blue Collar Weezers…

WOW.
WOW indeed…what a week! I mean, Chinese Democrazy finally has a release date and Slayer said they will play Reign In Blood in it’s entirety in London at Hammersmith, and at two upcoming shows in Sweden. What, was there other, more important news this week? Man,it’s hard keeping up on the news when you’re [...]

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Birthday Brawl for September 22nd: Nick Cave vs. Joan Jett…

Nick Cave turns 50 today.
Could there be better timing for this edition of Cherrybomb’s Birthday Brawl? I mean, with Nick Cave being in Seattle tomorrow and Cherrybomb being in Seattle all the time and all. Anyway, Nick Cave and Joan Jett both turn the big 50 today. So off we go. The Nick Cave [...]

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

But Davy Was Always the Cute Monkee…

Davey Jones has a wardrobe malfunction of the worst kind…
Even if you were in Staten Island this weekend, you might have missed seeing David Cassidy and Davy Jones of The Monkees performing on the same bill on Saturday night. In case you did miss it, here is some of what you missed. I guess it [...]

Monday, September 15th, 2008

Bruce Dickinson Saves 400 People…

Hello, my name is Captain Bruce Dickinson. I’ll be saving your stranded ass today. Welcome aboard.

..because Bruce Dickinson can fly! Seriously, Bruce can fly. When times got a little tough for Iron Maiden, Dickinson decided he wanted to learn how to fly commercial airplanes. Which was good for the over 400 British travelers left stranded [...]

Monday, September 15th, 2008

Paul Insect’s Dead Rock Stars…

Paul Insect, Dead Jimi from Santa’s Ghetto, 2006.

Paul Insect is a London artist that has a thing for dust and bones. Skeletal images are featured prevalently in Insect’s graphic creations. Like this series of Bansky-esque baby heads that Insect painted outside around London.

Paul Insect, Dead Sid, from Santa’s Ghetto, 2006. For Tommy One Time.
Of course, [...]

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008