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Red Hot Chili Peppers – “The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie”

“The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie” is the first single from RHCP’s Damien Hirst-designed, Rick Rubin-produced 10th studio album I’m With You. How different will it sound with guitarist Josh Klinghoffer having replaced the irreplaceable John Frusciante? “We still sound like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but it’s really a lot different,” Flea told us in last month’s Progress Report. “Josh is a very textural, poetic, and sublime musician, and just comes at it from a different angle than anything that we’ve had before.” Take a listen to “Rain Dance Maggie” below and see if you agree.

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Sony exec says PSN hack was ‘a great experience,’ apparently means it

The following are what most humans would call “great experiences”: eating gelato on a hot summer’s day, riding a tandem bike with Anthony Hopkins, or, in the case of Sony executive Tim Schaaff, having your life’s work nearly destroyed by a band of hackers. Because for Schaaff, president of Sony Network Entertainment, this spring’s persistent PSN outage wasn’t so much devastating as it was… enlightening. Here’s how he described the hack (and ensuing epiphany) to VentureBeat‘s Dylan Tweney:

“I think for people running network businesses, it’s not just about improving your security, because I’ve never talked to a security expert who said, ‘As long you do the following three things you’ll be fine, because hackers won’t get you… the question is how do you build your life so you’re able to cope with those things. It’s been a great experience.”

Phenomenal as it must’ve felt to get in touch with his inner defeatist, Schaaff admitted that he “would not like to do it again” — probably because his mouth can only house one foot at a time.

Sony exec says PSN hack was ‘a great experience,’ apparently means it originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Al Pacino As Phil Spector

Almost a year later and HBO still hasn’t admitted that You’ve Lost That Living Feeling is what they should call the Phil Spector biopic, but at least Showbiz has shared with us a pic of Pacino all dressed up in his costume to portray the notable producer/wig-owner/murderer. Classy. (via nypost.com)

Hear a New Version of a Daniel Johnston Classic

Daniel Johnston: “Grievances”

Grievances

Last week, we alerted you to the existence of Live From Nowhere Near You, a three-disc benefit compilation coming July 19 from Greyday. And now, we’ve got a stream of a track from the album, an unreleased version of Daniel Johnston‘s “Grievances”. The beloved outsider artist originally included “Grievances” on his first home-recorded cassette in 1981. Johnston recorded this version live last year in front of a tiny audience.

Right now, you can pre-order all three discs of Live From Nowhere Near You for a scant $15. The proceeds from the album go to benefit the homeless youth organization Outside In, so it’s money well spent.

Miley Cyrus Covers Gorillaz

At the closing Gypsy Heart tour date in Perth this evening, Miley dedicated Plastic Beach‘s “On Melancholy Hill” to two of her dancers who are getting married. But I think it’s really dedicated to you because you loved her Nirvana cover so much.

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