Do you miss Bikini Kill? Dream of writing "SLUT" on your belly once more? When you hear the words Huggy Bear, do you think of the band, not Starsky and Hutch? If you answered yes to any of these questions -- or if you care about the Riot Grrrl movement ...Read More

Guess what happens when you tell two little girls that they get to have breakfast with Disney princesses instead of going to Chattanooga? (Hint: They get really, really, really upset.) If this is fake, it's the best viral marketing campaign I've seen in a while.H/T Nooga.com. ...Read More

"Well, You Needn't"Frank Morgan(1987, from Bebop Lives!)This snaky rendition of the Monk standard is actually from a live show in 2006, the year before Morgan died, but he first recorded it in 1987 on one of his early forays back into jazz after 30 years away. I got curious ...Read More

Just FYI, the first album by Wild Flag is now streaming over at NPR. That's the supergroup grrl band featuring Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss (aka 2/3 of Sleater-Kinney), along with Mary Timony of Helium and Rebecca Cole of the Minders.I'm only a few songs in so I have no ...Read More

Just noticed this entertaining collection of filmmaker disses posted on Flavorpill a few weeks back. Most of the jabs aren't too surprising -- Herzog has no patience for Godard's artiness, Godard thinks Tarantino's a hack, Vincent Gallo hates everyone. Even if you like Kevin Smith sometimes (which I do), it's ...Read More

Bizarro Press Releases: First in a Series So we get a lot of press releases here at Metro Pulse HQ. While a lot of them are your standard announcements by local government or pronouncements by would-be politicians, some of them have absolutely nothing to do with the Knoxville time-space continuum. ...Read More

"Rum and Coca Cola"Lord Invader(1943)Like most people who know this song, or most Americans anyway, I first heard the Andrews Sisters version. They had a huge hit with it the year after Lord Invader's recording stormed the Caribbean. A bunch of verses got changed (leading to major court battles ...Read More

"Cadillac on 22s"David Banner(2003, from Mississippi: The Album)This laid-back jam, with its rolling acoustic guitar sample (courtesy of the Jacksons' "Destiny"), stood out on the Mississippi rapper's 2003 debut exactly because it's so gentle. Where most of the album had Banner (born Lavell Crump) either partying ("Like a Pimp") ...Read More

"Love Trinity"Life Without Buildings(2001, from Love Trinity EP)The Scottish art-rock band Life Without Buildings hung around just long enough to release one album--Any Other City, in 2001--and a three-song EP that for whatever reason was issued only in Australia. This is the title track of that final EP, and ...Read More

"This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide"The Kings(1980, from The Kings Are Here)In honor of Canada Day (don't tell me you didn't know it's Canada Day), here's a great semi-lost slice of Maple Leaf new wave. The Kings are/were a bicoastal band (Wikipedia indicates they're still active), with roots in ...Read More