Kanye West has been arrested, following an altercation with the paparazzi at LAX. West and his manager are suspected of felony vandalism after allegedly smashing two photographers' cameras (though one was from the always "cruisin' for a bruisin'" TMZ.com, so I feel his pain) valued at more than $10,000.
Watch video of the incident here and insert "Love Lockdown" joke here
DMX, or as I've lovingly dubbed him, America's Pete Doherty, got busted again on Friday for "a felony charge of taking the identity of another." Seriously, this is getting out of control. According to his wikipedia page, this marks the 11th known arrest for the rapper since 1999, and his FIFTH in the last two months! Though if he's gonna challenge the UK's reigning king of sting, he needs to pull off the increasingly rare double dip.
Not that there's even a good time to get busted for cocaine, but Barenaked Ladies lead singer Steven Page, who was arrested early this morning in upstate NY, might find some angry mothers who shelled out 15 bucks for Snacktime!, his band's first foray into the kiddie album genre.
They Might Be Giants' accountant had this to say in response: "Cha-ching!"
OK 80s metal blogger dudes, no matter how curious you STILL are about...ugh...Chinese Democracy, the decade+-in-the-making new LP from a revolving cast of characters for some reason called Guns n' Roses, do NOT post any leaked tracks to your blog. Axl has powerful friends.
The fella who gave us that batch of mp3s last week (which, by the way, probably were the real deal), driving the latest round of "Is it really coming out?" ironic interest from the music blogosphere, got a visit from the Feds and a possible lawsuit in return.
In what could be viewed as a passing of the torch (or crack pipe), both of our favorite part-time musicians/full-time dead pool contenders had big weeks - but on opposite ends of the drug spectrum.
Pete Doherty was released from prison on Tuesday after 29 days, and looks forward to a rum and coke followed by some QT with his cats. Amy Winehouse was arrested, and looks forward to posting bail, doing some lines, picking some scabs, picking a fight, and passing out in the gutter.
Don't worry Amy - something tells us you'll have some company sooner or later. Unless of course those cats have a stash.
Amid all the hoopla surrounding Scott Weiland's defection/firing (take your pick) from Velvet Revolver, and subsequent reformation of Stone Temple Pilots for a summer tour and probable new album, we almost forgot - dude's got issues: Weiland is now set to serve eight days in jail for drunk driving, hopefully before STP launches its 65-date tour on 5.17.
Robert Van Winkle's (Vanilla Ice to yo mama) arrest for domestic battery isn't what we'd call earth shattering news - let's rank it just behind Snoop's tour bus getting busted for pot, and ahead of Naomi Campbell's latest assault (after all, it WAS a cop) - But hey, it's a Friday. Finding good news is hard work.
Mug shot via The Smoking Gun
The UK might be able to boast the king of substance abuse in Pete Doherty, but it wasn't that long ago that a Yank named Scott Weiland was the addiction posterchild. To young to remember kiddies? Check this out: The guy's been busted for goofballs so many times, his November 21 arrest for driving under the influence didn't even make the rounds until TODAY. On the other hand, Pete eats a tic tac and NME calls the cops.
In all seriousness, this sucks. Dude's got kids now. Stop hanging out with that bad influence Slash already!
Oh Pete Doherty. You start to get our hopes up, then as quickly as the judge gives you another inexplicable slap on the wrist, you're back up to your elbows in the funny stuff again. But this time, one of your friends got it all on tape ,and suddenly the whole thing went from funny-sad to just plain sad. Check out the clip over at The Sun.
Though music bloggers have probably had this post qued up for months, we suppose it's still newsworthy that Amy Winehouse got busted for drugs. Held overnight with her husband and an unidentified third-party, perhaps Winehouse was just doing research for that upcoming Doherty duet. Remember why she's worth writing about after the jump.
Minus the Bear - Planet of Ice: While it doesn't break any new ground, this would qualify as the band's "serious" record
Tegan and Sara - The Con: The Quin sisters employing the sharp production skills of Chris Wala (Death Cab for Cutie)
Fountains of Wayne - Traffic and Weather: So-so tunes, but still infuses mundane snapshots of life with wit to spare
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