Punk music has always been an anti-establishment, anti-rules, anti-authoritarian rock genre and movement. Made popular in the 70s by bands like The Clash, Ramones, and Sex Pistols.

But, today while listening to my iPod and writing some crappy code no doubt the song Working Class Hero by John Lennon came on. I’ve always liked that song, next to Watching the Wheels it’s probably my favorite Lennon song. But it accord to me that Working Class Hero is such a punk song at its core!

So what do you say is the greatest punk song?

It doesn’t make me happy to say that. And yes, I do consider myself a Christian, even though in todays culture that word carries a lot of negative connotation with it. And any long time viewers of this blog will know that I am a music lover, from all genres. There’s currently over 4,000 songs on my iPod; some rock, punk, country, rap, blues, jazz and everything else.

Just about all music genres will have ’some’ good artist. Christian music is no exception, there ARE talented musicians within the Christian music genre; Shawn McDonald is one of the most played artist on my iPod and Mat Kearney is also way talented. But, the problem with 99% of Christian music is - I’m not buying it. Do these people really know what it means to follow Jesus? It’s not happy go lucky. In fact, anyone that has taken even a brief look at the Bible will conclude that people who follow Jesus do not end up with their life on easy street with all their problems solved. Most of the people that followed Jesus were ridiculed, martyred, imprisoned, or exiled.

So Christian musicians need to get real.

Keith Richards has acknowledged consuming a raft of illegal substances in his time, but this may top them all.

In comments published Tuesday, the 63-year-old Rolling Stones guitarist said he had snorted his father’s ashes mixed with cocaine.

“The strangest thing I’ve tried to snort? My father. I snorted my father,” Richards was quoted as saying by British music magazine NME.

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I don’t even know what to say…I’m speechless….

The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has recently released a revised fee schedule for internet radio. Left unchanged, these rates will end internet radio, period. The RIAA has effectively convinced this federal committee to establish rates that make online radio a non-viable business.

Suck ass - no more Pandora

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I can’t believe that my latest review (over on the right) is George Michael! I guess I’m secure in my manhood enough to go through with it.

The guy may be a bit of a freak, but hey, I listen to a lot of music done by freaks, so he’s no different there. The reality is the guy was damn talented. He’s got an excellent voice, maybe one of the best voices in the biz and he was a pretty good writer too. Unlike many pop stars George Michael did actually write his music.

I also like the fact that for a pop star he includes a lot of brass and funk in his music, similar to Prince, another freak that I dig.

I would highly recommend you pick up his greatest hits album, “Ladies & Gentlemen”. It’s good and fun to play at parties.

[ play Too Funky ]

The Police will reunite to perform at this year’s Grammys ceremony, the Recording Academy announced Tuesday.

The award-winning group, which won five Grammys and turned out hits such as “Roxanne” and “Every Breath You Take,” will open the event 23 years after breaking up.