Music

Morcheeba, may 8th, Paradiso, Amsterdam

Today is the fourth anniversary of Johnny Cash's death. To get an idea of the legacy he left behind check out this video collection of artists like Pearl Jam, U2, Social Distortion and more singing Johnny Cash songs.

A lot of people seem to love Alicia Keys. I always thought it was the girl can sing and that was the extent of it but it turns out that guys actually want to fuck her. Here she is wearing one of the tightest dresses I’ve ever seen her in and her tits look like man breasts, the kind of breasts you find on small breasted fat chick, which is a disorder I’ve never fully grasped because how can you be fat everywhere but your tits because tits are what fat chicks are good for, even if they are disgusting.

The other day I took a look at my positively rammed spring/summer concert calendar and my left nostril promptly flared to the size of a grapefruit. Concert season is a time for excitement, but at the same time it's a time for frustration and cynicism. These days you have to brace yourself for an experience easily ruined by the fans themselves, who (from what I've seen) have become a rude and unruly lot entirely unaware of everyone else's personal space. I now present you with ten rules that people blatantly disobey, or, ways that you're ruining it for everyone else.

Big John Bates and The Voodoo Dollz, 3 mei, Oosterpoort, Groningen. Foto: Klaas

I grew up on 80s action shows. While other kids watched Silver Spoons, I caught up on my Simon & Simon. As a result, I saw a lot of cops, detectives, bounty hunters and others stop a lot of crime. But how did I know what shows to watch? Back then the Internet didn’t exist, and there were pretty much only 3 major television stations.

The only thing people had to go on really were the opening credit sequences.

Nowadays, it seems many television shows have eschewed the opening credits to go right into the story. And I miss those sexy montages of explosions and buffoonery. That’s why I’ve created this list of the top 25 opening credits from 80s action shows.

And yes, Knightrider is in there as well...

This is the latest attempt of Scarlett Johansson trying to show the world she is also a kick-ass singer. For the sake of humanity this should be her final attempt. Maybe you think differently of Falling Down.

Snoop Dogg and Willie Nelson performing Super Man, live at the Melkweg in Amsterdam, April 21, 2008.

High Quality Close-Up shots and great sound!

See, they both are still allowed to enter the Netherlands.

Simon Iddol is here with the latest buzz from the world of bootlegs, mashups, bastard pop or underground remixes. This week I'm gonna show you a new way to create mashups. Well, its not really new, but I'm always happy to spread the world about live bootleg artists. Katie Enlow aka Kenlow is a talented Boston-based singer who has become internationally known for her contributions to the mashup/bootleg community. She just released her long-awaited debut EP called Rockin' the Boots. In this 6 track mini-album Kenlow sings Portishead or Beatles songs over dope instrumentals produced by his brother, Lenlow. Family Powwa, you see ;) My fave is the I Chill but grab the zip and make up your mind. The Rockin' the Boots is the essential listening for this loooong and nice weekend.

the Mashup of this Week is...

Kenlow: Rockin' the Boots (zip file)
'live' mashup EP

Iroq, the self-proclaimed "Arab Tupac", is poised to take the western world by storm.

An awesome video of Icelandic singer Björk's song Wanderlust from the album Volta. The video was done by Encyclopedia Pictura.

A 'Christian' rock band called 'Starfield' was rocking out Jesus-style at a show in Canada over the weekend when the floor collapsed. This video from the concert shows hundreds of fans falling through the floor and into the basement below. Dozens of attendees were injured and at least one remains in a coma. Lesson: God will let you rock out, but not too hard.

We have a few pretty good guitarists and musicians that frequent the List Universe, so I am expecting this list to garner a lot of interest - and maybe even some criticism. Here is a list of the ten best guitarists you probably don’t know.

Last weekend I went to festival London Calling in Paradiso Amsterdam. Saw some great english upcoming bands there, they are displayed after the link. Also on this page links to the photo's of FileUnder

official London Calling site

The Ting Tings, april 25, London Calling, Paradiso, Amsterdam.

Okay, jokes aside. Sarah Borges has some nice legs and equally nice pipes. Check out her loveliness here.

Mavis Staples, april 23, Paradiso, Amsterdam.

Amy LaVere is a lovely lass that knows how to slap around a big old bass. Check out her chops here.

Simon Iddol wants you to play a little game this week. Grab pen and paper. Name 5 rock bands, just write down the first 5 names which crosses your mind. Finished? OK, check out the elements of this weeks this weeks MOTW recommendation. AC/DC, Faith No More, Queen. I'm sure one of these names is written down in your paper :D It's not magic, this is the rock history. The magic is this mashup. dj lobsterdust is about to blow your face off. Brilliant stuff.

the Mashup of this Week is...

dj lobsterdust: Epic Black Rock
Faith No More: Epic
VS
Queen: We Will Rock You
VS
AC/DC: Back In Black

KT Tunstall, 22 april, AB Zaal, Brussel

Willie Nelson & Snoop Dog, April 21, Melkweg, Amsterdam.

If Kurt Cobain knew Paul Anka would do Smells Like Teen Spirit, he would probably repeat his final act.

We love Rihanna's latest outift, but can't figure out if Chris highlighted his favorite area, or her crotch is shooting Silly String...

Love the beats? Love the rythm? Don't understand the lyrics? That's Brainpower.

Who wants to see Snoop Dogg imitate German folk legend Roy Black and also sing in German?

We hinted you before about sales at CD WOW! Now there's another 24 hour sale going on. Again good timing by them, because there were a lot of great albums released over the last weeks. Now's a good time to buy new albums by Duffy, Goldfrapp, Elbow, Nick Cave, Muse or Bryan Adams cheap and with worldwide free delivery.

The UK's David Ford knows what you mean...check out his impressive performance of "Go to Hell" here.

Annie Lennox's performance on last week's "Idol Gives Back" special has propelled the former Eurythmics singer onto the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the first time in almost 13 years.

Lennox entered the chart at No. 80 on Thursday with her version of reggae icon Jimmy Cliff's 1969 song "Many Rivers to Cross."

While the tune has been covered by many artists over the years, including Linda Ronstadt, UB40 and Cher, it has never appeared on the Hot 100 until now.

Want more versions? We got Jimmy Cliff, Joe Cocker, Lenny Kravitz, Harry Nilsson and John Lennon, Alison Hinds, UB40, Elvis Costello, Cher and U2

The Marilyn Manson song interpreted in sign language. By Storm. Pretty cool.

If you are a regular Attuworld visitor you might be familiar with the WHA!? bootleg series. When I turned the WHA!? into a netlabel I pulled the whole series offline. I got many requests ever since about the albums, so I decided to re-release them. I organize the whole series into two huge torrent files so you can get them all again. In other words, grab about 1,5 Gb ot the mashup history, plus two red monkeys with a huge boombox totally free. Enjoy the WHA!? History Pack!