From Print: Blogs Teased in Our 12/16 Issue

This week, New Times ran a list in our print publication highlighting some of the most interesting posts published at Up On The Sun over the past week. Here are links to those posts.What was Miley Cyrus smoking out of a bong?What does Insane Clown Posse’s official Christmas card look…

Henry Rollins Reveals He Produced an Album For Killer Charles Manson

At a benefit event he recently hosted for Los Angeles radio station KCRW, former Black Flag frontman Henry Rollins revealed that he produced an album for serial murderer and cult leader Charles Manson, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Rollins produced a handful of Charles Manson’s acoustic “pop songs” at some…

Michael Jackson Penned a Tune For Hanson

At some point in time, Michael Jackson wrote a song for Hanson, according to ShowBiz 411.The song was written for them to play, not in their honor. Jackson never actually gave the song he wrote for Hanson to them. He intended to send it to the 90s boy band but…

Salvia Sales Soar After Miley’s Bong Video Leaks

Salvia sales in Los Angeles have rapidly increased since a video of teen pop star Miley Cyrus allegedly smoking salvia from a bong leaked early Friday morning, according to NME.Apparently the video has triggered salvia sales to triple overnight.It seems many lots people than usual went to L.A. shops over…

Unknown Upcoming Surprise From Dispatch

Alternative/acoustic hippie band Dispatch, part of whom you might know now as the band State Radio, has a big upcoming announcement.Here’s the catch: Nobody’s heard from them in so long that it’s tough to guess what the announcement is going to be. Will the band be reuniting after an extensive…

Miley Cyrus Caught Hitting a Bong on Video

Miley Cyrus decided to have a little fun not long after her 18th birthday. She was caught on video smoking out of a bong, according to TMZ.First of all, this absolutely made my day even though Miley was only smoking salvia, a natural herb that is legal in the state…

From Print: Blogs Teased in Our 12/9 Issue

This week, New Times ran a list in our print publication highlighting some of the most interesting posts published at Up On The Sun over the past week. Here are links to those posts.What are the keys to deciphering any music critic’s list of the top 10 albums of the…

Aretha Franklin Fighting Pancreatic Cancer

Aretha Franklin’s family has confirmed that the singer has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, according to Billboard.After being ordered by doctors to cancel six months of appearances and going through a very successful recovery from an unknown surgery last Thursday, we can only hope she’ll beat this cancer.The soul and…

What’s the Point of Year-End Top 10 Lists Anyway?

Compiling year-end lists is an art form. Lucky for everyone, our own Michael Lopez understands that art very well. So does Consequence of Sound. The Associated Press, on the other hand… not so much, which is why the Houston Press, among others, famously and understandably shit all over AP’s 2009…

Heather Mills Claims She Arranged Beatles Deal With iTunes

Heather Mills may be the one to thank for getting the Beatles’ music catalog up on iTunes, according to Consequence of Sound.Mills, Paul McCartney’s ex-wife, claims she talked to Steve Jobs and organized the deal to finally get the digital Beatles albums onto iTunes.Also, she said she won’t be going…

B.o.B. He’s the Man of the Year For Doing Awesome Covers

It pissed me off so much when MGMT didn’t play their hit song “Kids” at Coachella this year, and I’m sure plenty of other people weren’t too pleased either. Right before Coachella, MGMT released their album Congratulations, which a lot of music lovers weren’t particularly crazy about. Most of MGMT’s…

Britney Spears to Make the World Suffer With a New Album in March

Britney Spears will be releasing a new album in March 2011, according to Idolator.She had originally announced an eariler release date but tweeted (@britneyspears) yesterday, “I’m almost done with my new album and it will be coming out this March. I AM IN L-O-V-E WITH IT!”Great, just great. Come March,…

From Print: Blogs Teased in Our 12/2 Issue

This week, New Times ran a list in our print publication highlighting some of the most interesting posts published at Up On The Sun over the past week. Here are links to those posts.What long-forgotten nugget did Jason P. Woodbury unearth for the first installment of his “Obscuro” column?What did…

Jack White Angry With eBay Auction Participants

Jack White is pissed off at his own fans, according to Antiquiet. Jack’s own Third Man Records’ recent eBay auctions for one of five copies of the White Stripes’ rare first album reissue didn’t quite go as planned. He’s angry at flippers, the fans that buy these albums for cheap…

Google Translate Turns into a Beatbox

It turns out that Google Translate can do way more than translate a foreign business documents, help confused travelers, or decode what your mail order bride is saying, according to Gizmodo.In fact, if you go to Google Translate and set both language transition settings to German, you’ve got a good…