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Somewhere in Manhattan, hidden in a very dark corner of a Mexican restaurant, Paul Banks is thinking about what it means to be famous. Decked out in a crisp fedora and gold aviator sunglasses - the kind of expensive-looking eyewear that's just as likely to entice paparazzi as it is to fend them off - the Interpol frontman has gathered his bandmates to discuss the group's new self-titled album, but a question about its moody… more »
Was September 11, 2001 really the day the music died? It sure seemed like it at the time. Clear Channel released a memo suggesting the removal of more than 150 songs from their 1200 radio stations, declaring such tracks as Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'," Filter's "Hey Man, Nice Shot," and "all songs by Rage Against the Machine" to be "lyrically questionable" in light of the terrorist attacks. Record stores yanked the latest by hip-hop anarchists… more »