"It's such a fine line between stupid and clever," singer-guitarist David St. Hubbins points out in This Is Spinal Tap. Justin Hawkins -- singer-guitarist-songwriter of British throwback-metal band the Darkness -- dances all over that line with outrageous aplomb in "Bald," a hilarious melodrama about a rock god's worst nightmare and the best song on the Darkness' eccentrically flawed second album.
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"The U.S. financial system is in a mess. The global marketplace is in the same disarray ... What the hell is going on? Can we get out of this mess, and how? And will our children be living in caves?"
Bioware's highly acclaimed and formerly XBox 360 exclusive RPG Mass Effect is fast approaching its release on the PC. Most PC gamers were undoubtedly pleased to hear about enhanced graphics, faster load times, and a re-designed menu system; but it's likely that fewer were happy to hear about the evil digital rights management that will be unscrupulously bundled with the game...
Now then: Break out the 'shrooms, boys and girls! It's time to go on a little trip with Franz Ferdinand! Like the Beatles and Pink Floyd before them, Alex Kapranos & Co. encourage you to play their records backwards (which, incidentally, may result in scratches, which could result in you having to purchase a new copy of the album)...
Nintendo videogame guru Shigeru Miyamoto says the future of indie games looks brightest outside his native Japan..."I think America has always been better at creating unique products," says Miyamoto, the head of Nintendo's game-development division and creator of Super Mario Bros...
