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  <title>Interview: Mary Forsberg Weiland</title>
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  <description>Mary Forsberg Weiland has got quite the tale to tell.

In her book, Fall to Pieces: A Memoir of Drugs, Rock &#39;N&#39; Roll &amp; Mental Illness, she chronicles her extraordinary life with equal shades of whimsy, humor, honesty and hope. From an international modeling career and her marriage to legendary </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:07:10 PST</pubDate>
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  <media:text type="html">Mary Forsberg Weiland has got quite the tale to tell.

In her book, Fall to Pieces: A Memoir of Drugs, Rock &#39;N&#39; Roll &amp; Mental Illness, she chronicles her extraordinary life with equal shades of whimsy, humor, honesty and hope. From an international modeling career and her marriage to legendary </media:text>
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  <title>Interview: Three 6 Mafia </title>
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  <description>Life is good for Three 6 Mafia.

&quot;I just left Jerry&#39;s Deli, and I&#39;m chilling,&quot; chuckles Three 6 Mafia&#39;s Juicy J through a wide smile. &quot;I had a delicious late breakfast—or brunch, whatever you want to call it &amp;#91;Laughs&amp;#93;.&quot;

In addition to kicking it at Jerry&#39;s, Juicy has been holed up in the </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:29:56 PST</pubDate>
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  <media:text type="html">Life is good for Three 6 Mafia.

&quot;I just left Jerry&#39;s Deli, and I&#39;m chilling,&quot; chuckles Three 6 Mafia&#39;s Juicy J through a wide smile. &quot;I had a delicious late breakfast—or brunch, whatever you want to call it &amp;#91;Laughs&amp;#93;.&quot;

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  <title>Interview: SLASH talks LAYN Rocks</title>
  <link>http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/interview-slash-talks-layn-rocks/6223095</link>
  <description>SLASH is the rock n&#39; roll equivalent of Martin Scorsese. 

While maintaining a classic sensibility, he injects true grit and passion into each and every composition, just like Marty. Appetite for Destruction was Slash&#39;s Taxi Driver—a raw and primal piece of cathartic art. In the same vein, </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:17:45 PST</pubDate>
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  <media:text type="html">SLASH is the rock n&#39; roll equivalent of Martin Scorsese. 

While maintaining a classic sensibility, he injects true grit and passion into each and every composition, just like Marty. Appetite for Destruction was Slash&#39;s Taxi Driver—a raw and primal piece of cathartic art. In the same vein, </media:text>
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  <title>Fangoria Reviews ARTISTdirect.com Editor Rick Florino&#39;s &lt;I&gt;Dolor&lt;/I&gt;</title>
  <link>http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/fangoria-reviews-artistdirect-com-editor-rick-florino-s-i-dolor-i/6223078</link>
  <description>Fangoria, the premier publication for all things horror, recently reviewed ARTISTdirect.com editor Rick Florino&#39;s Dolor: Lila Book I.

Fangoria is the ultimate tastemaker for the genre and a never-ending source of fantastic horror content, and they delved deep into Florino&#39;s Dolor! Check out the </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:09:07 PST</pubDate>
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  <media:text type="html">Fangoria, the premier publication for all things horror, recently reviewed ARTISTdirect.com editor Rick Florino&#39;s Dolor: Lila Book I.

Fangoria is the ultimate tastemaker for the genre and a never-ending source of fantastic horror content, and they delved deep into Florino&#39;s Dolor! Check out the </media:text>
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  <title>Playlist: Phoenix</title>
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  <description>The Dirty Projectors, Chet Baker</description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:43:55 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Interview: Something to Burn</title>
  <link>http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/interview-something-to-burn/6223075</link>
  <description>Something to Burn is about to set the music world ablaze.

The Los Angeles quartet has given birth to a veritable rock n&#39; roll monster with their debut, Transitions. Blending raw grunge passion with spacey tones and textures, Transitions is a sonic head-trip worth taking again and again. Massive </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:42:20 PST</pubDate>
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  <media:text type="html">Something to Burn is about to set the music world ablaze.

The Los Angeles quartet has given birth to a veritable rock n&#39; roll monster with their debut, Transitions. Blending raw grunge passion with spacey tones and textures, Transitions is a sonic head-trip worth taking again and again. Massive </media:text>
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  <title>Playlist: Powerman 5000</title>
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  <description>Justice, Daft Punk, Peaches</description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:54:22 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Interview: Rammstein</title>
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  <description>Rammstein aren&#39;t afraid to talk about anything. They never have been either…

However, on their latest album, Liebe ist für alle da, Germany&#39;s most thought provoking &amp;#91;and musically talkative&amp;#93; industrial metal machine delves into some seriously dark territory. Examining sexual obsession and </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:17:37 PST</pubDate>
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  <media:text type="html">Rammstein aren&#39;t afraid to talk about anything. They never have been either…

However, on their latest album, Liebe ist für alle da, Germany&#39;s most thought provoking &amp;#91;and musically talkative&amp;#93; industrial metal machine delves into some seriously dark territory. Examining sexual obsession and </media:text>
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  <title>Interview: Papa Roach</title>
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  <description>Papa Roach have always had a sense of humor. Singer Jacoby Shaddix is known for cracking jokes in between songs, and wildin&#39; out every time the band hits the stage—giving fans just a little bit more fun than your average hard rockers do. 

However, that comedic sensibility is at its sharpest on </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:50:35 PST</pubDate>
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  <media:text type="html">Papa Roach have always had a sense of humor. Singer Jacoby Shaddix is known for cracking jokes in between songs, and wildin&#39; out every time the band hits the stage—giving fans just a little bit more fun than your average hard rockers do. 

However, that comedic sensibility is at its sharpest on </media:text>
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  <title>Playlist: Hyro da Hero</title>
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  <description>2pac, Pantera, Stone Temple Pilots, Z-Ro, Michael Jackson</description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:42:59 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Live Review: Prohibition Rose — The Viper Room, Los Angeles</title>
  <link>http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/live-review-prohibition-rose-the-viper-room-los-angeles/6222895</link>
  <description>There&#39;s nothing more exhilarating than watching a band on the rise.

Prohibition Rose are the best new band to hit the Los Angeles scene in years, and they proved that fact on stage at the Viper Room this past Tuesday night. 

Armed with razor sharp guitar riffs from Tanner Bean and Erich </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:03:44 PST</pubDate>
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  <media:text type="html">There&#39;s nothing more exhilarating than watching a band on the rise.

Prohibition Rose are the best new band to hit the Los Angeles scene in years, and they proved that fact on stage at the Viper Room this past Tuesday night. 

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  <title>Joey McIntyre Exclusive Blog #2</title>
  <link>http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/joey-mcintyre-exclusive-blog-2/6222893</link>
  <description>Joey McIntyre tells ARTISTdirect.com editor and Dolor author Rick Florino about his surprise guest spot on Donnie Wahlberg&#39;s radio show in Canada, the world premiere of &quot;Here We Go Again&quot; and just trying to keep the lid on in the second installment of this exclusive blog series….

How much longer </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:43:39 PST</pubDate>
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  <media:text type="html">Joey McIntyre tells ARTISTdirect.com editor and Dolor author Rick Florino about his surprise guest spot on Donnie Wahlberg&#39;s radio show in Canada, the world premiere of &quot;Here We Go Again&quot; and just trying to keep the lid on in the second installment of this exclusive blog series….

How much longer </media:text>
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  <title>Shavo Odadjian Releases a New Achozen Song for Free on Friday the 13th to Honor Fans and Thank Them for Their Patience, Loyalty via his own urSESSION.com</title>
  <link>http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/shavo-odadjian-releases-a-new-achozen-song-for-free-on-friday-the-13th-to-honor-fans-and-thank-them-for-their-patience-loyalty-via-his-own-ursession-com/6222834</link>
  <description>Shavo Odadjian  (Achozen, System Of A Down) today announced that 
he will release &quot;Salute/Sacrafice&quot; the new song from the upcoming Achozen CD entitled The Album on his own urSession.com on Friday, November 13th. 
Achozen is comprised of members Shavo Odadjian (aka &quot;Decompozer,&quot;) RZA, Kinetic 9 </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:14:02 PST</pubDate>
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  <media:text type="html">Shavo Odadjian  (Achozen, System Of A Down) today announced that 
he will release &quot;Salute/Sacrafice&quot; the new song from the upcoming Achozen CD entitled The Album on his own urSession.com on Friday, November 13th. 
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  <title>Playlist: David Guetta</title>
  <link>http://www.artistdirect.comhttp://www.playlisted.com/2009/11/10/david-guetta/</link>
  <description>Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Black Eyed Peas</description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:45:38 PST</pubDate>
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  <media:text type="html">Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Black Eyed Peas</media:text>
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  <title>Playlist: Hollywood Undead</title>
  <link>http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/playlist-hollywood-undead/6222754</link>
  <description>Hollywood Undead have a whole arsenal of influences. That&#39;s precisely why their sound is so enigmatic and edgy.

On Desperate Measures, Hollywood Undead further carve out a style that&#39;s all their own. Industrial gnashing gives way to massive rock n&#39; roll choruses and some of the most raucous raps </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:48:44 PST</pubDate>
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  <media:text type="html">Hollywood Undead have a whole arsenal of influences. That&#39;s precisely why their sound is so enigmatic and edgy.

On Desperate Measures, Hollywood Undead further carve out a style that&#39;s all their own. Industrial gnashing gives way to massive rock n&#39; roll choruses and some of the most raucous raps </media:text>
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  <title>Playlist: Hollywood Undead</title>
  <link>http://www.artistdirect.comhttp://www.playlisted.com/2009/11/09/hollywood-undead-2/</link>
  <description>Queens of the Stone Age, AC/DC, Perish</description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:45:47 PST</pubDate>
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  <media:text type="html">Queens of the Stone Age, AC/DC, Perish</media:text>
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  <title>Interview: Hollywood Undead</title>
  <link>http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/interview-hollywood-undead/6222733</link>
  <description>There&#39;s no place like Texas…Just ask Hollywood Undead&#39;s 
J-Dog.

&quot;Dallas is always great,&quot; says J-Dog with smirk and glimmer of mischief in his eye. 

What makes it so great?

&quot;Well, there&#39;s a Hooters a stone&#39;s throw away from the House of Blues so we always go there before we play. The girls </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:21:14 PST</pubDate>
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  <media:text type="html">There&#39;s no place like Texas…Just ask Hollywood Undead&#39;s 
J-Dog.

&quot;Dallas is always great,&quot; says J-Dog with smirk and glimmer of mischief in his eye. 

What makes it so great?

&quot;Well, there&#39;s a Hooters a stone&#39;s throw away from the House of Blues so we always go there before we play. The girls </media:text>
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  <title>Playlist: Tina Parol</title>
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  <description>Muse, Led Zeppelin, Blondie, Black Eyed Peas</description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:58:24 PST</pubDate>
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  <title>Interview: Powerman 5000</title>
  <link>http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/interview-powerman-5000/6222697</link>
  <description>Powerman 5000 have blasted back to outer space for Somewhere on the Other Side of Nowhere, and the results are out of this world… 

In fact Somewhere on the Other Side of Nowhere is intergalactic metal like only Spider One and Co. could conjure. The record sees the band channeling the epic bombast </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:57:19 PST</pubDate>
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  <media:text type="html">Powerman 5000 have blasted back to outer space for Somewhere on the Other Side of Nowhere, and the results are out of this world… 

In fact Somewhere on the Other Side of Nowhere is intergalactic metal like only Spider One and Co. could conjure. The record sees the band channeling the epic bombast </media:text>
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  <title>Joey McIntyre Exclusive Blog #1</title>
  <link>http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/joey-mcintyre-exclusive-blog-1/6222673</link>
  <description>Joey McIntyre gives ARTISTdirect.com editor and Dolor author Rick Florino the scoop on his brand new video for &quot;Here We Go Again&quot; in the first of this exclusive blog series….

As soon as I decided on the video concept for &quot;Here We Go Again,&quot; I wanted to get the fans involved. I knew we were going </description>
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  <media:text type="html">Joey McIntyre gives ARTISTdirect.com editor and Dolor author Rick Florino the scoop on his brand new video for &quot;Here We Go Again&quot; in the first of this exclusive blog series….

As soon as I decided on the video concept for &quot;Here We Go Again,&quot; I wanted to get the fans involved. I knew we were going </media:text>
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