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Great fake press conference here from The Onion , in which a Ford exec explains why the '93 Taurus is the best vehicle for today's cash-strapped consumers.

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Stewart Copeland recently weighed in on the abundance of supergroups dotting the current rock landscape.

The Savage Animal 09.16.09: First Impressions of Primus Posted by Mikey MiGo on 09.23.2009 411's Mikey MiGo opens his mind and ears to the entire LP discography of Primus for the first time.

Les Claypool will be back on Australian soil in December. The former Primus frontman will head down under to play tracks from his new album Of Fungi and Foe.

"The Point Reyes area is a foodie mecca, and when we're out there, we meet people and talk to them, - says vintner Jonathan Pey.

Primus is all about Les Claypool; there isn't a moment on any of their records where his bass isn't the main focal point of the music, with his vocals acting as a bizarre side-show. Which isn't to deny guitarist Larry LaLonde or drummer Tim "Herb" Alexander any credit; no drummer could weave in and around Claypool's convoluted patterns as ...

Last summer I stood in a crowd of thousands with my then 15-year-old daughter Avalon at 2 in the morning listening to the powerful thrum and thump coming out of the bass of Les Claypool.

Les Claypool is decadent and depraved. This is not necessarily a criticism. Not content to simply fill the role of pre-eminent rock bassist for his generation - a position he already firmly occupied by the time Nirvana made the cover of Rolling Stone for the first time - Claypool and Primus sought to redefine Caucasian funk with a series of ...

More than 25 hot-air balloons will soar through the sky during Stoweflake Mountain Resort & Spa's 23rd Annual Stoweflake Hot Air Balloon Festival on Friday through Sunday .

Alphabetical Listing Home : CD reviews : Alternative : Primus - Extended Plays are often hard to take seriously.

Zappa Plays Zappa performs on the Sherwood Court Stage Saturday at Rothbury. Three of Saturday afternoon's big rock acts at Rothbury -- Zappa Plays Zappa, the Black Crowes and Les Claypool -- offered wildly different sets that still managed to entice the hippie bottom line.

For those of us who remember the dawn of Primus - the freakishly askew funk/rock/experimental power trio that first brought rubber-limbed bass virtuoso Les Claypool into the public eye - nothing seemed quite so unlikely as the prospect of this loopy little band and its delightfully demented svengali becoming fixtures in pop culture.

Primus' oddball fusion of funk, metal and humor was certainly not for everyone. However, given that they were the only band in music history to have appeared on the Lollapalooza , Ozzfest , H.O.R.D.E. and Family Values tours, it's safe to say that they had a uniquely broad appeal.

Each week, the following local music experts pick the top shows coming to Indy. David Lindquist, pop music writer, Indy.com; Steve Hayes and Ryan Williams, IndianapolisMusic.net editors; Nora Spitznogle, Broad Ripple Gazette/Queen Bee Music; Dan McNeal, Indy's Music Channel; Jeff Napier, freelance music journalist; Dodge, My Old Kentucky Blog; Tim ...

It would be easy to say that there is nothing normal about Les Claypool. You could look at his time with Primus, pig costumes, "Winona's Big Brown Beaver" and all.

"I'm trying to keep it together," said Dweezil Zappa, flanked by his fellow Zappa Plays Zappa members after winning a Grammy Award earlier this year.

Hold on: Boys for men?: Three shows that will blow your mind and a swap that should blow your wad : Boyz IV Men play Luigi's Fun Garden on Saturday, June 20 .

I'm not one for big shows nowadays. Rock concerts lost their allure for me about eight years ago.

June 13 - Day Three. Saturday started off like any other day at Bonnaroo: a little too hot and a little too early.