Headliners: 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
CBS: Beastie Boys, Guns ‘n’ Roses, and Chili Peppers among 2012′s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees. Still no Hall and Oates.
Billboard: Ticketmaster forced to refund $1.50 for ten years’ worth of ticket purchases for failing to state service charges are for profit-generating purposes. Don’t expect those charges to disappear, though.
Hypebot: Sony Entertainment Chief Tim Schaaf gives some words on how he plans to beat Spotify and iTunes.
DCist: Prince George’s County Chief Executive Jack Johnson sentence to 7 years in prison and fined $100,000 for role in corruption scandal.
Prince of Petworth: Here’s a sweet time lapse video shot around DC.
Spin: Animal Collective will begin recording the follow-up to Merriweather Post Pavillion in January 2012.
NME: The British mag gives us the list of the best worst singers ever. Lay off Mark Knopfler, guys.
Stereogum: Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold gives a list of his favorite things in 2011.
MP3: Wolf Gang – “Stay And Defend (The Magician ‘Caribbean Disco’ Remix)”
























Here are the top 30 vote-getters at:
http://www.rateitall.com/topic.aspx?topicid=2529&sename=deserving-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame
Only Red Hot Chili Peppers, Guns n’ Roses and Donovan made the Top 30.
1) Rush
2) Chicago
3) Yes
4) Deep Purple
5) Doobie Brothers
6) Moody Blues
7) Dire Straits
8) The Cars
9) Electric Light Orchestra
10) Jethro Tull
11) Pete Townshend (solo)
12) Heart
13) Journey
14) Steve Miller
15) Carole King
16) Styx
17) Kiss
18) Jim Croce
19) Peter Gabriel (solo)
20) Squeeze
21) Red Hot Chili Peppers
22) Supertramp
23) Stevie Ray Vaughan
24) Badfinger
25) Hall & Oates
26) The Guess Who
27) Foreigner
28) Guns N’ Roses
29) Donovan
30) Cat Stevens