Posted by Frank Meyer - Tuesday, April 17, 2007 11:18 PM
 An imprisoned career criminal has been fingered by a witness who says the inmate confessed to his part in the 2002 shooting death of Run DMC’s Jam Master Jay and to the unsolved 1995 murder of Tupac Shakur.
Whaaaaat?!?!?
The information came out during the federal robbery trial this month of 43-year-old Ronald “Tenad” Washington, who is expecting to be charged as an accessory in the slaying of Jay and for the murder of Pac associate Randy “Stretch” Walker, who rapped in his side-project group Thug Life.
But Washington says he’s being framed so the cops can pin these unsolved crimes on him.
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Posted by Dana Vinson - Tuesday, April 17, 2007 5:47 PM
 Gaming blog Kotaku has posted excerpts from a Washington Post article which reports that high school friends of the young man responsible for the Virginia Tech massacre, Cho Seung Hui, say he was a fan of the popular videogame Counterstrike.
Often in times of senseless tragedy, people desperately attempt to apply order and logic to the chaotic, primordial minefield of violence that can be the disturbed human mind.
Everyone wants to know why horrible things happen; it is only natural. Unfortunately, many times, a side effect of wanting to find something or someone to blame is jumping to conclusions and making snap judgments based on ludicrous, pre-existing biases.
The media is infamous for this and the tragedy at Virginia Tech two days ago has become the most talked about news story since 9/11. The events have come under intense scrutiny. In the short time since the incident, the press has, as is their right, been exploring every possible cause or means of motivation.
The assailant used a gun. He was young. He was male. All those things being fact, the conversation quickly turned into a discussion about the influence of videogame violence in real life.
Even though only a matter of hours has passed since the shootings, the finger is being pointed. The flood gates have been opened. Before, it was just general ranting about the realistic nature of videogames, but now, there’s a name to tack on to the attack: Counterstrike.
Kotaku: Washington Post links shooter to Counterstrike
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Posted by Frank Meyer - Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:48 PM
 Wow, today kinda blows for new releases. Well, okay, there’s new ones from Nine Inch Nails and Avril Lavigne, so all is not lost. But most of the rest of the stuff out today is crap I’ve never heard of! So let’s just cut to the chase and divide today’s new music releases into two neat lil’ categories:
High-profile:
Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing (RCA)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (Nothing) [Buy]
Not so high-profile:
The Comas - Spells (Vagrant)
Bucky Covington - Bucky Covington (Lyric Street)
Cowboy Junkies - At the End of Paths Taken (Zöe)
Elk City - New Believers (Friendly Fire)
Fightstar - Grand Unification (Trustkill)
The Greyboy Allstars - What Happened to Television? (Sci Fidelity)
Hot Club Sandwich - Green Room (Modern Hot)
Lady Saw - Walk Out (VP)
Priestbird - In Your Time (Kemado)
Rock Plaza Central - Are We Not Horses (Yep Roc)
Paul Rodgers - Live in Glasgow (Eagle)
DJ Shadow - Bay Area EP (Universal Motown)
Six Feet Under - Commandment (Metal Blade)
Bob Diddley - The Definitive Collection (Geffen)
The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Definitive Collection (Geffen)
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Posted by Frank Meyer - Tuesday, April 17, 2007 12:54 PM
Exclusive Video
Welcome back to another episode of G4tv’s Freestyle 101, where today’s top MCs step into our studio and kick a freestyle right off the top of their head. This time we were paid a visit by Los Angeles underground hero Busdriver, he of Project Blowed and Freestyle Fellowship cliques, who blasted us with an unreal freestyle in one take and some wise words on where the art-form fits into hip hop today.
Busdriver’s new album is titled Roadkillovercoat (Epitaph) and is a monster and, likewise, he is a beast on the mic. This kid only listened to the beat for about 4-bars before wanting to jump in the booth and kick a rhyme straight outta his dome. And, boy, did he! The only instructions we gave him were to work in a few videogame or web references for y’all. So, did he succeed? Watch, and you be the judge…
...and come back every Tuesday at noon PST for a new episode....we got some MAJOR MCs headed your way...
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Posted by Frank Meyer - Tuesday, April 17, 2007 12:46 PM
 Once in awhile TheFeed is thrust into the limelight. Like when we broke that story that Jared Leto hates blogs, or when we were at the forefront of the Aquagate 2007 controversy. Or like right now, when news broke that TheFeed’s own writer and head of production Joe Lynch (also the director of the upcoming Wrong Turn 2 and about a zlllion rad music video) is getting married by none other than punk icon Henry Rollins himself.
“You don't understand how honored Briana and I are to have ‘Rev’ Henry making an honest couple out of us," Lynch told TheFeed. " We didn't want ANYONE else to be the officiant, not even Jesus Christ himself (who was actually booked). Seriously, who better than Rollins to make this the epitome of a Punk Rock Wedding?
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Posted by Mike D'Alonzo - Tuesday, April 17, 2007 12:41 PM
 Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End is in post-production, and it seems that the overall running time for the final film in the Pirates trilogy is augering long. Very long. Three hours long. Yes, the total running time of the new film is reported to be over 170 minutes, which, if you're not that good at math, means it will be just about three hours long.
One of the knocks on Pirates 2 was that it was long and a little boring in spots. This will be a little more than twenty minutes longer than the second version. All we know is that it better be good, because there are a lot of people that are upset that Dead Man's Chest seems to have been nothing but a setup for this movie.
CHUD.com: THE DEVIN'S ADVOCATE: HEMORRHOIDS OF THE CARIBBEAN - AT PATIENCE'S END
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Posted by Mike D'Alonzo - Tuesday, April 17, 2007 12:08 PM
Gamestop will be taking your old Xbox 360s and original Xbox units in trade, anticipating your desire to buy the new Xbox 360 Elite. During this special, you will be able to get $250 for the premium unit, and $200 for the 360 core unit, but the cool news is that you will even be able to get $50 for your original Xbox, deferring some of the cost to make the leap to the next generation.
This is really a cool deal, and it shows that Microsoft is either sensitive to the idea that they're going to anger a lot of people who just sunk a lot of money into the premium unit, or that they've been watching the forums of the gaming community, who are pretty pissed off about the whole thing. MS certainly must realize that they've got a lot of goodwill at the moment, and wouldn't want to squander it.
XBox 360 Rally: CONFIRMED: Xbox 360 Trade-In Deal!
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Posted by Frank Meyer - Tuesday, April 17, 2007 11:43 AM
 Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis has entered the building!
Or at least, you are about to enter the Elvis building...if Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc.has anything to do with it.
Yes, for the first time ever Elvis Presley Enterprises is launching a multi-media ad campaign across television, radio, print, outdoor, travel guides and online to drum up business for Graceland tourism.
"The Discover Your Inner Elvis campaign will be used ... to support our worldwide branding strategy," said the company’s chief marketing officer.
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Posted by Mike D'Alonzo - Tuesday, April 17, 2007 11:39 AM
TheFeed must first apologize to Mr. Barry Nelson for not knowing who he was. Then for erroneously thinking that an article talking about 'the first James Bond' dying might have referred to Sean Connery, which, again, meaning no offense to Mr. Nelson's memory, would have been a much bigger story. Still, we are saddened by the loss of Barry Nelson, who was the first person to play James Bond onscreen.
More accurately, he played Jimmy Bond in a version of Casino Royale on a show called Climax! in the 1950's. His portrayal of Fleming's mighty agent was almost completely unmemorable, and was different in every way from the suave, sophisticated James Bond we would grow to love over the years. Jimmy Bond was an American, and his way of doing things was very by-the-book. The show did moderately well, but would never suggest that James Bond would be an international phenomenon.
Still, TheFeed wishes Barry Nelson godspeed on his trip to the underworld.
Zap2It.com: First Screen Bond Dies at 89
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Posted by Mike D'Alonzo - Tuesday, April 17, 2007 11:10 AM
 Awww, snap! No she didn't. Kirsten Dunst, in an interview for the opening of Spider-Man 3, said that, without her, Tobey Maguire, and Sam Raimi, that a Spider-Man 4 would be a complete flop. Not only that, but she said it would be disrespectful to the original team to make any such movie.
In addition, Raimi is potentially planning to take the reins of The Hobbit movie, after Peter Jackson officially abandons the project for good, so that would make him sort of unavailable for any sort of Spider-Man 4 film. Though Sony has been making noise about another sequel, it seems unlikely that any sort of project without the original team would be anything other than a straight-to-video release.
Yahoo! News: "Spidey 4" may flop without stars, director: Dunst
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Posted by Mike D'Alonzo - Tuesday, April 17, 2007 11:07 AM
 John Woo's got trouble on his hands with the making of his new film, Red Cliff. The epic film, which, at over three hours and $80 million, will be the most lavish and expensive film in Chinese history, has just lost its most recognizable star. Chow Yun Fat has quit the production only three days into shooting over a contractual dispute, and it doesn't look like he's about to come back.
This comes only a couple of weeks after Tony Leung left the same project, so the track record on Red Cliff isn't so good at the moment. This will be Woo's first Chinese project in some time and, in some countries, it will be broken into two parts and released as two seperate films.
Rotten Tomatoes.com: Chow Yun Fat Bails on John Woo's $80m Epic
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Posted by Eugene Morton - Tuesday, April 17, 2007 10:57 AM
 Anybody who’s been paying the least bit of attention to Playstation 3 news won’t be surprised by the fact that Sony is considering rolling out another iteration of its monster console.
Though the 20 GB model is still being sold and shipped to the rest of the world, it’s been discontinued all together, due to lack of demand, in the United States.
According to Sony spokesman Satoshi Fukuoka, "For users who vigorously store (games and other entertainment content) in the PS3, 20-giga is probably going to be too small, and even 60-giga may not be big enough eventually."
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Posted by Frank Meyer - Tuesday, April 17, 2007 10:50 AM
G4tv’s TheFeed shot another episode of Freestyle 101 this week, this time with the great Sean Price, he of Jesus Price Superstar fame. The episode will air next month, but in the meantime he gave us the following news on his upcoming projects, including the title of his next solo effort, an exclusive scoop on an upcoming side-project, and an update on the loooong-awaited third album by his group Heltah Skeltah .
“After the Jedi Mind Tricks tour I’m going home to work on my mixtape,” Sean told G4 while on a day off from the trek. “Then I’m going to Detroit where I’m doing this album with a brother named Black Milk and this brother named Guilty Simpson. We’re doing an album together. Then the Heltah Skeltah album with my partner Rock, and then my solo album Mic Tyson. And I’ma knock you out with that. I’m working hard instead of hardly workin’.”
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Posted by Frank Meyer - Tuesday, April 17, 2007 10:36 AM
 U.K. crooner Lily Allen just canceled most of her May-June U.S. tour because she is "tired" and thinks her live shows have been suffering.
Allen posted on her MySpace page that she's been "getting really drunk" recently, and has become "so nervous about doing bad shows."
"I am not falling apart at the seems,” she said. “I am not suffering with exhaustion, I am not pregnant, and I am not going to rehab."
Wow. That’s amazing. A pop star was actually candid, honest and admitted to not being up to snuff! Lilly Allen, you just got a whole lot sexier in my book!
The 10 or so shows will be rescheduled in the fall, though she will still play Coachella on April 29 and Bonnaroo on June 15.
YahooNews.com: "Tired" singer Lily Allen scraps most of U.S. tour
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