Syd Barrett

Captain Smith Bullish About South Africa Chances
The South African cricket team have high expectations for their series of matches on their latest tour of England. The two countries will play four test matches, five one day internationals and one 20/20. The South Africans do not expect to lose!

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Today's Highlight in History (Erie Times-News)
On July 7, 2005, suicide terrorist bombings in three Underground stations and a double-decker bus killed 52 victims and four bombers in the worst attack on London since World War II.

Pink Floyd - Barrett Remember In Hometown (ContactMusic)
The life of late PINK FLOYD star SYD BARRETT will be commemorated in his English hometown later this year (08). The guitarist will be honoured in a series of events ...

Barrett tribute events announced (BBC News)
A stage show, art exhibition and book are planned for this year to celebrate the life of Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett.

At his Beck and call (San Francisco Bay Guardian)
Polyglot rot: Down-home gets down and dirty with Meth Teeth

Martha Wainwright’s new CD proves she's got feelings too (Vail Daily)
The title comes from the chorus of the first song on the album, titled “Bleeding All Over You,” and it’s exactly the kind of honesty you’ll get throughout the entire CD.

Japanese rockers take a new approach to writing (The Daily Texan)
For underground music aficionados, Japan is the mecca of "weird music." People look to Japanese bands for the most out-there stuff, from the "free rock" of Keiji Haino to the noisy mutations of Boredoms. Boris is another name thrown around for their Stooges-with-Orange-Amps jams, grotesquely heavy drones and Syd Barrett-esque psychedelic trips.

Times New Viking Offers a Living, Breathing Museum Piece (The New York Sun)
Perhaps the greatest effect of the Internet on the music industry has been the role of Web communities such as MySpace and Facebook, as well as individual Web logs, in helping to spread the word about regional independent music scenes, emerging groups, and their gigs and recordings. It's a far more immediate tool, blanketing a thicker cross section of curious listeners, than the photocopied ...

The Machine tribute keeps them coming back (Times News)
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Honor Thy Father (MetroActive)
THERE'S a depressing myth in the music industry that equates self-destructiveness with genius, schizophrenia with inspiration. Note the sad fates of Pink Floyd's skewed genius Syd Barrett, pop's great composer Brian Wilson or the Bay Area's own Skip Spence.

Honor The Father (Metro Santa Cruz)
There's a depressing myth in the music industry that equates self-destructiveness with genius, schizophrenia with inspiration.