Link To The 2009 Oscar Winners List

Looking for a quick list of last night's winners? Just check out Variety's list here.

You're welcome.

Saturday the 14th - Your Bloody VD Soundtrack

Okay, you don’t often get this convergence of events – Friday the 13th followed by Valentine’s Day. This unique event deserves a special kind of soundtrack, and I’m giddy with excitement – Jason Voorhees, the masked master of mayhem, the man who’s single-handedly kept Ginsu knives in production, has come into the studio to help us. He’s plugging the release of his bio pic (Friday the 13th, in theatres today), and helping us spin some tracks for your Valentine's sweeties.

Jason, do you have anything to say to our listeners before we get started?

“…..*uhhh-nuh-*…..”

Ooookeedokey, the silent type, hmmm? How ‘bout you just point that machete at whatever disc you want? No, wait – not at her. C’mon, Jeanette’s my new assistant!! Really, machete to the back of the head? How original – isn’t that how you killed Kevin Bacon back in the day?!

“…Muh-mah…”

Oh right, it was your mom. Whatever, we’re through. It’s going to take the cleanup crew forever to get rid of all this blood.

“…um sah-rah…”

It’s a little late for you to be sorry now! It’s a good thing you picked out a few songs before this whole mess started. Here’s Jason’s list, people – enjoy.

1. “Die, Die My Darling” – The Misfits
2. “My Love Is Like A Tire Iron” – Ted Nugent
3. “Poison Heart” – Coffin Caddies
4. “Blood, Sex and Booze” – Green Day
5. “Sex & Dying In High Society” – X
6. “Love Is a Fist” – Mr. Bungle
7. “Beat Your Heart Out” – The Distillers
8. “Only Women Bleed” – Alice Cooper
9. “Drivin’ Thru My Heart” – The Donnas
10. “Love You To Death” – Type O Negative
11. “Stabbed In The Heart” – Damone
12. “Kiss Me Deadly” – Lita Ford
13. “Evil Love” – Meat Puppets
14. “Breaking Up The Girl” – Garbage

So what songs did this hockey goalie reject forget? You know where the comments section is

Mourning Lux Interior, Cramps Frontman and Father of Psychobilly

Lux Interior (born Eric Lee Purkhiser), frontman for the seminal punk/psychobilly band The Cramps, died February 4th from an existing heart condition. He was 62.

Who were The Cramps, you ask? Well, during the CBGB punk heyday – while bands like The Ramones were trying to figure out how to make things louder and faster – The Cramps were slowing things down and getting freakier. They mined the musical riches of ‘50s rockabilly and ‘60s garage rock, then added a generous dollop of sci-fi/horror b-movie schlock and psychosexual tension.

For horror enthusiasts, we were happy to see The Cramps' influence come full circle when they contributed songs to the soundtracks to some classic ‘80s trash. They provided “The Surfin’ Dead” to Return of the Living Dead, added a bit of “Fever” to Near Dark and oozed some “Goo Goo Muck” into Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2.

And to top it all off, Lux showed us that a living zombie could pull off a vinyl bodysuit and high heels with style. His microphone-swallowing, generally insane stage antics led to a whole new generation of followers, and a slew of musical descendents trying to emulate The Cramps' sound. But no one will ever top the original. I hope the afterlife is ready for him.

Anyone wishing to pay their respects has been asked to donate to Lux’s favorite charity, Best Friends Animal Society. (Click here for their web site.)

Links To The Grammy Winners

Again, you know how I feel about dredging through search results just to find the list of winners. Well, here are two of the lists of Grammy winners. The first (click here) is a complete listing, right down to best Zydeco album - but it doesn't list what the other nominees in each category were. The second list (click here) is the short list of popular categories, but it does include the other nominees.

Quick thoughts:

-Why the hell Robert Plant & Alison Krauss took so many awards eludes me as much as why people still care about the Grammys as a whole. "Please Read The Letter" seemed like little more than a repetitive deep cut when I first heard it, and it got more annoying with time.

-I was happy to see that Metallica won the Metal Performance category ("My Apocalypse"), but I almost wonder if they just give the award to them every year now after the whole Jethro Tull debacle in 1989.

-I would have liked to see Rob Zombie win the Hard Rock Performance award ("Lords of Salem"), but such is life.

- I was happily surprised to see Zappa Plays Zappa take the award for Rock Instrumental Performance ("Peaches En Regalia").