The Devil went down to Georgia -- & he met Condi there !!! ;-)

HOOROO

UNCLE WALLY

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Satan wrote:

Satan is real for music biz on Tuesday
Mon Jun 5, 2006 4:35am ET

By Melinda Newman, Billboard West Coast Bureau Chief

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - The music industry has an unprecedented
opportunity on Tuesday to have some fun with its reputation -- deserved
or otherwise -- as the devilish corrupter of innocent youth.

For June 6 will be the first album release date in history that
correlates numerically with the Mark of the Beast: 666. (Cue: Iron
Maiden's "The Number of the Beast.")

While Fox's remake of "The Omen" is hitting movie theaters that day,
the music industry is playing it safe. No mainstream superstars are
releasing albums that day. The biggest names are California modern rock
band AFI, electronica duo Zero 7, veteran rocker Joan Jett, the
old-school combo Elvis Costello/Allen Toussaint, rapper Yung Joc and
British pop singer Katie Melua.

Death metal band Cradle of Filth intended to put out its new record
June 6, but, according to a representative at its Roadrunner Records
label, "The production of the album came to a screeching halt because
Dani Filth had throat problems."

It may be a sign of the apocalypse that "Karaoke to the Music of Johnny
Cash: I Wanna Be Like Cash" is out June 6. Imagine thousands of drunks
warbling "A Boy Named Sue" as they wobble in karaoke bars across the
country at the same time.

Internet webcaster Radio Free Satan is, understandably, very excited
about the day, which must be like Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving and
the Super Bowl all rolled into one. RFS is throwing "Satan's Rockin'
666 Eve" June 5 in Los Angeles, a concert featuring Krell and Living
Deadgirls of Headsick Pinups, among others. Attendees can win free
T-shirts and porn. The next day, RFS will release its sixth-anniversary
compilation album. (Does ***** Clark know that RFS' Web site features
his likeness with devil's horns and 666 on his forehead?)

Terrestrial radio stations do not have to dig very deep to come up with
some appropriate material. A sample: INXS' "The Devil Inside," Mitch
Ryder's "Devil in a Blue Dress," Charlie Daniels' "The Devil Went Down
to Georgia," Cliff Richard's "Devil Woman," Beck's "Devil's Haircut,"
Elvis Presley's "You're the Devil in Disguise," Van Halen's "Runnin'
With the Devil," the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil," and
anything by Robert Johnson.

Reuters/Billboard

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