DAY OF THE MUSIC NEWS...

As I scroll thru countless stories this morning, I find NOTHING of interest. But then I get to a ton of music-related stories that might grab your attention...

BACK IN THE DAY MUSIC NEWS: COUNTING CROWS
If COUNTING CROWS singer ADAM DURITZ has a crazy BRITNEY SPEARS-like mental breakdown sometime in the near future, here's why:

Adam was diagnosed with a mental disorder a few years back, and now he's cutting back on the mood stabilizing medications he's taking...and he admits that he's doing it more AGGRESSIVELY than he should.

In a borderline CRAZY rant on the Counting Crows Facebook page, Adam says, "I was [effing] crazy. I needed meds. I took meds. Now I'm less crazy. I need less meds. I'm stopping meds. That's it.

"These meds just happen to have some freaking vicious withdrawal symptoms when you stop so u can't do it all at once."

Adam said his doctors have cleared him to cut his Lithium dosage in half, but apparently, he's not handling that very well. He continues, quote, "[Eff] me...not so good now. Gotta keep pushing / get off this [crap].

"Going faster than I should but it still takes too long. All my friends say how clear & present I am. 'Clear & present.' Horror. Not mutually exclusive."

Adam is NOT doing this to lead a "sober life." He explains, "These are not drug addiction problems...I like drinking. A lot. Sober = not for me."

Instead, he's doing it so he can work. He explains, "I stopped dropping the meds dosages for recording. Couldn't shake uncontrollably & sing at the same time. Forgivable."

In 2008, Adam told "Men's Health" magazine, "I have a form of dissociative disorder that makes the world seem like it's not real, as if things aren't taking place. It's hard to explain, but you feel un-tethered."









LINKIN PARK COVERS ADELE...
CHESTER BENNINGTON and MIKE SHINODA from LINKIN PARK recently did an impromptu, unplugged version of ADELE'S "Rolling in the Deep".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miNntiKSvXY









PATRICK STUMP (FALL OUT BOY) HAS A NEW SINGLE WITH LUPE FIASCO...
Former FALL OUT BOY singer PATRICK STUMP has released a solo single called "This City", which features rapper LUPE FIASCO. The "city" it's about is Chicago...the hometown of both Patrick and Lupe.

It'll be on Patrick's upcoming album, "Soul Punk", which will be out later this year. There's no release date yet.
http://youtu.be/EhTYFuRWheU











IT'S A SCIENTIFIC FACT...Q92 MAKES YOU HAPPY!!!!
Occasionally I forget that I am a GOD OF HAPPINESS, making the world a better place every day with merely the power of my voice. So it's nice when a study like this reminds me.

According to a scientific study, listening to the radio makes people happier than watching TV or surfing the Internet. YOU'RE WELCOME!!

In the study, people felt a 100% boost in their happiness and a 300% boost in their energy levels when they were listening to the radio versus not consuming any type of media.

WOW!!!

TV and the Internet also boosted people's happiness, but only about HALF as much as radio.

Mark Barber of Britain's Radio Advertising Bureau explained the results. "Radio plays an important emotional role in people's lives. People use radio as a lifestyle support system."

That's right. Take THAT, internet! Bitches.










MEN ARE STILL DISGUSTING...
Just checking and...yep. Men, in general, are still wallowing in their own filth as much as ever.

Clorox Bleach just released the results of a nationwide survey which found that about one out of eight men wear their underwear AT LEAST TWICE before they wash it. And that's just the number who ADMIT to doing that.

Here are some more of their findings...
About half of men use the "sniff test" to figure out if their clothes are fresh enough to wear again without washing.

An average man wears jeans at least four or five times before washing them.

About a quarter of men age 18 to 29 only wash their sheets once a month...the majority of women in that age range wash their sheets at least once a week.

Single women are more than twice as likely as married women to BUY CLOTHES to avoid laundry.

More than one-third of single women own more than 20 pairs of underwear.

Only 29% of married women say their husband helps out equally with the laundry.









WOMEN HATE ON THEIR BODIES...A LOT.
Ladies, no matter how many bad things people say about you, there's NO WAY they're harsher on you than you are on yourself.

According to a study of more than 2,000 women, 97% of women say THIRTEEN negative things about their body every single day.

Only 3% of women say that a day sometimes goes by when they don't have a negative feeling about their body.

The survey also found that 90% of women 15 to 64 want to change at least one thing about their appearance. And their weight was number one.









LET'S TALK VANITY PLATES...

Since clearly you woke up today saying, "Hey! I'm so curious about vanity license plates. I sure hope someone tells me all about them"...your dream has come true. Here are seven random facts about vanity plates.

#1.) About 9.3 million vehicles in the U.S. have customized vanity license plates.

#2.) The 46 states that offer vanity license plates only made $177 MILLION off the fees...or an average of about $19 per plate.

#3.) Texas is the first state to start auctioning off the best one-word vanity plates. The plate reading "FERRARI" recently sold for $15,000, "PORSCHE" went for $7,500, and "AMERICA" went for $3,000.

#4.) The most expensive vanity plate ever sold was in Abu Dhabi in 2008...someone paid $14.3 MILLION for a plate with the number "1" only.

#5.) Virginia has the most drivers with vanity plates, at 16%. It's followed by New Hampshire and Illinois.

#6.) Texas has the fewest vanity plates at 0.56%.

#7.) Studies have found that people with vanity plates and bumper stickers have more of a "territory marker" mentality...and are more likely to honk at other drivers, tailgate, and experience ROAD RAGE.