Eminem covers the August issue of Spin which carries an interview with the rapper that took place while he was finishing up his new album Recovery.

The album chronicles his life during a very difficult period from a few years ago when he started to self-destruct with a prescription-drug addiction:

“I was trapped in my head. I’d spent most of my career going against the grain. Calling bullshit. And suddenly, I started running out of enemies,” he says. “I started to become that cliché: my own worst enemy.

Spin describes the tone of Eminem‘s latest album:

Recovery is about that period in his life. Unfiltered and unrelenting, it’s the most emotionally grueling album Eminem has released, detailing his addiction, anxieties, and nightmares with barely any recourse to the schizoid character-juggling, gross-out humor, or splatter-film gore that have been his trademarks until now. Like the car trips he likes to take through his old neighborhoods, reminding himself how bad things were, Recovery is an often harrowing trip down one blighted memory lane — the kind of street you don’t feel quite safe on, even at 11 A.M.

Have you purchased Recovery? Do you like it? I’m dying to get it. I LOVE that song Love The Way You Lie with Rihanna. I am oddly very attracted to this guy. And now that he has changed his hotness factor has increased in my sick stalker-like eyeballs.

Video NSFW (strong language)

The August issue of Spin is available at newsstands now.

Sound Strike Press Conference (Zack de la Rocha, Tom Morello, Conor Oberst) from Shaun Kadlec on Vimeo.

Zack de la Rocha, Tom Morello and Conor Oberst  are lending their voices to Sound Strike, the artist call to boycott Arizona because of Arizona’s very controversial law SB 1070 and in particular Maricopa County Sheriff Apraio.

I first heard about this law when Sarah McLachlan refused to bring her Lilith Fair tour to Arizona in protest.

Below is Zack`s speech from the video above.

Good morning, my name is Zack de la Rocha I’m the lead singer of Rage Against the Machine. Welcome to everyone here.

Friday July 23rd is a very important day for us, for a couple of reasons. One because it will be the first concert that Rage has played in Los Angeles in 10 years. It will be held here at the Palladium in a venue that will capture the spirit and the intent of our music and we are very proud to share the stage with Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band, as well as the Jornaleros del Norte.

All three bands on the bill also reflect a spirit of solidarity and the fight for social and economic justice. Which brings up the second reason we have come together. This, during the week of national action in protest of the implementation of SB 1070 on July 29th.

Just minutes from my home I can quickly get to the 10 Freeway. A freeway that connects the communities that I have called home my whole life to the State of Arizona where decades ago my grandfather first crossed the US/Mexico border.

Several years ago I was asked by friends and activists to learn more about and join a battle brewing in Arizona.

…..the rest of the speech after the break (more…)

Paper Tongues has teamed up with I Need My Fix to give one lucky winner a chance to win a signed copy of their Self-titled album, along with a poster and stickers!

The album features singles “Trinity” and “Ride To California,” which have both been heard on MTV’s The Hills. The band is currently on the Bang The Gong Tour with Neon Trees and Civil Twilight. Go to the BangTheGong website to download free tracks from Paper Tongues in return for one Tweet.

In case you didn’t know the band is managed by American Idol’s Randy Jackson! They’ve been MTV’s Push Artist of the Week and they have been AOL Pop Eater’s Artist About To Pop

Make sure to check out the band’s MySpace page to see when they will be near you and pick up their self-titled album in stores and on iTunes now!

Contest details:

To enter leave a comment here.  You can enter as often as you like.  Don’t forget to use a valid email address so that you can be contacted should you win. The contest closes July 30, 2010 at 4 p.m. ET at which point one person’s name will be randomly drawn to win this awesome prize package.

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Sheryl Crow‘s latest album 100 Miles From Memphis was released this week with rave reviews:  Billboard saying “100 Miles” is a path Crow was certainly wise to tread,” and People Magazine giving the album three stars, stating “she performs with the kind of exquisitely restrained yearning that put giants like Al Green on the map.”

Sheryl recently helped kick off the return of Lilith Fair with a string of dates and will head back out on the road with a new touring band in August to play selections from 100 Miles From Memphis. Visit SherylCrow.com for all her upcoming tour dates and ticket information.

100 Miles From Memphis Track Listing
1. “Our Love Is Fading”
2. “Eye to Eye” (featuring Keith Richards)
3. “Sign Your Name” (featuring Justin Timberlake)
4. “Summer Day”
5. “Long Road Home”
6. “Say What You Want”
7. “Peaceful Feeling”
8. “Stop”
9. “Sideways” (featuring Citizen Cope)
10. “100 Miles from Memphis”
11. “Roses and Moonlight”
12. “I Want You Back”

One viewer of I Need My Fix has a chance to win this great CD.  To enter the contest simply leave a comment here. Make sure you use a legitimate email account as I will need it to contact you should you win. You can enter as often as you wish.  The contest will go until Tuesday, July 27, 2010, 4 p.m. ET where one person’s name will be drawn. Good luck to all!

Kellan Lutz is looking mighty FINE as he makes his way to the gym for a boxing class/lesson/workout.

Has Kellan always been this beefed up? Why haven’t I noticed before? Damn. Maybe it’s the boxing.  Maybe that is what is getting him into such finely tuned man meat deliciousness? I need to try boxing.  Not because I want arms like Kellan but clearly it’s working for him.

Click on the hotness to enlarge it.  He he he.

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