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Rolling Stone takes a shot at EDM

EDM hasn't been around for as long as Rock n Roll's history and Rolling Stone Italia seems to want it to stay that way   Last week the magazine uploaded a video to its online website that, although seeming satirical, pokes fun at electric dance music.  Rolling Stone claims that that kind of music will die, but guitar solos and rock anthems will not.  The video goes on about how EDM is fake music and that there is nothing like Rock and there will never be anything to beat it so EDM should just stop now.  Rolling Stone focuses on the drug related aspects of EDM and how it almost always is associated with half naked girls, lollipops and neon lights.  The "bad stuff."  But what about the good?  Technology has made some intense advances and now artists can pull sounds from anywhere to make a catchy tune.  Of course there are going to be some duds in a world where music is easy to make, but searching for the gold is worth it.  The video targeting EDM most likely

What are we going to do with Bieber?

Justin, Justin, Justin.  What's going on, guy?  You seem to be quite the trouble maker these days. If you haven't noticed, Justin Bieber's name has been surrounded by chaos lately.  Just this past weekend he was booed on stage after only performing for an hour.  He had gotten on the Buenos Aires stage an hour and a half late because of a day spent in the hospital.  He wrote  "food poisoning is #allbad" on his twitter to fans earlier with a picture of him and an IV drip.   Do we give him credit for still getting up on stage even for a little while?  I guess so, but kid, what are you eating over there that keeps giving you food poisoning.  Seems best to stay away from that, your fans need you.   This incident is following a handful of others on tour.  A video surfaced of a woman videotaping a sleeping Bieber and tweeting money she allegedly was given by the singer.  He has also been charged with graffiti in Brazil which could land him a year in jail if convict