STORIES WE WISH IDOLATOR HADN’T SCOOPED US ON

ALL MY HEROES HAVE FAILED ME: I didn’t think I could be any more bummed about Ozzy’s craptastic new album, until I heard Chris Cornell’s cover of Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean.”
AND THAT RIFF SOUNDS A LITTLE LIKE TOOL, TOO: Billy Corgan’s guest spot on the new Scorpions song isn’t as awful as you’d suspect.
AND NOW WE HEAR PAYLESS IS WORKING ON AN AD WHERE THEIR C.E.O. IS EATING PRINCESS DIANA’S DEAD FLESH WHILE CASH FLIES OUT HIS ASS: Have a gander at Doc Martin’s completely tasteless new print/poster campaign.

-AR