Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Still, The Song Remains the Same
We heard there was some big concert in London tonight...a bunch of no names played. Some up and comers called, Lead, no Led Zephyr, no, no- Led Zeppelin, yeah I think that's right, Led Zeppelin. Yeah. They are a new band. Ever heard of them? You better get on the bandwagon now, cause they are gonna be BIG!! You can say you listened to them way back before they were big...
Early reports are that it was phenomenal. I bet. Check out the 2-hour setlist:
Good Times Bad Times
Ramble On
Black Dog
In My Time Of Dying
For Your Life
Trampled Under Foot
Nobody's Fault But Mine
No Quarter
Since I've Been Loving You
Dazed And Confused
Stairway To Heaven
The Song Remains The Same
Misty Mountain Hop
Kashmir
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Whole Lotta Love
Rock And Roll
Look who all was there:
Monday, December 10, 2007
Riot Quiet(ed), part two
Hough Stuff
Oh My.
See more about Julianne here:
Myspace
Fan Site
Wiki
IMDB
You Tube
Why?-land
(It must be nice to have that kind of money to piss away.)
It hasn't been said yet what Weiland's drug o' choice was that night...Let's just hope he wasn't riding the Horse again...
I guess we'll find out on Thursday...Details to come...check back. I know you will.
Are you cool, man? Like how?
One thing is for sure though, without a doubt or dispute: Debbie Harry was the hottest rock star.
School of Rock
Little Steven Van Zandt has developed the curriculum to teach the history of rock and roll to a new generation. Little Steven cleverly named it "Little Steven's Rock and Roll High School". Van Zandt, the founder of Rock and Roll Forever Foundation, said that he hasn't repaid what music has done for him and this would be a good way to start.
According to Rock and Roll Forever:
"Aiming to bring rock and roll history into every high school and middle school in the United States, Little Steven’s Rock and Roll High School will provide free materials, including teacher guidelines, lesson plans, DVDs and CDs, that will allow music teachers, social studies teachers, language arts teachers, and others to bring rock and roll history to life in their classrooms. With a website that will function as a virtual meeting place for educators, students, scholars, and fans alike, the Rock and Roll High School project seeks to forge an alliance with the classroom leaders themselves, in hopes that rock and roll is finally recognized not only as a legitimate object of study but as a crucial object of study. With leading partners Scholastic and MENC (The National Association for Music Education), the Rock and Roll Forever Foundation will be mailing its first curriculum in 2008."
We didn't have classes like this when we were in school...
For more info, see
Little Steven's Underground Garage
here too
Saturday, December 8, 2007
My work's Christmas Party
And the Valarium is a great new venue- looks, feels and sounds like a California venue, or at least one in a big city. Check it out when you have the opportunity to.
Dinosaur Jr. played there last week at the grand opening. It was killer...I'll post on that tomorrow probably...
A Ghost to Most
Fortunately it is, and Cooley delivers...as he always does. Because he's Mike Cooley.
This is too good not to post...
I've been wondering what the real words are since middle school for this song. I don't know if anyone really knows for sure, even Eddie, but here is someone's guess on them.
By the way- I got the Into the Wild soundtrack, so I will post a review of it soon. Haven't seen the movie, or read the book, but I've heard the single on the radio,"Hard Sun"...I kinda like it, but don't tell anyone please.
Thursday, December 6, 2007
The Southern Thing
But also, these fellow non-Saints send in info from their corners of the globe from time to time, such as:
Lucero in their hometown (more or less) of Memphis for their annual New Year's Eve show at the famed Young Avenue Deli! With them is another one of my favorite bands, and on the forthcoming Best of 2007 list, Glossary!
Glossary will also be here in the big town on Saturday night at the Corner Lounge with Ghostfinger and local legend Carl Snow's Summer of Love. Both shows will prove to be absolutely crazy, with the Lucero NYE show to be positively R-O-W-D-Y!
Also to our attention, is the listing of the Drive-By Truckers upcoming album "Brighter Than Creation's Dark" on Amazon. In addition to pre-sale info, there are snippets of each song...Check'em out. The album is due out on January 22 on New West Records.
While on the Truckers, our friends at Southern Shelter posted this from Patterson's recent AIDS Benefit in Athens, Georgia. And to top that off, SS provided at link to a September DBT show which showcased a bunch of the new songs. Listen here.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
So Drink Your Gin and Tonic-ah
Enjoy...and Shalom!!
Monday, December 3, 2007
Last week - November 25th - December 1st
First of all, finally a bootlegged video has surfaced of the new Social Distortion song "You Can't Take It With You" that Ness and Company have been trying out the last few weeks. Here it is below:
The Cure announced their make-up date for Atlanta that they canceled in the fall.
My newest Irish hero in Dublin stole 450 kegs (!!!!) from the Guinness Brewery! What did he do with all of that beer? I hope he had one hell of a weekend kegger, that I'm sure he doesn't remember!
The Brothers of the Feathers, also known as the Black Crowes, have announced the completion of their first album since 2001. Warpaint will be out on March 4th on Silver Arrow Records. The album will have 11 tracks with help from a new bird in the nest, the North Mississippi All-Stars frontman Luther Dickinson. Similarly, the All-Stars have a new album coming out too in January.
Moz tells NME to "Shut Your Mouth" as he is suing them for defamation. Moz feels that NME twisted his words to make him sound like a racist after printing comments on the "immigration explosion" in England.
This is not news that I like to share. Speaking of Skynyrd from an earlier post, Artimus Pyle, not the O.G. drummer, but the drummer of prominence and of their hey-day, was arrested in Florida for the second time after failing to register as a sex offender. More here.
And finally, daredevil Evel Knievel died on Friday at the age of 69 in Clearwater, Florida. Knievel, known for his death-defying stunts and long distance jumps, complained of breathing problems while at his condo on Friday night. He died before an ambulance could get him to the hospital. After all these years, who would have thought that not breathing would be enough to silence Evel. Not me. Rest in Peace, Good Sir.
Congrats!
Congrats Guys! If you know'em, holler at them. If not, you should. They are good people...well, she is. He's one of us.
"Blue Sunday" will be a Super Sunday
Broadcast to nearly 1 billion people in over 230 countries and territories worldwide, the Super Bowl is the marquee event of American sport and television.Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers will rock this year's Super Bowl Halftime Show as legendary talent such as Prince, Paul McCartney, and The Rolling Stones have in recent years.Superbowl XLII will be broadcast on FOX on February 3, 2008.
Read the NFL Press Release
Watch the trailer below...(I can't believe there is a trailer. Wait, yes I can.)
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Six words for you:
"Oh My, My!! Oh Hell Yes!!"
In the Days of My Youth
Lorne Michaels can keep trying for the Beatles if he wants...If Nirvana reunite, I effing quit. And Elvis and Johnny Cash too. I swear I will.
Countless others. There are more everyday. As quickly as they break up, they reunite. As one band breaks up, two more reunite. Like cockroaches coming back from the dead, except they never really were dead, they just went on an indefinite hiatus due to musical differences, drug problems, groupies/girlfriends/wives/ex-wives and royalty checks.