For The Troops : Candlebox Miss You

I never supported this WAR????????????????????? I will however, ALWAYS support our troops. There are so many brave men and women giving everything they have to do the job they signed up to complete. To sacrafice time away from your family for what you believe in is something so brave, so unfathonable for me, that I can only tip my head to these warriors, and hope they get home safely to their familys
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Best Albums Of The Decade?????????

Below is Dan Uptons picks for best albums of the decade. I agree with SOME of them..........



Top Albums of the Decade: Dan Upton's Picks

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To celebrate the end of the decade, some of our writers will be sharing their picks for their favorite albums of the past ten years. We kick off today with Dan Upton. Here is his list and his introduction on how he picked them!

Top 10s are funny things... as has been pointed out to me as I've whittled down this list, the top 10 can change at any time, and is obviously wholly opinion. I started off going through the list of CDs I own, then added a handful more that popped into my head but that I never got a chance to purchase. Most of the people who looked at that list dismissed it and presented their own list full of indie artists I've never encountered. At any rate, I've pared those 47 from my original list down to 10 (plus or minus cheating by name-dropping other albums by the same artists), in no particular order:

Dave Matthews Band - The Lillywhite Sessions, 2001

Let's start the list with a CD that was never properly released. It was just leaked studio sessions of what was originally a scrapped CD, quickly replaced by what was released as "Everyday." Many of the songs were rerecorded and released on 2002's Busted Stuff, but I think the raw Lillywhite versions were better. 2009's Big Whiskey & The Groogrux King was also a close one for getting a DMB album on this list, but I think I'll stick with The Lillywhite Sessions.

DoubleDrive - Blue In The Face, 2003

Sadly, this band has long since dissolved, with members resurfacing temporarily in Dark New Day and then in other bands. As far as I can tell, between this and 1999's 1000 Yard Stare (missing the cut-off for this list by a month!), the only thing between DoubleDrive and much more deserved Nickelback-level stardom was lack of support by their labels. Both albums were great slices of modern rock, well written, full of hooks, and not sounding like a cookie-cutter version of whatever else was on mainstream radio at the time. I only got lucky and discovered them through an online sampler, but nobody else I've encountered seems to have heard of them so I don't think I was just in a blacked-out region. Do yourself a favor and track this one down.

Opeth - Ghost Reveries, 2005

While 2001's Blackwater Park was their breakthrough album, and is of course also a favorite in its own right, I'm going to give the nod to Ghost Reveries because it was what really got me into Opeth. Incredible songs, engrossing and never a dull moment even at their extended lengths.

Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos, 2002

I think this CD can probably be credited with getting me into extreme metal, along with Shadows Fall's The Art of Balance from the same year. Prior to that, I usually clicked through the Music Choice Metal stations and dismissed everything as just noise, but the combination of aggression and energy with the melodic sensibilities got me to stop and listen. They haven't really had any missteps since this, and on any given day I might choose 2003's Figure Number Five or 2005's Stabbing The Drama, but again this one gets the nod for being my entry point to their catalog.

Celldweller - Celldweller, 2003

This was probably my first introduction to the independent music scene, barring the girl I knew freshman year who made me listen to Dashboard Confessional. Okay, maybe this was just my introduction to good music in the independent music scene. Klayton, who has been involved with various other projects, really struck gold I think with his style in Celldweller, mixing trance and drum'n'bass with industrial metal.

Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero, 2007

I always kind of liked Nine Inch Nails, but I never really knew much of the back catalog. After hearing good things about Year Zero, I checked it out online...and immediately went out to buy a copy and listened to it every day for months. I'm not really sure what to say about it other than it's just that good.

Porcupine Tree - Deadwing, 2005

I'm going to go against my pattern and pick this as my top one for getting Porcupine Tree on the list. I was introduced to them by 2002's In Absentia, and I really enjoyed 2007's Fear of a Blank Planet and the 2008 companion EP Nil Recurring, but I think Deadwing is probably the best example of Steven Wilson and company firing on all cylinders.

Hombru - Ingredients EP, 2002

I wrote about this in a Favorites feature a few years ago. A trio I discovered on CD Baby whilst searching for music involving Chapman Sticks (which may be the coolest instrument since the electric guitar), Ingredients was 30 minutes of progressive sonic bliss.

Coheed & Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3, 2003

I'll admit, I wrote off Coheed & Cambria as a run-of-the-mill emo band when I first heard of them and heard promos for IKSSE:3 on MTV. After reading good things about them though, naming IKSSE:3 as one of the best progressive albums of the year, I went back and checked it out. They were right; this CD has a great variety of songwriting and musicianship, with catchy melodies and some memorable guitar riffs.

Gordian Knot - Emergent, 2003

It just wouldn't be right for me to have a top 10 list not featuring any all-instrumental albums. It was basically between this, Joe Satriani's Is There Love In Space from 2004, or Bela Fleck & The Flecktones' Little Worlds from 2003. I'm choosing Emergent primarily to highlight someone somewhat less famous than the other two, and also because I think it has a better variety in the compositions and instrumentation compared to Satriani.

Get Ozzys Autograph

Ozzy Osbourne will sign copies of his long-awaited memoir, "I Am Ozzy", on Monday, January 25, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. at Bookends in Ridgewood, New Jersey. The book, which was originally slated to arrive almost two years ago but was delayed twice, was published in the U.K. on October 1.

Bookends
232 E. Ridgewood Avenue
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
201-445-0726 201-445-0726

"I Am Ozzy, The Autobiography" chronicles the star's humble beginnings in the U.K. to his current position as international music and TV celebrity.

In a statement, he revealed what fans can expect from the bio, explaining: "They've said some crazy things about me over the years. I mean, okay: 'He bit the head off a bat.' Yes. 'He bit the head off a dove.' Yes. But then you hear things like, 'Ozzy went to the show last night, but he wouldn't perform until he'd killed fifteen puppies…' Now me, kill fifteen puppies? I love puppies. I've got eighteen of the fucking things at home. I've killed a few cows in my time, mind you. And the chickens. I shot the chickens in my house that night.

"It haunts me, all this crazy stuff. Every day of my life has been an event. I took lethal combinations of booze and drugs for thirty fucking years. I survived a direct hit by a plane, suicidal overdoses, STDs. I've been accused of attempted murder. Then I almost died while riding over a bump on a quad bike at fucking two miles per hour.

"People ask me how come I'm still alive, and I don't know what to say. When I was growing up, if you'd have put me up against a wall with the other kids from my street and asked me which one of us was gonna make it to the age of 60, which one of us would end up with five kids and four grandkids and houses in Buckinghamshire and Beverly Hills, I wouldn't have put money on me, no fucking way. But here I am: ready to tell my story, in my own words, for the first time.

"A lot of it ain't gonna be pretty. I've done some bad things in my time. I've always been drawn to the dark side, me. But I ain't the devil. I'm just John Osbourne: a working class kid from Aston, who quit his job in the factory and went looking for a good time."

Publisher Antonia Hodgson called the book "fantastic," adding that it was "very much in the tone of his voice, very funny and a very full story."

Ozzy's wife and manager, Sharon Osbourne, published her own best-selling memoir in 2005, called "Extreme: My Autobiography". A second volume was rushed out in 2008 after Ozzy's book was delayed.

Ozzy has chosen "Soul Sucka" as the title of his next album, according to NME.com. The disc, Ozzy's first since 2007's "Black Rain", is tentatively slated to come out in June and will feature songs such as "Let It Die", "Diggin' Me Down" and the title track. The record will be the first to feature Ozzy's new guitarist, Greek native Gus G., who replaced longtime axeman Zakk Wylde in Ozzy's band earlier this year.

"Black Rain" was Ozzy's first all-new solo effort in six years and debuted on the Billboard album chart at No. 3.

Russell Peters

I saw this guys stand up. Freaking hysterical. Not loud in your face humor. Subtle, Wow that's so f-ing true humor

STP Christmas Concert

Hey, don't say I never got you anything. This my gift to you, a one hour almost acoustic Stone Temple Pilots concert from last year

christmas songs Jse Style

I'll admit it. I love Christmas music. It can get kinda corney so I went through my archive to find cool Christmas tunes that will piss off your parents

STP : Charlie Brown X-MAS




The original - The Best John Lennon Happy X-Mas War Is Over




Had to add it Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Deck The Halls




U2 Christmas Baby Please Come Home




I am Santa Claus - Bob Rivers Best Parody Ever, Even Beats Weird Al

Rumor Comes True....In Fucking Europe

I've talked about these rumors. I begged the rock gods to make it happen. I was crushed when Lars Ulrich shot them down. Now it's gonna happen. Only 3000 miles from my house outside of Philadelphia. WTF are you gonna do right? It still means we can hope for a shot at this concert here


ARTISTdirect.com editor Rick Florino conducted an interview with SLAYER guitarist Kerry King earlier this week. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

ARTISTdirect.com: Where does "World Painted Blood" stand in your catalog?

Kerry: I think everything we've done this decade is pretty awesome. It's funny. I take our career in thirds. There are the first five records that we did. Then there was the '90s. The once we started up with "God Hates Us All", it seemed like we got back on track again. I think the '90s just fucked everybody up, with all of the stupid fads that got popular.

ARTISTdirect.com: With "God Hates Us All", you embraced a new energy. It bubbled more on "Christ Illusion", and then exploded on "World Painted Blood".

Kerry: Yeah, it's definitely another upswing. For "Christ Illusion", Dave [Lombardo, drums] came back. It's really fun working with Dave. When he got back in, it'd been enough time where it was no skin off anybody's ass. Everybody was happy to see each other. He's really enjoying himself on this tour. He's having the time of his life. I don't know. I guess it's good timing.

ARTISTdirect.com: The record's only eleven tracks, but you say everything you need to say in that span.

Kerry: That's another thing we did in the '90s — we got caught up in that whole thing where people just fill up CDs with music and generally it's just filler. It's garbage. By the time I figured that out, we were going into "Christ Illusion", and I said, "How many songs did your favorite records have when you were a kid?" When you think about it, it's just ten, period. That's the way I want to do it. If we didn't put "Psychopathy Red" on there, we would've just done ten songs, but since everybody had access to "Psychopathy", we wanted to add it to the collection.

ARTISTdirect.com: Tell me about the tour with MEGADETH in the U.S.

Kerry: If you became a fan of either of us since 1990, you've never seen us play together. So I think it's pretty cool. That's a long time. It's 19 years — more than many people's careers [Laughs]. Dave's [Mustaine] always been a great guitar player too! We were supposed to play Madison Square Garden, until we had to manipulate our dates and we lost the building because things get booked so far in advance there were no other openings. Now, we're playing the Izod Center in East Rutherford. We haven't played MSG in a long time though, that would've been really cool.

ARTISTdirect.com: You're obviously excited about the shows in Europe with the other "The Big Four" — METALLICA, ANTHRAX and MEGADETH…

Kerry: That's the first time ever this is happening. It's really legendary. It's groundbreaking. I don't think people realize how big of a deal it is. Mustaine said something like, "It's the biggest four metal bands from America," and I never thought of that. I just think of metal as metal and I thought, "No shit, we are one of the four biggest metal bands in America. That's pretty cool [Laughs]."

One of Rocks Coolest Bass Players : Duff McKagen

I Am a Freak for the Giving of the Holiday Season
By Duff McKagan in Duff McKaganThursday, Dec. 17 2009 @ 1:17PM

Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what's circulating through his iPod every Monday.
​I love Christmas. I get dewy every year when my family and I watch It's a Wonderful Life. When I was single and my life was upside-down in my 20s, I would cry when I watched that movie--for the sheer beauty of the message and because I thought I would never have something like that for myself. My tears now are of happiness that I seemingly have it all: a family and the means to make enough each year to provide for them.

I am on a plane right now flying back to Seattle. My first event this Saturday will be a benefit show (with Loaded) that KISW has selflessly and tirelessly organized to raise money for the poor families of those four slain Lakewood police officers. There is a man on the plane right now who had a huge fit when they had to gate-check his bag from the plane because it was too big to fit above. He was screaming for the names of the flight crew, who frankly were just trying to help the guy.

I think we should all perhaps take a step back during this season to realize what things we should be at least a little thankful for. I was thinking of these cops' families when this man on the plane was losing it . . . over a piece of luggage. Luggage he will get when we get off this plane in two hours. These families will never get back what they lost. Maybe it is unfair of me to make fun of flight guy's predicament, but after the crew told him his bag would be fine, they also tried to wish him a Merry Christmas. He was not, let's say, accepting of the holiday tiding. Poor guy.

I have been a BIG fan of the Toys for Tots program ever since I could afford to take a trip to a toy store before Christmas and bring a toy to the nearest fire station--maybe because my dad was a fireman and I have been cognizant of Toys for Tots since I was a little kid. It is now an ongoing tradition in my family; my girls LOVE to go to Target and help me pick out the toys. They make sure that we buy cookies and stuff for the firemen, too. The firemen think my girls are pretty cool, and they are right in that assumption.

This year, Washington's Toys for Tots program is facing a dire shortage of 60,000 gifts as it begins distributing to the 108,000 kids served by King County's Department of Health and Human Services. The Marine Corps Reserve and various fire departments are pleading for new unwrapped toys for children from newborn to age 13. Check the Toys for Tots Web site for drop-off locations, or take them to your local fire station.

Last year, I wrote of a family I became acquainted with who had spent their life savings on health care for their 17-year-old daughter with cancer. The Seattle Ronald McDonald House was their last chance for at least a roof over their heads while their daughter went through treatment at Children's Hospital. Last week, I stopped by the front office of the RMH to see what might be needed as far as donations. Yeah, they need a LOT.

Families who come to the RMH are, as I said, desperate not only for their child's chance for a cure, but broke. RMH provides an on-site apartment or larger townhome, and an open pantry in the main house, rec center, front office. On their list:

Food:

--bagged or boxed pasta
--pasta sauce
--canned food of all sorts
--frozen dinners
--cake mix
--canned meats
--canned, boxed or bottled juices
--condensed milk
--jarred baby food
etc.

Housekeeping times:

--sheets for queen and twin beds
--an Oreck 600 vacuum and carpet-cleaner combo
--six blenders
--new plates, cups, glasses, and silverware
--brooms and mops
--dustbins
--toilet paper and paper towels
--sponges
--pillows
etc.

The Ronald McDonald House is located at 5130 40th Ave. N.E.

It may be a bit gauche for me to ask you, my readers, to help out with things I think are important this holiday season. I am quite sure that many of you give to charities and such that are family traditions, or perhaps even just help out someone you know. Maybe you help out at a mission or church or synagogue or temple. Maybe you spend time praying or meditating for those less fortunate or who have recently lost a loved one. Maybe you just smile at someone when they need it, or man a crisis hotline. The recession has hit us all hard these last two years, and a donation in cash, toys, or food certainly may be not even remotely doable for many of us, which is a big reason, I am sure, that Toys for Tots is running so low this season.

I must say now that I have been honored to have you ALL as readers and friends during this last year and a half at Seattle Weekly. It has been a journey for me, and I hope I can at least keep things interesting and thought-provoking. Life is an adventure. Happy Holidays to you all. Now I've got to find a Santa suit that has fashion-forward tapered-bottom pants and a jacket that accentuates my "pluses"!

Deftones New Album Update

I first saw the Deftones on Ozzfest, and like so many unknown bands at the time, they played their fucking hearts out on the biggest stage og their careers to date, just so people would remember their name. It worked. They blew me away. It was so different, so new, and now more than ever, it's so real. Last Year, the Def Tones Chi Cheng was involved in a serious accident that left him in what can only be described as a semi conscience state. Like always, rock takes care of it's own. A benefit download was recorded by some of metal's elite to raise money for Chi's family and now the Deftones have something to say, and they'll do it through a brand new album. Below is an article and footage of the Deftones laying down some new music


DEFTONES frontman Chino Moreno was interviewed for this week's episode of Noisecreep's "Creep Show", which can be viewed below. Joining Moreno on the panel were Revolver senior writer Jon Wiederhorn, Noisecreep head writer Amy Sciarretto, Noisecreep news man and writer at large Chris Harris and intrepid reporter Jen Guyre.

During the chat, Moreno revealed that the band's yet-to-be-titled new album has a tentative release date of April 27, 2010 and will be stylistically similar to early discs like 1997's "Around the Fur" and 2000's "White Pony". He also talked about the chaotic year the band has faced and the challenges the band has overcome since the November 2008 car accident that left bassist Chi Cheng in a semi-conscious state.

After completing an album's worth of material with Cheng and producer Terry Date, they decided to shelve those recordings and work on an entirely new batch of songs with stand-in bassist Sergio Vega, who previously played with QUICKSAND. They hired producer Nick Raskulinecz (RUSH, FOO FIGHTERS, SHADOWS FALL, TRIVIUM) to work with them, and in just two months they had recorded an entirely new album. "I honestly think it's one of the best, if not the best records we've ever done," Moreno said. "My favorite record is 'Around the Fur'. It was written and recorded in four months, which was the fastest, easiest and funnest record we've ever made. This record totally has that feel to it."

Regarding how Cheng's accident has affected them, Moreno said, "We honestly thought that after this thing happened with Chi, why even carry on? Things flipped back and forth. We kind of felt that way for a while. But there are some things bigger and better for us, and we were lucky enough to get together and communicate and find something for ourselves."

I am the Anti Mainstream. Johnny Lydon Speaks Out

Sex Pistol frontman John Lydon a.k.a. Johnny Rotten doesn't think too highly of Radiohead and Coldplay, at least to according to this unsourced quote that Jam! posted on Thursday: "Coldplay and Radiohead bug the hell out of me because it's so soulless. It just seems pointless. It's nice, but it's tosh (rubbish). They don't care about you. They care about lining their coffers (money). There's nothing about heart and soul."

Raging at Manufactured Garbage

X Factor Contestants Cover Rage Against The Machine Song
gbarton / News / 17/12/2009 16:03pm It’s the Rage Factor! In what must be seen as an admission of defeat in the battle for the Christmas No.1, a host of X Factor contestants – including winner Joe McElderry – have been filmed singing Rage Against The Machine’s Killing In The Name. Come inside to watch the remarkable footage.
Not only that, but Susan Boyle of Britain’s Got Talent is in on the act as well!

You won’t believe your eyes – or ears.

The Search For Morgan Harrington Continues

There is no community like the Rock community. We take care of our own. This really sucks. It's been two months since Morgan Harrington left home and the search continues. Below is a news story from a local Virgina paper. The out pour of support has been inspirational and although it's looking bleak for Morgan, metal fans aren't fucking around. Metallica themselves offered up 50,000 dollars as an award. For Morgan, the Harringtons, and the fans of REAL music, I hope this thing takes a miraculous story for the best

Virginia State Troopers Search I-64 In Missing METALLICA Fan Case - Dec. 17, 2009

WDBJ7.com reports that Virginia State Police are now searching an area of Interstate 64 just west of Charlottesville where they're looking for any clues in the case of missing Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington.

It was two months ago, October 17, that the 20-year-old went missing from outside a METALLICA concert at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville. She was last seen on the Copley Road Bridge not far from the stadium at approximately 9:30 that night, police said.

Read the entire report from WDBJ7.com.

WHIPLASH, AT WAR and DANGEROUS NEW MACHINE will take part in a hard rock and heavy metal concert to raise money to help in the search for Morgan Harrington.

The concert will be held on Saturday, December 19 at the Canal Club in Richmond — more than two months after Morgan Harrington was last seen at a METALLICA concert in Charlottesville. Tickets will be available at the door for $15 and all proceeds will go to the Find Morgan Fund, which supports the Harrington family's ongoing search efforts

Participating bands include:

LETHAL STRIKE - 5:30 - 6:00
MEMORY FADE - 6:15 - 6:45
SAINT DIABLO - 7:00 - 7:30
ARCH DEMON CHOIR - 7:45 - 8:15
CHAOS AGENT - 8:30 - 9:00
DAY MINUS 7 - 9:15 - 9:45
AT WAR - 10:00 - 10:30
WHIPLASH - 10:45 - 11:15
DANGEROUS NEW MACHINE - 11:30-12:00

The event will broadcast live on Ustream.tv.

Doors open at 5 p.m. Candlelight services will take place between 5:30 p.m. and 5:45 p.m.

The Canal Club is located at 1545 East Cary St., Richmond, VA 23219.

Blind Melon Tones of Home

Shannon Hoon. Took the Andrew Wood/Bradley Knowles approach to self destructing right before they found true success. To quote another Seatlle band out of the 90's, They left us Far Behind. Blind Melon was a throwback to 60's love music, and I'm surprised they didn't have more of a following with the Phish fan base. Not that their music was so similar to Phish but their spirit was. This is Tones of Home

Come On Guys Rock Needs You

Below is a sad staement from one of the most important bands of our generation (whatever generation that might be)Music doesnt need anymore bands like the Chilli Peppers splitting up. Pantera will never come back, GnR is a joke,Velvet Revolver lasted two albums, rumors of a Soundgarden reunion keeps teasing our johnsons. Hopefully, Frusciante will get it together with the rest of the band go back to making some magic



Red Hot Chili Peppers Lose A Member?
A source reportedly from inside the Red Hot Chili Peppers camp tells MusicRadar that John Frusciante has left the band and they already have his replacement. Here is part of their report: It would appear that John Frusciante is no longer working with the Red Hot Chili Peppers - so says a source close to the band in an exclusive interview with MusicRadar.

"Josh Klinghoffer has been playing with the group for a couple of months now," says the source. "Optimistically, the Peppers are trying to lock down a replacement for John, who has apparently quit.

"Mentally, John checked out a long time ago. He's interested in doing his own thing, his own albums - the whole big rock band machinery just doesn't appeal to him anymore."

Come On Guys Rock Needs You

Red Hot Chili Peppers Lose A Member?
A source reportedly from inside the Red Hot Chili Peppers camp tells MusicRadar that John Frusciante has left the band and they already have his replacement. Here is part of their report: It would appear that John Frusciante is no longer working with the Red Hot Chili Peppers - so says a source close to the band in an exclusive interview with MusicRadar.

"Josh Klinghoffer has been playing with the group for a couple of months now," says the source. "Optimistically, the Peppers are trying to lock down a replacement for John, who has apparently quit.

"Mentally, John checked out a long time ago. He's interested in doing his own thing, his own albums - the whole big rock band machinery just doesn't appeal to him anymore."

Come On Guys Rock Needs You

Red Hot Chili Peppers Lose A Member?
A source reportedly from inside the Red Hot Chili Peppers camp tells MusicRadar that John Frusciante has left the band and they already have his replacement. Here is part of their report: It would appear that John Frusciante is no longer working with the Red Hot Chili Peppers - so says a source close to the band in an exclusive interview with MusicRadar.

"Josh Klinghoffer has been playing with the group for a couple of months now," says the source. "Optimistically, the Peppers are trying to lock down a replacement for John, who has apparently quit.

"Mentally, John checked out a long time ago. He's interested in doing his own thing, his own albums - the whole big rock band machinery just doesn't appeal to him anymore."

This is Awesome

Below is an official statement from Axl Rose about NOT releasing an official statement about the LAX airport incident. The only thing more annoying than Axl Rose might be the Papparazzi


Axl Rose denies releasing press statement regarding rumored LAX incident. "I did not release any statement or authorize either any statement or anyone to release a statement regarding anything at any airport anywhere. [It should be noted that the original press release from Levine Communications Office regarding the LAX incident also appears on the official MySpace blog, dated Thursday, December 10. — Ed.]

"We had recently began working with newer individuals in management in relation to our current Asian tour in support of our GUNS N' ROSES album 'Chinese Democracy' in addition to Irving Azoff's though as it happens we are once again touring Asia without management of any kind.

"[In my opinion] this nonsense may be some type of manufactured or publicity stunt.

"We're looking forward to performing in Osaka and Tokyo Japan doubling our pyro show and with our 'new' full stage as local requirement have limited us on its use in our last performances.

"Thanks to everyone who's come out to see us. It's been really fun so far and the addition of our new guitarist DJ Ashba joining us, along with guitarists Ron Bumblefoot Thal and Richard Fortus, gives the night a kick in the pants.

"Hope to see the rest of you soon!!

"And to any publications running this; please feel free to tack on whatever negative agenda supporting nonsense you generally do (you know who you are!!). After all it's only someone else's livelihood you media police state, no fun, spoil sport, communist bastards.

"Peace!!"

The band's currently in Seoul, South Korea where the promote[r] was "sorry" to inform them they would not be able to use a helicopter from the airport to the venue as North Korea would "wonder" what it is!!

Kid Rock rolling the dice in A. C.

Kid Rock puts on an ass kicking concert. Love him or hate him, the guy can perform. Check out Jse's home page for all of the details about the Kid Rock concert. We'll be giving tickets away all this week

Weezer report, Rivers getting healthy, still an A$$hole

Mark Thompson might be hurting as bad as Rivers Cuomo. He missed out on his chance to see Weezer because of the big accident. His hero is now eating through a tube in his arm. I like Weezers music, but this guy Rivers Cuomo is a total prick. Does he deserve to be in traction? No. Am I sad that he got hurt? Nope. In the May 2002 issue of Guitar World, the guy completely went off on his own fans, sounding like he had a giant stick up his ass. He lost me as a fan ever since. Below are excerpts from thatinterview

Here's a couple of examples of why Rivers sounded like a total ass of himself toward his fans:

Example 1

GW: Is there a typical Weezer fan? Can you characterize that person at all?

Cuomo: They're tough to characterize because they're all sorts of different people. Probably what they have in common is that there are other people around them that also like Weezer. They feel like a minority and they care about us a lot. They probably encounter a lot of frustration in their lives because everyone else around them doesn't care about Weezer. So when they come to big arenas that are filled with people like them, they're stoked.

Example 2

GW: Are there two factions of Weezer fans: the hostile and the adoring?

Cuomo: No, they're one and the same. The ridiculous thing is that they're so angry with me and they hate my songs so much, and yet they're all still there on all the message boards talking about me every day, and they care so much about it. It doesn't make any sense. Maybe they see some potential in us and they're doing everything they can to help bring that out.

It's a really strange, extraordinary situation with us and the fans, and it's stressful for everyone, I think. Our style has evolved to the point where it contains elements of all the different directions we've explored. I think it's all gonna cohere eventually and everyone will be happy and satisfied. But we have to allow ourselves the space and the time to spread out in different musical directions and face the anger of older fans. I don't think our previous records really say all that we want to say musically, so we still have to do a bit of feeling around. That's why we ignore managers and record companies and the industry as a whole, because they just want to sell as much product as they can. They don't want to allow you the space to develop.

Example 3

GW: Whether it be asking you to sign something or expecting you to act a certain way...

Cuomo: Yeah, or asking me to play a certain song. They're all little bitches, so I avoid them at all costs.



River Cuomo was reported to have suffered some minor injuries when Weezer's bus crashed on Sunday but a follow up blog posting on the band's Myspace page that describes his injuries paint them as more than minor. That's the bad news; the good news is they say he is recovering nicely in the hospital.
Their original blog on Sunday said that Rivers "cracked 3 ribs and sustained some mostly minor but very painful internal damage, as well as hurting his lower leg somehow." In a follow-up blog they go into more details about those injuries. Here is what they had to say on their blog: ....Meanwhile in the hospital, Rivers has had a much better day than yesterday. He went from being barely able to talk and open his eyes yesterday to partially sitting up, talking clearly, reading books and checking the internet, plus his color and energy seemed much brighter. And then finally in the evening he was given some good news.

To back up a bit, Rivers' internal injuries included both a small cut on his spleen and a small puncture in his lung. An internal cut needs to be carefully monitored to see if it is healing up or not. The lung puncture was small so the lung did not fully collapse, and thus no surgery was needed for that, but it also has to be monitored carefully to avoid fluid build up. Today the doctor announced that Rivers blood pressure had stabilized, meaning the spleen was no longer leaking - it was on the mend. And his lung seemed to be gaining strength and holding up, meaning it too looks like it will mend itself with time. All this is great news so far. Plus he was given the go ahead to eat some real food again - a very positive sign!

Tomorrow the doctor says it will be time to see if Rivers can stand up again. If that goes well and his vital signs remain stable and improving, he will get to go home pretty soon! Wish him well - your positive energy and thoughts are working so far!

Now we come to the mystery of Rivers' right leg. He was totally unable to move it after the accident, but doctors were mystified as there were no broken bones and no signs of impact on it. Today after a day of icing and compression, he was able to wiggle his toes again. And he remembered a small detail - he recalled that that same foot was sort of hurting late the night before as he went to bed in the bus - after the Toronto show.

Papa Roach Gives Back

Andrew Krauss of Pentagon Channel's "Command Performance" conducted an interview with California rockers PAPA ROACH on November 9, 2009 at Rams Head Live in Baltimore, Maryland. The bandmembers band members talk about performing for U.S. troops and give a sample of an acoustic performance coming soon. Watch the chat below.

PAPA ROACH has partnered with WHY (World Hunger Year) to continue its mission to raise funds and awareness for organizations who are working towards finding answers to hunger, poverty and homelessness. Led by frontman Jacoby Shaddix, who revealed earlier this year that he was homeless as a child, the band is on the road supporting its latest CD, "Metamorphosis", which addresses many of the current social and economic themes prevalent today. PAPA ROACH joins BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, MICHAEL MCDONALD, JACKSON BROWNE, CROSBY STILLS & NASH, CHICAGO, EARTH WIND & FIRE, JOSS STONE, DARRYL MCDANIELS, O.A.R, and many others as part of WHY's Artists Against Hunger & Poverty program.

It's not all about NIRVANA

Below is a review for a new book on the Seattle music scene. I didnt write the review but I wish I did. It's pretty cool



With music it's always best to just let the thing itself do the talking. Similarly, when you're writing a book about music it's best to hear right from the horse's mouth. And that's how Prato has structured this comprehensive look at the overall Seattle music scene with an emphasis on the grunge days---he offers brief introductions to each chapter and then fills the rest with comments from those who were there.

And the commentary is not limited to Seattle-based musicians; many of the artists opining here are passers-through like ex-Meat Puppets drummer Derrick Bostrom who says that one of the main things he remembers about playing Seattle was that the band always had to scour their van for contraband to avoid arrest before crossing into nearby Canada for their next gig.

Another cool thing about Prato's presentation is that it is devoid of set-up questions; he's painstakingly strung together groups of comments (answers to unseen questions) from diverse sources to form a common theme. So instead of coming across as a history lesson, a reading of Grunge is Dead is more like sitting around and having a few beers with all these folks while they speak candidly.

Over a hundred musicians and scenesters were interviewed for the book including big names like Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam, Jerry Cantrell from Alice in Chains and Kim Thayil of Soundgarden but lesser-knowns like Mark Arm of Mudhoney and Chris Cornell's ex-wife Susan Silver offer the majority of the commentary.

Grunge is Dead also acknowledges the role that area record labels played in the scene's development by delving into the workings of imprints like Sub Pop, K and C/Z Records. There are sad moments when the inevitable topic of drug-related deaths and other tragedies arise but for the most part the book is upbeat and fast-moving.

EVERYBODY DOES A CHRISTMAS SONG!!!!!!

One of John Lennon's most well known songs is a Christmas tune. So is Bruce Springsteen's. Will this be Scott Weiland's one day?

Who Are You The Fucking beatles?

Below is an Interview with Mudvayne about their new album and their desire not to tour behind it. i guess they haven't received the memo on bands not making a dime from album sales anymore?


ARTISTdirect.com: This [new MUDVAYNE] album feels like the culmination of everything that MUDVAYNE has been working towards for the past decade. Everything comes to fruition here.

Chad: MUDVAYNE isn't the kind of band that's trying to keep in the now — what's going on now. We just do the things that we do and put them out. It's like I've said to you many times before, Rick, we don't really question what we do. Therefore the criticisms just fucking bounce off of us like we're super people because it doesn't matter anyway. We're doing what we want; we don't give a fuck about what anyone else wants. It's important to our artistic integrity to do the things that are important to us.

ARTISTdirect.com: That shines through on this album. "Beautiful and Strange" pulls the listener into the record immediately. The same sounds begin and end the album, making it a complete thought.

Chad: Yeah, there's a thread of themes to this record. We don't like to stay right on the path. We like to veer off and do our own thing — especially me with lyrics. I like to write about things that I still want to write about, and I just try to bring them back to the theme and the concept of the record somehow. If I wake up one day and I want to write about whatever, then I write about that. I just figure out a way to twist it back in to where it has something to do with what we have in our heads about what we're going to do as a band [for the entire album]. It does tend to hit some valleys and veer off to the right and the left, but I feel really good about the record. Basically, like you were saying, it's a complete thing. It's cohesive and together.

ARTISTdirect.com: There are all of these wonderful little detours from that main road though, and those detours give the album a lot of color.

Chad: I think that's important. Sometimes you lose that when you're writing about one specific thing from point A to point B as the entire record. Point A to point B has to be the song itself. I've said it before many times, each song has to be its own global hole, and each individual global hole makes up the universe of the record. Everything has to be unique. That brings the color, and that brings the different flavors that make the whole record interesting.

ARTISTdirect.com: Were you reading or watching anything while you were writing these lyrics?

Chad: Yeah, I was [Laughs]. I was reading, and I was watching. That's all I'm going to say [Laughs].

ARTISTdirect.com: You always are. Does reaching outward allow you to gain an inward perspective on what you're writing about?

Chad: Absolutely, I think everybody needs a handle. Everybody draws inspiration from different things. We just don't draw from music. You know what I mean? I don't draw inspiration from other music. I don't listen to other music when I'm writing. I don't listen to other music when I'm tracking. It's turned into pretty much my whole life [Laughs]—to either be writing or recording a record. I don't listen to a lot of music anymore. I listen to my solids. I could live with that first 25 years of music that I have for the rest of my life — METALLICA, CLUTCH, MÖTLEY CRÜE and the thousand other bands that I'm not thinking of right now that fell in before all of this started. There's a handful of current bands that I really listen to. I'm not trying to be a music snob at all; it's just there's so much out there that I don't really know what to listen to. So I might get turned on to something and I'll listen to it, but I don't draw inspiration from anything new that's going on because I don't feel like anything within me is broken. I'm not reaching out trying to find something new to grab on to. I think you've got to look in to figure that out.

ARTISTdirect.com: Where do you typically write lyrics? Is it all in the studio or are you constantly jotting down ideas?

Chad: I always write with music. I'll have ideas. I'll get thoughts and concepts and start building on them, but when I actually sit down to write the lyrics outside of an idea or spot that I want to end up, I always do that with music, either in the writing studio or recording studio — whichever we are in. I wrote probably five songs for "The New Game" while recording. For "Lost and Found", though, I had the whole record done before we even went into the recording studio. That was great. It was probably the most comfortable record I ever wrote because I already had everything written out. Little parts change. Greg [Tribbett, guitar] basically sits by the machine and tracks the vocals as I write them. I sit and write. Because I kind of know where I'm going, we'll just go for it. That's how the lyrics come about. As melody comes in my head, lyrics generally come with it. It's a matter of tapping into something. You're tapping into a really cool energy — that is the music. I'm sitting right there, and I'm ready to do my part. The music filters through my head, and I hear melodies. From melodies, I get literal, lyrical ideas. I might have an idea, but I actually start penning the lyrics right there as I'm listening to the music. It gives me a little hand, and I follow it wherever it's taking me. Obviously, more aggressive music tends to lead to a more aggressive style of lyrics. More mellow music leads to darker lyrics.

ARTISTdirect.com: Have you been writing anymore lately?

Chad: No, we haven't. We haven't done anything. We're not even doing anything behind this record. We're not touring, we're not doing shit. We're just putting it out.

ARTISTdirect.com: It's a good way to let people live with the music.

Chad: It's the anti-climax of MUDVAYNE — the ultimate anti-climax, put the record out, don't do anything. It doesn't necessarily pay the bills, but it's the ultimate statement of what we're about. We don't believe in the fucking hype. We've covered a lot of territory in the past year, and we're like, "See ya!" I'm not saying we'll never do it again, we will. I'm sure we'll eventually tour behind this record, but it's not going to happen any time soon. Let people live with the music. Let it sit, and let it fester a little bit, and hopefully people are excited about it. You've got to be careful nowadays because everything about the world is very fast food. You've got to be careful about how long you're gone.

The 80's. Two Icons of their day......NOBODY NOW

Arsenio Hall was a star. The Ultimate Warrior was a star. Both of these guys are considered no talent hacks today. What a difference twenty years makes. What will we say about the Sick Puppies, Fall Out Boy, and Chevelle in 2029?

A LEGEND'S OPINION

VELVET REVOLVER/ex-GUNS N' ROSES bassist Duff McKagan has penned the latest installment of his weeky financial column, "Duffonomics", which appears at Playboy.com. An excerpt follows below.

"The music business is changing so rapidly, in fact, that if a book were published on the topic today, it would be out of date by spring. Back in 2004, when I was writing a semester-long university paper on digital rights management (basically, the factors that go into splitting the profits on a song you pay for online), I was thwarted by the almost weekly changes happening in that specialized sector alone. But change brought on by newer and better technology doesn't necessarily have to be a bad thing. It's just a fact of life, and musicians either have to adapt or get new jobs.

"Existence is a comfort zone for most musicians however, while major label executives are clenching hard right now just trying to make a buck. The difference between the people that make money off of music and those that actually make the music is now really starting to widen."

Fan-filmed video footage of ALICE IN CHAINS performing an acoustic version of the song "Black Gives Way To Blue" on Wednesday, December 2 in Milan, Italy can be viewed below.

Photos of the concert, whcih was held at a sold-out Palalido Arena, are available on Musica Metal, MetalItalia.com.

The setlist for the show was as follows:

01. Rain When I Die
02. Them Bones
03. Dam That River
04. Again
05. Your Decision
06. Check My Brain
07. Love, Hate, Love
08. It Ain't Like That
09. A Looking In View
10. Down In A Hole (acoustic)
11. No Excuses (acoustic)
12. Black Gives Way To Blue (acoustic)
13. Last Of My Kind
14. We Die Young
15. Acid Bubble
16. Angry Chair
17. Man In The Box
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18. Lesson Learned
19. Would?
20. Rooster

The Greatest Cover Song Ever?

There are great remakes of great songs. When Guns and Roses redid Bob Dylans Knocking on Heavens Door? They made magic. Machine Head actually made a Police song cool with Message In A Bottle. Below? Below night be the greatest cover song of all time. THE MUPPETS..............DOING QUEEN'S BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

SORRY

I realize I have been telling you guys to log on and check out videos and then you get here and the videos aren't. I've been having MAJOR computer issues coupled with hangover issues over the vaction. Today you should be seeing everything I have been telling you about and I appologize for screwing up the blog for a few days. In honor of that long holiday weeked we just stuffed our faces and drank till she was an 11 over, I posted a video below that sums up my holiday break. It's not Jse Rock. It's not even close. Bon Jovi isnt something I'd do to you guys if I didnt truly feel these lyrics will hit home. If youre still young enough to have all of your friends around you, listen to this song anyway, you'll need it soon enough

The greatest song you never heard : MOTHER LOVE BONE

Andrew Wood was a legend. I never thought so but his peers did. Eddie Vedder, Chris Cornell, Layne Staley, Kevin Martin, Stone Gossard, Mike McCreedy. Andrew Wood never got see the release of his album on a major label. He never knew success. He wasted his life away on heroin. When he left, his peers mourned. His band members and friends wrote songs about him and formed bands to honor him. Temple of The Dog was a band formed to pay tribute to Would. Their song Say Hello To Heaven along with Candlebox's Far Behind and the Alice In Chains classic WOULD? were all written about him. When Pearl Jam closed the Philly Spectrum for good, they made sure Wood be be remembered that night and cemented him in yet another piece of history. The video is Pearl Jam doing the Mother Love Bone (WOOD'S BAND)classic CROWN OF THORNS. RIP ANDREW

Below is a story about Courtney Love. Somehow a person who looks like she can give an entire room aids by sneezing on them was able to crash an AIDS benefit to ask Elton John to play on her next album.......................SIGH

Courtney Love is hatching a plan when she stops by the Elton John AIDS Foundation annual benefit, An Enduring Vision, held Monday at NYC’s Cipriani Wall Street.

“I hope he plays on my record tomorrow,” the friendly, open musician/actress, 45, says. “I’m working him. I have no idea if he’s gonna do it, but he said he might.”

The Hole rocker and widow of Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain attributes the groundedness of 17-year-old daughter Frances Bean to “DNA.”

Courtney says, “She’s really conservative in a good way. She’s going to college. She’s looking at colleges. She’s in her last year of school. She wants to go to an Ivy League school [where she’ll study] fine art, maybe film.”

What are her thoughts on plastic surgery?

“Well, my schnoz is back, but I wouldn’t do anything else again,” she says.

Any regrets about tattoos?

“A really drunk night [inspired one], and I’m going to need to get it fixed,” she says. “I had it faded, but I want something there that means something other than a bad, drunk night in New Orleans. It’s an angel. I got it in the nineties.”

AIC on Jimmy Kimmel

The intro to this song reminds me of Nutshell and the song has a real JAR OF FLIES sounding quality to it

ALICE IN CHAINS VIDEO TEASER

It's only 30 seconds worth, but the video seems a little corny. You know what? IT DOESNT FUCKING MATTER IF IT'S CORNY. IT'S NEW ALICE IN CHAINS MOFO'S. Seriously, the new single Your Decision has a real JAR OF FLIES flavor to it and although it's just an EP, it's still my favorite AIC effort to date, so YOur Decsision is right up there for me

PLEASE HELP

A Jersey Boy who was born just 30 miles north up the parkway once said NOBODY WINS UNLESS EVERYBODY WINS. He may not know what state the soles of his sneakers are walking on, but he was right in 1985. It hasn't changed. We need YOU


Join JoJo and Scotty from 102.7 JSE Rocks at Chickies & Pete's from November 21st-25th.

It's all part of "OPERATION HELP"!

JoJo and Scotty will collecting donations for the Atlantic City Rescue Mission starting November 21st thru November 25th.

24 Hours a day for those five days.

With the help of Driftwood RV Center the guys will be living in a RV in the parking lot of Chickies and Pete's for the five days collecting any of these

-Food
-Clothing (especially summer and winter)
-Monetary
-Toys

100% of All Proceeds Go To The Rescue Mission! The Mission is helping families in Atlantic and Cape May Counties.

If you can't make it to Chickies & Pete's during those five days 102.7 will be travelling all over South Jersey picking up donations each day.

Monday, November 23rd we'll be having a party with the band "3 Noodle Stew", Monday Night Football, 103.7 The Shark live with Eagle Brett Celeck, and a chance to win a TV (Sean Patrick has the info) starting at 5pm.

Each Morning JoJo and Scotty will be broadcasting live from 5:30am-10am collecting donations and interviewing comapnies who drop off donations.

Please Help and Donate!

For more info call 609-927-1027

PASSWORD FOR 311 TICKETS

Everybody's talking about 311 and Slightly Stoopid, playing at the Borgata this Saturday. I have one pair of tickets left and I'll be giving them away tomorrow on the air sometime between 6:15-6:45. To win them just be caller 9 at 609-927-1027 BUT.................... You'll need the password. In honor of Dimebag Darrell and the greatest heavy metal group of the modern age, the password in FAR BEYOND DRIVEN. You'll need it tomorrow. Throw me a call and you might be jamming out to 311 at the Borgata Saturday night

AH MTV BACK IN THE DAY

Remember the Beach House back in the 90's when decent music still ruled the earth?

Happy Birthday Neil

Neil Young celebrates probably his 145th birthday today. He may be a dinosaur but the man can rock and he deserves much of the credit he gets for creating grunge. Don't believe me? Check Out The Videos

Alice In Chains on Jools Holland

ALICE IN CHAINS performed the song "Check My Brain" on this past Tuesday night's (November 10) edition of the iconic "Later ... With Jools Holland" BBC2 television show in the U.K. Watch the performance below.

On Friday, November 13 at 11:35 p.m. on BBC2, AIC will perform "Lesson Learned", "Black Gives Way to Blue" along with Jools and "Check My Brain". (A thirty-minute, fully live show is broadcast on Tuesdays followed by the original hour-long pre-recorded show broadcast on Fridays. The Friday show features the performances recorded on the Tuesday as well as other performances recorded during the session for the live show.)

"Later ... With Jools Holland" is a contemporary British music television show hosted by Jools Holland. A spin-off of "The Late Show", it has been running without a break since 1992 and is a part of BBC2's late-night lineup. It features a mixture of both established and new musical artists, from solo performers to bands and larger ensembles.

As previously reported, "Project Runway" season three model Amanda Fields is featured in the new video from ALICE IN CHAINS, "Your Decision", which was recently filmed in a "giant house between Santa Monica and Malibu off the Pacific Coast Highway." The clip is being directed by Stephen Schuster, who previously worked with ALICE IN CHAINS on the "A Looking In View" video.

To coincide with the band's European tour, ALICE IN CHAINS will release the "Your Decision" single on November 16 in the U.K.

"Your Decision" is the second single to be lifted from band's first all-new album in 14 years, titled "Black Gives Way To Blue", which sold 126,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 5 on The Billboard 200 chart (behind latest albums from PARAMORE, MARIAH CAREY, BARBRA STREISAND and BREAKING BENJAMIN).

ADDICTION AND WITHDRAWEL

Ten Best Baseball Movies

# Poster Movie
10 Major League (1989)

You'll find just as many people who hate this movie as love it, but just about everyone who has seen it remembers it, which puts it ahead of most movies. While the story is cliché, the gags predictable and the characters two-dimensional, the movie is fun and the actors look like they can play.

9 The Sandlot (1993)

It's probably the least known of any of the movies on our list, but It's by far the most charming of all the baseball movies featuring kids that followed "The Bad News Bears." A cast of unknowns, except for James Earl Jones, creates a fond remembrance of what it was like to play neighborhood ball together.

8 A League of Their Own (1992)

The movie is more about women fighting for their rights than the game on the field, but the women are credible as baseball players, except maybe Lori Petty. The movie also brought attention to a forgotten piece of baseball history, and it gets extra credit for adding the line "There's no crying in baseball" to the vernacular.

7 The Natural (1984)

Another movie that tends to divide peoples opinions, It's a sentimental view of a slugger and the game. It's based on a novel by Bernard Malamud and features a strong cast led by Robert Redford. Baseball romantics love it and see it as a fable, while more jaded fans say It's overrated and simplistic. Either way, It's a lovely and influential movie.

6 The Bad News Bears (1976)

The best pure baseball comedy, this movie reminded everyone what Little League was really like. Walter Matthau and Tatum O'Neal were perfect in their roles, and all of the foul-mouthed kids fit together beautifully. Don't hold it against this movie that it spawned many more unfunny movies that tried to be like it, including "The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training" and "The Bad News Bears Go to Japan," which somehow starred Tony Curtis.

5 The Pride of the Yankees (1942)

This classic is about baseball the way "Steel Magnolias" was about hairdressers. Much is made about Gary Cooper (as Gehrig) not really being lefthanded, but in this movie it hardly matters. Viewed today, It's a hopelessly sentimental movie, but it was made in a different age and is the best of the baseball melodramas. And at the end, when Cooper gives the "luckiest man on the face of the earth" speech, You'll shed a tear in spite of yourself. Bonus points for appearances by actual Yankees, including Babe Ruth and Bill Dickey.

4 Eight Men Out (1988)

A thoroughly modern look back at a simpler time, this movie does not romanticize baseball's history and captures the time of the Black Sox scandal in an authentic way. John Sayles wrote and directed the movie, based on a book by Eliot Asinof, and does a great job of bringing the complexity of the story to the screen. A great cast helps as well. About the only thing the movie lacks is emotional intensity.

3 Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)

This is the baseball version of "Brian's Song," only better. It started a period of great modern baseball movies and is still regarded by many as the best of the bunch. The movie helped launch the careers of Michael Moriarty as the star pitcher and Robert DeNiro as the dying catcher. Some prefer the Mark Harris novel (he also wrote the screenplay) or criticize the details of the baseball in the movie, but that is quibbling. It's a truly touching film.

2 Field of Dreams (1989)

Only the truly cynical aren't taken by this movie, which captures better than any other the mystical hold that baseball can have over people. Kevin Costner and the rest of the cast are great in this adaptation of W.P. Kinsella's novel "Shoeless Joe." It seems that everyone latches on to something different as their favorite part or as the message of the film. Like baseball itself, It's a simple movie that also proves beautifully complex.

1 Bull Durham (1988)

And It's not even that close. First, "Bull Durham" is far and away the most authentic portrayal of the game, both on and off the field. Baseball is treated with casual reverence: It's a great game, and we love it, but it is a game. Costner is at his best, and Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon are perfect complements. The romance between Costner and Sarandon is also just right. It's all thanks to writer and director Ron Shelton, who spent five years in the minor leagues and cared about doing things right. He avoids the usual sports movie clichés - he filmed Costner catching a foul pop just because he said movies never show the routine plays and creates characters that we like and a world that we Don't want to leave.

Sesame Street Turns 40 with Music

You gotta be Fucking KIDDING ME? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I'm flipping through RollingStone.com and I see a headline about Sesame Street turning 40. Who doesn't love Sesame Street? In honor of their big day, the website posted the top 40 greatest musical performance ever presented on the show. Now there were a few good ones, Like REM, and the GOO GOO DOLLS, but mid way through the list is ELMO......Singing with everybody's favorite wife beater CHRIS BROWN. THE MOST GENTLE MUPPET EVER, AND A GUY BEST KNOW FOR GIVING RIANNAH A BLACK EYE. Remember that old Powerman 5000 song? This is what happens when Worlds collide

WTF Happened To Krist Noveselic?

He aged like 50 years and now has a column in a fancy Seattle paper?





KRIST NOVOSELIC DISCUSSES RECENT ELECTION
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Credit: SeattleWeekly.com

Young voters managed to shake things up again this year–most notably in Seattle’s mayoral race. The new generation may have taken the torch to the status quo, but it’s only natural for change to come–sooner or later. After two successful landmark elections, young voters should remember that they’re not always going to be pulling wins, and that a once-unthinkable goal can become reality with hard work and perseverance. Voters upholding Washington’s new domestic-partnership law is proof of that. Here’s my take on last week’s election and an ever-transforming political culture.

Seattle Music

Last September, Seattle’s music establishment came out in support of the individual campaigns of Dow Constantine, Mike McGinn, and Peter Holmes. It’s a sweep of wins. Having a politically active music/entertainment community goes back many years, and has produced officials like bandleader Vic Meyers, who served at different times as Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of State.

The Crocodile hosted various events during election season that not only raised thousands of dollars, but also got good coverage and brought glam to campaigns. These kinds of events will now be a must-do for candidates seeking office locally and beyond.


State Measures: 1-1033, R-71

Even though I-1033 lost, Tim Eyman has said he’ll be back with another proposal next year. The man is practically another branch of government. The tax-limiting proposal’s loss shows that many voters value government services. We’ll see how the legislature and a Constantine-led King County will interpret this regarding raising taxes. My hunch is that they will propose higher taxes mainly through ballot measures.

In 1997 I had a bumper sticker on my car that said Hands Off Washington. The term referred to a group that was promoting I-677, a ballot measure that dealt with civil rights regarding employing gays and lesbians. I-677 lost badly at the polls. But a week after that election, it would have been unimaginable for Olympia ever to pass a same-sex domestic-partnership law, let alone for voters to approve it. Last Tuesday, voters gave the thumbs-up to R-71, granting rights to state-registered same-sex domestic partnerships. It goes to show how the public’s mores change over time.

Ranked Choice Voting

We election reformers in Washington got our asses handed to us on a platter on election night. Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Pierce County.

RCV seemed to work well in its 2008 debut–especially considering the large turnout for the presidential campaign. Voters knew how to rank candidates, but I’ve found that many didn’t know why they were doing it.

RCV was passed by voters in 2006 and 2007 as an alternative to partisan primary ballots. But in 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a version of Washington’s long-standing top-two primary. Voters already had a majority voting system they were used to. The newfangled RCV ballots must have appeared unnecessary.

RCV folds the primary into the general election, therefore saving the cost of holding two separate elections. But Washington still had a primary for other elections, and the savings were not realized. In addition, election administrators paid exorbitant fees to the private company that contracts with the county for including RCV within the tabulating infrastructure. RCV was hit for being too expensive.

To many, depending on whom you wanted to see elected, RCV somehow produced the wrong results. The political establishment strongly opposed the system, and again administrators did it no favors. Many beat up on RCV because they claimed it took too long to count the ballots. While most RCV races were called on election night, it was a week before voters found out who won the county executive race.

Even my own Democratic party was against it. Unlike the top-two, RCV allows political parties to control who uses their name on the ballot. Ironically, this only worked against RCV because of the widespread impression of party rank-and-file as hacks and bosses.

But not all was bad. There was an RCV election itself in Pierce and it worked well. Minneapolis had its first RCV election last week. Even though it too was pushing against bureaucratic headwinds, it worked fine to many good reviews.

I first started promoting election reform in 1997 and this issue has come a long way. Regardless of the results of an election, you have to accept what happened and keep participating. That’s the deal with democracy, you win some, you lose some.

New Slash Album Will Kick Ass

I'm a little pissed off about the Fergie song. That pants wetting slob shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a classic like Paradise City. Cypress Hill can do whatever they went, just so they don't put a cap in my ass but FERGIE? I'll let it go though because Slah's solo album has everybody and their mother playing on it. M Shadows, Dave Grohl, Lemmy, Alice Cooper, and the first single, which will be released in Janurary and feature OZZY FUCKING OSBOURNE. This would be the second Ozzy and Slash collaberion. The first was called I Aint No Nice Guy which I'll post below. This one is from the early 90's







Slash has just released a two-track CD single in Japan containing the song "Sahara" (featuring singer Koshi Inaba of the Japanese hard rock duo B'Z) and a version of the GN'R classic "Paradise City" (featuring CYPRESS HILL and Fergie [a.k.a. Stacy Ann Ferguson] of the BLACK EYED PEAS).

Slash recently told MusicRadar.com that he got almost every special guest he wanted to appear on his upcoming solo album, except for one: WHITE STRIPES singer/guitarist and DEAD WEATHER drummer Jack White. Slash revealed, "I wanted to get Jack White to sing on something, but he didn't want to sing. He said I'll play drums, I'll play guitar, but I don't wanna sing. He was one guy that I wanted to work with. Pretty much everyone else that I went after I managed to get."

"Slash" will see Roadrunner Records enter into a unique and innovative association with a U.K. media partner — the special-interest media group Future. In a brand new concept in record distribution the standard album release will be preceded by a "fan pack," in which the Roadrunner Records album will be bundled together with a highly collectable special issue of Future Publishing's Classic Rock magazine dedicated to Slash's career. This will be the first format of the album available anywhere in the world.

Slash tracked most of the CD with former NINE INCH NAILS drummer Josh Freese and ex-JANE'S ADDICTION bassist Chris Chaney.

"Sahara" (featuring singer Koshi Inaba of the Japanese hard rock duo B'Z):

The birth of Metal

Led Zepplin is not fucking Heavy Metal. Led Zepplin sang Ritchie Valens Songs. They are a great band. They are legends. They are not heavy metal. Robert Plant is not the greatest Heavy Metal vocalist of all time. This is why these lists are useless. Black Sabbath. That's heavy metal. Can you trace metal's roots back further? Perhaps, but I don't care. The opening, ominous riff of Black Sabbath's Black Sabbath is how anyone with a pulse will remember heavy metal being born. Led Zepplin is a cool rock band. Metal started with Black Sabbath. Metal is evil. Metal is reaching for more. Metal is is culture. Have you been to Led Zepplin fest? These bands grew from the sounds of Black Sabbath and the greatest Heavy Metal vocalist of all time is it's first, Ozzy Fucking Osbourne. These lists are superfluous. Freddy Mercury number 6 heavy metal vocalist OF ALL TIME. Queen is awesome but metal? Jajon Witherspoon from Sevendust over SEBASTIEN BACH? Did Hit Parader pull these names out of a hat?




01. Robert Plant
02. Rob Halford
03. Steven Tyler
04. Chris Cornell
05. Bon Scott
06. Freddie Mercury
07. Bruce Dickinson
08. Ozzy Osbourne
09. Paul Rodgers
10. Ronnie James Dio
11. Axl Rose
12. Sammy Hagar
13. Geddy Lee
14. Geoff Tate
15. Mick Jagger
16. Jonathan Davis
17. Roger Daltrey
18. Paul Stanley
19. David Lee Roth
20. Kurt Cobain
21. Maynard James Keenan
22. Klaus Meine
23. Eddie Vedder
24. James Hetfield
25. Trent Reznor
26. Serj Tankian
27. Layne Staley
28. Steve Perry
29. Gene Simmons
30. Joe Elliott
31. Jon Bon Jovi
32. Alice Cooper
33. Vince Neil
34. Steve Marriott
35. Lajon Witherspoon
36. Sebastian Bach
37. Philip Anselmo
38. Zack De La Rocha
39. Brian Johnson
40. Bret Michaels
41. Udo Dirkschneider
42. David Draiman
43. Ian Gillian
44. Marilyn Manson
45. Jeff Keith
46. Chester Bennington
47. Sully Erna
48. Lemmy Kilmister
49. Aaron Lewis
50. Brett Scallions
51. Chino Moreno
52. Rob Zombie
53. Anthony Kiedis
54. David Coverdale
55. Gary Cherone
56. Andrew Wood
57. Scott Weiland
58. Tom Araya
59. Phil Lynnot
60. Rod Stewart
61. Scooter Ward
62. Ray Davies
63. Sonny Sandoval
64. David Bowie
65. Joan Jett
66. Josey Scott
67. Perry Farrell
68. Scott Stapp
69. Amy Lee
70. Don Dokken
71. Fred Durst
72. Mike Shinoda
73. Pepper Keenan
74. Dez Fafara
75. Gavin Rossdale
76. Blackie Lawless
77. Dave Wyndorf
78. Ann Wilson
79. Jimi Hendrix
80. Ville Valo
81. Peter Steele
82. Dave Williams
83. Dee Snider
84. Joe Lynn Turner
85. King Diamond
86. Corey Taylor
87. Jamey Jasta
88. Justin Hawkins
89. Dave Mustaine
90. Ian Astbury
91. Stephen Pearcy
92. Phil Mogg
93. Biff Byford
94. Cristina Scabbia
95. Dani Filth
96. Wes Scantlin
97. Tim “Ripper” Owens
98. Joshua Todd
99. Kevin Dubrow
100. Ray Gillen

STP MTV MOVIE AWARDS 93

Scott Weiland is a junkie F%$Kup. He's our junkie F*$Kup though. STP is one of the most explosive live bands in the country and it's hard to say just how much further along STP would be if Scott Weiland was clean. Maybe the music would suck altogether. We don't know. We only know that as is, Stone Temple Pilots will be go down as one of the greatest bands of our time, maybe all time

RadioHead live at the MTV BEach House

I miss the days when MTV played videos, featured exclusive live concerts, and talked about REAL news

Nirvana MTV Music Awards 92

I remember when this happened. I was Fourteen. DON'T DO THE MATH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NIRVANA LIVE AT READING

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With Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, and Creed all releasing new albums, why shouldn't Nirvana get in on the action. Here's a pretty in depth review of this legendary concert FINALLY getting an official release


Nirvana - Live at Reading DVD/CD


by Kevin Wierzbicki

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It's probably a good thing that this legendary, highly sought-after concert film has been kept under wraps for seventeen years. It's now been long enough that the viewer can simply enjoy the performance for what it is without having all the thoughts of Kurt Cobain's tragic demise running through their head.

Widely bootlegged and constantly raved about by those who were in attendance, this is the first official release of this entire concert from England's Reading Festival in 1992 (only two of the songs/video clips have been released before.) So this is like Christmas time for fans of the ground-breaking trio and Santa Kurt and company bring a sleigh overflowing with rocking presents.

The show begins with a bit of tongue-in-cheek tomfoolery as Cobain is pushed on stage in a wheelchair wearing a hospital gown and a long blond wig. He wobbles to the microphone and jokingly sings the first line of Bette Midler's "The Rose" before falling over on his back and lying prostrate for a moment. The lights go out and under the cover of darkness Cobain grabs his guitar and rips into the opening chords of "Breed."

From there on out it's a non-stop display of power as the boys perform almost all of Nevermind along with little gems like "Tourette's" which is the first-ever live performance of that song. Cobain, drummer Dave Grohl and bassist Krist Novoselic are all clearly having a ball this night; Novoselic tells jokes and jives around, Cobain often sports a rare ear-to-ear grin and goofs around musically by doing things like intro-ing "Smells Like Teen Spirit" with the opening riff from Boston's "More Than a Feeling."

There's one spot in the show where emotions threaten to take over but the moment turns out nicely instead. Cobain addresses the crowd about how he and wife Courtney Love had been getting a lot of bad press at the time and how Love felt like everyone hated her. So in all seriousness Cobain asks the crowd to shout, on the count of three, "We love you Courtney!" They do and Cobain is visibly moved before not-so-coincidentally launching into "All Apologies."

Nirvana's loosey-goosey attitude on this evening may have had something to do with how hot they play; the show is riveting from beginning to end based on sheer musicianship and not stage antics.

The show ends with the band playing tribute to Fang and the Wipers with covers of "The Money Will Roll Right In" and "D-7" respectively and then a version of "Territorial Pissings" that devolves into a (carefully orchestrated) stage destruction and a Cobain rendering of "The Star Spangled Banner" a la Jimi Hendrix. It was an interesting choice of songs to close out a show in England---many in the crowd may not have recognized the tune or the nod to Hendrix---but they didn't much care. They had just witnessed one of the best rock concerts ever, period. This DVD and its CD counterpart can be purchased separately or bundled together.