Announcement: My new rock band.

I was talking to my co-worker/vinyl loving comrade Michael today, and he was giving me continued ribbing on my usage of “quote/unquote” in my recent Billy Joel post. After reading it originally, he had emailed me asking why I didn’t simply use the actual quote symbols. Answer: Because I didn’t want to. But it got […]

Life on Planet Rock with Metallica

Metallica – Fight Fire with Fire (live at the Wiltern in May of 2008 w/ Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers) Former RIP Magazine editor Lonn Friend shares a great read and look back at his time spent with Metallica, chronicling the genesis of what would become “The Black Album.” Friend posted the following […]

Bob Lefsetz on Tom Petty and Mudcrutch

One of the loudest men on the internet, Bob Lefsetz recently penned a couple of pieces relating to the new Mudcrutch CD, which I wrote about here yesterday. He urged Warner Brothers and Petty to put Crystal River online in all of its 9 minute glory, and WB were indeed paying attention, and now have […]

Sheryl Crow plus Fleetwood Mac equals awesome

According to Spinner.com, Sheryl Crow is set to “join” Fleetwood Mac for a collaboration, probably in 2009. I’d like to see it – Sheryl and Stevie certainly have the chemistry, and it would be interesting to see how Sheryl would fit in to the overall Fleetwood Mac picture. From a songwriting standpoint, I think that […]