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Wednesday, February 22, 2006

The Chili Peppers have agreed in principle to play Lollapalooza. I have seen 90423754872-43294819584759687 wazillion bands, but I have never seen the Chili Peppers. Exciting. The Chili Peppers are also planning a tour with Kanye in the late summer. Does this mean Kanye might play Lollapalooza??? We will have to wait and see.

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Chinese Democracy has a date, March 6th. That's like in three weeks, man. Dude, fucking Axl and shit. Seriously, I'm pretty excited about this. I saw the new GNR at Allstate Arena about three years ago, but now to hear that there is big talk about a full blown reunion is just too much to take in at once. Awesome Dawson. I did start the rumor the GNR would play Lollapalooza, but to have the real Guns 'n' Roses play would be the neatoest.

Sunday, February 12, 2006

Chinese Democracy is finally coming out! In March! It's been a long time Axl. According to Slash, he was told by some insider that the record sounded great. Can't wait. It will be very interesting.

Also, Johnny Marr is working with Modest Mouse on their new album which makes me very happy. The Smiths reunion that will never happen is making me sad. I think Johnny and Andy Rourke are up to it and even Moz maybe up for it. The X factor in the whole Smiths equation is Mike Joyce. Not that he doesn't want to play with the Smiths, but because the idiot had to go and sell rare Smiths memorabilia on Ebay. You were in the Smiths! Why are you selling it on Ebay! (sidenote: Morrissey did put up is car on Ebay last year, but not some vintage white vinyl)

With all this said, I would now like to start rumors of who will be playing Lollapalooza this year...

Gun 'n Roses
Chili Peppers
Maybe the Pumpkins
Franz Ferdinand
Futureheads
Fugees
Kanye or Common
Arctic Monkeys
Morrissey(Mozzer got all huffy and puffy when 2004 was canceled, but now that Lollapalooza is being run by different people I think he will change his mind).
and my new band which doesn't have a name yet, but will definitely be ready to headline the 3rd night of Lollapalooza. We'll see if my predictions are right very shortly. Thievery Corporation is already signed up and hopefully they won't put them on the stage across the street.

Remember this years Lolla is 3 days ala Austin City Limits style. Last year ACL had 130 bands and 8 stages. I don't think Lollapalooza will have 8 stages, but their will be more bands playing this year. To top it all off they've had a whole year to prepare for this one and last year they only had 3 weeks to find bands. Save the dates August 4-6, Grant Park. Remember stay hydrated and try not to start drinking and smoking at 10 a.m. I guess that's more a reminder for myself.

The new band is looking for two to three people to round things out. No real experience required just a desire to create something beautiful and original. If you don't have all the gear we can probably help you. If interested leave a comment or email me @ mrxr11@hotmail.com

Thursday, February 09, 2006

I no longer need Arctic Monkeys tickets. Big ups to Steve for hooking up the Colombian Cowboy. The beans are in the mail.

I forgot to tell you. If you are an avid reader of this blog ( and I know readership is in the billions) you know that I am headed to Germany for the World Cup in June. I have the plane ticket, I got the hostel, I got the "Learn German In Your Car" on my ipod, but I did not have tickets to any games. In order to get tickets you had to apply and then there was a lottery from all the applications. When I say lottery, I mean if you got tickets it would be like winning the lottery. 6 million people applied for tickets from December 15th to January 15th. The catch is that they only had 300,000 tickets to give away. Guess who got tickets? I will be attending the US vs Italy game on June 17th. I got three tickets! So.excited.so.excited.so.excited.

Listen to the White Rose Movement.

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

It's 1:30 in the morning and I can't get "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley out of my head. Just google Gnarls Barkley mp3s and you'll find a site where you can download it for free. So good.

Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Guess who's going to Coachella this year again? Yours truly. There's been some talk on the internets about which one is better Coachella or Bonnaroo. Who cares if Radiohead is headlining Bonnaroo. If you haven't seen Radiohead yet you're stupid and if you find it necessary to drive to some farm in Tennessee to see them and watch Bonnie Riatt and the some guy who use to be Phish you're dumb. Me, I prefer the palm trees, green grass, and the mountains. And Daft Punk, Editors, Art Brut, White Rose Movement, DM, and Gnarls Barkley. Isn't Gnarls Barkley the best band name ever. Do you think Cee-Lo's daughter is going to roll into Coachella in a helicopter like she did on my Super Sweet Sixteen?

I need 2 tickets to The Arctic Monkeys. Willing to trade plasma or beans. Or cash.