A band I really used to like a lot, Linkin Park(been a retro theme around here lately), have finally caved and made their material available over at iTunes. So if you dig 'One Step Closer' and 'Papercuts'(the only two songs I really remember from Hybrid Theory), head on over and download away.
Musician Ivan Neville, son of singer Aaron Neville(the guy whose voice sounds like a radio dial being twisted hither and yon) is performing as I write these words down in New Orleans, on this, the one-year anniversary of the flood that crippled the South's finest city. Ticket sales have been slow for the event, regardless of its import. Others performing include gospel singer Yolanda Adams, jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and the incomparable Stevie Wonder. I'd kill to be there. [Billboard]
Former quasi-relevant rapper/professional ho Foxy Brown pleaded guilty to assault charges yesterday stemming from a fight in a salon over a friggin' manicure. Three years' probation, no jail time. Nuf sed. Unbelievable.
The Black Crowes have pushed back the release of The Lost Crowes(a double-disc rarities compilation) to September 26th and ousted their longtime keyboardist. However, they are on tour right now with the masterful Robert Randolph and his Family Band. The slide-guitar mayhem is unstoppable.
Coupla shows in Ottawa to remind local readers about: Throwdown and Zao are in town this Sunday, September 3rd at Babylon. Strike Anywhere are at the same venue four nights later. Comeback Kid on the 20th at the Civic Centre, and Underoath at that same venue six nights later. And this just in: Public Enemy's Chuck D. is gonna be doing a speaking engagement at my new alma mater(Algonquin College). Info on that can be found over...well, not yet, apparently. But stay tuned.
Posted by mike at August 29, 2006 09:45 PM