According to the CBC and obtained by us via Rolling Stone, the quaint province of Prince Edward Island is thinking about offering Aerosmith the princely sum of $150,000 to perform out their way. Aerosmith in P.E.I.? I'd go to that!
A great quote from RS while we're about the business of stealing their content: "Kirk Hammett says the new Metallica album has a 'Middle Eastern' vibe. By 'Middle Eastern,' we’re assuming he means volatile and extremely chaotic." Great stuff, that. Don't sue, Rolling Stone! We're broke here!
Not big fans of Toronto here at the D, but the Virgin Festival going down on Toronto's Centre Island this fall is shaping up to be a huge one, with confirmed headliners The Killers and the re-formed Smashing Pumpkins with many others in the works.
Fascinating - anyone remember Chad Channing? He was the original drummer for a little Seattle band called Nirvana - they never really amounted to much, no biggie if you haven't heard of them - before Dave Grohl joined and Nevermind made history, and now Channing is in charge of a new band called Before Cars. Go check 'em out somewheres. Chad Channing! Man, that takes me back.
There are heavy rumours afoot that Rage Against the Machine reunited last week at SXSW in Austin, Texas. It did not happen. Calm down.
Facebook - or Crackbook, as it's known in some circles - is every single last miserable bit as addicting as they all said it was. I've had no life for a week now - since my girlfriend set one up for me. Hmph.
So I'm hitting up R&R, you know, Bible of the radio industry that I'm in, and my college professor would have my head if I didn't go regularly(hi Mr. Barrie!!), and I'm perusing the latest Active Rock charts, and in among the crap like Hinder, Saliva, Disturbed and Godsmack are tucked bands I actually dig, like Killswitch Engage, Finger Eleven, Mastodon(what??) - and two Christian acts in Red and Skillet. How 'bout that.
Leave it to the kids at soundthesirens.com to come up with a kickass list of definitive(in their opinions anyway) '90s tunes. Ah, the halcyon days of my youth. Check it out.
Third Eye Blind have announced an upcoming album called The Hideous Strength. Wait - Third Eye Blind are still alive??
Posted by mike at March 19, 2007 09:39 PM