A couple of celebratory things in the world of the D, leading off.
I can't remember if I already posted this, but if I did, nothing has ever deserved an encore performance more than my brother Dan, who proposed to the divine Mira six weeks or so back. The wedding is in October, and I shall thoroughly enjoy getting all dressed up to serve as a groomsman(like most of the species and genus 'hardcorus kidus', I dislike getting all gussied up, but there are exceptions.
As well - Christian Isaac Broaddus the First, son of our esteemed webmaster Brody and his wife Courtney, really likes his slide. Essential viewing!
To continue in the Good News vein, Cornerstone Illinois looms a couple weeks off on the horizon; there will be dozens of pictures taken of a variety of things(I wonder if the upside-down puppet show will return this year), and we'll apparently have a new and improved viewing gallery upon my return from the US of A.
So apparently a band in the news last week, Arizona's Blessthefall, are in fact God-fearin' lads, and their new album will be distributed into the Christian market by the venerable Word Records(weird, that), while Ferret will handle the majority of the worldwide distro. [IVM]
There's no guarantee that it will sound as fun as Tragic Kingdom - I think those days are long gone, really - but No Doubt guitarist Tom Dumont told MTV that the band will try to work on new material during breaks in frontwoman Gwen Stefani's touring schedule. Apparently she's rather successful by herself. Who knew? [MTV]
Wow, they're like the tech-metal versions of MacGyver: Quebec's Despised Icon, following a nasty collision with a deer while on tour last fall with Hatebreed, had to resort to cans of Pepsi. "The entire side of our trailer was covered with blood and guts," says co-vocalist Alexandre Erian, "and we had to clean it off with cans of Pepsi." Disgusting...ly awesome!
My girlfriend sent me a clip from this item via Facebook earlier this week, and it rings true: behold, the dangers of too much Wii.
Looks like Blur have mended fences with former guitarist Graham Coxon: drummer Dave Rowntree(who's also looking to get involved in politics in the band's native England, incidentally) told a British newspaper that the band are heading into a week in the studio. Maybe an album will come of it, maybe not. [aversion]
Must've missed this in my daily Ottawa Citizen: Bono - we shouldn't have to explain at this point who he is - apparently called up Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to request a tete-a-tete on Africa, and was summarily turned down. Harper is overseas presently at a G8 summit meeting; however, that hasn't stopped Dubya and German Chancellor Angela Merkel from meeting with the U2 frontman(just in case you still hadn't put it together who this Bono guy is). [chartattack]
Full Blown Chaos are back in action; the NYC hardcore band has signed with the ever-growing Ferret Records, who will put out the band's third album Heavy Lies the Crown(produced by Biohazard's Billy Grazadei!) on August 21st. [AP]
What the hell - not only are Cartel pulling this recording-our-second-album-in-a-specially-constructed-bubble-as-part-of-a-TV-stunt-for-a-soft-drink-company thing, now they're hauling in Wyclef Jean! Clef entered the bubble(sounds like my next band name) to work with Cartel on 'Wasted.'
Maybe it's because it was gonna go down on Canada's east coast that I didn't even hear a word about it, but the Flip the Switch Festival scheduled for July 2nd in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, has been made to be kaputsky. Performers who were gonna throw down include Comeback Kid, Rise Against, Lifetime and more. How did we not hear about this?? If you were in fact attending, you can find out about refund info over here.
Posted by mike at June 10, 2007 12:13 AM