Luther Dickinson, lead guitarist and vocalist for the North Mississippi All Stars, joins the Black Crowes? And one of the tracks on the upcoming Crowes release “Warpaint” is “Whoa Mule”? What the hell is going on? All in all a very cool addition to the Crowes, but if this means less NMAS touring or recording, I’ll be a bit bummed.

And in completely unrelated news, Grady is playing Vancouver and Victoria, and I just found out about it. Thanks for nothing Pollstar. And I’m on the Grady mailing list (at least I thought). Regardless, the Vancouver show wasn’t sold out and I’ve got my ticket now. Not sure about Victoria I’m just going to show up and hope it’s not sold out. Plus Gordie’s doing an in-store thing @ Vancouver’s Long & McQuade (not the one on Hastings in the DTES).

All you can do is listen for yourself.. Honestly, that’s fucked up. And if nothing else, listen until they do “Closer” (it’s towards the end).

The Eagles releasing their album with a Walmart campaign or the Sex Pistols performance on Leno? Sid is rolling in his grave right now.

To the six of you plus my mum (hi mum) who read this blog - please accept my sincere apologies for the complete and utter lack of posting for the last two weeks. I’ve been in ‘other site’ hell - my popular’ish (that’s how I’m currently defining its success) blog has been forcing the entire focus of my time and attention. I’ll update this one w/ a bunch of real posts (the kind with music or video) soon I promise. ish.

Some good news (for me, you couldn’t care less) - Two Gallants are playing Vancouver, BC in mid-Sept. This is such fantastic news as I missed them the last time they played here. And assuming I still live here come November, which is looking more and more like it will be the case, Ben Harper is playing @ The Orpheum . Tickets might be tough to get but I’ve already got a Ben Harper user/pass for the presale site and I setup a Google Calendar reminder for the presale date, cause I’m forgetful. Fingers crossed.

Ross

Vote for the tee-shirt you think is best. I voted for #38 (pictured below).

This is just a quick ‘congratulations’ to Justin, who officially became a Google employee today.

This is just ridiculous. A certain level of eccentricity is almost expected from musicians. But to get so bent out of shape about a radio station promoting your album - to the point where you felt you had to call the DJ, and tell her that she’s part of the reason for making things “messed up for the entire (music) business.” - give. me. a. break.

I’m a big fan of Jack White’s music - but as a person, after this - he can kiss my ass. I’m not surprised that the record industry won’t listen to Trent Reznor, but when other artists don’t even pay attention…

The following has nothing to do with music, I just found it extremely funny.

Source.

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