Wandurkind! The best "Hey Jude" cover I've ever heard...(Rob)

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INFLUENCES! - Queens of The Stoneage

Combining an unlikely mixture of influences... metal, classic rock, psychedelic, pop, punk, and beyond, Queens of The Stone Age create an infectious and strikingly unique sound. One of the only bands who can bridge the gap between fans of lowbrow cock rock and opinionated snobs of the 'indie' genre. Josh Homme's voice is wonderfully deviant and carries a sexy-sly swagger with its effortlessness. Their first record is worth checking out but in my opinion its all about 'Lullabies To Paralyze' and 'Rated R'. (Rob Kolar)





Live In Ljubljana 2003 with Mark Lanegan...

Drawing

This was drawn by a friend/fan from Colorado!



I think it goes (from left to right) Nick, Mikey, Melissa, Rob, Chris!

HAahahahaha. love it. Rob

T - Shirt Vendors, Beware

Sometimes you go to a concert, or a sporting game and are tempted to buy a t-shirt from the guy or lady in the parking lot. Sometimes you buy the wrong size, or you discover when you get home it has a hole, or you wash it one time and it shrinks (see what happened to the poor guy in the picture above). Well, Mary J. Blige is fighting back against these folks who try and rip her off. Sounds to me like she has a very clever lawyer...

"March 26, 2008 -- WATCH out, bootleg T-shirt vendors! Mary J. Blige has filed a lawsuit in a Central Islip court against counterfeiters who will be selling knockoff "Heart of the City" tour T-shirts and merchandise outside her concert with Jay-Z at Nassau Coliseum tomorrow. "She is suing John Does and Jane Does numbered 1 though 100, so law enforcement can confiscate the bogus stuff as they are selling it," said a source. "Defendants will be selling and distributing unauthorized goods at [the] Coliseum bearing the marks of artist Mary J. Blige," the suit reads. "They are sued under fictitious names because their true names are unknown at this time."

-Chris

PARTY TUESDAY! Kamran's Birthday.

We're playing 3 Prince songs for the party...

CUT CUT CUT - Fighting a serious recession? (Rob)

Fed Cuts Rates by 3/4 Percentage Point; Stock Prices Stay Sharply Higher After the Move

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Reserve on Tuesday slashed a key interest rate by three-fourths of a percentage point, moving aggressively to contain a credit crisis threatening to push the country into a severe recession.

The latest action brought the federal funds rate -- the interest that banks charge each other -- down to 2.25 percent, the lowest point since late 2004. It marked the second back-to-back cuts of three-fourths of a percentage point.

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues have now cut the funds rate six times since last September, with the reductions becoming more aggressive since January as the central bank has faced growing turmoil in global financial markets.

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PERSEPOLIS

This is an amazing film. If you can go, you must go and see it. It is entertaining, funny, insightful, visually compelling, and endearing. Rob

Recycling, Taken Seriously

This women give a whole new meaning to recycling. Her home was crushed, so she built herself a new one from an old plane. Check it out.

In 1994 Jo Ann Ussery found herself in the market for a new home. A huge storm in winter made huge trees loaded with ice, fall on her 1400 square foot wood-frame house, nearly flattening it. When she was looking for a mobile home, her brother-in-law Bob Farrow, an air traffic controller at Greenwood Airport, suggested she might look for a retired jetliner. After all, she didn't live very far from the airport in Greenwood, where one of the premier aircraft salvage companies in the business regularly parted out airliners. (what company)

Ussery paid a visit to the Memphis Group, where Richard Cordle, the Greenwood facility manager, took her on a tour. Upon seeing the scrapped Continental Airlines 727, she responded, "I want it; how much?" It took several months to get the aircraft released. When it was available, she paid $2,000. Transportation cost another $4.000. To make it into her dream home another $24.000 were spent. Armed with a borrowed 9/16 wrench and a screwdriver from Cordle's toolbox, she would periodically go back for various missing parts. Ussery was allowed to remove interior panels and other odds and ends she needed from other 727s being salvaged. Cordle still refers to her as "that gutsy little grandma."

When the plane was set up, the tail was anchored in 18 inches of concrete. The nose extended out past the shoreline of the lake, giving the 727 home a dynamic look, as if it were flying, this can be seen on the picture. The 11-foot-wide cabin looks roomy with the high-density airline seats removed. The 76 side windows and 10 cockpit windows provide ample illumination. The floor plan consisted of three bedrooms, a living room/dining room, a fully equipped kitchen, a laundry area and her favorite room, the master bathroom with a Jacuzzi, in the part of the fuselage where once was the cockpit. The cockpit control wheels were retained to maintain an aircraft look.

Most of the interior remodelling was done by Ussery. Floors had to be built up in the bathroom and kitchen because they were uneven. Conventional padding and carpeting were installed, and linoleum was laid down in the kitchen. One original lavatory was kept functional as an aircraft lavatory. A garage door opener was used to open and close the rear air stairs. Overhead luggage compartments were retained, providing an abundance of storage space. Lighting was converted to house current.

Ussery named her dream house "Little Trump," as reference to Donald Trump's $16-million corporate jet, which happens to be a Boeing 727 as well. When asked why she lived in an airplane: "simply cost effective, once it was set up, it required no maintenance’. Repairing the roof of replacing rotten boards or having it eaten by termites are all out of the question. Living in a jetliner, to her grandchildren, makes her the coolest grandma on the planet.

Thanks to superuse.org and JCL for this story.

- Chris

This Is The Jam

Just found this video of one of my favorite artists. The breakdown "I knows" were a result of him not having written lyrics for that particular verse. I also had the pleasure of hanging out and philosophizing with James Gadson (the drummer in this video) at party for my music school last year...let me just say that he is a kindrid spirit, an amazing musician, a wise man and an old soul (and has played with pretty much everyone you've ever heard of).

dig it,

melissa

L.A. RECORD review

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Thank god for the Lemon Sun for they certainly made the most redeeming experience offered by this utter turd of a venue—abused bartenders, unbelievable bathroom lines (free Bud Lite will do that) and thickly populated by flocks of ACTORS (”You should totally come see my play..”). The small performance space quickly became a complete clusterfuck when Northridge-based Dawes hit the stage like a poor man’s Lee Michaels. And by hit the stage I mean the awkward lip-biting, shoulder-clinching and organ-abusing acts seemingly mandatory for all caucasian jam bands. The crowd loved it. They probably really like Dave Matthews, too. Then came Lemon Sun. Girls were hot for the band (and secretly so are the boys). But really, why the hell not? Their deliciously syncopated ‘Hot Rocks’ style compositions are easy to love. While such on-stage guitarmageddon could have been deadly in different hands, each sweet, soul-inspired confection was rhythmically unwrapped and devoured with the most perfect grace. Having risen from the ashes of The Colour some years ago, Lemon Sun have been busy building a solid roster of polished rock gems and, unsurprisingly, a large and varied fan base. Lead singer Rob Kolar rightfully belongs in the brave new generation of blue-eyed soul singers; his frequent comparisons to a young Eric Burdon (or a male Chris Clark) are not without merit. Like P.P. Arnold says in the Marriott/Lane penned song “(If You Think) You’re Groovy”: “Now I know what its all about.”

— Zelda Zap

Hells Angels - "Death to Mick Jagger"! Or something like that..

For all you conspiracy buffs, here is another one to add to your list of things to ponder... (Don't worry Mick, only love from this gang)

BBC Says Hells Angels Sought To Kill Jagger

LONDON -- A new BBC radio documentary says Mick Jagger dodged an assassination plot back in 1969.

The program airing Monday says the Rolling Stones star was the target of the American motorcycle gang, Hells Angels. It says members were enraged by Jagger's vow to stop using Hells Angels as bouncers at his concerts after an 18-year-old fan was killed at concert in California.

The BBC program's host tells a British paper the gang members hatched a plot to kill Jagger at his home on New York's Long Island. The bikers planned to get there by boat, but were all tossed overboard in a storm. They survived but, according to the documentary, made no further attempts on Jagger's life.

The Dec. 6, 1969, Altamont Speedway Free Festival in northern California, and the fatal stabbing of Meredith Hunter, was famously captured in the 1970 documentary "Gimme Shelter," directed by Albert and David Maysles.

The killer, Alan Passaro, was arrested and tried for murder in the summer of 1972, but was acquitted after a jury concluded he acted in self-defense because Hunter was carrying a handgun.

- Chris

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