No Depression No More!

Not that it's a big news flash but No Depression magazine will cease publishing after the May-June 2008 issue. I subscribed for a couple of years and loved this magazine. The only reason I didn't renew my subscription is that I didn't have time for reading at all after the birth of my son. NPR had a segment on All Things Considered that covers this sad end to a great magazine.

The Ace of Spades

There's a lot of stuff that I don't like about Knoxville, but there's one thing that's really cool about this town: they're not afraid to play Motorhead on the radio. I just heard 'Ace of Spades' on WUTK.

Radiohead Radiohead Radiohead

I can't seem to get away from them. Here are 15 years worth of pictures of them courtesy of Rolling Stone.

Joe Strummer's Guitar

A lot of people revere Joe Strummer, myself included. I really don't think that he would have endorsed this signature guitar if he was still alive.

Furthermore, who is going to buy this guitar? What self-respecting punk is going to buy a guitar that's been pre-abused at some factory in Mexico?

The Inexplicable Police

Why did the Police perform 'Message In A Bottle' with John Mayer and Kanye West at New York's Live Earth show? I've been reading Andy Summers' fascinating and hilarious autobiography One Train Later and can only assume based on Sting's egomaniac antics in the book that it's all his fault.

Also, while I'm on the topic of the music, the Perry Farrell's new disc is really disappointing. Come to think of it, the last Jane's Addiction disc was a bore too.

Some similarities exist between the two bands.
Jane's Addiction and The Police both broke up at the pinnacle of success.
Ritual de lo Habital = Synchronicity? Also, both groups were initially attached to the wrong musical genre. The Police were considered punk. Jane's Addiction got lumped into the grunge movement when they were really art/prog rock.

Elvis Sells Out? Say It Ain't So!

Saw Elvis Costello shilling for Lexus last night. Smells like a sell-out to me and Chicagoans agree.

Reckoning has always been my favorite R.E.M. album, followed closely by Fables of the Reconstruction. Remember when albums had two sides? For some reason I always thought that the first side of Reckoning was actually the second side. (Maybe that's because I taped the album or cassette from my friend Chan. Cassette tapes. That's a rumination for another time.) This meant that the album started with "Second Guessing" and ended with "Time After Time". In my opinion the album flows better in this order.

Drive By Truckers rocked last night at Sundown in the City.

Patterson Hood said "If anyone tells you that rock and roll is dead you can tell them that the Drive By Truckers said to kiss their ass."

Mike Ligon might take exception with DBT's comments.