Apparently they recently used Losing My Religion for an episode. I haven't seen it (nor do I have any desire to) but it doesn't make me think any less of R.E.M. Who thought Zeppelin would ever whore themselves out to Cadillac? At least R.E.M. have never done that and never will.

Anyone check the Aquarium Drunkard blog lately? If not, you might wanna do so.

This person was banned (again).

Not everyone goes grey, believe it or not. At age 68 neither of my parents had grey hair and I know for a fact that neither one of them colored it. On the other hand, Steve Martin's hair turned grey while he was still in his twenties.

Never have seen that one and the name doesn't ring a bell, at least not right off the top of my head anyway. After all of the accolades I've heard about Donnie Darko over the years I wonder how many times my friends had to watch it to finally figure it out. Again, I have nothing against movies you may have to watch more than once to absorb it all but Donnie Darko left me completely clueless. Now that I know the plot I really have no desire to sit through it again.

I was born in 1962 so I grew up in the very era so many seem to have wished they had grown up in. I'm here to tell you, you didn't miss a damn thing. Embrace the now, that's the most important thing. While the 60s and 70s certainly had some great music those eras have been romanticized beyond belief. I had probably heard Led Zeppelin before but the first time I actually sat up and took notice was during a family trip to Europe in 1972. One of my older brothers had a copy of IV on cassette that we listened to on a portable Panasonic deck during our stay there. To this day, whenever I hear a song from that album the memories from that trip come rushing back to me including the scenery which included castles, mountains, fog and the green rolling hills of the countryside. "Misty Mountain Hop" indeed.

Tell that to Richard Pryor, or Lenny Bruce. Some comics rely on cursing for shock value but not those two, it was as integral to their act as the ugly truths they unveiled to an unsuspecting public.

I've noticed that too. Pretty strange for a group often accused of backwards masking, devil worship, etc. Perhaps that was part of the deal with Lucifer?

From their recent Halloween show in Richmond where they came out dressed as police officers in honor of their new song "Used To Be A Cop":

It's a reference to Ronald Reagan. You can read more about it here. What, did you think it was about John Bonham?

You want to send a message to his personality? Good luck with that.

I've heard about this movie for years but didn't get around to viewing it until last night. When I checked out I asked if the original version was also on the disc and didn't get a straight answer (it's not) so I was stuck watching the director's cut. After watching it I did a little research online and found that most reviewers like both versions but all of them said the original was more concise. Once I was done watching it I looked up the plot online so I could understand what I'd just seen. On the one hand, I don't like movies that lay everything out for you. On the other, this movie left me scratching my head. From what I've read, that was the director's intent but one shouldn't have to go to such great lengths just to figure out a movie.

Promo copy of the new record:

Never been thrown out of a concert but I know of a couple of people that have. In both instances (Leon Russell, Jimmy Buffett) the people in question were too drunk. One ended up in jail, the other was simply escorted out of the venue. Which makes me wonder, why even go if you're going to get too fucked up to remember anything? As for the filming thing, no one ever threatened to kick me out but I ran into a similar thing at Alice Cooper's Theatre of Death show in Durham, NC last year. First of all, it was advertised that no cameras would be allowed. However, when I arrived I couldn't help but notice people everywhere taking pictures. I asked a member of the venue staff if it was ok to go to my car to get my camera and she said, "you better hurry up before he dies again!" (Alice "dies" four times during the production). Upon my return, a member of security stood directly in front of me (sometimes behind me) with his arms crossed, watching my every move. I told him I had permission to take pictures but he insisted I was filming. Meanwhile, concertgoers all around us are shooting video and taking pictures with no consequence. This security person continued to harass me (which is exactly what it was) so I reported him to the venue staff. Still, he would not leave me alone. This was my very first Alice Cooper concert, something I'd waited a lifetime for and here was security guy, taking a huge shit in my cornflakes. Venue management was not at all happy about his behavior and gifted me with a pair of tickets to any concert of my choice. When it comes to filming/taking photos at a concert, the venue/artist needs to make their policies known well ahead of time and then stick to them. I also don't want to step on toes and if cameras aren't allowed then I won't even bring mine. On the other side of the coin, as long as no flashes are going off and no one is aiming to profit from their photos then I see no harm in it. If someone posts a clip to YouTube it can only help promote the artist in question. Some artists (such as R.E.M. and Pearl Jam) have embraced fan shot videos/photos. During R.E.M.'s last tour they even set up a blog so fans could post videos and photos. With the advent of cellphones you simply can't put a stop to it, like it or not. I recently saw The Black Crowes and they have a strict no camera/no filming policy. Unfortunately this isn't mentioned anywhere on the ticket. However, it did state on the venue's website that cameras were allowed as long as they weren't professional (the designation is if the lens is removable). Having only the venue's info to go by, I brought my camera along, only to be turned away at the door. Once inside, every time someone tried to snap a shot with their cellphones, they were shut down by security. Still, someone managed to film the 10 minute encore, the Crowes covering the Velvet Underground's "Oh, Sweet Nuthin'!"

Every post you've made so far is a "reach", I'm just not saying where. Got any more misinformation you'd like to share with us? From wmmr.com: ROBERT PLANT SAYS THAT 'RAISING SAND' FOLLOWUP WAS LEFT UNFINISHED 9/14/2010 Robert Plant says that he and Alison Krauss actually started recording their followup to 2007's Grammy Award-winning Album of the Year Raising Sand, before ultimately abandoning it. Today (September 13th), Plant and his revamped pre-Led Zeppelin group Band Of Joy release their self-titled debut set. Plant told us that after the runaway success of Raising Sand, he and Krauss simply needed time away from the project before truly starting anew: "Well, we got to talking about it and we got to sharing a bunch of ideas, and we got to go into the studio and trying some of them out. And it was particularly challenging to try and follow Raising Sand, probably so soon after we finished working on the project. So, perhaps we didn't give it enough space, anyway. Y'know, we reached a point where we knew we'd have to kind of hook up later on."

The more accurate term would be "troll". Their overtly weak argument also seems more than vaguely familiar so that would seem to indicate yet another banned member that has chosen to return to the board yet again.

Alison Krauss is a niche artist at best, same as "Americana" is a niche genre, it's far from mainstream. If it were mainstream, Uncle Tupelo, Neko Case, Whiskeytown, Son Volt and Alejandro Escovedo would all be household names but they're not. If anyone stood to benefit from the collaboration it was Alison since far more people have heard of Plant. Apparently you haven't or you'd know that Plant and Krauss reached an impasse in the studio during the recording to the follow up to Raising Sand. If was because he was afraid Americana was becoming mainstream then why did he cut a second album in that vein with such Americana stalwarts as Buddy Miller and Patty Griffin? Because he wasn't embarrassed. Humbled or overwhelmed maybe but embarrassed? Really? John Paul Jones and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards.

My Record Store Day haul. It wasn't too crowded but I still missed out on the U2 EP and totally blanked on the Dylan single. "Say Goodnight to the Bad Guys" (Electric Live) b/w "Remedy" (Acoustic Live)

In case anyone missed it on PBS this past week, you can still watch the American Masters bio LENNONNYC here.

They also archive a great deal of stuff on the That Metal Show website so you can watch it online.

Plant a "sellout"? If anything, working with Alison Krauss was a great risk both artistically and commercially. It showed that neither artist were afraid of going out on a limb. Leading up to the release of Raising Sand, lots of people scoffed at the idea. That it went on to be such a huge success took everyone by surprise, not least of all, Plant and Krauss themselves. Embarrassing? I've seen nothing in interviews that would even remotely indicate that he was embarrassed. If anything, he was as surprised as anyone else that the album was so warmly received. If you'd bothered to read (or watch) any of Plant's recent interviews, he says exactly why a second collaboration with Alison Krauss didn't work out and it had absolutely nothing to do with being "embarrassed" by the recognition Raising Sand received. You might wanna watch It Might Get Loud and/or check sales figures for Mothership before making such statements. Even without all of the publicity the 02 concert received in the press, Led Zeppelin makes new fans every time one of their songs gets played on Classic Rock radio.