My point is, the original TV programs (Dukes of Hazzard, Starsky & Hutch, The A-Team, etc.) were all crap so I wouldn't put too much hope into the movie versions rising above that. I have no interest in owning the original A-Team series on DVD. I just feel in the right hands it could be a fun movie, nothing more, nothing less. The Rockford Files is a timeless classic that shouldn't even be mentioned in the same breath as the shows listed above, much less the same sentence. The Dukes of Hazzard and The A-Team were mindless entertainment aimed at the masses. They were so bad they made for enjoyable viewing but I would never confuse them with programs that were actually good. There have been tons of shows over the years that featured outstanding acting, directing, cinematography and very well written scripts. The Dukes of Hazzard, Starsky & Hutch and The A-Team most definitely do not fall into that category.

How is that? It's not like the television shows that inspired those movies were high art anyway. In the right hands, The A-Team has the potential to be a fun movie. Yep, that should be a reason to automatically not like it right there. Cast of relative unknowns? It must suck.

You can check out some excellent photos and a review of their recent Giants Stadium show here. I'm looking very forward to seeing them for the first time ever when they play Raleigh on October 3rd.

Patrick Wilson Joins The A-Team Playing a CIA agent in the blockbuster Source: EW Somewhere, somehow, amidst all the hoopla surrounding the news that Sharlto Copley and Jessica Biel had joined the cast of Joe Carnahan’s The A-Team, as Howling Mad Murdoch and, erm, the army colonel chasing the lovable mercenaries, we missed the news that Patrick Wilson had also joined the cast. Sorry about that… so here goes: Patrick Wilson has joined the cast of The A-Team. There you go. That feels better. The Watchmen star will play a CIA operative in the movie, about four resourceful veteran soldiers who go on the run to clear their names after they’re accused of a crime they didn’t commit. Wilson’s presence and character’s occupation could mean that he is – dum de dummmmmm! – the movie’s bad guy, which would make a hell of a lot more sense than giving that role to the frankly far-too-young Biel. Filming on the movie has already begun, with The A-Team’s van – looking almost identical to the one used in the ‘classic’ TV show – glimpsed and papped in and around Vancouver. No glimpses of The A Team – that’s Liam Neeson as Hannibal, Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson as B.A. Baracus, Bradley Cooper as Faceman and Copley – themselves yet, but those paps sure are resourceful. We can wait. Chris Hewitt

Paste Presents: The Pearl Jam Takeover. Click on the image below for complete info.

This came out today. I'm guessing it's a repackaging of the Rockpalast show that was previously available. Click on the image for more info.

Already been posted here.

Looks like Buddy sits in on the upcoming new album from former Domino Bobby Whitlock: Bobby Whitlock My Time CD Due

I'm curious as to exactly what this video has to do with Other Bands / Music. Absolutely nothing as best as I can tell.

It's very reassuring to see (through Pearl Jam's official messageboard) that the unavailability of Backspacer at Target stores on the 20th is not going unnoticed. The Pearl Jam fan community is organizing a list of reports showing just how many stores did not have it in stock this past Sunday. Hopefully both Pearl Jam and Target will learn a very valuable lesson from this. Pearl Jam, in the sense that they never should have trusted Target (despite the fact that they have a much better reputation among consumers than Walmart, Best Buy, etc.). And Target employees should have known to have the CD on store shelves on the 20th as they, themselves advertised. Afterall, it was part of the exclusivity of this promotion.

Poor Cheap Trick, always the bridesmaid and never the bride. In a just world Poison and Def Leppard should be opening for them and not the other way around. That is just beyond fucked up. Not to mention even being on the same bill with two of the very shittiest "hair"bands of all time, as if there were actually any good ones. And yes, I left the world "metal" out of the equation on purpose. "Mom metal" maybe, sorta like Bon Jovi.

Cool cameo from Edward on the season premiere of Two and a Half Men last night.

I'm in search of a 29" G & S Bowlrider. G & S apparently brought them back a few years ago but they're no longer in production. Rare decks such as that are fetching a pretty penny on eBay.

I'm curious as to what bands weren't "Rock's First True ALL-FEMALE Hard Rock Band Ever". Were there groups trying to pass themselves off as being "all female" that actually weren't?

I like the album but am more a fan of the War era. Still, some bands' material that was left on the cutting room is just as worthy (if not more so) than what made the albums. In the case of U2 this is particularly true, especially when it comes to songs such as The Three Sunrises, Spanish Eyes, etc. but it also goes for lots of other artists. On occasion an artists' collection of leftovers can be just as compelling as their regular releases. R.E.M.'s Dead Letter Office and the recently released The Fine Print by the Drve-By Trucker are but two of several shining examples. Will I be rushing out on the day of release to buy it? Most likely not but I'm still interested in hearing the unreleased songs, just as I am about the Exile outtakes.

I recently had my old Gordon & Smith Fibreflex slalom board refurbished which put me in the mood for watching this instant classic.

From Pitchfork In the name! Of historical context! One reissue in the name of historical context!: 70s babies, time to feel old. This fall, The Unforgettable Fire turns 25. That means U2's fourth album is now old enough to be out of college. Maybe it's in grad school. Maybe it's married. The Unforgettable Fire could have kids by now! And because round numbers are things to be celebrated, U2 is currently prepping a 25th anniversary reissue of the album, due October 27 from Mercury. The Unforgettable Fire is an undeniably big album, the first U2 album that sounded ready to swallow up the world through sheer grandeur. They recorded it at Ireland's Slane Castle with Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno producing, marking their first collaboration with the two guys who would become their go-to producers. The album spawned hits like "Bad", "Pride (In the Name of Love)", and the title track. Along with The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby, it's one of U2's canonical albums. The reissued version of the album has been remastered from the original tapes, with the Edge directing the process. Just like every other big album these days, it'll come in multiple packages. You'll be able to buy it on regular CD and vinyl, and the vinyl will include liner notes from Eno, Lanois, and journalist Bert Van de Kamp. There's also the double CD deluxe edition, which features a 36-page booklet and a second CD of B-sides and unreleased tracks, including two previously unreleased bonus tracks from the Slane Castle sessions, "Yoshino Blossom" and "Disappearing Act". And then there's the limited edition box set version, which will feature both CDs, a DVD of live and documentary footage and music videos, a 56-page hardback book, and five photographic prints. In other U2 news, they'll be the musical guests on the September 26 season premiere of Saturday Night Live, which Megan Fox will host. And they're on tour now.

The Steve Wynn IV, the Baseball Project and the Minus Five at the Cat's Cradle in Carrboro on Saturday.

Imagine my surprise when I walked into Target today to buy Backspacer and not a single copy was available. This, despite checking online for it's availability at this particular store beforehand and a huge display sign in the music section announcing it's September 20th release. When I asked around everyone (including the store manager) were completely clueless as to this "exclusive" and why it wasn't in stock. I phoned a nearby SuperTarget who did have copies on the shelves and the music guy there said there had been some confusion at some stores as whether or not to put it out today. With the amount of attention this release has received I was taken aback at how unprepared Target was. One of the ideas behind the entire "exclusive" is it would be for sale today, rather than Tuesday which is when most CDs, DVDs, etc. are scheduled for release. Someone dropped the ball big fuckin' time. Like many, I was weary when I heard that Pearl Jam were partnering with Target for this album (it was also available at indie stores but not Walmart or Best Buy) and this fiasco proves why. If I were Pearl Jam I'd be mightly pissed. All of that said, I was able to find and it indeed rocks, at least that's my impression after one listen.

Having never seen this back when it first came out (1980) I snatched up a copy of it at Big Lots a year or so ago but never got around to watching it until this week. Yes, it's pretty horrible but it also has it's moments (unintentional and otherwise), including Blondie's rendition of Ring of Fire. Way back when, a local club I used to frequent in Goldsboro, NC got the inspiration for their name from this movie, "Roadies: Where Bands Make it Rock, Roadies Makes It Roll". As a music fan I also found it particularly interesting because of the time period it captures. One when New Wave and Punk were starting to enter the mainstream. You also get some vintage Hank Williams, Jr. I've never really been much of a fan but I did enjoy his performances in this movie.

I got an email from AliceCooper.com yesterday for my ticket to see him on the 30th, thanks to the pre-sale I have a seat in the third row. Still haven't been able to find out who's opening but I'm looking very forward to my first Alice show ever.

Hey look, it's the "rap isn't music/takes no talent/is an inferior form of music, etc." argument again. People often talk about a time period when MTV was "good". I never really saw it on a regular basis until the late 80s so maybe I missed something but from what I've been able to surmise over the years, it was never good. Yes, it definitely had it's moments such as Unplugged, the Rockumentaries, The Week In Rock, 120 Minutes, the occasional concerts, etc. but even those were fleeting moments. As a music channel it failed because it was too easy to tune out due to the brief running time of most videos, that's when all the programs started to kick in in order to hold viewers for longer than 3-5 minutes. It never really lived up to my idea of what I music channel could be or should be, it was crass commercialism from the start and still is to this day. I find VH1 Classic much more tolerable but it also suffers from many of the same things such as infomercials thinly disguised as "programming". Back to the subject at hand, way back at Live 8 Kanye accused the American government of creating the AIDs virus and then having it placed into African communities. For whatever reason that never seemed to get much publicity. Ever since then he's tried every possible move to help his "career" self-destruct. Hopefully he's finally done it this time.