It definitely lived up to the promise of your review, I very thoroughly enjoyed it. Just read where they have Bill Clinton signed up for a cameo for the sequel. Guess there's not a lot else he can do to further tarnish his image. Watched this one last night, another flick that lived up to all of the praise. Then again, it's usually very hard to go wrong with anything Clint-related.

I'm not saying there's absolutely no cases of their peers being less than fond of Zeppelin as I'm sure there are but for the most part, I don't think so. Ever seen how many times Jagger/Richards, Tyler/Perry, Plant/Page, etc. have traded jabs in the press only to go on (in most cases) to work with each other again? I'm not saying those are publicity stunts, it just shows that it's not always a case of outright disdain for one another.

Tonight, Marshall Chapman will be in town promoting her new book They Came To Nashville as well as her new record, Big Lonesome which is dedicated to the late, great Mr. Tim Krekel, once a member of Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band and a hell of a songwriter in his own right. Tomorrow night is a benefit for Chip Robinson, formerly of the seminal hardcore honky tonk band The Backsliders. Chip was recently injured in a bicycle accident up in New York and, like so many musicians, doesn't have health insurance. So, like so many times before, the local music community is rallying around one of their own to help a fellow fallen musician out. I'm not sure how often this happens in other music oriented communities but it's one of many reasons I moved to Raleigh a couple of years ago.

Like I said, whatever helps move copy and sells records. Do you genuinely believe these folks hate one another? And if so, why on earth would Daltrey want to work with Page? Oasis and the Black Crowes were portrayed as bitter rivalries in the press, so why do you think they toured together?

The Who were bitter over Zeppelin's success? I guess that explains why Roger Daltrey has expressed an interest in working with Page. For the most part these "rivalries" were for the benefit of the press only. They helped move copy and increased record sales. To this day some believe the Stones and the Beatles were at each other's throats when the truth is, they were actually friends. Don't believe everything the press throws at you.

I personally like the Beatles more than Led Zeppelin.

This song isn't on an album yet but is destined to be on the next one from Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit. They did it during their recent show at The Casbah in Durham, NC.

...and stay the fuck away from the Four Loko. PLEASE.

A mindless comedy of the highest order which is exactly why I rented it (the $1 rental fee at Redbox didn't hurt either). Despite it's mindlessness, it also had at least one good message about the time period I grew up in when we didn't stay inside glued to video games, the internet, cable TV, etc.

If he is indeed involved with someone wouldn't that be his business and not ours?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uZJcKcP3dc&feature=player_embedded

New Kasey Chambers which appears to only be available as an import at this time (at least according to Amazon).

Yes, there are a few. Those are the ones I end up buying on DVD. One movie that is worth multiple viewings is The Accountant. It won an Oscar for best live action short film back in the early 00s (and also served as the inspiration for the Drive-By Truckers song "Sinkhole"). At roughly 40 minutes, you'd be amazed at how much plot (and subplot) can be packed into so short a time. It stars Ray McKinnon (who played the "bonafide" one in O Brother, Where Art Thou? and was also in the HBO series Deadwood) and is described as a movie about "saving the family farm by any means necessary". I haven't rented The Hangover yet but it is currently on my shortlilst of films I'd like to see.

Neil Young's Trove Damaged in San Carlos Warehouse Fire By RJ MIDDLETON One of Neil Young's vintage cars, memorabilia musical instruments and art have been damaged during a three-alarm fire in San Carlos this morning, according to the Belmont-San Carlos Fire Department and the Associated Press. The early-morning warehouse fire in San Carlos has burned through some of what guitar legend Young had stored there. The fire department assess they saved about 70 percent of Young's items. Young's family was also at the scene this morning, with a photographer to help document the damage. Reports were first received at 2:55am for a fire burning at 595 Quarry Rd, according to the Belmont-San Carlos dispatcher. The building is estimated at 10,000-square-feet. That address is associated with Fable Inc., a manufacturer of architectural metalwork for homes and businesses, according to the manufacturer's website. The manufacturer describes the warehouse as a 15,000-square-foot space devoted to the production of railings, gates, doors, and balconies. Bay City News Network contributed to this report.

Some friends mentioned these guys to me several months ago but I never got a chance to see them until the Hopscotch Festival back in September. They were definitely one of my favorite new discoveries of that weekend. If so inclined, you can read a review of their debut album, Sunny Down Snuff, here. Below is a clip from their performance during the Troika Music Festival that was held in Durham, NC over this past weekend.

I liked them. It was kind of a quiet set since they (Jesse and Phil Wandscher) were without their full band. A friend, who's musical tastes I trust, saw them a few years back and noted that Jesse has a very unusual voice. I didn't notice it at first but did several songs into the set. I was not bothered by her voice at all. I'm familiar with Phil from his work with Whiskeytown so it was a real treat to finally see him and hear him relate several stories about his days growing up in the Durham area. I haven't rushed out to buy any of their records but am interested in seeing them with a full band the next time they pass through.

Anyone else besides myself take a look at the newly unearthed photos mentioned above? I'm guessing not or someone surely would have commented on this one: "This is them playing John is dead. It looks so serious, but you remember when Paul is dead? They were making a joke of it. Seconds before and after this they were screaming with laughter at themselves." Photo: Stepen Goldblatt

From the San Francisco Chronicle: Unseen Beatles photos on view at UC Berkeley Sam Whiting, Chronicle Staff Writer "They were all improvising and fooling around. Immediately before this, John had run forward shaking his fist, pretending to be angry. This is the instant after that." This photo is included as an oversize print in the book. copyright Stephen Goldblatt For 40 years, Stephen Goldblatt lugged around a box of film negatives. He never showed anyone until he happened to meet Ken Light, who runs the documentary photography program at UC Berkeley. Goldblatt mentioned that he had once been a photographer in London before becoming a cinematographer. Oh, and not to make a fuss about it, but he'd spent two days on an exclusive photo shoot with the Beatles. Light recalls Goldblatt telling him, with typical English understatement, "They're sitting in this cabinet, and no one else has seen them." He also recalls his own overstated reaction: "You have what?" Goldblatt hadn't looked at the contact sheets in the seven years that he's lived in Northside, Berkeley. But Light, an adjunct professor of journalism, got right into it. To read the remainder of the article click here.

Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights w/ Ponderosa at the Pour House in Raleigh tonight. I still haven't seen an entire set by Ponderosa but what I have seen, I've enjoyed so I'm looking forward to catching a complete (albeit an "opening") set from them this evening. I'm unfamiliar with the headliners but understand they have a heavy Black Crowes/Humble Pie influence.

From RollingStone.com: Mike Mills On New R.E.M. Album With Patti Smith, Eddie Vedder 'Collapse Into Now' is reminiscent of 'Automatic for the People', says Mills Larry Busacca/WireImage By Andy Greene When R.E.M. began recording Collapse Into Now last year they decided to throw out the guidelines they imposed on their last album, 2008's Accelerate. "On the last one we tried to make everything focused, short, fast and sharp," Mike Mills tells Rolling Stone. "We took most of the rules off this time, picking the best songs regardless of whether they were fast, slow or mid-tempo." The disc, which is due out early next year, reminds Mills of the band's 1992 classic Automatic For The People. "The songs go from one type into another really easily and it all seems to fit as a piece," Mills says. "It makes sense as a whole the same way that Automatic For The People did." Produced by Jacknife Lee, the disc was recorded over the past year at studios in Portland, New Orleans, Nashville and at Berlin's legendary Hansa Tonstudio—where David Bowie and Iggy Pop recorded The Idiot and later where U2 cut Achtung Baby. "There's so many, not exactly ghosts...but vibrations in there," says Mills. "It's as very, very vibey place." While in Berlin the band met up with longtime friend Patti Smith, who contributed vocals to the track "Blue." "Patti totally changed the song and added a whole other dimension to it," says Mills. "It was a powerful thing to watch." Another track, "It Happens Today," featured vocal contributions from Eddie Vedder. The songs are also less political than the material on Accelerate. "It's more of a personal record than a political one," says Mills. "Current events do come into our mind when we write, but the themes here are more universal." Other songs include the piano ballad "Walk It Back," a rocker called "All The Best" that features Mills and Michael Stipe sharing lead vocals and "Everyday Is Yours To Win"—which Mills describes as a "slow, beautiful song built around a guitar riff." Mills says the group didn't always see eye-to-eye while recording the disc. "This one certainly has its share of difficulty—but I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing," he says. "It just means you have creative tension, which is what happens when three strong-willed people manage to find a consensus."

A few years back a friend of mine starting going on and on about black helicopters, D.B. Cooper, etc. and the Moon landings being a hoax. He was quickly reminded by an older brother of mine about a trip they took via charter plane back in the 70s to watch one of the Apollo missions lift off from Cape Canaveral. I think my brother worded it something like this, "do you think that was all staged just for our benefit"? Our friend never said another word about it after that.

Very intense, edge of your seat excitement. Just what I needed after the disappointment of Pirate Radio.