Can you hear me, UO! That song will rip your hear…

Can you hear me, UO! That song will rip your heart out.

No band could have covered Love Reign O’er Me bet…

No band could have covered Love Reign O’er Me better than Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam. I can only guess that Pete Townsend is flattered. Vedder loves the Who and pays proper respect in this great cover of an all-time great.

New tour documentary from Stereophonics: Rewind

The Stereophonics have completed a new 2-disc DVD, Rewind, with some cool features:

Disc One is a documentary featuring conversations with some of these guys: Paul Weller, Noel Gallagher, the Bono, Jools Holland, Roger Daltrey, the Black Crowes and Tom Jones, as well as band interviews and a preview of album #6 which the boys are just putting the finishing touches on (the follow-up to 2005′s Language. Sex. Violence. Other?).

Regarding the new album, their recent blog post says, “We’ve been spending the last few weeks at Spike Stent’s studio mixing it, as Kelly would say: ‘is sounding fuckin’ mega’, haha. We are very pleased with the results so far, just a few tweaks here and there, and then to the next thing, mastering it. After that, we’ll start working on the artwork, photos, and all that jazz. We’ll let you know how things are going.”

Disc Two is a live performance DVD which includes some old and rare footage, including home movies of their very first gigs as early incarnations Zephyr and Tragic Love Company. They had a bunch of screenings of Rewind in the UK, and they say if you want the film to be shown near you, then get at least 20 people together and email: info@vistavega.com with the subject line: ‘Phonics Cinemas’. Now there’s a unique party idea for the music fan.

The Rewind DVD comes out April 2nd.

Also of note: Kelly Jones‘ eighty-eight lines about forty-four women is in stores now (Only The Names Have Been Changed), and drummer Javier Weyler also has a Spanish electronica side-project going now too.

Stab it down, one way needle

This is a dual purpose post. One, to tell any of my local readers that they should consider giving some blood at the weeklong drive at the Air Force Academy/Fort Carson. There’s a shortage of blood among our troops and one of the benefits of living in a military town is that they are airlifting all of the blood units donated immediately to Iraq. My blood from yesterday’s session is literally somewhere on its way to the Middle East right now. That’s pretty cool. So lay an arm and donate a pint! Plus you get charming medical attendants in uniform all week long at absolutely no added charge:

I had posted a Basketball-Diaries-esque picture here of the needle running into my arm (the nurse Mr. Christian snapped it for me of his own volition) but I took it down because it even made ME shudder and it was MY arm. Even though I do always watch the needle go in, and ask a lot of medical questions. It’s really just in case I ever run into Dr. John Carter/Dr. Doug Ross on an elevator and need to sound knowledgable.

And then the other purpose of this, of course, is to post up the soundtrack that was running through my head the entire time. You knew this was coming:

Blood (live in San Francisco, 7/16/06) – Pearl Jam
I love that wah-wah…and the scream

PS – I have that aforementioned “Blood Mix” I compiled on cassette back in the day, snippets of all their lyrics (at the time) referencing blood. I don’t know why I did it. However, does anyone have the technology to rip a cassette tape to mp3? If you do, and can help me, then we can listen to my masterwork.

And here are two more kitschy theme-time radio hour contributions:

Positive Bleeding – Urge Overkill (ohhhh, I forgot how fantastic this song is)

It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) – Bob Dylan, live from BBC London, June 1965

Oh, touche. I laughed out loud.

Oh, touche. I laughed out loud.

Most people’s parent’s friends would embarass us i…

Most people’s parent’s friends would embarass us if they tried the same thing.

Don’t have to ask me twice….let’s go to the Nood…

Don’t have to ask me twice….let’s go to the Noodle Bar!!

It’s 9am, I’ve just dropped my son at school, and …

It’s 9am, I’ve just dropped my son at school, and I am rocking the playroom with this amazing show. What a find.

thank you!

wagamama isn’t bad, BUT if you want somewhere even…

wagamama isn’t bad, BUT if you want somewhere even better, get down to Colchester, get to The Noodle Bar on North Hill.
The food is a hundred times better, the service much more pleasant and the place blows Wagamama away.

Excellent. First major concert I ever went to was …

Excellent. First major concert I ever went to was the Foo Fighters, when Franz Stahl had replaced Pat Smear. Rocket From The Crypt opened on that one. I’ve seen them 3 times, best concert of my life was when they opened for the Chili Peppers. (Second best of my life is Pete Yorn at the North Star In Philly) It was the Californication tour, and Dave Drummed while Taylor sang Pink Floyd’s “Have A Cigar.” The Foo Fighters always have a stellar lineup of musicians, and even the bad shows that I’ve heard about have their great moments.