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 Five
Times August Week: Perfectly |
Here is Brad to tell us about "Perfectly":
The girl I wrote this for has helped me write some of my favorite songs,
this being one of them. The reason it's one of my favorites is because
it's one of the very few songs that took little effort lyrically for me
to write.
Not that I didn't try hard, but that they
came to me easily because it was exactly what I wanted to say. I've done
that with few songs. It's weird to read over lyrics like these and know
that I am sharing such a personal moment in my life with other people.
Reading over the verse "How you leaned on me and how you'd sing to me..."
was such a cloud nine moment, I'll never forget it. Sentimental, I know,
but it really happened.
Have a listen for yourself and if you like what you hear, support true Indie music by picking up the Five Times August CD or buying the download! - check it out here
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| Lesbian
Britney |
The new photos in The Sun and OK! Magazine show Britney and her former assistant in what the Sun describes in a "red hot girl on girl session". The assisant, Shannon Funk, reported got friendly with Spears in a L.A. hotel pool and the action was captured by photographers.
The new pictures surface as Federline has initiated new court proceedings against Spears in hopes of gaining princible custody of their two children. - more on this story
| Metallica
Suing Everyone! Oh, it's just a hoax |
The Metallica camp quickly denied the claims. It is unclear whether the original article was originally posted on the sites message board and then picked up as a news item. Attempts to pull it up now result in a system error message. However, the article quickly spread across the web and the text is as follows: Attorneys for the Grammy award winning heavy metal band Metallica filed a lawsuit yesterday against Harmonix and Activision (who recently acquired Red Octane) for copyright infringement. The suit accuses the three gaming companies of illegally distributing copies of Metallica songs in the upcoming and highly anticipated games Guitar Hero III and Rock Band, both due out in late 2007.
The suit alleges that both companies planned to package and distribute Metallica music through their video games in what lawyers characterized as a "licensed music to player" system, or LM2P network. Metallica is fearful that album sales could decline if their fans were able to simply walk into any Gamestop or Best Buy and purchase an $80 video game that contained one of their songs. - more on this story
| Foxy
BlackBerry Assault |
The assault took place two weeks ago (July 30th). Brown reportedly got into an argument with her 25-year-old next door neighbor and ended with Brown smashing the woman's face with her BlackBerry phone. The woman was treated at nearby hospital for a swollen lip, loose teeth, and a bruised right eye. - more on this story
| Rap
Rules the Charts |
Plies made an even more impressive chart debut when you consider that "Real Testament" is a debut album. The fact that the single "Shawty (Feat. T-Pain)" is now ranking at No. 1 with-a-bullet at Urban radio outlets nationwide, exceeding 10,000 spins, helped earn Plies a No. 2 debut on the charts with sales of 96,000 units.
Korn didn't do so well in their second week on the charts. They debuted at No. 2 last week but their new "untitled" effort took a 64% nose dive to No. 10 with sales of 39,000, according to Billboard. Other reports place them at No. 11 Korn with 41,000 in sales. - more on this story
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| Van
Halen Plan New CD |
But first don't call it a reunion tour. David Lee Roth considers this incarnation of Van Halen, sans original bassist Michael Anthony, a brand new band. "This is not a reunion. This is a new band," Roth said during Monday's press conference. "Usually when a band comes back like us it's rockers with walkers, and this is everything but. Meet us in the future, not the past."
Looking to the future Roth said that they are "plotting and planning" a new album. "Saving the world is (U2 singer) Bono's job. We just want to save a hundred cities," Roth said. "Then we want to save Europe, then we want to save Japan, Australia and ... Hong Kong. Then we make an album. Lots of big dreams here, lots of ambition." - more on this story including an update on yesterday's Michael Anthony snub story
| All
Star Tribute To Dylan |
Sonic Youth, Sufjan Stevens, Eddie Vedder, Jeff Tweedy and John Doe are just some of the notables that have contributed tracks to the 30-track album which is set to hit stores on October 30th from Columbia Records. The film will hit theatres almost a month later on November 21st.
What about the man himself? Yes, a rare from Dylan recording from The Basement Tapes era, is also set to appear. In fact, this rarity acts as the title track to the film.- more on this story
| Winehouse
a Speedballer? |
Winehouse has made headlines lately after a series of concert cancellations and a trip to the hospital, which fueled speculation that she has a serious drug problem and that the hospital trip wasn't for exhaustion but for an overdose. Now her mother-in-law tells a tabloid that Winehouse admitted a few weeks ago that she's using heavy narcotics.
Georgette Civil told the Daily Mirror that
she had a heart to heart a few weeks ago with Winehouse, who is married
to her son Blake Fielder-Civil. "It's the hardest thing in the world for
me to say in public that my son and his wife have a drug problem," she
told the British magazine. "I know my son had a drug problem ever since
he was 20 and moved to London. I needed to know about Amy's problems and
we had a chat � just the two of us. She told me she was addicted to heroin
and cocaine."
- more
on this story
| Katrina
Inspired Down |
After the tragedy of the Hurricane in which the members were displaced and separated for many months, the band reconvened. It was obvious at the onset that this was no longer a side project. With everyone having honored their previous commitments with other bands, the New Orleans natives were focused on DOWN and DOWN alone, having found new life and a new bond through the common tragedies they all endured separately and collectively culminating in their most definitive record of their career.
To chronicle the past five years leading up to the release of DOWN III-OVER THE UNDER, Philip Anselmo will be placing periodic installments to be released over the course of the next month on the band's websites leading up to the release of the record. This is Philip's personal communication to the band's loyal fan base and gives a 1st hand account the tragedy, isolation, rebirth and ultimate triumph of one of the most important band's of our time. The 1st installment appears on August 17th on www.down-nola.com and - www.myspace.com/downnola
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| Seether
Cancel Dates After Family Death |
The band broke the tragic news on their Myspace page. Here is what they had to say: I'm sure many of you have been hearing some rumors about Eugene. Unfortunately these rumors are true. Eugene passed away early Monday morning the 13th of August. As you might have seen we have cancelled a few shows to allow Shaun and the rest of us to come to terms with this tragic loss. Genie was an awesome human being, the type of person you want to be around. He never failed to put a smile on the face of all who he met and left a lasting impression on all who's lives he touched. I know I speak for everyone who knew Eugene when I say that he will be sorely missed. We all love you bro. Rest in peace Dale" - more on this story
| Is
Classic Rock Radio Killing Classic Rock? |
"You have this thing called classic rock radio over here," Ian Gillan told Senft. "It's been a death sentence for all sorts of older bands. They don't play anything of ours other than Smoke on the Water and Highway Star."
This frustration even inspired the song "MTV" on their latest album, "Rapture of the Deep". "I heard (Purple bassist) Roger Glover doing a radio interview, trying desperately to talk about a record we did in 2003 called Bananas," Gillan said. "I was listening to it and my jaw just dropped, as this deejay ranted on about 1973. She wasn't the slightest bit interested in what he had to say, or anything that had happened in the last 30 years." - Read the interview/article here
| +44
Comment on Tour Cancellation |
"We want to start writing new songs and
we are really excited about the direction we have planned," the band said
in a statement at the time. "So we're going into the studio instead of
playing these few dates. We hope that our fans will forgive us for the
cancellation; in the end, this will make for an even better live show when
we come back."
Now the band has gone further to explain
the sudden cancellation: "Canceling the tour was not an easy decision,
not something we wanted to do, and not something that we take lightly,"
the band said according to Punkbands.- more
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| Band
of Horses To Support Dinosaur Jr |
All shows will be in support of the band's upcoming release, Cease To Begin, which hits store shelves on October 9 via Sub Pop.
And while you're at the show, keep your
eyes peeled for the newest horse on bass, Bill Reynolds.
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the dates here
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