Going Back/Going Home: this is still in an email from my manager on my laptop, after the fires, that says, "write a song about your life called "Going Back and Going Home" and it will be the best song you have ever written".... I hope he's right. I really am proud of being able to memorize the rap/story in the breakdown. It's a mouthful.

Tech Alert: the song is just recorded with handclaps, a few assorted acoustic instruments, a Celeste, a Harmonium, and my bathroom for the foot stomps.

According to HardDrive Radio, Cheng and his sister were apparently on their way back from a memorial service for their older brother when the accident occurred. Cheng's sister was driving their vehicle, but it remains unknown at this time what caused the crash. Cheng was reportedly in a coma in an Intensive Care Unit at a local hospital, with his condition listed as "serious but stable."

Stone Temple Pilots/ex-Velvet Revolver singer Scott Weiland will issue a deluxe edition of his second solo album, "Happy In Galoshes", through Best Buy. The two-disc set will feature 19 songs and a total of 88 minutes of music, along with a 16-page color booklet, a redemption card for a free Scott Weiland T-shirt, and an immediate download of the first single, "Missing Cleveland". more

Authorities say rapper Mos Def is being sought on an arrest warrant in Las Vegas after allegedly scuffling with a photographer at a fashion trade show in August. more

Harmonix is releasing an expansion pack of new songs for the original game and the recently launched "Rock Band 2" in time for the holiday sales cycle. It includes 20 master track recordings from such acts as Blondie, Motley Crue, and Smashing Pumpkins more

Former System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian has been confirmed for Australia's Big Day Out festival which is set to begin January of next year.more

The Answer, who are currently on tour with AC/DC, have announced an in-store appearance at the Virgin Megastore in Union Square on Tuesday 11/11. Lucky 11/11 also happens to be the day their EP "Never Too Late" hits stores!! more on the band

Chat with People In Planes on MySpace this Friday, November 7th at 11:00 AM EST. Simply stop by People In Planes' MySpace page and join the band for a live video chat session. more

Pagan art for Christmas? Thanks Bill Gates! Zune, Microsoft Corp.'s end-to-end music and entertainment service, today added 46 new designs from leading artists to its customization Web site, http://www.ZuneOriginals.net, for the holiday season. For those looking to customize a Zune player for themselves or as a personalized gift this holiday season, the new Zune Originals designs include a Zodiac Series featuring exclusive artwork of Eastern and Western astrology from Catalina Estrada and Iosefatu Sua.

The latest video from Val Emmich for "Get on With It" shows off Val's supreme sense of humor and ability to laugh at himself as he battles and obstacle course of Ninja's, a slip n' slide, being mauled by dodge balls, running through tires as he tries to "Get on With It."

Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger are teaming up to produce a biopic. There's no word on whether the movie will focus on a music figure, but Jagger is said to be shopping for biographies to buy into right now. more

A police officer called by prosecutors to corroborate testimony of Phil Spector's ex-girlfriend Thursday wound up contradicting her account, saying he saw no injuries on her and never heard her say she was pistol-whipped by the music producer.more

CMT is bringing its singing competition series "Gone Country" back for a third season. Celebrities competing for country music stardom this time around include musicians George Clinton and Sheila E., former Miss USA Tara Conner, singer Taylor Dayne, Monkees lead vocalist/drummer Micky Dolenz, actor Richard Grieco and "American Idol" first-season runner-up Justin Guarini. more

Between tours in Australia and Europe, Bloc Party will be playing a handful of West Coast dates, starting Dec. 10th in Los Angeles.more

Swedish metallers Cult Of Luna has announced that they will be heading Down Under for a tour in February.more

Candlemass are the latest act to be confirmed for the 2009 edition of Britain's Bloodstock Open Air festival. The festival will be held from August 14th-16th next year at Catton Hall in Derbyshiremore

Taproot has announced several tour dates beginning at the end of the month.more

The Misfits have relaunched their beloved "Fiend Club" fan club. Originally founded in 1979 in the band's earlier period, the club was run by Glenn Danzig who ran the club and silk-screened t-shirts, assembled records, mailed out merchandise catalogs, booked gigs, and responded to fan mail.more

Apparently, Michael thinks so, having seen other such sculptures on the British TV show The Dragons' Stories. A source revealed: "George is very keen on getting a gold and diamond-encrusted statue of himself. He loves the idea of something so permanent."

The 14-minute video clip for the track, taken from the album of the same name, was directed by John Landis and made waves upon its release in 1983 due its length and cost, which at the time was $500,000.

"There's always a first time when you discover a band, whether it's the Beatles or Taylor Swift," Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott said.

"So we Googled her and iTuned her and listened to it all and said 'Wow.'," he added glancing over at the 18-year-old Swift at a recent press conference.

The pop duo's lawsuit, filed in Manhattan's state Supreme Court, says they learned in April 2007 that an unidentified singer-songwriter had used "Maneater" in a 2006 recording.

The 66-year-old was named Ultimate Legend at the 15th edition of the annual awards ceremony, one of pop music's biggest nights outside the United States.

Songs In The Key Of Hanukkah is a collection of songs that brings the ancient music of Hanukkah into the 21st Century. The songs combine klezmer, reggae, electronica, hip hop, tango, pop and other genres, all fluently woven into something uniquely Baron Cohen's. The album contains five reinterpretations of classic favorites as well as five original tunes created exclusively for this project, all sung in English, Hebrew or Ladino (Judaeo-Spanish).

The album set for a December 2nd release features the # 1 hit "Womanizer" as well as collaborations with Max Martin, Dr. Luke, Danja, Guy Sigsworth (Madonna, Alanis Morissette) and more.

The twelve-song set, titled When Did We Do That?, will feature the band's covers of The Cars' "Dangerous Type" (from The Craft movie soundtrack), Nick Lowe's "Cruel To Be Kind" and Cheap Trick's "I Want You To Want Me" (both from the 10 Things I Hate About You movie soundtrack), as well as original demos of their songs "I'm A Fool" and "Disappear," and several songs recorded shortly before their 2000 breakup and never released.

"Don't Stop" is an important song to us. It was the first song we wrote together as a full band. It's also our favorite song to play live as well. The song stemmed from our mutual concern with how the rest of the world sometimes perceives pop culture. Some people look at mainstream entertainment as a source to worship, watching every move stars make, buying tabloids to dig further into their personal lives, etc.

In reality most of what we hear or see about celebrities is entirely fake, all fabricated to keep us, the general public, completely involved and interested in what's going on. From fake "beef" between hip hop artists' to promote album sales, to your favorite actress once again found cheating on her 3rd husband, most of it is made up or exaggerated. It is after all, entertainment. And we can't seem to get enough of it.