Laura: This is my favorite title from the album. For a while, I considered titling the album, "Firehaven", but I was outnumbered. I love the concept because it is the complete opposite of "Stormchaser", which is all about the hunger for adventure and being a touring machine. This song came at a point where I felt a little fed up with the touring lifestyle. I was reading Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man, and one of my favorite short stories in that book is one called "The Long Rain," about a spaceship from Earth that crash-lands on Venus, a planet where it never stops raining. The men go, unprepared, on a journey in search of a "Sun-dome," a refuge that earthlings built all around the planet to shelter visitors from the rain. But the Venusians hate earthlings and smash all of the Sun-domes. The guys from the rocketship are just wandering aimlessly, being driven insane by the constant drops pounding on their heads, looking for something they might never find.

At times on tour, I felt similarities the protagonists of the story. Here I was, searching for adventure, and I got it tenfold. Of course there are days you love being on the road. But sometimes the adventure gets to be a bit much, like a cloud constantly overhead, and you end up thinking that you need to be more careful what you wish for. But then you get Chuck Billy to do guest vocals on a song and everything is right again! �That was such a trip. I would look into the vocal room and see this guy that probably fills up most of the booth he's in, and then I look to my right and see our little Ben giving him all this direction on how he should be singing for the part. Chuck is the coolest dude ever. I just wish we had better beer to offer him when he visited the studio.

While James was complimentary towards Axl Rose as an artist, he did take the opportunity to take a little swipe at Rose with some 'dis'missive remarks about "Chinese Democracy". Here is that part of the exchange. The Houston Chronicle asked James "You guys have an uneasy history with Guns N' Roses. Have you heard Axl Rose's new record? Do you even care?"

In an interview with the Boston Herald, Lanois discussed his history with U2 and how, in his words, they have "reinvented" rock 'n' roll with the upcoming record.

He will be performing at select radio festivals in December, with his solo tour to kick off in January. These appearances are in support of his new solo album "Happy" in Galoshes which is set for release next Tuesday, November 25th via his label Softdrive Records and distributed by New West Records/ RED/ SONY.

Working in collaboration with JimmyJane, he's created special editions of the Little Something model, and also written a song called Let's Do It Again. This will be offered as a free download to anyone who buys one of the vibrators.

The song is in a mailroom scene where a young worker is listening to it on his headphones and inadvertently wraps Bolt up in a box that gets shipped off to New York City. Motorhead songs can be very distracting! [We have to assume Bolt is a person, but that's not very clear in this PR]

However, the quarrelsome brothers won't actually be fighting themselves � they'll be carrying British boxer Ricky Hatton's IBO world light-welterweight title belt at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Speaking of the Foo Fighters, they along with John Mayer and B.B. King will perform at the first Grammy Nominations Concert, to be held Dec. 3 at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live and broadcast on CBS. more. Guess none of "today's" stars were big enough names for this.

Vince Neil is planning a new solo CD and fans should expect some real rock from the effort, not Nikki's brand of fluff-rock. Neil tells Rolling Stone: "I'll be recording my record in April.. Then I'll probably release it in early November, when Motley's finishing this tour..... It's a little more aggressive than Motley, more like an AC/DC vein."

Michael Jackson might be too sick to travel to London to testify in a suit claiming he owes an Arab sheik $7 million, the pop star's attorney said Tuesday. more.

Kevin Kilkenny, one of Ignite's full-time touring guitarists broke the world land speed record on a dirt bike in September. Riding the Cardboard Robot KX500 dirt bike, Kilkenny exited the timed mile at the Bonneville Salt Flats, USA at 130.418 miles per hour. more

Tom Jones will take to streets today (November 19) to perform three songs with an acoustic guitarist in front of the Royal Festival Hall in London.more

Sean P.Shiddy Combs is set to appear on CSI: Miami as a prosecutor in two episodes which are expected to air this Winter. more

It looks like the really big names weren't available? Crystal Castles, My Morning Jacket, Blonde Redhead and Patti Smith are among the acts who will perform shows in New York City on New Year's Eve this year. more

Hey Weezer fans check out the video for "My Brain Is Working Overtime" from the soon-to-be-released "Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo" album, the video is a playful clip chock full of unexpected surprises, not to mention huge stuffed animals and hand puppets, or so the PR blurb we received says. Check it out here

Paul McCartney has expressed a desire to collaborate with both Bob Dylan and former Talking Heads mainman David Byrne. more

The official "Spectacle: Elvis Costello with..." website is live! Clips from the first episode (which debuts December 3 on the Sundance Channel) have been posted and include performance footage of Elton John collaborating with Elvis Costello, Elvis covering Elton's "Border Song" and interview footage as well. watch

Cadillac Records (the upcoming feature film with Beyonce and Adrien Brody) is currently auctioning off tickets to the movie premiere and after-parties on both coasts. The Liveauctioneers.com benefits Phoenix House. Go here for that.

LCD Soundsystem ringmaster James Murphy has put an end to speculation that his band is on permanent hiatus by revealing that the bulk of their next album is already written.more

Puddle of Mudd will be main stage at Rock Gone Wild. The festival is slated for August 20-23, 2009 in Algona, Iowa. more info

Ralph Joseph "Jody" Reynolds, the rockabilly singer and songwriter whose lone hit "Endless Sleep" in the 1950s ushered in a wave of tragic teen pop songs, died Nov. 7. He was 75.more

We got an email telling us about a new "couchsurfing-social-network type site." The basic idea is to build a community of free places to stay for bands on tour called Better Than The Van. Check it out here

Keel have decided to reunite once again. They plan to milk it with some festival appearance etc but for now their "big" reunion will talk place at The Knitting Factory in Hollywood in January. more

RADD today announced a partnership with DRINKiQ.com, a new innovative website designed to promote responsible choices about drinking. Created by Diageo, the world's leading spirits, wine and beer company, DRINKiQ.com is a global resource for all interested parties to share programs and tools designed to fight alcohol misuse and help individuals make responsible choices about drinking � or not drinking. DRINKiQ.com

As Miranda Lee Richards prepares for the release of her Nettwerk debut Light Of X (February 10, 2009), the singer and songwriter has announced a new residency whereby she will perform with her full backing band every Tuesday in February at Spaceland in Los Angeles (1717 Silver Lake Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90026). HerSpace

Changing lead singers - David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar and, for a minute or two, Gary Cherone - made the Van Halen experience "something of a mind game from time to time," says Anthony. "As soon as we had a strong identity, we had to change." And Eddie Van Halen's substance abuse problems didn't help matters. "I don't want to talk smack on anyone," says Anthony, "but there were times that were, uh, difficult."

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