When We Talk About Forever: I married my long-time girlfriend (and drummer) Linda Pitmon last May. It's funny-any given record or tour takes a lot of planning and thought but putting together this wedding was one of the most time-intensive and testing experiences of my life. And it was a similar experience. We wanted to be creative, interesting, fun, unique and something that reflected us rather than generic things that had come before. We were trying to find a good wedding song for the traditional first dance and were stumped. Maybe someone can correct me but we found there just weren't that many great, interesting wedding songs out there or at least none that spoke to us.

Finally, after one more night of searching, I said "I'm just going to write one myself." I mean, it is my day job, after all. This was the song and it made for a great first dance even though we had to learn a few waltz steps. And appropriately, the recording of this song didn't really take off until Linda added her drums and vocals.

Metallica is one of nine nominees that the hand picked panel will vote on. Only five will make the cut. The metal masters are joined by the Stooges, Jeff Beck, Chic, Wanda Jackson, Little Anthony and the Imperials, War, Run-D.M.C., and Bobby Womack.

Ted Nugent is offering to provide personal security for rock and roll animal rights activist Sir Paul McCartney. McCartney has been threatened by Muslim extremists if he plays a concert in Israel to celebrate Israel's 60th birthday. "Regardless that Paul and I have our obvious social, cultural, and culinary differences outside of music, I will not bend or waiver to voodoo religious whackjobs and neither should Paul," exclaimed Nugent. more

Warrior Soul, the band fronted by legendary singer Kory Clarke, who recently announced that it has selected "Chinese Democracy" � the name of the perennially delayed new Guns N' Roses LP � as the title of its new album, has issued the following update: "We are making the first copies of 'Chinese Democracy' available to pre-order. We want Warrior Soul fans who are unable to attend our fall/winter shows in the U.S/U.K to have a chance to buy 'Chinese Democracy' before this limited edition record sells out" more Wonder how long it will be before they get a love letter from Axl's lawyers.

Stuck Mojo will release their new album, "The Great Revival", on November 28 via Napalm Records. The track listing for the CD, which was mixed at at producer Andy Sneap's (Megadeth, Machine Head, Nevermore, Arch Enemy, Exodus) Backstage studio, can be viewed here

R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck had his prized Rickenbacker guitar returned to him over the weekend. The guitar, which Buck has used since 1982, was stolen in Helsinki, Finland on September 9. more

There's currently a huge investigation going on in America after a photo of Jamie Lynn Spears breastfeeding with a boob exposed was apparently copied several times with the intention to post them onto the internet or sell them for profit. more

Brian Wilson has announced that he will play a series of US tour dates in November. The legendary Beach Boy will be hitting the road with a full band in support of his new album 'That Lucky Old Sun'. more

A follow up on the fatal Blink-182 plane crash story: The two crew in the plane- pilot Sarah Lemmon, 31 and co-pilot James Bland, 52- died within minutes of the crash from smoke inhalation and burns, while Chris Baker, 29 and Charles Still, 25 died from the impact of the crash. more

Sick Of Sarah's "I'm Not Listening" has been selected as the new theme song for "Brunch with Bridget," starring Bridget McManus which will henceforth be airing on Logo, as well as on AfterEllen.com.

The new live concert DVD from Australian guitar virtuoso Tommy Emmanuel, titled "Center Stage" is set for release October 14. The new DVD is the follow-up of the recent double CD release of the same name. Filmed in high-definition, it contains performances of songs from his previous Favored Nations releases "The Mystery & Endless Road."

Last week was the 30th anniversary of the release of the KISS Solo Albums. Released on September 18th, 1978, the Solo Albums represented the first time ever that all the members of a band released solo works on the same day. All 4 albums shipped platinum. (But the running joke at the time was that they were returned to the record company double platinum because actual sales were far less than expected.)

The All-American Rejects have set November 18th to release When The World Comes Down. The band has just unveiled the first single, "Gives You Hell," from the new record. Rejects click here to listen

Broken Social Scene have added a number of dates to their upcoming tour of North America, scheduled to begin October 8 in Grand Rapids, MI. more

Dengue Fever has just added a free, all-ages show at The Barn at UC Riverside on Wednesday, October 1 to their fall tour more info

Details have been announced for Between The Buried And Me's upcoming "Colors_Live" DVD release. Victory Records will release the CD/DVD on October 14th. The effort will include 3+ hours of video (live footage, behind the scenes footage, making of "Colors" video, etc.) and two full sets of music. more details

In a statement, Goodyear says, "We have been contacted by the NTSB and will cooperate fully with its investigation. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims of this accident."

According to Jackson's publicist, the label agreed to dissolve its relationship with the artist at her request. [bet that took a lot of arm twisting]

This paper can be planted and, with care, may sprout in 1 to 4 weeks. The paper used on this plantable run, and the paper for subsequent non-plantable runs of the CD and vinyl configuration, has all been certified by the FSC, an independent, non-governmental, not for profit organization established to promote the responsible management of the world's forests.

Relying on a similar range of garage sale guitars and thrift store keyboards that colored his debut, this new 5-song EP was recorded in the comfortable confines of Jordan's Los Angeles home.

Brightman will be performing 18 concerts in the US, 10 concerts in Canada and 4 concerts in Mexico. She kicks off the tour in Monterrey, Mexico on November 4th, 2008.

"I made this to be listened to like an album. That means sitting down and taking in all of either side one or side two." In other words, each side has a unified concept. So here Jim breaks it down for us. Side One: My Misadventures:

Johnnie's Going Down: It's always fun to watch the mighty fall, particularly when they don't see it coming. The instrumental section tries to bring back some of that Tijuana Brass sound that accompanied so many of our parent's "key parties" in basement dens across early '70s America.

When We Talk About Forever: I married my long-time girlfriend (and drummer) Linda Pitmon last May. It's funny-any given record or tour takes a lot of planning and thought but putting together this wedding was one of the most time-intensive and testing experiences of my life. And it was a similar experience. We wanted to be creative, interesting, fun, unique and something that reflected us rather than generic things that had come before. We were trying to find a good wedding song for the traditional first dance and were stumped. Maybe someone can correct me but we found there just weren't that many great, interesting wedding songs out there or at least none that spoke to us.

Finally, after one more night of searching, I said "I'm just going to write one myself." I mean, it is my day job, after all. This was the song and it made for a great first dance even though we had to learn a few waltz steps. And appropriately, the recording of this song didn't really take off until Linda added her drums and vocals.