http://www.buddyhead.com in with the out crowd Thu, 08 May 2008 23:41:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (photo by me) Our friend, David Eric Grohl, wrote Metallica an open letter from the standpoint of just being a fan. Sounds like something we'd do. Yeah, basically he beat us to it. Plus his "PS" torches anything we would have come up with, even if it was still ... http://www.buddyhead.com/2008/05/08/dear-metallica-yours-dave-grohl/ Fuck Yeah!!! Unkle's "MORE STORIES" is kicking my ass right now. Not that I should have expected anything less, but being the pessimist that I am I wasn't really sure what this bonus disc and "part 2" of their last record "War Stories" was actually going to be. No one ... http://www.buddyhead.com/2008/05/07/unkle-is-telling-me-more-stories/ Here are three "new" Oasis songs that leaked today. Triple the jerk material that I expected to find when I woke up today. I can't seem to find the actual mp3s of these songs anywhere but they're out there, I guess that's what you get for being on "rock n' ... http://www.buddyhead.com/2008/05/06/three-new-oasis-songs-leaked-today/ (All photos by Dean Torrance) I've got some good news music fans, check this... On June 17, 2008 Dennis Wilson's critically acclaimed solo opus, "Pacific Ocean Blue", will be re-released, expanded and titled "Legacy Edition"! Yes, that was a collective "FINALLY!" you just heard from fans worldwide. Lemme explain a bit, ... http://www.buddyhead.com/2008/05/05/dennis-wilson-pacific-ocean-blue-reissued-finally/ [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=y_NOc6yH5JY] It's a fact, look it up. [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=f8PiSUJtHMA] http://www.buddyhead.com/2008/05/04/harold-and-kumar-escape-from-guantanamo-bay-best-movie-ever/ Hi, I'm Meathead.  Sorry it's been a while since I've spiced up your life with my Pulitzer prize-winning Internet web column, but I've been busy these past couple weeks getting all sweaty.  I'm sure you've been there, you know what it's like.  But it's okay, just relax, everything's cool.  Seriously, ... http://www.buddyhead.com/2008/05/02/what-kind-of-dickhead-doesnt-like-a-good-choco-taco/ A while ago my friend was all "oh Akron Family, yeah…they're SO such-and-such" and played me some of Love Is Simple. We were driving around on a beautiful day and it sounded terrific and totally weird -- all this super euphoria, big guitar and mystical shaman nonsense -- all ... http://www.buddyhead.com/2008/05/02/the-akronfamily-silly-bears-and-the-utter-loss-of-meaning/ Ever since I wrote about Neil Young's out of print live album "Time Fades Away" (here and here) I've been getting emails about it. At first, people were writing me to say thank you for throwing it up for download because the album only came out on LP and has ... http://www.buddyhead.com/2008/04/29/time-fades-away-love-rockets-janes-addiction-and-sly-stone/ Welcome to Party Mountain.       Instead of playing Rock Band or watching The Wire or stuff on YouTube, these are the kinds of things that people do on Party Mountain.           Good bands play on Party Mountain all the time. When No Age played they were so good that Party Mountain started on fire. ... http://www.buddyhead.com/2008/04/23/welcome-to-party-mountain/ Jane's Addiction are going to get "back together" AGAIN for another reunion tour, this time it's gonna be some dork named Carl (who played bass in Satellite Party) pretending to be Eric Avery. All I have to say on that subject is... FUCKING WEAK DUDES. BUT... get this, Eric Avery has ... http://www.buddyhead.com/2008/04/21/janes-addiction-are-cool-again-for-one-night-only-in-la/