A Moment Of Noise

Spinal Tap is reuniting for London’s July 7th ‘Live Earth’ concert, one of seven similar shows being staged around the world in order to highlight global climate change. I’d be booking a plane ticket right now, but Genesis and James Blunt are also on the bill, and I’d rather claw my eyeballs out with my bare hands than have to sit thru a gig by either one of them.

Check BBC News for the rest of the story.

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Yep, you read that right: Fetchin Bones are doing a reunion show on July 1st at Smith’s Olde Bar in Atlanta! Whoo hoo!!! Also on the bill are perennial Rockhead faves Magnapop and Vic Chesnutt. Tickets are available at the Smith’s Olde Bar website.

London’s li’l hottie Lily Allen has decided to cancel her US tour because, well, because she’s drunk and tired.

“I am not suffering with exhaustion, I am not pregnant, and I am not going to rehab,” she said. “I have been getting really drunk because I’ve been so nervous about doing bad shows, and I don’t want people spending money on going to see a show that isn’t the best it could be.”

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The drummer for the Germs got busted when his Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soap tested positive for GHB:

Germs drummer Don Bolles was arrested last week in Newport Beach, Calif., after police pulled over the 50-year-old musician on a traffic stop. Police said a toiletry kit containing denture glue, razors and a bottle of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soap was found inside the vehicle.

A field test of the soap indicated it was GHB, said Sgt. Evan Sailor of the Newport Beach Police Department. Bolles, whose real name is Jimmy Michael Giorsetti, was arrested on suspicion of felony narcotics possession. He was released from jail Sunday on $2,500 bond.

He told the Los Angeles Times he has been using Dr. Bronner’s for 35 years, adding that the organic ingredients help give him the complexion of a 15-year-old girl. “A date-rape drug is the last thing I need,” he said. “If anything, I need a way to keep the girls off me. They make my girlfriend mad.”

No word on whether the denture glue contained anything illegal.

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From Yahoo News:

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. - Johnny Cash’s longtime lakeside home, a showcase where he wrote much of his famous music and entertained U.S. presidents, music royalty and visiting fans, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday. Cash and his wife, June Carter Cash, lived in the 13,880-square-foot home from the late 1960s until their deaths in 2003.

“So many prominent things and prominent people in American history took place in that house — everyone from Billy Graham to Bob Dylan went into that house,” said singer Marty Stuart, who lives next door and was married to Cash’s daughter, Cindy, in the 1980s.

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Fascinating: The Washington Post (via kottke.org) plants a world famous violin virtuoso in the lobby of a Washington DC train station during rush hour to busk for change. Will passers-by recognize the violinist, his talent, or both? Can art halt commerce? A hidden camera and surreptitious interviews of some of some of the commuters tell the tale. Definitely recommended reading!

The Rosebuds have always been one of our favorite bands here at Rockhead World Headquarters, so you can imagine we’re pretty excited about their new CD, Night Of The Furies, out this week on Merge Records. In fact, we’re so eager to spread the love that, while supplies last, we’re offering Night Of The Furies for the low, low, super-low price of only $8.98! You won’t find a cheaper price anywhere! So come on — help us help The Rosebuds conquer the world. Pick up a copy today, and tell all your friends… let’s make The Rosebuds #1!

And while you’re at it, don’t forget that we still offer FREE 1ST CLASS SHIPPING on orders of $25 or more — so toss some more goodies in the shopping cart and save even more! Hey, we have all three earlier Rosebuds discs in stock, so buy ‘em all!

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More New Arrivals…

As always, you can browse all of our recent arrivals and restocks by clicking here. We have a number of tasty treats you should drop by and check out. Here’s a half-dozen of our current faves:

Arcade Fire / Neon Bible — The latest release from these Canadians is probably the best-reviewed record of 2007. It is only April, but I can guarantee you’ll be seeing this on on lots of year-end Top 10 lists.

The Black Angels / The Black Angels — This is an early EP by the Austin, TX, psychedelic faves. If you are digging their Passover CD (and if you aren’t what’s wrong with you?), you should round out your collection with this one.

Boris / Pink — You love that sludgy, Japanese heavy metal stoner rock, don’t you? Yeah, I thought so. Then don’t miss Boris — they will melt your face off.

Dean & Britta / Back Numbers — Did we put this one in the last newsletter? Whatever… we love the romantic, sing-songy intimacy that these two ex-Luna members are able to create on their own. This is their second full-length Dean & Britta release, after 2003’s awesome L’Avventura.

Jon Byrd / Byrd’s Auto Parts — Once a central figure in Atlanta’s ‘Redneck Underground’ scene, you might remember Jon from his days with Slim Chance & The Convicts. These days, he’s living in Nashville, twanging his way into the hearts and minds of the Music City cognoscenti. Jon is one guy who knows country music the way country music ought to be.

Hubcap City (from Belgium) / Superlocalhellfreakride — Bill Taft, formerly of Smoke and The Jody Grind, is one of Atlanta’s true musical geniuses. Need I say more? Didn’t think so.

Minutes before the Ronnie James Dio-fronted iteration of Black Sabbath hit the stage at Radio City Music Hall in New York on Friday, an announcement came over the PA. “Tickets are on sale now for Dora The Explorer and Thomas The Tank Engine,” the friendly female voice boomed. It went on to say something about Harry Connick, Jr. but the crowd of aging metal-heads wasn’t having it — particularly the guy in front of me wearing the “It Isn’t Going To Suck Itself” t-shirt. “SAAAABAAAAATH!” came the pained yells. One forty-something fan held his cane high in the air, as if asking for Dio to heal him. His other hand was clenched into the Dio-patented devil sign: “DIIIIIOOOOO!” When the band finally burst onto the stage — which was decorated to look like an abandoned grave yard — and burst into the 1992 obscurity “After All (the Dead),” it was as if Ozzy-era Sabbath had never happened.

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