New releases up in this piece

If you haven't noticed yet, I've add an "Upcoming Releases" section to the site (look to the right). I'll be continually updating this with new albums and movies that are popping up on the radar. Consider it a nice little tool to make sure your shopping list is in order each week!

I said anchovies...not centipedes!

The following pictures were taken by my esteemed colleague last Thursday night. The images below depict a slice of Papa John's pizza. The toppings we ordered were pepperoni and green olives. Apparently, the pizza maker was generous and decided to throw an extra topping in for free.

ENHANCE!

I've never heard of putting one there...

Ben Kweller is a true rock and roller. Check out the following letter he sent to his fans below, and be sure to pick up his new self-titled album that hit store shelves yesterday, September 19th.

It was 1:00pm and I was getting ready to play in front of 20,000 people at my favorite festival in my favorite city. If you've ever travelled by bus or plane then you know how dry the air can get. I was in the back of the bus getting dressed when I noticed a drop of blood down my lip. At first I didn't think much of it, I went to the bathroom got some toilet paper, pinched my nose and leaned forward over the sink. I've had my share of pick-your-nose nosebleeds that last 10 minutes but this was much different. This was some kind of a spontaneous-dual-nostril-bloodbath. After a few minutes I knew something was wrong. I've never had so much blood come out of my head before!

1 hour in, a festival paramedic was pinching my nose while her walkie talkie was blaring with other medical emergencies like a snake bit girl and a passed out drunkard. The minutes were flying by and all of a sudden it was 2:30 - my scheduled time to hit the stage! Everybody wanted to put me in an ambulance and cancel my show. Fuck that! There's 20,000 people out there, I'm not gonna cancel a show because of a nose bleed. What kind of excuse is that? I'm certainly not gonna make up some bullshit Axl Rose excuse! With blood barely stopped and a group of concerned friends around me, I headed to the stage. Forgetting all pre-show rituals or setlists, we took the stage and I immediately explained the situation to the fans but promised I would play until it got too gross for them. I said I'd bleed to death in front of them and I meant it.

The blood really kicked in half way through the first song and I would've bled to death had my manager not dragged me off stage 5 songs later. The hardest thing was trying to sing while swallowing and choking and spitting. Gremlin, my roadie, brought me a cigarette filter but it was too small for the situation. That's when I got the idea to ask the audience for a tampon. After being pelted by several, I picked up a travel tampon, opened it up and put it in the right nostril. It helped until it expanded too much. So i removed it and decided to play "Falling" on the piano. The keyboard quickly became a puddle of blood and my hands were slipping all over the place and I could barely sing. During the song my manager was waving & signaling for me to leave the stage. After the last chord was played he jumped over to me and said "Come on, we're taking you to the hospital!". I walked into the arms of some paramedics that took me on an ambulance ride to the hospital. I was at the hospital for 3 hours waiting for the blood to finally stabilize. It turns out there is such a thing called a Nasal Tampon! That's what they packed in my nose at the hospital.

Anyway, I'm back on the bus next to my new penquin shaped humidifier. Today my new album is released worldwide and we're playing in Tempe, AZ. I wanna thank everybody for all the kind words and support. I was determined to stay up there as long as possible but it's probably good that I didnt lose too much blood. I look forward to coming back to Austin in the new year to play a concert where I can actually play some music and sing!

Love Always, Ben

The White Stripes' appearance on the Simpsons

Check out this clip that aired on the Simpson's last night. It's a parody of The White Stripes' video for "The Hardest Button To Button".

Somebody stole my Rocketsauce

Check out "The Pick Of Destiny", the 1st song to be released from the soundtrack to the Tenacious D movie of the same name, right...

here.

Breaking news...

Stop the presses! Britney Spears had a baby boy the other day. I guess that means she can resume that awesome music career of hers soon.

It's really too bad that the press has to focus on a few "celebrity" pregnancies and clutter the headlines when the child arrives. I'd really like to know what makes these kids more special than yours or mine...



In more kickass news, I've heard 6 tracks off of the new Beck album, The Information. It's so hard to pigeonhole this man into one specific genre, so I won't even begin to attempt what this sounds like. I will tell you that it appears that Beck has cooked up another winner! Make sure to pick it up at your local record store when it's released on October 3rd.

And, in the most ass-kicking news I've heard in awhile, feast your eyes on this:



IT IS OFFICIAL... Rekords Rekords & DOWNTOWN unleash 'DVD By Sexy' October 10th, 2006!

Never has a DVD been so anticipated, so entertaining & sooo Chock Full of SEXY, until now!

SEE the Magic Boys in FULL Recording-Action!
HEAR the seductive sounds of 'Death By Sexy' in ALL your ear cavities!
FEEL your body fluids BUILD...You are engorged with Eagles of Death Metal!

Loverboy Liam Lynch (aka: Honeypants) wore many different trousers on the project including Director, Animator and Editor.

Special appearence's by: Joey "Sexy-Mexy" Castillo, Brody "Baby Doll" Dalle, Brian "The B.O.C." O'Connor.

Tell my mom I'm doin' fine...

Awesome rendition of "Skin and Bones" by the Foo orchestra on Leno last night. I missed it because I was too busy drinking my ass off, but now it is here for your enjoyment.

Double drums...part deux

Here's what happens when you're up past midnight and nursing your eighth beer of the evening. You post videos of people rocking out on the internet. Happy Friday everyone...

Double drums...part one

It's Friday, and it's time to rock out. Njoy.