Don't You Wanna Touch It Anyway?

In honor of Soundgarden being back. A giant fuck you to all the bad 80's bands like Warrant and Poison making bad music.

Cornell's voice was untouchable in the early 90's.

"Hiro, our bass player at the time, hated that song. He thought it was obnoxious butt rock, a total rock'n'roll cliche. We tried to explain to him that the song was making fun of butt rock. We were fed up with bands beating about the bush, just using euphemisms and metaphors for the sex act. We thought we'll ditch all the euphemisms and say what all the disco dance bands had been trying to say for a decade. We were simply trying to kick all the lame-ass rock'n'roll and dance music of the '80s and late '70s in the butt. It's a parody of the whole genre of stupid rock." --Kim Thayil

KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas Lineup Announced

Details for both nights can be found on KROQ's site or by clicking on the link below.

http://kroq.radio.com/2010/11/15/21st-annual-kroq-almost-acoustic-christmas-line-up-tickets/

My plan? Buy night 1 tickets, resell them, and use it to finance my trip to night 2. A half hour set by The Black Keys is still a half hour set by The Black Keys.

Late Night TV This Week

Tuesday - Soundgarden - Conan TBS



Saturday - Arcade Fire - Saturday Night Live NBC

Random Update

I've been doing not so hot on the update front lately. So I'm just going to tell you that the new Arcade Fire album is pretty good. Here's a few live performances of the new songs:

Arcade Fire Live at MSG 8/5/2010 - "Ready to Start"



Arcade Fire Live at MSG 8/5/2010 - "We Used To Wait"

The Black Keys On The Late Late Show

Queens of the Stone Age and Eagles of Death Metal to Play Benefit Show At Club Nokia

Queens of the Stone Age and Eagles of Death Metal are going to be playing August 12 at Club Nokia in Los Angeles.

This one off show by QOTSA is a benefit show for Brian O'Connor of EODM.  He was diagnoses with a cancer a few weeks ago and is currently undergoing treatment for the disease.

It is not known who will be in the latest version of QOTSA.  There have been many rumors about Nick Oliveri and Mark Lanegan rejoining the band, but nothing has been confirmed.

You can donate to his cause by hitting this link:  http://www.brianeodm.org/

Eagles of Death Metal - Featuring Brian O'Connor (Live on Letterman)

Nicotine, valium, vicodin, marijuana, ecstacy, and alcohol...

Happy Belated 10th Birthday to one of my favorite albums of all-time. "Rated R" turned 10 this month. It features Mark Lanegan, Rob Halford, Barett Martin from Screaming Trees, Nick Oliveri, and of course Josh Homme.

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This is the album that turned me onto Queens of the Stone Age back in 2001 and I haven't been the same since. I "may" have a slight obessesion with anything Josh Homme touches now.

I've written about this album in the past, so go read my review of the Top 20 Albums of the Decade if you're still interested.

It's worth downloading if you haven't ever heard it.  Whether you steal it or buy it.  Just get it.