Notables...

Notorious B.I.G, Run DMC and Tupac will be inducted into the HipHop Hall of Fame on March 13th in Manhattan...SlipKnot's Corey Taylor moved into a swank neighbourhood in Des Moines Iowa...Arthur Lee of Love fame gets released from the slammer after serving some time for discharging a firearm...Alanis Morrisette's new CD hits the number one position, not only in america but other countries as well...Looks like Prince went off and got himself married secretly on New Years' Eve...Unwritten Law, Mest and SugarCult had their show stopped after rambunctious fans got overly excited while dancing and broke the floor. Show is rescheduled...Fear Factory calls it quits and closes its doors after lead man Burton Bell left...As reported in these pages earlier, Jay-Z and R. Kelly's new CD collaboration was leaked and bootlegged. As a result, it was decided to step up the date for release...New Wu-Tang CD on Tuesday, March 12th...Mariah Carey is in talks with several labels. Warner Bros and Elektra are just a few interested....Posh Spice hints that the Spice Girls are over....Arrow93 reports that Cheap Trick will be releasing their "Live at Budokan" CD remastered and remixed on March 26th....I've read that Roger Waters is prepared to call off his pissed mode and re-up with the rest of his old mates. Of course, you know them as Pink Floyd. I'm salivating at this one bit of news.

RIAA releases new certifications for February.... McCartney's newest tour has sold out in just 30 minutes after going on sale today.

Ramblings...

Will someone stop the the RIAA before they kill themselves. They are going after webcasters who process internet only radios to demand a fee of $1.40 per thousand listeners. The webcasters say that it would hurt them dramatically. Over the air radio pay only $0.70 per thousand listeners (how do they figure that out? <shrug>). While I agree there should be payment, wouldn't it make more sense to allow the radio howevers to help the industry promote music and thus fill the coffers by exposure? Keep the payment scale as it is or raise it a teeny tiny bit but lets have the music flow, OK? -MRowe 10:31a

Has anyone watched the "Osbournes" on MTV? I love that show. It's a very interesting bit of time spent with the family and chronicles their home life and what they do outside of it. It's an unusual show in that it shows Ozzy as human as anyone else. It's a thumbs up for me. -mar 10:39a

March 11 2002

Notables

Connie Francis sues Universal for $40 mil because of her songs being licensed to porn films. She says that Uni took advantage of her mental state to license the songs....Puddle of Mudd's lead singer, Wes Scantlin, was arrested this morning on a way to a video shoot, along with his fiancee because of a domestic violence charge....As reported earlier, The Band releases "The Last Waltz" on April 16th as a 4 CD boxed set with an additional 24 unreleased songs. I'm waiting for this one. Watch for a theatrical release of the film April 5th.....And there you have it, Chili Peppers induct Talking Heads in the Hall of Fame while Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam) does the honours for The Ramones. Don't forget to watch the event March 20th on VH1 even though the actual event occurs March 18th. An awesome opportunity to see Talking Heads perform a few songs....If anyone caught India.Ari 's performance on SNL last Saturday, you may well understand her disappointment in being shut out at the Grammy Awards. I can only sum up her performance on SNL as 'thumbs up'. I'm off to buy a copy of her CD. I get hip to more cool bands via SNL....Green Day is pluggin' away on new songs for their new CD AND has extended their Green Day/Blink 182 tour dates....Dave Matthews Band is completing a new CD in anticipation of a summer release....Britney Spears denies a report that said she had split from her NSync boyfriend, Justin Timberlake. Now, gimme substance!!

Alanis Morrisette takes the numero uno spot on Billboard followed by "O Brother, Where Art Thou" (Yeahhhh). Kylie Minogue enters at the 3 spot followed by Alicia Keys and Linkin Park at 4 and 5. Cher enters at 9, not bad!!

New review posted for Wishbone Ash's Expanded 30 Year Anniversary of "Argus". It was so much fun to do this one. -mar

March 12 2002

Notables

Are there always gonna be days like this? I thought Rock Stars ALWAYS gave us something to talk about. So..we have a slow news day, unless you wanna read about Britney swearing that she and JTimberlake are still an item. I didn't think so. Apologies to those who did. What DO we have? Pink is going to hit the road for a tour as a headliner...Priority Records is suing Master P, C-Murder and label No Limit for ignoring responsibilities resulting from a '99 issue....Mariah Carey is looking to start her own new label..again....INXS's Michael Hutchence's estate is deemed to be virtually worthless. Estimates place it at $31000 US....Awwww..I didn't want to have to hear this one. Faith No More's ex singer Mike Patton pissed on the front row of his audience...for real.....Bryan Ferry is set to release a CD of cover tunes April 15th....Aerosmith prepping up a CD....Hi Andy Powell of Wishbone Ash...You're the greatest!!

Ramblings

Don't forget The Osbournes, tonight on MTV....Hi Luke!!...Mark...Micah..Tim...and John. Sounds apocalyptic, don't it?

There will be a cessation of news and posts for the next 4-5 days. I've had a death in the family and will be unable to update. But I'll post a big one on Sunday evening upon my return. We're gonna be better than ever when we get back.

The site takes on a new design...yeah already...so be patient while the links get fixed and things get put into order. I'm also feverishly cranking the CDs to write those reviews that are on tap. I'll be working on those later today. Have a great rest of the weekend.