Never Understand

KRS-One admires 50's aggression? Let's stop stroking egos here, fellas.

OnSmash has more, if you can stomach it.

Previously On

No Age doin' what they do best with "Boy Void." Vinyl's hit the streets, (with releases on Deleted Art, Teenage Teardrops, Youth Attack, and PPM), album in stores August 28th on Fat Cat. Spread that jam on yer toast!

New Life

Wondering what's the latest and greatest in blogosphere USA?

Tick Dent
Inspired by a seemingly tense fiasco involving an Australian Death Tick (look it up) and an innocent dog, public enemy #2 (second to me, of course), Michelle Miko started a blog, called Tick Dent. The premise? Tour stories (including an epic recount of bicoastal unification of American junkfood), Friendly Neighbors on Joyce's Ulysses, and Nasa Space Universe on Die Kreuzen. Best of all, homegirl is two posts in, so get on it.

Nature Trumps
In his most recent incarnation, Nature Trumps, Arthur Mag boss Jay Babcock discusses the Los Angeles River's fragile existence. The blog's focus proves somewhat refreshing to those exhausted by the amount of pollution and urban decay we witness in Los Angeles every day.

Enjoy.

These Days

Hang On To Yourself

The forementioned title regrettably seems to have escaped the Reid brothers. Their band, Jesus & Mary Chain, recently performed a new song, "All Things Must Pass," on Letterman, for those of you that missed their Glasshouse and Coachella performances. Like I said, "All Things Must Pass" is fragile and unimaginative, loosely held together by little creativity or invention. In all, the ultimate bummer is witnessing the Reid brothers' seeming departure from their former selves (and all the creativity that came with it.)

Compare to their last Letterman performance.

Some Summer Day

Look around, summer is nearing. That said, Saturday night marked the triumphant return of Cinespia, the LA equivalent to Screen on the Green. Though I wasn't able to attend the film (missing Robert Altman's "The Player," at that), I'm excited by the prospect of spending my Saturday night in good company watching a classic in the Hollywood Forever Cemetary. Don't worry, the dead won't rise up.

A taste of Cinespia 2007:

Saturday, May 26th
Vertigo

Saturday, June 2nd
Gilda

Saturday, June 9th
Harold and Maude

Major Label Chicken Feed

Clipse are now free from the legal grasp of Jive Records.

Who's it going to be? Def Jam or Interscope?