Guitar Giants Jam in New Documentary, 'It Might Get Loud'

Forget sex. Leave out the drugs. Just take rock 'n' roll and zero in on one precise element: the guitar. "It Might Get Loud," the new documentary produced and directed by Davis Guggenheim ("An Inconvenient Truth"), assembles three iconic players, U2’s the Edge, Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and Jack White of the White Stripes (and new band Dead Weather, on drums), to talk about their signature instrument

"... whatever differences might be at play, it's all a wash when Page, in one of the jam sessions he leads, begins the coiling, heated riff to "Whole Lotta Love." The Edge looks flabbergasted. White looks like he's watching his beloved walk down the aisle. Those are the unifying moments; the ones where they each look like they’re falling in love."

Coming to NY and LA August 14th.

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Whole Lotta Cash?

Whole Lotta Cash?

Jimmy Page & Leona Lewis, winner of British reality show 'The X Factor', will perform an altered version of the Led Zeppelin classic 'Whole Lotta Love' for the closing ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics on Sunday Aug 24th.

Jimmy and Leona's new 2008 version - without any of the apparantly offensive 'sexual innuendoes', will be performed atop a 'transformed' red double-decker bus (# 2012) during the 8 minute handover ceremony. When the 4 minute Page | Lewis 'duet' ends, British footballer (soccer player) David Beckham will kick a football (known as a soccer ball in North America) into a crowd of athletes before the feed cuts away to a London 2012 handover party taking place live outside Buckingham Palace in England.

You lost me at Leona Lewis.

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Former Yardbirds guitarists Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck recently reunited for a photo shoot for U.K.'s Mojo magazine. On stands Thursday, July 15, the issue comes with a CD The Roots of Led Zeppelin, which features 15 tracks that inspired one of the hardest rock bands of all time. The issue also features an exclusive interview with Page and Beck talking about the first time they met to their incredible careers with Led Zeppelin and the Jeff Beck Group respectively. The 15-page feature story also has a section on the top 10 essential blues albums chosen by Eric Clapton. Sure like to be able to find this copy of Mojo magazine.



Former Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page and his wife, Jimena, introduced a new geography teaching resource called Streets of Brazil on last week that provides U.K. students with information about the plight of homeless or needy Brazilian children. Jimena Page is the founder of Action for Brazil's Children Trust.



Keith Richards performed at two California benefit concerts over the weekend paying tribute to his late friend, country-rock pioneer Gram Parsons. During the shows, the Rolling Stones guitarist duetted with pop chanteuse Norah Jones, covered the Parsons-penned Byrds tune "Hickory Wind" and led a star-studded sing-along of the Stones' "Wild Horses." "He opened doors," Richards said of Parsons, who died at age 26 in 1973." Link

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ARISTIDE SAYS 'I WAS KIDNAPPED'

Multiple sources that just spoke with Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide told Democracy Now! that Aristide says he was "kidnapped" and taken by force to the Central African Republic. Congressmember Maxine Waters said she received a call from Aristide at 9am EST. "He's surrounded by military. It's like he is in jail, he said. He says he was kidnapped," said Waters. She said he had been threatened by what he called US diplomats. According to Waters, the diplomats reportedly told the Haitian president that if he did not leave Haiti, paramilitary leader Guy Philippe would storm the palace and Aristide would be killed. According to Waters, Aristide was told by the US that they were withdrawing Aristide's US security. Didn't we install him to begin with? And now we kick him out? Although the situation is deeper than I can comprehend, I'm still more than a little tired at the US's global bullying. [via: Democracy Now, and Infoshop]



* Jimmy Page house not for sale, fuck you very much.

* Andre 3000, is set to play Jimi Hendrix.

* Neil Young's Greendale, the movie.



{today's quote}

He who know he has enough is rich. ~Tao Te Ching



Please remain seated until this ride has come to a complete stop.

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Have you ever drawn on acid? Or see an artists' rendering while on acid? You can see the effects of a controlled experiment with someone drawing after being adminstered LSD-25 from the beginning to the end of his trip. #5 and #6 look much too familiar to me. [link: j-walk]



Maggie has a post on RU-21. The anti-hangover pill that came from Russia and now in the US and Canada. It's kind to your liver, so I like that aspect of it.



Happy 60th birthday, Jimmy Page. Everybody's getting old.



Don't Happy. Be Worried.

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Good Friday Morning to ya...



Dark Fairytales, in Seattle, the Roq la Rue Gallery is featuring Mark Ryden and other artists that have done Dark Fairytales themed art.



Colors and tracers and stars...Oh, My! Whether riding the Hellbound Train or doing the Thorazine Shuffle, if this doesn't relax you, you're beyond all repair.



Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page will be among the judges at the December finale of Riffathon 2003.

[via stare]



Long hidden truths exposed. How much is inside?



Quote For Today

"American beer is like having sex in a canoe... fucking close to water."

- Monty Python



Have you hugged your blog today?

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Good Morning... or is it?



I pulled my old desk fan out of storage and placed it on my desk yesterday. That's a good sign. No. Not hot flashes, the coming Spring.



Music News

The Donnas were added to the lineup of 2003's Lollapalooza. The band joins Jane's Addiction, Incubus, Queens Of The Stone Age, Audioslave, Jurassic 5, and others. Jane's Addiction frontman and Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell said in a statement: "I bought a pair of silk pajamas for the road because we're going to have a Lollapajama party with the Donnas." Or they could braid each other's hair. [via: mi2n.]



A three-CD collection of Led Zeppelin concert recordings titled How the West Was Won is tentatively scheduled for a May 27 release. A companion two-DVD set also is expected around that date. In other news, drummer Michael Lee -- who previously has played with Zeppelin's Robert Plant and Jimmy Page -- has been tapped to play on Thin Lizzy's upcoming spring tour. There's a band I've not thought about in some time. I really liked them in the mid-seventies. [via: blabbermouth]



Ozzy and Sharon hosting a party at their home March 19 to raise money for Elton John's AIDS Foundation and Sharon's Colon Cancer foundation. Season No. 3 is slated to premiere June 10. But, does anyone care anymore?



Dave Gilmour of Pink Floyd is 56 today.



Cool photo of German conservative opposition leader Angela Merkel emerging from the buttocks of Uncle Sam. Budding US papier mache makers, take your cue and go!



My archives and my permalink's sure are giving me a hard time. Truthfully, it's because I'm a dumbass and don't know what I'm doing. This looks like a job for Bailey's on the rocks. Then I'll revisit that coding hell. I remember a simpler time when Blogger did all the work for me. Now, I had to go and get my own website and it's turning into a DIY nightmare. But it's worth it. It's so worth it when you finally make it work. If that ever happens, I'll let you know.



I was proud that students of Asheville High and TC Roberson High {here in NC} walked out yesterday in protest of possible war with Iraq. They're getting a first hand look at what collective voices going against the administration will do. They're also getting various suspensions for it, though. The students interviewed said it was worth it.



Quote For Today

Be regular and orderly in your life so that you may be violent and original in your work.

~Gustave Flaubert



How many roads must a man walk down before he admits he is lost?

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Welcome
Hell, yes! I see you got here allright. Have you updated my url yet? Go ahead. I'll wait for you. I have new templates I may use later for this place, but I like the flexibility of this site for now. It was a challenge to duplicate this site to Blogger's specs. I'm satisfied with the comments box I made. OK. Obligatory welcome post out of the way. Let's shoot some shit....



How're You Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm?

"Resident Bush is a romantic at heart and a devoted family man," explains the heavily shellacked automaton with the frozen smile, his wifey, Laura Bush. In a recent Good Housekeeping interview, we don't hear about the Cuervo body shots or what a 'bush' man really means. Instead, she spins a tale of slack-jawed bewilderment, tales of sitting in rockers on the front porch of the ranch house and staring blankly out into the south 40, er 40,000. "My George is a 'windshield cowboy' now, meaning he drives a pickup truck, you know. I sometimes miss our good old days here in Texas when the chi-dren ["l" omission intentional] were small and George would give me an occasional ass-grab after coming home late from sharing an 8-ball at a frat party. Now, where are my manners? Can I get you a glass of sweet tea? Cooking sherry?"



Just Blog It

»Bea's started a Blogrolling Ring. And already has 70+ bloggers signed up in only a week's time. Ever thought about fund-raising, Bea? After you check out her mighty fine blog, you can find the url for the Blogroller Ring on the left side of her main blog page.

»Crystal, aka "Crinkle", a fellow southerner and a rock star, has a terminally ill father who is undergoing a biopsy today. If you offer up prayers, please send one on his behalf.

»Trinity, a Florida blogger pal, has recently started a site called BlogEye, where she's offering web design and free hosting for bloggers. She's a very talented designer and quite knowledgeable, too. The hosting sounds somewhat like Blogger, except without the banner ads.



Thank You

I really enjoy the blogging folks I communicate with online. I brag on you all the time. Even though I'm a wise-ass crone, I enjoy the fine ones that are my age, but most people I talk to online are my son's age.... or younger. I get a huge kick out of that. Huge. To the younger bloggers, I thank you. You fucking rock. I appreciate your acceptance, and I respect your wisdom, intellect and humor as much as anyone's.



January 9

Jimmy Page, [Led Zeppelin], has a birthday today. He's 59. And Robert Plant was nominated for two grammys on Jan 7. On the other end of the musical spectrum, Joan Baez is 62 today.



Quote For Today

Life is not holding a good hand; Life is playing a poor hand well.

~Danish proverb

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