Smells Like Alternative

The Last Post

OK, this time it’s the real thing.

This is the post for me here at b5, and it’s been great.

I’ll be heading over to Evolvor to keep doing what I’m doing, stop on by sometime.

Thank you, goodnight.

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Trent Reznor bringing ‘Year Zero’ to HBO

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Nine Inch Nails main man Trent Reznor is bringing his Year Zero project to HBO.

The plan is for Year Zero to become a two-season maxi-series for HBO. Reznor had stated that he met with HBO big wigs and pitched the idea and that it’s “been a fun thing”.

You can read the entire article right here.

Year Zero began as a concept album in 2007 and describes the world in 2022, after the current administration in the States ruins everything. The album was then turned into a video game and it was rumored about becoming a film, but that fell through.

Sounds pretty cool to me, HBO has made some great series.

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Ben Folds Posts New Song

Ben Folds, formerly of Ben Folds Five, just posted a new song on his MySpace page.

The track, entitled “Bitch Went Nutz”, is from Ben Folds’ upcoming album Way To Normal.
Way To Normal is the follow up to 2005’s Songs For Silverman and will hit shelves on September 30.

Enjoy a slide show of the first single “You Don’t Know Me”, which features vocals by one Regina Spektor.

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FYI: Live Revisited

Since the York, Pennsylvania natives are currently on the road with Collective Soul and Blues Traveler, and will be releasing a live DVD from their two shows in Holland from June 30 and July 1, seems like a great time to revisit on FYI on the band from last summer.

FYI: Live

For now enjoy the video for “The Dolphin’s Cry”.

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Lemonheads to release covers album in September

Like almost every other band out there right now, the Lemonheads will be releasing a covers album.

The album, entitled Varshons, will be released on September 13. It was produced by Cornershop’s Anthony Safferty and Butthole Surfers frontman Gibby Haynes. The 11 track album will feature guest vocal spots from Liv Tyler and Kate Moss.

Hmm, sounds interesting.

Here’s the tracklisting:

1. “I Just Can’t Take It Anymore” (Gram Parsons)
2. “Fragile” (Wire)
3. “Layin’ Up With Linda” (G.G. Allin)
4. “Waiting Around To Die” (Townes Van Zandt)
5. “The Green Fuz” (Randy Alvey & The Green Fuz)
6. “Yesterlove” (Sam Gopal)
7. “Dirty Robot” (Arling & Cameron)
8. “New Mexico” (Fuckemos)
9. “Dandelion Seeds” (July)
10. “Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye” (Leonard Cohen)
11. “Beautiful” (Christina Aguilera)

For now, enjoy the Lemonheads rendition of “Mrs’ Robinson.

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Scott Weiland Isn’t High; He’s just a good salesman

Maybe by now some of you heard about STP’s show in Phoenix last week.

During the opener, which was “Big Empty”, frontman Scott Weiland “fell” into drummer Eric Kretz’s drum kit. Reportedly, Scott was also mumbling and forgetting lyrics throughout the night. And this wasn’t the first time during this tour that similar reports have surfaced.

Now, I wasn’t going to post anything about this, but I’ve been thinking about this incident.

After watching the clip of Scott falling into the drum kit, it seems obvious to me that he did it on purpose. He was running backwards towards the drum kit; it wasn’t like he was walking next to it and just fell. Scott knew exactly what he was doing.

Scott Weiland and his antics are there for two reasons.

The first reason is that it gives the recently reunited Stone Temple Pilots free press. Let’s face it, the band never gets any publicity for putting on a great show without any incidents. But, when Scott does something off the wall, the press is all over it.

The second reason for Scott’s antics, is that it will sell tickets. Of course STP fans will be catching the band’s reunion shows, but for the causal fans, it gives them a possibility of seeing Scott all doped up and making an ass out of himself. Folks want to go see STP and hope that Scott does something moronic. It also puts fans in the position of perhaps seeing STP one last time, because if Scott keeps these shenanigans up, he will either be dead or STP will break up again.

Scott is smart enough to know these reasons. Scott is fully aware that a majority of people believe that he is messed up druggie, and he will cater to the masses. And guess what? By giving STP negative press and having fans label him as druggie, Scott Weiland is getting exactly what he wants. Free press and sold out shows.

However, because of his background, Scott could be on drugs again. As a fan of his music, I hope he isn’t, because I want to hear what he creates for years to come. As a human, I hope he isn’t for the sake of his two children. There are only a handful of people that actually know whether or not he’s high again. But, I don’t think he is.

Here’s a review, and a clip, from Phoenix last week from Blabbermouth.

What do you think?

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Weezer Announce North American Tour

After giving fans a hint at what cities they’ll be making stops at, Weezer officially announced their 2008 North American tour.

The band will kick things off on September 23 at the Tsongas Arena in Boston and will wrap up on October 25 at the Gwinnett Arena in Atlanta.

The band will be joined by Angels and Airwaves, as well as, Tokyo Police Club.

Here’s the dates and cities for Weezer’s upcoming tour.

Sep 23 Boston, MA - Tsongas Arena
Sep 24 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
Sep 26 Atlantic City, NJ - Borgata Casino
Sep 27 Philadelphia, PA - Susquehanna Center
Sep 29 Detroit, MI - The Palace of Auburn Hills
Sep 30 Toronto, ON - Air Canada Center
Oct 2 Chicago, IL - All State Arena
Oct 3 St. Paul, MN - Xcel Arena
Oct 5 Denver, CO - Broomfield
Oct 7 Salt Lake City, UT - E Center
Oct 9 Portland OR - Memorial Coliseum
Oct 10 Vancouver, BC - GM Place
Oct 11 Seattle, WA - Key Arena
Oct 13 San Jose, CA - Events Center
Oct 14 Los Angeles, CA - The Forum
Oct 17 San Diego, CA - Cox Arena
Oct 18 Phoenix, AZ - Arizona State Fair
Oct 20 Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center
Oct 21 Dallas, TX - Nokia Theater
Oct 23 Houston, TX - Reliant Arena
Oct 25 Atlanta, GA - Gwinnett Arena

Looks like I’ll be seeing them on either September 26 or 27. I can’t wait!

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Rage Against The Machine Adds Minneapolis Show

Fresh off of causing some mayhem this past weekend at Lollapalooza, the guys in Rage Against The Machine have added another single show here in the States.

The band will play the Target Center in Minneapolis on September 3. Tickets will go on sale this Saturday at 10 a.m. and will cost you $60.

What’s rather significant about the date and location of this show is that it’s during the same time of the Republican National Convention, which will be held next door in St. Paul. Hmm, this sounds good. Real good.

This isn’t the first time that Rage has popped up during a major political party’s convention. Back in 2000 they crashed the Democratic National Convention in L.A., which ended in the police setting off some tear gas.

In related news, on September 1 at St. Paul’s Harriet Island, Rage guitarist Tom Morello will join country/rocker Steve Earle at a union rally. This happens to be the first day of the RNC. So, it looks like folks in the Minneapolis area going to get a lot of Rage Against The Machine in September.

Here’s a rough video of “Killing in the Name” from this past weekend’s Lollapalooza.

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Weezer Gives Hints For Upcoming Tour

Weezer’s recent webisode gives fans some hints for the cities that the band will be hitting on their upcoming tour.

The clip starts off with musically wirh “Pork and Beans” and then segues into “Troublemaker”, which is obviously another tune from their most recent release Red Album. As the music plays on fast shots of parts cities, such as Boston, New York and Philly, flash by. There are also pics of folks like John Denver and J.R. from the show Dallas, which I would assume mean Denver and Dallas.

Here’s the clip. See if you can catch any familiar shots, hopefully you do, which means Weezer will be stopping by sometime soon.

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2 Weeks Left of Smells Like Alternative

I thought yesterday was my last day here at b5, but last night I got an e-mail (which I didn’t read until this morning since I was at the Springsteen concert at Giants Stadium) that informed me that I’m here until August 14.

So, I have two weeks left here at b5 and then I’ll be moving over to Evolvor.

I hope everyone has a great weekend and I’ll see you all on Monday!

For now enjoy Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band doing “Summertime Blues” from last night’s show. Yeah, I know it’s not a 90’s act, but we’ll make an exception for The Boss.

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