Smells Like Alternative

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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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 …read more

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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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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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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. …read more

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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; …read more

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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, …read more

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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 …read more

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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 …read more

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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 …read more

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