Experimental Behavior was put together by the folks from Infinite Number of Sounds and other bands up North. The full site is launching soon, but you should probably get there early so you can say “I was there.”

Make with the clicky, people.

After you make out with your lover at the strike of midnight, head on over to your computer and blast this MIDI file of “New Year’s Day” by U2.

MIDI BRO! Old school represent. Who needs mp3s when we have glorious MIDI.

See you next year, cowboy.

Interesting development:

Los Angeles coroner’s officials say they can not determine whether the stab wounds that killed Oscar-nominated singer-songwriter Elliott Smith in October were self-inflicted … Campbell said toxicology tests found no illegal or controlled substances in Smith’s system. The singer was apparently taking anti-depressants and medication for attention deficit disorder at the time of his death but was not abusing them, Campbell said. (full story)

The title of the NME article was Jet launch attack on The Strokes! … So I think to myself, oh snap, someone’s about to get Von Bondied. I click the link, and here’s the relevant info:

JET have launched an attack on THE STROKES, claiming that the New Yorkers have “lost any credibility”.

The Aussie rockers took the swipe following Julian Casablancas and co.’s recent comment to Rolling Stone saying: “Jet makes me not want to make music.”

Jet drummer Chris Cester retorted, saying: “They have lost any credibility from me.” He added: “I think they made a pretty good record, but I can’t listen to it anymore because I don’t really dig ‘em anymore [as people].”

Does the response from the Jet dude read to anybody as “an attack?” I mean come on, we’re grasping for another indie rock fight. Can we just have one at a time?

I’ve begun my year-end wrap of of the Columbus OH music scene and you can read it here. I go over my ten favorite local releases of the year, point out some good stuff, some bad stuff, and some in between stuff.

This is part 1 of 3 for Columbus, Ohio, city by the Ocean of life.

Dear DoneWaiting Readers,
Hi. I just had to post something here, because I can’t bear to see that Von Bondies guy’s beat-up face again. Why, Rob? Why you gotta do that to me, Rob?

So, the guys from Rye Coalition came back about a week ago. Mikey, Omar, and Sean stopped by their place for a party. Meanwhile, RD, Richie B., Pete, and I were having beers at Uncle Joe’s. (RD was having White Russians, but what are you gonna do?)

So, I heard later from Omar that there were some funny pictures of the Rye boys and Dave Grohl:

Dave Grohl playing guitar with the Rye boys.
Dave Grohl with his arm around the shoulders of the Rye boys.
Dave Grohl playing catch with the Rye boys, using his GQ Man of the Year Award as a football.

Stuff like that. Funny, huh? I’m so happy for those guys. The new album better kick ass. If not, at least there’s the pictures.

I hope I’ve written enough here to push that beat-up Von Bondies face down far enough on the page so that I never have to see it again.

Thanks,
Stephen

Hi, I am the lead singer of the Von Bondies. Jack White from the White Stripes beat the shit out of me. That’s okay, I’ll get all his money.

Danica Johnson, known to many as Indianapolis’ “The Fonze,” has written up a list of her favorite albums of 2003 and you can read them here.

Also, it should be noted that Danica has been writing like a madwoman on her column, Indy Ink, so check that out, too. She’s also gone message board crazy as well. See for yourself.

So much Danica, it’s like Christmas all over again!

Hey Columbus, you’re invited …

What: Lunch
When: Wednesday, Dec.31, noon
Where: Skully’s (1151 N.High St.) (menu)
Why: Why not?

What started off as a “Hey, we should get together for lunch on a day during the holidays that we both have off” conversation between Patrick of BA Baracus and Atomic Ned has turned into a “Hey, let’s invite all of Columbus to come hang out, eat food, drink beer, talk music” party.

To make the lunch more fun, everybody that is planning on attending is being asked to bring a CD-R copy of their favorite release of 2003. We’ll have a hat or a box or something that we’ll dump all the CDs into. Everybody that brings a CD will be allowed to reach into the hat/box and take home a CD, hopefully one that they aren’t familiar with.

Sound like a great way to end 2003? Let us know if you’re coming by either posting on the Donewaiting Message Board or the ColumbusMusic.com Message board. (Hey, somebody bring the name tags.)

Alright dudes, I am back from NJ and in the captain’s chair at the donewaiting.com office. I’m loading up my brand new 40 gig iPod (holla!) with mp3s that are piping hot, and I am refreshed with a bunch of new ideas for donewaiting.com in 2004.

While I’m at it, let me throw this out there, okay? Metric = overrated.

Okay, so the headline is a bit misleading. It?s not that we?re lazy, there?s just not that much exciting news a? happenin? in the music scene in the week between Christmas and New Year?s. No good albums are released, no good awards shows are televised and, with the exception of The Meat Puppets, no good rock-star violence goes down.

On top of that it should be noted that Commandant Duffy, our fearless leader, has flown the coop and disappeared into the wilds of New Jersey. We hope and pray he makes it back okay. We hear the sun is especially brutal in that part of the nation due to all that Aquanet eating away at the ozone and Duffy burns easily since most of his time is spent in the trenches of dank and dark rock clubs gathering news to bring to the people.

It?s just a slow news week, no?

Meat Puppets’ bassist Chris Kirkwood was gut-shot by a Post Office security guard on December 26 after a dispute over a parking space.

The guard “took out the baton and held it out in front of him and said, ‘You need to leave,’ ” Killigrew said. “The guy took the baton from him and struck him at least one time in the forehead at which time the guard felt fear for his life. He said, ‘I thought the guy was going to kill me.’ He already displayed that he would hurt him, and the guard shot him one time in the abdomen.”

Kirkwood fled the scene with Harvey Keitel, sprawled in the backseat of a commandeered towncar.

I love The Who?s Live at Leeds and I really loved it when they expanded the sucker and dropped it on the populace with a full set-list and an even louder mix. What I really enjoy in secret though is The Who Live at The isle of Wight since I think it probably captures a more honest version of the group?s live incarnation in the early ?70s. It looks like they?re all set to recapture the magic, along with David Bowie and among others ugh, the Stereophonics.

The Who, David Bowie and Stereophonics are confirmed to headline the 2004 edition of the U.K.’s Isle of Wight Festival. Stereophonics will play June 11, followed by the Who on June 12 and Bowie on June 13. Ticket information can be found on the event’s official Web site.

The Who are no strangers to the Isle, having played a 1970 concert there that was immortalized on the CD/home video “Live at the Isle of Wight.”

Get the full story here.

Now that Jack White is a movie star (small role in “Cold Mountain”), is he trying to do everything that his Detroit neighbor Eminem does, including being charged for aggravated assault?

White Stripes lead singer Jack White (real name: John Anthony Gillis) was charged today (Dec. 22) in Detroit with aggravated assault after a fight with the lead singer of another band. White, 28, faces anywhere from no jail time to a maximum of one year in prison if convicted. (full story)

Really, save yourself extensive bouts of pouting and whining and get schooled on why the kids don’t love the CDs anymore.

All the little kids say, “What a crappy present!”

While we here at DoneWaiting would never endorse the burning of CDs or file-sharing or snatching all that hard earned money out of the coffers of the RIAA, we do believe it is our public duty to let the aging generation in on the views of all those spoiled brats who are killing the music industry.

Also, in a better world, the RIAA would get ahold of Saddam before any sort of Internatioinal Trtibunal…right?