Yearly Archives: 2004

This is what happens when you censor all media and try to become the “clean” place:

The complaint, filed Thursday in Washington County Circuit Court, seeks an order requiring Wal-Mart to either censor or remove the music from its Maryland stores. It also seeks damages of up to $74,500 for each of the thousands of people who bought the music at Wal-Marts in Maryland.

“I don’t want any other families to get this, expecting it to be clean. It needs to be removed from the shelves to prevent other children from hearing it,” said plaintiff Trevin Skeens of Brownsville.

Skeens said he and his wife, Melanie, let their daughter buy the music for her 13th birthday and were shocked when they played it in their car while driving home. (full story)

There wasn’t a warning label on the CD. 2005 is gonna be a battle. [credz]

From the Ten Club:

The Ten Club will be releasing a very special limited edition CD featuring Ed singing with the Walmer High School choir from South Africa. The CD will have a number of tracks of the choir and a few tracks with Ed and the choir together. We have a terrific article for you in the News section on pearljam.com for background on the project. “The Molo Sessions” cd will be available Dec. 15th at pearljam.com and sales will benefit Molo Care, a Seattle non-profit that raises money for schools in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

“With all his greatness and accomplishments on the guitar, DIME will be missed more for his giving personality, charisma, caring for others, love and most of all his HEART!! Twice as big as the state of TEXAS!!!!!!!!!!!! DIME gave it all everyday to each and every one of us and our lives have forever been hollowed without him…Thanks to all of you for reaching out to us in this time of our immeasurable loss. REST IN PEACE BROTHER DIME!!!!!!”

– Damageplan drummer Vinnie Paul, brother of Dimebag Darrell

Also, here are some photos from last night’s vigil.

We are shocked and saddened by last night’s horrible and senseless shootings. This is a tragic day for the music community, and our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims, their families, and the surviving members of Damageplan and their crew. Dimebag Darrell was an exceptional musician and an extraordinary person. Along with his brother and bandmate, Vinnie Paul, he was a member of the Elektra/Atlantic family for the past 14 years, and he will be deeply missed. The bravery displayed by Damageplan, their crew, their fans, and the local police will never be forgotten.

Ted Leo will be appearing on tomorrow’s Morning Sedition and will play a live solo set at 8:30 EST.

I figured with all the bad news today we needed something “up” to look forward to…

This is from radio station 99.7FM The Blitz in Columbus OH. DJ Ronnie Hunter is interviewing some people who were at the show.

Save me some bandwidth charges and right click, save and listen to the audio.

Columbus television station WCHM 4 has a photo of Nathan Gale, the person who shot and killed Dimebag Darrell of Damageplan and others last night at the Alrosa Villa. Local hard rock station WBZX just reported that Gale has a military background. More info as it becomes available.

Holy fuck.

This is the Al Rosa Villa in Columbus Ohio. It’s mostly a metal club, but Guided By Voices just played there.

It looks like the singer (or guitarist?), Dimebad Daryl, was shot onstage. The band was Damageplan, featuring ex-Pantera member.

From the local news:

A man reportedly entered the club, ran onto the stage, and began shooting, according to a witness who identified himself as Sean. (source)

From Metal Sludge message board:

Less than a minute into Damage Plan’s set, some guy ran onstage, grabbed Dimebag, and just started pumping shots into him!!! I am in total shock right now. I was close to the stage and it was all very confusing. As soon as I realized that the shots were real, I got the fuck out of there, along with many screaming and crying others. It’s lucky there was not a Station style trampling on the way out the door.

Donewaiting.com message board discussion for ongoing updates.

We’ll keep you posted.

UPDATE: Link to discussion on the Al Rosa message board.

UPDATE: Channel 4 is reporting that the singer of the band is dead.

UPDATE: Death toll risen to five.

Donewaiting.com writer Chip Midnight is mad as hell about all the hype the Motley Crue reunion is getting.

GRR!

Kong Studios is back and open for business, which can only mean one thing. The Gorrilaz are getting ready to get back in action. To build up the buzz, they?re offering an on-line talent search a la ?(fill-in-your-country-here? Idol.?

Welcome to the World’s First Online-Only Talent Competition! Get Yer Skills out! Win a Chance to be a new Gorillaz Collaborator and get your work shown around the world.

We are looking to shine a light on brand new talents, and are asking people from all creative fields to send in submissions. Entries could be anything from animations, musical, sickly off-cuts, brief sketches, film scenes, caught-on-cameras clips, out-takes, voice-overs, bits of unused footage, whether humorous, dark, edgy, juvenile, insightful or thought provoking.

We are hoping that this will throw up some truly creative fresh talents, and provide an open forum for people who would normally have no outlet to display their work.

We’re not looking for people to send in the slickest most, professional formats. It’s much more about the execution of simple ideas, however bizarre, dark, funny, ingenious or off the wall. The nature and content of the submission is entirely up to you. (full details)

The winner gets to collaborate with The Gorillaz in ?a way they see fit.? Could be cool. Or it could be lame. I guess we?ll just have to wait and see?