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Greg Kot, Chicago music critic and author of the forthcoming Wilco biography has written two articles in this Sunday?s Chicago Tribune all about Rob Duffy?s fave band of not-so-merry men. The longer piece deals with the new disc in general but this shorter article deals primarily with Jeff Tweedy?s recent battles with migraines, anxiety and an addiction to painkillers.

Tweedy on the subject of his entering rehab a few months ago:

“I really didn’t think I would ever be normal again when I went in,” he says of that gray weekend in March. “I was begging them to institutionalize me. I didn’t want to kill myself, but I wanted to die.”

For the record, after my personally cool response to A Ghost Is Born I?ve given the album quite a few spins and realized that it is definitely an album to file in the ?growing on me? category.

Direct from the Canadian’s mouth:

“You know what’s so gay is, like, all these journalists are, like (saying in faux hushed reverence), ‘Avril Lavigne’s punk and she’s a rebel and she does punk rock music,”‘ Lavigne, 19, said in a recent interview, using the word gay as a slang synonym for stupid. (full story)

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While I am proud Ms. Lavigne is capable of showing a good deal more self-awareness than people give her credit for, I am actually most amused by Reuter’s having to explain her use of the word “gay.”

Newsweek has a big ol’ article about the return of rock.

Glad they decided to join the party. Snazzy pic of Wayne Coyne included with purchase of three fat riffs and a synth.

(Man, does this topic have our message board a-buzzin’ or what?!)

?Noel Gallagher has announced Ringo Starr?s son, Zac Starkey, has joined Oasis as their new drummer.

“We’ve known Zac for a while and we asked him if he’d play on a few songs and he said ‘yeah,’ and he has done and it’s been absolutely fantastic,” he said. (full story)

For the record, I?ve seen this kid drum in The Who and he is a monster. This could just be the kick in the pants Los Bros. Gallagher have needed to revitalize their flagging little musical combo.

Hmm. Didn’t see this one coming. Every year Milwaukee has this Summerfest thing. Usually it’s sort of a step away from going to a county fair only with more fat kids and more beer but occasionally it’s cool. Like when I saw Pearl Jam there as one of their few dates of that whole anti-Ticketmaster tour that jumped the tracks after a few shows because, well, Ticketmaster sucks. Now Clear Channel sucks.

But I digress.

This year I don’t know what crawled into their beer but the organziers have actually rounder up a pretty impressive roster of talent featuring, but not limited to, the following artists.

Prince
Liz Phair
Kid Rock
Buddy Guy
Blink 182
Tim McGraw
Paul Oakenfold
Nickelback with 3 Doors Down
Britney Spears
John Mayer
Crosby, Stills & Nash, 311
Jason Mraz
Christina Aguilera
Tesla
The Darkness!!!!!

Wow wow wow! Do you think Xtina, Britney and Liz will all do a striptease? What are the chances of Tesla and The Darkness doing a duet of “Signs?” What are the chances Prince is just going to blow everyone away?

It all goes down in Milwaukee, WI from June 24 through July 4, 2004 and more details can be found here.

We here at donewaiting love cluing you into free stuff. Duffy clued you into a cool download courtesy one of our regular message boards posters and now I’m here to tell you about the cool mash-up/remix download available on-line of The Clash’s London Calling.

It’s called London Booted and it re-envisions the classic disc through the ears and nimble edits of some of the coolest bootleggers around today. Download the whole thing here but don’t forget to donate some dough to the charities listed on the website!

(Thanks to largehearted boy for cluing us into this one.)

Didn?t we already see this list? Probably, but Blender has decided to name the Top Ten Worst Songs Ever. They are:

1. “We Built This City,” Starship

2. “Achy Breaky Heart,” Billy Ray Cyrus
3. “Everybody Have Fun Tonight,” Wang Chung
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5. “Ice Ice Baby,” Vanilla Ice
6. “The Heart of Rock-and-Roll,” Huey Lewis & The News
7. “Don’t Worry, Be Happy,” Bobby Mcferrin
8. “Party All the Time,” Eddie Murphy
9. “American Life,” Madonna
10.”Ebony and Ivory,” Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder

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Hey, I like Huey Lewis and the News! What a bunch o’ tools…

Discuss here.

Britain?s RAC Foundation for Motoring has released a list of songs that are the most and least dangerous to listen to while driving.

TOP FIVE MOST DANGEROUS SONGS
TO LISTEN TO WHILE DRIVING
1. Richard Wagner ? Ride Of The Valkyries
2. Prodigy ? Firestarter
3. Basement Jaxx ? Red Alert
4. Faithless ? Insomnia
5. Guiseppe Verdi ? Requiem: Dies Irae

TOP FIVE SAFEST SONGS
TO LISTEN TO WHILE DRIVING
1. Gary Jules ? Mad World
2. Lemar ? Another Day
3. The Sugababes ? Too Lost In You
4. Blue ? Breathe Easy
5. Norah Jones ? Come Away With Me

Is it me, or does the list of the supposedly safest songs seem to be the one more likely to enrage the average driver? Lord knows The Sugababes have a tendency to piss me off?

Hip-hop artist Lil’ Kim surrendered to federal authorities on Wednesday on charges she lied to a grand jury investigating a 2001 shootout involving members of her entourage outside a Manhattan radio station. (full story)

I?m wondering, if someone is never wearing any clothes in the first place, can the authorities really conduct a strip-search when they arrest someone? Just thought I?d ask.

From an In Music We Trust press release:

Jesus Mezquia, a 49-year-old Cuban-born man living in Florida, plead not guilty to the charges of first-degree murder for the 1993 death of Seattle-based post-punk outfit The Gits’ lead singer Mia Zapata. But, on Thursday, March 25, 2004, after a three day deliberation, the jury delivered the guilty verdict before King County Superior Court Judge Sharon Armstrong. Mezquia now faces 20 years to life in prison for his crimes. Sentencing will begin in April.

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Today, Zapata’s friend and former band mate, Steve Moriarty, issued a statement:

“I was in a band called The Gits. We formed in 1986 and moved to Seattle from Ohio in 1989. We released some singles and an album, “Frenching the Bully” in 1992. We had just returned to Seattle from a west coast tour and were finishing our second album, “Enter: the Conquering Chicken” in July of ’93 when our singer, Mia Zapata was abducted and murdered.

In addition to the police investigation, we hired a private investigator. Every band from Nirvana to Hootie and the Blowfish played benefit shows to help us fund the investigation. The years passed by and few clues were revealed. We never gave up hope that we would find the bastard who killed our friend, plunged our community into fear and ended The Gits.

Unknown to us, the medical examiner who examined Mia’s body saved a skin sample surrounding Mia’s wounds. In 1993 DNA science was just starting to be used in forensics. The M.E. showed incredible foresight to know that technology would advance to be capable of identifying the man who created the wounds. This DNA sample was put in a national data base of violent felons and matched a guy in Florida. Miami police picked him up and he was extradited to Seattle to face murder charges.

On March 1st the trial began. I covered the details of the trial here. On March 25th he was convicted of the premeditated rape and murder of Mia. Sentencing will be in April. He faces 25 to life in prison. We are hoping that many fans and friends will attend the sentencing to influence the judge to give him the maximum penalty.

Check here for the date to be announced soon.”

Finally.