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It’s been whispered around Chicago that Ed Roeser and Nash Kato might re-team as Urge Overkill and the buzz grows louder as rumors of a show at First Avenue in Minneapolis seems to be in the works. A number of dates also show up on Pollstar under the Urge Overkill moniker although they have been promoted as Nash Kato solo dates thus far…

Excited to possibly see the Glammer Twins back together?

Sure, why not?

UPDATE: It’s solid. The gig is back on with a couple Chicago locals providing the rhythm section behind Nash and Ed. Look for East and West Coast dates, but now much in-between yet.

Discuss here.

I kid you not.

“Wearing a baseball cap and on the arm of a hotel bellman, pop star Britney Spears married a childhood friend in a Las Vegas wedding ceremony on Saturday, according to published reports.

A marriage license was filed in Clark County, Nevada, on Jan. 3, for Jason Allen Alexander and Britney Jean Spears, both 22. Signed by both, the document says they are both residents of Kentwood, Louisiana, who were born in Mississippi and have never been married before.

But how tightly the knot was tied was not immediately clear.” (full story)

Wow, this makes Shannon Doherty look like a level-headed clear thinking type, doesn’t it?

Duffy Says: Annulment is already on. Read about it here. She’s back on the market, boys!

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?

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.

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?

Well now this came outta nowhere:

Lou Rawls, Perry Farrell and Deborah Harry have joined hands for “A World of Happiness,” a Disney album where actors and celebrities sing about such lessons as being polite, learning from others and friendship.

Similar to the 1972 Marlo Thomas & Friends release “Free To Be You & Me,” the Walt Disney Records compilation also features such musicians as Lisa Loeb, and Issac Hayes. A bit more out of their context, actors such as Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, Bradley Whitford and Jane Kaczmarek, as well as basketball great Magic Johnson, also deliver songs and readings.

(Get the full story here.)

Is Perry Farrell the new Rosy Grier? Probably not but Lisa Loeb would play a mean Marlo Thomas, don’tcha think?

Paul Westerberg is the walking definition of rock and/or roll.

Okay, Keith Richards is actually, but Westerberg doesn’t look like a mummy yet.

Here’s what Mr Westerberg recently had to say about Ryan Adams:

“I see his fuckin’ haircut, I hear his fuckin’ whine, I see his fake clothes, and then he opens his fuckin’ mouth and all I want to do is smash the fucker’s teeth down his throat.”
(Read the full story here.)

I enjoy Mr Adams’ Replacements-lite just as much as the next “thirty-something aging Indie rocker pining for the good ol’ days” but you’ve gotta admit that Mr Westerberg is one rad motherfucker for calling out Mr Adams for being a “pushing thirty-something aging Indie rocker pining for the good ol’ days who shamelessly rips off Paul Westerberg.”

Or maybe he’s just pissed they both dated Winona Ryder.

Gracias y mucho kisses a Daisy Glaze for bringin this exciting exchange to our attention.

We all know Dave Grohl is tortured by ADHD and must keep busy every single beat of every single day. Coming off a glorious appearance with Triumph the Insult Dog at the seriously important Billboard Music Awards Show Mr Grohl has decided to champion yet another cool independant band.
This just showed up in my mailbox:

To put it simply, Dave Grohl holds the heavyweight title belt in straight-up rock credibility. Grohl has done it all – from his punk rock origins in Scream, to Nirvana, to drumming with Queens of the Stone Age, to launching his metal side project, Probot. And now, Dave Grohl has taken on the role of producer for Rye Coalition’s major label debut.

Wahoo!

Taken from a SXSW press release:

“South By Southwest (SXSW) is pleased to announce the keynote speaker for the 2004 Music Conference, Antonio “L.A.” Reid, president & CEO of Arista Records. The keynote conversation, to be conducted by Craig Marks, editor of Blender Magazine, kicks off three days of panels and workshops on Thursday, March 18, 2004 at the Austin Convention Center.

Reid’s tenure at Arista has seen the successes of Outkast, Pink, Dido, Neptunes, Usher, Avril Lavigne and more. In a business atmosphere of consolidation and retreat, Reid has bucked the odds and established Arista as a key player in a changing label landscape.”

A friend of mine had to do a performance in some board room for L.A. and she said it was one of the scariest things she’s ever had to do.

Suede is calling it quits.

I am sad.

Boo hoo.

However the Twilight Singer review right below makes me smile so karmic balance is restored.