A couple of months ago The Seaweed Page reported that Neil Young's long-awaited Archive compilation (due this fall) would be coming out in the Blu-ray format. Now we're getting word that it will not only be available in Blu-ray, but on regular CD and DVD as well.
Still, Neil says that the Blu-ray version will be the best option.
"I've made a lot of CDs and we've made a lot of DVDs, and Blu-ray technology is so far superior to anything else," maintains the La Honda resident.
In other news, Young says he plans to "be touring pretty extensively for the next year, year-and-a-half."
7-22-08
TWELVE TUESDAY GROANERS
1. Two antennas meet on a roof, fall in love and get married. The ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was excellent.
2. Two hydrogen atoms walk into a bar. One says, "I've lost my electron." The other says, "Are you sure?" The first replies, "Yes, I'm positive..."
3. A jumper cable walks into a bar. The bartender says, "I'll serve you, but don't start anything."
4. A dyslexic man walks into a bra.
5. Two cannibals are eating a clown. One says to the other: "Does this taste funny to you?"
6. A man says, "Doc, I can't stop singing 'The Green, Green Grass of Home.'" His doctor replies, "That sounds like Tom Jones Syndrome." The man wonders, "Is it common?" The doc tells him, "It's Not Unusual."
7. Two cows are standing next to each other in a field. Daisy says to Dolly, "I was artificially inseminated this morning." "I don't believe you," said Dolly. "It's true, no bull!" exclaimed Daisy.
8. An invisible man marries an invisible woman. The kids were nothing to look at either.
9. I went to buy some camouflage jeans the other day but I couldn't find any.
10. I went to the butcher's and I bet him 50 bucks that he couldn't reach the meat off the top shelf. He said, "No, the steaks are too high."
11. A man woke up in a hospital after a serious accident. He shouted, "Doctor, doctor, I can't feel my legs!" The doctor replied, "I know you can't - I've cut off your arms!"
12. Two termites walk into a bar. One asks, "Is the bar tender here?"
/that is all. carry on.
7-21-08
EXPERIENCE A REAL GUITAR HERO
Now that sales of the several different Guitar Hero games has exceeded one billion dollars, the greatest guitar hero of all time finally will rock Guitar Hero - James Marshall Hendrix.
Due in stores October 27th, Guitar Hero World Tour will feature two Hendrix classics - Purple Haze and The Wind Cries Mary.
"Jimi was a kid at heart - he definitely would have played these games," says Hendrix's adopted stepsister, Janie.
We're liking a lot of the other tracks as well - Are You Gonna Go My Way by Lenny Kravitz, Everlong from the Foo Fighters, and Rebel Yell from Billy Idol, with internets rumors of The Doors, The Smashing Pumpkins, Korn, System of a Down, and Ozzy as possibilities.
While the game will continue to feature the use of a guitar-shaped controller, Guitar Hero World Tour will be the first game of the series to feature playable drums and a microphone and is expected to be available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and Wii consoles.
Wii can't wait.
7-16-08
RUSH DOES COLBERT
No, not blowhard Rush Limbaugh, but Canadian rockers Rush will play their classic 1981 tune Tom Sawyer tonight on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, which airs at 11:30 p.m.
Funny thing is, Rush hasn't performed on U.S. television since 1975 - on an episode of Don Kirshner's Rock Concert!
In case you hadn't noticed, The Colbert Report has been booking a lot more bands lately. We hear that Crosby, Stills and Nash will play on July 30.
Thats it. Gotta go.
7-14-08
AIN'T TALKING 'BOUT DAVE
Last week we reported that Van Halen's David Lee Roth was hospitalized in Canada, recently for an allergic reaction to peanuts after being pulled over for speeding by the local cops.
One problem. Diamond Dave was performing with Van Halen in New York on the date the reported incident occurred. "I was in Canada only [in July] for a performance at the Quebec City Summer Festival," Dave says in a statement. "The only thing I'm allergic to is criticism."
Apparently the imposter has pulled this before.
A police spokesperson says the man has "scammed a lot of people" and could be charged with obstruction of justice for giving a false name to cops. He also admits he's not sure if the cops on the scene actually asked for his I.D.
Pretty nutty story.
7-11-08
WHOSE NEXT
On the eve of their appearance and recognition at the VH1 Rock Honors show in Los Angeles tomorrow night (7/17 TV broadcast), The Who have begun charting a fall U.S. tour. Two dates have been confirmed, Nov. 8th & 9th in L.A. You'd think they'd end up in our neighborhood at some point.
As far as new Who music is concerned, Roger Daltrey says, "I think we've done enough already. It would be great to have something new, but it doesn't really matter."
Of course not. It's all about the live show. "No one plays our music better than us," he says.
At the VH1 Rock Honors show, Pearl Jam, the Foo Fighters, Flaming Lips, Incubus and Tenacious D will all give it a shot as they pay tribute to one of the great rock and roll bands in the history of the universe. The Who will play a 40 minute set as well!
One more thing - on the Who’s fan forums Townshend gets all Zen and stuff - "I am no longer a member of a band called the Who," he wrote. "I am Pete Townshend. I used to be in a band called the Who. It does not exist today except in your dreams. I am a songwriter and guitarist who — if I create the right setting — can walk onto a stage with my old buddy Roger Daltrey and evoke the old magic of the Who in the dreams of the audience.
There are many Who fans who have just as good a time watching one of the many fantastic Who tribute bands as watching Roger and Pete (and their supporting musicians) pretend to be who we used to be."
7-10-08
WHY DO WE NEVER GET AN ANSWER
WHEN WE'RE KNOCKING AT THE DOOR?
A married man and his secretary were having an affair. They decide to leave the office early one day and go to her apartment for an afternoon of lovemaking.
They fall asleep and don't wake up until 8PM later that night. They quickly get dressed and the man asks his secretary to take his shoes and go rub them in the grass. The secretary thinks this is pretty weird, but she does it anyway.
The man finally gets home and his wife meets him at the door. The wife is very upset and asks him where he has been. The husband replies, "I can not tell a lie. My secretary and I are having an affair. We left work early today, went to her place, made love all afternoon, and then we fell asleep. That's why I'm late!"
The wife looks at him, takes notice of his shoes and says, "I see those grass stains all over your shoes. You've been playing golf again, haven't you!"
Because the truth is hard to swallow
That's what the war of love is for -Justin Hayward, 1970
7-9-08
STEPHEN CAN'T SIT STILL
We've known for years that Stephen Stills of Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills & Nash was pals with Jimi Hendrix back in the day.
They met while both were living in the Village in New York City in the 60's and would occasionally play together at clubs around town. Stills' playing began to show the influence of Hendrix and he would do crazy stuff like soaking his guitar strings in barbecue sauce or flipping pickups to mimic Hendrix playing a right-handed guitar left handed.
Now we're getting word that Stills has just discovered an album's worth of unreleased music Jimi Hendrix recorded with him.
Could there be a Stephen Stills box set in the near future? His bandmate Graham Nash who lives in Hawaii said that Stills "has an enormous history of recording," adding that "In the ’70s, he was a recording fool. He just found a bloody album he made with Hendrix."
7-8-08
THE FAMILY TREE OF VINCENT VAN GOGH
His dizzy aunt: Verti Gogh
The brother who ate prunes: Gotta Gogh
The brother who worked at a convenience store: Stop n Gogh
The grandfather from Yugoslavia: U Gogh
The cousin from Illinois: Chica Gogh
His magician uncle: Where-diddy Gogh
His Mexican cousin:
Amee Gogh
The Mexican cousin's American half-brother: Gring Gogh
The nephew who drove a stage coach: Wells-far Gogh
The constipated uncle: Can' t Gogh
The ballroom dancing aunt: Tang Gogh
The bird lover uncle: Flamin Gogh
The fruit loving cousin: Man Gogh
An aunt who taught positive thinking: Way-to-Gogh
The little bouncy nephew: Poe Gogh
A sister who loved disco: Go Gogh
And his niece who travels the country in an RV: Winnie Bay Gogh
There ya Gogh!
7-7-08
IT'S ALL YOU NEED
On the occasion of his 68th birthday today, the great Beatle drummer Ringo Starr wants "Just more Peace & Love."
According to RingoStarr.com, the man is planning a global Peace & Love movement, and he's asking for a little help from his friends!
Today, Ringo would like everyone - here, there and everywhere - at Noon local time wherever they are in the world, to join him in making the peace sign and saying, singing, shouting, whispering, signing, writing or quietly thinking one simply beautiful and universal message: "Peace & Love."
"Wherever you are," says Ringo Starr, "Office, home, bus, tube, sitting, standing, walking, alone or with others, doesn't matter -- at Noon on July 7 make the peace sign and think, say, shout, sing 'Peace & Love'."
Ringo will also appear on CNN's Larry King Live tonight and he and his All-Starr Band are doing a big Bone show at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga on July 23rd.
It was "Steven Seaweed Day" at the Giants on Thursday, July 3
Cubs at Giants, AT&T Park
Not only did Baby Huey and the Bone interns come out to hang out with the Boneheads in the bleachers, but the Giants even came through with a big win, courtesy of fast-balling phenom Tim Lincecum! Great seats for Giants series are available at sfgiants.com or by calling 877-4-SFG TIX.
7-2-08
NEW BANDS ALL THE RAGE
Rage Against the Machine singer Zack de la Rocha has hooked up with former Mars Volta drummer Jon Theodore to form a new project called One Day as a Lion. An internets posting describes the fellas as "a sonic reflection of the visceral tension between a picturesque fabricated cultural landscape, and the brutal socioeconomic realities it attempts to mask."
Always important to have a mission statement.
Back in the day, Zack's father, a member of the first Chicano art collective to be exhibited at a major museum, suffered a nervous breakdown and began destroying his art, and, when Zack visited him on the weekends, he was forced to fast, sit in a room with the curtains closed and the door locked, and help destroy his father's paintings.
Meanwhile, Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello has a new solo album due out in September with his band, the Nightwatchman. "My goal was to capture the energy and emotion of the Nightwatchman live shows," Morello says of the disc, which will feature a guest appearance from System of a Down's Serj Tankian. "There is a much more rocking quality to this record."
Morello, who has said he was "the only anarchist in a conservative high school," but has since identified himself as a "nonsectarian socialist," got his start in a Led Zeppelin cover band.
7-1-08
THAT'S DOCTOR PAGE TO YOU
James Patrick "Jimmy" Page, OBE, world renowned guitarist and composer has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Surrey in England for "services to the music industry."
What, like re-defining rock music and stuff?
Btw, this was not Page's first trip to the U of Surrey - in 1968, Led Zeppelin played their first gig there under that name, having just dropped the moniker The New Yardbirds.
