The Daily Buzz for February 27

* Lead frontman of Death Cab for Cutie & The Postal Service, Ben Gibbard, announces a solo tour.

* Rage Against the Machine & the Wu-Tang Clan have teamed up for three shows this upcoming summer!

* Van Halen Tour On Hold, But Still In the Works

* John Mayer has announced a Summer Tour

Recently Announced Shows In the Area
* Weird Al Yankovic @ Rams Head Live (May 8)
* Arctic Monkeys @ 9:30 Club (May 16)
* Mando Diao @ Black Cat (May 17)
* Andrew Bird @ 9:30 Club (May 20)
* Damien Rice @ DAR Constitution Hall (May 25)
* The Pietasters @ 9:30 Club (June 1)

The Month in Preview - March

With only a few days away till March, I break down why this month could be one of the best this year:

CD's
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (March 6)
Air - Pocket Sympothy (March 6)
Son Volt (March 6)
Bright Eyes - Four Winds (March 6)
Aqualung (March 13)
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver (March 13)
ELO - Balance of Power (March 20)
Gym Class Heroes - Cupid's Chokehold (March 20)
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Living With the Living (March 20)
Joss Stone - Introducing Joss Stone (March 20)
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (March 20)
Clutch - From Beale Street to Oblivion
Timbaland - Timbaland Presents Shock Value (March 27)
Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly Angry Mob (March 27)
Macy Gray - Big (March 27)
Ozomatli - Don't Mess With The Dragon (March 27)

Concerts
Dragonforce @ 9:30 Club (March 2&3)
Bright Eyes @ 9:30 Club (March 5)
Badly Drawn Boy @ 9:30 Club (March 6)
The Vita Ruins @ DC9 (March 10)
Thievery Corporation @ Black Cat (March 11)
The Good, The Bad, & The Queen (March 14)
Explosions in The Sky @ Starr Hill (March 16)
Explosions in The Sky @ 9:30 Club (March 17)
Mute Math (March 19)
Mew @ Black Cat (March 20)
Pete Yorn (March 20&21)
Cold War Kids @ 9:30 Club (March 28)
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists (March 29)
John Digweed & MSTRKRFT (March 30)
Galactic (March 31)

Movies
Zodiak (March 2)
300 (March 9)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (March 23)
Blades of Glory (March 30)

March Madness
Selection Sunday (March 11)
First Round (March 15&16)
Second Round (March 17&18)
Sweet Sixteen (March 22&23)
Elite Four (March 24&25)
Final Four (March 31)

Videogames
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 for Xbox360 (March 6)
God of War II for PS2 (March 13)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for PC & Xbox360 (March 20)
Command & Conquer for PC (March 26)

Holidays
My 24th Birthday (March 11)
St.Patrick's Day (March 17)

Slow Start

I haven't had too much time to post in the past few days, but hope to get things rolling again by tomorrow morning. In the mean time, I've included an episode of Family Guy below:

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February Mix Tape

My February 2007 Mixtape.

1. Ratatat - Montanita (5:02)
2. Dynamite Skit (0:08)
3. Kings of Convenience - I'd Rather Dance With You (3:33)
4. Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter (4:34)
5. Wolfmother - Dimension (4:27)
6. Old Crow Medicine Show - Cocaine Habit (2:44)
7. The Drive-By Truckers - Sink Hole (3:28)
8. Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In The Sky (4:41)
9. Interpol - Untitled (3:58)
10. Midlake - Roscoe (4:51)
11. Mew - Special (3:15)
12. The White Stripes - Passive Manipulation (0:39)
13. Badly Drawn Boy - Something To Talk About (3:38)
14. Nada Surf - Blonde On Blonde (4:38)
15. Grand National - Drink To Moving On (3:25)
16. Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton - Doctor Blind (3:59)
17. Bjork - It's Oh So Quiet (3:40)
18. Ours - Dizzy (4:33)
19. Neko Case - Star Witness (5:20)
20. Jeff Buckley - Lover, You Should've Called (6:43)

New York & Explosions Show

Explosions In The Sky @ The Warsaw in Brooklyn, NY was the place to be on President's Day. In case you didn't know, EITS is the only respectable thing to come out of the state of Texas (ok, that and my friend Montoya). This was only the first of four EITS shows I will see in the next three months. Starr Hill & the 9:30 Club in March and Coachella in April all await me. The joy of seeing this band live for the very first time and on the first day of their World Tour was a pretty special moment for me.

While my trip to NY was shortern than I had anticipated, I enjoyed the time hanging out with my sister. After the bus dropped me off at around 5:30 pm Sunday Afternoon, my sister decided that we go out for one or two drinks with her boyfriend, pick up some grub, and head back to her place and watch a movie. We set off on foot and wound up at a bar in the city called, Common Ground. After picking up a couple Stella's we chatted it up while waiting for her boyfriend. Twenty minutes later her boyfriend, Brett, showed up. After two rounds of cold beers, the three of us noticed that our bartender, Ellen, was taking shots with other customers. That's when Brett decieded, "let's see if she'll take some Jager shots with us." Of course I wasn't into the whole shot taking deal with the fear that I would puke later on, but Ellen made it clear that she wouldn't take one if I didn't. Before you know it, we had taken four shots of Jager and a shot of Tequilla. What the fuck was I thinking? I thought my sister said a drink or two!? Ellen was trashed and so were the three of us. We soon asked for our check and within a few minutes, Ellen gave us our bill.......with 29 shots charged to Brett's credit card. Maybe we told everyone at the bar that they could have a shot on us. Your guess is as good as mine. The rest of the night is a complete blur, but notable events include Ellen crying, the manager calling a cab for us, and the usual me waking up at 6 in the morning to make sure I have my wallet, my cell phone, and backpack in the apartment and not in some random cab in NYC.

*LIVE* Explosions In the Sky performance of "Six Days At The Bottom Of The Ocean"

The Vita Ruins @ RNR Hotel

The time has come to show your support for one of the area's hottest acts, The Vita Ruins. Wednesday, February 21, 2007, The Vita Ruins will take stage, opening for two nationally recognized acts, Malajube and Snoweden. Doors open up at 8pm sharp, with TVR starting the night off at 9pm. Tickets are a mere $10.00/advance and $12.00/door.

Artist MySpace Pages
* The Vita Ruins
* Malajube
* Snowden


Venue: Rock 'N Roll Hotel
Address: 1353 H Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002
Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Doors:8:00 pm
Music: 9:00 pm
All Ages Show, 21 to Rock the Red Cup

Chris Cornell Calls It Quits w/Audioslave

Audioslave singer Chris Cornell has quit the short-lived "supergroup," citing "irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences," he said on Thursday.

Cornell, 42, who rose to fame with defunct Seattle rock group Soundgarden, will reignite his solo career with the May 1 release of "Carry On," his second solo album.

"Due to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences, I am permanently leaving the band Audioslave. I wish the other three members nothing but the best in all of their future endeavors," the part-time Paris restaurateur said in a statement.

The Audioslave split was not unexpected. His colleagues, guitarist Tom Morello, bassist Tim Commerford and drummer Brad Wilk, have reunited with singer Zack de la Rocha to resurrect their former band Rage Against the Machine, which will play its first show in seven years at California's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 29. Rage's plans beyond this show are unknown.

Audioslave formed in 2001, a year after Rage broke up, and recorded three studio albums. In May 2005, it became the first American band to play an outdoor show in Cuba.

Its most recent album, "Revelations," has sold a disappointing 409,000 copies in the United States since its September 2006 release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Its self-titled 2002 debut sold 3.1 million copies, and the 2005 follow-up "Out of Exile" 1.1 million.

Amid rumors last August that Audioslave had broken up, Cornell told Reuters that the band was like a sociology experiment because of the various members' complex relationships with each other. He indicated that a solo existence could be a less stressful option.

"I think the biggest problem with people surviving in a band and getting along and appreciating each other is just the fact that for the most part musicians aren't the kind of people who concentrate or worry about what the other guy thinks," he said.

"Carry On," produced by Steve Lillywhite (U2, Rolling Stones), marks Cornell's first solo release since 1999's "Euphoria Morning," which came out two years after Soundgarden broke up.

The Interscope Records release will include "You Know My Name," Cornell's main title song for the latest James Bond film "Casino Royale," as well as a cover of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean." Among the brand new tunes are "No Such Thing" and "Poison Eye," both described in the statement as having a "harder edge," and the "redemptive" song "Your Soul Today."

The statement also described Cornell as "acrimonious," which a publicist said was the intended term.

Live Earth

(The Associated Press) Al Gore announced on February 15 a series of worldwide concerts to focus on the threat of climate change, with a powerhouse lineup from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Snoop Dogg to Bon Jovi.

More than 100 performers are scheduled to appear at the July 7 concerts, including Etheridge, the Foo Fighters, Lenny Kravitz, Sheryl Crow, John Mayer, Duran Duran, Korn, Pharrell, the Black Eyed Peas, Akon, Enrique Iglesias, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw.

Promoters said the Live Earth concerts will take place in Shanghai, China; Johannesburg, South Africa; Sydney, Australia; London and cities to be announced in Japan, Brazil and the United States.

The concerts could reach 2 billion people through attendance or broadcasts. Proceeds will create a foundation to combat climate change led by The Alliance for Climate Protection, which is chaired by Gore.

The 24-hour event is part of a campaign, Save Our Selves - The Campaign for a Climate in Crisis, that promoters hope will trigger a broad movement to address what the former vice president calls a global climate crisis.

The concerts on seven continents will bring newfound publicity to Gore, who already is enjoying celebrity status with his Oscar- nominated documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth." Gore said he was thrilled that the film, on the perils of global warming, was nominated for best documentary and for best song, the latter nod coming for Melissa Etheridge's "I Need to Wake Up."

"In order to solve the climate crisis, we have to reach billions of people," the environmental activist, filmmaker and 2000 Democratic presidential nominee said in a statement. "The climate crisis will only be stopped by an unprecedented and sustained global movement."

The Save our Selves campaign was founded by Kevin Wall, who won an Emmy as Worldwide Executive Producer of Live 8.

Cold War Kids & Other Ticket Sales

Cold War Kids w/Tokyo Police Club
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
9:30 Club

Tickets will be going on sale tomorrow, Thursday February 15, 2007 @ 10am through www.tickets.com



Additional 9:30 Club Ticket Sales Tomorrow

Saturday 3/10 Taint and Bliss Present INFAMY - Live performance by The Soft Complex • resident DJ Will Eastman • visual stimulation by BrightestYoungThings.com 11pm Doors

Friday 3/23 RJD2 w/ Busdriver & Happy Chichester

Saturday 3/24 Super Diamond

Sunday 3/25 Butch Walker and the Let's Go Out Tonites w/ The Honorary Title

Monday 3/26 Lamb of God w/ Trivium • Machine Head • Gojira 6:30pm Doors

Thursday 3/29 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists w/ Love of Diagrams

Bonnaroo Lineup Confirmed

Superfly Productions and A.C. Entertainment are proud to announce the initial lineup for the 2007 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. The sixth annual four-day camping and music festival will be held on June 14-17, 2007, on the same 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, 60 miles south of Nashville. With over 100 bands and 20 comedians performing on 13 stages during the 4 day weekend, the mind-blowing Bonnaroo '07 line up promises to rock the Volunteer State like never before. A wildly diverse list of confirmed acts follows, with more to be announced in the weeks ahead.

2007 BONNAROO ARTIST LINEUP:

The Police · Tool · Widespread Panic · The White Stripes · Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals · Wilco · The Flaming Lips · Manu Chao · The String Cheese Incident · Franz Ferdinand · Bob Weir & Ratdog · Damien Rice · Ween · Gov't Mule · Ziggy Marley · The Decemberists · Kings of Leon · Michael Franti & Spearhead · Wolfmother · Regina Spektor · The Black Keys · Galactic · DJ Shadow · Gillian Welch · Spoon · Keller Williams (WMD's) · Sasha & John Digweed · STS9 · Old Crow Medicine Show · The Hold Steady · North Mississippi Allstars · Fountains Of Wayne · Hot Tuna · Feist · Hot Chip · John Butler Trio · Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys · Aesop Rock · The Richard Thompson Band · Dierks Bentley · Xavier Rudd · Gogol Bordello · Junior Brown · Tortoise · T-Bone Burnett · Mavis Staples · Clutch · Cold War Kids · Dr. Dog · Paolo Nutini · Brazilian Girls · RX Bandits · The Nightwatchman · The Slip · Girl Talk · Railroad Earth · Martha Wainwright · Rodrigo y Gabriela · Annuals · Tea Leaf Green · Sam Roberts Band · Elvis Perkins in Dearland · Charlie Louvin · Sonya Kitchell · Mute Math · Apollo Sunshine · Uncle Earl · James Blood Ulmer · The National · The Little Ones · Black Angels · Ryan Shaw

Comedians: Lewis Black & Friends · David Cross · Dave Attell

Tickets for the 2007 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival go on sale Friday, February 23, 2007 at 12:00 PM EST through BonnarooTickets.com .

Tickets for BONNAROO 2007 are priced at three levels.

The first tickets will be priced at a special rate of $184.50 each. There is a limited allotment of tickets at this price. When the first allotment is sold out, ticket prices will increase without notice to $199.50 and then again without notice to $214.50.

All tickets are 4-day weekend passes, which include camping and parking (except for RVs, and other oversized vehicles, which will require an additional pass).

Rumored Bonnaroo Lineup

While the official line-up is going to be announced tomorrow, below is a rumored line-up:

The Police • Tool • Widespread Panic • The White Stripes • Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals • Flaming Lips • Wilco • Manu Chao • The String Cheese Incident • Franz Ferdinand • Bob Weir & Ratdog • Damien Rice • Ween • The Roots • Gov't Mule • Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers • The Decemberists • Kings of Leon • Spearhead • Wolfmother • Regina Spektor • The Black Keys • DJ Shadow • Gillian Welch & David Rawlings • Spoon • Keller Williams • Sasha & Digweed • STS9 • Old Crow Medicine Show • The Hold Steady • Galactic • Lily Allen • North Mississippi Allstars • Fountains Of Wayne • Hot Tuna • Feist • Hot Chip • John Butler Trio • Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys • Aesop Rock • The Richard Thompson Band • Xavier Rudd • Tortoise • T-Bone Burnett • Mavis Staples • Clutch • Cold War Kids • Paolo Nutini • Brazilian Girls • RX Bandits • The Slip • Girl Talk • Railroad Earth • Martha Wainright • Rodrigo y Gabriela • Annuals • Tea Leaf Green • Sam Roberts Band • Elvis Perkins in Dearland • Charlie Louven • Sonya Kitchell • Apollo Sunshine • Ryan Shaw • Uncle Earl• The National • The Little Ones •

As soon as the initial line-up is confirmed tomorrow, I will post it up

LINK OF THE DAY Evolution of Dance

She Says Its Anywhere from 1-6"..

Is it just me or has anyone else lost hope of our meteorologists? I've heard anywhere from 1-6 inches should be touching down for most of Tuesday/Wednesday. 1-6?? How about you just tell me now that we're getting 1/2 an inch of SUNSHINE with the possibility of you not knowing what the fuck mother nature is brewing up there, you overpaid jackasses.

In other news, The Police have finally announced their long awaited Reunion Tour. Notable stops include the Washington DC area (venue to be deteremined) as well as a headlining slot at this years Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, TN! Speaking of 'Roo, the initial line-up for will be posted on www.bonnaroo.com Wednesday, February 14th.

Two hours of watching Chloe's retarded facial expressions on 24 is always a good way to end the day. Would someone please kill off Graem's son?? Who's with me on this? I'll call up Chloe, she'll get me a live feed of his location to my PDA after she bypasses the firewall code that is currently blocked by the satellite transfigurameter.

If you missed any of this seasons episodes, you're in luck. Visit 24 On Myspace

Recent Concert Announcements
* The Shins @ DAR Constitution Hall March 12th
* Albert Hammond Jr. Band @ 9:30 Club April 5th
* Peter, Bjorn, and John @ 9:30 Club April 30th
* The Arcade Fire show @ DAR Constitution Hall May 4th
* LCD Soundsystem @ 9:30 Club May 13th
* Elvis Costello @ 9:30 Club May 18th

LINK OF THE DAY: Sloths SNL Skit

49th Annual Grammy Awards

* The Police are back!
* What were the Dixie Chicks wearing? Two of the girls in the band look liked they just got out of a bondage movie with the leather gloves they were wearing.
* I kind of wish Prince had his guitar when he was introducing Beyonce. Maybe play a sick guitar solo.
* Jay-Z is one lucky bastard. Beyonce was looking money.
* I'm sorry, but was that a diamond covered blue tooth ear piece from the one guy in Black Eyed Peas? I hate everyone who possesses a blue tooth earpiece and I hate the Black Eyed Peas.
* I love those HP "Everything is Personal Again" commercials.
* I'll bet anyone $100 that Fergie does not shop at Kohl's.
* I really wish that JT would've done "Dick in A Box." JT's song selection was different from what I expected. I guess that's a good thing. Haha I love how the guitarist was trying to steal Justin's thunder. What the hell was up with the camcorder view? Someone cut to a commercial break.
* TI needs to go to school and learn how to talk.
* Mariah Carey a no-show? What is she doing that's more important than the Grammy's?!
* TI and Pink need to work on their communication skills to decide who announces the winner.
* I enjoyed the performance by John Mayer, John Legend, and Corrine Bailey Ray. John Mayer is probably sick at playing Guitar Hero II.
* Well deserved Mr. Mayer
* Shakira performance......its true, her hips really DONT LIE! So hot. Reminds me of middle school when we listened to her jams in spanish. Curious to know if Wyclef has tapped that yet.
* Dixie Chicks won
* Gnarls Barkley performance. The outfits from these two guys are always on point. I remember when Cee-Lo played at Wilson Hall at JMU about a year and a half ago. There were less than 100 people there. He's come a long way since then. I thought the performance was going to go in a different direction and get all funky, but to my disappointment, it didnt.
* Lupe Fiasco should have won, but thats just me. Hahahaha. Special shout-out to Oprah and Bill O' Reiley??
* Mary J. Blige performance. Not to steal MJB's thunder, but whats up with the "Blige" tattoo? I'm sure there is a meaning behind the tattoo, but I just can't picture myself with a "Adibpour" tattoo. Pretty deep and powerful performance. With the past that she's had, she did a hell of a job.
* The Dixie Chicks again.
* Carrie Underwood performance. The guy on the guitar was sweating Ms.Underwood soo hard. Reminded me of a June Carter performance.
* Rascal Flatts rendition of Hotel California was far from being good at any point. The lead vocals were atrocious though it was hilarious how he was playing the air guitar. He must loooove Guitar Hero.
* Carrie Underwood won. That can only mean 30 more seasons of American Idol. Not happy at all.
* Love the preview of the new Will Ferrel movie, "Blades of Glory"
* Smokey Robinson & Lionel Richie. Mr. Richie's eyes are pretty scary. Not a bad performance. My mom just informed me that I used to sing this Smokey Robinson song in the car all the time. Don't ask me to sing it today, but its not going to happen....unless you throw a couple brewski's my way.
* Chris Brown performance. Those two boys who were dancing were fucking awesome! Chris sounded like he was out of breath after the first minute, but the dance routine was on point.
* Christina Aguilera performance. She has a phenomenal vocal range. I can't put it into words. One of the finest the industry has ever seen in my opinion.
* Those two kids on the violin and piano were sick. Hopefully they do good in their future decisions.
* R.I.P James Brown. Nice tribute to him.
* Rhiannon is jaw-dropping. Yeah i said it.
* Ludacris/Mary J. Blige/ Earth Wind & Fire performance. Ludacris held the mic too close to this mouth. MJB stole the show in this performance. Sorry Luda, it looks like it's her night.
* James Blunt performance. I'm sorry, but I can't stand this guy. His guitar sounds out of tune. He says "Beautiful" 1000 times. If this was on MTV, I'd take the mic and tell you "NEXT!"
* Justin Timberlake Duet with some random girl. I have to give it to her, she did an excellent job on stage. TI & JT SANDWICH!!!!!! Hahaha. I wonder if she gets to hit up those Hollywood parties afterwards, or if they send her on her way to reality after the show.
* Tony Bennett wants to be in the next QT movie. I can see it now...
* Record of the Year to the Dixie Chicks? Haven't heard the CD, but I can tell you now that it does not deserve ROTY.
*The Chevy commercial with the Nelly song is hilarious. Love it.
* Red Hot Chili Peppers performance. Not the best performance I've seen them play on television. All that confetti is going to be a bitch to clean up.
* RHCP - Rock Album of the Year.
* Scarlett Johanasen presenting the Album of the Year = Hottttt City
* The Dixie Chicks wins the Album of the Year. Why? Yeah, I'm bitter right now.
* Hopefully Scarlett dumps JT since he didn't win Album of the Year. I think that would make up for all the Dixie Chick winnings.

The Beginning

And so it goes...With the Grammy's upon us tonight, my first post will be a review of the Grammy's. I might be a bit rusty at first, so bear with me.