Stones 1978 concert from Fort Worth to hit theaters

Filmed on their Some Girls tour-for one night only you can catch it in theaters prior to the DVD release on Nov. 21st.......and it's playing right down the street from my house........

Rolling Stones in theaters

Jerry Haynes aka "Mr. Peppermint" passes

Those of you who grew up here know who I am talking about-The beloved host of the Mr. Peppermint show has passed away. Mr. Peppermint ran for nearly four decades here in the DFW area with more than 6,000 episodes. You, Muffin the Bear and Mr. Wiggly Worm will sorely be missed. Now you may ask why I am posting this on a music blog-Jerry was none other than the father of Gibby Haynes of Butthole Surfer fame-not that Jerry needs this accolade to stand on his own right, R.I.P. Mr. Haynes.

Random BULLSHIT

• Nirvana's Nevermind is celebrating it's 20th anniversary including a deluxe re-issue with some bonus material. In addition there are numerous tributes and re-broadcasts happening, too many to list here......there is a certain group of people out there who call them overrated or I was never a fan of their music etc. I call BULLSHIT! Anyways like them or not they were the last big thing to happen to rock music.
• Guns' N Roses (or Axl and a bunch of other guys) has a fall tour planned including a Dallas date-I believe last time they tried this they didn't make it to Dallas.
• Blackie Lawless and the gang are planning on a 30th anniversary tour with three sets. W.A.S.P. was the first band I ever saw in concert, opening for Iron Maiden.
• The remaining members of Queen are organizing their own tribute band!?!
• Today is the anniversary of Bob Marley's final on stage performance in 1980.

R.E.M. DISBAND

R.E.M., arguably one of America's greatest bands, have decided to call it quits. I got to see them once on one of what became increasingly  rare tours-Not necessarily one of my favorite bands but definitely held in high regard during their heyday and beyond.

R.E.M. Calls It A Day

They Call Me ZEP

Call Me Led Zeppelin II

Personally I would have went with Jimmy Paul Bonham Plant III Esq.

The demise of the CD

There is a report out that CD's will be defunct by 2016-probably signaling the end of the retail music store as well. If you are in your currently in your 40's consider yourself the last generation to have used all of the formats of modern recording-the LP, 8-Track, Cassette, CD & MP3 (you can throw in Reel to Reel as well). Do you  remember going to the "record store" and just browsing for music, the discount bin, shirts and posters etc. Hey I love shopping online but......

In a Sign That the Apocalypse is Surely Upon Us...

Nickelback is releasing a new album and scheduling a tour, with two singles set to come out simultaneously. I suspect they are releasing one song and giving it two different names. I also suspect that this is not a new album but merely a compilation of songs from their previous albums with each tracked renamed. One day this madness will end....

NO TAILGAITING FOR YOU.....

A rescheduled Buffet show was sparsely attended due to it being on a weeknight and a no tailgating policy due to a history of alcohol related deaths at previous Buffet shows in the area. This is why we decided several years ago to rent an RV for all Buffet shows and not drive. I am not saying that the decision made by the venue/promoter was the right or wrong decision it is just that we decided it would be in all of our best interests not to drive after such events. The cost for us was a little more than the couple of hotel rooms we would have rented anyways so it made good sense on our part and we could all enjoy the festivities without arguing about who was going to drive. The hypocrisy of this is of course that any concert or sporting event you attend alcohol is heavily promoted by such venues and promoters-in fact you could argue that by outlawing tailgating at any event would result in higher profits due to the fact that all alcoholic beverages would have to be bought inside at inflated prices. Like I said I am not looking to make judgment on such decisions I just don't think it is as cut and dry as presented-the focus here should be that people lost their lives due to an alcohol related incident, not because of tailgating at an event. Link below....

Parrothead Backlash

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• As mentioned previously today would have been Buddy Holly's birthday....
• Back in 1968 Zeppelin played their first gig together as The (New) Yardbirds
• Also on this date Keith Moon and Warren Zevon died
• Check out This Day in Music for more tidbits each day-I tried a feed into this site but couldn't get it to reflect the correct date
• In other news Iggy Pop broke his foot and the Stooges tour has been delayed & Buffalo Springfield have pushed back their reunion tour until 2012.
• Looking at tickets for Blondie right now........

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