Quick ‘n’ Dirty Music News: 11.14.08

Posted by Mitch Michaels on 11.14.2008

Paula Abdul's fan suicide, the Jimi Hendrix Experience reunites, Led Zeppelin rumors never die, Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch not as gone as you think, Deftones update, Ramones stuff, 50 Cent’s a thief???, Mariah Carey’s a diva???, Beyoncé is Wonder Woman??? Wait…what? All that and more, plus chart news and Beyoncé is our Piece of the Week!

Well hello my dedicated readers. Mitch Michaels here and Brittany just over there, once again bringing you the most essential news of the week. As you read this, I am preparing to rock out with the rock gods known as AC/DC. So before I get thunderstruck, let's get to it.

Oh wait, before we do, let me quickly pimp a couple of contests the zone is running, one for a stellar new Who DVD and the other for Randy Travis' first Christmas DVD. Both are wrapping soon, so make sure to enter today!

OK, anyway…

It's quick, it's dirty, it's news.



STAND BY…FOR NEWS!

All news items are from 411 Music's newswire:

Brittany's Dirty News

What's up you dirty bastards? This is a good week in news and I'm pretty excited to give it to you nice and hard (or quick and dirty?). LLLLEEESSSS DOOO IIIIITTTT!!

First and foremost I want to say that John Frusciante is a genius and extremely fuckin' talented. Not only that but he is working on his eighth solo album and it is due out January 20th. It will include guest appearances by Red Hot Chili Peppers bandmate Flea, Johnny Marr, The Sonus Quartet and the New Dimension Singers. While Frusciante is making amazing music on the side, Anthony Keidis is bathing himself in his own ego and making an HBO series about his "Rock and Roll upbringing". *Coughdouchecough*

The Madden brothers are even bigger douches than Anthony Keidis though, and think that it is a good idea to release a new Good Charlotte album called The Greatest Remixes because they know they are not good enough or have not had enough hits to release a greatest hits album. Not only are the Maddens stupid enough to both be fucking the most STD ridden women in Hollywood, but they've also convinced themselves to think they have talent. What a depressing way to live.

**Update on the Led Zeppelin reunion**

Robert Plant is still a square and doesn't want to have anything to do with any kind of music for the next two years. An unnamed spokesperson for Plants management said this:

"Whatever this is, it is not Led Zeppelin. Not without the involvement of Robert Plant."

Yikes, someone is in a pissy mood. I don't understand why Robert Plant is so against the idea of a reunion, he's a living legend and I would kill to check this out. Hopefully he'll change his mind.

Mitch's Note: It was actually Page's people that said that, not Plant's. But yes, Plant is still a pissy little bitch for holding up the Led Zep tour.

Marky Ramone and Michael Graves. Ugh.

Ramones drummer, Marky Ramone started a Ramones cover band called Blitzkrieg with former Misfits singer (after Danzig) Michale Graves on vocals. Why? Graves sucked balls and ruined the Misfits. Marky Ramone well, he's the only Ramone left. Dee Dee was the last to go and that was partly my fault (the money he made from the show that I went to was the money he used to buy the heroin that killed him) and I feel like they are cursed. Maybe not but, this just sounds awful. Would any of you go see this? Please let me know.

Mitch's Note: Sorry Brittany, I have a soft spot for Michale Graves-era Misfits and Marky Ramone. They both played at my first ever club show. Jerry fucking Only ruined the 'Fits, not Graves.

Michael Jackson sold Neverland ranch and authorities ordered the property to be boarded up after it was revealed Michael had not paid his employees or kept up with insurance payments. He intended for Neverland to be a "paradise for children" but in actuality it was the complete opposite for them. Why do you think Corey Feldman is so fucked up?


What? Paula Abdul had a stalker? Who would have thought?

Paula Goodspeed was obsessed with the pain pill addicted judge of "American Idol" so she killed herself a few houses away from Paula's house. Goodspeed had even tried out for "American Idol" where the judges tore her apart, naturally. If I was obsessed with Paula Abdul, I would kill myself too.

Britney Spears' son Jayden was rushed to a Mississippi hospital for having a bad reaction to something he ingested. When K-Fed heard the news he beat the shit out of Britney and told her not to leave her meth just lying around the house.

Good news about Chi Cheng of the Deftones! After a gnarly car accident, he's been in a coma but has moved his bottom lip after prompted by his father, and during a tendon reflex test he moved both of his legs so doctors, the band, and fans are very optimistic about his recovery. Nobody knows if this will delay they're forthcoming album Ero's or not but I sure hope not. Lets all hope he makes a full recovery.

Dan Coffman is going on a month long tour with Jessie Williams. They are hitting southern California, Nevada, Texas, and Oklahoma. I will be accompanying them on this tour and doing a tour blog for the Quick 'n' Dirty because I probably won't be able to write too much or get internet. Fuckin' hippies.


Mitch Mitchell (no, not Mitch Michaels) passed away in his Portland hotel room while on tour with Experience Hendrix, a concert series celebrating Jimi. He is believed to have died from natural causes.

Lets all have a moment of silence…

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Peace, love and Aural Sex.

Mitch's Quick News

Good news! The Jimi Hendrix Experience has reunited!

The original trio (Jimi Hendrix on guitar and vocals, Noel Redding on bass and Mitch Mitchell on drums) met through auditions in London in the fall of 1966. They recorded three Top 10 albums together before disbanding in 1969 after a set at the Denver Pop Festival. They reunited briefly in early 1970, but Redding was replaced by Billy Cox before a tour could start. The Experience disbanded for good in the fall of 1970 following the death of Hendrix.

The band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 1992. In 1998, they released an album of old BBC recordings called BBC Sessions and in 2003, the band put out an archive live recording from the 1970 tour called Live At Berkeley. That same year, Noel Redding passed away. With 2/3rds of the original trio dead, the band's output has been slim for the past few years. Sole survivor Mitch Mitchell had taken to drumming on the all-star "Experience Hendrix" tour. Well, this week, Mitch decided it was time for the real thing and took that last step towards an Experience reunion: he died.

Those on the other plane of existence can look forward to tour dates soon, though the press machine is already rolling.


In a sad day for children everywhere, Michael Jackson has officially transferred the deed of his once magical Neverland Ranch to an investment company. Or has he? The new owner is Sycamore Valley Ranch Company, a joint venture between Jackson and LA firm Colony Capital. Jackson transferred the deed over to the company for $34 million, a little over what he owed on the property after its foreclosure was overturned.

When asked for comment on the deal, Jackson responded nervously, "Who said anything about children's bodies buried by the vineyards? Everything is perfectly normal."

Jay-Z released a new track from The Blueprint 3 this week, supposedly to celebrate the Obama Presidential victory. The song, "We Made History", leaked via Kanye West's blog early in the week. The funny thing is that there is no way Jay-Z wrote, recorded and mixed this track all between last Tuesday night and this Monday. Which means that he had to have been sitting on it waiting for the election to end. Which means that, if McCain had won, he'd have the equivalent of all those unused Buffalo Bills Super Bowl Champions hats and shirts from the 90's sitting in his archive.

Chris Cornell announced last week that even HE would not go see a Led Zeppelin show with Chris Cornell replacing Robert Plant. Meanwhile, Mark Tremonti from Alter Bridge is all confused by the rumors that his singer, Myles Kennedy, could be up for the Zeppelin gig. Meanwhile, Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones are frantically trying to figure out how to NOT look so fucking old.


50 Cent admitted this week that one of his songs from his upcoming Before I Self Destruct was literally stolen from Eminem. 50 said he went to Detroit to collaborate with Dr. Dre, but wound up coming to an empty studio. Fiddy then got on Em's computer, found a good Dre-produced beat track, and used that to record a song. You know, given 50's past, who would have ever thought that a white-collar crime would be how he finally got caught?

In order for her to appear to accept a Special Achievement Award at the World Music Awards ceremony in Monte Carlo this weekend, Mariah Carey demanded the following things: a $156,000 private jet be sent to pick her up, a $15,600/per night penthouse suite at the Hotel de Paris plus the same for her group of 15 personal assistants and stylist and that renowned Michelin-starred chef Alain Ducasse be brought to the hotel to cook her meals. Some people have classified this as "diva behavior" on Mariah's part, but in her defense, have you seen her tits?


Beyoncé wants to play Wonder Woman in a movie. She's gone as far as meeting with DC Comics and Warner Brothers about it. Executives are planning on moving forward with the idea as soon as they think of a character for Jennifer Hudson to show Beyoncé up with.


The guy who leaked tracks from Chinese Democracy last year will plead guilty. Right now he is facing up to three years in prison. Unfortunately, I hear the judge isn't a huge GN'R fan.


Billy Joel and Elton John will team up again for a tour in 2009. One hates Olive Garden, one loves the cock – should be an interesting show!

An obsessed Paula Abdul fan and former "American Idol" contestant (made it to TV but not to the competition) committed suicide by overdose outside of Paula's LA home this week. I can kind of see where she was coming from - Forever Your Girl really doesn't hold up 20 years later. What was there left to live for?

Bruce Springsteen will premier a brand new song during halftime of the Redskins/Cowboys game this weekend. Ironically, the new song ("Workin' On A Dream") is a lot like the Skins/Cowboys game, in that we've seen it already this season and the first one meant a lot more.

Suge Knight is suing Kanye West over a 2005 incident where Suge was shot at Kanye's VMA post-show party. Suge is suing Kanye for the loss of an expensive diamond earring and claiming West was responsible for a gun being smuggled into the party. Somewhere Tupac is laughing at the irony. Somewhere the Notorious B.I.G. is eating a very large sandwich.

And finally, Aretha Franklin was voted recently by Rolling Stone as the top vocalist of all time. I'd like to give credence to this list, but seeing as how mush mouth Bob Dylan was ranked at #7, I can only conclude that the votes were all cast by deaf people.

Oh, I found this picture while researching the Beyoncé/Wonder Woman thing. You're welcome.

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MITCH'S TOP 10
1988

I come up with this new feature a while back where I'm going to be looking at my favorite albums and songs from each year, beginning with 1979, the year I was born.

It's pretty straight forward – I'll pick my Top 10 singles and Top 5 albums of that year. If I miss anything important, let me know!

Mitch's Top 10 Singles of 1988
1	The Beach Boys	"Kokomo"
2	Metallica	"One"
3	Poison	"Every Rose Has Its Thorn"
4	Dwight Yoakam & Buck Owens	"The Streets Of Bakersfield"
5	Steve Earle	"Copperhead Road"
6	Def Leppard	"Pour Some Sugar On Me"
7	Randy Travis	"I Told You So"
8	Bon Jovi	"Bad Medicine"
9	Bobby McFerrin	"Don't Worry, Be Happy"
10	N.W.A.	"Express Yourself"

Mitch's Top 5 Albums of 1988
1	The Traveling Wilburys	Volume One
2	Danzig	Danzig
3	Dwight Yoakam	Buenos Noches From A Lonely Room
4	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	Tender Prey
5	Randy Travis	Old 8x10

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NEW RELEASES FOR NOVEMBER 18, 2008

WHAT EVERYONE WILL BUY:

Beyoncé - I Am…Sasha Fierce - This one will be a tight race. Beyoncé's last album was a disappointment, saleswise, until some of the later singles were released. This time, we have a big single out of the gate with "If I Were A Boy". And don't forget the shrewd marketing, as this is a 2-disc set. Yes, two discs and only 12 songs – a "Sasha Fierce" half and a regular Beyoncé disc. Oh, I guess it's just a neat little coincidence that now each album will count as two units. That should be enough to take down Nickelback, who, if history repeats itself, don't have to worry about first week sales anyway. Their last record, All The Right Reasons, was in the Top 10 consistently for something like two years.

WHAT WILL BE NUMBER ONE:

Well I'll be damned. That Twilight soundtrack had a lot more appeal than I thought. Never underestimate the appeal of a teen movie, I guess. The bloodsucker collection (which features Linkin Park, Paramore and other rock bands) moved 165k to knock AC/DC from their two-week reign. AC/DC was close behind, though, trailing by just 5k. Just as expected, Hinder and Brad Paisley parked their asses in the Top 10 this week, as well, as did Andrea Bocelli, who I missed calling because – seriously – the fuck do I know about Italian vocalists? Ryan Adams failed me by coming out TWO WEEKS AGO (oops) with both a boring album and a #11 debut. The #11 this week was by Q-Tip. Missed it by THAT much.

This week is already being called EPIC WIN for Taylor Swift, who couldn't have capitalized better on Wednesdays CMA Awards, where she both performed and was nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year. SoundScan is already reporting over 200k for Taylor, and that's just two days of data. David Archuleta should also slide into the Top 10, as well as T-Pain, Enya and that Now 29 compilation that hundreds of thousands of Americans who must have OCD buy every four months.

WHAT YOU SHOULD BUY:

There's always something worth buying in the New Release section. Here are Mitch's picks:

Foo Fighters - Live At Wembley Stadium Blu-ray - I do believe this is the Foos' debut on Blu-ray. This show was recorded this summer and has been available on DVD in Europe for a few months. Why is it so hot? Not only does the set list span the Foos' entire catalog, but it also features performances of two Led Zeppelin classics ("Rock & Roll" and "Ramble On") with both Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones. Worth the price of admission alone.

WHAT'S HOT ON THE DIAL?

Billboard has about a million charts, so each week I'm gonna round up the #1s from each format. That way, no matter WHAT station you flip to when not using your presets, you'll be aware of what you might hear. Newly crowned #1s are in bold:

CHART	SINGLE	WEEKS
POP
HOT 100	T.I. feat. Rihanna - "Live Your Life"	7
HOT 100 AIRPLAY	T.I. – "Whatever You Like"	15
POP 100	Katy Perry – "Hot N Cold"	16
POP 100 AIRPLAY	Katy Perry – "Hot N Cold"	15
MAINSTREAM TOP 40	Pink – "So What"	12
HOT SINGLES SALES	Artists Stand Up To Cancer - "Just Stand Up!"	6
BUBBLING UNDER HOT 100 SINGLES	Keyshia Cole feat. 2Pac – "Playa Cardz Right"	3
DIGITAL
HOT DIGITAL SONGS	Kanye West – "Heartless"	1
HOT DIGITAL TRACKS	Kanye West – "Heartless"	1
HOT RINGTONES	Katy Perry – "Hot N Cold"	2
R&B/HIP HOP
HOT R&B/HIP HOP AIRPLAY	Ne-Yo – "Miss Independent"	16
HOT R&B/HIP HOP SONGS	Ne-Yo – "Miss Independent"	16
HOT RAP TRACKS	T.I. – "Whatever You Like"	16
MAINSTREAM R&B/HIP-HOP	T.I. feat. Rihanna - "Live Your Life"	7
HOT ADULT R&B AIRPLAY	Jennifer Hudson - "Spotlight"	22
RHYTHMIC TOP 40	T.I. – "Whatever You Like"	N/A
HOT R&B/HIP HOP SINGLES SALES	Artists Stand Up To Cancer - "Just Stand Up!"	6
COUNTRY
HOT COUNTRY SONGS	Taylor Swift – "Love Story"	9
ROCK
HOT MAINSTREAM ROCK TRACKS	Metallica - "The Day That Never Comes"	12
TRIPLE A	Coldplay – "Lost!"	11
HOT MODERN ROCK TRACKS	The Offspring – "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid"	16
ADULT CONTEMPORARY
HOT ADULT TOP 40 TRACKS	Jason Mraz – "I'm Yours"	33
HOT ADULT CONTEMPORARY TRACKS	David Cook - "The Time Of My Life"	25
CHRISTIAN
HOT CHRISTIAN SONGS	Brandon Heath – "Give Me Your Eyes"	22
HOT CHRISTIAN ADULT CONTEMPORARY	Brandon Heath – "Give Me Your Eyes"	22
DANCE
HOT DANCE CLUB PLAY	Kreesha Turner – "Don't Call Me Baby"	10
HOT DANCE AIRPLAY	Kim Sozzi – "Feel Your Love"	7
HOT DANCE SINGLES SALES	Lady GaGa feat. Colby O'Donis – "Just Dance"	20
INTERNATIONAL
HOT LATIN SONGS	Luis Fonsi – "No Me Doy Por Vencido"	19
EUROPEAN HOT 100 SINGLES	Guru Josh Project – "Infinity 2008"	15
EURO DIGITAL SONGS	Beyonce – "If I Were A Boy"	2
CANADIAN HOT 100	Britney Spears – "Womanizer"	7
JAPAN HOT 100	Arashi – "Beautiful Days"	0
RECURRENTS
HOT 100 RECURRENT AIRPLAY	Natasha Bedingfield – "Pocketful Of Sunshine"	4
HOT SINGLES RECURRENTS	Natasha Bedingfield – "Pocketful Of Sunshine"	4
HOT R&B/HIP HOP RECURRENT AIRPLAY	Noel Gourdin – "The River"	5
HOT R&B/HIP HOP RECURRENTS	Noel Gourdin – "The River"	5
HOT COUNTRY RECURRENTS	Darius Rucker – "Don't Think I Don't Think About It"	2
HOT ADULT CONTEMPORARY RECURRENTS	Timbaland feat. OneRepublic – "Apologize"	2

MUSICAL PIECE OF THE WEEK

It's a no-brainer this week. She thinks she's a superhero, she's poised to put out another wildly successful album Tuesday and she's smart enough to double up on her sales. Beyoncé is your Piece of the Week! (Thanks Ben!)














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