Weekly News Wrap-Up - The Loss of a Legend
It is a sad day for music. The king of pop was unfortunately lost to a cardiac arrest on June 25, 2009. I’m not sure anything I could say would give him the dues he deserves, so I’ll leave it as a moment silence. (cnn.com)
The director of “An Inconvenient Truth”, Davis Guggenheim, takes a look at the guitar in his newest documentary. “It Might Get Loud”, which got it’s US release this week, takes a look at three guitarists, Jimmy Page, The Edge, and Jack White and their relationship with the guitar. For any guitar fans (myself included) it seems like a must see. (rollingstone.com)
Sunny Day Real Estate, an SATL favorite, have added a new chapter to their storied history (read our take on their back story). The group is reuniting for a couple of shows this fall and with Nate Mendel, the band’s original bassist. Unfortunately for myself and others on the East Coast, only West Coast dates have been confirmed. (rollingstone.com)
We wrote last week about Jamie Thomas-Rasset, the Minnesota mother fined $1.92 million for downloading songs by Richard Marx, among others. This week Richard Marx has spoken out about the fine. “…it seems to me, especially in these extremely volatile economic times, that holding Ms. Thomas-Rasset accountable for the continuing daily actions of hundreds of thousands of people is, at best, misguided and at worst, farcical. Her accountability itself is not in question, but this show of force posing as judicial come-uppance is clearly abusive. Ms. Thomas Rasset, I think you got a raw deal, and I’m ashamed to have my name associated with this issue.” (dailyradar.com)
Unfortunately Chi Cheng, the Deftones bassist, doesn’t appear to be getting much better. The band seems like they are done waiting. They had already announced Sergio Vega would take Cheng’s place, but not the group is re-recording their new album “Eros” with Vega playing the parts. (aversion.com)
This Week in Videos:
Green Day - “21 Guns”
Cymbals Eat Guitars - “Wind Pheonix (Live on KEXP)”
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