Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots: The Musical

The Flaming Lips and Aaron Sorkin are turning one of my all time favorite albums into a stage musical. Brilliant. It always pissed me off that a band as shitty as ABBA could have a hit musical that runs for 8 fucking years.

Of all the people who deserve musicalization, the Lips are at the top of my list.

I Say "No, no, no"

Amy Winehouse may check into rehab. Ahh, the irony. Can't wait to see her at Coachella. Go pick up her new CD, Back to Blackthat just came out yesterday. What a voice. If she was around in 1997, she would have been on the Jackie Brown soundtrack.

Favorite tracks: I'm No Good, Tears Dry, and Addicted (oh yeah, and REHAB)

Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame

According to his own calculations, Eddie Vedder says he listened to R.E.M.'s album Murmur about 1260 times in the summer of 1984. According to my own calculations, I listened to Pearl Jam's Vs. about 2250 times in the first half of 1994.

So I guess that means I'll be speaking when they get inducted in 2017.

Other inductees were Grandmaster Flash, The Ronettes, Patti Smith, Van Halen

NY Times: Hip Hop is Rock 'n' Roll, and Hall of Fame Likes It