Am I the last person to notice the hyperlink to "Sondheim" in the thread slug?

A stompy Rickrolled the thread? Hi-larious. It should have been the Muppet Rickroll, though.

This is great:

Iggy Pop car insurer hits a bum note... as it refuses to cover musicians because they are 'entertainers' >[link]

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Josh Freese (NIN, Devo, The Vandals, GN’R) Shits All Over Variable-Pricing Model, Offers Dinner at PF Chang’s or Cheesecake Factory, Shrooms, and Mini Golf

For $7, you can download his new album, plus get three videos.

For $50:

• CD/DVD double-disc set
• T-shirt
• “Thank you” phone call from Josh for buying Since 1972. You can tell him what you like about the record that you purchased, or what you thought sucked. Ask whatever you want, like “Is Maynard really THAT weird?” or “Which one of Sting’s mansions has the comfiest beds?” or “Are Devo really suburban robots that monitor reality or just a bunch of dads from Ohio?” or “Why don’t The Vandals play more stuff off the first record?” It’s your five minutes to yack it up. Talk about whatever you want.

For $20,000

• Signed CD/DVD and digital download
• T-shirt
• A signed drum from the 2008 Nine Inch Nails tour
• Maynard James Keenan, Mark Mothersbaugh from Devo and Josh take you miniature golfing and then drop you off on the side of the freeway (all filmed and posted on YouTube)
• Josh gives you a tour of Long Beach. See his first apartment, the coffee shop on 2nd Street where his buddy paid Dave Grohl $40 to rip up tile just weeks before joining Nirvana. See the old Vandals rehearsal spot, the liquor store he got busted at using a Fake ID when he was 17 (it was Dave from the Vandals’ old ID). Go check out Snoop Dogg’s high school. For an extra 50 bucks see where Tom and Adrian from No Doubt live. For another $25 he’ll show ya where Eric from NOFX and Brooks from Bad Religion get their hair cut.
• Spend the night aboard the Queen Mary and take the “Ghosts and Legends” tour. (Separate rooms … no spooning.)
• Josh writes 2 songs about you and both are made available on iTunes and appear on his next record (you can sing back up on ‘em, clap, play the drums, triangle, whatever)
• Drum lesson OR foot and back massage (once again … couples welcome and discreet parking available)
• Pick any 3 items out of Josh’s closet

For $75,000:

• Signed CD/DVD and digital download
• T-shirt
• Go on tour with Josh for a few days
• Have Josh write, record and release a 5-song EP about you and your life story
• Take home any of his drum sets (only one, but you can choose which one)
• Take shrooms and cruise Hollywood in Danny from Tool’s Lamborghini OR play quarters and then hop on the Ouija board for a while
• Josh will join your band for a month … play shows, record, party with groupies, etc.
• If you don’t have a band he’ll be your personal assistant for a month (4-day work weeks, 10 am to 4 pm)
• Take a limo down to Tijuana and he’ll show you how it’s done (what that means exactly we can’t legally get into here)
• If you don’t live in Southern California (but are a U.S. resident) he’ll come to you and be your personal assistant/cabana boy for 2 weeks
• Take a flying trapeze lesson with Josh and Robin from NIN, go back to Robins place afterwards and his wife will make you raw lasagna

Chinese bluegrass video

This is a fine example of "Chinese bluegrass" performed by Mei Han's Red Chamber 紅庭 with John Reischman and the Jaybirds. The instruments include an iluqin, mandolin, bass, pipa, guitar, sanxian, banjo, and ruan. The song is "Katy Hill."

This is made of awesome (and via YouTube via the My Chemical Romance blog).

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The drummer from Cheap Trick, James Iha from Smashing Pumpkins, one of the Fountains of Wayne guys, and a kid from Hanson. Weirdest. Supergroup. Ever.

I... think I need that album immediately.

The drummer from Cheap Trick, James Iha from Smashing Pumpkins, one of the Fountains of Wayne guys, and a kid from Hanson. Weirdest. Supergroup. Ever.

That's a great power pop lineup. Iha's solo record was very bubblegummy, and Taylor's always had a great voice. Adam's one of the main songwriters in FoW, and then you've got the legendary Bun E. Carlos on drums?! Genius!

It's funny I was just interviewed by MSNBC the other day about the Jonas Brothers and I speculated about Nick Jonas doing this very thing.

Bun E. has always been one of my favorite guys ever, from way back in the Budokhan days.

I'm kind of scared to click the link...

I'm kind of scared to click the link...

Taylor's grown up really cute, and Iha has turned into a silver fox.