The next two nights offer a rare opportunity to see two of the best cover bands while cruising around New York City on a boat. Tonight, Give Us The Money Lebowski show off their jukebox-like repertoire, frenetic improvisations and sparkling wit on the 200-capacity Half Moon at 8 pm. Tomorrow night, Led Zeppelin face-melters Bustle In Your Hedgerow takes to the seas in honor of Rocks Off founder Jake Szufnarowski’s birthday at 11 pm on the 500-person Temptress. Both of these concerts should be, dare we say…epic.
The past two days have brought us a slew of interesting stories. Check ’em out:
- Bay area fans enjoyed a double dose of the Beastie Boys
- The Washington Post brings us the inside story of Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein, who passed away 30 years ago this week
- Sirius will launch the Grateful Dead channel at noon on September 7th with the airing of an unreleased show from 1974
- SuperDee shares her thoughts on the Revenge of the Bookeaters
- More details from Pattie Boyd’s book Wonderful Tonight are emerging
- South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker have struck an innovative deal with Viacom that may change the landscape of talent contracts
- The Raconteurs play coy about the contents of their new album
- Do older rock stars enjoy success more than younger counterparts?
- Lou Reed records a duet with Brandon Flowers for the new Killers album
- Russian MP3 site allofmp3.com will reopen shortly
- Gene Simmons wants to make it REALLY CLEAR he isn’t married
- George Clinton is working on a reality TV show
- Queensryche is releasing an album of covers including Syncronicity II, Welcome to the Machine and Bullet the Blue Sky in November
- KCRW will celebrate 30 years of Morning Becomes Eclectic during a nine-hour special on Labor Day
- A brief history of Timbaland Beats [via thecoach]
That’s all we have for now, but we’re sure the list will grow again by Friday. If you have any news tips for us leave a comment below…
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Our friend Pipe reminds us that the trailer for the new Coen Brothers’ film is up, and it doesn’t take a genius to realize this thing’s gonna be sickkkk: No Country For Old Men:
http://www.nocountryforoldmen-themovie.com/
Did someone say “cruising?” I’ll be there!
so Shannon Tweed is available??
I like Shannon Tweed’s crazy sister, Tracy.
Not sure how this slipped through, but CBGB founder Hilly Kristal died yesterday. RIP.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/29/america/NA-GEN-US-Obit-Hilly-Kristal.php
Ace, did you motice Brendan Benson’s quote about ‘dancing about architecture”?
That Coen Bros movie is going to be outstanding. Even the trailer looks great, aesthetically.