Madonna, The Beastie Boys and John Mellencamp are among the nine bands nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. We’re gonna predict that Afrika Bambaataa and Leonard Cohen will join the aforementioned acts on the stage at the Waldorf Astoria on March 10th, which would leave Chic, The Ventures, Donna Summer and the Dave Clark Five as nominees on the outside looking in. It blows our minds that Chic and Donna Summer were nominated, while Genesis, Rush, Yes, The Stooges and Metallica were ignored. I’m all for diversity but this ain’t the Disco Hall of Fame. You’re better than that, Rock.
Frustrating, but we’ve got plenty of other links to take your mind off that shit:
- Lollapalooza will return to Grant Park in Chicago on August 1st – 3rd, 2008
- Read the amazing story of Louis Armstrong’s strong show of bravery which took place 50 years ago this week
- The schedule for Caribbean Holidaze has been released
- We love the Internets: Leave Kang alone!
- We’re completely unsurprised that the Sex Pistols have added an American gig to the Great Reunion Swindle
- Bob Weir, Sammy Hagar and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott helped say goodbye to Sweetwater
- Stream Richard Thompson’s appearance on NPR’s World Cafe
- JamCam Chronicles have just released the Best of Jam Cruise 5
- Dinosaur Jr. added new dates in Nov. and Dec. to their reunion tour
- Our friends at Ghosts of Wayne Fontes fire off a Defense of Sample in a Jar
- SuperDee gushes about American Babies the same way Ace does
And, lastly, the Vancouver Police are speculating that a crowd-surfing or moshing accident led to the death of a fan at Monday’s Smashing Pumpkins concert. Stay safe out there, kids.
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That Louis Armstrong story is the tits…great stuff. I never heard that one.
The Rock & Roll Hall is getting pretty diluted, eh? I always liked the way baseball does it — the best of the best with some stringent standards. Well, I’ll hold off on really lashing out until I see who gets in…it’s really a joke, though.
The rock n roll hall of fame is a travesty. Billy Joel is in it.
Nuff said.
And Jackson Browne is CERTAINLY more deserving than The Stooges and MC5. Yeah, in the bizarro world, maybe.