Friday’s Leftovers: Old Time Rock ‘n Roll

We’re getting closer and closer to Led Zeppelin’s return, which takes place in London just one week from Monday. The new issue of Rolling Stone contains a terrific feature by David Fricke about the circumstances that led up to the reunion, as well as a report from one of the band’s tightly guarded rehearsals. Jason Bonham got us excited when he described Zeppelin’s first attempt at playing No Quarter: “When the riff came in, there was this look that went around. It was brilliant.” Bring it on fellas, and then bring it to the States next summer.

Let’s see what else is happening on this final day of November:

Radiohead announced a batch of European tour dates in June and July, leading to speculation they will play the states in May
moe.’s new album, Sticks and Stones, will be released in January
John Fogerty never thought hanging out with the Dead and dropping acid was a good idea — silly, John Fogerty
A Hungarian Zappa freak has compiled a list of Zappa videos on the ‘nets
The List gives us five reasons to go see Ryan Adams [via LHB]
We thought we had seen the last of Tay Zonday, but we were wrong
Former Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle got thrown in jail… again
Our buddy Pete at IckMusic will DJ on Sirius’ Springsteen Channel
Music Pirates are glad to see EMI will cut funding to trade groups
Uncle Neddy gathers us ’round the fire to tell about two incredible shows he attended 15 years ago