Wednesday Intermezzo: Don’t Do Smack

Our buddies over at Spinner debuted a new column this called Shout It Out Loud in which artists will get on their soapbox to write about an issue affecting them. Motley Crue’s Nikki Sixx has penned the first Shout It Out Loud about how drug addiction ruins careers. Seems obvious, but a rocker wrote it, so it’s better.

It wouldn’t be Wednesday without our usual batch o’ humpday links:

• Robert Plant and Alison Krauss have recorded an album together
• Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood is set to have his US orchestral debut in NYC on January 16th and 17th
• Keith Richards DID snort his dad’s ashes after all
• Check out the new tour dates from !!!
• The Beastie Boys’ Adam Horovitz is a tough interview
• Rivers Cuomo of Weezer is planning to publish his journals
• Say it ain’t so: Marin’s Sweetwater to close
• Cracked presents the 10 weakest songs by badass bands
• Here’s a real head-scratcher: Universal is threatening to sue retailers who are selling Amy Winehouse’s debut album
• Monterey Peninsula Artists and Little Big Man Booking will merge
• Check out this fully functioning Guitar Hero controller made out of legos
• Jefitoblog gives us the Complete Idiot’s Guide to Adam Ant
• Catfight alert: Lily Allen and Courtney Love talk shit about each other
• Neddy reviews the Newport Folk Festival

Ace and I are off to see the Beastie Boys at Central Park’s SummerStage tonight…but that’s later; for now, tell us what we missed out there today…