2003

Icelandic Sugarcube-turned-worldwide-sweet-sensation Bj

The debut release by the Finger, Ryan Adams and Jesse Malin’s not-so-secret punk band, will arrive in the U.S. Sept. 23 on One Little Indian Records.
The first part of the set “We Are F*** You,” surfaced earlier this year in the U.K. after California-based Broadway Jungle label pressed 1,000 vinyl copies. The second half, “Punk’s Dead Let’s F***,” was recorded later, bring the final tally to 20 tracks, a slew of which clock in at less than a minute-and-a-half.
The U.K.-based One Little Indian (which recently opened an office in the U.S., where the label is distributed by Navarre) has combined both on the disc, import versions of which are currently selling for more $30 on Amazon.com.
Adams (guitar) and Malin (bass) are respectively listed on the album as Warren Peace and Irving Plaza (the latter being the name of a New York concert venue). They are joined on the set by a pair of fellow New York-area pals: painter/singer Colin Burns (listed as “Jim Beahm”), who handles vocals, and Johnny T. (listed as “Rick O’Shea”) on drums.
Source Billboard.com.

Kevin Shields, the mastermind behind critically acclaimed but long-dormant rock group My Bloody Valentine, will release his first new music in more than a decade on the soundtrack for the forthcoming Sofia Coppola film “Lost in Translation.”
Shields, who has been playing with Primal Scream for the past few years, last penned and released original music on My Bloody Valentine’s 1991 classic, “Loveless” (Sire/Creation). The band signed with Island shortly after the release of that widely influential album, but years of sessions for a follow-up were aborted and the group dissolved in the mid-’90s.
Source Billboard.com.

Tenacious D has compiled its short-lived HBO series, music videos, short films, a 90-minute concert from London’s Brixton Academy and a tour documentary for the double-DVD set “The Masterworks.” The project will be released Sept. 9 by Epic.
The Brixton Academy show features such D favorites as “Wonderboy,” “Explosivo,” “Kielbasa,” “F*** Her Gently,” “Tribute” and “Rock Your Socks.” The DVD’s second disc will include videos and “making of” featurettes for “Wonderboy” and “Tribute,” TV appearances on “Mad TV” and “Crank Yankers” and in-studio footage.
For a true glimpse behind the scenes, “The Masterworks” also offers the 30-minute feature “On the Road With Tenacious D,” shot by Liam Lynch. “I toured with them for three months so I had like 60 hours of video of us playing ‘Grand Theft Auto,'” he says.
Lynch and Tenacious D’s Jack Black are hard at work on the script for a feature film, “Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny.” Lynch hopes shooting will get underway before the end of the year. In the meantime, Black will appear in the film “Envy” with Ben Stiller, due Aug. 22 in U.S. theaters.
Source Billboard.com.

Pearl Jam will play an extra hour-long set prior to opening act Sleater-Kinney at its show Friday (July 11) outside Boston. It’s the third of three non-consecutive performances at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield, Mass., during which Pearl Jam is attempting to play each of the nearly 100 songs in its current repertoire without repeats.
At the first two shows last week, the Eddie Vedder-led group was restricted to a total of 50 songs due to an area noise curfew. According to a source, the additional Friday set will likely be a more stripped-down affair than usual, potentially allowing for revamped versions of rarely played tracks from Pearl Jam’s vast back catalog.
Doors to the venue will open at 5:30 pm ET, with Pearl Jam taking the stage at 6:30. Sleater-Kinney will play at 7:30, and Pearl Jam will return for its usual full set around 8:45. The two groups perform tonight at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
Source Billboard.com.

Terminally ill singer-songwriter Warren Zevon will be the debut subject of a new VH1 series, “Inside Out,” which launches Aug. 24.The program will chronicle the veteran musician’s struggle to complete “The Wind,” his forthcoming album for Artemis Records, due Aug. 26. Zevon was diagnosed with the terminal lung cancer mesothelioma in August 2002.”Inside Out: Warren Zevon” will feature appearances by Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Brown, Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood, and is hosted by actor Billy Bob Thornton. Following Zevon through his personal journey with the illness, the program also explores the creative process behind the upcoming album, shares poignant interactions with many of his fans, pulls excerpts from his personal diary and contains clips from his last live performance on “The Late Show With David Letterman.”
Source etonline.com.

A Perfect Circle, featuring bizarre Tool front man Maynard James Keenan on vocals will be releasing their new album Thirteenth Step on September 13th. This is the band

No stranger to the road, Keller Williams has announced a lengthy fall tour in support of his upcoming release

Widespread Panic has announced they will take the year 2004 off for some much-needed res,t after touring relentlessly since the late 1980

Thirty-one-year-old speed-hiking phenom Ted E. Keizer, better known as Cave Dog, recently added another record to his list of accomplishments by climbing all 40 of the Southern Appalachians’ 6,000-foot peaks in four days, 23 hours, and 28 minutes.
Last July, Cave Dog attracted media attention by hiking the 46 peaks of the Adirondacks in three days, 18 hours, and 14 minutes, breaking the 1977 record by more than a day (see Outside Online’s July 1 news brief, “‘Cave Dog’ Nails Adirondack Peaks Record”). In September 2000, he climbed all 55 of Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks in ten days, 20 hours, and 26 minutes (see “Trail Hound,” Outside July 2002).
Cave Dog’s latest challenge began on June 15 at 5:45 A.M. in the Smoky Mountains, atop Clingman’s Dome. From there he ran and climbed solo through six mountain ranges: the Smokies, the Plott Balsams, the Great Balsams, the Craggies, the Blacks, and the Roans. In order to reach all of these mountains via one contiguous run, Cave Dog used woods, roads, trails, and bushwhacks, mainly following the Mountain to Sea Trail. He reached his final destination, the summit of North Carolina’s Grassy Ridge Bald, at 5:13 A.M. on Friday, June 20.
From the first day of the journey, Cave Dog encountered rainstorms, fog, and lightning, which made his nighttime bushwhacking segments particularly treacherous. He traveled approximately 60 miles per day over a cumulative distance of 300 miles, and was supported by “The Dog Team,” a group of 18 friends and family members who provided him with provisions and dry socks and shoes at periodic points along the way. He navigated the course without the aid of a map or GPS system, relying solely on his memory of the trails as he had learned them during his two and a half months of scouting and training runs prior to beginning the challenge.
Cave Dog’s challenges in Colorado and the Adirondacks involved breaking previously set speed records over a range of peaks, but his recent feat in the Southern Appalachians (which he calls the “South Beyond Insanity Megamarathon”) marked a first record for that region. The Dog Team’s Web site, www.thedogteam.com, lays out the basic rules for future challengers to his new record: they must stick to trails whenever possible, do as many or more peaks in less time than he did, and refrain from using any type of vehicle for propulsion.
Cave Dog’s next goal: “I’ve been thinking about challenging the record for the oldest long-distance trail in the United States, The Long Trail,” he says. “It traverses the spine of the Green Mountains down the full length of Vermont. It’s 272 miles long, and the record is four days and 15 hours.”
Source outsideonline.com.