2007

Here’s a shocker: Stewart Copeland’s big mouth causes trouble again.

Copeland apparently disparaged current Chilean president Michelle Bachelet back in October, comparing her less favorably to another leader: “Look, the future President of Argentina would be good for one beer; yours [would be good] for four.” Copeland + beer goggles reference = international incident.

Not surprisingly, the people of Chile took The Police drummer’s words to mean he found Bachelet less attractive than Argentina’s hot president. Copeland apologized for the slight, and invited Bachelet and her party to see tonight’s concert in Santiago. If you haven’t seen The Police yet, be sure to see them next summer, because we’d be surprised if Sting ever goes on tour with Stewart again.

Scotty and I are a little busy with our day jobs and pressing HT issues at the moment, so it’s time to turn to the greatest song and video from

With The Pixies’ reunion fading into memory, the time’s finally come for Kelley and Kim Deal to get The Breeders back together. The Deal sisters have teamed up with producer Steve Albini to record Mountain Battles, an album that was put on hold in 2002 when Kim entered rehab. Mountain Battles hits stores on April 8th, and for Fuse’s sake we hope they don’t use any bong references on this album.

Let’s see what else is goin’ on ’round the world wide web this week:

• Live Nation teams with Costco to sell concert tickets
• Glide Magazine points us in the direction of Radiohead’s new video
• Bono promises U2 fans they’ll “feel a difference” from their next album
• Phil & Friends’ John Molo discusses his past and present with Blair Jackson
• Tom Petty talks to Rolling Stone about his decision to play the Super Bowl
• Jason and Jeff (of Jefitoblog fame) celebrate the 25 Days of Mellowmas
• Daniel Lanois offers the first digitally downloadable album to be released in high-resolution CD quality
• STS9 announces a few weeks worth of 2008 tour dates
• Runaway Dinosaur highlights some cool shit on Rock Art Wednesday
• John C. Reilly takes the stage as Dewey Cox during special screenings of Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (watch trailer here)

Finally, be sure to watch on Friday night when Page McConnell names his favorite songs for ABC’s Nightline. He’s totally gonna pick Jennifer Dances.

Meet Bryan Saltus, a 37-year-old American golfer currently plying his trade on the Pro Asia Tour. Saltus claimed a victory this weekend at the inaugural Cambodian Open, his first championship

Organizers for the Langerado Music Festival have released the daily schedule for the sixth installment of the event, and it follows after the jump. Read on and let us know which of the three main days looks most appealing. If you ask us, and nobody ever does, Saturday looks particularly nasty…even nastier than two girls surrounding a communal cup, and we mean that in a best way possible.

You can excuse Martin Sexton for being a little tired these days. Sexton’s been touring these United States and the UK since April behind his latest album, Seeds. And aside from spreading good music, the singer/songwriter is also spreading environmental awareness by making the nine-month run a “green” tour.

On Friday, Martin will play the grand finale of the Seeds tour at New York City’s Roseland Ballroom, and we caught up with him as he prepared for the gig. We sat down to talk about life on the road, how NBC’s Scrubs came to use one of his songs, what makes a tour “green” and much, much more….

Scott Bernstein: What were some of the highlights of the Seeds tour?

Martin Sexton: A big one would be doing the whole Green thing: the biodiesel bus, organic posters, recycling everything and all of that was really successful and it make me feel great. It worked, and it wasn’t like pulling teeth; it was actually quite viable. Another highlight for me would be being part of the show on Earth Day last April. Just playing out there in that big beautiful park on a wonderful San Francisco afternoon on Earth Day.

Also I got to the UK for the first time. The reaction of the fans was wonderful. They really treat you well over there. It’s kinda different from in America. They treat you like an artist. I worked hard for what I have in America, and it’s a beautiful thing. But if I was new and up and coming in America, I would sure have a tough road to hoe. Read on for more from Scotty and Martin…

This Bra-less Wonder is not Elaine Benes’ Lex Luthor, and I doubt Kramer will sue her for permanently destroying his chances at a career in golf. But it’s strange to see a woman in her skivvies on the street, and The Daily Mail agrees.

Imagine being a has-been but with loads of talent at the ripe old age of 24. We say “go for it,” veer into the skid and just do this “crazy whore” thing for at least a little while. There really is nothing worse than being boring. Shake it up.