2007

We’ve been blown away by the flood of amazing new rock documentaries about old bands. No Direction Home was brilliant. Amazing Journey was awesome. Runnin’ Down A Dream beats ’em all. And everything we’ve heard about Julien Temple’s Joe Strummer documentary makes us feel like a couple of custies for not seeing it yet. USA Today examines the trend, filling us in on what it takes to bring these artists’ stories to the screen.

• A lucky Radiohead fan got his copy of the In Rainbows box set a week early
• Van Halen adds a few more dates to their busy 2008 schedule
• Our friend Brian Bavosa writes about his experience at a recent Midnight Ramble at Levon Helm’s barn
• Somebody played a joke on Weezer, and the media fell for it (including us)
• We don’t blame James McCartney for getting his dad to help him record his debut album
• Slapdelay asks What Would Zappa Do?
• Benji and Mike pick up the pace with some stellar editions of Cold Turkey
• Hey Parents: Get your kids a hippie van this holiday season
• The Police bring the never-ending reunion tour to the Isle of Wight

Finally, we really got a kick out of Jack White’s matador impression in the White Stripes new video for Conquest. Check it out after the jump…

Somehow I find myself typing this post from a hotel room in Little Rock, Arkansas. Yeah, I’m on the road again, and this time there’s no Vegas. Work, she is

The latest FIFA football rankings are out, and a scrappy Northern Ireland side has risen four places to 32nd in the world. That’s three spots ahead of the Republic of

We’ve noticed some striking similarities between two of our favorite shredders and two of our favorite villains. Any doppelganging in your nape of the neck? Above: RAQ’s Chris Michetti and

Here’s a survey that must be flawed: “The poll by Harris Interactive…showed that…83 percent of people earning $150,000 or more had a music education.” Then how do I know tons of poor folk that’ve played the skin flute for years?

The beginning of the year is generally considered the leanest part of the live music calendar, yet January tour dates have been flying into Hidden Track headquarters faster than Ricky