I asked my kids who/what they thought were the best songs and artists of the year - to get an unbiased opinion from the youth - and their answers were:
Best Song of 2009: "Stink-butt" Best Artist of 2009: "Poop-Head"
I might be slightly out of touch with the youth of today, but I'm pretty sure these are not actual songs or band names.
Happy New Year.
Oh yeah - please refer to the coming year as "twenty-ten," not "two-thousand-ten."
Did you ever see the faces of the children They get so excited. Waking up on christmas morning Hours before the winter suns ignited. They believe in dreams and all they mean Including heavens generosity. Peeping round the door to see what parcels are for free In curiosity.
And Tommy doesn't know what day it is. He doesn't know who Jesus was or what praying is. How can he be saved? From the eternal grave.
Surrounded by his friends he sits so silently, And unaware of everything. Playing poxy pin ball picks his nose and smiles and Pokes his tongue at everything. I believe in love but how can men who've never seen Light be enlightened. Only if he's cured will his spirits future level ever heighten.
And Tommy doesn't know what day it is. He doesn't know who Jesus was or what praying is. How can he be saved? From the eternal grave.
Comes the time for Christmas And I really have to ask If this is feeling merry How much longer must it last?
I wish a one horse open sleigh Would come carry me away But I've been waiting here all day And one just hasn't come my way
Now excuse me if I'm not being reverent But I was hoping for a miracle to hold me, wash me Save me from my righteous doubt as I watch helpless And everybody sings
If it's Hanukkah or Kwanzaa Solstice, harvest or December twenty-fifth Peace on earth to everyone And abundance to everyone you're with
Comes the time for Christmas And as you raise your Yuletide flask There's like this feeling that you carry As if from every Christmas past
It's as if each year it grows It's like you feel it in your toes And on and on your carol goes Harvesting love among your woes
I want to buy into the benevolence And I was hoping for a miracle to hold me, wash me Make me know what it's about As the longing in me makes me want to sing
Noel or Navidad Season celebration or just the end of the year Christmas can mean anything And I mean to keep its hope forever near
As if a cold and frozen soul is warm to love By loves own hand So goes the prayer if for a day peace on earth And good will to man
At twenty below the winter storm it billows But the fire is so warm inside And the children while nestled in their pillows Dream of St. Nicholas's ride
And how the next day they'll get up and they will play In the still falling Christmas snow And together we'll celebrate forever In defiance of the winds that blow
My god in heaven now I feel like I'm seven And the spirit calls to me as well As if Christmas had made the winter warmer Made a paradise from what was hell
As if a cold and frozen soul is warm to love By loves own hand So goes the prayer if for a day peace on earth And good will to man ...
I wish a one horse open sleigh would come carry me away And I'll keep waiting through next May Until Christmas comes my way
(Words by John Popper. Music by John Popper and Trey Anastasio.)
ultimateGuitar.com There's a brief Velvet Revolver mention in the new Zakk Wylde interview that I thought I'd share.
It didn’t bother you that Ozzy was auditioning other guitar players and didn’t really say anything to you?
I mean with us there’s never any arguments; there’s no fights or nothing. It’s just, “What do you want to do, Steve?” It’s like, “Ahh, Zakk, I want to go jam with these guys now.”
It’s like with Slash and Scottie and all the guys and if they’re gonna stop doing Velvet Revolver for a while. And then Scott is going to do Stone Temple Pilots; Duff is gonna do Loaded; Slash is gonna do his solo thing; Matt’s gonna be jammin’ with the Cult again and then they’re gonna get back together. It’s just like no big deal.
It’s like Genesis – there’s Mike and the Mechanics and Phil is doing his solo thing and the keyboard player is doing movie soundtracks. And then it’s like, “Let’s get back together and do a fuckin’ album.”
I love Ozz and Sharon; Sharon is like my mother. Barbara Ann [Zakk’s wife] still hangs out with Sharon all the time. They go to Dancing With the Stars to see Kelly and all that shit. They hang out and have lunch and just chill and have a good time.
I always told everybody when the day would come when Ozz would say, “I don’t feel like doin’ this shit no more.” What are you supposed to do? But you better figure somethin’ out. You know what I mean?
I know that this is just Zakk running his mouth, and is by no means official, but it makes sense to me. I've been saying this all along that there will eventually be a Velvet Revolver reunion (say in 2014) with Scott Weiland.
Party Time Chalk Dust Torture The Moma Dance NICU Stealing Time From The Faulty Plan Stash I Didn't Know Poor Heart Cavern Beauty Of A Broken Heart Ocelot Time Turns Elastic
Set 2
Punch You in the Eye > Down With Disease > Prince Caspian > Wolfman's Brother > Piper > Joy David Bowie Harry Hood Golgi Apparatus Character Zero
12:00PM – Acoustic Set 5:30PM – Set 2 8:30PM – Set 3
If you are interested in EVERYTHING related to Phish's Halloween weekend Festival 8 in Indio, California, you MUST visit Jamtopia's Festival 8 Cover Album Teaser page and Jamtopia's Festival 8 Recap page. Webmaster Todd Levy has outdone himself and everything you could want to know about the gig is there on those 2 pages. I could never do justice to this event here, so head over to Jamtopia and check out the exhaustive and "seemingly authoritative" updates from the man himself.
Last night Phish played a six song soundcheck which you can download below.
Here's the setlist ...
1. Festival 8 Soundcheck Jam 2. Undermind > 3. Devil With A Blue Dress On Jam 4. Starship Trooper Jam 5. Gone (Phish debut, played by Classic TAB in Brooklyn) 6. Liquid Time (off Party Time, with MGMT's 'Kids' and 'Lengthwise' teases)
Also check out PhishTwit for real-time Twitter updates on Festival 8.
Oh, and in case you were wondering, there are 8 albums left. Phish will play one of these in their entirety tomorrow:
1. David Bowie | Hunky Dory 2. Genesis | The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 3. Jimi Hendrix | Electric Ladyland 4. King Crimson | Larks' Tongues In Aspic 5. MGMT | Oracular Spectacular 6. Prince | Purple Rain 7. Radiohead | Kid A 8. Rolling Stones | Exile on Main Street
The Red Hot Chili Peppers are back in the studio as of October 12, 2009. Their next album should be released sometime in 2010, according to Chad Smith.
An excerpt from his interview with SPIN follows ...
What's the status of the new album? You guys have been off for a long time now. We're going to get together and start writing songs in October.
Is anything already written? No. We've jammed a few times. I've played with Flea a few times. But I've been gone since April doing the Chickenfoot thing. So in October, we'll start from scratch. The four of us will get in a room and just start playing. That's how it's always worked before. That method hasn't failed us yet.
Do you know who'll be producing the new album? It's not at the point where we're thinking about that yet. But Rick Rubin's been our producer forever. We love him and he's great. I assume that we'll use him again. But picking a producer is still far off down the road.
Any ideas on when we can expect to hear new music from you guys? Sometime in 2010 seems realistic. That's what we're shooting for, but it takes a while to get the machinery going with something as big as the Chili Peppers.
