#5 – Anberlin – Breaking

#4 – Chester French – She Loves Everybody

#3 – Airborne Toxic Event – Wishing Well

#2 – 311 – It’s Alright

#1 – Michael Franti – Say Hey

It’s still gonna be hot this weekend, but let’s find some fun stuff to do.

1. How about a nice dig?

2. Need to cool off? Freeze yourself in carbonite.

3. Hang out with a creepy baby!

4. Yell at a bird

5. Defy Gravity

Got any big ideas of your own?
Do you have a life?
What is my obsession with animals and fat guys?

Have a great summer! See you next year.

:E GregR

#5 – After Midnight Project – Take Me Home

#4 – Pearl Jam – The Fixer

#3 – Billy Boy On Poison – On My Way

#2 – Michael Franti – Say Hey

#1 – Yeah Yeah Yeah’s – Heads Will Roll

Larry David, co-creator of “Seinfeld” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm” says the cast os Seinfled will appear together in the finale of the upcoming seventh season of  “Curb”, the HBO comedy series.

It will be the first time in 11 years that Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander and Michael Richards have appeared together on screen.

The “Seinfeld” stars will appear seperatly in five “Curb” episodes during the season (the storyline revolves around the cast reuniting).

He also says an actual “Seinfeld” reunion is unlikely.

David made the announcement at a meeting of the Television Critics Association.

and it’s super uncomfortable

It’s very cool that a northwest city is getting this sort of national recognition.  Seattle is great and will always be tops in my book, however, over the years Portland has turned into such a cool city. The Wall Street Journal just did an article on how “Skate Friendly” the city is (in addition to being Pet Friendly, Environmentally Friendly, Tattooed Musician/Barista Friendly etc)

article from the Wall Street Journal

Skateboarding is illegal in downtowns across the country. Portland’s downtown is marked with “skate routes” featuring signs with a skateboarding stick figure. In most cities, skaters consider it a big victory when a skatepark is built. Portland is building a network of 19 skateparks scattered throughout the city. Skaters even have one of their own in City Hall: Tom Miller, chief of staff to Portland Mayor Sam Adams, rode into politics through skateboard advocacy and has continued pushing for skateparks from the inside.

It’s a transformation that began nearly two decades ago, when a bunch of Portland skaters built an illegal skatepark in a trash-strewn area under a downtown bridge. By 2020, skaters in this city of about 600,000 people will have just about every kind of terrain they could want. Five parks have already been built. The Ed Benedict skatepark, which opened in February in Portland’s southeast district, features built-in “street” obstacles such as ledges and stairs, where young skaters can be seen trying to flip their boards every which way.

Read the rest of the article here

Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith has confirmed that the bands 2 year hiatus will end this October.

“That’s the plan,” Smith tells Billboard.com. The band initially was going to take just a one-year break, however it turned into two after touring to support 2005’s “Stadium Arcadium.” “Everybody was like, ‘Y’know, I really like having this time off, not being a Chili Pepper and doing other things…It’ll be two years in September, so now we’re ready. You can’t force people to play when they don’t want to play or aren’t ready to play or whatever — not in our band, anyway.”

Smith expects bassist Flea and guitarist John Frusciante may come in with some musical ideas, but the group will mostly likely “do a lot of improvising and jamming and songs will come out of that, too. That’s what we usually do. I don’t know why it would be different.”

No prospective release date has even been considered yet, and Smith says he and his bandmates also “haven’t talked about” who will produce, though he acknowledges with a laugh that Rick Rubin, who’s produced the group’s last five studio efforts, “always ends up being the guy…But we haven’t discussed it.”

(from Billboard.com)

So in just over an hour I was able to make this Endfluencer video! If I can make an entry, then you clearly are WAY ahead of the curve because…well, I’m slow!

Despite my huge love of The End, I can’t be the biggest Endfluencer – besides I have a microphone and thousands of watts behind me!

Get on it – $5000 is up for grabs

The Pearl Jam guys are hosting an online scavenger hunt to reveal the artwork for their new record “Backspacer”

The artwork for the record was done by renowned graphic artist Tom Tomorrow.

“The artwork collaboration between Tom Tomorrow and the band for this album is so compelling, we felt like it deserved its own online gallery showcase,” said Tim Bierman, manager of the band’s Ten Club (and all around nice guy)

As a reward for finding all 9 pieces of art, the band is giving away a free download of the demo version of “Speed of Sound”, a new song from Backspacer.

You could do all that work and have a nice rewarding experience OR you could cheat and listen to the song right here.  Either way, it’s cool.

Pearl Jam – “Speed of Sound (demo)”
pearl-jam-speed-of-sound-2

#5 – Cage the Elephant – Back Against The Wall

#4 – KOL – Use Somebody

#3 – Pearl Jam – The Fixer

#2 – Paramore – Ignorance

#1 – Michael Franti – Say Hey