Mark your Google calendars: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions will occur on March 15, 2010 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. No need to Google map the directions: Just get yourself to Times Square and follow the smell of horse poo from the carriage rides at Central Park. The Waldorf will be on your right.

And the nominees are:

ABBA
The Chantels
Jimmy Cliff
Genesis
The Hollies
KISS
LL Cool J
Darlene Love
Laura Nyro
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Stooges
Donna Summer

Who’s going to argue with that? And why bother? Every new class of inductees just makes the place more fun for fans. Plus, the requirement is to have released a single or album at least 25 years prior to the year of nomination. That makes Charles Manson eligible.

In other words, it’s not Cooperstown.

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I may be a crotchety bastard who’s out of rum and blogging in his underpants, but still, you think Jimi’d rate more than a $450 Strat knockoff. I mean, Steve Vai got a whole other string out of Ibanez. Remember the JEM? It also had a friggin’ handle, in case you wanted to… who knows what the handle was for. It was stupid. But they painted it fluorescent green, popped in pink DiMarzios and gave it to him. Meanwhile, Jimi finally gets something worthy of the can of lighter fluid he doused a real Strat with at Monterey. God damn: I’m a historian, over here.

Link: http://nevertoolateguitar.com/2009/09/22…

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Awesome new holiday CD?
The Christmas album that killed Christmas?
Prank?

You decide.

Preview tracks here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002P…

According to today’s Huffington Post, “Some of the world’s largest recording companies are suing “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” claiming producers violated their copyrights by playing more than 1,000 songs without permission.”

It’s just an allegation, and if Jon Gosselin has taught us anything, it’s not to… wait. He hasn’t taught us anything. But on behalf of people who make their living getting paid making music, Ellen, please tell us you’re paying for the music you’re playing on your wacky show.

If not, I can only hope that hell will look like you sitting trapped at a desk, listening to one horrifying singer after another, for all eternity. Oh wait, that’s going to be your life. Never mind. We’re even.

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