I Am The Son And The Heir

Paul McCartney almost joined Johnny Marr's band in the 80s! Oh, wait, strike that. Reverse it. Either way it would've been a cool collaboration, particularly because this was around the time when Macca was hanging out with Elvis Costello. Talk about a super band.

Paul is also working on a new solo album with some hitmakers. Hopefully he'll avoid traipsing down the Rod Stewart path any further.

Finally, don't forget about Paul's collaboration with Nirvana sans Kurt called Cut Me Some Slack, which is available on iTunes as a single. It's a fun if insignificant addition to his oeuvre.

Cut Me Some Slack

So yeah, this really happened...



McCartney sounded fucking great last night. Excellent song choices proving this is the same man that gave the world Helter Skelter.

12-12-12 The Concert for Sandy Relief will be available via iTunes 12-18-12. Pre-order here.

Stuck Inside These Four Walls

Been a long time since I've played Guitar Hero III - the only edition I own. Always a blast, but once you play and perfect the tunes (Even Flow, My Name Is Jonas, When You Were Young,) it's time for new ones! Activision revealed the tracklist for the game coming out 10/26 last week (link to pdf press release.) Here are my top ten tunes I'm most excited to play:

1. Wings - Band on the Run
2. Eagles - Hotel California
3. R.E.M. - The One I Love
4. Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way
5. Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
6. Guess Who - American Woman
7. Stone Roses - Love Spreads
8. Oasis - Some Might Say
9. Nirvana - About a Girl (Unplugged)
10. Coldplay - Shiver

Considering I've played air guitar to most if not all these tunes at one or more times in my life, it will be rewarding to put those skills to good use.

As an Old Memory

A new documentary about Kurt Cobain will be released later this year. The hook is that it will be in Cobain's own voice pulled from recordings made by the author of the Nirvana book Come As You Are. Reminds me of what they did with John Lennon Imagine years ago to powerful effect.

Naturally, there will be a soundtrack released on September 11 by Barsuk. REM, Ben Gibbard, David Bowie, and others are featured. More details here.