LOL, I forgive you, but it's spelled Lynyrd Skynyrd. Play it pretty for Atlanta:)

What a life you live, Dave.
I'm sure you do, but count your blessings cuz they are many.
Now hurry up and get that Panic Channel record out !!!!!
JD

Dave...do you like Miles Davis???

Sounds like an awesome event!!! And Herb Alpert....long live The Tijuana Brass!!
Have a safe trip home,
Bonita

Hey Sexies~

for someone who stays close to home I can't help but notice how much traveling you've done this year!!! You've been off to an exciting start and can only imagine howmuch more exciting it's gonna get once TPC is unleashed!!!

You are blazing hot and love your frame of thought!!! Thank you for giving it to us continuosly...You are truly a high caliber being!!!

Kisses
Chrissy

the ceremony sounded excellent. can't wait to catch it on TV.
have a safe trip back home!

kisses, nichole

Wow...what life you lead DN! I can't believe the Decades show and the RR Hall of fame show within what? 4 days of each other! Must be tough... :D
As always, thank you for sharing your experiences with us. It's not everyday you get to live vicariously through a rock star.

Hope everyone has a great Tuesday! My english midterm was postponed for a week, so Im having a great week already! haha..
Love, Amber :)

Wow...quite the eventful trip to the east coast metro area!.. Thanks for sharing! I hope we've treated you well while you were here. Hope to hear some SRL tonight...Travel safely!

maybe its already been asked but who WAS the house band?? was it just a few good musicians that the show found or did they try out or what?

definate props to the house band from Rockstar, they still bring a smile of amazement when i think of them. I hope that they are fully aware how much everyone loved their performances!! Dave you have been in the presence of rock royalty lately, you handsome, beautiful man... i am a little jealous, but i love you.

Well that sounded awesome! Im so jealous! Thanks for the review Dave!

Rob.K

Hey, speaking of Rockstar, isn't it about time for that season 2 press release? Come on, man, haven't you kept us in the dark long enough?

Also, do you think Carm will be well enough to give us a new Carmen Electronica Hour sometime soon?

Magnificent! I hope Riss will be involved as co-host if you go ahead with tonights' S.R.L.

Any chance one of the up-and-coming Indie bands you support will be at the Inkslingers Ball this year in Anaheim? Some of the sponsors are Indie103.1, The Suicide Girls, and Rockstar. The deadline is tomorrow (the 15th) for submitting to it, and they're asking local Indie bands to apply. Just saw that today and wondered if anyone you know has/or should submit an application. Good ink, good music, good times!!!

Dude,
If you're carbin' it, head over to John's on Bleeker for some pizza! Also there is a Gretsch store on the next block across the street. Some very cool vintage rigs. Oh! Fugghedaboudit!

Damn that was some great writing for today's L & O... not sure if it was new but...

Hi Dave,

Just passing through......hope all is well

I'd like to clarify Debbie Harry's (and other original Blondie member Chris Stein's) stance about not wanting the original Blondie members to join them for their performance.

Their 'feud' has something to do with a situation which has been on-going for years, it involves the ex-members suing Debbie & Chris Stein etc. Much too long to get into here...

Debbie certainly didn't mince any words when she was interviewed backstage by "Access Hollywood" after the confrontation.....she still seemed quite angry, throwing in a few choice 'bleep-a-ble' descriptions of her former band mates!

take care,
itanja

But Infante made a great point Itanja when Debbie said "you see my band up there don't you?" and he replied, "Oh, are THEY being inducted?". I bet in 10 years she'll feel like shit about not playing with them, regardless of legal issues now. She should've played with them. I guess the real question here is: Why was Blondie inducted anyway? There was one album, with maybe a couple of hits, "Heart of Glass" and another one. The only reason the band got in was because she used to hang with Warhol, Basquiat, and any other NYC artist that found her "star" quality irresistable. Other bands/artists that AREN'T in yet that were far more influential include Yes, Roy Buchanan, Roy Clark, Marc Bolan/TRex, NY Dolls, Emerson/Lake/Palmer-hell, she's not even Blonde anymore! I do admit though, I found myself singing Heart of Glass more than once yesterday. But then I put on some Iron Man and the feeling went away.

Iggy and the Stooges, RUSH, Brian Epstein...Can someone please tell me why RUSH is not in? Makes no sense. But I guess for every inductee, one could come up with a hundred others that THEY feel should be there. But the RUSH thing, there's no excuse for that, nor YES...

dear god. OS. Blondie had way more than one album and one hit. groan. sigh. etc.

they deserve to be in the R&R hall of fame, even though Clem Burke said they weren't too sure about it, cos it isn't very punk to be in it.

i guess that band that played are the touring band, since they 'BLONDIE' are touring this spring. how many bands haven't had personnel changes over the years. Debbie Harry is NOT called Blondie, the band is. holy lord god, etc.

Cos Yes are boring. hahahaaaahahaha :P

Thanks for the laugh tonight! THIS IS HOW WE DO IT-KLASSIC :) Love ya, Db

Sounds like a great time!!!!

Any update on when TPC will be released? Anything we can catch you on the TV soon?

Can't wait for the new Rockstar to start!

Always,
me

Hi ylais & Lyn,

I LOVE when I stir up lively discussions!! ;)

Heck, there are loads of 'influential' bands and musicians that should inducted, though most of these awards etc are usually based on sales and popularity contests.

I would induct Van der Graaf Generator & Peter Hammill.....though lots of people in the music business would say "WHO??"

The band barely sold albums but toured relentlessly over the years......of course, there weren't many hummable songs in their repetoire! lol

Most of the time, fans know more about these award situations than the people in the business do. We seem to know where bands get their influences etc.

Though we've got to remember, it's a business.....bands who don't sell (or have global impact) usually don't get acknowledged.

Hammill's snarling vocals and 'punk' (the term wasn't even invented yet in conjunction with rock music) concept album (released in 1975) greatly influenced John Lydon's vocal style........

........and you all know what Mr. Rotten & crew started.......though very few know 'where' Rotten's vocal style came from....a prog rock singer! For shame! lol

take care,
itanja

IIRC, Blondie were one of the first bands to actually meld rap & rock......long before Mad-donna and her ripping off the NYC 'vogue' scene.....and even before the Run-DMC/Aerosmith connection.

As well as Debbie doing the whole glamourous sexy 'blond' fronting a band schtick...Debbie was on the NYC club scene waaaaay before Madonna got off the bus from Detroit (or wherever she's from).

Had Chris Stein not taken so ill and Debbie taking time off to care for him, perhaps Debs would have had the impact and level of fame that Madonna had.

We New Yorkers know Debbie was there long before Ms.Ciccone was.

Debbie is infinitely much more talented and original than Madonna....Debbie can actually sing and she can act. Madonna has always been more about style over substance.

Surrounding yourself with excellent musicians, dancers and stylists has nothing to do with being a good musician, it has everything to do with covering the fact that your 'talent' is minimal.

Debbie is a rock singer...I don't know what Madonna is, a Vegas act? Madonna is a product of MTV, marketing, hype and stylists.

below excerpted from: http://www.Eventsinthecity.org event/callout e-mail...

3/31: CBS's ROCK STAR OPEN CALL (LA)

CASTING: CBS'S ROCK STAR-NATIONWIDE-CBS TELEVISION NETWORK-LOS ANGELES- SUBMISSION DEADLINE-3/24!
3/31: CBS's ROCK STAR OPEN CALL (LA)

CASTING: CBS's ROCK STAR (Nationwide) - APPLICATIONS AND AUDITION TAPES FOR ROCK STAR: THE SERIES (working title) NOW BEING ACCEPTED BY THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK

Deadline For Submissions Is Friday, March 24, 2006

CBS's ROCK STAR returns for a second season in Summer, 2006. Applications for potential singers can be found at http://www.CBS.com and rockstar.msn.com. ROCK STAR: THE SERIES (working title) auditions are open to men and women all over the world who are at least 21 years-old.

UPCOMING OPEN CALLS:

* March 16 - Minneapolis, MN
* March 18 - Seattle, WA
* March 21 - San Francisco, CA
* March 23 - Vancouver, BC
* March 31 - Los Angeles, CA

Open calls for ROCK STAR will take place in Hollywood CA on March 31, 2006: Los Angeles - March 31st � 10:00 AM � 4:00 PM
Knitting Factory
7021 Hollywood Blvd
Hollywood, CA 90028
http://www.Knittingfactory.com/kfhollywood

Singers should be prepared to sing up to three songs and may sing a cappella to track or with one instrument. Singers should be instructed to download application and bring it with them to the open call audition or send a demo tape, video tape and application to:

Rock Star: The Series
149 South Barrington Avenue
Suite 525
Los Angeles, CA 90049

Deadline for submissions is March 24, 2006.

The series will be produced by Mark Burnett Productions. Mark Burnett, David Goffin (ROCK STAR: INXS, "American Idol") and Lisa Hennessy (ROCK STAR: INXS, "Eco-Challenge," "Contender") are executive producers. Conrad Riggs is co-executive producer.

http://www.cbs.com

I agree with you, Lyn, 100% about RUSH..

Hey, Itanja, Madonna called. She wants to face you in a dance-off. She said, "Heart of Glass? Ha, how about Heart of Ass-as in I'll mop the floor with my insane Kabbala-esque moves on her."
She was right about one thing though-Italians Do It Better.

I 100% agree with Itanja.

Debbie Harry is THE ORIGINAL. SO many other women have followed her example.

Blondie is da bomb...
and up there with her is Dale Bozzio from Missing Persons...

From The Insider Online:

In other couples news, I'm happy to report that everything is okay with CARMEN ELECTRA and DAVE NAVARRO. Several tipsters called me in the last week with buzz that their marriage was falling apart. Electra's rep tells me, "They are fine, fine, fine. This started somewhere and it's just gotten out of control." Whispers of problems apparently began in recent weeks because Electra and Navarro haven't been seen together as much they used to be. Work schedules have kept them apart, but they'll be very much together when Navarro joins his wife for several stops on her worldwide publicity blitz for her upcoming movie, 'Scary Movie 4.'

All they really needed to do was just check this blog! :D

I think Dee should've been inducted a long, long time ago. His influence over everyone from the Sex Pistols to Bowie to Lou Reed to even Green Day has been overlooked for far too long. A force in the industry, he's always worked tirelessy to promote the very essence that is Rock and Roll. A TRUE pioneer, a legend, never given the recognition he deserves. It's a shame.

Thanks ylais ...and.....LOOOOL to Lyn...

..........too bad Mad-donna very rarely mentions that she IS of Italian descent....she's been trying way too hard to be an upper class British 'lady' these days.

With her "To the Manor Born" delusions....yeah right, Madonna. You can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear.

I can't wait until her non-TV watching, sheltered-from-the-media children start asking about her SEX book. loooooool

Nice pic of you on JDK's site.

http://johnkalodner.com/

and plenty of sweet Suzie McNeil!