Weird day, indeed. John Frusciante pretty much won the “important music news” slot of the day by confirming that he’s officially tired of writing songs about California. Meanwhile, other bits were flying, binary-style, throughout the [enter social network service here]osphere…
- Cardinals guitarist Neal Casal has a new book of photos from the studio and the road. An intro has been penned by his former frontman Ryan Adams and the afterword is by the Dead’s Phil Lesh. Check out A View of Other Windows on Amazon here.
- I’m just going to quote this: Cirque du Soleil’s latest inspiration “is Elvis and his love of comic books, superheroes and amusement parks.” What about fried peanut butter, bacon, and banana sandwiches?
- Thom Yorke took a break (from the studio?) to drop by Copenhagen for a rant about climate change, America, and the BBC.
- We knew that Weezer had canceled this year’s Raditude dates, but now they’ve called the whole thing off due to doctor’s orders.