The White Stripes' Jack White at Bonnaroo '07
Photo: Jeff Gentner/ Getty Images

MANCHESTER, Tennessee — If you're reading this, it probably means that I survived the dust and the djembes of Bonnaroo 2007 ... that I somehow made it back to my campsite night after night, that I didn't expire due to heatstroke or dehydration or bug attack, and that — by some higher grace — I wasn't killed by an overdose of my own New York-bred cynicism.

By now, you've probably heard a lot about Bonnaroo: that it's a hippie festival where no one showers and the air is heavy with patchouli and pot smoke, that it's a vaguely creepy (and sorta hilarous) commune with jam bands noodling on long into the night and kids selling — ahem — sundries out of the back of dusty VW buses.

And, of course, all of that is true: Bonnaroo is, in a sense, a very crunchy stereotype theater. But if you're willing to look past all the peasant dresses and dreadlocks, and if you're not too shy to immerse yourself in it (as I did — catch even more about the bands and my hot, rocking, smelly weekend in this here blog), you'll realize that the festival is probably the best in America: an honest, snark-free celebration of music and music fans. It's also a well-oiled, clean-burning machine (seriously: 80,000 fans separating glass bottles and metal cans from their campsite trash!?!) that has, over the past few years, made a subtle but determined decision to become the best summer fest in the world.

Last year, 'Roo organizers decided to shake up the fest's jam-band connotations by bringing in a few ringers — namely Radiohead — plus a host of completely un-jammy acts like Beck, Death Cab for Cutie and Bright Eyes (see "Radiohead Marathon, Beck Puppet Show, Partial Phish Jam Mix It Up At Bonnaroo") to raise their profile. And this year, they decided to pull out all the stops, scoring the coup-de-grace of summer fest headliners (the Police), plus Maynard James Keenan's murky and mysterious Tool, the mighty White Stripes, the critically adored Wilco and, in the interest of keeping it real for the jam-band set, Widespread Panic.

And those were just the headliners. Smaller stages (with aggravating names like the This Tent, the That Tent, etc.) were rocked and swayed by the likes of Lily Allen, the Hold Steady, Tortoise, Feist, DJ Shadow (who, if you were to believe his on-stage banter, chose Bonnaroo as the place to announce his retirement from live performance), the National, Girl Talk, Gogol Bordello and Galactic.

It was as diverse and massive a lineup as any festival around the world, one carefully planned to appeal to both 'Roo vets and newcomers alike. And appeal it did: The fest sold out all of its 80,000 tickets again this year — and everyone, from sunbaked junior Deadheads to junior account executives, partied and danced into the wee hours of the morning, worked the drum-circle circuit back at their dusty campsites and didn't seem to mind sleeping for only a few hours each night.

That dedication was both amazing and sort of scary, but when there's so much music to be heard, sleep sort of becomes an afterthought. For the first time, this year's festival featured a full lineup on Thursday, meaning that there were now four days of nearly nonstop rock to ingest.

But Thursday was still just a warm-up for the three days of serious action that lay ahead. Most got their heads on straight to watch Lily Allen bob and weave her way through a set of sharp-tongued pop, or a bit of nerd-tronica courtesy of Hot Chip. Then, as shadows grew long, the tough choices loomed: spooky avant metal courtesy of Tool, or the warm-and-fuzzy mandolin jams of the String Cheese Incident?

I chose both, admiring the sheer amount of glowsticks SCI fans lobbed skyward during a series of rapidly unspooled solos, then trekking off into the darkness to catch Tool build throbbing basslines into dark, proggy towers, with Keenan cracking jokes about "the marijuana and the LSD" and probably reveling in the fact that he just seriously fried some minds (though we'll probably never be sure, since Tool did no press and allowed no one to film or photograph their set).

Saturday was opressively hot (a recurring theme of the festival, for sure) but that didn't stop fans from bobbing to a spiky set from Franz Ferdinand or getting all goofy for Regina Spektor. And no one seemed to mind the soaring temperatures during the Hold Steady's early evening performance, which featured so much fist-pumping from the audience that even the band seemed surprised.

And by the time the Steady wrapped, things were really shifting into high gear, with hyped-up kids (and, presumably, their parents) pressed hard against the main stage security barrier to catch the Police's much-hyped set, which started out so promising — with a blast of the gong from drummer Stewart Copeland and an incredibly proficient version of "Message in a Bottle" — but quickly devolved into roughly 100 minutes of jammed-out, sorta ambient music with the occasional mega-hit sprinkled in for good measure. It's not that the Police weren't technically sound — they were — it's just that they never really connected with the Bonnaroo crowd, and it didn't help when Sting surveyed them all and decided that they were "80,000 Tennesseans." And all that happened before the Police decided to cut their set short about an hour — which is about as close as you can get to a sin 'round these parts.

But the Police's shortcomings only opened the door for a host of other acts to swoop in and steal the night. Girl Talk cracked open his laptop and delivered a sweaty, super-fun set, and the Philadelphia Experiment — a jazzy side-project of the Roots' ?uestlove — made things cool and funky. But the night belonged to the Flaming Lips, who landed a spaceship onstage, then — flanked by an army of dancing Santas and Martians, and bolstered by their usual assortment of eye-melting live show tricks (dry ice, streamers, hundreds of balloons) — delivered an impassioned, ragged and downright joyful set ... the kind that makes you forget that frontman Wayne Coyne's voice has been shot since about 2003.

With so much energy buzzing in the air on Saturday, it's no wonder Sunday had such a low-key vibe. Most began packing up their campsites by midday, and as the sun began to set on the dusty fields, roughly one-fourth of the previous night's revellers were long gone, which is a shame. Why? Because they missed probably the best sets of the festival: First from Wilco, who injected spacey ambience into their threadbare tunes, and then from the White Stripes, who tore through a thunderous and squealing set with delightful abandon, making more noise than a two-piece should legally be allowed to.

The last band of the fest was venerable jam pioneers Widespread Panic, but, to be honest, by the time they took the stage, I was spent: too much sun, too much sound. But still, it was a blast. Four days of good times and grime. Is it the best festival in the world? Well, that's a discussion for another day. All I know is that myself — and 80,000 like me — had a blast, and I made it home in one piece.

Isn't that enough?

Check out You.R.Here, MTV News' new concert blog, for James' several-times-daily reports from Bonnaroo — and add your own comments and photos!

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Nine Inch Nails' <i>Year Zero</i>
Photo: Nothing Records

Trent Reznor is old enough to be Avril Lavigne's dad, but that doesn't mean they can't duke it out in the ring ... er, record store. Reznor and Lavigne have been defined throughout their careers as iconoclasts, and now it's time to see which rebel can yell the loudest — Lavigne, on her third studio LP, or Reznor, on Nine Inch Nails' fifth.

NIN fans have been in bliss since Reznor announced that he'd already completed a new album just two years after releasing With Teeth — it usually takes him five or seven to get around to making a new one. And he gets an extra pat on the back for coming up with an illustrious, apparently well-thought-out concept: Year Zero depicts a future society poised on the brink of Armageddon, and there's a deliciously enigmatic marketing campaign to go along with it.

"It takes place about 15 years in the future. Things are not good," Reznor recently wrote on his blog. "If you imagine a world where greed and power continue to run their likely course, you'll have an idea of the backdrop. The world has reached the breaking point — politically, spiritually and ecologically. Written from various perspectives of people in this world, Year Zero examines various viewpoints set against an impending moment of truth."

Among the 16 tracks are "Meet Your Master," "The Great Destroyer," "My Violent Heart," "The Beginning of the End" and "Zero-Sum." That's Reznor for ya — always chipper.

If Lavigne's The Best Damn Thing is a concept album, it's a, uh, pretty loose one. "Everything Back but You" is about bad spelling, while "Girlfriend" — surprise — is about wanting to snatch up someone else's man. Don't expect her to dig all that much deeper on "Runaway," "Keep Holding On" and, ahem, "I Don't Have to Try." But Avril fans who have waited three years for The Best Damn Thing are still in for a treat: a deluxe limited-edition with bonuses galore is dropping as well.

Also on the pop front this week is Pink's first DVD, "Live From Wembley Arena - London, England." We have no idea where the concert footage is taken from, but we do know that it was taped December 4 and that a hefty 20 performances are featured, including "Dear Mr. President," "The One That Got Away" and "I'm Not Dead."

As far as chart contenders go, though, there are really just two more to take into account this week. Bucky Covington is hoping to pull a Taylor Hicks — or even just an Elliott Yamin — with his self-titled LP. The fifth-season "American Idol" finalist is trying to appeal to Tim McGraw and Travis Tritt fans with country tunes like "Back When We Were Gods," "Ain't No Thing" and "Bible and the Belt."

That leaves Fightstar, the post-hardcore Londoners who have sold more than 50,000 copies of their Grand Unification debut, which would seem to be a good thing unless they're planning to go the way of the Darkness, et al. The album has already spawned two singles abroad — "Paint Your Target" and "Grand Unification, Part 1" — and while the band could count on those to do some damage Stateside, a spot on one of this summer's metal tours would certainly give Fightstar a lot more exposure.

Also this week:

· Snoop Dogg, Jim Jones, Shaggy, N.O.R.E. and Pitbull pump up Unexpected, the second album by Spanish Harlem, New York, rapper Lumidee. You may have already heard some of it, as her cover of "She's Like the Wind" — by Patrick Swayze! From "Dirty Dancing"! — has already been making the rounds on radio.

· Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante and Fugazi bassist Joe Lally bring back their Ataxia project for AW II — although that could be the first you've heard of the project, as it's been kept on the down-low. The band's much-delayed second LP represents the second half of its January 2004 sessions.

· Another guy from a band you may have heard of is stepping up with a new one this week, although Page McConnell moved on years ago from the defunct Phish. His first, eponymous solo release — which he's been hammering away at for two years with Phish drummer Jon Fishman — was recorded in Vermont and Brooklyn, New York, and features "Complex Wind," "Maid Marian" and "Close to Home."

· The Hold Steady are hoping to coast on their buzz a little while longer with a new EP, Live at Fingerprints — but the darn thing's so limited that it'll probably only satisfy the hard-core aficionados. The five acoustic tracks featured on Live at Fingerprints were recorded in October at the Long Beach, California, record store and, as such, will only be available in select indie shops.

· And oh yeah, those dudes Tarantula A.D.? Well, they're now going by the name Priestbird — no, not because another band had the previous name, but because, according to a press release, "The band felt an overall change was in order." The heavily layered In Your Time features all three bandmembers singing for the first time, playing a combined dozen-plus instruments (forks included!) and was recorded by none other than Black Crowes engineer Chris Ribando. Go fig.

Song Title of the Week:

"Sad Panda Clown's Lament" from Dolly Varden's The Panic Bell

Other Notables:

The Eames Era's Heroes and Sheroes: With their song "When You Were a Millionaire" already having snuck its way onto MTV's "I'm From Rolling Stone," the Louisiana rockers are hoping some of the other 16 tracks on the disc get 'em a little more exposure. After all, they deserve some good luck: The Eames Era were hit head-on by a National Guard truck as it was driving to provide hurricane relief post-Katrina. Not coincidentally, the album title is a phrase New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin used after the catastrophe.

The Greyboy Allstars' What Happened to Television?: Indie luminary Inara George crops up on this album as part of the guesting Living Sisters trio, but the 14-year-old Greyboy collective itself features the even more reputed Karl Denson (of Tiny Universe note) and Elgin Park, who scored "Donnie Darko" and TV's "Freaks and Geeks." You may have heard the first single, "How Glad I Am," before — it's previously been covered by Aretha Franklin, Nancy Wilson and many others.

Watchers' Vampire Driver: This Chicago quintet pulls from reggae, new wave, soul and punk but also manages to utilize traffic cones, light bulbs and pylons for its distinct sound. That blend has attracted guests James Chance and the Eternals' Wayne Montana for the Watchers' second effort, which features the keyboard-laden "Science Theme" and raucous "We've Got a Witness."

New Releases:

· 1997 - A Better View of the Rising Moon (Victory)
· 7 Sons of Soul - Witness (Verity)
· Joseph Arthur & the Lonely Astronauts - Let's Just Be (Lonely Astronaut)
· Ataxia - AW II (Record Collection)
· Aurah - Etherea Borealis (Very)
· Black Tide Revue - Code Fun (Gearhead)
· Scott Blasey - Travelin' On (High Wire)
· Christopher Blue - Room Tones (Sarathan)
· Stan Bock - Your Check's in the Mail (Oa2)
· Lloyd Brown - Said and Done (Cousins)
· Brian Buckley - For Her (Sonic 360)
· Guy Clark - Live From Austin, TX (digipak; New West)
· The Comas - Spells (Vagrant)
· Bucky Covington - Bucky Covington (Lyric Street)
· Cowboy Junkies - At the End of Paths Taken (Zöe)
· Dolly Varden - The Panic Bell (Undertow)
· The Eames Era - Heroes and Sheroes (self-release)
· Elk City - New Believers (Friendly Fire)
· Estuary - The Craft of Contradiction (Ibex Moon) [Buy]
· Fightstar - Grand Unification (enhanced; Trustkill)
· Todd Fritsch - Sawdust (Diamond Music Group/ Spinville)
· The Greyboy Allstars - What Happened to Television? (Sci Fidelity)
· Richard X. Heyman - Actual Sighs (Turn Up)
· The Hold Steady - Live at Fingerprints (limited-edition EP available in select independent stores only) [Buy]
· Hot Club Sandwich - Green Room (Modern Hot)
· Lady Saw - Walk Out (VP)
· Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing (deluxe limited edition with DVD due same day; RCA) [Buy]
Read: "Don't Know How To Spell 'Avril Lavigne'? Prepare To Be Scolded"
· Lumidee - Unexpected (TVT)
· Daniel Lee Martin - On My Way to You (Chin)
· John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers - The Palace of the King (Eagle)
· Page McConnell - Page McConnell (Legacy)
· Kate McGarry - The Target (Palmetto)
· Messer Chups - Hyena Safari (Aerocccp)
· The Nields - All Together Singing in the Kitchen (Nields)
· Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (Nothing) [Buy]
Read: "Nine Inch Nails' Year Zero Preview: Beginning To Solve The Mystery"
· The Noisettes - What's the Time, Mr. Wolf? (enhanced; Universal)
· The Old Soul - The Old Soul (Friendly Fire)
· Priestbird - In Your Time (Kemado) [Buy]
· Rock Plaza Central - Are We Not Horses (Yep Roc)
· Paul Rodgers - Live in Glasgow (Eagle)
· Matthew Ryan - From a Late Night High Rise (RED)
· DJ Shadow - Bay Area EP (limited edition; Universal Motown) [Buy]
· Ryan Shaw - This Is Ryan Shaw (One Haven)
· Six Feet Under - Commandment (Metal Blade)
· Swati - Small Gods (Bluhammock)
· Pam Tillis - Rhinestoned (Thirty Tigers)
· David Torn/ Tim Berne/ Craig Taborn/ Tom Rainey - Prezens (ECM)
· Until June - Until June (Flicker)
· Waking Ashland - The Well (Immortal)
· Clay Walker - Fall (Curb)
· Watchers - Vampire Driver (Gern Blandsten) [Buy]
· Watermelon Slim and the Workers - The Wheel Man (Northern Blues)
· The Wedding - Polarity (Word)
· Various artists - "Hot Fuzz" soundtrack (Cherrytree/Interscope)

Notable Reissues and Archival Material: · AC/DC - Stiff Upper Lip (Epic) [Buy]
· Bob Diddley - The Definitive Collection (Geffen)
· José Feliciano - The Best of José Feliciano (RCA/Legacy)
· The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Definitive Collection (Geffen)
· Howlin' Wolf - The Definitive Collection (Geffen)
· Michael Penn - Mr. Hollywood Jr., 1947 (Legacy) and Palms & Runes, Tarot & Tea: A Michael Penn Collection (RCA/Epic/Legacy)
· Slade - In for a Penny: Raves & Faves (Shout! Factory) [Buy]
· Superdrag - Changin' Tires on the Road to Ruin (Arena Rock) [Buy]
· Various artists - Hard to Find 45s on CD: Volume 9 - 1957-1959(Eric Collection)
· Various artists - I Fall to Pieces: 10 Timeless Country Songs (Varèse Sarabande)

Music DVDs: · Byzantine - "Salvation" (Prosthetic) [Buy]
· Ella Fitzgerald - "The Legendary First Lady of Song" (Image)
· Pink - "Live From Wembley Arena - London, England" (La Face) [Buy]
· Weather Report - "Live at Montreux 1976" (Eagle Vision)

Coming Attractions:

April 24:
· Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare (Domino) [Preorder]
· The Nightwatchman - One Man Revolution (Epic)
Read: "Nightwatchman, Rage Reunion Have Morello Fired Up For Political Fights"
· Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (limited-edition version due same day; Atlantic)
Read: "Porcupine Tree's Wilson Talks Complex New LP, Project With Opeth's Akerfeldt"

May 1:
· Tori Amos - American Doll Posse (special edition comes with DVD; Epic) [Preorder]
Read: "Tori Amos Forms Anti-Bush Posse By Mutating Into Greek Goddesses"
· Ne-Yo - Because of You (Def Jam) [Preorder]
Read: "Ne-Yo Getting To Know Jennifer Hudson While He Waits For Britney"
· Various artists - "Spider-Man 3" soundtrack (Record Collection)
Read: " 'Spider-Man 3' Soundtrack Features Killers, Snow Patrol"

May 8:
· Björk - Volta (Atlantic) [Preorder]
Read: "Tsunami, Timbaland Help Shape Bjork's Forthcoming Volta"
· Bones Thugs-N-Harmony - Strength and Loyalty (Full Surface/ Interscope)
Read: "Bone Thugs Dropping Two New LPs; Second Disc To Feature Dre, Kanye, Mariah"
· Mike Jones - The American Dream (Ice Age)
· Elliott Smith - New Moon (two CDs; Kill Rock Stars) [Preorder]
· Bobby Valentino - Special Occasion (Def Jam) [Preorder]
Read: "Bobby Valentino Looks Out For The Ladies With New Album, Jean Line"

• Nine Inch Nails
• Avril Lavigne
• P!nk
• Bucky Covington
• Fightstar

Chingy (file)
Photo: Jason Campbell

UPN's May sweeps strategy seems to be "Bring on the music guest stars!" Chingy pops in for some "One on One" on May 2 at 8 p.m., Omarion appears on "Cuts" on May 16 at 8:30 p.m., and Toni Braxton fights city hall to keep her Harlem hair salon on two episodes of "Kevin Hill" airing May 4 and 11 at 9 p.m. For the season finales of "All of Us" and "Eve," Damon Dash and Ludacris appear on the back-to-back episodes, airing May 24 at 8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. ... Nelly is holding a fundraiser for his inner-city youth program 4Sho4Kids on May 5 at Judith Leiber's new flagship store in New York. The rapper will play auctioneer for one-of-a-kind items, such as a diamond-encrusted Hello Kitty evening bag co-designed by Leiber and Kimora Lee Simmons, as well as VIP backstage tickets to Nelly's tour. "What I am trying to do with 4Sho4Kids and children nationwide, is to encourage them to use their minds and provide them with a positive environment," Nelly said in a statement. "Not only is this is an exciting joint venture for both Judith Leiber and myself, but an event for a good cause." ...

System of a Down will be taking experimental prog-noise merchants the Mars Volta out for a two-month road trek that'll cross these United States, bringing with it marathon guitar solos, wildly unpredictable wailing and lots of hair. Though the tour is slated to kick off in early August, there is no confirmed itinerary yet, a System spokesperson said. ... DJ Shadow is reissuing his seminal 1996 album, Endtroducing, in a two-disc deluxe edition. The second disc will include demos, a live track recorded in 1997 and previously unreleased remixes. Also included in the packaging are new liner notes from Shadow himself, and excerpts from an upcoming book about the album's impact. The expanded edition of Endtroducing is due June 7. ...

Le Tigre's most well-known issue is feminism, but the activist punk-electronica band is also taking on animal rights in a PSA the trio just shot for PETA. With the slogan "Don't let your honey wear a bunny," the band poses with its own pet bunny, Karen. During the photo shoot, Kathleen Hanna explained to MTV News that while they prefer this sort of "softer, gentler" anti-fur approach, methods like throwing fake blood on people seems to yield more results. "A lot of models won't wear fur because they don't want to be embarrassed publicly," she said. Le Tigre are up against the Scissor Sisters, Melissa Etheridge, Rufus Wainwright and George Michael for Outstanding Music Artist at the 16th annual GLAAD Awards on Saturday in Los Angeles. ... This year may have seen the re-release of Pavement's seminal Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, but ex-Pave singer Stephen Malkmus thinks the releases should end there. "I don't really have a voting power in that [decision]," Malkmus said. "But if the [label and the rest of the band] said they wanted to do it, I'd just go, 'OK.' There's some extra songs, but [the next disc in line, 1995's] Wowee Zowee is already a long enough album. It doesn't need it. There has to be enough songs to warrant it, you know? And I don't know if there are." ...

Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey are purchasing a condo in Las Vegas at George Maloof's new high rise, Palms Place, which won't open for another two years. "George is going to have a two-story basketball suite which is down the hall from a multimillion-dollar state-of-the-art recording studio there ... so I'm there," Lachey said in a statement. Prices range from $500,000 to $7 million for the fully furnished condos. ... R&B group Xscape will release Unchained, their first album in seven years, in the fall. In the meantime, the group (with Kiesha Miles replacing Kandi Burruss) just released the single "What's Up," which samples Afrika Bambaataa's "Planet Rock." ... Celine Dion will donate the proceeds from her special Mother's Day performance to UNICEF's Tsunami Recovery Fund, The Associated Press reports. The Canadian songstress said she hopes the May 8 show at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas will bring in at least $1 million for the cause. ...

There was more jamming than award presenting at Tuesday night's fifth annual Jammy Awards. Disbanded jam gods Phish won tour of the year, the Dead got best download, Dead member Phil Lesh took home best live show, Umphrey's McGee's "In the Kitchen" was named song of the year, Gov't Mule won best studio album, Keller Williams snagged best live album, and Buddy Guy was given a lifetime achievement award. Among those taking the stage of the Theater at Madison Square Garden was the unlikely trio of Huey Lewis, gospel great Mavis Staples and the recently unretired Sinead O'Connor. Blues great Guy also jammed alongside John Mayer with the Roots' ?uestlove on drums and Lesh on bass. ...

04.26.2005

The prosecution is wrapping up its case against Michael Jackson in what's expected to be the last week of testimony against him. The singer's lawyers argued in and out of court on Monday, trying to convince the judge not to allow the testimony of Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe (they lost that one), and fighting with each other outside of court. Neither Thomas Mesereau nor Brian Oxman would comment on their argument, but it was later learned that Oxman would no longer be on the defense team as of Thursday. In the meantime, another one of the "Neverland 5" — former employees who claim they witnessed Jackson molesting various boys and lost their jobs after testifying before a grand jury — took the stand. Kassim Abdool testified that he witnessed Jackson kissing the 1993 accuser. ...

An airborne bottle cut rock band Kasabian's set short Friday night at the Academy in Glasgow, Scotland, after an audience member pitched the projectile at guitarist Sergio Pizzorno's head, leaving him with a sizable gash that required six sutures. In a statement, Pizzorno said it was "a shame the actions of one person put an end to our best gig all year" and recommended that those who see the band live in the future, should they feel the urge to throw anything, "throw bras and knickers from now on." ...

For Shakira's new video for the dancehall-flavored "La Tortura," she worked with director Michael Haussman (Kanye West, Madonna) to create a combative moment in a couple's relationship. Filmed in an art deco building, her significant other, played by Alejandro Sanz, sings about his "transgressions" en Español while Shakira fires back that she won't forgive him. The clip debuts Tuesday at 6 p.m. on MTV, while her album, Fijacion Oral Part 1, is due June 7. ... Ricky Martin, moved by his visit to the tsunami-ravaged villages of Southeast Asia, is partnering with Habitat for Humanity to help build and restore 224 houses in Thailand's Pang Nga province. A donation from the Ricky Martin Foundation will help more than 1,000 people move out of temporary shelters and overcrowded camps. Work is expected to begin this month and be completed in March 2007. The singer's spokesperson said Martin will make another trip to lend a hand in the rebuilding process. ...

You Hear It First band and Fred Durst protégés Ringside will open for Weezer from April 26 in Vancouver to May 14 in Atlanta. The tour marks the first outing for the duo of singer/songwriter Scott Thomas and producer/actor Balthazar Getty. ... Claymates can now show their admiration for Clay Aiken every time they make a purchase. MasterCard affiliate Myplash (short for "my plastic cash") just released an Aiken debit card, as well as a Simple Plan edition, and will continue putting music celebrities on their cards. ...

Two months after 32-year-old Tracey Gardner-Tetso failed to meet up with friends at a Mötley Crüe concert in Washington, D.C., the band is stepping up to match the $10,000 reward put up by the Victims' Rights Foundation. "We hope our involvement helps brings more attention to this case and anyone with information will step forward," bassist Nikki Sixx said in a statement. Tetso is white, 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighs 130 pounds and has long blond hair and blue eyes. She was last seen driving a 1996 black Pontiac Trans Am with tinted windows and Maryland plates LRN 534. The car was found March 17th in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Anyone with information should call police at (410) 407-2020. ... Tupac's mom, Afeni Shakur, is happy that T.I. and Lil' Flip have resolved their beef and said it's a "wonderful lesson" for the rest of the rap community. "It's been nearly 10 years since everything between Tupac and Biggie, and rappers today are paying a lot of lip service to the lessons they learned from that tragedy," she said in a statement, "but how many of them are actually showing it in their actions? I'm proud of the way T.I. and Lil' Flip have settled their differences." ...

Get ready to call Lance Bass' bluff — the 'NSYNC singer is going to put on his game face during a no-limit round of Texas hold 'em on "Poker Royale: Celebrities Vs. Poker Pros." Also playing for a chance at a $50,000 prize are actresses such as Jennifer Tilly and Mimi Rogers and poker champs such as Scott Fischman and Kenna James. The seven-episode series debuts May 6 at 9 p.m. ET on GSN. ... Faith Evans' songs from her album The First Lady are now available as ring tones on Virgin Mobile. The ring tone for her first single, "Again," will be exclusive for one month, while the "Goin' Out" and "Tru Love" will be exclusive for two months. ... Fantasia will be the opening act for soul singer Kem for three weeks beginning June 8 in St. Louis and wrapping up July 1 in Atlanta. The "American Idol" winner's new single, "Free Yourself," was the most added song at urban mainstream radio last week. ...

Patti Smith, Nellie McKay and Huey Lewis are joining the Jammys lineup, which already includes Sinead O'Connor with Burning Spear. Mavis Staples and Phish bassist Mike Gordon have also been added to the bill. The jam-music awards show takes place Tuesday at New York's Madison Square Garden. ... Dark Star Orchestra co-founder Scott Larned, 37, died Sunday from heart failure, the band announced on its Web site. As keyboardist for the world's preeminent Grateful Dead cover band, who specialized in re-creating entire Dead shows onstage down to the smallest musical detail, Larned's demise eerily follows that of three actual Grateful Dead keyboardists: Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (1945-73) and Brent Mydland (1952-90), who died while they were still members of the group, and Keith Godchaux, who left the band in 1979 and died in 1980. ...

• Chingy
• Omarion
• Ludacris
• Nelly
• System of a Down

Beastie Boys (file)
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Ch-check out this week's batch of new releases: a little bit of country, pop, rap — and a lot of rock and roll.

In July of 1998, a Brooklyn-bred rap trio said Hello Nasty to its fans after a four-year absence, and then bid them goodbye for the next six years. Bringing the music back To the 5 Boroughs, the Beastie Boys make their long-awaited return this week, fueled by the single "Ch-Check It Out."

Phish phans get some music to mourn to this week, as the band releases its final studio album, Undermind. Sixteen years after Phish put out their debut album, the kings of modern jam bands are releasing their last album and completing their last tour, then calling it a day.

For fans of pint-sized pop star Christina Milian, It's About Time she released her sophomore album, because it's been three years since her first.

What happened in a Las Vegas garage beginning in late 2002 didn't stay there. Sin City indie-rock outfit the Killers release their debut album, Hot Fuss, this week, while legendary British band the Fall release The Real New Fall LP, Formerly Known as Country on the Click.

Patti Scialfa, the first lady of New Jersey rock and roll and an E Street Band member, is branching out this week as she releases 23rd Street Lullaby.

Former "American Idol" contestant Josh Gracin, whose pop-country style put him at fourth place in the competition, releases his debut self-titled album. Also out this week are albums from Seether (Disclaimer) and Pink Grease (This Is for Real), and finally, weighing in with a live album is Cali-born mixmaster DJ Shadow, with Live! In Tune & on Time.

Out Tuesday, June 15:

• Dave Alvin - Ashgrove (Yep Roc)
• The Beastie Boys - To the 5 Boroughs (Grand Royal/Capitol)
  Read:"Beastie Boys Album Preview: Political Bleats And Old-School Beats"
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• Bond - Classified (Decca)
• Lori Carson - The Finest Thing (Meta)
• Communiqué - Poison Arrows (Lookout!)
• Chris Cook - Small Town Gone (Gaff Music)
• Larry Coryell Trio - Tricycles (Favored Nations)
• Celine Dion - A New Day ... Live in Las Vegas (Epic)
• DJ Shadow - Live! In Tune & on Time (Geffen)
• Emerson Drive - What If? (DreamWorks Nashville)
• The Fall - The Real New Fall LP, Formerly Known as Country on the Click (Narnack)
• Fleetwood Mac - Live in Boston (Reprise)
• Eddie Gale - Afro-Fire (Black Beauty)
• Josh Gracin - Josh Gracin (Lyric Street/Hollywood)
• Imperanon - Stained (Nuclear Blast)
• Killers - Hot Fuss (Island)
• Joseph Malik - Aquarius Songs (Compost)
• Christina Milian - It's About Time (Island)
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• Orphanage - Driven (Nuclear Blast)
• Philly's Most - Ring the Alarm (Universal)
• Pillar - Where Do We Go From Here (Flicker)
• Pink Grease - This Is for Real (Mute)
• Phish - Undermind (Elektra/Asylum)
• Patti Scialfa - 23rd Street Lullaby (Columbia)
• Seether - Disclaimer (Wind-Up)
• George Shearing - Like Fine Wine (Mack Avenue)
• Chris Stamey - Travels in the South (Yep Roc)
• Johnny Winter - I'm a Bluesman (Virgin)
• Various artists - Neurot Recordings I (Neurot)
• Various artists - What's Love? A Tribute to Tina Turner (Versailles)
• DVD: Cheap Trick - From Tokyo to You (Big 3/Cheap Trick Unlimited)

June 22:

• Mobb Deep - Amerikaz Nightmare (Jive)
  Read: "Mobb Deep Blinded With '80s Science For 'Twisted' Beat"
• Wilco - A Ghost Is Born (Nonesuch)
• Brian Wilson - Gettin' in Over My Head (Rhino)
• Stevie Wonder - A Time 2 Love (Motown)

June 29:

• Lloyd Banks - Hunger for More (Interscope)
  Read: "G-Unit's Lloyd Banks, Young Buck Recording Solo Albums"
• Brandy - Afrodisiac (Atlantic)
  Read: "Brandy On Growing Up: A Candid Chat"
• The Cure - The Cure (Geffen)
• Pixies - Wave of Mutilation: Best of Pixies (4AD)

July 6

• Ray Manzarek - Golden Scarab (Lemon Records)
• Angie Stone - Stone Love (J Records)

• Beastie Boys
• Phish
• Christina Milian
• Josh Gracin
• Killers

Eminem
Photo: Interscope

The hearing for a $1 million civil lawsuit filed against Eminem has been adjourned to an unspecified date four to six weeks from now. In 2001, DeAngelo Bailey sued the rapper for defamation and invasion of privacy after Eminem recounted being bullied by Bailey in grade school in The Slim Shady LP's "Brain Damage." ...

Dave Matthews will let his evil streak show on Some Devil, the singer/guitarist's solo debut that's expected to drop this fall. The LP follows DMB violinist Boyd Tinsley's solo affair, True Reflections, scheduled for a June 17 release. The first single from Tinsley's album is titled "Listen." ... Those who can't get enough Moby will be downright giddy with the release of a DVD he's in the process of compiling that features all the videos from his latest LP, 18. The electronic guru is also planning to revive his Voodoo Child persona on an upcoming album. The last Voodoo Child offering was a Stateside release of the U.K.'s The End of Everything. Moby expects the DVD and LP to be released by early winter. ...

Music mogul Damon Dash is doing something Russell Simmons and P. Diddy have never done: taking his clothing line international. Dash, who owns Roc-A-Wear clothing with Jay-Z, recently opened up an office in Amsterdam to market and distribute the line in Europe. Dash also recruited Posh Spice, a.k.a. Victoria Beckham, to be the initial European spokesperson. ... Blu Cantrell gave people a sneak peek of her new LP, Bittersweet, Thursday night at Nell's nightclub in New York. Among those mingling with the music industry attendees was Blu's Arista Records family member Anthony Hamilton, who's signed to So So Def. Bittersweet drops on June 24. ...

Neil Young and longtime backing band Crazy Horse are hitting the trail for a two-month summer trek beginning June 8 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Thirty-two dates are scheduled through August 10 in Maryland Heights, Missouri, and country balladeer Lucinda Williams will open each one. Young and the Horse also have two dates scheduled in September without Williams. ... Wildwood Flower, the last studio album recorded by June Carter Cash, who died May 15, is set for release September 9. Husband and frequent collaborator Johnny Cash sings on approximately half the songs, and other members of the pioneering country act the Carter Family will also contribute. ...

Southern boogie rockers Kings of Leon and psychedelic choir the Polyphonic Spree are among the additions to the lineup for the second annual Austin City Limits Festival, taking place September 19-21 in the Texas capital's Zilker Park. Reunited country group the Mavericks and singers Caitlin Cary and Tift Merritt will also join previously announced artists R.E.M., Ween, Liz Phair and the Beta Band. Over a hundred acts are expected to be confirmed by the time the festival kicks off. ...

DJ Shadow has just released a limited-edition, double-disc mix CD through his Web site, www.djshadow.com. Only 1,000 copies of the Diminishing Returns Party Pack were manufactured, each accompanied with a pair of stickers and drink coasters. The second disc also includes the previously unreleased track "War Is Hell." ... Former Blake Babies singer/guitarist Juliana Hatfield and drummer Freda Love have formed a new project called Some Girls with bassist Heidi Gluck. The group's 11-track debut, Feel It, is due September 9. ...

Twiztid will release their fourth album, The Green Book, July 1, and hope to support it with a U.S. tour in August. The follow-up to last year's Mirror Mirror boasts guest appearances by Layzie Bone, Tech N9ne, Bushwick Bill, Esham and, of course, their mentors, the Insane Clown Posse. ... Jim Rose, the pain-loving forefather to the fiends of "Jackass," will issue his history on DVD July 22. Originally released as a 35-minute video in 1993, "The Jim Rose Circus Show" features traditional sideshow stunts like sword-swallowing and knife-throwing combined with truly disgusting acts like drinking the result of a stomach pump and hanging cinderblocks from certain sensitive body parts. ...

An anti-piracy bill that passed in the California State Assembly Thursday lowers the number of pirated songs a person must possess to face serious criminal charges. Now only owning 100 pirated songs, instead of 1,000, can deal you one year in county jail, up to five years in state prison or a maximum fine of $250,000. AB6, drafted by Assemblywoman Rebecca Cohn (D-Saratoga), passed unanimously and will now go before the California Senate. ...

5.29.03

Jennifer Lopez will launch a second fragrance line in October directed toward a more upscale market than her top-selling Glow. There's no name yet for the scent, but a spokesperson said the ads will again feature the singer, this time in vintage gowns. ...

Green Day were the big winners at the California Music Awards ceremony on Sunday, taking home awards for Outstanding Group, Artist of the Year, Spirit of Rock and Outstanding Guitarist for Billie Joe Armstrong. Other winners included Queens of the Stone Age's Songs for the Deaf for Outstanding Album and "No One Knows" for Outstanding Single, Audioslave for Outstanding Hard Rock/Alternative Album, the Donnas' Spend the Night for Outstanding Punk Album, Red Hot Chili Peppers' By the Way for Outstanding Rock/Pop Album and Jurassic 5's Power in Numbers for Outstanding Hip-Hop/Rap Album. ...

Though he's already shot three videos in the last two months, R. Kelly has plans to be in a fourth. He appeared in court in Chicago on Thursday (May 29) to ask permission to leave the jurisdiction for a number of trips in mid-to-late June to New York, Los Angeles and Dallas. Kelly hopes to be able to shoot a video, attend the BET Awards in L.A. on June 24, and then participate in a charity basketball tournament, all in time to be back in Chicago by July 7. The judge granted a continuance until next week to discuss Kelly's travel requests. He's due back in court on child pornography charges June 4. ... Sheryl Crow, Alanis Morissette and Robbie Williams will perform songs in "Just One of Those Things," the upcoming musical based on the life of Cole Porter and featuring music by the songwriter. Vivian Green, Elvis Costello and his fiancée, Diana Krall, will also sing in the movie, which stars Kevin Kline, who, as Porter, performs 14 numbers, including a duet of "In the Still of the Night" with Ashley Judd. ...

Los Angeles rapper Ras Kass was arrested in Las Vegas early Saturday and taken into custody by the Las Vegas Metro Police Department. The MC, whose real name is John Austin, has been a fugitive from L.A. law enforcement since January, after he failed to show up for sentencing following a DUI conviction. According to Las Vegas police, he is expected to be extradited back to California. ... After scoring huge hits with "Can't Fight the Moonlight" for "Coyote Ugly" and "How Do I Live" for "Con-Air," LeAnn Rimes and songwriter Diane Warren are teaming up for another soundtrack single. Their "We Can" will be the centerpiece song for "Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde." ...

Your PlayStation 2 is about to get bigger and badder. The PSX, which combines the game- and DVD-playing functions of the PS2 with a digital music player, a television tuner and a personal video recorder that can store 60 hours of programming, will be available in Japan by the end of this year and in the U.S. in 2004. ... The WB network is launching a primetime music countdown and performance show that will air Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET beginning July 16. Joel Gallen, who has produced past MTV Movie Awards and Super Bowl halftime shows, is behind the show, called "Pepsi Smash" and sponsored by the soda company. ...

Good ideas inevitably spur innovators and imitators, and Apple's revolutionary iTunes download system, released last month, has some competition. Through its Rhapsody music service, listen.com is offering burnable downloads for 79 cents apiece, undercutting Apple's fee by 20 cents. ... Hard rock indie imprint Roadrunner Records is one of the first labels to open its entire song stable to the online revolution. For 99 cents a song, visitors to the Vault (on www.roadrunnerrecords.com) can download any track, past and present, from the label's catalog, as well as B-sides, demos and unreleased studio outtakes. Entire LPs are available for $9.99. Both fees are identical to what iTunes charges. ... And just as iTunes is looking too good to be true to the recording industry, it turns out that it is. One of its features, Rendezvous, which gave users the ability to stream songs from other people's libraries, was disabled when pirates were able to alter the application so that the songs could be downloaded, in effect creating a Kazaa-like file-sharing network. Apple issued an update to the software on Tuesday that corrected the problem. ...

The Flaming Lips are among the newly announced artists slated to play Bonnaroo NE, a multi-band festival taking place August 8-10 in Riverhead, New York. Other additions to the lineup that already includes Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Dave Matthews are Steve Winwood, the Radiators, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Lake Trout. ... Great White will team up with L.A. Guns and XYZ for a summer tour to raise money for victims of the Station fire in West Warwick, Rhode Island. Dates have not yet been confirmed. ...

Vancouver power-pop powerhouse New Pornographers will launch a tour on Monday in Salt Lake City. Dates run through July 15 in Cleveland. The band will be on the road to support its new album, Electric Version, which came out May 6. ... Eric Clapton and B.B. King make guest appearances on Chicago blues legend Buddy Guy's new album, Blues Singer, which comes out Tuesday. Clapton plays on the Frankie Lee Sims cover "Lucy Mae Blues" and both he and King solo on John Lee Hooker's "Crawlin' Kingsnake." ...

English credit rating agency Moody's has put David Bowie's "Bowie Bonds" on its negative credit watch, and pointed out a possible downgrade in the future. Bowie conceived the securities in 1997 as investments fans could make on future profits generated by Bowie's recording and publishing rights. Other stars including Rod Stewart and Iron Maiden followed suit with their own bonds. ...

• Eminem
• Dave Matthews Band
• Dave Matthews
• Blu Cantrell
• Moby

Usher might want to brush up on his etiquette and refresh his memory on "How to Serve Humans" when he makes an appearance on UPN's "The Twilight Zone." Filmed last week and scheduled to air November 6, the episode finds the R&B hottie as a cop intent on protecting a young prostitute from murder. ... N.E.R.D., Cee-Lo and DJ Shadow will perform at the second annual Shortlist Concert and Award Ceremony October 29 at the recently restored Henry Fonda Theatre in Hollywood. The three performing acts, along with Aphex Twin, the Avalanches, Björk, the Doves, the Flaming Lips, the Hives and Zero 7, are vying for the Shortlist Prize for Artistic Achievement in Music. ...

Stone Sour drummer Joel Ekman fractured his wrist in a fall last week during a show in Toledo, Ohio. The sticksmith with be replaced by ex-Megadeth member Jimmy DeGrasso for shows over the next two or three weeks. ... Reel Big Fish escaped a burning tour bus unharmed on Saturday morning thanks to their driver, who alerted the sleeping group and crew members that the bus was on fire while they were parked at a truck stop in Missouri. The cause of the fire remains unknown, and the band will continue the tour to promote their album, Cheer Up. ...

The release date for Rob Zombie's long-delayed feature film debut, "House of 1,000 Corpses," has been pushed back yet again. The low-budget horror flick is now scheduled for a March release. ... Meanwhile, the persistent pushing-back of Zombie's We're a Happy Family can't be making too many Ramones fans cheery. The tribute album, with contributions from Eddie Vedder, Rancid and Metallica, is now also expected to drop in March, following previously scheduled release dates in December, November, and August. ...

Toad the Wet Sprocket will fire up their engines again on December 10 when the beloved Santa Barbara, California, band opens a show for the Counting Crows at the Universal Amphitheatre in Universal City, California. The group, which broke up in 1998, has also signed up for a five-show opening stint at the Warfield in San Francisco (December 16, 17, 20, 21 and 22) and, according to their manager, a 20-city headlining reunion tour is in the works for February. ... NBA star Walt Williams will release his first album, The Insight of a Wizzard, Tuesday on his new label, Big Wad Entertainment. The record will feature Big Wad's roster of producers and rappers, including J Stretch, Beware and Hydro Hassan. ...

Korn's show earlier this year at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom, which was broadcast live in theaters across the country, is now coming to the small screen on DVD. "Korn Live," due November 19, will feature all 16 tracks performed at the show, including "Got the Life" and "Here to Stay." ... Also due on November 19 is "The Best of Bowie DVD," a two-disc collection with more than 45 videos from pioneering rocker David Bowie. Along with such classic clips as "Space Oddity," "Let's Dance," "China Girl," "Modern Love," "Blue Jean" and "Ziggy Stardust" are rare live and television performances of "Queen Bitch," "Five Years," "Starman," "Rebel Rebel" and "Young Americans." ...

Grammy Award-winning composer, arranger and bandleader Ray Conniff, 85, died Saturday at Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, California, after falling and hitting his head, according to the Associated Press. Conniff, who created easy-listening classics such as "Somewhere My Love," is survived by his wife and daughter. ... Radio legend Horace Logan, 86, died Sunday of complications from pancreatitis and acute respiratory distress syndrome, his wife told the Associated Press. Logan coined the catchphrase "Elvis has left the building" and started the country music program "Louisiana Hayride'' at KWKH-AM in Shreveport, Louisiana, when he was 16. ...

10.11.02

Good Charlotte will drag their young and hopeless selves onto the road beginning October 15 with a gig at the Showplace in Buffalo, New York. The month-long, 24-date headlining tour is scheduled to wrap up at Tabu in Orlando, Florida, on November 15. ... "American Idol" finalist Tamyra Gray will make her acting debut with in a four-episode arc on Fox's "Boston Public" during the February sweeps period. Gray will portray a student at the fictional Winslow High School, and it was not announced whether she will sing on any of the episodes. ... The White Stripes will bring some family values to "Saturday Night Live" on October 19. The Detroit duo are scheduled to be the musical guests on the show, which will be hosted by Sen. John McCain, according to a spokesperson for the group. ...

Justin Timberlake, Ja Rule, Mariah Carey, India.Arie, Jill Scott, Elton John and others will honor Stevie Wonder at BET's eight annual Walk of Fame induction ceremony, which is taping October 19 in Washington, D.C. and airing October 29. Jamie Foxx is hosting the event, which has recognized Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and Boyz II Men in past years. ... Jackson, meanwhile, has invited more than 200 Air Force members and their families to spend Saturday (October 12) at his Neverland Ranch in California. The King of Pop wanted to thank the soldiers for serving overseas as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. ...

Master P won the rights to TheNewNoLimitRecords.com in a cybersquatting arbitration against Divine Mafa (doing business as The New No Limit Records Inc.). The ruling said that Mafa, who allegedly tried to sell the name to P, registered the Web address in bad faith. There was no finding of bad faith with regard to the domain PMillerCollection.com. Click here to see the National Arbitration Forum's decision. ...

Erykah Badu and Common will join the D.O.C. and Russell Simmons at the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network's latest gathering on Friday (October 11) and Saturday in Dallas. Past summits have been held in New York and Los Angeles. ... A DVD filmed at last year's Farm Aid just days after September 11 will be released November 19. "A Concert for America" features performances from Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and others. ... Dreamstreet's Chris Trousdale and Myra and a host of young television stars have recorded holiday classics for School's Out! Christmas, due October 29. Evan Rachel Wood ("Once and Again") and Ashlee Simpson ("7th Heaven") are among the thespians showing off their vocal skills on the disc. ...

Rocket Man Elton John will send out a time capsule of his tops of the pops, from "Your Song" to "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore," on the two-disc set Greatest Hits 1970 - 2002, due November 12. Among the other tracks slated for the collection are "Daniel," "Tiny Dancer," "Candle in the Wind," "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" and "Nikita." ... Due the same day is Travelogue - Blues Traveler Classics, a collection of favorites such as "Gina," "But Anyway," "Run-Around" and "Carolina Blues." ... Just in time for the giving of the thanks, Funked Up: The Very Best of Parliament spans George Clinton & Co.'s Chocolate City/Casablanca years with classics such as "Bop Gun," "Flash Light," "All Your Goodies Are Gone," "Give Up the Funk" and "Aqua Boogie." The disc is due November 5. ...

The Strokes and former Pavement bassist Mark Ibold came out to show support for Australian quartet You Am I at New York's Mercury Lounge Tuesday on the second date of the 13-year-old band's seven-date U.S. tour (four shows find them opening for the Strokes), its first in four years. While the band is looking to secure a major-label deal for a new album, SpinART is in negotiations to domestically release their latest, Deliverance, which dropped in Australia last week. ... NYC anti-folk duo the Moldy Peaches are releasing individual solo albums. Kimya Dawson's I'm Sorry That Sometimes I'm Mean is set for release November 5, while Adam Green's Garfield is slated for October 22. Green kicks off a tour October 17, opening for Badly Drawn Boy until November 8, and the Strokes from Nov 9-17. ...

Bob Dylan, Billy Joel and James Taylor filed a lawsuit against Vivendi Universal-owned MP3.com Inc. for copyright infringement. Although MP3.com has settled suits with the five major label groups by May 2000, the artists can still sue over previous cases of infringement to the tune of $150,000 per instance. ... If you've always yearned for a refrigerator personalized by '80s rocker Billy Idol, you'd better hurry up and get over to eBay and bid on one in the "Art of the Appliance" auction. Idol, along with BMXer Mat "The Condor" Hoffman and racing legend Mario Andretti, have customized refrigerators for a charity auction ending Saturday (October 12), with Idol's benefiting the Muscular Dystrophy Association and bearing a caricature of the singer with the words "rock and roll" substituted for his signature spiky hair. ...

Can they make up their minds already? Practically moments after settling first on Cockstar and then on Motordog, the new band featuring Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx, L.A. Guns guitarist Tracii Guns, Adema drummer Kris Kohls, former Mötley Crüe vocalist John Corabi and a frontman named London have changed their name again, this time to Brides of Destruction. ... Taking a page from the Phish career guide, funk jam act Deep Banana Blackout have announced that they are going on an "extended hiatus." The eight-person collective, formed in 1995, still has more than a dozen dates left on its End of Party outing and will cease touring for an indefinite period after that. ...

Unwritten Law have severed ties with Interscope Records and are currently searching for a new label. ... Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony again joined former VH frontman Sammy Hagar and his band the Waboritas onstage earlier this week, according to his Web site. Anthony and the band ran through several Hagar-era Van Halen hits, including "Best of Both Worlds," "When It's Love," "Right Now" and "Dreams" at the Cabo Wabo Cantina in Mexico. ... Following in the footsteps of Tommy Lee, Nelly and Disturbed's David Draiman, Korn singer Jonathan Davis recently became a Playboy "celebrity photographer," shooting pictures of his fiancée, former porn star Deven. "There's nothing better than shooting your chick naked," Davis told Playboy.com.

• Usher
• N.E.R.D.
• Stone Sour
• Rob Zombie
• DJ Shadow

Christina Aguilera's new album, Stripped, is scheduled for a October 29 release. A video for "Dirrty," a collaboration with Redman that serves as LP's first single, is expected to be shot shortly. ... Nelly Furtado is planning to work with Argentinean producer Gustavo Santaolalla on her new album, the singer said at Wednesday's Latin Grammy Awards. Santaolalla has worked with Café Tacuba, Molotov and Juanes, with whom Furtado performed at the ceremony. ... To promote his Shortlisted second album, The Private Press, DJ Shadow will return to the road with confirmed dates starting September 18 in Las Vegas and trekking into October through Scottsdale, Arizona; Dallas; Austin, Texas; New Orleans; and Atlanta. The video for "Six Days," directed by venerable Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar-Wai ("Chungking Express," "In the Mood for Love") is airing now, while a remix of the track featuring Mos Def is being readied for a future release. ... Toni Braxton is expecting her second child early next year. Braxton, whose fifth album is due before the end of the year, and husband Keri Lewis had a son last December. ...

Corey Taylor might be in the market for a teeny-weeny jumpsuit as the Slipknot/Stone Sour frontman became a proud papa Tuesday. His fiancée, Scarlet, gave birth to a six-pound, 14-ounce boy. ... Premiere nights on UPN will get musical helping hands from Eve and the Goo Goo Dolls. Eve will perform "Gangsta Lovin' " during the "Monday Premiere Party" on September 23, while the Goos perform "Big Machine" the following day on "The Other Side of Tuesday" which will be hosted by James Marsters, a.k.a. "Spike" of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." ... In addition to Michelle Branch, Dido and P.O.D., Santana also collaborates with Macy Gray on his upcoming album, Shaman, due out October 22. ... Superjoint Ritual, the hardcore metal band formed by Pantera's Philip Anselmo, will release a concert DVD on September 24. Live in Dallas, TX 2002 features 11 songs from the band's debut album, Use Once and Destroy. ... Soon you can have an "@masterp.com" e-mail address. The entrepreneurial rapper is launching an Internet service that will include nationwide dial-up and broadband Internet access, instant messaging, e-mail, interactive polls and quizzes, audio streams, digital downloads, chat rooms and, of course, exclusive Master P content, including advance concert tickets and unreleased music. ...

He brought his band, a tuba player, backup singers dressed in gangsta suits and openers Amerie and Donell Jones for his performance on the Coors Original Soul Tour Wednesday night, but Raphael Saadiq forgot to bring his map, as he repeatedly said "C'mon, New York" to excite the crowd at the P.A.C. Bank Arts Center in New Jersey. Diq, who will be co-directing the second single from his Instant Vintage album, "Still Ray," on Saturday in L.A. with Chris Morrison, did recover to laugh it off and leave the stage with a standing ovation at the night's end. ... "The Halloween Takeover," a CD-ROM created by Rob Zombie, will be handed out to Spencer Gifts and Spirit Halloween Store customers when they purchase select items this October. The CD-ROM features songs, videos, games and a preview of Zombie's "House of 1000 Corpses." ... The Rolling Stones will strut their stuff live on HBO on January 18 when they play Madison Square Garden in New York. The broadcast of one of the final dates of their current Licks Tour will mark the first time the veteran rockers have performed a live concert on American television. ... Haunting Louisville, Kentucky, rockers My Morning Jacket have signed to the Dave Matthews-founded ATO Records — home to David Gray, Gov't Mule and Ben Kweller — and will soon begin work on their third album at their farm/studio in Shelbyville, Kentucky. They are currently on the road with Doves, with dates scheduled through a two-night stand at the Mayan Theatre in Los Angeles on October 8 and 9. ...

09.18.02

Staind have nearly wrapped sessions for their follow-up to 2001's Break the Cycle, with guitarist Mike Mushok the only one yet to complete his parts. Writing on the band's official site, Mushok said, "We are looking at putting 12 or 13 songs on the record, I would imagine. We really just need to finish it and see how all the songs feel." ... Jay-Z may have been too focused on finishing his next album to attend his own shindig, but that didn't stop the cast of the HBO series "The Wire," Mya and DJs Clue and Envy from celebrating the fall collection of Rocawear Tuesday night at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City. Jay's partners Dame Dash and Kareem "Biggs" Burke were on hand to welcome everyone. ... LL Cool J will co-star with Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell and Michelle Rodriguez in "S.W.A.T.," a thriller that begins shooting in Los Angeles on October 19, according to Variety. LL has also signed on to voice Piki in the upcoming "Rugrats Meet the Wild Thornberrys." ...

Despite some bids that came in around the $43 million mark, the Washington state childhood home of Kurt Cobain failed to sell on its eBay auction, which closed on Sunday. Owners Ed and Jennifer McKee said that none of the offers — not even those close to the asking price of $200,000 — were from serious bidders. The Oregon couple, who bought the house for $42,000, next plan to list the home as straight real estate. ... P.O.D.'s sophomore album, Satellite, was certified triple platinum by the RIAA for U.S. sales in excess of 3 million units. The album first earned platinum certification a month after its release in October 2001. ... U2's Bono is scheduled to appear on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" on Friday to discuss his campaign to alleviate the AIDS crisis in Africa and poverty around the world. The show will examine his charitable efforts as well as how U2 have inspired their fans to get involved in the causes close to Bono's heart. ...

Some of hip-hop's founding fathers, including Grand Master Caz, the Chief Rocker Busy Bee, DJ Grand Wizard Theodore and Rock Steady Crew member Crazy Legs, will come together on September 20 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the groundbreaking film "Wild Style." The ceremony will happen at New York's East River Park, which was featured two decades ago in the movie's outdoor party scene finale. A screening of the film, which will be shown for the first time on 35mm film, will follow the soiree. ... British artist Ms. Dynamite received the prestigious 2002 Panasonic Mercury Music Prize, beating out the likes of David Bowie, the Doves and Roots Manuva. Ms. Dynamite takes home a £20,000 prize, which she plans to donate to charity.

• Christina Aguilera
• Nelly Furtado
• DJ Shadow
• Eve
• Master P

Hives guitarist Nicholaus Arson posted a message on the band's Web site this week explaining why the band severed a seven-year relationship with Burning Heart Records/ Epitaph to sign a reported multimillion-dollar deal with major-label conglomerate Universal Music Group. Arson claimed there were "extremely serious issues" with their former label, and explained that the group "did this simply to control our own destiny and regain the control over our work we once enjoyed with Burning Heart Records." ... The first single from Pearl Jam's still-untitled seventh album will be "I Am Mine," which goes to radio September 17. The full disc will follow November 12. ... The third album by Icelandic atmospheric art-experimentalists Sigur Rós, due out October 29, will have no title and no track list. The CD booklet will be made of see-through cellophane paper and will be completely blank, though album credits will be available on the band's Web site. ... Irish pop group the Corrs gleefully gave up one of their sisters Thursday when drummer Caroline Corr married Frank Woods in a candlelit church in the village of Deia. U2's Bono and the Edge flew in for the celebration. ...

Seventy-five albums have made the "Longlist," the first step in determining the recipient of the second annual Shortlist Prize for Artistic Achievement in Music, an honor bestowed on albums released in the U.S. that have sold less than 500,000 copies by the August 19 cut-off date. The first-round nominees, which include the latest albums by Andrew W.K., Beth Orton, Björk, Cee-Lo, Clinic, DJ Shadow, the Flaming Lips, Guided by Voices, Eels and Wilco, were chosen by a panel of judges, or "listmakers," consisting of Iggy Pop, Beck, Mos Def, the Neptunes, Spike Jonze and Lars Ulrich. The list gets pared down to 10 albums by the week of September 19, and the winner will be announced October 29. ... The soundtrack to "Once More With Feeling," last year's Emmy-nominated musical episode of TV's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," is set for release September 24. The LP offers the 10 songs featured in the November 6 episode, for which series creator Joss Whedon wrote music and lyrics, as well as unreleased tracks, including a demo of the poignant "Going Through the Motions" sung by Whedon and his wife, Kai Cole. ...

08.22.02

Michelle Branch is heading to Chicago this weekend to shoot a video with Carlos Santana and director Paul Fedor for Santana's upcoming album, Shaman, due October 22. Branch sings on a pop/rock song called "Game of Love," written by ex-New Radicals leader Gregg Alexander and producer Rick Nowels. ... "Well, I guess this is growing up" is right. Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus and his wife, Skye, welcomed baby Jack, their first child, into the world on August 5. ... Weezer will support Guns N' Roses at England's London Arena on August 26, according to the band's Web site. ... Who are the best bands in the world? According to British metal mag Kerrang!, they're Sum 41, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Slipknot, Linkin Park and Nickelback, who are all up for the Best Band in the World award at the Kerrang! Awards 2002, which will be awarded August 27. ...

Underworld, who are returning with their latest, A Hundred Days Off, on September 24, have lined up a U.S. mini-tour that begins October 14 at Chicago's Riviera Theater. The "Born Slippy" kings then hit Clutch Cargo's in Pontiac, Michigan, on October 15, New York's Hammerstein Ballroom on October 18 and San Francisco's Warfield on October 20 before winding up at the Wiltern Theatre in L.A. on October 21. ... Following a September tour of the U.K., Jerry Cantrell will return home for a 24-date headline tour that begins October 10 in San Antonio and ends November 15 in New Orleans. Cantrell is currently opening for Creed. ... Six Feet Under, featuring former Cannibal Corpse vocalist Chris Barnes, will support Hatebreed on a string of dates in September. The trek kicks off September 9 in Houston, Texas according to the death metal group's Web site. ...

Metallica welcomed two fans from the Make a Wish Foundation, their families and two of their friends into the San Francisco studio where they're recording their new album, played them two new tracks and hooked them up with a ton of free swag, according to the group's Web site. Lars, Kirk, James and producer/temporary bassist Bob Rock also invited their new friends to jam with them for over an hour, rocking out on "Enter Sandman," "For Whom the Bell Tolls," "Sad But True," "... And Justice for All," "I Disappear" and the rarely aired "Dyer's Eve," and Lars sent them all off with handfuls of classic hard rock CDs after one of the kids expressed an interest in Iron Maiden. ... Original Pirate Material, the garage-flavored, Mercury Music Prize-nominated album by the Streets (a.k.a. 21-year-old Mike Skinner), will arrive in America October 22 through Vice Records.

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DJ Shadow
Photo: MTV News

DJ Shadow said he was recently described as a "gateway artist," someone whose work encourages people to delve into other types of music, and recalled it as one of the biggest compliments he'd ever received. All ego boosts aside, it is an apt description.

15 months in the making, The Private Press is Shadow's long-awaited proper follow-up to 1996's Endtroducing, the seminal record combining lush ambient and hip-hop elements that earned Shadow's music the "trip-hop" label other sonically complex, non-conformist acts such as Portishead and Esthero are also saddled with.

The entirely sampled The Private Press isn't just Endtroducing part two. "I was trying to make music that, for me, was a progression," he said on a brief break from soundcheck. "I was trying to not repeat myself. I thought, 'You can respect your fans and you can treasure your fans, but you can't cater to them.' As much as I knew a lot of people thought they wanted to hear another Endtroducing, I had to give them enough credit to know that they actually don't want that."

"I'm a fan of a thousand bands or artists or DJs," Shadow continued, "and sometimes I think to myself, 'Damn, I wish Public Enemy would just do another album like It Takes a Nation of Millions [to Hold Us Back],' but then if they ever do something like that, you realize, 'Hmm, why isn't it hitting me the same way?' And what you're actually looking for, as a fan and as somebody who invests in an artist, is for them to continue to develop and evolve. So I was just trying to, in my own way and on my own terms, evolve musically."

The first step in his musical evolution was to go back and listen to music. Not a very surprising move, but the way in which he absorbed and understood the sounds was different than he'd ever known. "In the first few months of working on the record, I made a pretty big leap personally in my musical evolution. Just in taking in a lot of influence, stuff I hadn't heard before. I felt like I started to understand certain genres of music the way I never had before and I started to understand why certain artists did what they did.

"To understand what the artist was thinking about and what he or she was protesting against or why they were creating that music then, to me is very fascinating," Shadow continued. "It just gives you a deeper appreciation for the music when you understand the cultural context. That's why it frustrates me when people that aren't involved in hip-hop or didn't grow up listening to it or have not made any real effort to understand hip-hop just use the surface sounds, like sampling a rap tune and not really understanding anything about what made that music so powerful at the time."

In 2000, armed with this new understanding and insight, DJ Shadow set about recording The Private Press. To share what he had learned, he decided not only to sample the sounds of the music, but also capture the spirit of it.

The title The Private Press is a reference to the vanity labels on which the album's obscure recordings would traditionally be released. In an effort to maintain the integrity of the original songs though they are changed beyond recognition — the DJ's specialty — Shadow gives a nod to their roots.

Some of the work on The Private Press wasn't so calculated. While very few of the songs have actual lyrics, the album and its titles follow a visceral progression that gives the LP a sense of continuity and completeness. "Sometimes the titles come almost immediately before there's even a structure to the song," DJ Shadow said. "Case in point would be 'Fixed Income.' That title leapt into my brain when it was just that throbbing bass sound and the drums. I don't know why that title popped into my head, but I always knew that it fit and it helped me finish the song."

Unfortunately, that wasn't the case with "You Can't Go Home Again."

"I've never been happy with that title. I struggled on a title for that song forever because I fell in love with the demo. The initial basis of the song came about in a couple of hours and I really liked it and it was so interesting to me structurally. I always tried to think of titles that could measure up to how I felt about the demo and how the song came out because I'm really happy with it, and I never really could. So I had to just come up with a title that could put somewhat of a nice neat bow on the end of the album.

"I can live with it now," he said, with a laugh. "It usually takes me four months to start slowly forgetting all the things I was lamenting, so I'm kind of starting that process now."

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Belle & Sebastian
Photo: Matador Records

After five years of waiting for a new full-length solo effort, DJ Shadow's fans are finally treated to the follow-up album to Entroducing ... This time the innovative DJ offers The Private Press, an album that took him 15 months to complete and was created entirely from sampled music.

Also out Tuesday (June 4) is young newcomer Avril Lavigne's debut Let Go, an album devoted to urging people to be themselves, as evidenced on such songs as "Complicated" and "Sk8er Boi."

Me'Shell Ndegeocello's Cookie: An Anthropological Mixtape shares shelf space with Belle & Sebastian's Storytelling and the Roots' resident human beat box, Scratch, and his The Embodiment of Instrumentation.

And how about those soundtracks to go with the summer movie blockbusters? This week's notables are "Getting There," the latest Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen adventure which bills the twins as "Sweet 16 and licensed to drive"; and music from and inspired by "Scooby-Doo," featuring Outkast, Kylie Minogue and Lil' Romeo, which might just be better than the movie itself. Ruuh-oh!

Out Tuesday, June 4:

• 281 Boyz - Chopped & Screwed 2003 (Ichiban)
• Atreyu - Suicide Notes & Butterfly Kisses (Victory)
• Audiovent - Dirty Sexy Knights in Paris (Atlantic) Read about it ... Lil' Incubus? Audiovent's Boyd, Einziger Say No
• Aurora UK - Dreaming (Groovilicious)
• Beachwood Sparks - Make the Cowboy Robots Cry (EP) (Sub Pop)
• Belle & Sebastian - Storytelling (Matador)
• The Bevis Frond - What Did for the Dinosaurs (Rubric)
• Yume Bitsu - The Golden Vessyl of Sound (K)
• Bloodlet - Three Humid Nights in the Cypress Trees (Victory)
• Boom Box 2000 - Boom Box 2000 (Orange Twin)
• Brand New Sin - Brand New Sin (Now or Never)
• Chris Brokaw - Red Cities (Atavistic)
• Pieta Brown - Pieta Brown (Rubric)
• Clan of Xymox - Remixes from the Underground (Metropolis)
• Preston Clarke - Lane Change (Biscuit)
• Cordelia's Dad - What It Is (Kimchee)
• Danzig - 777: I Luciferi (Spitfire)
• Da Outfit - Lost Underground (Strictly Rhythm)
• Dead Poetic - Four Wall Blackmail (Solid State)
• Deerhoof - Reveille (Kill Rock Stars)
• John Digweed - MMII (WSM)
• Dillinger Four - Situationist Comedy (Fat Wreck Chords)
• Dirty Vegas - Dirty Vegas (Capitol) Read about it ... Days Go By, And Still You Can't Get Dirty Vegas Out Of Your Head
• Dismantled - Dismantled (Metropolis)
• DJ Irene - Phonosynthesis (Warlock)
• DJ Quik - Under Tha Influence (Ark 21)
• DJ Shadow - The Private Press (MCA)
• Doves - The Last Broadcast (Heavenly)
• Engorged - Engorged (Death Vomit)
• Enon - High Society (Touch & Go)
• E.S.T. - Strange Place for Snow (Columbia)
• Glory Fountain - The Beauty of 23 (Lajoy)
• Go Jimmy Go - Soul Arrival (Moon Room)
• The Hellacopters - Cream of the Crap Vol. 1 (Gearhead)
• High Contrast - True Colors (Breakbeat Science)
• Hometown News - Wheels (VFR)
• In Extremo - Sunder Ohine Zugel (Unbridled Sinner) (Metal Blade)
• Jack Ingram - Electric (Sony/Lucky Dog)
• Interpol - Interpol (Matador)
• J-200 - A Trip From Grace (Loose Booty)
• Donell Jones - Life Goes On (La Face)
• Tommy Keene - The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down (spinART)
• Willie Kennedy - Cape Breton Violin (Rounder)
• The Kennedys - Get It Right (Jiffyjam)
• Sherry Goffin Kondor - Mellow My Baby: Soothing Songs (Sugar Beats/Rounder)
• Lackloves - Star City Baby (Rainbow Quartz)
• Avril Lavigne - Let Go (Arista) Read about it ... It's Not 'Complicated' — 17-Year-Old Avril Lavigne Was Born To Rock
• Shannon Lawson - Chase the Sun (MCA Nashville)
• LMNT - All Sides (Purple Leopard)
• Lollipop Lust Kill - My So Called Knife (Artemis)
• Los Lobos - Good Morning Aztlan (Mammoth)
• Luce - Luce (Nettwerk)
• Manowar - Warriors of the World (Metal Blade)
• Matthew - Everybody Down (Rykodisc)
• Tift Merritt - Bramble Rose (Lost Highway)
• The Miracles - Tears of a Clown (Park South)
• Coco Montoya - Can't Look Back (Alligator)
• My Vitriol - Finelines (Epic)
• Myracle Brah - Super Automatic (Rainbow Quartz)
• Me'Shell Ndegeocello - Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape (Maverick)
• Marykate O'Neil - Marykate O'Neil (Seventy-One)
• Teddy Pendergrass - Pure Love (Park South)
• People Under the Stairs - O.S.T. (Om)
• Archer Prewitt - Three (Touch & Go)
• Rearview Mirror - All Lights Off (Gobstopper)
• Rotten Sound - Murderworks (Death Vomit)
• Saeed & Palash - Tide:Edit:07 (Star 69)
• Scratch - The Embodiment of Instrumentation (Ropeadope)
• Seelenluft - Out of the Woods (Klein)
• Sev - All These Dreams (Geffen)
• Side Walk Slam - Give Back (Tooth & Nail)
• Silkworm - Italian Premium (Touch & Go)
• Spaceheads - Low Pressure (Merge)
• Speedealer - Second Sight (Palm Pictures)
• Speedy J - Loudboxer (Mute)
• Swearing at Motorists - This Flag Signals Goodbye (Secretly Canadian)
• The Takers - If the Blues Were Red (Rubric)
• Thuunderboy! - Thuunderboy! (Table of the Elements)
• Trammps - Dance Fever (Park South)
• Trouble With Sweeny - Play Karen & Others (Basement Life)
• Vader - Revelation (Metal Blade)
• Steve Vai - Elusive Light & Sound Vol. 1 (Favored Nations)
• Various artists - "Bad Company" soundtrack (Hollywood)
• Various artists - The Best of Broadway Musicals (Park South)
• Various artists - The Best of "Star Wars": Collector's Edition Soundtrack (Park South)
• Various artists - Celebrate America (Disney/Vista)
• Various artists - "Cherish" soundtrack (New Line)
• Various artists - Chilled Grooves (Water Music)
• Various artists - Cuts: Session 1 (Groovilicious)
• Various artists - "Enough" soundtrack (Varese Sarabande)
• Various artists - "Getting There" soundtrack (Trauma)
• Various artists - If the 21st Century Didn't Exist ... (Five Rue Christine)
• Various artists - Price for Peace (American Journey)
• Various artists - "Scooby-Doo" soundtrack (Lava) Read about it ... 'Scooby-Doo' Soundtrack To Feature Lil' Romeo, Kylie, Shaggy (Zoinks!)
• Various artists - Smooth Grooves: At the Club (Rhino)
• Various artists - Soundbombing III (MCA)
• Various artists - "Spider-Man" score (Soundtrax)
• Various artists - Total Hits 2002 (Rhino)
• Vegas - Retro Lounge Vol. 2 (Park South)
• Yid Vicious - Forverts! (JAM/Knitting Factory)
• Roger Wallace - The Lowdown (Lone Star)
• Anna Waronker - Anna by Anna Waronker (Oglio)
• The Young Dubliners - Absolutely (Higher Octave)
• Young People - Young People (Five Rue Christine)

June 11:

• Korn - Untouchables (Epic) Read about it ... Korn: The Untouchables
• David Bowie - Heathen (ISO/Columbia) Read about it ... Foos' Dave Grohl, Moby Are Bowie Buddies On New LP
• Raphael Saadiq - Instant Vintage (Universal)
• They Might Be Giants - No! (Rounder)
• Various artists - The Osbourne Family Album (Epic) Read about it ... Osbournes Unveil F---ing Family Album

June 18:

• Papa Roach - Lovehatetragedy (DreamWorks) Read about it ... Papa Roach Distance Themselves From Rap-Metal Peers On New LP
• Swizz Beatz - G.H.E.T.T.O. Stories (DreamWorks) Read about it ... Swizz Beatz Unveils Metallica/Ja Rule Track, Sets 'Guilty' Single

June 25:

• Boy George - Night Out (Moonshine)
• Jerry Cantrell - Degradation Trip (Island/Def Jam) Read about it ... Jerry Cantrell Conjures Ghost Of Alice In Chains On New LP
• Solange Knowles - Solo Star (Columbia) Read about it ... Solange, Beyonce's Lil' Sis, Says She's No Destiny's Child

July 2:

• "Men in Black 2" soundtrack (Sony) Read about it ... Will Smith Preps Next LP, New Tracks For 'MIB2'
• Jerzee Monet - Love & War (DreamWorks) Read about it ... Jerzee Monét: Workin' For Her Big Break

July 9:

• Silverchair - Diorama (Atlantic) Read about it ... Silverchair Craft U.S. Diorama, Plan New York Dates

July 16:

• Lil' Romeo - Game Time (Universal/No Limit) Read about it ... Lil' Romeo Battles His Evil Twin On B-Ball Court

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