Archive for January 2007
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has updated the look of its official website. For awhile we were seeing a similar or same site on beta.lds.org - but it appears the beta has been dropped. You can see it now at http://www.lds.org
Update: The Police are scheduled to open the Grammys on February 11th. I can only wonder what song(s) they will perform. I’m kind of hoping for “Synchronicity II” but I wouldn’t be surprised if they picked one of their bigger hits.
There are rumors that the Police and Van Halen (with original lead singer David Lee Roth) will be reuniting their bands and touring this next summer.
That would be a relief. Though these bands are quite different from each other, just listening to one solid album from either of them could be enough to slice clean through the the piles of grunge and indie crap that have been pounded into our ears for so long. Sting’s lyricism or Eddie Van Halen’s guitar riffs should be revelation enough for anybody.
Still, past history being what it is, my hopes aren’t too high. While these bands are brilliant, any single person in these groups has enough ego to keep the magic from happening.
Truth be told, I’m a little more concerned about Van Halen. The first question is whether Diamond Dave and Eddie can truly reunite the band. This would mean they have to manage being in the same room together for more than five minutes - nevermind a months-long multi-city tour. Also, they are saying that Eddie Van Halen’s 15-year-old son is going to replace Michael Anthony as the group’s bassist??!? While it’s undeniable that genetics can do good things, that still just doesn’t sound quite right.
I find myself watching American Idol and going through all kinds of different feelings. But every now and then a contestant comes along who sings so well that he/she makes my jaw drop to the floor. So far my favorite of the singers we’ve heard is a guy with the unusual name Sundance Head. Thanks to YouTube, I can share the joy.