Mark Muller of Max Motors. Quite possibly the biggest douche of the week. And it’s only Monday.

A few years ago, Max Motors in Kansas City held a “buy a car, get a handgun” promotion. The promotion was a success so this year, the Max Motors decided to offer free AK-47 to customers who purchase an automobile from the dealership.

According to Mark Muller, the President of Max Motors, customers will receive a voucher to a local gun store. Redemption of the voucher will be subject to a standard gun purchase background check. Muller says this is to ensure the AK falls into the (not a typo) “right hands”.

Now get this, at about 1:18 into this video, in what can only be described as one of the classiest moves by a used car salesman (and that’s saying something) Muller justified his company’s AK-47 promotion with this wild statement regarding Byrd and Melanie Billings. The couple that were murdered in their Florida home last week while eight of their 14 adopted children were at home. Says Muller:

How about that guy that just had him and his wife that had the 12 children (the couple actually had 16 children, 14 of which were adopted) with the seven guys coming through the door, I guarantee that guy (presumably Muller is referring to Byrd Billings) wished he had an AK-47 (right, except “that guys” dead so now we’ll never know).

And I guarantee that Mark Muller just reserved his spot in Hell right next to Ted Nugent.

Pearl Jam, The Fixer. The first single from the upcoming record, Backspacer.

Pearl Jam is currently streaming their new single, The Fixer, via the Ten Club Myspace site. The band’s ninth studio record, Backspacer is due out this fall. You can order a special white vinyl 7″ of The Fixer here.

Pearl Jam will play two dates at Key Arena in Seattle on September 21st & 22nd.

Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys.

Adam “MCA” Yauch of the Beastie Boys announced today via the Beasties website that he had been diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his left salivary gland. Yauch made the announcement alongside fellow Beastie, Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz.

The original September release of the band’s new record Hot Sauce Committee has been pushed back, and all dates for the band’s summer tour have been canceled. Yauch will go under the knife shortly to remove the tumor and is expected to make a full recovery.

The Beastie’s take up more room on my hard drive and record collection than almost any other artist in my collection. Like millions of others, I was deeply moved by Yauch’s massive efforts to bring attention to the abuse and human rights violations long suffered by the people of Tibet. Yauch himself has been a Buddhist since the 90’s, taking his bodhisattva vow over 14 years ago. There is no doubt in my mind that karma is on Yauch’s side and that the soon-to-be-45-year-old Beastie will bounce back quickly.

Stay strong MCA, and get well…

The Exploding Hearts,  Shattered (You Left Me). For K.

I was extremely lucky to have had the opportunity to review The Exploding Hearts posthumous compilation, Shattered, for Sleazegrinder.

More on The Exploding Hearts here. To catch up with Terry Six, the only surviving member of The Exploding Hearts and his band Nice Boys, click here.