Archie Bronson Outfit Coconut promo. Yes, please.

Coconut, the first Archie Bronson Project record since their stellar 2006 release Derdang Derdang, will be out on March 1st. The band will hit the road starting on January 27th in London for a sold out show at The Lexington.

The Sisters of Mercy, Lucretia, My Reflection. From 1987’s Floodland.

More: The Sisters of Mercy.

Chuck Biscuits hitting it for Black Flag circa 1982.

Chuck Biscuits, a timekeeper who was a cut above most, passed away on Saturday at the age of 44 from throat cancer. In addition to Black Flag, Biscuits musical collaborations run the gamut from Danzig to Run DMC. Rest in peace Chuck, I will miss hearing your turbo charged quad-beat-three.

Thanks to Noah for the link.

*3:17 PM PST UPDATE: Sources close to Biscuits’ family are reporting that Chuck is alive and well:

Chucks family has not been notified of a death. Normally they are told if their brother or son is sick or dead. A rumor started in August about cancer, Chuck was fine then too.

I’ll keep you posted as reliable information becomes available. Thanks to Noah for the update.

7:40 PM PST UPDATE: Chuck LIVES! According to Blabbermouth.net.

Blondie, the Barbie, by Mattel. For Stacey.

This is the Barbie I always wanted to be when I was a kid. Anyway, here is the not-s0-CBGB’s version of Deborah Harry by Mattel. Blondie Barbie retails for $55.79 and joins Joan Jett (!) and Cyndi Lauper (!!) for Mattel’s “Dolls of the 80’s” line, due out in December of 2009.

Thanks!: WOW.

The Flaming Lips just got Darker. For JB.

According to The Flaming Lips front man Wayne Coyne, the bands next record will be a blow-by-blow reinterpretation of Pink Floyd’s 1973 album The Dark Side Of The Moon. Coyne made the announcement during a Lips show in LA on October 15th.

The record, due out before the end of the year, will include vocal contributions by Peaches and Henry Rollins (!).

More on the Lips here.

Via: NPR.

Gonzo journalist Lester Bangs letter of apology to a guy named Steve. For K.

Via: Buzzfeed.

Jesus Hates Creed. And so does Ticketmaster. And apparently their management hates them too. And so do I.

Tickets for Creed’s Friday night show in Birmingham are going for 75 cents. Which still seems a bit steep for Creed.

Keith Richards and Brian Jones sometime between 1964 & 1966 in Clearwater, Florida. Yes please. For RDK.

50 pictures, which are being revealed to the public for the first time in decades, are part of 3,500 photographs taken by photographer Bob Bonis. Bonis was a US tour manager who played a key role in the British Invasion 45 years ago. The photos of members of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, discovered inside a duffel bag, were taken between 1964 and 1966.

Read the complete article via the Telegraph UK. More completely amazing photos here.

Thanks: WOW!

Movies About Girls. What’s not to love…

I’m happy to report that yours truly was a guest on Episode #34 of the Movies About Girls podcast. My favorite east-coast strutting friend, Sleazegrinder, invited me on to help out during the “news” segment of the pod and, even though I wasn’t expecting to be ambushed by a surprise Billy Squire trivia quiz,  it was a complete fucking blast. I’ll be back on board for episode #35 next week as well so stay tuned.

You can listen to Episode #34 here. I’d also highly encourage you to check out the rest of the Movies About Girls site. It’s full of stuff your Mom would hate. It’s also wonderfully NSFW, which is exactly how a site called Movies About Girls should be.

Many thanks to the talents of Sleaze, Stacey and Seth for making it all happen and for the warm welcome.

*Programming Note: We’re beginning the process of giving Cherrybombed.com a much needed tune up so you may experience some downtime this evening. Thanks in advance for not freaking out.*

Manic Street Preachers, Peeled Apples. From 2009’s Journal for Plague Lovers. For K.

Journal for Plague Lovers, the ninth studio release from Manic Street Preachers, contains music penned 13 years ago by Manic’s former vocalist/guitarist Richey Edwards. Edwards disappeared in 1995 after checking out of London hotel. In 2008 Richey was declared legally dead, despite the fact that his body has never been recovered.

More on Manic Street Preachers here.

Rob Zombie, Hellbilly Deluxe 2 Tour Poster. For TMIM.

Rob Zombie will be hitting the road in support of his upcoming November 10th release, Hellbilly Deluxe 2: Noble Jackals, Penny Dreadfuls and the Systematic Dehumanization of Cool. Later that month, Zombie will release a 5-disc career retrospective, Let Sleeping Corpses Lie.

The tour starts on October 29th in Phoenix, Arizona. Here’s a list of the scheduled stops so far:

October 30th: Las Vegas
October 31st: Hollywood

Brand new Alice in Chains video for Check My Brain. HELL YES!!! For Freddy Pants and AFJ.

The new Alice in Chains, Black Gives Way to Blue, is due out on September 29th. The video for the second single from Black, Check My Brain, premiered today on MTV.

Alice in Chains will play a sold out show in Seattle at The Moore on September 24th.

Jim Carroll, People Who Died.

Poet, author, musician and eternally young punk idol, Jim Carroll, died of an apparent heart attack on Friday in New York. Carroll’s ex-wife, Rosemary Klemfuss, confirmed Carroll’s passing to Reuters today. He was 60.

Incredible heavy sadness.

The Heavy, How You Like Me Now. From 2009’s The House That Dirt Built. Little Red Riding Hood getting lost on her way to Funkytown? Rock star video bonus!

UK’s The Heavy are back with their second full length and so far, I’m loving it as much as the bands super bad 2007 release, Great Vengance Furious Fire. You can find my most recent earwig, How You Like Me Now, on 2009’s, The House that Dirt Built. Running a close second in my ears is, No Time, a truly funked out rock track in it’s own right. Kelvin Swaby’s vocals have been injected with equal parts of Marvin Gaye and James Brown.  And that’s enough to send anyone hard. Hard and heavy that is. Meow…

The Heavy will be at The Crocodile on October 30th.

Johnny Marr of The Cribs. For AFJ.

Portland, Oregon’s Jackpot Records is the only place in the US that you can pick up a new, special edition of The Cribs latest record, “Ignore the Ignorant”. The Portland Roses Edition of Ignorant includes the following extras:

The full CD album of “Ignore the Ignorant”
*A “Making of…” DVD Documentary
*A full live album recorded at The Ritz, Manchester February 5th and 6th, 2009.

The only other place you can pick up The Roses is the UK. Nice moves Portland.

Here’s a ink to Jackpot Records.

More on The Cribs here.

Ken’s Big Top Ten List, July 16th, 1993.

You know, as hacks bloggers people who write stuff on  Al Gore’s homepage, I’m not the greatest. This “new” post hits that point home, as I was under the drunken assumption that I posted it on August 10th. Cherrybomb: FAIL!

Anyway, this WBCN memento from my days as a glorified intern/producer/DJ wanna-be is my favorite. Here’s why…

WBCN DJ “Captain” Ken Shelton gave me my first break in radio. The time we spent together in the studio, and the opportunities The Captain provided me account for some of the most memorable moments in my brief broadcasting life. Shelton was a consummate radio pro with a grasp of musicology that always astounded me. He was one of those people that if you hummed a few bars of a song (off key, no key, low-tone groaning, it didn’t matter), Captain Ken wouldn’t only tell you the name of the song, he also knew who did it and what year it came out. Shelton was radio’s Name that Tune Houdini. He was so good at it that some listeners seemed to enjoy trying to stump the great Radio Captain. During my 4 /12 year gig with Shelton, I don’t think anyone ever did.

One of my fondest memories of working with The Captain was the time he refused to play one of the programmed songs on his ‘BCN play list. The main offender was Aqualung by Jethro Tull. Shelton, a 20+ year radio veteran at the time, saw the 6:31 abomination and went rouge, skipping the 1971 snoozer completely.

It might be hard for you to understand, but I look to that moment when I need a strong dose of “fuck you, Johnny” inspiration. And I need that a lot.

Thanks for the memories Captain Ken, it was an honor being your first mate back in the day. Oh, one last thing…

Jethro Tull can suck it.

Les Paul & Mary Ford Show from 1953. For Surly and JB. 

I’m just getting settled here and this is the first I heard of Les Paul passing away earlier today. He was 94. I’m counting on the fact that some of you might not be aware that Les Paul is the singular innovator when it comes to the creation of the solid body guitar. Everyone from Ace Frehley to Bob Marley have played Les Pauls. Marley loved his custom Les Paul so much, he was buried with it. 

Because of  Les Paul, Jimmy Page banged out “How Many More Times” in 1969. Page’s defiant and ground-breaking sound defined Page as much Les Paul guitars. Very simply, Rock ‘n’ Roll is, because Les Paul was. 

Thank you Les Paul for giving so much of your life to all of us.  May you rest in peace.

Cassette Case for iPod Nano, $45 CAD.

These 4th Gen iPod Nano cases are made by hand from recycled cassette tapes by Vancouver, BC design collective, Contexture Designs.

For more on Nathan Lee and Trevor Coghill, the duo behind Contexture Designs, click here.

Amanda Blank, Make it, Take it, from 2009, I Love You.

‘Illadelphia represent!

More on Amanda Blank here.

Video of Steven Tyler falling off the stage during Aerosmith’s performance at Sturgis on Wednesday.

More bad news for the Bad Boys from Boston. Today, Billie Perry, Joe Perry’s wife announced via Twitter that  Steven Tyler’s accidental fall during the bands performance in Sturgis yesterday resulted in a broken shoulder. Perry says that Aerosmith’s tour may be postponed for up to two months while Tyler recuperates from his latest injury. Sadness.