Hole Skinny Little Bitch/Codine on 10″ white vinyl. About $7. Get yours on Record Store Day this Saturday! For Sarah, Mike, Surly and LP.

I’m already 50 cents short of a quarter and I’m about to get broker. The limited edition releases for the 19th annual Record Store Day this Saturday, April 17th are so completely stellar it makes my head spin. And I’m not even drunk as far as you know. Anyway, here are few highlights according to yours truly:

Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros – Global A Go-Go and Streetcore – 12″ (both previously unreleased on vinyl)
Velvet Underground – Live from 1969 Volumes I & II
SP 20 Casual Nostalgia Fest – Live tracks recorded at the Sub Pop 20th Anniversary Show at Marymoore Park, WA in 2008.
Tom Waits – Mule Variations (11th Anniversary) 12″ vinyl reissue. Includes a print of an exclusive Jim Jarmush photo of Waits.
The Thermals and The Cribs 7′ split single
The Rolling Stones – 7″ with previously unreleased track from Exile on Main Street. Hand numbered
The Ramones – Double vinyl (!) 12″, one blue and one green. Yes, please.
Peter Gabriel/Stephen Meritt – 7″ split The Book of Love b/w Not One of Us
Pantera – Cowboys From Hell 12″ (reissue)
Hole – Skinny Little Bitch/Codine -both from the upcoming Hole record on 10″ white vinyl
Gogol Bordello – New tracks (We Comin Rougher/Trans Continental Hustle) from Gogol’s soon to be released new record on 7″ green vinyl
Beastie Boys – 12″ – undisclosed new track from the Beasties.

For a list of participating independent records stores around Seattle, click here. For locations in your hood, click here.

For more info on Record Store Day, visit Record Store Day.com.

Keith Richards and his traveling companion, Jack.

In what was undoubtedly a huge relief for the makers of Jack Daniels, Keith Richards told Rolling Stone magazine that the rumors regarding his recent breakup with booze are false…:

The rumors of my sobriety are greatly exaggerated. And we’ll leave it at that.

I don’t know about you but, I’m pretty sure booze is what’s keeping Keef so well preserved. If Keef gave up the hooch, he would completely disintegrate. And he knows it. Good call Keef. Lucky for you, Jack is always there take you back…

This is not the first time Keef has wished he was a bottle of booze.

Just a quick reminder that it’s almost Friday…

Keith Richards gives up booze?

Keith Richards hasn’t touched a drop of alcohol for over four months, according to a  source close to the 67 year old Rolling Stone. Recently Courtney Love said she wanted to compare her liver to Richards as they live “similar lifestyles”. And while that request would be enough for anyone but me to stop boozing, apparently it was band mate Ron Wood’s downwards trip down the hooch-hall-of-shame that caused Keef to stop calling his best friend, Jack Daniels.

More plus photos of Ronnie “I swear I don’t drink anymore” Wood leaving two different bars in London last weekend via Holy Moly.

Thanks!: Dlisted.

If you read this blog on a regular basis, you know I love my booze. However, if Mick Jagger told me I couldn’t play guitar for The Rolling Stones unless I peel my pie-hole off the nectar of the Gods, I’d never pick up a guitar bottle again. Lucky for me, my name isn’t Ron Wood.

Anyway, the latest 70’s Rock Band drama is that The Rolling Stones may tour in 2010 without 62 year old guitarist Ron Wood, unless he stops boozing and beating up Russian prostitutes. Ron Wood has been a Stone since 1975 and has been acting like the next celluloid victim of Dr. Drew Pinsky after he dumped his wife last year. The divorce will end up costing Wood over $17 million.

Cherrybomb is a girl and, I’m strictly (Hello, Sailor!) dickly. With that said (and despite the fact that I’m no expert on the subject), I’m completely sure there ain’t no such thing as pussy worth sticking that costs $17,000,000. True story.

Quentin Tarantino at Spike TV’s Scream Awards.

Here’s Quentin Tarantino on stage at the Spike TV Scream Awards. Q was on hand to present the Scream Mastermind Lifetime Acheivement Award to George Romero. Anyway, Tarantino’s ensemble made me worry that he might be under some sort of mind-control by a certain Steven Seagal. Which I hope is not a true story.

Keith Richards was also honored at Scream this year. The 65 years old Richards received Scream’s Rock Immortal (you can’t make this stuff up) Award.

The Dynamics, Seven Nation Army, originally released on 7′ in 2006. For JB.

The Dynamics are from Lyon, France. You can find this White Stripes cover, as well as dubbed out versions of Miss You by The Rolling Stones and Whole Lotta Love on The Dynamics 2008 release, Version Excursions.

Très magnifique.

Keith Richards: The New Face of Louis Vuitton

So, I lied in that last post. I can’t stay away from you. And hangover or not, I can’t stop thinking about you. Besides, typing the words Keith Richards is the new face for Louis Vuitton is hilarious. Mostly because the words Keith Richards and new face are oxymoron’s. Anyways, the new ad campaign for the luxe brand was shot by Annie Leibovitz. And lots of lens diffusion. And what’s with the teacup? Where are the empty bottles of Bourbon and ashtrays full of cigarette butts? Am I to believe that Keith Richards is reading Baudelaire and drinking tea at 3:00am with his expensive luggage?

Check out this video of Keith wacking the shit out of a rowdy fan with his guitar. That’s the Keith Richards I know and love. Even at 64, Keith Richards is 100% rock star. Which is awesome since most rock stars are like only 10% rock star and like 90% douchebag.

Thanks to Reuters for the link.