Hey, is anyone else going to this year's Bridge Benefit show in San Francisco, CA? This Year Following artists will be performing acoustic sets:
Neil Young
Pearl Jam
Foo Fighters
Dave Matthews Band
Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails
Brian Wilson
Death Cab for Cutie
Devendra Banhart
and other special guests

That's f*ckin' worth for me to drive 16 hours down to SanFrancisco (I'm from Vancouver, BC) isn't it? :) yEEhAW, Can't wait!

Carrie Akre is this Thursday playing in Seattle at the Crocodile Cafe. I'll go there for sure, since she's the girl playing with Mike McCready from Pearl Jam in The Rockfords. I've never seen her live but got a hint from my buddy who knows her, that she's doing good solo stuff too. Does anyboy know anything else even tho her name is pretty unknown yet?
cheers

Oh, I just had to read following yesterday:

After eleven years as a band, Sleater-Kinney have decided to go on indefinite hiatus. The upcoming summer shows will be our last. As of now, there are no plans for future tours or recordings.

We feel lucky to have had the support of many wonderful people over the years. We want to thank everyone who has worked with us, written kind words about us, performed with us, and inspired us.

But mostly we want to extend our gratitude to our amazing fans. You have been a part of our story from the…

Hey,
today I was just surfing around for a bit and I somehow (whyever) hit The Smashing Pumpkins page and what I read was following:
"it's official, The Smashing Pumpkins are currently writing songs for their upcoming album, their first since 2000. no release date has yet been set, but the band plans to begin recording this summer." I couldn't belive my eyes. Awesome! Does anybody have some further information bout that? Does probably anybody know, what past members are recording? Is it probably 'just' Corgan and Chamberlain? on http://aufdermaur.com/ it still says 'I'm off to make a new…