We spoke to legendary rocker Paul Weller about solo LP Saturns Pattern and his US tour. More »
John Weller, the longtime manager of his son Paul, passed away on April 22. The Wellers were partners in music since Paul was a young boy, with father buying son his first guitar when he was 12 and financing the Jam’s initial demo recordings in the mid-’70s. The Times Of London has a nice obit of Weller, who was a constant presence in his son’s long career and who actually threatened a flippant record executive with “You don’t speak to my son like that” at one time. Weller was 77. [Times via The Awl] More »
There are hundreds of pictures from this weekend’s Glastonbury Festival on the wires, and the breakdown goes as follows: 90 percent of them are shots of Pete Doherty, and 7 percent are shots of Kate Moss staring at Pete Doherty. More »
– Kevin Federline will get $1 million from his divorce settlement, which will allow him to buy approximately 166,944 used copies of Playing With Fire from Amazon, plus two sticks of Axe Dry. More »
– The Carol Channing revival starts right here, right now. [Thisislondon.co.uk] – Experts believe that Sirius and XM are finally going to announce their merger today, but you won’t be able to hear about it unless you stand in one spot in a major metropolitan area and keep perfectly still. More »
Of the oodles of vintage music videos on YouTube, why pick this one? Just watch it until the 1:42 mark: Holy moly! Who convinced Weller that getting all shirtless and huggy with his bandmates was a good idea? More »
