Jason Handelsman reports on our sister paper Miami New Times' blog that Wu-Tang Clan mastermind/producer extraordinaire the RZA has left the tour. This is akin to Eye leaving the Boredoms or Keith Richards bailing on the Rolling Stones. It can't bode well for future dates on this current tour.
As his departure is alleged to be partially due to financial disagreements, it seems relevant here to view the Wu's “C.R.E.A.M.” (Cash Rules Everything Around Me) video.
Photo by Christopher VictorioLast Night: Coldplay at the Honda Center, Anaheim, Nov. 25, 2008.Better than: Staying home to watch the six-hour long "Dancing with the Stars" season finale.Most mixed message: Booths in the lobby promoting anti-poverty organization Oxfam, just mere feet away from merch tables selling $35 t-shirts and $20 "tour programs."Let's face it--it's really not "cool" to like Coldplay. They're just too popular, too earnest, too derivative of The Bends-era Radiohead and too mar
Les Paul, the man behind the signature guitar of the same died, passed away today at the age of 94. I had already been playing guitar for a few years after I realized that not only was Les Paul a real guy, but he was still alive. Somehow I think Jimmy Page, Slash, Eric Clapton, Wes Montgomery, Keith Richards, Pete Townshend and seven zillion others players more famous than I already knew that.Along with his massive influence on six stringers, Paul is credited as the man who pioneered multi-tr
