Billy Morrison Week: Day 5 "Nailed"

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When Winehouse Attacks

antiMusic reports: Amy Winehouse may soon join her husband in jail. The UK popstar is under investigation for allegedly hitting two random guys on Wednesday night in separate incidents. She supposedly punched the first guy over a pool table at a pub and the other victim was a guy that trying to be kind and hail her a cap. Nice girl, that Amy.

Fox News has a lengthy report that includes tales of drug smoking in alleys, kissing random guys and the assaults in question. Here are some of the low points: Amy Winehouse was facing arrest Wednesday night after allegedly attacking two men while out on a reportedly drug-fueled bender, the Sun said.

Trouble allegedly began after Winehouse arrived with pals at a pub in Camden, North London. Once inside, she is said to have hit Moroccan musician Mustapha el Mounmi after he refused to give way to her at the pool table.... Another man tried to get her a cab, but she reportedly thought he was trying to molest her and allegedly butted him in the face. - Read the entire sorted tale here which includes Amy proclaiming "I am a legend, get these people out. I want to take drugs.'"

MTV Staff Revolt?

TMZ reports: Two production assistants who worked on "The Hills" and "Next" have filed a class action lawsuit against MTV Networks alleging that working with Heidi and Spencer wasn't the only suffering they had to endure.

The lawsuit, which was filed today in Los Angeles Superior Court, claims the assistants typically put in more than eight hours a day, without meal breaks, yet were not paid overtime. Welcome to Hollywood!

For the days in which they worked on location, the assistants claim MTV provided them with already-completed and filled-out timesheets -- which reflected an eight-hour day -- even though on numerous occasions they worked much longer. Looks like the "real world" isn't just hot tubs and drunken hookups!
- more on this story

GNR Recording Reunion With Duff and Izzy

antiMusic reports: We have a semi Guns N' Roses reunion to report on. Turns out that Duff McKagan joined his former GNR bandmate Izzy Stradlin in the studio to work on Izzy's new album.

Izzy site chopaway.com posted this quote from Duff early Friday morning, "I got to play on Izzy's new record yesterday in Ojai...another stellar outing by that dude I must say. Always a pleasure hanging with that guy, a true gentleman. Duff"

No word yet on when this album will be released, but maybe Izzy can talk his friends Axl, Slash, and Steven into coming over to play on it too? (No, weren't not starting a new rumor. Just saying that would be cool.) - Chopaway.com

Paul McCartney To Knock Out Ukraine Girls With Free Show

PR reports: On Saturday 14th June 2008, at the invitation of the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, Paul McCartney will perform to hundreds of thousands of people in Independence Square, Kiev, Ukraine. This groundbreaking event has been named Independence Concert and was launched today in Kiev by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation. Paul's special show will be free to attend and will be broadcasted live on Novy TV.

"I'm very excited because on the 14th of June I've been invited to play a concert in Independence Square, Kiev," Paul McCartney said. "Me and the band are going to be there and we're going to have to a great evening and we hope to see you there. So come along, it's going to be great evening hopefully for the Ukraine. Pull together, groove, rock and roll – all together"

This exciting event will be seen as symbolic for several generations of Ukrainians. It will allow people of different ethnicities and religions, political preferences and geopolitical orientations to come together around the ideas of peace, love and unity; the very ideas that Paul McCartney with The Beatles helped bring into the World. Independence Concert is an independent social initiative that aims to strengthen the confidence and understanding in the Ukrainian society. - more on this story

Stoned Solo Pilot: Weiland Eyes New Solo CD

Blabbermouth reports: Scott Weiland told satellite shock jock Howard Stern on Wednesday morning (April 23) that he is currently working on his second solo album with producer Steve Albini for a November release.

Weiland was joined on the call by No Doubt drummer Adrian Young, who is also playing on the record. A release date and title have yet to be revealed. Weiland's first solo effort, "12 Bar Blues", was issued in 1998.

Weiland, who was dismissed from VELVET REVOLVER on April 1, has reunited with STONE TEMPLE PILOTS for a lengthy spring and summer tour, beginning in mid-May at Columbus, Ohio's Rock on the Range festival. - more on this story

Jane's Addiction TV Reunion

PR reports: The Spread crew lunches with Margaret Cho in Korea Town and sits down with renowned bassist, Eric Avery in this week's hour-long episode of Dave Navarro's Spread TV.

In their first televised appearance together in over a decade, Eric Avery, the original bass player for Jane's Addiction and Dave Navarro get together to talk about music and life in an intimate and humorous session of Spread TV. During the course of the interview, the two share perspective from their times in the revolutionary band and explore the back story behind Eric's new album, Help Wanted.

VH1 and maniaTV cameras roll as Navarro, co-host Todd Newman and comedienne extraordinaire, Margaret Cho partake in a hilarious lunch at LA-based Korean BBQ restaurant, Seoul Jung. In the typical Spread TV style of open, free flowing conversation, the friendly trio discuss a myriad of subjects including televising colonic cleansing, open door relationship policies and Margaret's upcoming VH1 series, "The Cho Show". Segments of this luncheon will air on season one of The Cho Show, on VH1 this autumn - wanna watch?

J.Lo The Realty Show

antiMusic reports: You know what's really missing from TV these days? A reality show about the life of an entertainer of questionable talent. The brilliant minds at TLC seem to think that's a great idea and have green lighted a new celeb retardity program staring J.Lo!

You've seen her suck in the movies, you've heard her suck on CD, and now you'll get to see her suck in her everyday life on your TV! All courtesy of The Learning Channel. We don't know what we are supposed to learn from this, but here is Heckerspray with some of the less scary details: TLC has announced that Jennifer Lopez will help produce, create, and star in what is being referred to as a 'docu-series' which will demonstrate Jennifer's ability to balance work, babies, and constantly keeping her husband away from direct sunlight and cloves of garlic. She's a busy gal. The series is already in production, but an air date has yet to be announced

We wish Jennifer Lopez and her family the best with this new endeavour. Everyone knows that the best thing for a celebrity's personal life is a reality show. Just ask Nick Lachey and his wife Jessica Simpson, or Carmen Electra and her husband Dave Navarro, or the drummer from Blink 182 and his wife, or any of the well adjusted kids from Laguna Beach and The Hills. Exploitation onward! - more on this story

Starbucks Records Hoped For Venti Success But Only Got A Tall

antiMusic reports: Starbucks was able to place overpriced coffee houses on almost every corner but their big dreams of making a slash in the music business has gone down about as well as stale coffee. As a result the java giant is "restructuring" and handing over the management of their record label to a real record label. Ken Lombard who was the boss at Starbucks Entertainment was also restructured out of a job.

Starbucks whipped up a lot of excitement last June when they offered java fans a side of "Memory Almost Full," an album by a little known artist named Paul McCartney. The album debuted on the charts at No. 3 and the buzz was steaming that Starbucks' Hear Music might just revolutionize the music industry. The only problem is that when customers were offered music from musicians that didn't happen to be a key member of the biggest selling band in the history of universe, the customers opted to buy lattes instead. Maybe they thought they'd sell more coffee to customers if they put out a sleep inducing album from Kenny G? Here is the official PR word on this big change:

In its continuing efforts to transform the company and reduce costs, Starbucks today announced it is restructuring its entertainment business to focus on digital strategy and core content with music and books. As part of this restructuring, Starbucks will continue its relationship with the Concord Music Group and will turn over the day-to-day management of the Hear Music Record Label to Concord. By assuming responsibility for current and future Hear Music recording artists, Concord will leverage Starbucks curatorial voice to provide music offerings for customers that are fresh and unique. - more on this story

Wanna Taste Madonna's Candy?

antiMusic reports: Want a taste of Madonna's candy? Hard Candy that is. You know, her new album with a silly name. She's offering up a listening party on her Myspace page from 4/25 until 4/29, so you can find out if it's worth buying when it hits stores next Tuesday.

Here is the company line on the album: Madonna's 11th studio album for Warner Bros. Records "HARD CANDY" is scheduled to have a global release on April 28th and a US release on April 29th.

"The title is a juxtaposition of tough and sweetness…kind of like I'm gonna kick your ass but it's going to make you feel good. And of course, I love candy" laughed the material girl. - Listen here, no laughing allowed (unless you do it in a fake British accent)

My Bloody Patti Smith CD

antiMusic reports: Remember that collaboration a few years back between Patti Smith and My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields where Kevin played music and Patti talked? No. They want you to, so they are gonna release a ubber special double disc set on July 11th.

Here are some details from a Jambase.com report: The Coral Sea is Patti Smith's posthumous homage to her friend and photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and the title to her 1996 book. Kevin Shields accompanies her on guitars and effects and creates a haunting backdrop to the spoken prose.

The recordings were made June 22 2005 and September 12, 2006 respectively at sold-out performances at the QEH in London. The set will run almost two-hours with a different stylistic approach to each performance. - more on this story

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