- Happy birthday to Paul Cézanne (1/1/1839). His paintings are composed of intense colors & brushstrokes. http://ow.ly/3Gp1Q
- 2011 is sum of 11 CONSECUTIVE primes: 2011 = 157+163+167+173+179+181+191+193+197+199+211
- Chuck Berry collapsed on his keyboard tonight at Congress Theater tonight, complained of being weak before ending show. http://bit.ly/g3YlVi
- New song, Drama Queen, by Pluto Factory is up on Youtube. http://ow.ly/3yYwf
- Carlos Santana Weds Drummer Cindy Blackman. http://ow.ly/3zc6x
- Interview with Carlos Santa on Cindy Blackman. ‘I think we topped it by playing together at the Oakland symphony a couple of weeks ago. My friend who was there said, “You were having sex onstage in front of everybody.” ‘ http://is.gd/kdGkP
- Happy birthday to Syd Barrett (January 6, 1946 – July 7, 2006).
- Not many Syd Barrett’s paintings around. The few remain shed lights on a proficient artist. Syd is a brilliant genius! http://www.sydbarrett.com/artworks.htm
- Syd Barrett’s inner visions. http://is.gd/kikmo
- Robby Krieger was born on January 8, 1946.
- Happy birthday to David Bowie (January 8, 1947).
- The Pixies: Wave of Mutilation: The Best of the Pixies [4AD] [vinyl release] on Jan 11.
- The Doors were inducted into the Rock & Roll HOF on 1/12/93.
- Captain Beefheart, aka Don Van Vliet, would be 70 today. He was born on January 15, 1941.
- Gary Lucas discusses Don Van Vliet’s legacy in advance of Thursday’s Captain Beefheart Symposium http://lat.ms/fvVVNZ
- Captain Beefheart Symposium. http://is.gd/klz8I http://is.gd/klzdA
- Happy Birthday to Edgar Allan Poe (Jan 19, 1809).
- Cold War Kids: Mine Is Yours [Downtown] releases on Jan 25.
- Sonic Youth: SYR9: Simon Werner a Disparu soundtrack [SYR] [digital release] on Jan 25.
- John Barry, Film Music Composer, Dies At 77 on Jan 30, 2011. Here’s a great segment of James Bond themes. http://bbc.in/gCyZfs
- During When You’re Strange interview, John Densmore revealed that Harrison Ford was a grip shooting the film. http://youtu.be/Ki12lABeH-w
- Sonic Youth preview new music in mixtape. Hear tracks from their French film soundtrack. http://bit.ly/i6Rp3M
- John Lennon letters to be published next year. http://is.gd/93Sx9j
- The Black Keys and The Sonic Youth http://go.pbs.org/3IHTk
- Van Halen is working on a new album with David Lee Roth: http://bit.ly/gfpiEG
- Banksy got an Oscars nod for Exit Through The Gift Shop.
- Song Premiere: ‘Oh My Heart’ by R.E.M. Their 15th studio album, Collapse Into Now, is due out March 8. http://n.pr/idxqWv
- Visit http://wbr.fm/remdiscoverer to download REM’s first track, Discoverer, and preorder the record on iTunes to instantly receive “It Happened Today,” featuring Joel Gibb and Eddie Vedder.
- Official Intel press release on the Orange OPC Musician’s Computer being shown at CES. http://intel.ly/ePjjKE
