Phenomenal Phriday

And so we begin a holiday weekend. I hope everyone will enjoy their three-day weekend, and if you have to work (like yours truly...all weekend long...), then I hope you can make it to Tuesday without blowing your fingers off with a firecracker.

Just a quick note, I will still post my concert calendar on Monday. I will not be taking the day off from you, my loyal blog-viewers.

Now I'm rambling. Here are the top stories from the week.

Michele Bachmann was denied usage of a song by multiple Grammy Award winning group Katrina & The Waves.

Danzig was forced to cancel their South American tour. Sadly, it's not because he plans on rejoining The Misfits.

This is the revised transcript of The Boss's eulogy to the Big Man.

Happy 48th birthday to Roddy Bottum, keyboardist of Faith No More. Here's "Midlife Crisis".

Vince Neil gets a lifetime achievement award. For what? Breathing heavily on stage? Not being able to hold a note since the '80s?

Hey, Morrissey, how about a Smiths reunion already???

Chuck Berry has a statue erected in his honor, presumably for being Goode.

Ooh, look at Lenny Kravitz. How avant-garde of him! What a rebel!

Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic play "Smells Like Teen Spirit" for the first time in seventeen years. In those seventeen years, 72,000 musicians have tried and all have failed.

Justin Bieber says he will not 'limit himself' on his next album, and says he just wants to make music. Okay, so what has he been doing the past two years, then?

Guilty Pleasure Song of the Week

The All-American Rejects - "Gives You Hell"

I first saw The All-American Rejects back in 2003, and again in 2005. And both by complete accident (Warped Tour). Not saying they put on a bad show, mainly because the screams of teenage girls drowned out the music.

Not-So-Fastidious Friday

No dilly-dallying here today, folks. We have breaking and potentially upsetting news on this "Friday, Friday".

Rebecca Black has her "Friday" song taken off YouTube. NOW how will I be able to kick my Fridays off??

Cee Lo is annoyed by his recent success. It really must be difficult to sing a song all the time called "Forget You!".

Justin Timberlake tells Playboy magazine that "music is not a priority". Incidentally, reading the articles in Playboy isn't a priority, either.

Ke$ha shows off her stems at some event. Pardon me as I gouge my eyeballs with a mechanical pencil.

Pete Townshend auctions off his child por-, I mean, Les Paul guitar for $50,000.

While she may be aging, Fergie claims she is still "young at heart". When did Fergie contract Progeria?

After a recent trip to the hospital, Selena Gomez admits she needs to change her diet. That Bieber Fever is hazardous to one's health.

Clarence Clemons is in stable condition after a recent stroke.

Krayzie Bone from Bone Thugs-n-Harmony celebrates a birthday today. Here's "1st Of Tha Month".

Jack White and his wife get divorced on their six-year anniversary. Hmm, sounds pretty amicable to me.

Guilty Pleasure Song of the Week:

Hot Chelle Rae - "Tonight Tonight"

I'm not going to tell you where I work at, but I play this song constantly at live events. It's not a good song by any means, but it is a humiliatingly catchy tune that I find myself singing every now and then.