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Last week Thom Yorke posted on the Radiohead website about his new superband consisting of Flea from The Red Hot Chili Peppers, the producer of Radioheads OK Computer, Beck's drummer, and a percussionist that worked with They Might Be Giants and David Byrne. Thom says he's reasoning for forming the band is so he can play music of his personal album called The Eraser out live. Well thanks to technology the band played Friday at The Echoplex in Los Angeles and live video is already online.

Jim Marshall has been photos of the most iconic rock stars since 1959. He has just released a book called "Trust: Photographs of Jim Marshall" it has 164 pages of never seen before images.
More info here.

I wonder if Dave Grohl could be this generations Tom Petty. For more info.

Since 1983 plastic sculptures of turtles, dolphins, alligators, have been appearing in public in the streets of Europe. Some on historic buildings downtown balconies. These sculptured animals are made by the Cracking Art Group using recycled plastic bottles. They got there name from the term described for transforming petroleum into plastic called, "catalytic cracking". check out more here.

Shepard Fairey has a new poster he made to raise money for the debt of PEEL zine. The Sticker Kit Print will so on sale 10/6 at a Random Time, Limit 1. Edition of 450, 18×24, S/N, $45. On sale here, for more info go here.

If you order from Insound you can recieved a limited 11"x17" poster while supplies last.



Built To Spill- Hindsight from the album There Is No Enemy


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