Month January 2005

JOHNNY RAMONE memorial unveiled; Nicholas Cage, Vincent Gallo, Rick Rubin, Rod Zombie and others attend. THE RASPBERRIES: Ken King will kill me for not noticing they were coming to Chicago (Actually, Ken…

MLK DAY: The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. didn't set out to be a great man. He was a Baptist pastor in Montgomery, Alabama, until he became involved in the the 382-day…

SEE THE REPLACEMENTS circa September 5, 1981, in glorious Quicktime, courtesy of Twin/Tone Records. There's even a clip of “Hey, Good Lookin',” which was o­n the flipside of the “I Will Dare”…

THE LAYAWAYS: A shameless plug for Sylvia's boss, but I've disclosed it and have received no compensation, avoiding any Armstrong Williams problem. Plus, I’m all in favor of cool bosses. The Layaways…

ONE DAY LEFT o­n that eBay auction of a near-complete set of 45s issued by the Sub Pop Singles Club. As you're reading this, Craig O'Neill's ears are burning.ON THE PITCHFORK: Modest Mouse announce…

BRAD AND JEN ARE SPLITSVILLE: A NATION MOURNS. People magazine rushes a full issue to newsstands four days ahead of schedule; Us Weekly is publishing a day early. Rumors of disagreement over…

LET'S KICK OFF the week with a few Pate influences:GANG OF FOUR: profiled in the Guardian.THE JAM: There's a limited edition of the non-compact Snap.X is profiled by the San Francisco Chronicle.GbV's…

HOW COULD I FORGET? Happy Birthday, Elvis Presley… wherever you are.WILLIE NELSON, JOE ELY AND ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO will headline a benefit concert for tsunami victims Sunday night in Austin.LOU REED and Robert…

FERRETS: Forced to watch The Matrix.ON THE PITCHFORK: Lots of traffic! More than Ron Jeremy, even.HELP TSUNAMI VICTIMS and get your buzz o­n.LAURA BUSH: Rawkin' out, dude.TERI HATCHER: Saving herself for me; very…

GUIDED BY VOICES: Mayor Daley formally declared Dec. 30 “Guided By Voices Day” in Chicago. My take is in the Reviews section in the left sidebar. The Chicago Sun-Times had a preview,…