We are hearing quite a bit from Brian Jonestown Massacre these days. First, there's the release of DiG! on DVD, which Anton Newcombe addresses on the BJM website:

I was shocked and let down when I saw the end result. Several years of our hard work was reduced at best to a series of punch-ups and mishaps taken out of context, and at worst bold faced lies and misrepresentation of fact.

Newcombe elaborates on what he believes are factual and contextual discrepancies here. Second, their upcoming album We Are the Radio will be released in the fall of this year. Third, Newcombe sat down with Entertainment Weekly recently and, never one to disappoint, said the following:

What I want to do is enter the popular lexicon. Like Jimi Hendrix. That's my goal. Not to sell soap. Not to say, 'look like me, dress like me, sound like me.' Not to get a supermodel girlfriend. None of that shit. I want people to come away from what I'm doing and look at it as a gift.

Oh, and then there's this...

People talk about Eric Clapton. What has he ever done except throw his baby off a fuckin' ledge and write a song about it?

For the pure entertainment value, someone should work on setting off a rap style sparring match between Newcombe and Liam Gallagher.

Finally, Brian Jonestown Massacre recently announced a string of live dates in the UK and North America. The tour will begin on June 11 at Patti Smith's Meltdown Festival in London. For the six UK dates following the festival, BJM will open for Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. BJM's North American Tour will include a set at this year's Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago.

06-11 London - Queen Elizabeth Hall (Patti Smith's Meltdown, with Television, Steve Earle, the Eels, Billy Bragg, Yoko Ono, etc.)
06-12 Glasgow - Queen Margaret Union (with BRMC)
06-13 Manchester - Manchester Academy (with BRMC)
06-14 Birmingham - Carling Academy Birmingham (with BRMC)
06-16 London - Scala (with BRMC)
06-18 Leeds - The Cockpit (with BRMC)
06-19 Brighton - Concorde 2 (with BRMC)
07-15 San Francisco - Bottom of the Hill
07-16 Sacramento - Old Ironsides
07-18 Salt Lake City - Velvet Room
07-19 Denver - Larimer Lounge
07-20 Denver - Larimer Lounge
07-22 Minneapolis - 400 Bar
07-23 Indianapolis - The Patio (Midwest Music Summit)
07-24 Chicago - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)
07-25 Toldeo - The Underground
07-26 Cleveland - Grog Shop
07-27 Toronto - Lee's Place
07-28 Montreal - El Salon
07-29 Cambridge, MA - T.T. the Bear's
07-30 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
08-04 Washington, DC - DC9*
08-06 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
08-07 Orlando, FL - Will's Pub
08-10 New Orleans, LA - TwiRoPa
08-12 Austin, TX - The Parish
08-13 Dallas, TX - TREES

*My favorite bar! I will no doubt be there.