By: David Schultz

We're going to stay with the Pearl Jam theme for one more day. Earlier this week, Soundgarden's Chris Cornell joined up with his Seattle brethren to recreate Temple Of The Dog, the band they formed to eulogize Andrew Wood, whose untimely death derailed Mother Love Bone in its infancy but opened the door for Eddie Vedder to be brought into the fold and Pearl Jam to emerge. At the Gibson Ampitheatre in Los Angeles, they offered a version of "Hunger Strike" with Cornell taking lead while Vedder moved to backing vocals. You can check out the video here.

As if David Letterman didn't have enough problem over the past couple weeks, he gets licked by Gene Simmons. Perhaps there's some karma involved here. If KISS doesn't get inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year, there's something wrong with the whole process. Love them or hate them, this is a rock and roll band in every sense of the word. The Late Show has never been taken over to this degree. You can check out the video here.

Here at Earvolution, we love our fictional bands. Hidden Track has a fun collection of videos that includes "Eep Op Ork Ah Ah," which next to the Banana Splits theme song may be the greatest song to come from the Hanna Barbera universe.

Labels: Kiss, Pearl Jam

By: David Schultz

THE RADIOHEAD EXPERIMENT CONTINUES. Electro-jam rockers Lotus will be taking In Rainbow's pay-what-you-want concept one step further, bringing it onto the concert tour. On a week-plus' worth of dates on the West coast, Lotus will experiment with letting fans pay whatever price they want to enter the club. It's unclear whether a contribution of zero will get you into the show but as an incentive to pay at least $15, the band will let you download their 2 new EPs Feather On Wood and Oil On Glass for free. The creatively priced Pay-What-You-Want tour will visit:

October 6 - The Roxy Hollywood, CA
October 7 - The Independent San Francisco, CA
October 8 - McDonald Theatre Eugene, OR
October 9 - The Showbox Seattle, WA
October 10 - Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR
October 11 - The Nightlight Bellingham, WA
October 13 - Knitting Factory Boise, ID
October 14 - Murray Theater Salt Lake City, UT

IN THE MILLIONS OF TIMES that Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory has been shown on TV and you watched Charlie Bucket run home, wild with glee, clutching his Golden Ticket tightly, didn't you always imagine that his would be a wildly successful marketing scheme? And didn't it always seem like it would end up involving Michael Jackson and the Neverland Ranch? In 2006, Prince experimented with the concept with his Purple Ticket Promotion, planting seven tickets inside copies of the then-newly released 3121 granting fans access to his house for a private concert. Now, Jack White and his new group, The Dead Weather, have placed six photo strips inside copies of the recently released Horehound. Instead of a tour of a recluse's chocolate factory, those lucky enough to find them will be flown to Nashville and receive a tour of White's Third Man Records studio. Two tickets have already been found so four remain. Hopefully, there is no real life equivalent to Veruca Salt making illegal aliens (er, non-documented workers) open hundreds of copies in order to find a "Golden Ticket."

THE NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL TURNED 50 this past weekend. Rolling Stone's coverage is quite good as is The Decemberist's reenactment of Bob Dylan going electric. Thanks to Colin Meloy we now know the PA was powered by burning wood. Who knew?

THIS REALLY DOESN'T NEED AN an explanation - it's just too cool. Way cooler than offering people a free Dr Pepper should Guns N Roses release a tepid album.

Labels: Dead Weather, Kiss, Lotus, The Decemberists