In one of the most hypocritical business deals in recent memory, The Eagles will make Long Road Out Of Eden, their first studio album in almost 30 years, exclusively available at Wal-Mart stores throughout North America. The deal pairs up longtime environmentalist Don Henley with a corporation known for its disdain of environmental laws and regulations. The latest album berates Americans for their consumerism and rampant big business, so I guess this is a case of do as Don Henley says not what Don Henley does.

"Some of my environmental friends are a little upset because we made this deal. But on the other hand, I have a direct line now to the CEO of Wal-Mart," said Henley. "We’re certainly making our feelings known in terms of ecological stewardship and some of the practices of big business that are undesirable and wasteful." If Don Henley thinks anyone at Wal-Mart truly cares about his opinions, the judgmental rocker may have finally gone bereft of his senses. Fortunately, he can rest easy on his mountain of Wal-Mart cash.

It's the book The Eagles don't want you to read. Former Eagle, Don Felder, who was dismissed from the laid-back Seventies band in 2001, has written his memoirs entitled Heaven And Hell: My Life As An Eagle. Unavailable in the United States due to a non-disclosure agreement Felder signed upon being pushed from the nest, his biography will hit book stores in England sometime next month. The book has reportedly been the subject of many years of costly litigation as Felder has to fight his ex-bandmates for the right to publish it at all.

Amazon.com is taking pre-orders in the U.S. for the audio book version but says that paperback editions are currently unavailable with no news on when they will back in stock. Even though the dispute over the "literary work" gives new meaning to "you can check out any time you want but you can never leave," it doesn't look like Felder will not be reworking "Hotel California" anytime soon.