By: David Schultz

Since making an appearance at Super Bowl XXXVIII, much has been said, written and debated about Janet Jackson's right breast. In the five years since Jackson flashed America, fines have been levied, speech and expression censored and decisions rendered by all sorts of judicial bodies, including the Supreme Court. Most devastating, the whole episode torpedoed Justin Timberlake's career. Poor Justin had to abandon his dreams of being a throwaway pop star and settle for the life of a credible multi-talented, legitimately funny, widely recognized superstar.

If anything good has come from the incident - besides making "wardrobe malfunction" a candidate for the O.E.D. - the Super Bowl half time shows have become showcases for rock and roll's biggest names. With The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen all having taken their turn as midgame entertainment, it's time for The Who to take the field. Personally, I think HDTV will be the proper format to properly appreciate the disdainful expression on Pete Townshend's face as he vents his disgust over the audience hired to mob the stage and wildly overreact to everything The Who does. Forget Nipplegate; we could have Cranky Old Man Gate on our hands.

TONIGHT, WELL THIS AFTERNOON IF YOU ARE IN THE USA, Wilco will be Webcasting their show from The Paradiso in Amsterdam. Showtime is 8:45 p.m. Netherlands time which makes it a matinee here in America (2:45 p.m. EST)

Labels: The Who, Wilco

Revolver Magazine has a new readers poll. The winners include, Best Band Ever: Pantera; Album of the Year: Sacrament, Lamb of God; Hottest Chick in Metal: Lacuna Coil frontwoman Christina Scabbia; Breakthrough Band: Trivium and Who Should Be The Next President: Rob Zombie - he couldn't do much worse than what we've got now!

John Ondrasik (Five for Fighting) - who recently donated some music to the MusicForTroops project that Earvolution is supporting, has put together a charity-driven video upload site where you can submit a video for the song "World" from his recent disc Two Lights.

Mp3 offerings:
Wilco - What Light
Pawnshop Roses: Goodbye Sarah K
Basement Kids: Barefoot in the Rain
Sister Vanilla - Jamcolas
Basement Kids: Cold and Tired
Skeletons and the King of All Cities: Don't Worry
Let's Go Sailing - Icicles
Idlewild: In Competition for the Worst Times
Aqualung: "Pressure Suit, In The Studio" Video:
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Yoko Ono is reportedly blocking a documentary on John Lennon. E! reports that "The world premiere of Three Days in the Life, comprising two hours of previously unseen footage of the late Beatles icon, was canceled Tuesday after Yoko Ono's lawyers warned the film's producers that she hadn't authorized the project for public viewing." I'm glad they did the silly "Let it Be" pun, because it stopped me from doing it!

Speaking of lawyers...Experience Hendrix, LLC, the company founded by Jimi Hendrix's father, filed a lawsuit in Federal Court against Craig Dieffenbach and his companies saying they have unlawfully used Jimi Hendrix trademarks to promote the "Hendrix Electric" vodka brand.

Speaking of mind altering substances...George Michael has made DoubleViking's list of Most Awkward Interviews for his chat about pot where he says it keeps him sane and happy, but you shouldn't light up until you've achieved all your goals. Well if having sexy time in a public restroom is a goal, then light up George! Paula Abdul, of course, makes the list as well. And, I actually saw the Vanilla Ice clip with Jon Stewart on MTV when it first aired - quite scary!

Labels: Hendrix, John Lennon, Mp3s, Pawnshop Roses, Wilco