I’ve been listening to a couple of new tunes/bands of the Indie genre and thought I’d pass along to you for your listening pleasure:

• The Shakes - Modern Living
• Maritime - Parade of Punk Rock T-shirts
• The Whigs - Technology

These can be found in iTunes or available via several Indie podcasts, so enjoy!

Keith Richards, Rolling Stones guitarist, said he had snorted his father’s ashes mixed with cocaine.

“He was cremated and I couldn’t resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow. My dad wouldn’t have cared,” he said. “… It went down pretty well, and I’m still alive.”

Richards went on to say that his survival was the result of luck, and advised young musicians against trying to emulate him.

I see no evidence that drugs have damaged his brain. What do you think?

We’ve all done it. We’ve all purchased music not knowing if we’ll like it or not. Most of those purchases come as a result of the music being from a new artist or trying to identify new music.

Esquire has published A Guide to Picking New Music. This handy little checklist makes some good points to ensure you get something you like.

Enjoy and happy listening.

New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel was the place where history was made on Monday night. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted Patti Smith, Van Halen, the Ronettes, REM and the first ever hip-hop act, Grandmaster Flash.

The night was filled with joy and tension. Van Halen frontman, David Lee Roth was MIA, due to a riff between him and the band over what song would be performed. Patti Smith was overcome with emotion as she stood on stage and Bill Berry rehearsed on Monday after suffering an aneurysm on stage in 1997.

All-in-all, it was a great night for music and a greater night for rock-n-roll.