Chris Cornell and Timbaland (What!?!?!)

Seriously, what happened to Chris Cornell? Chris, please see prior post of Pearl Jam video for inspiration. This is trash. My jaw is still on the floor. The song "Long Gone" is below.

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Chris Cornell Performed on The Henry Rollins Show

May 4 performance of "No Such Thing"

Chris Cornell @ Irving Plaza On-Sale Date

Tickets for Chris Cornell's other east coast dates went on sale last weekend and sold out almost immediately. His 4/16 New York show goes on sale this Saturday @ 1pm. Tickets are listed on the Irving Plaza site at $35. I expect this one to be a tough ticket as well but I'll be giving it a shot. I'm the first to admit that I'll always have a soft spot for my Grunge heroes. I mean, hell, he IS dipping into the Temple of Dog and Soundgarden catalogs.

Tour Dates:
Fri April 6 Las Vegas, NV Vegas Grand Prix
Sun April 8 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
Wed April 11 Chicago, IL Metro - Smart Bar
Sat April 14 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre
Mon April 16 New York, NY Irving Plaza
Thu April 19 Boston, MA Avalon Ballroom
Sun April 22 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of The Living Arts
Tue April 24 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live
Fri April 27 Dallas, TX Palladium Ballroom
Sun April 29 Austin, TX Stubbs Bar-B-Q
Wed May 2 Los Angeles, CA Avalon

Chris Cornell Announces Departure from Audioslave

Audioslave - "Show Me How To Live"
[Rolling Stone Interview w. Chris Cornell]

I'm really excited about this for several reasons:

1. I am pretty excited to hear some Chris Cornell solo work, which is the direction he seems to be headed.

2. I am not going to Coachella this year so I will miss the Rage Against the Machine reunion. But, with Audioslave broken up perhaps there is a chance for a full blown Rage Against the Machine tour. Perhaps.

3. Audioslave had run its course. I remember watching the "Cochise" video for the first time. It sounded and felt great. It was exciting - a supergroup with a bona fide superstar frontman, with one of the great guitarists of all time. It came at a point where there was somewhat of a lull in quality, mainstream hard rock. But, the last two albums lost me. In the end, or at least, at this point, I think the creative possibilities of the two factions (ex-Ragers v. Cornell) that made Audioslave, are far greater apart than they are together.

8 Track: The Week That Was

[Viva Voce @ Iota Club & Cafe]

British. Buzz.
MP3: Klaxons - "Atlantis to Interzone"

Give me one good reason why this isn't one of the top twenty tracks this year. We almost left after Silversun Pickups to catch Sparta, but we stuck around and caught the goodness that is Viva Voce. Get Yr Blood Sucked Out has been spinning ever since.
MP3: Viva Voce - "So Many Miles" (Live @ KEXP)

Tuesday can't come soon enough. TOD is hitting 9:30 Club up with Blood Brothers. Get some.
MP3: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - "Naked Sun"

Maybe my favorite track next to "Whipping" off of Vitalogy. Many a jam session between Frat and InMyTree feature a two man acoustic attack on this.
MP3: Pearl Jam - "Immortality" (Live @ Bridge School Benefit 1994)

News of a new Cornell solo album dropped this week. Rumors of an Audioslave breakup were dismissed. And this gem, which will be part of the solo album, surfaced at Stereogum.
MP3: Chris Cornell - "Billie Jean" (Live in Sweden)

I saw the movie The Proposition more than a month ago and I still find myself thinking about it. "The Rider Song" is a great track for the Sunday rain. Or for shooting dudes in the Australian outback.
MP3: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - "The Rider Song"

Bob Dylan has been on heavy rotation during my periods of heavy composition. This track, I believe, is the strongest track off of Blonde on Blonde. I love the meandering bass line.
MP3: Bob Dylan - "Visions of Johanna"

I love this song acoustic. The intro still has a heavy feel to it. Pearl Jam fired Dave Abbruzzese two months earlier and Jack Irons was filling in on percussion.
MP3: Pearl Jam - "Corduroy" (Live @ Bridge School Benefit 1994)