Sound City

This movie follows the life of a legendary recording studio called Sound City. Well, it really follows the story of the sound board inside, a one of a kind custom made Neve Console, and that board has life after the studio (spoiler alert: it involves Paul McCartney). Dave Grohl is the man behind the documentary, his band Nirvana, you may have heard of them, recorded Nevermind there, and once he heard the studio was closing, he snatched up that Neve and it now lives in his own studio, 606. Anyway, with a cast that includes Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks, Rick Springfield, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Rick Rubin, Trent Reznor, and more, so many more, well, don't you just want to watch for yourself?!



They had a one-night showing of the movie in some select theaters last Thursday, and there a few more screenings scheduled, but you can watch it on online for only 12 bucks. Now we just wait for the album release...

You can also hear a couple rad interviews with Grohl on Marc Maron's WTF podcast and The Nerdist podcast. I seriously wish I could get as excited about anything as Grohl seems to be about everything.

McCartney/Grohl/Novoselic/Smear

Last night was the epic (and epicly long) 12/12/12 concert benefiting victims of Hurricane Sandy, which was probably the coolest collection of rock acts and appearances since Live Aid. While the highlight of the concert for me may have been Paul McCartney's closing "Live And Let Die" fire show (I just can't get over how amazing it was live), the most notable act of the night was McCartney fronting what was essentially a Nirvana reunion. It's the first time that Dave Grohl, Kurt Novoselic and Pat Smear have played publicly together in almost 20 years. But instead of playing a Nirvana song, (which lets be honest, woulda been sorta weird, but we all woulda freaked over it anyway) they played a new song called "Cut Me Some Slack." And it rocked.

"Oh yeah."

I need a garage.

Jim: did you see this?

This April, Foo Fighters will be playing songs from Wasting Light, the new album they recorded in Dave Grohl's garage, in the garages of eight lucky fans in eight North American cities.

me: I need a garage.

The Dave Grohl Band

Tuesday's Them Crooked Vultures show was a little on the long side, two hours, but I'm totally satisfied watching Dave Grohl wail on the drums for two straight hours. Hey, remember that huge crush I had on him when I was like 16 and totally into The Colour and the Shape? Yeah.

And check out that photo Katie got! HOTTT!

My review, with more of Katie Hovland's photos, is here. Tankboy's review, with equally awesome photos, is here.