But, hey…can you really get too much Rush? No…I don’t think so…

A star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame (June 25th). Yet another “best of” compilation…this time live tracks. A new documentary, “Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage” (See it on June 26th on VH1 and VH1 Classic). A new tour (it kicks off June 29 in Albuquerque – the closest show to New Orleans is September 25th at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavillion at The Woodlands (just north of Houston)). And maybe a new studio album?

Guitarist Alex Lifeson covers it all in a great interview at Gibson.com:
 http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Fe…

RATT is back with a new album “Infestation” – their first in over a decade .   The band has come full circle to play their highly anticipated record release show on the famed strip where they started. An epic event with a red carpet, high profile guests and a sold out crowd, the event has been documented in a five part series.

Part one of the series is below:

See RATT (with The Scorpions) at the Mahalia Jackson Theater on July 19th.

At The Saints-Military Charity Softball Game at Zephyr Stadium in the dugout. Wait til the honeymoon pics!

Electronic Arts Inc. has announced that New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has been chosen by fans to be featured on the cover of Madden NFL 11, set to hit retail shelves this coming August. The Madden NFL 11 cover announcement is the result of a first-ever online consumer vote, powered by the Doritos “Change the Game” program, which empowered fans to select the highly-debated cover athlete.

Let’s hope Drew can put an end to “The Madden Curse” – certain players who appeared on Madden video game box art have experienced a decline in performance, usually due to an injury (Dante Culpepper, Marshall Faulk, Michael Vick, Ray Lewis, Troy Polamalu…).  Check out the artwork:

LILLIAN AXE have begun recording their tenth album for Love & War Records at Sound Landing Studios.  The album – due out on July 20 – is being produced by guitarist Steve Blaze and mastered by Ty Tabor of KING’S X.

As I mentioned on the Extravaganza last week -  on May 16th, Lillian Axe’s Derrick LeFevre (vocals), Steve Blaze (guitar), Sam Poitevent (guitar), Eric Morris (bass) and Ken Koudelka (drums) will be inducted as the first hard rock band in the Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame.   Lillian Axe will forever be remembered along side such greats as FATS DOMINO, BUDDY GUY, LOUIS ARMSTRONG, JERRY LEE LEWIS, LITTLE RICHARD and ALLEN TOUSSAINT to name a few.

Lillian Axe will be headlining the First Annual Louisiana Music Homecoming Concert on May 16th at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales, LA in celebration of their induction and they will close the show.

You can also catch them on July 30th, when they play the Howlin’ Wolf  here in New Orleans.

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Prepare yourself for the greatest cover-parody song of all time!! Warning-turn this up LOUD!!!! Done by my good friends and local band- THE GRUNGE FACTORY, and special thanx to FUDGE RECORDING STUDIOS. Along with co-writers- Gay Jonny, Gonzo and myself. Jeremy Shockey loves Kat today!
There is a big chance you will hear Pearl Jam perform this at Jazzfest!

In case you weren’t aware (and don’t say I didn’t tell you!), Record Store Day was three days ago, and like nearly everyone else in the music world, The Rolling Stones participated in the festivities by releasing a limited edition, hand-numbered seven-inch single that flew off shelves on April 17th.

The single’s b-side is merely a remastered version of “All Down The Line”, but the a-side features an unearthed, unheard track from the hooch and drug fueled sessions that birthed the band’s 1972 classic, Exile On Main St.

The new song, “Plundered My Soul”, is more realized and less hip-shaking than other Exile cuts, but is proving to be the perfect appetizer before three different reissues of Exile hit the street on May 18th.

If you’re a Stones fan, you should have made the trek to The Mushroom, The Louisiana Music Factory, or Peaches and snatched up a copy – the only place to find one now is through collectors or online auctions -
at eBay, bidding is already at $99.

It’s too late to pick up a copy on the cheap…but I can let you hear it FOR FREE!!! You’re welcome.

I know…I know…Soundgarden may be a square peg in the round hole we call “Classic Rock”…but, I love Soundgarden, and Friday night (4/16) they played their first show since 1997!! So, imagine my glee when I discovered that I could listen to the entire show from Friday night! If you’re not a Soundgarden fan, just keep scrolling down through my blogs – I’m sure you’ll find something you like. But, if you’re like me, and you think Soundgarden f-ing RAWKS!!! – and the news of their reunion brought a tear to your eye – here’s where you can hear their first show together in over a decade:
 http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabber…

You’ll have to excuse me now…I’m busy doing the happy dance to “Rusty Cage”…

The definition of crazy is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. I, Katina Maria Diamond Kageleiry, am officially batshit crazy. I have been dumped by new boy after only less than 3 weeks. I did not see this one coming. Literally out of no where. Dumped is not the word here. More like DROPPED, abrubtly and with no warning. Like a plane crash. Or falling on Bourbon Street, a common occurance yet still shocking when it happens. BOOM.KAPOW.IT’S OVER.
This came as such a surprise that I truly thought my mind was playing tricks on me and maybe I just dreamed the whole thing. But my friends said it was real as some of them actually met him. He also invited all of them to a crawfish boil at his house. The night before the boil is when he dumped me. My friends were bs. Not because of me getting dumped, they’re used to that, but because they now couldn’t enjoy crawfish. An almost riot broke out after that. “What do you mean he dumped you?? What about our fucking crawfish?? Are kidding us??? WTF? We want crawfish!!! What about us??” Ya, heartbreaking.
I’m not even a widow. There is no word for what I am. The love of my life died 10 monthes ago and I am trying to ‘get back out there’ again. (see previous dating after death blog) As such, I am willing to over look a few things that in the past would prevent me from dating someone. Example- if the dude is shorter than me. If the dude had bad shoes, if the dude needed to clip his nose hairs, if the dude talked too loud. All of those things and I was still willing to give this guy a shot. No one is perfect right? And he ends up dumping me?? Huh? What did I miss here? We didn’t even know eachother that well. I only wanted to get to know him better. Him dumping me was like him saying-you are not even worth getting to know. My self esteem is awesome at this point as I’m sure you can imagine.
The next day I went to the cemetary to visit my Todd and I yelled at him. Like it’s his fault! (It kinda is cuz he died but I’m pretty sure yelling at someones grave is not how normal people behave)
My motto has always been-BE FRIENDS WITH ANYONE WHO HAS EVER SEEN YO NAKED. Thankfully, this dude never saw me naked. So I don’t have to be friends with him! He never existed. It never happened.
And further more Mr. Short Shoes Long Nose Hair Talks Too Loud, you are deserving of having rocks thrown at you.
Happy Dating people. I am for sure done with that!

(WARNING-THE ATTCHED LINK IS FULL OF CURSE WORDS AND ANGER. PLEASE PLAY WITH THE SOUND DOWN!! NOT FOR AT-WORK-VIEWING OR LISTENING!)