McCartney asks Jagger for advice

A little gossipy and really irrelevant, I know, but given that we posted on Sir Paul yesterday, I thought it was a funny little article from Music-News.com:

Sir Paul McCartney has asked former chart rival Sir Mick Jagger for advice.‘

The Beatles legend – who is set to embark on a world tour later this year – has reportedly approached the Rolling Stones frontman for tips on surviving life on the road, now he is in his sixties.

A source revealed: “Paul is really good friends with Mick. Despite rumours of rivalry, they’ve been mates since they started out in the sixties.”

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Sharon Jones and the DKs get Festival-Happy!

One of the biggest surprises of last year, and certainly the most fun one, Sharon Jones and the (Winehouse-backing) Dap-Kings will be slinging their hook around the country this year, hitting festivals North, South, East and West.  Sharing the bill on some days with the likes of Dave Matthews Band, The Roots, Gnarls Barkley, and Feist, they will be hitting festivals big and small beginning this month and not stopping until the end of September.

Dates, from BrooklynVegan, and mp3 after the jump…

New Music: “Broken Social Scene presents…”

Last year it was “Broken Social Scene presents [BSS founder] Kevin Drew’s Spirit If…” and amidst their stops at music festivals this summer, the experimental group will be releasing “Broken Social Scene’s Brandon Canning’s Something for All of Us.”

Hardly an apt title for a group known for such a unique sound, but check out this tune, which just hit the deck, c/o Pitchfork:

MP3: Hit the Wall

And a little something from our friends…buy Broken Social Scene/MP3: Cause=Time

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M@M: Talking Heads-Psycho Killer

Live at NYC’s CBGB:

Buy The Talking Heads/MP3: Psycho Killer

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News Beat, Bad Touch Edition

Diaries show Saddam feared getting AIDS in prison

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) – Saddam Hussein feared catching AIDS or other diseases during his U.S.- supervised captivity, a leading Arab newspaper said Monday in publishing excerpts of his prison writings. The London-based Al-Hayat said the comments came in portions of Saddam’s prison dairies that it obtained from U.S. authorities. The U.S. military confirmed some of the late Iraqi leader’s writings had been released.

When Saddam found out his U.S. military guards were also using his laundry line to dry clothes, he wrote that he demanded they stop, according to the excerpts.

“I explained to them that they are young and they could have young people’s diseases,” Saddam wrote. “My main concern was to not catch a venereal disease, an HIV disease, in this place.” He said some soldiers ignored his request.

There are a couple of musical thoughts I had upon finding this article…

Eleni Mandell’s Don’t Touch Me

Space Ghost Coast to Coast’s Brak- Don’t Touch Me

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