The Who

Pete Townshend now looks back on the album with great praise. "The music is the best music that I've ever written, I think and it's the best album that I will ever write."

When a man is running from his boss
Who hold a gun that fires "cost"
And people die from being cold
Or left alone because they're old
And bombs are dropped on fighting cats
And children's dreams are run with rats
If you complain you disappear
Just like the lesbians and queers
No one can love without the grac... MORE

Here's the 21st great live track from The Who album, “View From A Backstage Pass." We're featuring one every weekday. The folks who run The Who’s fan club have this great two-cd set of live recordings. Disc one is all from ’69, ’70 and ’71 including tracks recorded at The Grande Ballroom in Detroit and the Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. Disc two was recorded at a variety of venues in ’73, ’74 and ’76. I'm gonna be streaming songs from the album over the next month.... MORE

Last week the Who announced news of a fall tour only dishing two back-to-back Los Angeles stops in November. Eight additional cities have been added to the tour, which now kicks off October 21st in Detroit, Michigan. While some major hubs are missing from the list...the Who did make clear that this was their FULL fall tour itinerary.
The Who fall U.S. tour:
Oct. 21 Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit, MI
Oct. 22 Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, Ontario
Oct. 24 TD Banknorth G... MORE

Here's the 23rd great live track from The Who album, “View From A Backstage Pass." We're featuring one every weekday. The folks who run The Who’s fan club have this great two-cd set of live recordings. Disc one is all from ’69, ’70 and ’71 including tracks recorded at The Grande Ballroom in Detroit and the Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. Disc two was recorded at a variety of venues in ’73, ’74 and ’76. I'm gonna be streaming songs from the album over the next month.... MORE

I stopped over at Hype Machine and checked out the most popular tunes currently circulating the blog-o-sphere...and it was not time well spent. Out of the 50 'Most Popular Tracks'...I am estimating that about 30 of those are remixes. Oh, here is the link if you wanna check it out   http://hypem.com/popular   Am I the only one that finds these remixes dreadfully dull? Seriously, they bore me TO TEARS! And it gets worse. It's one thing to have a thousand remixes of the... MORE

Here's the 24th great live track from The Who album, “View From A Backstage Pass." We're featuring one every weekday. The folks who run The Who’s fan club have this great two-cd set of live recordings. Disc one is all from ’69, ’70 and ’71 including tracks recorded at The Grande Ballroom in Detroit and the Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. Disc two was recorded at a variety of venues in ’73, ’74 and ’76. I'm gonna be streaming songs from the album over the next month.... MORE

9:23 PM (PST) I'm watching The Who Rock Honors on VH1 now; it's about 20 minutes in and Incubus just covered "I Can See For Miles" and "I Can't Explain".  Now I understand the whole premise of this concert and whatever, but there are definietly certain bands that shouldn't cover certain other bands.  Incubus is one of them. to start, brandon boyd's vocals are already sub par, but jose antonio could barely keep up on drums with the rest of the band...oh well there's st... MORE

With all the talk about the VH1 The Who Rock Honors, taking place this Saturday at UCLA’s Pauley Arena but airing on July 17th, a Who tour just takes the cake. The Who -- original members Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend -- will be touring the USA this fall, but only a two-night stint at Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre in November has been revealed. The Who assure more dates will follow. An exclusive fanclub presale at Thewho.com will start Monday, July 14 at 10:00AM PDT ... MORE

The Who were immortalized for VH1 Honors this past weekend at UCLA's Pauley Pavillion in L.A. The Flaming Lips, Foo Fighters, Incubus, Tenacious D and Pearl Jam covered The Who's songs in live performances during the celebration. The Who's lead singer Roger Daltrey and guitarist Pete Townshend closed out the show with some of their greatest hits. Late band members John Entwistle, and Keith Moon were remembered in pre-taped retrospectives. "I have had a life of absolut... MORE

From ComicMix.com:

Spider-Man Musical Casting Call NYC open casting call for Spider-Man musical on July 28 Remember a year ago there were all these crazy news stories that producers were working on a Spider-Man Broadway musical? Julie Taymor directing. Music by Bono and the Edge from U2. A plot that revolves around a Spider Goddess. Yeah, that one. Well, it looks like it’s going forward. Playbill reported that a reading of the story was scheduled to take place on July

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Here's the fifth great live track from The Who album, “View From A Backstage Pass." We're featuring one every weekday. The folks who run The Who’s fan club have this great two-cd set of live recordings. Disc one is all from ’69, ’70 and ’71 including tracks recorded at The Grande Ballroom in Detroit and the Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. Disc two was recorded at a variety of venues in ’73, ’74 and ’76. I'm gonna be streaming songs from the album over the next month... MORE