Just walked around the grounds at the resort where this convention I am at in Palm Springs is. It’s very beautiful and I just took a bunch of pix of what once was the winter home of the 1930’s film actress Greta Garbo. Awesome! And hot as blazes here too!…News: Pulse of Radio reports Metallica lead guitarist Kirk Hammett announced on yesterday his first book, titled Too Much Horror Business — The Kirk Hammett Collection, will be published this October. The book will document Hammett’s love of the horror genre as well as his massive collection of horror memorabilia. The 228-page tome will be published as a hardcover coffee table book featuring over 300 full color images from Hammett’s private collection, written notes by him on many of the items displayed, and three extensive interviews with Hammett about his fascination with collecting and horror. Hammett said, “This is my gift to all the other horror nerds out there who are just like me. It’s been made with great love for all the many characters and movies which guided me through childhood, into adulthood and which still keep me on track today.”.…I heard about the new Stone Sour album. 24 songs! Can’t wait to hear the stuff. Lou Brutus will be talking to Corey Taylor on the hotLine today. As well as Rino Cerbone of Stellar Revival…..I am talking to Black Oxygen, Serj Tankian and Dead Sara today here in the desert….Congrats to Rush whose 20th studio album, Clockwork Angels, debuted at Number Two on this week’s Billboard album chart selling 103,000 copies in its first week of release. The disc marks Rush’s highest chart debut since 1993’s Counterparts, which also entered at Number Two. The Canadian trio has yet to land at Number One despite having 28 releases make the Billboard chart in the past four decades. Clockwork Angels also beat out the band’s previous effort, 2007’s Snakes & Arrows, which sold 93,000 copies to debut at Number Three….Mike Einziger of Incubus turns 36, Kip Winger is a rip ole 51 and Joey Kramer of Aerosmith is 62. Have a good one!
