Putting thoughts in print is a sketchy proposition.
The reason being, no sooner do you write something, then you turn around and it's immediately dispelled or proven wrong or libelous and you're slapped with a summons, or merely slapped.
For example, a week ago I wrote on my online diary -- which I call a "weblog," or "blog," if you will -- "i thinke lindsee lohan iz going to hav a sooper yeer. i see nuthing butt helth and gud fortun for the superhott singer in 2006!! lol! :-)."
(I have no idea what any of that last stuff is, but I'm pretty sure it makes me net savvy -- whatever the hell that means.)
Unfortunately, this week, as everyone knows, Lohan died.
Or went nuts. Or something.
It doesn't really make a difference -- what matters is she's not enjoying gud fortun (although the nekkid Vanity Fair pictures do further the freckled one's superhottness) and I have, in turn, been proven wrong.
Well, the same can be said for an article which ran in Friday's Sun, which bemoaned the upcoming months in the music industry as being slow and without much to get excited about.
Turns out, that was only partially correct -- the next few months do blow, but it appears there may be something that will set off as close to a CD-buying stampede as you'll ever see.
According to former Guns N' Roses, current Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash, the legendary Chinese Democracy is set for release this spring.
Slash recently told a Philadelphia radio station his former band -- now consisting of only Axl Rose from the original lineup -- has completed the 10-year-in-the-making, on-again, off-again album and is getting ready to finally let the world hear it.
"It's coming out in March," Slash tells the station. "I've been told a lot of things over the years, but it definitely sounds like it's coming out in March."
Slash says he didn't hear the news from Rose himself, admitting, also, he hasn't spoken to his former frontman since he left the band a decade ago -- which has led to much speculation about their relationship.
"I haven't really talked to him directly, but we're not at each others throats, or anything like that -- just to kill all of that bad blood that people keep recreating," Slash explained. "God, it's been going on for 10 years.
"He and I have never had a conversation, an argument ... over that whole 10 years and people have been generating all this animosity.
"But at this point there's no friction going on."
If you want to hear the entire interview, you can check it out at www.gmppodcast.com/tabid/58/mid/380/ItemId/157/default.aspx.
And if you want to hear the album, close your eyes and wish it so. Just don't write it down -- you'll only be disappointed. :-(
ADAMS INSTORE FOR YOU
Speaking of stampedes, there's certain to be one next Monday (Jan. 16) when Canadian rock icon Bryan Adams stops by Music World Chinook Centre for an instore signing.
Adams, who plays later that night at the 'Dome, will be on-hand from 4-5 p.m. signing copies of his recently released greatest hits collection Anthology.
(I'm told anyone requesting the singer ink any body parts will be removed and put into a waiting room where said body part will be photographed, printed and held for questioning. Dinner to follow.)
Again, as his time will be limited, you may want to get there early to avoid disappointment.
QUICK HITS:
Much like hair loss, David Lee Roth has admitted a Van Halen reunion tour is "inevitable." Roth indicated to the Pittsburgh Tribune Review there were discussions about getting the original lineup back one more time. Well, one more one more time ... If you haven't yet checked out the first single from K-Fed at www.kevinfederline.com, y'all ain't lived. PopoZao? PopoWow! ... Oh, and one more freshly announced CD release -- SCTV alum Rick Moranis' Grammy-nominated album, The Agoraphobic Cowboy. It hits stores Feb. 7 ... Concert rumour? Well, even that is slow this time of year. But there are whispers of a Big & Rich show this summer, if that's worth anything? No, I didn't think it was.
