Van Halen!

https://vimeo.com/37045572

was there ever a time when DLR didn't come off like a drunk uncle? i mean, that's just who he is.

yeah, i know, but he used to wear it better, imo. this stuff is more "i-i-i-i-i ain't got nobody" than "ain't talkin' 'bout love". big gap there.

Saw a "=VH=" logo spray-painted on a wall in Pasadena today.

From a couple days ago...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHUG9KxCZfo

Was totally going to see them tonight, but I promised a friend I'd see Bettye LaVette. She was good, but she's not Van Halen.

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m05lz4eh6I1qz5dqgo1_500.jpg
Van Halen 1, Flaming Lips 0

took longer than i expected, tbh: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/van-halen-postpone-summer-tour-dates-20120517

Who would win in a fight between WVH and DLR?

Wolfgang is a strapping 21-year-old man now, not even a question really

I dunno, man. DLR has always been into martial arts. Now, if we're talking a bong-off, it'd be a toss off, but I bet DLR could toss Wolfgang across the room.

i expect DLR has a Batman-like file on each of his teammates, describing their weaknesses in detail in case he has to neutralize them.

also DLR probably would not be above revealing some dark-ass shit about Wolfie's parents, mindfucking the poor kid just long enough for an expertly placed karate chop

maybe i'm just fooled by DLR's goofy public persona but i almost kind of imagine that he doesn't even really hate the Van Halens and he just keeps getting on their bad side by being obnoxious

oh i doubt DLR would start the fight. but he would finish it.

like the seperate dressing room areas thing could totally be "we don't want to have to listen to him talk backstage, the banter during the show is enough"

xpost See also: Stewart Copeland vs. Sting.

his autobio definitely suggests DLR is always his electricifying self and the van halen brothers are miserable fellows who can't handle the glory. sammy hagar and michael anthony would at least agree with the last part.

yeah i loved Crazy In The Heat but it's been like 12 years since i read it, really should revisit it

Shake Your Rump was my own #1, and has been since pretty much the first time I heard it. I may not have fully understood Paul's Boutique when I was 15, but I understood that Shake Your Rump was otherworldly great.

took longer than i expected, tbh: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/van-halen-postpone-summer-tour-dates-20120517

Would pay to hear DLR's "Shake Your Rump"

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3430/3716761946_f89c6263a1_b.jpg

Kiss Unmasked

As cool as that photo is, my first reaction is an urge to punch Sean Penn in the face.

yeah he has been needing a punch in the face for 30 years straight

Mike D looks about 13 and like he has mumps in that picture.

Mike D in that pic is like:

http://www.sigmanubruins.org/s/585/images/editor/flounder_animal-house.jpg

Plus:

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRAxli4w552JI-xEy6Oqwirjbg68blEwUxgvJFyvadKfVp_YmEf

no doubt saying "THIS NEXT ONE...IS...THE FIRST SONG...ON OUR NEW ALBUM!"

I had REMEMBERED "Panama" as having this long instrumental bridge with lots and lots of bong and lighter foley but I guess I got that wrong?

the new album is nice when it shows up in random rotation

Why didn't anyone tell me there is an entire 1982 show up on youtube? So damn good so far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmCfjv0gGC4

That's from the Capital Centre in Largo, MD either Oct 11 or 12, 1982.

Man, I was driving down 495 the other day and I realized that there's still a shopping center called Boulevard at the CAP CTR. R.I.P.

Can't believe that's still there! You would have thought they'd rename it after 15 years or however long it's been gone.

This show is reminding me just how amazing DLR is at pandering to the crowd. A true master.

That was pretty great. (Skipped through, but saw a lot of it)

DLR on the language of video. Along the way, you get a Bruce Springsteen imitation, a deconstruction of Picasso, and how "DLR" wouldn't exist without the Nicholas Brothers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ql_6aSOq6c

My God, I have never seen this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3Alu8nZuvk

Is the audio on that not working for anyone else? I checked a couple other youtubes and I could hear them fine.

Saw on VHND that Eddie is a recording a track with LL Cool J for his new album.

Couldn't be worse than Page/Diddy

you say that like Eddie isn't completely nuts

My God, I have never seen this:

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Man, Eddie seems in sad shape here. Shades of Ozzy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKxKtqB6zAM

I dunno, he seems okay there. Don't forget he had part of his tongue removed.

Oh yeah.

I suppose I was more shocked by how low and grumbly his voice is, given he's half-famous for his high harmonies

I thought Michael Anthony sang all of those...?

It was him and Eddie.

(But mostly MA!)

Man, Eddie seems in sad shape here. Shades of Ozzy:

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Love how he still makes an awkward black joke.

MA sang the high harmonies.. Eddies are mid range