END WAR NOW
What is absurd and monstrous about war
is that men who have no personal quarrel
should be trained to murder one another in cold blood.
~Aldous Huxley

ROCK NEWS

Rita: Well, rock shoes is close. Here are people in the news who do wear shoes. AMANDA PALMER (Dresden Dolls) is taking on her first solo effort, which will be produced by Ben Folds in his studio in Nashville, TN. Watch for it in 2008. THE DRESDEN DOLLS’ London Roundhouse DVD will be ready for the summer. You can pre-order it now. *** THE LOTHARS have gotten some airplay on WGBH around an interview with CHRISTPHER LYDON—the same guy that AMANDA PALMER (Dresden Dolls) wrote a song about. In a related story, JON BERNHARDT (The Lothars) was whisked out to L.A. by White Castle for a couple of YouTube ads (Theramin 1 and 2). They’re pretty funny. *** BANG CAMARO has been picked up by New York City’s The Agency Group for booking. The Agency Group already books Van Halen, New York Dolls, Motörhead. Playgirl magazine plans a feature on Bang Camaro in their September issue. Rolling Stone online has lined up a feature on the band as one of the top emerging bands in the country. Their hit song, “Push Push (Lady Lightning),” will be heard on theMTV Movie Awards showon Sunday, June 3rd. The song, also featured on Guitar Hero II, will be played during the Best Kiss Nomination. *** Matador plans a fall ’07 back catalog reissue of MISSION OF BURMA material. *** School of Groove (883 Cambridge St. Cambridge) is a new contemporary music school offering private instruction, band rehearsals, and classes to students of all ages, instruments, and stylistic preferences. Call Christopher Vuk—(617) 868-1118. *** VALERIE THOMPSON (Fluttr Effect) scored the short film, Bonylil’s Creation, that showed at the Regent theatre in May. And for those who believed Valerie had quit her band, boyfriend, and Boston—it was an April Fool’s joke. *** While MUCK & THE MIRES tour Europe they’ll stop in Scotland to record their next album with legendary producer Kim Fowley! *** THE BOSTON BABYDOLLS have teamed up with California publisher 10 Quick Steps to create a series of burlesque-related home-instruction guides. They’re available through 10QuickSteps.com for $20. *** Check out JEFF ROYDS’ website bostongaragebands.com. He’s supporting local music by producing podcast of bands and posting them on his site. *** Naked Ear Records signed THE MOTION SICK to a single album deal after the band won the WAAF Last Band Standing battle of the bands. *** For those of you who travel by bike, a new safety map is in the making at therightride.org. It’s worth taking a look if you enjoy staying alive. Two young Boston bicyclists died recently in one weekend. *** For the first time in 15 years officially sanctioned Rathskeller T-shirts are on sale through QRST’s.com. *** First class postage for mailing copies of The Noise rose 151 pecent on 5/14/07. That upped our subscription rate is $22 (includes nine print issues and one online issue in March). Other Noise news—our Noise Board (thenoiseboard.com) has been overhauled and we have a separate forum for talk purely about music. Remember that you can respond to any reviews on thenoise-boston.com by using the Reader’s Respo™ function. *** WBOS (92.9fm) has a new local music program called WBOS Boston Music Sunday where a local song is played once every hour between 7:00am to 11:00pm. The station is also mixing local artists into their weekday features when appropriate. *** HAL CRAGIN created the soundtrack for the documentary Flesh & Blood by LARRY SILVERMAN (Sally Cragin’s ex-husband). Catch the showing of this bizarre surgery documentary at the AMC Boston Common theatre on June 9th at 10:30. *** WMFO’s On the Town with Mikey Dee is looking for a volunteer engineer to assist on the show (Wednesday 9:00 to midnight). Contact: myspace.com/onthetown. *** One of THE BOSTON BABYDOLLS is going to be on a reality TV show (we can’t yet tell you which Babydoll or which TV show). *** Speaking of TV shows, Rocker Moms has been airing in Canada and the all female band, HRT, from Sharon, MA, is dreaming about opening for BANG CAMARO. Lolita: Something sounds dangerous about getting those two bands together.