- Bobby Brown had trouble remembering his song lyrics during a recent Hamptons gig. When in doubt, he should always hold close to that ancient Zen koan: "For while man may be too hot to handle, he is also, conversely, too cold to hold." [
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- The Cult has signed with New Wilderness, an imprint of Roadrunner Records; expect the group's new album,
Duffy Or Doesn't He?, in September. [
Billboard]
- Which speculative news item do you find more disturbing: The surge of incisor-equipped cicadas that are killing villagers in Latin America, or the possibility of a Wilmer Valderrama-Kevin Federline rap collaboration? [
Gatecrasher]
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First we had Ian Astbury dropping not-so-subtle hints that Led Zeppelin would be touring, and that their openers would be his band the Cult. And now, even though Robert Plant appears to be booking 2008 with anything but Led Zep dates as fast as he can, it seems crazed fans of Polyphonic Spree/Tripping Daisy main man Tim DeLaughter are claiming that both of their hero's bands would be opening the tour. Ian, can you come out and at least try to help quell this misinformation? Because people are apparently falling for this. And they're also thinking that the tour will be renamed in honor of the reformed Daisies:
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A tipster who was at last night's Cult show in Los Angeles writes in with the latest example of Ian Astbury fanning the "dude, we are so opening for Led Zeppelin next summer" flames: "at last night's show at the Wiltern in L.A., the singer, between songs, sang 'it's been a long time since I rock and rolled,' and then said 'see you this summer.'" A bit less dorky than the 
