The Presidents Of The United States Of America (authors of "Lump") were joined by not just one, but two formerly Jewfro'd musical legends at LA's The Roxy last Friday: Satirical visionary Weird Al Yankovic, who reworked the Presidents' big hit as the Forrest-saluting "Gump," assisted in what was an undoubtedly transcedent cover of "More Than A Feeling"; and MC5 axeman Wayne Kramer, who helped essay the perennial "Kick Out The Jams" earlier in the night. Preliminary YouTube searches provided no documentation of either performance, but they did reveal another run through the anthem courtesy of Kramer and three other goofballs who've seen better decades.
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Ghostface's cameo in Iron Man has been snipped from the final cut of the flick, which opens this Friday, but there's a new song of his, "Slept On Tony With Dirt," on the soundtrack. But while Ghost wound up on the cutting-room floor, the suits behind the movie thought that Tom Morrello was worthy of cameo time; his "olive skin and and Mediterranean-like features (he's actually of Kenyan/Irish descent) were evidently enough to get him cast as a member of the terrorist insurgents with Al-Qaeda like beard and all." Ooh, political! [
