Results tagged “thejam”

Last night, LAist had a spot on the red carpet of the Key Club in West Hollywood, host of The Roots Jam Session sponsored by Rock the Vote, Okayplayer and Keldof.

So if you didn't know, The Jam's Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler formed a group last May called "From The Jam", with new members Dave Moore on keys and Russell Hastings singing, which means no Paul Weller. A concept that may seem just plain wrong to some. You can decide for yourself if you catch them at House of Blues Anaheim on January 25th or The El Rey on the 26th! From The Jam has been touring in the UK to apparent great success and the versions of the songs on their myspace sound pretty good. New singer Russell Hastings' vocals are close to Weller's (and he thankfully has the same accent - wouldn't that be weird?) but they're not quite as deep and a little less strong, in what I've listened to so far.

I am thankful for… Thanksgiving - even though I think it’s a stupid holiday, and I pretty much hate all the food associated with it - for giving me the opportunity to spend the day with family that I love and actually enjoy being around. I am thankful every day that I am able to make a living being creative and doing something I love. (Except for when I’m on strike) I am thankful...

It seems unlikely that I actually saw it, but I’d swear to you that I was up on the night that Wendy O. Williams of the Plasmatics destroyed a car on the Tomorrow Show. I would have been nearing the end of eighth grade and I can’t imagine that my parents let me stay up, but it sure feels like I did. That’s the problem and the beauty of current technology. We can’t really remember...