I'm pretty sure their ship has sailed, but that won't stop the band from trying to make it sound like their upcoming album -- the follow-up to the abysmal St. Anger -- is going to be the best thing since sliced bread. Their claim? The new songs "echo some of their stuff from the 80s." Too bad their attitudes have changed so drastically -- perhaps they should be working on that instead of new music? Just a thought....

But that doesn't stop them from updating their official Web site. And they're so very interesting! Updating fans on their new album, they said, "The big update is... that there is nothing new to report. Things are, as you would call it, status quo, consistent, constant, invariable, unaltered, unchanged, unfailing, uniform, unvarying." Wow. Sounds like that album is going to kick so much ass. I wonder what file sharing service they'll sue to drum up publicity for the follow-up to the much-beloved *cough* St. Anger.

The storied concert that benefits children with speech and physical impairments has a lineup that will not disappoint.

Metallica, John Mayer, Tom Waits and Eddie Vedder have all joined up with Neil Young for the 21st annual Bridge School Benefit concerts around San Francisco during late-October.

And what Lars says goes.