A little humor to wrap up the week.

Given the serious tone the blog has taken this week, with illegal downloading contributing to the demise of Touch & Go as we know it, and Ticketmaster and Live Nation attempting a merger to become the "Live Master" of the music performing universe, potentially leaving indie promoters out in the cold, I figured I'd try and make a more lighthearted, cheerful blog post today.

So ladies and gentlemen, I bring you these gifts:

Hearkening back to Pete's post bringing us the gastronomic monstrosities presented at www.thisiswhyyourefat.com, I present you the Bacon & Cheese stuffed Pizza Burger.



Furthermore, though in and of itself, it may be a representation of copyright infringement, I couldn't help but share this with you due to its sheer hilarity. While I discourage anyone from trying this at home, this "alternate take," shall we say of Motorhead's Ace of Spades was created by someone using Microsoft program Songsmith that can be found on clicking the link to the song title.

And finally, in a possible career-ending tragedy, everybody's favorite New Jersey-bred artist (with possible exceptions being Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen, Count Basie, The Misfits, Debbie Harry, Ted Leo, George Clinton, Carole King, Whitney Houston, and The Jonas Brothers),

Jon Bon Jovi is losing his hair.

Giving Away a Coctails Box

Never got an answer to this when posted 2 months ago, but we have gotten a few decent guesses, so let's run it up the flagpole yet again and see if anybody salutes:

Trivia: In 1993, The Coctails held their record release party at the Division Street jazz club The Bop Shop. Who played the opening set for The Coctails at this coming out party for their genre bending, critic confounding, garage jazz album "Long Sound?"

First correct answer in Comments gets a free copy of "Popcorn Box" mailed to their home.

Hint #1: It wasn't Hal Russell!
Hint #2: Around the same time, the artist in questions opened on a bill for Corndolly and The Coctails.

And the answer is

Liz Phair