Employee Picks

Ryan:

* Willie Nelson--Remember Me, Volume #1
* Harry Nilsson--Son of Schmilsson 
* Donnie Evil--Holiday That!
*OST--Muppets 
*Jonathan Coulton--Artificial Heart

Chelsea:

*Ma/Duncan/Meyer/Thile --Goat Rodeo
*Foster The People--Torches 
* Arlo Guthrie's butt on the back cover of that one album that Chelsea and Klaralyn are really into

Doc:

* Imelda May--Mayhem
* Original Soundtrack—Treme 
* St. Vincent--Strange Mercy
* My Brightest Diamond--All Things Will Unwind

Donnie:

* Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper
* Gary Neuman--Best of...
* OST--Hedwig & the Angry Inch

Red:
*Touchers--Blood Bath
*J-Model Ford--Don't Get  out Talkin' It
*Hanni El Khatib--Will The Guns Come Out  

Tol:


* B.U.T.—I Love You But...
* Cedric Kreklow--Sol

* Mojo Nixon/Skid Roper--Get Out of My Way


Klarlyn--

*Rage Against the Machine--Evil Empire
*Beastie Boys--Hot Sauce Committee Part 2
*LCD Soundsystem--This is Happening


Bueno:

Nick Lowe--"The Old Magic"
Dessa "Castor the Twin" ("New live arrangments of Dessa's Best Work!")
Wild Flag "Wild Flag" (featuring members of Sleater-Kinney!)
Mister Heavenly--Mister Heavenly (featuring members of Modest Mouse, Man Man, Island, & The Shins!)
Chemical Brothers --"Hannah Soundtrack"

New Releases

NEW RELEASES AVAILABLE AT

CACTUS RECORDS

10/25/11

Aiden, Casual, Circus Devils (Robert Pollard), Kelly Clarkson, Coldplay, Dead to Me, Deer Tick, Dirty Projectors + Bjork, DJ Cam, DJ/rupture, Thomas Dolby, Drake, El Rego (Daptone), Everlast, Flogging Molly (Dlx), Garrison Keillor, Toby Keith, Goapele, honeyhoney, Dntel, JC Brooks & Uptown Sound, Jedi Mind Tricks, Chris Joss, Justice, Yo-Yo Ma/Stuart Duncan/Edgar Meyer/Chris Thile, MF Doom (Dlx Re-issue), Raleigh Moncrief, Montgomery Gentry, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, Peggy Sue, Phantogram (ep), Popa Chubby, John Prine, Roots Manuva, She & Him (Xmas), Paul Simon (re-issues), Star F*&#ing Hipsters, Chip Taylor, Tom Waits, Scott Weiland (xmas), Brian Wilson (kids), Bill Wyman, (VA) Brdige School Benefit, more!

Rock News

--1980s/90s hair-metal mainstays Poison are being sued by obscure Illinois band Kid Rocker for allegedly plagiarizing a number of songs. According to papers filled with Illinois federal court by Billy McCarthy and James Stonich, members of Kid Rockers, Poison guitarist C.C. DeVille auditioned for them in the early '80, where he obtained a tape copy of Kid Rockers' material.  McCarthy and Stonich claim that their unreleased demo tape was used as a basis for hits from Poison including "Talk Dirty to Me," "Fallen Angel" and "I Won't Forget You."  The usual statute of limitations of plagiarism cases is three years, however recently new precedents have been set for "continuing wrong" in copyright cases, including a recent settlement that awarded former Procol Harum keyboardist Matthew Fisher back royalties for penning the organ part of the song Whiter Shade of Pale after thirty years. No reason was given by the members of Kid Rocker for their delay in filing the suit.

--Rapper Eminem recently revealed that he has lost five years of his memory due to the prescription sleep aid Ambien. The drug, which has been linked to "lost time," as well as activities such as "sleep eating" and "sleep driving," was only one of a number of drugs Eminem was taking at the time, he also claims to have taken "up to 60 Valium and 30 Vicodin pills a day." When Eminem decided to get clean in 2007 he called up rock icon Elton John to ask for help. “[Elton] usually calls me once a week to check on me, just to make sure I'm on the up-and-up.”

--What do you get for growing the world's largest rutabaga? Apparently a visit from Snoop Dogg. Sixty-eight year old Ian Neale of Cardiff (UK), who recently was awarded the record for his 85-plus pound rutabaga, was invited to come back stage when Snoop Dogg was in Cardiff on tour. Snoop said he was a bit of a "grower" himself and wanted to get tips from Neale. According Neale he and the rapper shared a "smoke" backstage, something Neale doesn't usually do. When asked if the smoke was tobacco, Neale simply said "No. It wasn't."

--R&B legend Etta James has announced that she will be retiring after the release of new album "The Dreamer" on November 14th. James has been in and out of the hospital in recent moth battling leukemia, heart troubles, and Alzheimer's, in a statement James said "I wish to thank all my fans who have shown me love and support over all these years. I love you all."

This Week In Rock History

1957—Before a show in Los Angeles, Elvis Presley is warned by the police not to shake his hip, or face an arrest for violating obscenity laws. The police tape the entire show for review, however Elvis is not charged.

1961—Brian Epstein, owner of the Liverpool-based North-End Music Store, receives a special order for the single My Bonnie by Tony Sheridan and The Beat-Makers. After listening to the recording, Epstein would track down the backing band, who played a daily lunchtime show at the Cavern Club. He was so “overwhelmed with their talent” that he immediately offered to manage the band. Epstein would remain manager of band, The Beatles, until his death in 1967.

1970—Doors front man Jim Morrison is sentenced to six months in jail and fined $500 for exposing himself during a concert in Miami. The case would still be on appeal when he died on July 3rd, 1971.

1970—John Lennon files suit against the US Government claiming his phone has been tapped and he is under constant, and unwarranted, surveillance.

1974—English folk-singer, Nick Drake, dies of an overdose of anti-depressants. While only releasing three, moderately successful, albums before his death, Drake would have a profound and lasting influence on future generations of songwriters and performers.

1975—Bruce Springsteen appears on the cover of both Time and Newsweek magazines.

1978—Just in time for Halloween, KISS is featured in an animated cartoon called "KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park" on NBC-TV.Watch it here!

1984—19 year old John D. McCollum shot himself with a .22 caliber handgun after spending the day listening to Ozzy Osbourne records. A year later, McCollum's parents sued Ozzy and CBS Records, alleging that the song "Suicide Solution" contributed to their son's death. The suit was eventually dismissed.

1988—John Forgerty, former lead-singer/songwriter for the band Creedence Clearwater Revival, is sued for plagiarizing himself. His former label Fantasy Records claims that the song “The Old Man Down The Road' from Forgerty's solo album Centerfield is too similar to the Forgerty-penned CCR hit “Run Through The Jungle.” The case is ultimately dismissed.

1991— Concert promoter Bill Graham, founder of San Francisco's legendary Fillmore West (which helped launch the careers of The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Janis Joplin, The Band, Bob Dylan, The Allman Brothers Band, Jefferson Airplane , and The Grateful Dead) is killed when the helicopter he is flying in crashes into a transmission tower

1997—Johnny Cash announces that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. This diagnosis will later prove to be wrong.

2008—Patti LaBelle is highly criticized after her rendition of the national anthem sung before game 4 of the World Series. During the performance LaBelle changes parts of the tune and a number of the lyrics, singing "sky lights last gleaming” (instead of twilight), “through the perilous flight” (instead of light) and “lamp parts” (instead of ramparts).See it here!

Tickets

Tickets Currently on Sale at

Cactus Records

Updated: December 8th, 2011

   DECEMBER

8th--Jeni Fleming Holiday Concert--Gallatin Gateway Inn--$17--$, CK, cc

14th--BFF Presents: Project Nim--Emerson--$5/$7--$ or CK

17th--Main Street Dance presents: Twas The Night Before Christmas--Wilson--$8/kids, $16/adult--$, CK, cc

  JANUARY

12th & 14th--Montana Chamber Society (Muir String Quartet)--Reynolds Recital Hall--$22 student/senior, $29 general admission--$, CK, cc

28th & 29th--The Infamous Stringdusters--Filling Station--$16 (per night,) $27 (both nights)--$, CK, cc 21+

  FEBRUARY


10th--Sweet Tooth Ball--Emerson--$25 single/$40 couples--$, CK, cc
 
  MARCH

 6th--G. Love & the Special Sauce--Emerson--$25--$ or cc, no checks

  APRIL

14th--Montana Chamber Society (Muir String Quartet)--Reynolds Recital Hall--$22 student/senior, $29 general admission--$, CK, cc

 

Employee Picks

Ryan:

* Jerry Reed--Super Hits
* Southern Culture on the Skids--Zombified
* Tom Waits--Bad As Me
* Devo--Are We Not Men?


Chelsea:

*Ma/Duncan/Meyer/Thile --Goat Rodeo
*Kooks--Junk of the Heart
* Devil Makes Three--Stomp & Smash: Live

Doc:

* Imelda May--Mayhem
* Original Soundtrack—Treme 
* Jeff Bridges—Jeff Bridges
* My Brightest Diamond--All Things Will Unwind

Donnie:

* Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper
* Wreckless Erik--Hits, Miss, Rags & Tatters
* Leon Redbone--Champagne Charlie 

Red:
*Tom Waits--Bad as Me
*Joan Jett & the Blackhearts--Greatest Hits
*Hanni El Khatib--Will The Guns Come Out  

Tol:


* B.U.T.—I Love You But...
* Cedric Kreklow--Sol

* Cramps--Stay Sick

Klarlyn--

*U2--Joshua Tree
*Beastie Boys--Paul's Boutique
*Guns n' Roses--Appetite for Destruction


Bueno:

Nick Lowe--"The Old Magic"
Dessa "Castor the Twin" ("New live arrangments of Dessa's Best Work!")
Wild Flag "Wild Flag" (featuring members of Sleater-Kinney!)
Mister Heavenly--Mister Heavenly (featuring members of Modest Mouse, Man Man, Island, & The Shins!)
Chemical Brothers --"Hannah Soundtrack"

Rock News

--Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore have announced the end of their 27 year marriage. Releasing a statement, the band said they still plan on going ahead with their fall tour, with both Gordon and Moore slated to perform. The band's future after their schedule tour is yet to be determined. Gordon and Moore have one child together, a daughter, Coco Moore, 17.

--A tooth belonging to John Lennon is set to be auctioned off on November 5th. The tooth which Lennon gave to his housekeeper as a souvenir after learning her daughter was a Beatles fan, is expected to fetch around $16,000.

--Rapper Rick Ross lost consciousness on a flight from Fort Lauderdale to Memphis earlier this week. The rapper suffered a seizure on the flight, losing consciousness, and forcing the plane to make an emergency landing. Ross was treated by paramedics at the airport and rushed to Fort Lauderdale hospital. Ross was forced to cancel a gig in Greensboro, NC that evening, but is scheduled to take the stage again on Sunday in Los Angeles.

--Limp Bizkit front-man Fred Durst has reportedly signed a deal with CBS to develop and star in a new sitcom about an aging rock star and his family life. The sitcom, which Durst is also set to co-produce, is tentatively titled The Douchebag. It could appear on the CBS television as part of their new fall line-up.

--UB40 have gone bankrupt. Four members of the band, best known for their 1983 version of Neil Diamond's song Red, Red Wine, have been declared bankrupt after the failure of their record label DEP International. The band had recently lost their lead singer of thirty years, Ali Campbell, after Campbell became unhappy with the band's money management practices. Campbell said in a statement "This is the very reason why I left the band. This was my biggest fear when I was with them, that bankruptcy was going to happen and no one can say I didn't warn them."

--Rapper Soulja Boy has been arrested in Georgia after police found $70,000 worth of marijuana and cash in a vehicle in which he was riding. The 21 year-old star had what police are calling "a substantial amount" of marijuana, in addition to guns and money in the vehicle. He is being help in jail awaiting arraignment.