Time for another shameless plug -- but at least it's not for my own stuff.
John Kastner used to play with a punk outfit called the Doughboys back in the day (note how effortlessly I co-opt hip-hop lingo, dear Christ I'm the dope shit) and has now released his first solo album.
It's called Have You Seen Lucky? and it features guest performances from the likes of Alex Lifeson of Rush, and Fear legend Lee Ving.
It's poppy and cool and a blast of a summer record. You can download it on iTunes right now. Remember, that's K-A-S-T-N-E-R, not S-H-A-K-I-R-A.
Grab it and be the hippest motherfucker on your block. Plus you can pass along a great story a friend of mine in L.A. told me about Kastner...
(Alright, so if you've read this little experiment of mine within the past couple of days, you managed to get a peek at the story which my friend passed along to me -- and it is indeed a good one. However today she picks up the phone and begs me to take it down, as the last thing she needs is for the rampaging, drunken psychopath at the center of the story to hassle her or Kastner any more than he already has. Suffice to say, said psychopath is famous, and -- as mentioned -- he's a bit of a bastard. I like my friend, so my loyalty to her trumps my journalistic ethics in the matter. Down it comes. If you managed to read it before the dark wind of censorship swept it away, consider yourself privileged in the rock n' roll universe; kind of like owning one of the copies of Nirvana's Nevermind which contains the hidden track, Endless, Nameless. Now, back to the original post...)
But show some love for Kastner -- see what he has to put up with?
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