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I was asked my opinion of this mess between Howard Stern and Dolly Parton. Howard, of course, took excerpts from Dolly’s audio book and edited them together in a disgraceful manner for a cheap laugh.

What will come of this, Jack?

On one hand you have Dolly…

…who wrote “Coat Of Many Colors” and buys reading books for under privileged children.

And on the other hand, you have Howard…

…who makes a huge amount of money in a parasitic fashion.

Now, at the heart of the country music world, there is a fierce and very protective group of pit bull lawyers that all play golf together. When Dolly, who is very shrewd, mentions the possibility of a lawsuit, these guys are instantly licking their collective chops and texting. These guys are going to relish the idea of hitting Howard where it hurts.

Howard Stern is one of those guys that likes to use Free Speech like it’s a loophole. He screwed up this time.

Howard Stern is your Friday morning mindless yob.

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Man oh man, there’s nothing I like better than a big ol’ sack of Frito’s brand corn chips.

The other day day, I was working on some chord substitutions and snacking on some Frito’s and I thought to myself; “I wonder if country music superstar Tim McGraw likes Frito’s brand corn chips as much as I do?” Then, I thought to myself; “Wouldn’t it be great if country music superstar Tim McGraw did like Frito’s and he was inspired to design his own special flavor of Frito’s brand corn chips?”

Then, I saw this from Billboard Biz. It was like a spicy dream come true.

Not only will Fritos be the “official snack” of Tim McGraw’s upcoming Live Your Voice trek, but the food company will also give the country artist his own chips flavor: the limited edition Tim McGraw Spicy Jalapeño Fritos.

Beginning next week, Wal-Mart stores nationwide will carry McGraw’s Spicy Jalapeño Fritos. The limited edition chips flavor is part of a larger partnership between Fritos and McGraw, who will also appear in TV commercials and print advertisements for the brand.

A few words about the Frito Bandito Eraser:
These were all the rage in the early ’70s. If you didn’t have one, you weren’t cool. The only way to get one was to convince your Mom to buy one of those boxes of little individual bags of Frito’s, and she didn’t want to do that because, the boxes of individual bags cost way more than it would cost to get a regular bag. If you were able to con her in getting the box of individual bags and lucky enough to score your very own Frito Bandito Eraser, it took you about 15 seconds to figure out that it couldn’t erase anything. The Frito Bandito Eraser sucked. Yet, we all had them on the end of our #2 pencils.

Hey wouldn’t it be great if they made a new Frito Eraser and, instead of the Frito Bandito, they used a likeness of Country Music Superstar Tim McGraw?

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According to this and David Coverdale??, Zep will tour.

Led Zeppelin will mark their 40th anniversary with a £250million world tour, according to reports.

Calls for the band to reform for a full world tour have been relentless since they played a one-off show at the O2 Arena in London last December.

Yesterday (May 9th), David Coverdale, the frontman of Whitesnake and a long-term friend of the band, said the tour was “very likely”.

“I’m expecting a call from Jimmy any day asking my band Whitesnake to support them on their world tour. Am I on board? You bet. Probably worth billions,” he said.

Uhhh, yeah Coverdale…Keep your phone charged up Brother, don’t want to miss that call.

Why is David Coverdale talking about this? Check this out.

“Unlike rolling out the wheelchairs with the umpteenth Rolling Stones world tour, a Led Zeppelin tour will be incredible.”

Is David Coverdale being sent to the press as a surrogate the way American Presidential candidates will send a minion out to do the dirty work? The above is clearly a response to this earlier jab from Keef.

In the interview, he also belittled Led Zeppelin’s December one-off reunion gig, telling Uncut: “They had one? Well, well done Jimmy (Page) and Robert (Plant). F**k off. Stairway To Heaven don’t make it for me, baby.”

Led Zeppelin will tour, at some point. Whether Coverdale is a reliable source, who knows? But, Zep will tour. They are the one act in the world right now that would sell out the big sheds with no doubt about it. All this stuff you hear about big concert promoters signing 360 deals with major artists, Zep is a bigger draw than all of them. Can you envision Madonna or Jay-Z selling out stadiums? No, but Zep would do it. Zep is the big dog and they can name their price. They can name a ridiculous price.

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