Hey Mr. DJ Put Another Record On,
I Wanna Dance With My Baby.

"Mu-sic, makes the peo-ple, come together, yea." As Madonna puts it so eloquently, music does bring us together. Have you ever noticed people poppin'g their heads together while riding in a train, or silently mouthing the words to that Michael Bolton tune as the elevator stops on every fucking floor. Music is something that everyone can get behind and appreciate. Look at the Live 8 concert; it was a worldwide benefit to helps those without by uniting us all through music. So, you're probably wondering where I am going with this...new music came out this week and I am going to give you my two cents on a few CDs I got and a heads-up on an up coming item.

Tommy Lee released his solo CD called Tommy Land and you know I was shocked at how different it was from Methods of Mayhem. This album was a total departure from his bad-boy image and if you lived under a rock you might even think this CD was a band that favored Sugar Ray, the later years, or a STP of sorts. Tommy has songs that rock and some that slow things down, but all and all this is a CD you just wanna play in you car while driving with the windows down enjoying the day. I was in total enjoyment when I listened to the entire CD and realized I was on my third time through. Plus, as an added bonus, the interior cover art is totally kick ass!

Gavin Rossdale, former headman for BUSH, is fronting a new band called Institute. If you liked BUSH, then you're going to live this band. Institute has all the markings of BUSH, but with its own twist. Gavin writes with his own style and you can hear him present in all their songs. The CD is called Distort Yourself and I was extremely happy to hear Gavin out there rocking again. This is definitely a picker-upper at the music store.

Sept 19 is the BIG day. Madonna's new single, "Hung Up," hits Cyber Space as ringtone ready for download. The official song will be available for download on Oct 17. For those of you who are not comfortable with downloading songs you will have to wait till Nov 7 to buy the single. Her entire album, Confessions On A Dancefloor, comes out Nov 14. I know I'll be first in line to get mine...who am I kidding, I have mine on preorder! Incase you're wondering I got my info from Madonna.com.