Hey! I’m back in my homestate somewhere in middle America and I’ve been hanging out with a lot of people who really want to come visit me on the coast but with money tight don’t really have that luxury. Behold a solution (of sorts)! Lauren Scheff and The Hawk host a show via UStream called The Real Sunset Strip LIVE from The Roxy Theatre. It’s a great chance to see what goes on during a typical Saturday night in the musical heart of West Hollywood that spawned bands like  The Doors, Van Halen, Motley Crue and Guns N Roses.

Speaking of which, former GNR/Velvet Revolver/The Cult drummer Matt Sorum, a regular fixture of the strip, even stopped by a few weeks ago to chat with the guys about the glory days of The Strip (video below). Other recent guests have been Mark McGrath (Sugar Ray), Harry Perry, B-Real from Cypress Hill and Tattooed Millionaire to name very few. Other regular guests and skits from Scheff & The Hawk include bartenders, managers, drunks and misfits from various other Sunset Strip institutions like The Viper Room and The Comedy Store. You’ll probably see me pop-up there every now and then.

Check out the show! Join the Ustream chat sometime and make Twitter and Facebook friends with The Real Sunset Strip!

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I couldnt deprive my co-author AliUptown of the pleasure of seeing Jack White armed to the teeth and wearing tight pants in this video “Treat Me Like Your Mother” directed by Jonathan Glazer.

The Dead Weather’s Horehound is out TODAY (Tue the 14th) Go fucking get it or we will all think you are a weirdo whose afraid of good records. The Dead Weather are taking over the WOXY (http://www.woxy.com/) airwaves for an exclusive day-of-release DJ set starting 1pm (CST?). Jack White, Alison Mosshart (The Kills), Dean Fertita (QOTSA) and Jack Lawrence (The Raconteurs) will all be hosting/spinning the jams. The show will also repeat Saturday, July 18th from 4-6PM.