This is too funny!  Dave Grohl is not only a musical genius, he knows how to keep it real and have fun. 

Once a year at The Hollywood Bowl, they celebrate the music of Grease in a massive sing-a-long, and this year, Grohl decided to join in!

To mark the film’s 35th anniversary for the 2013 event (July 13), the show featured actress Didi Conn (she played “Frenchie” in the original movie) and the band Sha Na Na, who were cast as the band Johnny Casino and the Gamblers in Grease and are featured on six songs from the soundtrack.

During  Sha Na Na’s warm-up set, Dave Grohl, rockin’ a shiny red blazer, joined the band on drums during a cover of Little Richards’ 1957 Grease-era hit, “Lucille.”

In fan-shot video from the moment, Grohl can be seen rocking out with the band, with singer John “Jocko” Marcellino shouting-out Grohl’s jacket at the song’s ...

Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee took to Facebook Friday to issue a full-on rant about the definition of celebrity in 2013.

The blurb began with a critique of reality tv, something Lee participated in on “Tommy Lee Goes To College” (2004) and “Rockstar Supernova”(2006).

"I’m a celebrity….really?,” begins Lee. “I think that means being famous, having pissed on the world’s fire hydrant, leaving your mark for years to come and making a dent in the globe the size of the hole in the ozone? The world’s view of a celeb today is the most fucked up, watered down bullshit I’ve ever seen. I’ve been in this game for many years now and the abundance of lame TV shows really sets a gruesome standard. Stupid shows about finding love on national TV? Partying in Jersey? Trapped on some island? Celebrity Rehab? The B-C crew that weren’t celebs in the 1st place!! Celebrity Apprentice? If you are a ...

Thanks to Pearl Jam for putting the "rock" into "Rock-tober"!!  Fans have been waiting a few years for Pearl Jam's 10th studio album, Lightning Bolt.   It will drop via Monkeywrench Records on Oct. 15. Produced by Brendan O’Brien, the new album will mark the group’s first studio album since 2009's Backspacer. The record is available for pre-order on iTunes and Pearl Jam's site — so is an album trailer (below).

You never know what you'll find on Facebook, so I was pleasantly surprised to run across this!  Bear listener, CD Remond, put this sweet video together from footage at the BEAR's End Of The World Party at the Deifenbunker.   Don't blink, but Amy Volume and I have a cameo appearance while walking into the "green room".  How did I not notice him there?  Nice work!!

It's almost like Christmas.  It's kind of like a really long birthday party.  Sort of like a family reunion except with friends.  It's also like a blind date, except this time you are introduced to numerous bands that you may like to get to know better.

Today is day one of RBC Bluesfest.  Woo hoo!!  Here is the link you need to figure it all out:

http://www.thebear.fm/2013Bluesfest.aspx

It was announced this week that Neil Young and Crazy Horse will headline Folkfest in September.  Wow - you can't get a better headliner for Folkfest!  Neil spent some of his youth in Toronto, where he learned to play guitar with a neighbour.   Another friend had a reel to reel recorder, so on a summer day, Neil Young recorded for the first time.  You will find those recordings on his box set released a few years ago called, "Archive".  Here is the whole story -- luv it!!

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2009/05/30/neil_youngs_childhood_friend_walks_down_memory_lane.html

Tonight I am seeing the Rolling Stones play the ACC in Toronto. I hate to admit it, but this MAY be the last time that I see "The World's Greatest Rock n Roll Band". I hope not, but I am a realist.

I just found the set list from my first Stones concert, the one that made me into a die hard Stones fan, who never passed up the opportunity to see the band. I can still remember calling my Mom from the payhone at high school, begging her for permission to go to the States to see the Stones on a bus trip, and begging for her credit card info. Yes, my Mom ROCKS, and she gave me the green light on both.

In those days, I had a glossy 8 x 10 photograph of Ronnie Wood hanging on my bedroom wall, just above my pillow.

My earliest memory ...

Hey, wanna live in the house where Metallica's James Hetfield wrote Enter Sandman?  It's for sale.  It's a beauty.  It can be yours for 3.3 million.

I ran into Conservative Tim Hudak in the hall at work today.  He was nice enough to listen to my frusterated rant about how the Provincial Liberal Government is running the debt up and wasting our money and not being accountable for it, and how I want someone to do something about it...whew, I feel a little better...!

Nobody has done a better job in promoting science, space travel, and igniting the imaginations of countless "future astronauts" than Canada's Chris Hadfield.  He is on his way back to earth today, but didn't leave his tenure as Commander of the International Space Station without this final souvenir.  This is officially the first music video ever filmed in outer space!  David Bowie should be honoured, and has already given it 2 thumbs up! 

John Cleese is bringing his tour to Canada for the first time this fall!  The "John Cleese:  Last Time To See Me Before I Die" Tour is at the NAC September 19, 20 and 21st!  Tickets just went on sale today. 

I post this today because we are heading into the weekend and I hope that you have some time to watch this video.  Tickets are sold out to  "An Intimate Evening With Dr. Jane Goodall" on Saturday in Ottawa, but Dr. Goodall would want you to hear what she has learned.  In 1960, Dr. Goodall went into the jungle to live with and study chimpanzees. Although she is almost 80, she travels 300 days a year to spread the word on how to save them from extinction, and how your every day choices can help preserve a planet that can sustain wildlife in the wild - what a concept!  Don't worry, it's not a downer; she is so hopeful.  Enjoy!