MJTV: Rufus Wainwright & Sean Lennon - Material World @ #OWS

Two of the more famous rock kids walking in their famous fathers' footsteps with this ragged Madonna cover at Occupy Wall Street...

The Money Shot: The Stone Roses Plan First Tour in 15 Years

This just in from the BBC...

"Something magical happens when us four are in the room together, you can't put your finger on it. It's just beautiful to capture it again. I've missed it."

- The Stone Roses' Mani (Gary Mounfield), The Stone Roses to reunite for tour

MJTV: The Ting Tings - #HangItUp

It's trending... #hangitup from the upcoming Show Me Yours CD. What do you think?

MJTV: Mayer Hawthorne - The Walk

Great blue-eyed soul in this new video which takes a page out of the Mr. & Mrs. Smith book. "The Walk" is the first single from Mayer's new CD, How Do You Do, which hits stores on 10/11.

R.I.P. R.E.M.

A sad day indeed...

R.E.M. CALL IT A DAY (UPDATED WITH BAND MEMBERS' COMMENTS)

I've seen them so many times that I've lost count. I still remember the first time, back in the early 80's, playing a small college show. When I tried to get tickets from my nearest Ticketmaster outlet, the old lady running the ticket machine swore to me that there wasn't a band called R.E.M. and that I really meant REO Speedwagon. I declined. At the show, they were playing a bunch of new songs that would become Fables of the Reconstruction. Stipe performed the entire show under dim lights with his back to the stage. Contrast that to shows in the 2000's where the entire stage was a blaze of lights and colors and Stipe moved around like an indie rock Mick Jagger.

Since this is the end, here's one from the beginning... their first TV appearance on the old Letterman show, singing a song too new to have a name that ultimately became the classic "So. Central Rain".