Intermezzo: WSP Teams With Brad Pitt

Widespread Panic may not have much in common with Brad Pitt (aside from the equal good looks of Dave Schools and Pitt), but the band and the actor share a deep love for the city of New Orleans. And now Panic’s helping Pitt’s Make It Right program by offering downloads of the band’s new single, the coincidently titled Walk On The Flood, in exchange for a $10 donation to Make It Right.

Make It Right aims to help the rebuilding of New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward by building 150 Earth-friendly, flood-safe homes for families that have remained or are returning to the area. WSP’s John Bell recently sent fans a letter asking them to participate in the offer or share the song without diminishing its fundraising potential. In other words, don’t upload the track to Waffles or What.cd.

Hopefully the single becomes a huge success, which would certainly lead to paparazzi photos of Schools hanging out with Brad and Angelina. Elsewhere:

• The Clash’s Mick Jones and Topper Headon recently appeared on stage together for the first time in a quarter-century
• Philadelphia’s Spectrum may be demolished within a few years
• Martin Scorcese’s Rolling Stones movie, Shine A Light, debuts at the Berlin Film Festival in February
• Rock Scully has more skeletons from the Grateful Dead’s closet to share
• The Radiators, Funky Meters and Railroad Earth headline the best looking Crawfish Fest lineup yet
• Kimya Dawson deals with sudden success after the Juno soundtrack
• Michael Stipe just says no to serving as a juror, due to past stalkers
• Robert Plant and Alison Krauss teamed up for a taping of CMT’s Crossroads set to air on 2/11

And The Weight remembers bands now buried in the Jamband Graveyard. We could totally go for a yeP!/God Street Wine double bill at the Wetlands tonight.