The rising cost of ticket prices to get into shows and festies this summer might be forcing you to think about alternative ways of getting in. Well, forget about gate crashing, printing up fake tickets or trying to pose as a maintenance workers to get in as we’ve found the latest and greatest way to sneak yourself into the show.

Check out out this resourceful group of wooks that were able to make their way into last weekend’s All Good Festival via a Hippie Hole…

I love the fact that one of them brought a beer for the trip through, as I guess it gets pretty dry down there and you need a headie brew to quench your thirst. Big ups to Reuben of Partyin’ Peeps for pointing this one out. I wonder how many of them ended up on are all time favorite site Passed Out Wookies.

After an incredibly long hiatus, Australia’s AC/DC plans to return to the road later this year to support their first new album, tentatively titled Black Ice. The new release, AC/DC’s first new album since 2000, will be sold exclusively at Wal-Mart Stores where Money truly Talks. Look for more details to be announced soon.

Here’s what else we found to help you get over the hump:

• Dave Schools of Widespread Panic responds to Lefsetz’s recent post
• Live Music Blog shares some photos and highlights from All Good
• Ben & Jerry’s unveils their latest flavor: Goodbye Yellow Brickle Road
• Our own Chad Berndtson interviews Tim Reynolds for Glide Magazine
• Blues Traveler signs with Verve Forecast, readies a brand new album
• Barenaked Lady Steven Page gets caught with cocaine in Central NY
• Mike Gordon jammed with Baltimore’s The Bridge at the All Good festie

And finally, Neil Young makes his return to The Late Show with David Letterman this evening for a rare appearance on US Network Television. Neil won’t be performing, but will probably discuss Farm Aid and how much he hates George Bush.

It’s time to break out the “it’s ALL good, brah” jokes because the original hippie jam fest, Walther Productions’ All Good Festival, kicks off this afternoon at Marvin’s Mountaintop in Masontown, WV. For those of us who can’t make it down to the site it’s ALL good, brah. We can still enjoy a webcast featuring many of the performances throughout the weekend over at iClips.net. Bring it on!

Let’s take a peak at what’s happening around the ‘nets:

• The Wall Street Journal provides a guide to summer festivals for yuppies
• New York’s Knitting Factory will be moving to Brooklyn late next year
• Eddie Vedder rewards a fan who kindly returned his girlfriend’s iPhone
• Cello-stud Ben Sollee rips Kanye West in a new song called Dear Kanye
• The Radiohead boys use fancy technology to make a camera-free video
• Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard prepare for their Green River reunion gig
• Kitsch Dork reviews Widespread Panic’s first Rochester gig in 11 years
• Rolling Stone asks Daltrey and Townshend what’s next for The Who

Finally, let’s end with a history lesson about Disco Demolition Day from our friends at WNEW. Back in 1979 the Chicago White Sox ran a promotion during which a popular DJ destroyed a box of disco records in between games of a planned doubleheader. The crowd rushed the field and hilarity ensued. Don’t forget to check out the video featured in the post for a glimpse of a young Greg Gumbel.

• All Good Music Festival attendees better plan on staying up to the wee hours, as the late night acts shouldn’t be missed. The Join brings the Untz to the Thursday late night slot, while Gov’t Mule rages on Friday. Finally, the Dark Star Orchestra gives the late night crowd their fill of heady Dead tunes on Saturday night.

• The initial lineup for moe. down 9 came out today, and we’re a little underwhelmed. The Presidents of the USA, The Sparrow Quartet and Fishbone are among the acts slated to join moe. on Labor Day weekend in Turin. We’re sure moe. has a few tricks up their sleeves.

• T Rex interviews artist Jim Pollock for today’s Rock Art Wednesdays post over at Runaway Dinosaur. You may remember Pollock from such album covers as Phish’s Junta or his recent posters for Umphrey’s McGee and tDB.

It’s February, which means there’s pretty much one festival announcement each day. Today we turn our focus to the Mid-Atlantic. Jam stalwarts Widespread Panic, Phil Lesh and Friends and Gov’t Mule will headline Walther Productions’ 12th annual All Good Festival. You won’t find Blitzen Trapper, The National or even Jack Johnson on this lineup; as the All Good folks like to stick with the jammers.

All Good takes place at Marvin’s Mountaintop in Masontown, WV on July 11 - 13. Visit allgoodfestival.com for more details, including the full lineup.

Here’s a fresh batch of links to help power you through the end of the work week:

• The Foo Fighters are suing Marvel Productions for copyright infringement
• Steve Adams of ALO will fill-in on bass for Tea Leaf Green’s April tour
• Someone bid on and won the world’s largest music collection
• Gothamist interviews Matt Berninger of The National
• The Chicago Sun Times recaps Wilco’s epic five-night run
• Rolling Stone gives us the essential guide to The Kinks
• Umphrey’s McGee busts out Rage and gets Smashing
• Superfly announces the lineup for their Superfly During Jazzfest series

Finally, poster artist Todd Slater puts up his incredible Wu-Tang Clan and Mars Volta prints for sale at 1PM EST this afternoon. Check out Runaway Dinosaur’s Rock Art Wednesday for full details on those posters, and Slater’s subscription packages.

We didn’t devote much ink to this weekend’s All Good Festival in Masontown, West Virginia — in fact, we neglected it just like I do to my illegitimate bi-racial children. More than anything, the lack of information stemmed from the fact that neither of us had computer access this weekend, as well as the fact that we didn’t have anyone on the ground at Marvin’s Mountaintop.

But allow us to make up for it now, as best we can. Let’s turn our attention to some of the events of this past weekend and marvel at the sheer awesomeness of the All Star Jam. Up first is a sick 10-minute clip of Sex in the 70s by members of Tea Leaf Green, moe. and Perpetual Groove, and we’d like to issue some thanks to YouTube user ethandeitrich for his great videos of the action.

• Sex in the 70s – members of Tea Leaf Green, moe. and Perpetual Groove
• Members of moe. and PGroove play Godzilla at All Good
• More great stuff from the All-Star Jam featuring moe. and PGroove
• Some more love from the moe. + TLG + PGroove All-Star Jam
• moe. playing Rebubula at the All Good festival
• A taste of the light show during Sound Tribe Sector 9 (more here)
• A short clip of Marco Benevento and the Lee Boys
• Some Benevento/Russo Duo on Radiohead’s Myxomatosis
• An brief audience shot of Keller Williams and Bob Weir together
• Skerik and Mike Dillon play Amazing Grace and We Want The Funk 

A handful of news stories broke while your friendly HT staff concentrated our efforts on the kickoff to festival season down at Langerado. It kinda reminds me of Die Hard With a Vengeance. We fell for it hook…line…sinkah. So let’s take a look at some of the shit that went down outside the state of Florida:

• With a heavy heart we’d like to acknowledge the passing of Boston lead singer Brad Delp, who died Friday in New Hampshire. We’ll be rockin’ out Foreplay/Long Time in your honor today
• West Virginia’s All Good Festival announced its initial artist lineup, with RatDog, moe., Keller Williams, Michael Franti and Les Claypool at the top of the bill (the random jamband festival generator works again!)
• Police arrested Blues Traveler frontman John Popper for possessing an assload of weapons and a wee bit of drugs during a traffic stop last week. First Trey, now Popper — anyone else from the 1993 HORDE tour feel like getting arrested? I’m predicting a “Big Head Todd Stabs Single Mother” headline next week
• Eddie Van Halen has finally been institutionalized…eh, it’s just rehab, the psych ward will have to wait
• Who owns the live music of days gone by?
• Our friend Jeff at Passion of the Weiss counts down the 10 Greatest Jewfros of All-Time (standing o for a fantastic top ten idea)
• Some dudes put together a new community site for permanently organizing Internet downloads (e.g. mediafire, sendspace) — check out GigPedia
• Uncle Neddy fills us in on the NYC shows of the week
• Anyone catch the Wheel of Fortune opening to South Park this week? I missed it, but someone sent me this clip, and wow…
• The last 10 minutes of Big Cypress have been posted to YouTube

Lastly, it’s Tourney Time. The brackets are printed and the madness is upon us. We’re all big music fans, but for the next few weeks the only song that’ll truly matter is One Shining Moment. If you care about college hoops in the slightest, make sure to bookmark SI.com’s Tourney Blog and check back repeatedly — it’s easily the best page on the world wide web this month.