It may sound like the first line of the critically acclaimed Full House theme song, but What Happened to Television? is actually the new album from the back-in-full-force Greyboy Allstars, and it debuts to the masses tomorrow.
But fuck this “tomorrow” shit: You can head to their website today and stream the entire album. Go ahead. I’m not joshin’. Make it happen.
Can you still have fun, Trey? Well, probably not that type of fun any more. The population of Washington County, New York is about to increase by one: Former frontman for the popular rock band Phish, Trey Anastasio, will be required to move to the area as part of the guilty plea he just accepted.
If [Trey] does complete the 12-month program, McKeighan will sentence him to 5 years of probation and would entertain a request by Anastasio's lawyer to withdraw his guilty plead to a felony charge of attempted fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Instead, he would be allowed to enter a subsequent plea to a misdemeanor charge.It's a good thing Trey didn't have all that much in the car with him at the time:
Anastasio spoke softly as he answered McKeighan's questions. He admitted illegally possessing more than a half-ounce of the prescription painkillers Vicodin and Percocet, the anti-anxiety drug Xanax and heroin when he was pulled over by Whitehall Police the morning of Dec. 15. He was driving through the village on his way to Vermont when he was seen swerving.Is it me, or is that a lotta gum? That's a lot of gum! We're thinking this arrest was the best thing that ever happened to him, in the grand scheme. And he may have "spoke softly," but at least he spoke at all -- we figured the lack of stage banter post-hiatus would carry over into the courtroom. Eh, I say we all just mainline some smack and put this whole strange episode behind us. Previously on HT: Now Trey's a Real Rock Star; Full Timeline of Trey's Ordeal
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 7:06 pm
Got to say the band is just starting to hit its stride on this tour. They’re inside the McDonald here in Eugene (brah), sound checking the JB’s tune “What Do I Have to Do” probably for debut tonight. They’ve been learning a song a night at sound checks and the setlists have been free wheeling affairs touching on everything from tunes that they played at their first gig in Dec. ’93 (Soul Dream) to the aforementioned cover debuts. Tomorrow, I’m gonna try to get them to take a stab at the Who’s Can’t Explain. Yours in Soul (& Rock), MIH