Woe is the plight of an "American Idiot"—Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong claims he was kicked off of a Southwest Airlines flight because of his sagging pants. He Tweeted on Thursday: "Just got kicked off a southwest flight because my pants sagged too low! What the f--- No joke!" more ›

You guys know what would be sick? Imagine chillin' in Central Park with thousands upon thousands of strangers when all of a sudden everything goes into slow motion and Green Day comes out on stage and rocks you with this sappy little nostalgia number: more ›

Are the Decemberists coming to Broadway? Maybe! In a recent Billboard interview vocalist/guitarist Colin Meloy discussed the prospect and pointed out that he grew up doing theater. Further, “it happens that the director Michael Mayer, who directed Green Day’s American Idiot musical on Broadway, is the guy that got me going about doing a musical...We’re still talking and there’s potential for a musical down the line, for sure.” Okay, we're not going to hold our breath then, but still—that'd be fun. And while we're thinking about bands making musicals, we wonder what ever happened to the planned Aaron Sorkin-scripted musical of the Flaming Lips' Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots... [via Stereogum] more ›

In our review of the Broadway premiere of American Idiot in April, we wrote that the spectacle consists of "a lot of apathetic whining, self-pity, and drug-fueled degeneracy passed off as 'punk.'... And the tinny score, at once anthemic and trite, sounds like it was assembled in a jingle factory by stoned teenagers convinced they were making something profound for the ages." But Green Day fans have been eating it up, and now they're due for seconds, because frontman Billie Joe Armstrong will be joining the show for eight performances from this Tuesday through Sunday. Arts Beat reports that Tony Vincent, the actor who plays creepy emo drug kingpin St. Jimmy, is leaving for two weeks "to deal with a family matter," and Armstrong will step in for the first week of his absence. more ›

With many people trying to keep up that perennial New Year's resolution to lose weight/work out/get in shape, they're hitting their computers (or CDs!) to create the perfect soundtracks for their workouts. The other day, the NY Times chatted with a number of experts - physicians, life coaches, workout music producers - to figure out what makes a good work out song. more ›

Tara McPherson, Illustrator more ›

It's going to be a slow week in music. American Analog Set are playing Joe's Pub, but that sold out before it went on sale (download an AAS/Kelly Clarkson mashup). Sick of it All and The Bouncing Souls are playing CBGB benefits, but good luck getting in to those (see what it will likely look like inside). Louis XIV are at Irving Plaza. You're definitely too cool to go to that (watch a NSFW video). Even uncooler would be showing up at a Bush side project, or either of the two sold out nights Our Lady Peace are at Bowery Ballroom (tix on sale for a 3rd show at Webster Hall). You don't go to Jersey and you don't go to venues that hold more than 1000 people, so count out (best band on the planet) Green Day's show at Giants Stadium and the Coldplay/Rilo Kiley one at PNC Bank Arts Center (where Alice Cooper is playing tonight). Looking for a free summer show? A jam band is playing South Street Seaport on Sunday (like Ted Leo did on Friday), and as of Thursday we're into September. more ›

Andrew Rasiej, Candidate for Public Advocate more ›

1994 was a big year for music. more ›

Semi-related, via Peter: There were rumors that Billie Joe from Green Day had died in a car accident on Friday, but they were untrue. more ›