MUSIC NEWS YOU CAN USE FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH

Born today back in 1954, the forebearer of Alt-heroines Suzanne Vega, Tori Amos, and Sarah McLaughlin, Miss Ricky Lee Jones is 52...

And on this day back in 1983, the number one hit in the country was...LIONEL RITCHIE'S "All Night Long"....23 years later and now we're stuck having to deal with his daughter. Ugh.

YOUR MUSIC NEWS FOR THIS WEDNESDAY...
SMASHING PUMPKINS frontman Billy Corgan emerged from a year out of the public eye to play a few songs at a multi-act show featuring THE WHO'S Pete Townshend in Los Angeles last night (November 7).

The star played late in the gig at the Hotel Cafe, premiering four new songs, but appearing uneasy and tuning his guitar frequently...
Speaking of new Pumpkins, drummer Jimmy Chamberlin has posted on Myspace that he's just finished laying down drum track for the band's first album in seven year. Says Chamberlin, "To finally sit down and listen to the drum takes, one after the other, was a truly joyful experience."
We assume that means they're good...

In other new album news...
While OASIS boss Noel Gallagher has spent a lot of time in interviews lately talking about the band going on an extended hiatus, his brother Liam (as you might expect) disagrees.
Speaking to Uncut Magazine, Liam says, "I reckon we're going to start doing something this month. Go to our studio, stay there and get it done. We've just got to wait for Noel to finish his tunes."

And finally...you've heard the rumors and well....they're true...
the queen of pop herself, Britney Spears, finally came to her senses and kicked Kevin Federline out of their palacial double-wide yesterday, bringing to an end what we all just KNEW was a marriage that was bound to last forever.
Thank to an ironclad pre-nup though, K-Fed won't get half of Britney's Lolita earnings. He'll get a year of financial support, but after that, he'll be left with his sole possessions: a baggie of wife beaters, assorted crooked ball caps, and a carton of Marlboro's.
Isn't Karma fun, kids?