Weekend reading: Blink-182, Chris Daughtry, Demi Lovato
Published 3:19 pm Friday, July 24, 2009
It’s funny, the things that bring people back together.
Take Blink-182. When the group went on hiatus, the three friends were on bad terms — Tom DeLonge was at odds with bandmates Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker.
Then Barker was in a plane crash that killed four and left the drummer hospitalized. That tragedy got the guys back into the same room.
Now the pop punk band is on tour again. They’re set to play Auburn on Sept. 10 and have been cited by the New York Times as an example of early-onset nostalgia among Gen Yers.
Read about the group’s reconciliation and more below.
The guys in Blink-182 have let go of the hate. (Los Angeles Times)
Demi Lovato isn’t like other Disney stars, because she digs heavy metal and sometimes screws up. (New York Times)
The kids in P.S. 22 choir are the “best-known elementary-school chorus on the planet” because they cover songs like “Poker Face,” and also because of the YouTubes. (New York)
Chris Daughtry digs “Poker Face” too. Really, who doesn’t like that song?(Newsweek)
Tom Pfaeffle, a sound engineer from Black Diamond who worked with Nirvana and the Black Crowes, was killed in Twisp last week in a “bizarre” shooting. (Seattle Times)
Jeff Tweedy: “Obviously, ‘return to form’ is always kind of a backhanded compliment.” (Washington Post)
