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August 12, 2005

Stones warm up in Toronto; tour video to open Pats' opener; hear Rough Justice; Matt Taibbi; Dylan; Incan knots

Still in the wayback machine. Mercury is retrograde. Unconventional wisdom says we're "borne ceaselessly back into the past," like Gatsby.

AP/The Rolling Stones, Frank Micelotta
In this image made available by The Rolling Stones, the band, from left: Ron Wood, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Keith Richards, performs at the Phoenix Concert Theater, Wednesday night in Toronto, Canada.

Listen to 'Rough Justice' (complete song in Windows Media Audio format).

Billboard:

...the Stones' On Stage tour will begin Aug. 21 in Boston (at Fenway! Black-eyed Peas will open. How to get tickets. "Tickets at venues in USA and Canada are priced at approx. $50, $100, $150, $300 and $450 plus handling fees.)"

For $100,000, you can watch concert with Schwarzenegger. S. F. Chronicle:

Here's the ticket: a private evening rockin' the night away with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger during the kickoff of the Rolling Stones' "A Bigger Bang'' U.S. tour on Aug. 21 at Boston's Fenway Park.

Here's the bottom line: $10,000 a pop to get in on a private preconcert reception and front-and-center seats to watch the show -- or $100,000 to sit with the governor in his luxury box...

Back to Billboard:

The group's new album, "A Bigger Bang," will arrive Sept. 6 via Virgin; lead single 'Rough Justice'is No. 29 in its second week on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart.

Meanwhile, footage from an Aug. 31 show in Detroit will air Sept. 8 on ABC as part of "NFL Opening Kickoff 2005," which will precede the season opener between the Oakland Raiders and New England Patriots.

Stones Surprise Toronto: Rockers play small, rootsy gig for Canadian fans Rolling Stone

After a month of rehearsals in Toronto in preparation for their world tour, which launches August 21st at Boston's Fenway Park, the Rolling Stones gave the city a big thank you last night by performing an eighty-minute, rootsy set for 1,100 fans at the Phoenix Concert Theatre. People had been lined up down the street since Tuesday to snatch up the bargain $10 tickets for the show, filmed for a reported DVD....

Rolling Stones, Phoenix Concert Theater, Toronto Independent(UK)

The raunchiest band of the Sixties may have been in the business for 43 years, but the Rolling Stones are proving that they can still rock...

Stones thrill fans at polished tune-up gig. Globe and Mail:

For a practice session it was incredibly polished....

The unseen Bob Dylan: Missing footage of a legendary Sixties tour is coming to light at last.

Computer learns a word of Incan knot language New Scientist.

Four Amendments & a Funeral: A month inside the house of horrors that is Congress. By MATT TAIBBI in Rolling Stone.

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