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Yesterday at rs.com it was reported that Best Buy stated that "Chinese Democracy" will definitely be available at their stores on November 23rd. Currently the CD contains 14 songs. However with this CD this is subject to change. Best Buy has this CD listed on it's website now. "Chinese Democracy" is going to have multiple covers. Best Buy has a picture of one cover now, with a second cover soon to be unveiled. The price listed now is $13.99 however you can't preorder it on-line yet. That is all positive news but I still remain very skeptical that this CD will be released. In fact I have only raised my chances of this CD actually being released so soon to 2%. This has had so many stops and starts in the last several years. I would be very excited to be able to buy it though. Also Guns n' Roses claim they will actually tour to support the CD. If they don't that would be as lame as UFC 89.

With being so busy with my life, I was only able to read about the first 90 pages of "Watch You Bleed" before I had to take it back to the library. "Bleed" is the Guns n' Roses biography written by Stephen Davis. It's a very enjoyable book. I had read to the part where Guns 'n Roses is just about to break out. One of the earlier incarnations of the band was named Hollywood Rose. I was intrigued by that and wondered if there was any music available for them. Sure enough iTunes has a 15 song CD available for $9.99. Be careful though as this is actually only 5 songs with three different versions each. The five songs are, "Killing Time", "Reckless Life", "Rocker", "Shadow of Your Love" and also an early version of "Anything Goes". "Anything Goes" is the "my way, your way anything goes tonight." "Anything Goes" is one of the twelve standout tracks on the classic "Appetite for Destruction".

Speaking of long awaited CD's: AC/DC's new CD will be available at Wal-Mart exclusively this Tuesday. The name of the CD is "Black Ice" and the price is listed at $11.88. This CD has 15 tracks on it. Wal-Mart is doing promotion pretty heavily on it's website for it. At walmart.com you can listen to two preview tracks now with three more preview songs coming soon. The Wal-Mart website also has a countdown for the new CD and a behind the scenes of the whole process. rollingstone.com is giving this CD an excellent review, calling this CD their "best disc in two decades". "For Those About To Rock" indeed.

This is shaping up to be a very rocking fall, with new music from Metallica, Guns n' Roses (fingers crossed) and AC/DC. Also both AC/DC and Metallica definitely will be touring this fall and into next year.

A couple of other things, Rolling Stone has put Barack Obama on it's cover yet again. This is the third time in six months. Okay Rolling Stone I get it you really want Obama as President, but this seems a bit excessive. I don't even know if Obama needs any help as he is rolling. Thanks to John McCain shooting himself in the foot every few days and Obama's momentum, I am thinking Obama is going to win in a landslide. Please cut back on putting him on the cover for awhile. I have some suggestions for upcoming covers. On your next cover put AC/DC and then on the following cover put Guns n' Roses. Rolling Stone is still a rock music magazine right?

Also in the MLB playoffs my teams surviving are down to one and that is only due to one of the most amazing comebacks of all-time. Boston was down 7-0 in the bottom of the 7th inning to the Tampa Bay Rays who had all the momentum. However the ghosts of Fenway and Boston's own hitters rallied and scored the next 8 runs to win in the bottom of the 9th inning. That is the second largest comeback in MLB postseason history. Game six of that series is tonight back in Tampa Bay at 6:00pm on Fox. Go Red Sox!

The legendary singer of the Four Tops, Levi Stubbs, passed away the other day. R.I.P. Levi and my conolences to his family, friends and fans. In other sad news, it has been confirmed that Madonna and Guy Ritchie are getting divorced. On Madonna's latest CD there were hints of discord in the marriage. She is currently on her Sticky and Sweet concert tour. I hope they work that out to the benefit of their kids.

I should be back tomorrow with more news about Britney Spears, Beyonce, Green Day and some cool TV shows. I will be introduciing another great country singer that is similar to Taylor Swift and Miranda Lambert as well. themusicaddict