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In what may be the lamest reason to arrest someone during Mardi Gras... 

Bam was partying it up in the French Quarter, when he decided to jump into a pool with his clothes on. "I was swimming in a pool with my clothes on at Mardi Gras. Not really a good story... but that's what happened."

WAIT - you can get arrested for that?? 

Only two shows into their tour, Van Halen is tweaking their setlist and breaking out some old tunes.

Who doesn't love a Glam Metal skeleton singing 'Final Countdown'? 

**NSFW - "Ronal the Barbarian" coming to the US

Rock on. 

The Bullz-Eye Blog looked strictly at the ratings and came up with the Top 25 MOST watched TV shows. 

25. The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

24. Weeds (Showtime)

23. New Girl (Fox)

22. Archer (FX)

21. Tosh.0 (Comedy Central)

20. Californication (Showtime)

19. Boardwalk Empire (HBO)

18. How I Met Your Mother (CBS)

17. The Office (NBC)

16. Homeland (Showtime)

15. Dexter (Showtime)

14. The Daily Show / The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)

13. American Horror Story (FX)

12. Hell on Wheels (AMC)

11. Parks and Recreation (NBC)

10. Justified (FX)

9. Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)

8. The Killing (AMC)

7. Community (NBC)

6. The Walking Dead (AMC)

5. Sons of Anarchy (FX)

4. Game of Thrones (HBO)

3. Modern Family (ABC)

2. Mad Men (AMC)

1. Breaking Bad (AMC)

10 NFL Players You Don't Want Babysitting Your Kids

READ IT HERE - BleacherReport.com 

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1069020-10-nfl-players-you-dont-want-babysitting-your-kids/page/2

Guitarist Mick Mars checked in with Gibson.com to talk about Sin City.

Did Mötley Crüe ever have a dream of having your own residency in Las Vegas? I mean, you’re the first rock band to really do so.

Not really! I’m an old-school type of person. When it comes to residencies, I think Mötley Crüe is kind of breaking the ice in that area, because when I think of residencies, I think of the older names and non-rock acts. So, I feel like it’s what we did with the Roxy in Los Angeles with the rock scene. We were the first unsigned band to play there, which opened up a whole new area for bands that were unsigned to play. So, we could be doing the same thing here. I don’t know – I don’t have a crystal ball [laughs]. But, I’m guessing stuff like that will happen.

What have you guys been pulling out at the shows, song-wise?

A lot of the standard songs that we play. The hits that if you don’t play them, people go, “How come they didn’t play ‘Kickstart My Heart?’” But, we’ve thrown in a few songs that are more unfamiliar with the crowd, like off Generation Swine, and we threw in “Piece of Your Action” off the first album.

Is it hard to believe Mötley Crüe have been rocking for over 30 years?

I’m surprised none of us has choked each other! [Laughs] The family thing of “I’m not going over to Rodger’s house for a week!” [Laughs] I really didn’t have a clue if we were going to last 20, 30, 10 or five years. Again, I’m from old-school, and I’m a couple years older than the guys, and I’m used to seeing bands last maybe seven to 10 years. The Stones were the very first band that I ever saw really last, and then Aerosmith. We just kept chugging along, and people seemed to love the band. But, I didn’t foresee that 30 years at all.

Do you have a #1 favorite Mötley Crüe song of all time?

I would have to say probably one of the songs that I really enjoy playing is “Primal Scream.” I have a really good time playing that song.

I’ve heard that you guys are planning to put together a movie and new album by 2013. What can you tell us about the progress on that?

We’re working on it, and I believe we have the producers lined up. The directors I met with a month or so ago, and they’re all really cool people, and they get it. They understand what rock and roll is about. When I talked to them, I went, “This isn’t all fun and games and fluffy stuff. This is the real deal... ” That’s the realism of how rock and roll really is. So far, these directors really get it, and the producers also really like the idea. I’d give it a 99 percent chance of happening, along with a new record.

What guitar-playing tips do you have for our readers?

Really, it depends on how far you are. I’ve had people tell me, “I’m at a standstill.” What I would usually do when I hit a standstill is take on somebody that I didn’t know. Like, after I learned a lot of blues things when I was a little guy, I would want to step it up, so I stepped up to Wes Montgomery or George Benson to learn a different type of thing. But, what’s most important is practice. I can’t read, so I just play with my feel, with my soul and with my heart and put everything that I have into it. I play some stuff, and I don’t know what it is, but people will come up and say, “Hey, when you did that pentatonic scale, that was out of this world!” And I go, “What’s that?” [Laughs] But, practice, practice, practice is the best way to do it.

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Kurt Cobain would have been 45 today. If you're a Nirvana fan, I'm sure you've got your own idea how to honor the legend. But if you're open to suggestions, keep reading. 

-Check out a playlist of bands that influenced Kurt Cobain HERE  

-Look at pictures of the studio where In Utero was recorded HERE 

-Listen to Kurt's other band, Fecal Matter, which he was in before forming Nirvana HERE  

-Check out photos of his life HERE

-A comic look at where Kurt Cobain might be today if he hadn't died HERE 

Happy Presidents Day! You may not know this, but some serious badassery has gone down in the White House....

Arguably, Andrew Jackson is the most badass president to date. He trained his parrot Pol to swear, and the parrot had to be removed from Jackson's funeral. Pol wouldn't stop with the F-bombs. Plus, Jackson was shot and lived... more than once. He also survived an attempted assassination. Jackson beat smallpox, malaria, and dysentery back when people died from the common flu. There's more just on Andrew Jackson if you want to look into it. 

BUT, Jackson isn't the only badass President. Lincolin wrestled. Fillmore fought pirates. Andrew Johnson showed up bombed to his Inaguration. That sounds rock n' roll to me. READ MORE HERE. 

It's not news that many websites 'watch you' while you're online and track information about what you do when you're online. But now, you'll have a heads up as to how much snooping is going on with Privacy Score. 

It's a free plug in for your browser, that will automatically rate a website when you go there. Privacy score has nearly 1,500 popular sites rated. It won't score every single site out there, just the 1,500 already rated. 

The rating is from 0 to 100. The higher the rating, the safer your info. 

**Funny side note: A story was just in the paper about Target 'knowing' a teenage girl was pregnant before her family did, because the store watched her spending habits. Target sent the teen coupons for baby products in the mail. Her father was upset and went to complain, but weeks later, he found out his little girl was pregnant. He apologized. 

1.) Apocalyptic Love is out May 22nd. 

2.) The cover is badass. 

3.) The official name of the 'band' is now "Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators"

4.)  Tour Schedule

5/3 Baltimore    MD Rams    Head Live
5/5 Rockingham    NC Carolina    Rebellion, Rockingham Speedway
5/7 Orlando FL    Hard Rock Live
5/10 Biloxi MS    Hard Rock Hotel & Casino - Hard Rock Live
5/13 Boone, IA    Lazerfest, Central Iowa Expo
5/14 Minneapolis MN    The Brick
5/16 Madison WI    Orpheum Theater
5/17 Grand Rapids    MI Orbit Room
5/19 Columbus OH    Rock On The Range, Columbus Crew Stadium
5/20 Camden NJ    MMRBQ, Susquehanna Bank Center
5/26 Albuquerque NM    Route 66 Casino

5.) He got a new guitarist, Frank Sidoris (The Cab - Vegas band) 

6.) Slash is still the coolest man on earth.