Today is Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day! Go to your local Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream shop for one free cone from Noon-8 PM today. (This is an unpaid announcement!) LOL…Glad I didn’t wash windows last weekend. Been pouring rain since yesterday! Yes, I am that person who gets their car washed and two hours later, it rains. Never fails!….Last night was the closing night at one of my favorite venues here in NYC, Roseland Ballroom. Lady Gaga was the final performer last night. I had seen so many tremendous shows there: Rage Against The Machine, AC/DC, Korn, Marilyn Manson, The Black Keys, Slayer and so many more I can’t recall at this moment. It’s so sad they are tearing it down and turning it into condos! It’s a damn shame!…..Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic will appear as guests tomorrow night (April 9th) on NBC’s The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, one night before they’re inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Thursday (April 10th). Grohl, Novoselic and late frontman Kurt Cobain will be inducted by R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe in a ceremony at Brooklyn’s Barclay Center….My friend Slash tweeted that he’s finished recording his next album (Slash with Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators)! Check out his post here. It’s tentatively set for the fall…Theory Of A Deadman will release its fifth album, SaVages, on July 8th. The first single, “Drown,” will arrive at rock radio and iTunes on April 22nd. Frontman Tyler Connolly said about the new effort, “We went back to where we belong on this record, back to the angst, back to the darkness. We veered off the road a bit on this one but it took us right to where we needed to be.” Connolly also spoke about the inspiration behind the single, stating, “‘Drown’ is about being alone, the feeling of being washed away and left to your own devices. We’ve all felt that way at some point in our lives; unable to stay afloat, we sink to the bottom which always seems easier in the end than fighting your way back to the surface.” Heard the song on Friday. They’re back and is a strong tune! Check out a teaser here. We’ll be getting him on the hotLine very soon….Meanwhile, the UK metal magazines, Kerrang and Metal Hammer, both changed their websites. There are so many flash items, I am getting dizzy trying to read stuff….Avatar releases their new single from their forthcoming Hail The Apocalypse album called “Bloody Angel.” Look for the album May 27th. Watch the video for the title track here…Celebrating a birthday today: Izzy Stradlin (ex-guitarist Guns N’ Roses) is 52 and House of Cards’ Robin Wright is 48. (Go to Netflix if you haven’t watched this great series. Highly recommended!)