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LITTLE STEVEN'S UNDERGROUND GARAGE

The last five years have felt like pulling a boulder up a mountain, but I'm feeling rock is at least off life support. There's action all over the place.

Robert Plant will be headlining Steve Weitzman's Arthur Lee benefit June 23 at the Beacon Theatre in New York. Also booked are the Ian Hunter Band, Garland Jeffreys, Nils Lofgren, Ryan Adams and Yo La Tengo.

Triple-A is playing "Looking for a Leader," but we dig "After the Garden" from Neil Young's new manifesto, "Living With War." Any and all airplay is welcome.

The super cool proto metal Blue Cheer, proudly billed as "the loudest band in the world" in 1967, and legendary lead singer of the 13th Floor Elevators, Roky Erickson, will make rare appearances at the Intonation Festival June 24-25 at Chicago's Union Park.

Cheap Trick has a fabulous new album called "Rockford" out this week. Look for a Coolest Song in the World next week from the band.

MC5 bassist Michael Davis is out of the hospital, but it will be months before he gets back on the road. Send letters of love to info@svengirly.com.

Australian garage legend Radio Birdman is back! Deniz Tek, Rob Younger and the gang like to blow minds with a record release every 25 years or so. It is called "Zeno Beach" and will join the multitudes of amazing records out this month. Like, for instance, Frank Black's double album coming with very cool special guests Levon Helm, Al Kooper and Steve Cropper.

Joan Jett's "Sinner" is killing everybody.

And, oh, yeah, spoonman Uri Geller bought the house where Elvis Presley grew up. He's going to bend it into a museum.

See you next week.

     TITLE/LABEL                                                ARTIST

 1   * AFTER THE GARDEN                                     NEIL YOUNG
     Reprise

 2   ARE YOU READY FOR IT?                               THE HOLOGRAMS
     Teenacide

 3   EVERYONE KNOWS                        JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS
     Blackheart

 4   NOTHING TERRIBLY NEWS                            THE HELLACOPTERS
     Universal

 5   HANDS                                              THE RACONTEURS
     V2

 6   WORLD WIDE SUICIDE                                      PEARL JAM
     J Records

 7   STEADY, AS SHE GOES                                THE RACONTEURS
     V2

 8   I BET YOU LOOK GOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR             ARCTIC MONKEYS
     Domino

 9   WISH I NEVER LOVED YOU                                  BUZZCOCKS
     Cooking Vinyl

10   DON'T LISTEN TO THE RADIO                               THE VINES
     Capitol

* (COOLEST SONG IN THE WORLD THIS WEEK)

     TITLE/LABEL                                                ARTIST

 1   PEARL JAM                                               PEARL JAM
     J Records

 2   LIVING WITH WAR                                        NEIL YOUNG
     Reprise

 3   WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY I AM, THAT'S WHAT I'M NOT      ARCTIC MONKEYS
     Domino

 4   FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF EARTH                            THE STROKES
     RCA

 5   VISION VALLEY                                           THE VINES
     Capitol

 6   SHOW YOUR BONES                                   YEAH YEAH YEAHS
     Interscope

 7   FLAT-PACK PHILOSOPHY                                    BUZZCOCKS
     Cooking Vinyl

 8   ROCK & ROLL IS DEAD                              THE HELLACOPTERS
     Universal

 9   OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES                                   RAY DAVIES
     V2

10   HEY! IT'S A TEENAGE PAJAMA PARTY!                         VARIOUS
     Teenacide

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