According to rollingstone.com, Denny's is expanding its All Nighter campaign — a.k.a. "Hello, hep young person! Won't you please lower our customers' median age? They've all moved to Boca" – to include new signature dishes for several bands on their “Allnighter Rockstar Menu,” available during rock-star hours (10pm-5am), for I-only-play-backup-tambourine-and-drive-the-van prices ($3.99 and up).
Among the menu's latest acts, joing the likes of Katy Perry and All American Rejects: Gym Class Heroes (their After School Special is "Texas toast topped withhash browns, a fried egg, shredded cheese, bacon and fire-roastedpeppers and onions" with Rancherocountry gravy. I can haz Tums?), Rascal Flatts (the Unstoppable Breakfast, featuring a biscuit topped with country-fried steak, eggs, American cheese, bacon, hash browns, and of course country gravy), Good Charlotte (Band of Burritos) and Sum 41 (something called the Sumwich; sounds Canadian).
We would like to add a few suggestions, if we may: How about Dave Matthews' GrooGrux King Crab with Big Whiskey Sauce? Lady GaGa's Jalapeno Popper-azzi Bites? The Black Eyed Peas’ Boom Boom Chow five-alarm chili? (See, that's will.i.am working the griddle above. Gracias, PhotoShop.)
You can't stop me, Music Mixers! No, seriously, please do. Who else would you like to see on the menu?
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Megan Fox's crush, Rain: Are you digging the 'Korean Justin Timberlake'?
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It’s about 8 p.m. on Sunday night, and I am waiting to shoot Phish again, taking this opportunity to start my final Bonnaroo post (unless I get ambitious and do a wrap-up later). Your festival correspondent is very tired, and if given the choice would prefer not to stay up all night, what with real life resuming tomorrow. For the thousands of filthy, sunburned, exhausted people about to leave the Oz of these gates, I suspect the culture shock is not gonna be fun.
Unfortunate announcement for all bands who played Bonnaroo on June 13, 2009: No matter how good you think you were yesterday, Bruce Springsteen was better. It’s just a fact. Bon Iver, your songs gave me the chills; Springsteen was better. Elvis Costello, I’d walk to the ends of the earth to hear your voice; Springsteen was better. Trent Reznor, I know last night was your final show in the U.S. as Nine Inch Nails; Springsteen was… well, okay, Trent Reznor. I’m gonna put you in your own category, “Legends Who Are Going Out Of Business Maybe,” and call it even. But there is a very good chance that Springsteen was still better.
“There is no tape. There is no iPod. This is live music, y’all,” said Ad-Rock after an instrument breakdown caused the Beastie Boys’ climactic rendition of “Sabotage” to come crashing down on night two of Bonnaroo, and it’s an apt enough phrase to describe a day that showcased the best of all possible sonic worlds. Slogging through the mud bogs of Manchester — where the rain held off yesterday, though just barely — I marveled at the diversity on display. There were avant-garde horn solos, there was modern dance, there were hip-hop legends preserved in amber. There was Al Green (pictured), whose church service in the dinner hour left no doubt about the good reverend’s God-certified mission to entertain. And there was the return of Phish, who emerged to a grateful roar from the crowd and took full advantage of their home field advantage, while still leaving something in the tank for Sunday night’s festival-closing set.
