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To: JakeStraw who wrote (21202)	6/26/2000 3:26:00 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 49843

Sounds like fun.

To: JakeStraw who wrote (21202)	6/26/2000 3:27:00 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Respond to of 49843

Friday June 23 07:49 PM EDT Daltrey, Townshend Writing for New Album dailynews.yahoo.com By Gary Graff and Lisa Taylor The Who kicks off its summer tour of North America Sunday in Chicago, promising a show full of the venerable British group's well-worn hits and material from Lifehouse Elements, the abandoned 1970 concept album resurrected by guitarist Pete Townshend during the past couple of years. But for hardcore Who fans, the real question is what happens after the tour winds down in September? Will Townshend, singer Roger Daltrey, and bassist John Entwistle make good on their promise to return to the studio together for what could be the first new Who album since 1982's It's Hard? "We're trying to invent some new music to make a new record," Daltrey admits. "Hopefully, we'll be in the studio making a new record. We'd like to try. I've been writing like mad. I think I've got possibly three songs that could be Who songs. Pete hasn't heard them yet, but I showed him the lyrics and he's kind of impressed. "We hope by being on the road and playing together and airing stuff in session rooms, we can develop something on the road and make it organic, rather than sit down like we used to and say, 'OK, we have to come up with an album,'" he adds. Townshend, meanwhile, says he was "shocked" that Daltrey revealed the existence of those three songs at an April press conference announcing the tour. "I found that quite a scary thing to hear him say, sitting in front of the press," Townshend says. "I think one of the things we've got to be careful of is not committing too much ? not talking too much about it. You have to be very careful, you know, or you can really f--k up the process." But Townshend did reveal that he has plenty of lyrics and poems, some of which he calls "f--king brilliant." What might become Who music, however, is not so certain. "What I'm doing for my part is trying to work out what is it that I would want to say if I was going to sit and write today for The Who," he says. "One of the things that seems to be really high on the agenda of not just Who fans, but also music critics, is that if The Who do an album, that it doesn't have a concept. And we're trying to please people at the moment."

To: JakeStraw who wrote (21202)	6/26/2000 3:28:00 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Respond to of 49843

Sunday June 25 05:47 PM EDT Crowes Frontman Says Playing With Page Put On Pressure dailynews.yahoo.com (6/25/00, 10 a.m. ET) - The Jimmy Page/Black Crowes tour opened on Saturday (June 24) at a near-sold-out New World Music Theatre near Chicago. You'd think that after playing a bunch of shows last year and releasing an album from those gigs that playing with Page would be old hat for the guys in the Black Crowes. However, lead singer Chris Robinson says that's just not so. Even though the Crowes have sold a lot of records around the world, and the band has been a headline act for years, Robinson says he and his bandmates still feel the pressure when they walk onstage with the one-time Led Zeppelin guitarist. Robinson told LAUNCH what's going through his mind when the two acts take the stage. "There's a friendship, 'cause we've known each other now, and then there's also, like, having to deal with a legend," he said. "And, like, you don't want to geek out and everything. We want to impress Jimmy more than anyone." The next stop on the tour is Monday (June 26) at the Palace of Auburn Hills in suburban Detroit. -- Darren Davis and Bruce Simon, New York

To: JakeStraw who wrote (21202)	6/26/2000 3:36:00 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 49843

ROCKET SCIENCE NIDA Study Finds Cocaine and Alcohol Combined are More Damaging To Mental Ability Than Either Drug Alone /ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:00 P.M. EDT TODAY JUNE 26/ /ADVANCE/ WASHINGTON, Jun 26, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Scientists have found that cocaine abuse coupled with use of alcohol leads to more impulsive decision- making and to poorer performance on tests of learning and memory than does use of either cocaine or alcohol alone. The negative effects on the ability to think clearly persist for at least a month after the substance use stops, according to an article about the study in the June 27 issue of Neurology. "This study reveals important basic information about the way these substances interact," says NIDA Director Dr. Alan I. Leshner. "It also has significant implications for drug abuse treatment, which involves learning and remembering concepts that help recovering drug abusers to change behaviors and avoid situations where they might use drugs." Dr. Jean Lud Cadet, of NIDA's Intramural Research Program in Baltimore, and Dr. Karen Bolla, of Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, studied the interactive effects of cocaine and alcohol in 56 adult cocaine abusers. Roughly half the study participants also consumed at least 10 alcoholic drinks per week. All participants abstained from both cocaine and alcohol during the four-week study. During the first three days of the study the participants were given a battery of tests to measure general intelligence, verbal memory and learning, and attention, planning, and mental flexibility. The tests were repeated during the fourth week of the study. "The results of this study support the view that cocaine abuse can have a major negative impact on the brain and these effects are compounded by the concurrent use of alcohol," explained Dr. Cadet. The National Institute on Drug Abuse is a component of the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIDA supports more than 85 percent of the world's research on the health aspects of drug abuse and addiction. The Institute carries out a large variety of programs to ensure the rapid dissemination of research information and its implementation in policy and practice. Fact sheets on the health effects of drugs of abuse and other topics can be ordered free of charge in English and Spanish through NIDA Infofax at 1-888-NIH-NIDA (644-6432) or 1-888-TTY-NIDA (889-6432) for the deaf. These fact sheets and further information on NIDA research and other activities can be found on the NIDA home page at drugabuse.gov. SOURCE National Institute on Drug Abuse CONTACT: Beverly Jackson or Michelle Muth, both of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 301-443-6245 URL: drugabuse.gov prnewswire.com (C) 2000 PR Newswire. All rights reserved. -0- KEYWORD: District of Columbia INDUSTRY KEYWORD: BIO MTC * end of story *