Billy Franks's Blog: A Far Cry from Sunset, page 64
December 11, 2013
Foo Fighters Rock Pizza Joint in Warm-Up Show
With Foo Fighters’ first full concerts in more than a year scheduled for this week in Mexico Dave Grohl and Co pulled a pre-emptive move and rocked an LA-area pizza joint for a warm-up show earlier this week Rolling Stone Readers Pick the 10 Best Foo Fighters Songs The band crowded onto…
.
.
.
Hi, I hope you’re enjoying the site.
I put a lot of work into updating with
exciting and informative posts.
Please make a donation to help me
keep on keeping on! Thanks, Billy

December 10, 2013
Jay Z Dedicates ‘Young Forever’ to Nelson Mandela
Jay Z closed out his show at LA’s Staples Center on Monday night with a tribute to the late Nelson Mandela who died on December 5th at the age of 95 ”We want to dedicate this song to Nelson Mandela a great man who spent 27 years in prison and came…
.
.
.
Hi, I hope you’re enjoying the site.
I put a lot of work into updating with
exciting and informative posts.
Please make a donation to help me
keep on keeping on! Thanks, Billy

St. Vincent Books North American Tour
St Vincent will hit the road early next year with a slew of North American tour dates to coincide with her upcoming fourth album St Vincent Pitchfork reports The singer and songwriter whose real name is Annie Clark already has a handful of European dates lined up for February and will start her…
.
.
.
Hi, I hope you’re enjoying the site.
I put a lot of work into updating with
exciting and informative posts.
Please make a donation to help me
keep on keeping on! Thanks, Billy

2013: The Year of the Album-Release Stunt
At the beginning of 2013 Daft Punk had been silent aside from one middling Disney soundtrack for six years In human or robot years that’s a solid amount of time In pop years it’s a generation Since monsieurs Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo turned off the lights on their…
.
.
.
Hi, I hope you’re enjoying the site.
I put a lot of work into updating with
exciting and informative posts.
Please make a donation to help me
keep on keeping on! Thanks, Billy

Bob Odenkirk Asks ‘What Is Puscifer?’
Maynard James Keenan knows you have questions and he’s recruited Breaking Bad star Bob Odenkirk to ask on your behalf “What is Puscifer?” Odenkirk wonders before speculating “It’s part of a lady right? Men have it too? Is it something you should have checked out?” See Maynard James Keenan’s Picks for the…
.
.
.
Hi, I hope you’re enjoying the site.
I put a lot of work into updating with
exciting and informative posts.
Please make a donation to help me
keep on keeping on! Thanks, Billy

R. Kelly Cooks Up NSFW ‘Cookie’ Clip
R Kelly’s long-awaited new album Black Panties finally came out today and accompanying it is the certifiably sexy – and probably NSFW – video for album cut “Cookie” The clip opens with Kellz adding a new member to his scantily clad house staff though any such narrative is dropped in…
.
.
.
Hi, I hope you’re enjoying the site.
I put a lot of work into updating with
exciting and informative posts.
Please make a donation to help me
keep on keeping on! Thanks, Billy

Lea Michele Dives Into Pop Career With ‘Cannonball’
Glee’s Lea Michele took her first jump into a mainstream pop career today with the release of “Cannonball” It’s the first single from her debut album Louder which is due next year The track is instantly memorable not surprising considering the number of top hit-makers behind it including cowriters Sia (Britney…
.
.
.
Hi, I hope you’re enjoying the site.
I put a lot of work into updating with
exciting and informative posts.
Please make a donation to help me
keep on keeping on! Thanks, Billy

Stephen Malkmus Offers Scalp Treatments in ‘Cinnamon and Lesbians’
Stephen Malkmus has never been one for lyrics with concrete meanings so director Jay Winebrenner has his work cut out for him in making Malkmus’ abstractions come to life in the new video for “Cinnamon and Lesbians” from Malkmus’ upcoming album with the Jicks Wig Out at Jagbags The goofy clip opens…
.
.
.
Hi, I hope you’re enjoying the site.
I put a lot of work into updating with
exciting and informative posts.
Please make a donation to help me
keep on keeping on! Thanks, Billy

It’s All About The ‘American Hustle’
allowNetworking=”internal”
height=”318″
width=”423″
data=”http://www.mtv.com/player/embed/air/”...
value=”CONFIG_URL=http://www.mtv.com/player/embed/air/c...[image error]
It’s All About The ‘American Hustle’
.
.
.
Hi, I hope you’re enjoying the site.
I put a lot of work into updating with
exciting and informative posts.
Please make a donation to help me
keep on keeping on! Thanks, Billy

Garth Brooks Will Tour Next Year
Garth Brooks is ready to get back on the road again he told ABC’s Good Morning America Brooks hasn’t toured in more than a decade choosing instead to raise a family with his wife Trisha Yearwood But now that his three daughters are grown up Brooks said “It sure feels good to…
.
.
.
Hi, I hope you’re enjoying the site.
I put a lot of work into updating with
exciting and informative posts.
Please make a donation to help me
keep on keeping on! Thanks, Billy

A Far Cry from Sunset
It tells of the adventures of four friends traveling the world to ask ten famous artists to appear Having been a singer/songwriter my entire life, A Far Cry from Sunset is the title of my first book.
It tells of the adventures of four friends traveling the world to ask ten famous artists to appear on a tribute album to an unknown songwriter and making a documentary of their quest. The unknown songwriter in question was myself.
Apart from being a road trip tale of epic proportions it is also a memoir of my life in music from the mid 70s til the present day.
It was released on Amazon a few weeks ago and for one day was the fourth best selling paperback and the number one selling book in the music category.
You can read more about it here: www.billyfranks.com ...more
- Billy Franks's profile
- 54 followers

